Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
wEEkETs STATEMENT.
ARnmsinsass IL nottsasss dailr, and now our


principal thoroughfares are thronged
with purchasers. Some eight or ten
steamers arrive daily from above bring.
ing Western produce in abundance, and
returning steamers from the south sup
ply the market with sugar and molas-
SEES. Corn is easier sales this morn
ing we're 200 sacks shelled at SO to
SOC. Corn meal; sales of 200 bar
refs at 50 10 to- 1916. Eggs are
quiet at 35c. Oranges are dull at SlO
to 81 per barrel. Lemons are Sc to 6 10
per box Provisions are steady. Bacon
clear sides are held atSB to8ic; no clear
rib or shoulders offering; bulk clear
sides, 6l to SIC; sales, 25 casks; shoul-
ders, 52c; sales of Is casks; new su-
gar-cured hams are sold at ID to
i4Sc: Memphis dressed hogs sell at 7 to
7lc, and live SIC gross. Lard is Quiet at
81 to l0c for tierce and key: Beef is
sold at BIC for frat and 8 to 32c for sec,
second quality. Onions are steady
at So to 8 so for common to choice. Gro
ceries are firm With fair receipts Of su-
gar and molasses, and hrmer feeling
in those articles. Coffee is firm and
unchanged. Nails are steady at 81 65 to
a rs. Cottonseed is fri and higher at $1l
per ton on the leyee. Potatoes are dull at
So Is to So 90, with holders anxious to re-
alize. Bran is steady at $26 90 per ton,
Oats are held firmly at 81 TO 53c. Sales
of bay are made at $28 for prime and
$50 to $3l for choice Western, Apples
are steady at SO 80 to IS so. Butter is
in fair supply at "a to 3Oc for prime to
choice. Cheese is in fair supply at l23
TO I51c for Western Reserve and ched-
der. Eggs are in fair supply at 80 to 35c,
Live poultry is in fair request and the
supply light Ducks are 81 per doz-
en-: chickens. 81 so to 4 so; geese, 81 so
to S.: turkeys, Sl4to $24. Bagging quiet;
l45 to lG 2 and q pounds, choice brands.
Flour is quiet at So to 8 70 for super to
fancy, with an improved demand for low
grades. Cottonssed oil, good, Acc; re-
fined oil, 6Oc; oil cake, 2le; meal, Zoe.
Kraut, 50 so to $40.
From store on orders prices are as follows:
BALrSG SruFFs-2 and "a 10. bagging. as in
ouality, l41z6l51Sc. Iron ties, as in pattern,
10 SIC. Baling Irvine, Is to lie. Second
hand gunnies and bgrlaps, Agl5c. rsa
HEANS-tO w 10 D - per Dubntls
sBRlN-Quiet at 81 409l so 3 l00in store.
Br1TrREGood Western, i5@ise: inferior.
l21S@lse; prime. N@2So; strictly choice, 26@
&c Cc'AIRRPIaG5f@steady at 81 5Oes 50. ns..
CAYDLEs-Light weight star, Is to l4c; full
" CaEssEE Gommoh. ls9l4c, ebedders frm at
16d17c Factory, Is to Ice. n ltl-AA
CoFTEE-Firm at 2lg24c for Rio and SOC
CoTTovsEED-s10 90 p ton on ieyee. 6
CoRs MEGL--Firm at So 1898 40 from store.
CoRN-Easy at s. to zoe for shelled on orders;
ear, 64669c. nn
~Esss-Are firm at % to &c.
Steady at 81 seal 7opsr leoOn ORDERS
A' H IA per dozen, $40 50 to Il;
shovelss Ames', Sl4 so; spades, Ames', SIS 81;
rope, 19 to 2lc; casting. Sc; plows, Avery,
German, Is to lsc; nails per key, 81 S. TO %.
FLOUR-Easy; super, S. 25 to 6 so: X, 81 p
n so; Xxx, IS 90 toS .; Xxx. So 80 to 5 q;
choice family and fancy. 50 00ql0 90. Rye
-four. IS 80 toe Is. Buckwheat, 500. HON.
inv. per Dbl, IS 50I grits, S. so,
: fi5uoRs- -Reetifed whisky per gallon, s. to
csc Bourbon and Rye, 81 o. 10 10; Robert
son county, 81 3 TO 90: American gin and
brandies, 81 10 to 2 so; highwines. 80 TO &c !;
Sherry per gallon, 81 8 to 50; Home bitters
4 eS,sss.s--I.o louisiana. old. firm S0d6Oc in
Darrell syraps. 4S9Ioei LOUISIANA. new %
to csc.
NAMs-Firm at 81 rs rates.
OATs-Quiet AZ 5S35Sc from store. @
ONIOSs-Essy at s. 3 per barrel -
POwDzR-Rihc per keE. IS mining. "a ~
: poufTRY--C dickens firm al 81 1904 20. Geese
81 ri ~ s so. Turkeys, sl2 009lS 90, Ducks.
G 81 tot 20. Dressed chickens, So % per doz.
PoTIfoEs-kre 1ull. with a lair supply al
s2eOgs IS y barrel. sEeri potatoes 81 % per
Provisions acon'per ID. clear sides. IS to
sc; clear rib sides. e; shorlders, ~; new
sfisarcured hams ,l31 3tolf II; breakfsst bacon.
lof[tol0<e Moss beef per Dbl: 81 ~ aess po OH
uer bbl, 81 81 Piss feet per key, = y % "
PORK, clear sides p5r 10. b % 14c shoulders
81 10 &C. Fresh pork. 70 3c- rEssF pe.l'
fnrequartefs. to So. hlndquarters, 70 70
Fresh N ss...cs., Q to zoe. Lard. heroes "a 70
RIcE- isadF; Carolina, 1le tisree' and 81
2 ~ - 8 s. 50 thi.s Il Bsa % y sack.
eFOr-per sack. s. 81 toss
eolf-llerman notified. "a; common. he,
SARplrss - uarters per case, ~ to -;
sTtrcT-cufst m Is re per D.,
SuGlH-LouisiEn4. open katte, "a 70 lis.3
yellow clarified lfI4 % I1c; white Charmed,
choice, 1l15 10 lzj4ci bard reuned Nhite' io1se.