Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-14
GENERAL TRADE.

| taken, but with no large supply bran Is
wanted, with no stock, and higher prices will
have to be paid for it,, hay is as heavy as
lead, except that a limited quantity OF choice
could be placed -four has been very dull all
week. Old potatoes are too irregular for
| quotation; buyers and sellers make their own
| gu Jtations; new potatoes are becoming cheap
| er, but we are still depending upon Louisiana
| for them; peas can no longer be shipped, the
north is supplying itself; snap-beans will
soon be ready. Eggs have huctuated from
10 to 1212c; chickens have generally been
scarce, except the puny egg clippers; th.y
are not wanted at any price, and sensible
| people will keep their chicks until they are
| large enough for the table before sending
them to market; butter is low and very dull.
Corn was again in good inquiry and firm
yesterday, with some sales at an advance;
| sales of so and 140 sacks of yellow at SOC,
| and so sacks at 1870; 100 sacks of white at
| sic; also 80 and so sacks of ear corn at 47c.
Oats were in good inquiry, with sales of SIS
sacks of Ohio at 34c; rs sacks northern mixed
| at 35c, and IS at $3.50. Bran has been
wanted at SIS, but it was said could not be
| laid down here at that rate, and SIS so to
| $16 is looked for; stock very low; sale of 25
from 50 to $14 so, and prairie at Sc. Corn
meal was in very full arrival, with both mills
running, and good demand, but Sc lower,
quoting So 80. Flour quiet at $496 for the
prevalent grades and quality; for fancy,
IS 25@6 so; Potatoes generally Sic! % in
store for dray-load lots; new, Louisiana,
1898 so, according to freshness and
size. Onions Louisiana. 1898 So Eggs
were scarce; some early sales were
at IOc; later at lie; toward the close
asking 12c. Chickens were in very limited
supply at 1903 rs for mixed to hens;
spring, 81 25@3, according to size; egg
clippers as low as 81. Snap beans,
4 hnv
Of "a boxes. Cherries, $2@2 Is a case
Butter dull; common, 8@10c; medium, 100
Western V.si Sn0c9 2o@S1e. s' Drisd ap pss
31s@5c; peaches, 4@5c. Lemons, 81 50@5 a
box. Oranges. SIS 50@7 box; Messina,
Nsas-cocoa, "a so hundred. Peanuts, 314@
Sc; red, 31sc. Stockpeas, 81 40@1 so
a bushel White Beans, 81 5O@2 bushel
German millet seed, 81 1902 35 bushel.
PrOUisiOnS-clear side pork, 53sc; clear RIB,
sic; long clear, 5116c; shoulders, 4c; mess
pork, 80 IS per barrel; small orders are
charged a little above these rates. Bacon
Hams-canvased, 7A@8c; uncanvased
hams, 72l@8c. Lard-71x@724cf for tierces,
Sc for half barrels, and a@82c for pals.
Merchants Wholesale Cash Prices.
Chamber of Commerce Official Statement
FLoUR-Quiet; superfne, 81 50@4 rs:
double extra, $5@5 25; treble extra, S. rs
&c; choice family, $6@6 25; fancy, SIS 500
IS per barrel.
CoRNMEAL-Scarce and firm; k1n-dried,
| 50 50@2 go per barrel.
CoRN-Steady, demand good; mixed, 500
| SIC; white, 54@55c; ear, 4Sc per bushel; 112c
higher from store.
6ATs-Steady; mixed, S8@39c; white, 4Oc
| per bushel.
BRAN-Firm and scarce, $4,000.
HAY-Fair demand and firm; choice west
| ern, $16@17; prairie, nominally 1898 SO;
mixed, $l3@14 per ton.
BULK PoRK-(As to age)-Shoulders, &c;
sides, 535@51zc; casked, Zee higher.
BACON = Loose) Firm; shoulders, 415c;
clear rib sides, SIC; clear sides, &c; break
fast, 724@64c; sugar-cured hams, uncan-
\ vased and canvased, 74@S11c.
MESS PoRK-Mess pork, $40 25.
| LARD-Quiet; In tierces, TIC: half-bar-
rels. Sic; in kegs, 87S@8Ac; pals, 20
Id, SIC; pals, 10 Id, 94c.
BALING STUFFs-Nominal; bagging, 2 10,
according to quality, l04c; bagging, "a 10.
according to quality, 1012c; baling Irvine, 12,;
iron ties, per bundle, So Is.
Accommodating barrels, No. 1, 81 75@
/ rs IS. N0' r. % Guy NJ Ai''' Nv D % '0V4
| CoFFEE-Higher; ordinary, 16@161sc; fau,
! 17@17xc; good, l8@l81Sc; prime, 100
1910; choice, 20@21c; Java, DC.
RIcE-Firm; ordinary to choice, 81 @71sc.
| STARCH-4c.
| WHIsKY-85c@$4.
| SUGAR -LoU1sIANA-Qn hhds)-Steady
fair, &c; fully fair, TIC; prime, TIC; choice,
| 81fc; yellow clarified, Sc; white clarified, SIC
barreled, &c higher.
SUGAR-REFINED-Fi refined A, pei
h., 911@l0c; crushed and powdered, 10A@
lie; graduated, 104@11c; cut loaf, 11@
ll4c.
L1ME-$1 O5@115.
CEMENT - Louisville, 50 25; Rosedale
SoAP-Resin and German, 41S@64c; Lat.
ting's Dixie, 41sc; Latting's laundry, SIC
Latting's German, &c; refined oil, &c.
MoLAssEs-Conmon, 25@2oc; fair, 3Oc
prime. 38c; strictly prime, 40@41c; choice
43@45c; half brls, sc higher.
SYRUPs-Commont to fancy, 35@65c.
SALT-Coarse and common fine, per brl.
81 25; dairy, in barrels, 81 so; Liverpool
coarse, SKIS, 81 25; Liverpool, fine, SKIS, 81 Il
@1 so.
| CANDLEs-Boxes, full weight, 134@131kc
half boxes, lac; quarter boxes, 1411c.
EscULENTs AND FRUTTs-Lemons, per box
$5@5 so; oranges, boxes, S. 5097 so; po
tatoes, old. per brl, 75c@$l 25; potatoes
new, per brl, % 25@3 so; cabbage, new, pei
100, $15@16; onions, 1898 so; beans, pei
bushel, 1902 so; dried apples, SC; dried
peaches, &c.
MISCELLANEOUS - Butter-western table
choice, 15@22c; butter, country, 10@15c
eggs. Zoe; nails, per keg, 81 SO; vine
gar, per gallon, 18@25c; tobacco, per h..
1880; spice, 18c; pepper, lie; sardines
SAGA so; oysters light, h., $50
Soc; oysters Eight. 2 ID, $l@1 10; coal
oil. lie; matches, IS 25@6 so; cotton rope
| To. rxroSo ropa I1mI0l[c. ,1ouydor Eaoo
IS IS; shot, patent, 81 90@2; soda, kegs
4c; soda, cases, 5@51sc; cheese, nominal
10c; new raisins, 81 l5@2 Is.
(BY TELEGRAPH
LOUISVILLE, May 13.-Flour dull; fami
ly, 81 25@4 IS. Wheat dull; red, 81 Is
Corn firm, 42@45c. Oats steady at 30@3lc
Hay steady, s9@12. Pork quiet, 50. LarC
quiet but firm; tierce, 744c; kegs, She. Bull
meats quiet. 3.75, 4.9O@5.10e. Bacon steady
AZ, 54@54c. Sugar-cured hams, 74@9c
Whisky, 81 03.
ST. LOUIS, May 19.-Flour dull for higi
grades; but lower to sell. Wheat lower 70
cash; No. red. 81 1901 121k cash, 81 lac
1145s June, 81 lO@I 094 July; 81 04@
051< No. spring. Corn easier; 80 @38l1t
cash, 39A@391Rc June, 404 @4O1Sc July
Oats frmer; 26A@263sc cash, 2624 @26 "a
June. Rye lower, SIX @58c. Whisky high
er, 81 05. Pork lower; jobbing at IS 80, de
hvered; 50 rs June. Lard nominal, 624c
Dry salt meats nominal. Bacon lower, AS
Is, 5.30@5.3219c.
CHICAGO, May 13.-flour nominal. Whea
in fair demand at lower rates and unsettled
No. 2. 81 101s cash, 101k@1 104 May anC
81 O75s al OK June. Corn dull and
shade lover; 393lc cash and May, 3715
June. Oats dull and tending downward
2614c cash and May. Pork heavy, but act
i've, weak and lower, s. 20 cash and May