Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-11
GENERAL TRADE.

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grocery stores have had pretty good orders
some days, but have had no activity. The
| stock of corn In the city Is small, with some
orders that want filling. An Ohio river boat
was expected hourly, and was said to have a
good supply; if it should have little, an up
ward tendency is looked for from limited
! stocks. Oats have been in very moderate
demand all week, and were lower; bran de-
chned also. Hay has remained very heavy,
even choice having only moderate demand
Cornmeal has remained steady, but is not
| strong. Flour is In moderate demand, low
| and weak, owing to peace and new crop
arriving; three or four lots reached Memphis
this week, but attracted no attention from
our millers, who have hardly yet discovered
that ''sprlng has come" The new
potato shipping business has come to an
| early termination, owing to homegrown
potatoes having reached the northern mar
ket; the fine spring brought everything for
ward early there, cutting short the period
during which the south usually sells. This
is disappointment, and loss to shippers
and growers. The season opened at 81
barrel measure, loose, from growers prices
began to fall rapidly from the first few days
until SOC barrel is as much as can be OBJ
tanned. After the price had got to that point
some of the shippers were receiving on con-
tracts at 81 a barrel; from this the situation
of things can be readily understood. The
ping become active; the few that had been
received proved rather poor, with scarce re-
ceipts. Eggs, yesterday, became unexpect-
eddy scarce, and advanced &c.
Corn in fair demand with little Offering;
sales of $50 sacks of mixed at Soc, 40 sacks
of ear corn at ACC; between dealers some
small lots changed hands at 81 and Size in
store, 53@55c. Oats quiet; sale of ITO sacks
of st. Louis at Sc; some white was offering,
with 3411ac bid in store, 37@40c. Bran stag
nant; last sales at $12 Sc; in store, 756SOc.
CONTROVERSIES of so sacks at $40. Hay
sales of so bales of prime at $12 so; last sales
of timothy at $16; so poor Is the demand that
sharp demand of two weeks ago; quiet and
easy at 81 30; dray-load lots at the mill,
81 35. Flour is spiritless at 50 50@5; fami-
ly, $5 so. POtatoeS-nothing shipping and
none coming in; so cents offering barrel
measure for good; small worth nothing.
OhiOns-some very fine large received for
shipment, and brought 81 so barrel meas
for sweet potato plants, which sell
at 81 so thousand. Green Apples were
in small receipt and where good, hand picked
and free from bruise, they brought from 50
to 81 so, and large 81 Is barrel measure.
Peaches are IN very small receipt at present;
one third bushel boxes selling at Soc. Eggs
were scarce at SC, and advanced to 10c.
Chickens were unchanged at 81 25@2 rs;
young, 81 50@3, according to size. Butter
Is a trihe better In demand; good country
brings 1870, and when well made, 14c; but
most of the butter from the country Is spoiled
with lazy making the milk not being pressed
out, and the idle plan of using warm water
to save trouble being common. We should
have no occasion to import pound of butter
if our farmers wives and daughters would
be at the trouble to take the money it
brings by making it good; 8@121sc for
common to good country; choice western,
I5@l6c. Dried apples, 4@5c; peaches. AZ SC.
box. Nuts-cocoa, S. hundred Peanuts. AZ
@5c; red, 31ac. Stockpeas, 81 Is bushel.
White beans, 81 1902 q a bushel. Pr-ovi-
siOns-clear side pork, 53sc; clear RIB, SIC;
long clear, SIC; shoulders, 414c; mess
pork, $40 per barrel; small orders are charged
little above these rates; packed, &c higher.
rib, 57s@6c. Hams-canvased and packed,
5000. Lard tierce lard, 73s@71sc;
half barrels, 8@815c; kegs, SO $3.50; pals,
84@S38c; half pals, SIC. The Mem
phIs cotton and wool manufacturing
company report the, following, prices
Tub-washed-6ne, SS@94c; medium. 81
@32c; coarse, 27@28c; dingy and poorly
washed, 3@5c per pound off Unwashed-
medium, 20@23c; light fine, 10000; heavy,
fine and coarse, 15@17c; common, 1215@1 5c;
black, bury or cotted, 3@10c per pound off.
Memphis Cattle Market.
LaCroix & Schilling, of the Memphis stock
yard, report an unusually light supply of
cattle, with an active demand for medium
and choice; market almost bare of better
grades. Hogs few and nominal Sheep in
| small arrival with a far demand for choice;
common not wanted. Smooth fat corn fed
steers, weighing from 900 to 1900 pounds, 4@
| SC; smooth fat CRASHED steers, weighing from
| 300 to 1000, 3@4c; smooth, fat oxen, weigh
ing from 1000 to 1900, 31a@4c; rough
oxen and cows in good condition, 2@3c;
| rough oxen and cows IN thin flesh, 11a@2c;
| yearlings, $5@8 per head; mich cows, $15
| @35 per head; choice mutton sheep, DC;
common sheep, 81 50@2 each; spring lambs,
81 t0@3 so each; hogs, 219@3c.
Merchants Wholesale Cash Prices.
Chamber of Commerce official Statement.
FlOur.-Superfne, 81 25@4 so: double
extra, 81 75@5; treble extra, $5 5095 IS;
choice family, S. 75@6; fancy, s. 25@6 so
per barrel. Corno'ealacDull; kiln 90 50
per barrel. COrn.-Steady; mixed, 52@53c;
white, 54@55c; ear, 4Sc per bushel; 11sc
higher from store. OatS.-FIrm, moderate de-
mand Mixed 38@39c; white, 40c per
bushel. Bran.-Dull; 90@95c. Hay
| Steady; choice western, $16@17; prairie,
nominally $8@960; mixed, $l3@14 per ton.
Bulk P Pork Firm a,s.r shoulder lou 4e
sides, 515c; casked, &c higher. Bacon
Noose)- Advancing; shoulders, SC; clear
rib sides. &c; clear sides, &c;
breakfast, Sc; sugar-cured hams, can
vased, 10@lO16c. Ness Pork.-Advancing
$11. Lard.-In tierces, TIC: half
SIC; pals, 10 ID, 944c. Baling Stufs.-
Nominal; bagging, 2 10, according to quality,
l0Ac: bagging, 24 ID. according to quality,
| 10l6c; baling Irvine, 12c; iron ties per bundle.
| 81 Is. MackereI.-Half- barrels, No. l, 81 IS
| as 25; half barrels, No. 2, IS 25@6 rs;
half barrels, No. 3, S.: kits, No. l, 81 SIS
81 IS; kits. No. 2, 81 25@l 40; kits. No; 8,
1870; far, 17@171fc; good, I8@i8Kc;
Rice.-Higher; ordinary to choice, z
@711c. Starch, &c. Whisky, 85c@s4.
Sugar-LOHisiand.-(ln hhds)-Steady; tar,
74c; fully fair. 7a4c; prime, Sc; choice,
SIC; yellow clarified, 91lc; white clarified,
94c; barreled, Ac higher. Sngar-Refned.
Firm; refined A, per h., 90 q 10c; crushed
and powdered, 104 @l1c; eranulated, 104
| @11c; cut loaf. IL II4c Molasses.-Firm;
common, 25@28c; fair, Soc; prime, 38c;
strictly prime, 40@41c; choice, 43@45c; half
brls &c higher. Syrups.-Common to fancy,
35@65c. Sab:-Coarse and common fine,
Liverpool, coarse. SKIS, 81 25; Liverpool, fine,
SKIS, 81 40@1 so. Soap.-Resin and Ger
man, 411@64c; Lattings Dixie, 41zc; Lat
ting's laundry, SIC; Latting's German, &c;
refined oil, SIC. Candles.-Boxes, full
weight, 134@131kc; half boxes, 14c; quar-
ter boxes, l419c. Lime.-$1 05@l Is.
Esculents and Fruits Apples, nominally
| $2@2 so per barrel. Lemons, per box, IS 50
| as so; oranges, boxes, S. 50@7 so; pota-
toes, new, per brl, 50@75c; onions,
new, 81 1898; beans, per bushel, 81 so
| az; dried apples, 213@4c; dried peaches,
| 211@4c. MiscelLdneous.- Butter-western