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Show JUMP III PIE BfJiCH ECUS Hens Have Begun to Moult and Their Product Will Bo Scarce. IT IS NOW TIME TO PUT UP TOMATOES Freestone Peaches Coining Into the Market Exceptionally Exception-ally Slow. Ranch eggs are now Included In the list of table necessities which are going upward in price. Tho reason for this Is said to be the fact that tho henB are beginning to moult, and are remaining practically Idle so far as egg-laying Is concernod. The price of fresh eggs Wednesday took a Jump from 25 to 30 cents, and It Is feared that they will do tho same thing again In a day or two. Retailors say that now Is the t'.mo to g'H tomatoes for preserving pt rposcs. They aro at their height of perfection, and while not as cheap as they might be. are reasonable In price. They sold at three pounds for 10 cents yesterday. Peaches of the freestone variety, for reasons which can not be .wholly explained ex-plained by the merchants, are coming In very slowly. It Is stated that there are plenty of this kind of fruit of a good stock, but tho farmors fall to bring It In. It Is said that the mining camps aro proving more profitable places for tho sale of peaches, and that the farmers aro taking them "there Instead of to this city. Apples on Market. Large rod apples were on Market row yesterday, and sold for 5 cents per pound. They were the largest that have been seen so far this year, and sold readily. One of the markets had a large box of select mushrooms on sale yesterday at 20 cents per pound. They were of such a fine class that they lasted only a few minutes. Radishes arc bringing tho retailers re-tailers 10 cents for three bunches. Cucumbers Cu-cumbers of. the large size are selling for 10 cents a dozen, and of the pickling slzo for .15 cents per 100. Roasting ears aro bringing 25 cents a dozen, and aro getting exceptionally good. They are plentiful. Blackberries were on the market yesterday yes-terday for the first time In about two weeks. They aro very select, and sell at 10 cents per box. White grapes have fallen In price from 40 to 30 cents per basket. On tho fish mnrket yesterday shipments of salmon, halibut, barracuda, flounders and Oregon smelts ware received. re-ceived. They remained unchanged in price from last Saturday. Striped bass are now very scarce, It being almost Impossible Im-possible for cither wholesalers or retailers re-tailers to get any Among the new things which are to be on the mnrket soon are California lobsters. They aro expected In about September 15. The poultry market was yesterday unchanged. Wholesale Quotations. Hay. grain and straw Oat straw, per bale," 35c; alfalfa, per ton, $13; timothy, $15 per ton; feed wheat, $1.40; shorts, $110; oats, $1.60 : rolled oats, $1.75; corn, $1 35; corn, chopped, $1.40; barley, rolled, $1.40; bran, $1.00; flour, bakers' No. 1, $1.70; straight grade, $1.80; high patent, $2.00; rye, $2.00. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 5. Cattle Receipts. "6 000; market 10c lower; beeves, $3.00 6 80; covs and heifers. $1.405.15; Blockers Block-ers and feeders, $2.501.35; Tcxans. $3.65 4.50; Westerns, $3.G05.35; calves, $5.50 Hogs Receipts, 22,000; market steady to 10c lower; mixed and butchers', $5.G5 G.35; good heavy, $5.80G.20; rough heavy, $5.255.60; light. $5.806.35; pigs, $5.15 6.10; bulk. $5.7o6.15. Sheep Receipts. 22.000; market steady to 10c lower; sheep, $3.605.65; lambs, $4.607.55. Eansas City. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 5. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 10.000; steady; native steers, $4.25 6.50; native cows and heifers, $2.00 SiV stockers and feeders, $2.604.G0; bulls $2.003.25; calves. $2.505.50; Western steers. $3.505.25; Western cows, $2.003.85. , , j.Iog3Rccelpts, 0000; market weaic to 5c lower; bulk of sales, $6.05G.20; heavy, $6.006.10; packers. $6.006.20; nigs and lights, $6.1C6.30. SnoepRecelptB, 9000; market steady to 10c lower; muttons, $4.755.50; lambs, $G.007.o0; range wethers, $4.055.76; ewes, $4.255.50. Omaha. OMAHA, Sept. 5. Cattle Receipts, 6C00; best steady, others 10c lower; native na-tive steers, $4.406.25; cows and heifers, $2 754.35; Western steers, $3.003.1o; canners. . $1.502.50; stockers and foed-ers. foed-ers. ?2.804 50; calves, $3.005.75; bulls and stags, $1.7F.3.50. IjogHRecelpts, 8500; market 10c lower low-er heavy, $5.405.80; mixed, $5.G05.75, light, $5.80G.OO; pigs. $5.005.75; bulk of sales, $5.505.80. Sheep Receipts. 12.000; mnrket wenk-pr wenk-pr voarllnga, $5.50G.00; wethers. $5.00 5.60; owes, $4.505-25; lambs. $6.257.25. New York Money. NEW YORK, Sept, 5. Money on call strong. 1720 per cent; ruling rate, 23 ner cent; closing bid. 35 per cent; offered, 40 Pr cent; time loans, 3trong; slxly dnys.'77 per cent; ninety days. 8 per cent, six months. 67 por cent. . Prime mercanlllo paper. G7 per cent Sterling exchange weak, at $1.83.10 4 M IS "or demand, and at $4.80 4.80.05 for Hlxty-day bills; posted rntefi, ?1.81 4.82 and $4.844.S5; commercial bills, $4.92. Mexican dollars, 51 70- Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Sept. 5. Today's state-pnt state-pnt of the tronsury bnlancos In tho general gen-eral fund T exclusive of tho $160,000,000 cold reserve, bIiowg: Available cash balance, $201,551,307; gold cola and bullion, bul-lion, $100,972,473; gold certificates. $61.- 195,170. Now York Sugar. NEW YORK. Sept. 5. Sugar Raw. firm- fair rcUnlng. 33c; centrifugal, nfi ; test 4c. molasses sugar, 33c; roflnod, 'steady; crushed, $5.60; powdered. 55,00, granulated, $4.00. |