Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-08

Grocery men report fair business. The local
demand 81 active. The tone Of the general
markets. better. In meats there is a better
feeling, the supply being light and Distributed
among q greater number OF dealers. snip
ments have been lighter the last lew Gays.
There Is no advance, but nrm al quolatlons
below. We subjoin an extract from the st.
Louis Republican. giving the state OF The hog
market in some OF the principal packing elites
ofthe United States: SO far nitle mas been
done, either here or al other points. 10 deter
mine the future OF packing. Three OF our
largest hoflseg say they Will not open until the
10th, and the total number eHI h has Week Week WIS
and that principally in the shipment OF live
hogs to tho east The receipts of the week end
ing Saturday, being 50,Qll, and the shipments
for six days only &,2ll, leaving, If the other
day was added in, only 30,iOO Tor city con-
sumption, slaughter and stock carried over.
At Cincinnati there has not been any activity,
and the market for hogs Is quoted at S4to 4 20
gross. Louisville alone appears TO be willing
to give evidence of spirit. h probability that
the crop oTKe1tucEy will be short, leads pack
e~s around the falls to look to Indiana for sup
I lies, and to compete with Cincinnati IN the
prices. The Louisville Courier-Journal asserts
that the plekers Of that city have determined
to make that the best market in the west in
which either TO sell hogs or buy meals, and
says: Our packing houses never nave All
worked up to their full capacity, q are not
10 do so this year. But the prospects
are good for a larger business this season Lnan
the last. II is estimsted that II the ealeula-
tons of the pork men turn out correct, about
800, eco hogs Will be killed in Louisville oetOre
the season closes. There were only about 240,-
900 slaughtered here last year. We do not
know OF a house that has not made prepara-
tons to co as much as It did last season, and
nearly all are counting upon doing consldera-
bly, more. The packers Of Louisville are now
paying more for hogs than Is being paid at any
other point" The grain market is hrgely i
dealers having bought up ca-goes as
fast as srriyed. Corn. shelled, was sold on the
levee this morning, $3.50 sacks, at % to 57zc. |
Hay Is in better supply, quite a lot having ar
rived in the last two days; 50 bales brought $50
per ton. N oats we heard OF no new feature, |
no ch6nge in price; supplies mostly in
store. Bran Is In better supply; 100 sacks sold |
from FIRST hands for 81. Flour is still nrm in |
this market; there are no changes in quota |
100 barrels of single extra sold from first /
at 81 3 delivered. Potatoes are in large /
receipts and lower: In0 sacks sold at 81 per |
sack. > sacks at CSC. and We heard of some /
selling as low as 9Oc per sack, but do not give Il
i as the market price. Eggs are very scarce. /
selling readily at SIC, and In some in
stances rs high as CSC for small boxes. There
are no changes in first-ciRssa apples, though the /
market is flooded with inferior and damaged.
5hlckens are in better Ruppiy, but unchanged. 1
with a fair demand. The market in cOrnmesl i
S quiet. with r fair local demand, and IN
changed in price. onions are in better sup
with only a light eonsumptiye demand, |
angling from So 10 3. Butter is unchanged.
Receipts are large, with a light demand; |
'hoice IS worth 2Tc: good table, D TO 26e. Bag
.ing is in fair demand, and unchanged. Land
S firm, with an active demand. Other arti-
les remain entirely unchanged, with a steady
market. a