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Show UTAH APRICOTS IK HMO WITH APPLES Market Row Finds New Comers From Home of Luscious Character Char-acter and Good Sale. Despite the f,aot that, yesterday was Monday, and the one day in tho week on which tho housekeeper does not expect to find mariret row burdened with good things for the table, there wa3 a large supply of fruits on hand, and, what was more surprising, many of the offerings were new to the market and, therefore, the more appreciated by the buyers. Tho pleasant day alFO proved beneficial to tho merchants, many more buyers patronizing "the booths during the warmer part of the day. Utah goods were again In evidence, much to tho satisfaction of every one concerned; the buyer becauso they wero fresh, and the merchant because they sold the more readily. The feature of the day was the appearance appear-ance of Utah apricots, apples and tomatoes, toma-toes, all making their first appearance simultaneously. ' The apricots sold readily at 15c a pound. They camo from Brlgham City early Monday morning and were neither too rlpo nor too green, but seemed to strike tho happy medium after which tho merchant mer-chant strives to please hie patrons. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, the supply of apricots will be vcrv small this year, and the price proportionately pro-portionately high. . If the fruit offered Monday is a forerunner of even a limited supply there should be little complaint, for that, offered yesterday was extremely largo. Utah apples, "early harvest," came from Moab, In Grand county. Though not extremely large, thoy were good eating apples. They sold at 15c a pound. Utah tomatoes had the beneficial effect of reducing the price from 20c a pound to 15c. Tho same effect was noticed with the Utah peaches when lined up against the California goods. The peaches sold at 15c a pound, while the California iirouuco suiu .11. et puunu. 1 v.ii- tornla fruit was larger, however, than the Utah variety. Berries were rather scarce all day Monday, Mon-day, ihls supply depending entirely upon local sources from whom the regular sup-plv sup-plv is received on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. As a result of the scarcity of tho berries, their prices rose pronortlon-alolv. pronortlon-alolv. Rnspberrles sold at 15c a box, instead in-stead of at 12$c a box for the large boxes. Tho small boxes sold at 10c, instead of throo for a quarter. Red currants were only offered In a few of the stores. They were holdovers from last Saturday; but their price went up 5c a box, tho currantB selling Monday at 15c a box; dewberries, frooh on Monday, sold at 10c a box, making mak-ing a reduction of 2$c per box. Gooseberries sold at two pounds for 25c, but the berries offered wore smaller than they have been for the last week. Large black Oregon cherries, said by manv merchanLs to be the largest over shown in the State, sold readily at 20c a pound, while the Utah cherries of the same color brought 15c a pound. A carload of cantaloupes arrived Monday Mon-day afternoon. The price remained about the same, being two for 25c. Watermelons were not so plentiful along the row, but there seemed to be little demand for them. Their price varied at from 3c to 4c a pound Summer squa-sh sold at two pounds for 15c. while marrow, its near relative, brought 10c apiece one marrow weighing about half as much again us a squash. Cucumbers showed a slight decreuso In price, selling at the rate of three for 25c. LIVE STOOK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. July 15- Cattle Receipts, 29,000; market weak to 10c lower: beeves. $4.70g)7.30: cows. $1.75!G.30; heifers. $3.60 5.75"; calves. $6.00yS.25: good to prime steers, 35 75Q17.30; good to medium, 54.70 tf2'5.65: stockcrs and feeders. 52.90ijl5.25. Hogs Receipts. 48,000; weak to a sdiade lower; light. S5 70fT6.05; mixed, 55.60(5) 6.00: heavy. ?5.20!5.S5: rough heavy, ?5.20 (frS.oO; plgSj ?5.355.95: good to cholca heavy. $5.7o5.S5. "Sheep Receipts, 20,000; weak; natives, 53.75(?j'5.90: Westerns, $4.75iQ5.90; yearlings. year-lings. 5G.00(Q'6.70; lambs. $5.507. 10; Westerns, ?5.50i5'7.60. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. July 15. Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 15,000, market steady to 10c lower; native steers, S4.75'6.80, native cows and heifers, $2.505.70; stockors and feeders, 53.00()4.75: bulls, 52.754.75; calvos. 54.00 37.00; Western fed steers, ?4.25(j16.90; Western fed cows, 52.75igvl.60. Hogs Receipts, 7000; weak to 5c lower; low-er; heavy, 5r'-70jj'5.75 ; packers, ?o.7u(p 5.87$; pigs and light. $5.S0R5.921. Sheep Receipts, 5000; market steady; muttons, ?5.25(g'6.00; lambs, 57.007.65; range wethers. 5 1.7o5.90; fed ewes, 54.50 05.25. Omaha. OMAHA. " July 15. Cattle Receipts. 2000; market, steady to stronger; natlvo steers, SI. 7557)7.00; cows and heifers, 53.75 415.35; Western steers, 33.50(5)5.50; stockcrs stock-crs and feeders. S3.00g:5.00; calves, 53-50 (f?)6.50; bulls and stags. 53 00)5.50. " IJogs Receipts, 4500; market, shade to 5c lowor; heavy. 55.65(5.75 ; mixed, J5.67J 5.72$: light. $5 75tfi)5.S5: pigs, 55.25(5)5.75. Sheep Receipts, 2500; market slow, but steady; yearlings. 55.50(6.25; wethers. ?5.00(T;5.65; ewes, ?4.505-40; lambs, 56.50 7.25. St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., July 15. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 2150; market active, steady to strong; natives, 54.50f87.00; cows and heifers, $2.255.60; stockors and feeders, $3.5004.50. Hogs Receipts. 2150; market steady to 5c lower; top, $5.85; hulk of sales, $5.76$) 5.S0. Sheep Receipts, none; lambs, S6 75fi) 7.50: yearlings. 5o.50,6.25; wethers, $5,10 (55.75; ewes, $4,756.25. 0 I "Liverpool Grain. LIVERPOOL. July 15. Wheat Spot, steady; No. 2 red. Western winter. 7s 2d: futures, quiot; July, 7s 2d; September. 7s 2$d; December, 7s 5id. Corn Spot, steady; Hess dried, 5s ;d: old northern. 5s 3d; futures, quiet; July, nominal; December, is ll'jd. Minneapolis Wheat. MINNEAPOLIS. July 15. Close: Wheat September, 981c; .December. 9Si9Sile; No. I hard. 51.01; No. 1 northern, 5100, No. 2 northern, 97'Cnn"lc; No. 3 northern, 9 3W line. ! |
