Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-17
GENERAL TRADE.
Is follows

GENERAL TRADE.
The weather yesterday was damp and
| chilly and the streets muddy, but business
thrived. Up-river boats brought some ap,
pies and potatoes, but corn, which is wanted
| did not come. Wild ducks and Quails, and
an occasional deer, are seen in the market.
| Eggs we're higher, and rather scarce; corn
meal, al.o, was looking higher. Corn was 10
| good inquiry, with a sitter feeling, but yell
| low could be still bought to arrive at 40c;
| there was sale OF lIO sacks from the coun-
| try at 4Sc. oats and bran were without
! movement or change. Hay exhibited some
| activity, with sales of % bales at Sl2 So 40
at Sl3, 80 at Sl3 50; during the week there
| were sales of seven carloads of prairie hay
! at g SOFAS; the present rate Is 81 so.
! COy1nedl was higher, selling at the mill
in dray-load lots at 81 %. Flour
unchanged, with good demand and rates
firm, quoting at So 75@5 IS barrel for the
| grades ordinarily used. Potatoes, By the
| dray-load, have sold at 81 % for early rose,
| 81 40 for peachblows and russets; sale
on the landing of so barrels at 81.
| Street Potatoes, s. % a barrel; choice, 81 so.
| AppleS, in store, for good, 81 25Q3 barrel.
skins, 81 25 a barrel. Cabbage plentiful at
| SOS a hundred head; crates, 50 25. 1'u'-
| niDs. In sore, 75c a barrel PdrSHipS, 81 a
barrel. Eggs were higher and not very
plentiful, selling at lSd20c. Chickens were
abundant and lower. $2@2 Is, the latter for
coed hens. Turkeys, $8@l2; some extra
fine have brought $l4; dressed, 15c pound.
Bdter-common, l0@l2,; medium, l4@ 18c;
choice, 20@22c. Hogs, 4@5c by the carcass.
BeG' qisayters-fore, 216 a &c pound hind,
| j12 a. DC. GGme-dcer, 6l2mSc; squirrels,
81 per dozen; quails, $1@1 Is per
dozen. Udd Ducks, 81 per dozen.
rabbits, $2@2 % per dozen; Rselfoot lake
perch, DC per pound. Oranges; $500 So.
pound. Calyornia Pears, $4@4 so box.
NWts-almonds, Taragona, 49,; Brazilian,
| Sc; pecans, Texas, 10e; flberts 14c; peanuts,
4c per pound; cocoa, S. per hundred. Dried
| FTuit-apples, 312c for old, and sc for new;
peaches, 315@5c Cranberyies, $7@7 SO
| a barrel. Bedns-nedium navy, $2@
, p a bushel. Lime, 90c@S1. Sail, 81 Is
per barrel. Hides were in good demand; dry
flint, l4c; dry salt, l0@1lc; green, 5@6c;
green salt, Ga &c. Tdlloc, SIC. BeeScdr,
22a. PrOgisiOns-clear bacon sides, packed,
5l8c; clear rib sides, packed, 4B@5c; Shout
4$8c; clear RIB pork, loose, AS @534c; mess
pork, s. 75@9; sugar-cured hams, packed,
91a@104c; breakfast bacon, packed, $40
sac. Lard-tierces, &c; pals, 72s@8c.
IBY TELEGRAPH
LOUISVILLE, November 16-Flour dull
Wheat steady; red, soc; amber and white,
90@93e. Corn in fair demand and firm;
white, Ace; mixed, 3Sc. Oats quiet, but
steady; white, Pa; mixed, 23e Rye irmerr,
nominaliy IS. Lard in fair demand, but at
lower rates; choice leaf, tierce, 64c; keg,
TIC Bllk meats steady; 294, %, 4, 414c
for partly cured. Bacon dull, 3, Al, 4$s,
415@458c. Sugar cured hams nominal
Whisky firm, 81 "a
NEW YORK, November 16.-Flour nomi-
nal; sdperfne State, and western, So ESQ
3 IS. Wheat heavy; rejected spring 78c;
ungraded spring, 500 SOC. Rye dull; west
Corn heavy; ungraded, 44115@4615c Oats
quiet; No. 2, 3lI4c. Hay steady Coffee
heavy; sales private. Sugar dull; fair to
good refining, 7@74c. Molasses dull. Rice
quiet. Pork steady; mess, 81 60@7 so.
Beef nominal. Cut meats active and in far
demand; city long clear middIes, 424c. Lard
heavy; prime steam, 6.25@6 2715c. Whis-
ky dull; 81 08 bid, 81 0819 asked.
CINCINNATI, November 16.-Flour dull
and dropping. Wheat strong and higher;
red and white, 8S@96c. Corn dull and
prices a shade lower, 30@32c. Oats stronger,
22@25c. RE finer, SOC. Barley dull. Pork
stronger; old, 81 so; new, IS rs. Lard-de-
Bulk meats steady and In fair demand; old
shoulders, PIC; short RIB, 324c; short clear,
new, 412c. Boxed meats In fair demand
and market firm; sales of shoulders at 3.10c
seller November; 3.071Sc seller first half of
the month of December; long and short
clear held at f. 5c seller December. Bacon
steady and in fair demand, 81 @43s @45sc.
Whisky active and firm, 81 "a. Butter dull.
CHICAGO, November Is. - Flour dull
Wheat quiet and weak; No. red winter,
Soc; No. spring Chicago, 80llc cash; SIG
Sl1sc December, 8l4c January. Corn
steady and firm; 3214c cash and November.
81 &c December and January. Oats in good
demand and prices G shade higher; 2015c
cash, zoe December, 201ac January. Rye
steady. Barley strong and higher, SIC.
cash and December, IS 1905 90 January.
Lard steady and in fair demand; $3.50 cash,
5.85@57sc December, 5.95c bid January.
Bulk meats frmer, 80, 4 15@430c. Whisky
steady, 81 06.
NEW ORLEANS, November l6.-Flour-
superfne, 1903 %; double extra, $3 rs;
treble extra, $4@4 IS; high grades, 81 75@
Is. Corn easier, 52@56c Oats, $50
Sac Cornmeal-held at 81 %. Hay quiet
and weak; prime, $13 so; choice, $16. Pork,
S8@S 1919. Lard-tierce, 61z@6Tsc; key,
74@715c. Bulk meats-shoulders, new, 4c;
old, 212@224c. Bacon-shoulders, $50;
clear rio, 424c; clear, SC. Sugar cured hams,
new, 11@1l1ac; old, 10@11c. WHISKY
cargoes, ordinary to prime, 124@164c,
Az @5c; fair to fully fair, 51s@54c; prime
to choice, 6@619c; yellow clarified, 64@
Tic. Molasses hrmer; common, 22@24c;
far, 25@26c; prime to choice, 28Q33c.
Rice-Loaisiana, ordinary to choice, 5@61sc.
Bran, 72@721ac.