Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-08

There is fair business doing in the
general market to-day. The receipts OF
produce are not heavy and prices have
not changed materially since yesterday.
Bran and hay are easier. Provisions
are steady. Flour and corn meal, though
quiet, are not lower. Mess pork is
quoted at 81 80. Bacon clear sides
easier at see to 81, clear rib sc, shout
ders &c. Lard, 1Ol to lOlc for tierce and
III to ll!c for key. Breakfast bacon
and hams are unchanged Bulk sides,
Sc, Corn meal is easier, with light de-
mand at not over 81 Is to 3 20. Corn
is quiet, with sales Of ear at A to
soc, and shelled at 81 to Coo,
with sales Of 100 sacks. Oats steady
at SOC, with sales of 80 sacks. Hay is
firm at 500 to $3l for mixed to choice.
Potatoes are 81 Is to SO. Apples, so to
3 so, with choice fancy held at 1. Onions
are quiet at 81 30 to 3. Butter in better
supply at q to 26c for common to fair
table and 2Sc for extra choice. Beans
are quiet at s. TO %. Eggs are steady
at 30 to 80. Cabbage dull at s. to 7.
Dried apples 81 to Glc and quiet. Dried
peaches to &c, with good supply.
Cranberries are easier at $l2 to II per
barrel. Kraut is quiet at 50 to 10 per
barrel Bran is quiet at S27 to % per
ton. Flour is unchanged. Sugar is
steady. Coffee is frmer and tending
upward. Poultry is quiet at 81 so to
4 so for chickens, IS for geese and $l2
to Sls for turkeys. Bran is quiet al
1927 so. Nails are firm at 81 10 rates,
Bagging is easier, with sales by the lot
to arrive at l6l to l69c for 2 to q pound
flax and hemp. Cheese is easier at l5lC
for factory. Whisky is unchanged.
From store on orders prices are as follows
BALNG sruFFs-2 ID. hemp bagging. hand
loom. as In quality. lG34gl7llzc; power loom
l7149lSc; "a lbs. FAX; Is TO ls12c. Iron ties
Second hand gunnies and burlaps. l4@16c.
BAcON--Firmer; clear sides, 81 TO &c; cleai
rib. So to S5sc; shoulders, to SIC; sugar
cured hams, l79lSc. as TO brand; breakfast
bacon. ll@l2lSc. plain and canvased.
| BEANs-s3 25 to 3 ~ per bushel.
BRAH-Firm at 81 45al 80 a 100 in store.
| BUTrER-G0od Western, l5lglBc; inferior
dull and nominal; prime. 2O@2Sc; strictly
CaBBAaE-Quiet at SC OO@s 90.
CASDLEs-Light weight star. ID to lie; full
/ weight, l9g2Oc.
CaREsR--OOmmon. 1l@l4c; chedder firm a
6oryEr-Firm at 2ls25c for Rio and $40
CoTrovsEED-s9 90 q ton on levee.
Com MEAL-Quiet at So 3593 a. from store.
CoRS-Firm at "a to Soc for shelled on orders
| ear. 49lp5lc.
EGGs-Are scarce at Sl932c.
HAY-Steady at 81 5O9l s. per 100 on orders
| as to quality.
HGRDwARE-Axes, per dozen. $40 50 TO u
shoyels, Ames', sl4 so; spades, Ames', SIS 50
rope, 10 to 2lc; casting. Sc; plows, Avery
each, 81; iron per n, 419c; cast steel 20 to 25c
German, IS to 2Oc; nails per key. 81 ~ to 4 on
FLoUR-Quiet; super So Q0@6 % 4, ~ 5Oe
6.75.; XX.., 81 O0g7 49, MN, 81 6OSS 70
LARD-In kegs, llh9i111c; tierces. l0he
| l01lc; caddies. l2119l2hc.
LIQuORs-Rectified whisky per gallon, 65 "a
sc; Bourbon and Rye, 81 Is to 4 30; Robert;
/ son county, tl % W Z 81 uhu
| brandies, 81 10 to 2 SO; Highwines. SO to &c
claret wine per case, So rs to 50; port and
sherry per gallon, 81 Is to 2 SO; Home bitteri
per dozen, IS 80 to I 50.
! MoLAssEs-Lo firm 40965c in bar
rels; syrups, 45g70c; Louisiana, new, 10 Il
| 75c.
NAHs-Steady at 81 IS rates.
OATs-Quiet at 52g53c from store.
OSIOSs-Easy at So 1908 so per barrel.
PowDER-Rine per key, S.; mining, 81 so.
POuLTRY-0ld chickens quiet at 81 25g4 %
young, s. 00G4 90, as to size. Geese. IS 90
| Turkeys, Sl2 00glS 10.
P0rGToEs-Are quiet with a fair supply a
SO 20d3 IS n barrel. Sweet potatoes, 81 % pei
barrel.
PoRK-Scarce at SIS 90 per barrel for prime
mess.
SALr-s2 25@s so a Dbl; 81 1902 90 y sack
SHOT-Per sack, So 81 TO IS
SOAP--German notified, &c; common, SC.
SARDINEs = Quarters per case, 81 to SS
halves. SIS.
STARcH-Quiet at 5 to SIC per n.
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