Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-01
BONDS IN LONDON.
TRADE,

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past week all has been quiet and stea.
dy, with a i|uctuatiOn OF prices in
corn, feed and meats. Country orders
have been coming in very slowly,
with a small city trade doing at the
closing OF the week. The markets
keep well supplied, and the leading
houses are filling country orders for
grain, produce and meats at western
market quotations. Notwithstanding
business has been dull, there is app8.
reDtly a buOyant feeling among the
merchants, and all anticipate a good
trade this fall. Favorable reports of
the crops around and adjacent 10
Memphis continue to reach US. Pros
poets are good Of large yield. Many
Of the leading houses are advancing
to planters quite freely the cotton
stands being so far advanced as 70 in
sure a good yield. The rates on freights
from st. Louis to this point have ad-
vanced from 10 70 10 per cent, on ac-
count of the low stage OF water. The
advance viii have a corresponding ef-
feet here in grain, produce and meats.
A decided improvement in trade is
exhibited at the closing Of the week,
with an increase of country orders.
Dry goods is improving, though pri-
ces remain unchanged IN boots and
shoes. There has been a fair trade
during the week, with largestOck5 on
hand, which have been received in
anticipation Of q large fall business.
Flour is in full supply, with q good
demand for family and choice brands.
Low grades are nominal and in light
request. We note sales of XXX at
Sc JOs6 90; NN s. 9036; sUpers,
SO GO84 80; choice fancy brands, 81 80
t. s 90. Corn is in fair request, with
the receipts equal TO the demand.
We note sales on the lev5e OF 300 sacks
Of white in secondhand gunnies, at
Csc; another lot Of choice white, in
new gunnies, at Use. From 6S to 69c
was the ruling price; in store Ua74c
was asked. Ear corn is stea-
Gy, selling at soc per bushel.
Oats are nominal with q small local
and shipping trade doing, selling on
the leyee at 45a49c for choice new; in
ferior was offered at 40a42c, holders in
store were asking 49a52lc for choice.
Bran is IN good demand, with fair re-
Ceipts; leVee sales are reported at SIS
ais 50 per ton from store, Sl9d2O is the
ruling price. Corn meal Is in good
supply, with an active local trade
doing; sales on the levee Of fresh kiln
dried, full weights at IS 4ja3 80; light
weights sold at So 40 per Dbl; in store,
50 6O33 70 was asked; the city mills
were filling orders at s. 6Oa3 50 per
Dbl. Hay is a little easier, Witha good
demand for new choice timothy sell
ling at S27a2J per ton on the levee, and
830a3l from store, medium and inte-
IiOr, S24a26 per ton. New prairie
grass is Offering freely on the levee at
Fl7a18 per ton and $l9a20
rom store. Straw is held at
8l6 GOALS 90 per ton for prime.
Meats are dull and heavy, with q
limited local and shipping trade doing
and large stocks on hand. Clear sides
are held at 9ta9lc, though in some
cases lots have been closed out at Sc.
shoulders are in light request at la
7}c; a few casks changed hands at &c.
Breakfast bacon is steady and quiet
AZ HALLE. Lard is quiet and nOmi-
nal, with a small cOnsumptiye de.
mand, ueTce selling at 1O$alIc; keg,
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with a good cOnsumptive demand,
choice s~ugar-cured canvassed selling
at iGlal62c; mediums, 1ja153c. Mess
pork remains quiet, with a light de-
mand, prime selling 8t SO 80 TO
tl6 % per Darrell; a few lots Of inferior
were closed out on the leVee at SIS per
barrel. Potatoes are in good supply
at S3a3 50 per barrel for choice; in
feriOr, 81 50a2 70 per Darrell. Chickens
continue in good supply, with an &C.
tive local trade doing; young, g p to
So IS per dozen, according to size
and quality; old, $4a4 so per dozen.
Eggs are in activedemand, with small
receipts, sales of fresh packed at 16a
lie; inferior and medium 13a15c.
B8gging is steady, with a good de
mand at lSa2Oc for Kentucky and
Missouri brands; choice standard
brands are held at pc. Sugars are
firm and active, with a good trade
doing in fine and choice Louisiana
sugars, fine, 12lal3c; coffee sugars, 131
aide white clarified, lie; coffee
a, lac; B, 49,; G, 1899 13ia
I35c. MOlasses and syrups are
quiet and steady. Coffee remains firm
and steady, with fair receipts and a
GOOD local trade doing, jObbing at lea
is5c for Rio; Java, 24a30c; Laguayra,
The stock OF coffee in
the country in first hands en-
braces I72,7 100 bags, Of which
81. g97 are at New York; 60,523
at Baltimore 4ll6 at Mobile;
1864 at New Orleans, and 300 at Gal
weston. This is a fair aggregate, but
shows nearly all that car be calcula-
ted upOnf for some time to come, the
recent mail advices indicating very
small shipments. Apples are in
abundance selling at 81 90 to g 90
per barrel. Onions + in fair
demand at 81 25a2 70 per barrel.
Lemons are in fun supply with a fair
cOnsUmptive demand, selling at f7aS
per box. Cheese is in full supply at
Beans and stock peas continue
with a small trade doing, and
prices unchanged. Butter, choice
or Western Reserve is in
fair demand at 2la23c; medium.
1ga90e: inferior or cooking. 14a17c'
remain steady at 95a96c.
Whisky quiet and steady, with prices
unchanged. Cotton seed dull and
quiet at S. 50a9 per ton. Oils remain
unchanged; we quote coal oil at 2Sa
zoe per gallon; lard, S5a9Oc; train,
9Oea$l. Crude cotton seed Oil, 42a43c;
refined, 52a55c; white, 57a6Oc;
oil cake packed in double gunnies,
S2Oa21 per ton; Oil meal in sacks, So
Der ton. Canned goods are quiet
steady with a small CITY