The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-30

Powder, per kcg, $4,000
A.25; bIasttng powder Si.G per keg; droI
si,ot. per sack, $l.25; buck si.5o
DACONs.Extra short clear, IN SACKS. &c
bsilIss 7,s Siss New York salt bciiies SCI
breakfast bacon gs4u10c.
13AGGING AND TIES--Carload lots. Q
Houston or Galveston, December ship
arrow & Is ass Data S al sco n small ios
from STORE. bagginE &c per yard hgner'
ties &c per bundle higher.
s. cANDY-st.ck, wrapped, basis "A. $40
cOFFEE--Rio and cortova: Fair sHn
aGc: prime 1OfDftc; choice 1lisfpl2lsc; fancy
l3Nfl5c; pcabcrry 14d1f,sc. Roasted coffecs:
Arbuckic's Ariosa, basis 100 ID cases. 5000;
fLouR..Empirc Mills, Houston; paw
second patent $50. Texas Star Mis-
quote; Tidal Wave $40; Sea Fairy, Sec
rvs flour M.7o Special rates for shipments
10 Interior points; -four In barrels 15c
above sacks; In half barrels DOC above
FARiNAcEoaJs GOODS -arits, hotr, ny
and cream meal, IN bbls. 500; pearl meal,
~ 40 ID sacks, s1.60 per Dbl Of srct < /;
scotch and Friends oats s2.25; Columbian
HAMs-stantlard s,s@sc; picnic hams &c.
HONEY--In 90 Id cans. extracted, 4.l
sc: IN comb Sft1oc: IN II In cans. extract
LARD---Refned ticrces. compound SIC.
ieat 5f.atSlsc; 50 lb cans hc higher than
tscrces; 10 Id cans NC higher; III cans Tsc
higher; ID cans lie higher.
MOLASSl5s-- Reboled, fair l6dDiSc; prime
2onslc: choice Sg2sc; fancy new crop
RICE = Extra fancy head 5kabNc,
choice choice 4isas5c; fair 4@iisc; fancy imported
,RoTE-.Basis for 7-1s: sisal 5,ac; maniila
enc; cotton l0Mi0isc.
SALT--liverpool coarse 6oa75c; fine 85fr
Soc Louisiana, coarse zoe; fine CSC; barrels.
ss-los. s2.25: eo-5s. $3.50; ioo-Ss. $780, 7o-4s.
~ SALT r. Fr'IIssHt,Mackerel, No; J. in 10 ib
STARCH--Standard goods; Pearl, IN 40
=, 70 ,oh boxes ,c slsc; ROYAL Gloss. bulk sssc,
Nickel. 100 packages. per box. S2.S5; corn
s'sn ssn e,sc per ID, 20 and 10 Id boxes
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are for small lots;
special prices given on carload orders.
standard grlnulated 5ssc; cubes and pow
dcreu 15-l6c: Louisiana yellow clarified.
fancy 4}sc, choice 4isc. q
PRODUCE.
hEANS--Californla small white 21ic
par ID; Bayou sMn3sc; ptnk 2s,m3c; Lima
beans ,,, 49,, gn3Hc; black eyed peas 3sl3,.c.
BuTrER- Blue Star, zoe. dairy. 15aD17c.
c ca,,ry 80 Eis.n creamery. 2i@25c: Texas
Misci oleofnargarine, solids Zoe: prints lie.
Elgln dairy. bricks. 1Itso. - ''''s' nv
=, S 5sAis y. ss75Gf3.oo; common
CHEESE New York fun cream 49,
Wisconsin full cream 12iac; Young Amer
lea PIG; Western lie.
EGGS-2Oc per dozen.
NiONS--Colorado &c per h.
lEPPER-chil iall20c per H.
California and Colorado, 8,
asoc; sweet potatoes, s5150c per bushpl
= LIRf-Chickeas, per dozen. good
1 men g 29a25o; Young chickens, s.75p2s0:
tnrkeys hens T.51no.5D. gobblcrs, $1,000
l5W. ducks. s3.Ooa350; geese, I5edt550
DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS.
All'LES- hancy cvaporatod, 80 ID boxes.
Sc: " lb cartons. size; choice evapo-
I 50 81 NJ o"iK, 90 ib 1Ac' fancy sliced. in
ApRIcoIs- sc per lb loose; Zoe in Id
CITRON--In 1o-lb boxes. 1,c
,CuRRANrS-In bbls, &c; q la boxes
cleated, bulk, Sc; in | ID cartons, gisc.
pEAciES-Evaporate unpecled, sha
-, hAis.N Is. californla , crown L. l..
Wc' crown l., NJ. ralsins. 80 10 boxes, As.Gp
.PRuNEs- California ho-6os, re; sO-7os.
6tc; lO-Ss 6hc. a0-i00s, bfr5Ac.
NtI,rS--Brazh, i0c per III tiberts. Sicily
nc; Naples l2lsc; walauts. l2al4c: peanuts.
i'anSc: ALMONDS, California. i2sfiic per IL
~ sacks pecans, 2,s@iiac Italian chest
cocoANuTs-a5o per 100: 5000 per 1000
GRAIN AND HAY.
Carload lots Job cars. from mills; deal
ers charge from store 5ni0c more per 100
IDS o.. bran, 2u3c per bushcl on oats and
corn. and Zodiac per 100 ms on hay.
HRAN~-7247Ac; corn bran 50c per 100 lbs
SiayrPhD CORN.-iSMSuc per 100 lbs.
- coRN-No' 3 sacked, i0allic. of com
- oATs-Tcxas, g74c per bushcl: Kansas
29c.
WHEAT SHORTS 81 90 per 100 lbs.
WHEAT SCREENfNtis--70c per bushcl
ouhy, Sl37ymli.0o; South Texas prairie hay
s,ooM5.5o; North Texas. s9.00nI6.ON.
COprpNStED PRODUCTS Meal ana
cake. N1@ per ton: hulls, $i5oa5.cG per
SORGHUM SEED Ssaaoe per bushcl,
Rhh SEnD--shc per bushel.
WIRE AND NAILS.
Quotations are for less than carload lots
Special prices on carloads,
hARBf.p WlRt'--Glldden. gal. se.as per
loo his; Waukegan 10 higher than G,dddcn.
WIRE NlAll-s-Rate, $500 per key. ad.
vahecs, loi. III and l6d. hc 81 and Cd iOc
81 and I'd, zoe; I'd and 3D., soc 3D.. DC; ID
FRUITS
AlPLES--F9ncy Ben Davis. N,0O44 50.
wiLesaps anid other varieties, si.O0iI45o.
BANANAS-S i5eui.7o per bunch, packed
for shipment
cRANBERRllsS- Cape Cod, s2.7Sa,a "a
per cnatc; sSoo1s, 30 per hbi.
Lemons Messna and Palermo com.
mon wis., choice, ss.ooaSa %, extra fancy.
So so '
tRAPES-Almorls. S6.0odi7 30 per bbl.
pRANGES-- MexicHn. fancy sweet 81 75s,
100 per box; California seedlings $500. ma.
wells, s5,7;s,
IhE WOOL MARKET.
:, Prices pad by houston Dealers
Twelve mvhths. medium .......,io 6els
Twelve months, nae. ........... aii0
cra - -. .t''.,..ss', ...........,. olalD ~
Six months. lGfa- lesA '"
The Leading Futures ranged as follows.
BOSTON. December 29.--'rhe American
Woo and Cotton Reporter will say ton,or.
low the wool market, This has been
one u the heaviest Christmas weeks an
record: The sales were :, 2s6. 0UN po;lids III
&C mpared with LG57000 for the sl,u. i,.,a
last year, S,5l6,c00 In 1895 and s,54Spo n
lS9'. Hasty rrlclussons should no, 10
drawn from the above showing. The mar
kft has Tor the NEST part been very u,,,,,.
but thore has been a continuation al tho
meAvy fnovcmene noted a week ;,.:c ~
Territory woods. Staple Territory my
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