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Show MARKETS REMAIN ABOUTTHE SAME No Material Changes in the Prices of Necessities. Necessi-ties. POTATOES FROM IDAHO QUICKLY DISPOSED OF Nice Lot of Celery on Market at Twelve Bunches for 50 Cents. There v.-as no material change in the market yesterdav. Several carloads of potatoes arrived, from Idaho and were placed on the market, and these were early disposed of. People are putting put-ting in their -winter potatoes this year at 75 cents per bushel, against 50 cents paid for last year. Fresh fruits are gradually decreasing and the prices going up. A nice lot of celery has been placed on the market, which the dealers claim compares favorably with the Kalamazoo product, selling at 50 cents per dozen. The demand for wild ducks has been well supplied, and is at a standstill, but the price remains the same. The demand for domestic foul 'is increasing, in-creasing, broilers being 20 cents; chicken for roasting, 17 cents; hens, 16 cents per pound. Domestic ducks sell for 15 cents a pound, Eastern turkeys for 22 cents, and Utah turkeys for 25 cents per pound. Utah eggs havo"gone up to $9 a case, and Eastern eggs soil at $8 per case. The fish market is well sunnlieJ. Salmon sells for 12 cents, halibut, 11 cents; sea bass, IS cents; shad, 12 cents: kin nsh, 11 cents; sole, ai.1 flounders, 10 cents; California crawfish, 10 cents; black bass, 25 and 30 cents; catfish, 13 cents per pound; crabs sell for $3 per dozen; oysters, extra select, at $2.50 per gallon; blue points, $2.25 per hundred; INew York counts, at $1.60 per hundred. Wholesale Prices. Grain flour and hay Timothy, $16 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton; oat straw, 35 cents per bale; feed wheat, $1.50 per hundred; oats. $1.50; rolled oats, $1.65; corn, $L30; chopped corn, $1.40; rolled barley, $1.40; hich patent flour, $2; straio-ht grade, $1.70; bakers' No. 1, $1.40. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 16. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 12,000. jNIarket steady. Western cattle 10 cents lower. Beeves, $4.10 7.30; cows and heifers. $1.655.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50(34.50; Tex-ans, Tex-ans, $3.75(S)4.35; Westerners', $67.50. Hogs Eeceipts, 20,000; market weak to 5 cents lower. Mixed and butchers, $6,25(36.75; good heavy, $6.35(5)6.75; rough heavy $5.85(5)6.20; light, $6.30(5) 6.70; pigs, $5.75(36.30; bulk of sales, $6.30(36.65. Sheep Receipts, 35,000; market 10c lower. Sheep, $3.65(5)5.40; lambs, $4.75(5)7.90. " I j Omaha. I OMAHA. Oct. 16. Cattle Receipts, 7;000; market steady to stronger. Native Na-tive steers, $4.50(36.35; cows and heifers, heif-ers, $2.50(5534.25; Western steers, $3.25(5) 5.35; cariners, $1.30(32.30, stockers and feeders, $2.75(34.50; calves, $3(36; bulls and stags, $2(S3.S0. Hogs Receipts, 5.000; market 5(3 10c lower. Heavy, $6.10(36.25; mixed, $6.20(36.25; light, $6,256.37; pigs, $5.50(36; bulk of sales, $6."20(36.30. Sheep Receipts, 30,000; market steady to stronger. Yearlings. $5.50(3 6; wethers, $5(35.40; ewes, .?4.50(35; j lambs, $6.75(37.50. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 16. Cattle-Receipts, Cattle-Receipts, 20,000; market steady. Native Na-tive steers, $4(36.S5; native cows and heifers, $2(34.So; stockers and feeders, $2.75(34.65; bulls, $2(33.25; calves, $2.75(5)6.50; Western steers, $3.50(35.25; Western cows. $2.25(34.75. Hogs Receipts, lO.'OOO; market weak to 5 cents lower. Bulk of sales, $6.35(3 6.42 V; packers, $6.35(36.45; pigs and lights, $5.75(36.40. Sheep Receipts, 8,000. Strong muttons. mut-tons. $4.50(35.50; lambs, $5.75(37.55; range wethers, $4.25(35.75; fed "ewes, $4(35.50. St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.,, Oct. 'l6.-rCattle Receipts; 3300; natives, steady. Natives, Na-tives, $4.50(36.50; cows and heifers, $1.50(34.75; stockers and feeders, $3,25 (34.30 Hogs Receipts, 7000: 5(31 Oc lower. Light, $6.30(36.42U; bulk' of sales, $6.25(36.40. " Shee'p Recoipts, 4700; steady to weak. Lambs, $7.50. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 16. Wool Steady; grades, combing annd clothing. 23(3 27Vc; light fine, lS21c: heavy fine', I517c; tub washed, 32(337. New York Fruit Market. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. There is a 'slightly firmer feeling in the market for evaporated apples. Good to choice are quoted at 59i(3Sj prime for immediate shipment at 5(5j5c, and poor to fair 54(35Jc. Prunes are in demand on spot," and the larger sizes are very firmly firm-ly held. California fruit 70s to 30s are quoted at 5(5)$yiC; Oregon 40s to 20s at 9Vj10c. Apricots are in light demand, owing to the comparatively high prices'. Choice are quoted at 16c; extra cboice 17c; fancy lS20c. Peaches are unchanged, with choice quoted at 10 (311c; extra choice 11(3 HVc; fancy ll(a)12c; extra fancy 12 12Mjc. Raisins are unchanged, with loose muscatel quoted at 6vfc7c; seeded raisins rais-ins 6(3S4o London layers nominal. New, York Dry Goods. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. The dry goods market was firm and active to-dav. to-dav. Prices have been advanced on certain lines of prints. Tue3day'B Clearings. Tuesday's bank clearings amounted to $1,795,455.59 while those of the same day last; year totaled $S33,132.22, Dividend Declared. The directors of tho Deseret National bank mot Tuesday noon and declared n 3 per cent dividend amounting to $15,000, payable at once. I |