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Show BUSINESS IS DULL ON LOCAL MARKETS Fish the Only Stock That Meets With Fair Sale Friday. Nothing now appeared on the market, Friday, and with but one .exception the prices of the various articles remained k unchanged. The fish men did more business busi-ness thnn those dealing In any other line of eatables, as Is usually tho case on "fish" day. Salmon retailed at 20 cents a pound; halibut at 15 cents; mullet at four pounds for 25 cents; oysters at 60 cents a quart; lobsters at 25 cents a pound, and crabs at 25 and 20 conts each. Considerable fruit was purchased, but a very limited quantity of meat and poultry. Strawberries sold at 25 and 30 cents n box; bananas at 30 cents a dozen; tomatoes at 25 cents a pound, and lemons at 15, 20 and 25 conts a dozen. "Grapes retailed at 35 cents a pound, and cranberries cran-berries at 15 cents. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. Fob. 28. Cattle Receipts about 2500; steady. Beevep. $3.90P6; cows and heifers, Sl.80ffI4.30; Texans, $3.76(0)4,75, calves. 55.25)7.25; westerns, $4r?51.75; stockers and feeders, 52.76(5)4.90. Hogs Receipts about 2300. Lights, 54.25ij4.l71; mixed, 54.25(0)4.521; hcavv. $i.25(.55; roughs. $4.254.35; pigs, 3.70 .25; bulk of sales, 54.10(1.50. Shoep Receipts about 10,000; market weak. Natives. $3.25ffn.50; westerns. S3.30fi)n.50; yearlings, 55g)6.25; lambs, $5g 6.S5; westerns, $56.90. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2S. Cattlo Receipts Re-ceipts 2000; steady. Nutive steers. 54.50 5.75; native cows and heifers. $2.50(fZi5.25; stockern and feeders, 53.40g4.80. bulls. 53.25(0)4.50; western steers, 51.255.50; westorn cows, $3(5)1.50. Hoes Receipts 10,000: 5c to 10c higher: bulk of sales, $4.254.45 Heavy. $4.35 4.50; packers, $4.754.45; j)g3 and light, 53.804.30. Sheep Receipts 2000; market steady. Muttons. 54.50(9)5.35; lambs, 56.25(5)6.65; range wethers, ?56.20; fed ewes, $1. 10 5. ' Omaha. OMAHA, Feb. 28. Cattle Receipts, 1500: market steady. Native steers, J4 5.60: cows nnd heifers, 52.75(54.75; western west-ern steers, ?3.50$f5; Texas steers. $3iJ?'4; cows and heifers. 52 50(J7,3.S0; canncrs. 52 (JT3; stockers and feeders. $2.75(5)4.75; calves, 53)5.50; bulls and stags, 52.75 4.50. Hogs Receipts. 5500; market 10c higher. Heavy. 54.253)4 40; mixed. $4.154.25; lights, $1.1004.30; pigs. 53.254.85; bulk of sales, $4.15(5'4-30. Sheep Receipts, 6500: steady; yearlings, 55.25(5)6; wethers. ?55.35; ewes, 5i.50i 5; lambs, 56.256.70. St. Joseph, ST. JOSEPH. Feb. 28. Cattle Receipts 1200; market steady. Natives, 54.25iS5.75; cows and lelfors. 52.255; stockers and feeders, 53.50(g)4.60. Hogs Receipts 6000: market 10(0'15c higher. Top, 54.50; bulk, 54304. 15. .heep Receipts 2100; market strong. Lambs, $6i0.70. yearlings, 55.506.25. Evaporated Fruits, NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. The market for evaporated apples was unchanged, with fnncy quotod at 101Hc: cholco at 91c; prime at 7Jg8ic; prime Canadian, 55c I and common to fair at 7(g"le. i Prunes aro quiet, and It Is said that concessions would be required to move stocks freely Quotations range from 44c to 15c for California, nnd from 61c to 10c for Oregon fruit. Apricots aro In moderato Jobbing demand, de-mand, with cholco quoted at 2021c; extra ex-tra choice at 22g)23c: fancy, 24'325c. Fcnehes aro without further change, choice being quoted at 10101c: extra cholco at 110'lllc; fancy, llg12c, and extra fancy, 13-fi14c. Raisins arc easy, with loose muscatel quoted at 5137c! seeded raisins at 53 81c, and London layers at $1.65(3)1.75. New York Flour and Grain. NEW YORK, Fob. 28, Flour RecftlptH. 13,300 barrels; shipments, 9500 barrelc. Market unsettled, with a moderate demand. de-mand. Wheat Receipts, 25,000 bushels, Spot steady. No. 2 red, ?1.02 elevator: No. 2 red, 51.03 f. o. b. afloat; No. I northern, Duluth, 51.18 f. o. b. afloat: Noh 2 hard winter. SL14 f. o. b. afloat. Following the lead of strong cables, wheat made sharp forenoon advances which, however, attracted at-tracted such heavy profit-taking that tho afternoon prlco sustained severe reactions. reac-tions. Tho market closed cloudy and easy at jc not Iohh. May, ?1. 0431.051, closed $1.05. July. 51 $1.01, closed ?1. |