Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-26
GENERAL TRADE.


The grocery houses were filling up order
yesterday with some show of business, bu
the produce market was quiet and uninter
esting. Corn was offering In abundance, anC
more is on the way, said TO be attainable al
rates lower than any since the recent advance
stocks are generally well filled, and holders
were trying hard to close out what they have
before Sunday; sales amounted to over 55C
sacks, at SOC; in store, 53@54c. Oats offer
below, reported to be at about $15; in store
S4@S715c. Hay-nothing moving at $50
Is; in store, $12@l6. COrnmedL steady on
the landing and at the mill at 81 As; 80 bar
rels sold at 81 40. Flour weak at 50 75@5 sc
for current grades and family; fancy, $6@
6 25. Potatoes were looking downward.
with sales from wagon at 81 %, 81 so and
81 IS, the latter for selected large" in
shipping order, IN store, So so; country pack
ed, mixed sizes, 81 %; Louisianas are passing
out of the market, now Tennessees are
becoming plentiful. Onions, 81 50@2 IS
and dull Eggs very abundant and lower
the general asking was l0c, but sales were
made at 915c of choice eggs, and round lots
loose packed, were offering at Sc. Chickens
were clucking for Grape on account of mourn
full prices; sales were at 81 2592 rs, the
81 25@2 SO; very fine would bring
25c more. BMter-common, and me-
dunn, 8@l2c; choice prairie, 15@16c; choice
western, Tic. Dried apples, 4@5c; peaches,
4@5c. Lemons, sos so; repacked, Sc
per box. Oranges, Sc 50@7 so a box;
Messina, "a 25@4 so. Bananas, $1@3 a
bunch. Nuts-cocoa, 81 so hundred. Pea
@l IS bushel. White Beans, 81 50@2 Is a
bushel. German millet seed, 1902 Is a
bushel. CUcWmbers, 30@35c dozen. Snap
beans-Tennessee, 80c@$1 a box. Pro
VisiOns-clear side pork, sc; clear RIB, 90c;
long clear, 4.75c; shoulders, &c; mess pork,
80 per barrel; small orders are charged
little above these rates. Lard-73s @71hC
for tierces, &c for half barrels, and 8114@811c
for pals; country lard, 7@8c. Bacon-packed,
clear sides, SIC; clear rib, 53Oc. Hams-
canvased, 8@84c; uncanvased hams, Sc;
hams show an advancing tendency. The ex-
portGtions of wheat and corn at New York
are certainly on a stupendous scale. For the
week ending May 18th, this and last year,
we have the following comparisons: Wheat,
l,43O, goo bushels, against III, 800 bushels;
corn, l,015, S25 bushels, against 224, $50 BUSH
els. The comparison as to -four is quite as
remarkable, being 1884 barrels, against COS
barrels last year.
Merchants Wholesale Cash Prices.
Chamber Of Commerce Official Statement
Flonr.-Dull; superfne, 81 50@475; double
extra, $5@5 25; treble extra, SIS 1896;
choice family, 5000 %: fancy, S. 50@6 rs
per barrel. Cornmedl.-Firm; kiln-dried,
81 6O@2 rs per barrel; COrn;-scaree
55c; ear. 4Sc per bushel; 11Ec higher from
store. Odts.-FIrm, moderate demand;
mixed, 38@39c; white, 4Oc per bushel.
Bram-Firm 90@95c. Hay.-Firm; receipts
light; choice western, $16@17; prairie,
nominally $8@9 so; mixed, $I3C914 per ton.
Bulk Pork.-(As to ,age)-Shoulders, &c;
long clear, SC; clear rib, Sc; clear
sides, ,514c;,, casked, 1sc higher. Bacon.
52s@51Sc; clear sides, SO @524c; breakfast, 8
@91lc; sugar cured hams, canvased, 5000.
Mess Pork. - Dull; $500 so. Lard
In tierces, TIC; half barrels, SIC; in
kegs, 81<@84c; pals, 20 ID, 84c;
pals, 10 10, SIC. Baling StpfS.-Nomi-
nal; bagging, 10, according to quality,
l0Ac; bagging, "a ID, according to quality,
!O1Sc; baling Irvine, l2;: iron ties, per bundle,
81 Is: Maeksrel.- Half barrels, No: l, 81 IS
as 25; half-barrels, No. 2, Sc 25@6 rs;
half barrels, No. 3, Sc; kits, No. 1, 81 SIS
al IS; kits. No. 2, 81 25@1 40; kits, No. 3,
81 l0@I 25. Co6ee.-Firm; ordinary. 169
1916; far, 17@l71zc; good, 18@181kc;
prime, 19@191<c; choice, 20@21c; Java, DC
Rice.-Firm; ordinary to choice, 615
@716c. Starch, DC. Whisky, 85c@ 81.
SngGr-LOnisiana.-(1n hhds)-Steady; fair,
yellow clarified, 9@9 l4c; white clarified, 91S a
924c; barreled, &c higher. Sugar-Refned.
Firm; refined A. per h., $50 0c; crushed
and powdered, 1024 Gle; graduated, 104
ollie; cut loaf, I1@I14c MolasSeS.-Firm;
common, 25@28c; fair, Soc; prime, 38c;
strictly prime, 40@4lc; choice, 43@45c; half
brls sc higher. SyrupS.-Commont to fancy,
per bril-, 81 25; dairy, in barrels, 81 so;
IivernoOl cOarsa ais 81 Ok. TjvernOoI fine
SKIS, 81 40@1 so. SOdp.-Resin and Ger
man, 416@64c; Lattings Dixie, 416c; Lat
tinR's laundry, SIC; Latting's German, &C.;
refined oil, SIC. Cdndles.-Boxes, full
weight, 134@l316c; half boxes, l4c; quar-
ter boxes, l414c. LinIe.-$1 05@I Is.
Cenent.-Louisvllle, 81 25; Rosedale, 81 Is.
E =. zas and Fr'its-LemO ms per box
tatoes, old, per brl, 75c@$l 25; potatoes,
new, per brl, IS 25@3 so; cabbage, new, per
100, $15@16; onions. 1898 so; beans, per
bushel, $2@2 so; dried apples, SC; dried
peaches, &c. Miscellaneous.-Bu tter-westen
table, choice, l5@22c; butter, country, 100
l5c; eggs, l0@ 12c; nails, per key, 81 so; vine
gar, per gallon, lS@25c; tobacco, per h.,
SAGA so; oysters Qightl. l h., 55@
Coo; oysters Qight), 2 ID, SOL 10; coal
oil. tic; matches, IS 25@6 so; cotton rope,
lie; grass rope, ll@l21sc; powder, kegs,
Sc IS; shot, patent, 81 90@2; soda, kegs,
&c; soda, assorted cases, 5@51Sc; cheese,
nominal, 10c; new raisins, 81 1892 Is.
TBY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK, May 25.-Flour in limited
demand; superfne western and State, 50 IS
"A 80. Wheat in light demand; No. 2 red
winter, 81 2l@1 2l11. Corn-steamer, 4824
@491&c. mixed western and State.
29@34c. Pork steady, IS 65@9. Middles
null * 7Sc Rnffar rntaf IhaQsn hQav
Whisky, 81 Os.
LOUISVILLE, May 25.-Flour dull; fami-
ly, "a 25@4 so; fancy, IS 75@6 25. Wheat
dull; red, 81 II. Oats dull, 30@3lc. Hay
dull, $9@ll. Pork stronger, s. 80. Bulk
meats in fair demand, go, 456 @4Hc. Bacon
quiet but steady, As, 5@5l4c. Sugar-cured
hams, s119@916c. Lard strong; tierce, 75sc;
kegs, Sic. Whisky, 81 03.
ST. LOUIS, May 25.-Flour dull; fancy,
50 50@6; choice, S5@5 25; family, 81 05
as; treble extra, 81 60@4 rs. Wheat dull
dull and lower, 351Sc. Oats weak, 241k9
25c. Pork frner; jobbing at IS 35@8 40
delivered. Lard better; 6 Csc bid. Bulk
meats dull and nominal. Baeon-sides, 5@
!. 05@5.25c. Hogs quiet, 81 65@3 10; r.
ceipts, 2l00 head.
CINCINNATI, May 25.- Flour dull.
Wheat dull, weak and lower; red, 81 05@
l 10. Corn dull, 4Oc. Oats hrmer, 2o@3lc.
Pork strong and higher; IS 25 bid, s. so
asked. Lard in good demand and shade
higher; current makes, CAS-; kettle, 7t@71<c.
Bulk meats quiet but firm; 35k@35{, 4.40,
4 50@475c. Bacon dull; 4G41k, 5@516,
5ss@51Sc. Whisky, 81 O8. Butter firm.
Hogs steady; Ieceipts, 1850 head; shipments,
2574 head.
: CHICAGOYAIay % Flour easier; spring
lxtras, "a 4q45; western extras, "a soc