Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-17
General Trade.

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General Trade.
Indictment weather and light re-
ceipts interfered with round lot trans.
actions yesterday, The jobbing trade,
however, was active. The heavy rain
fall has checked planting operations
again and farmers are making slow
progress towards getting their seed in
the ground. Clear skies to-day, which
it is to be hoped will continue long
enough to dry the earth and permit
plows to resume operations by next
week.
FLOUR Dropping; medium and
and lower grades are in most request,
Jobbers prices are rs follows: Western X.
81 as; Xxx, 81 %; fancy, s. 50@6 %.
CORNMEAL-Demand active at 81 Ii
az 70 for round lots and 81 25 in a small
way.
CORN-Salcs in round lots at 45c for
shelled and 47(G50c in a small way.
HAY-Market firm and all grades in
active demand sales range from $11@lj
for common and mixed to choice timothy;
small orders 65@85c per cwt. -
BRAN-In demand and selling from
first hands at SIS 25@l5 80 per ton.
APPLES-Firm at 81 0094 90 per Dbl
from store, with no choice Offering.
POTATOES-Sales on the landing Mt
81 IS per bible in lots. Seed potatoes are
in light request at 81 50@2 per Dbl
sweets are $3@4 per Dbl; new Louisiana
Irish IS per Dbl.
ONIONS-Quiet at S2@S.25 per Dbl as
in quality. No good offering.
BEANS-Choice navy, 81 IS per BUSH
ell; medium, 81 40@1 so; small lots, 81 sc
a. 90. Clay peas, 81 25@1 50 per bushel.
BUTTER-Prairie butter is arriving
in small quantities and will command Ii
@lSc per ID; Western grades are 10000;
l29l5c for medium other grades, 8@l2c;
cooking and poor stuff unstable country
butter, l0@l2c; creamery, 28@30c.
EGGS-Thc market is weak; prices
l0@1lc per dozen.
DRESSED MEATS-Beef 3G4c for
fore and 5@Gc for hind quarters. Hogs
4}9@5hc for city, and 4Ic for country
dressed.
POULTRY Chickens find ready sale
at from S3@3.75 per doz for good TO choice
hens, according to size and quality; ducks
- 10; geese very dull at seas per dozen
turkeys $l0@l5 per dozen.
PROVISIONS - Bacon - clear sides
packed, 5Ac; clear ribs. 6.6j@5.GOc
shoulders, 4}9c; breakfast bacon, 73s@Sc
Hams, sugar-cured, 8A@9kc. Bulk meat.
loose, clear sides, 6h@j2sc; clear ribs
6.l6@5.2Oc; long clear, SIC; shout.
ders, 31s@4c. Mess pork, $ll@l1 so. De-
mand active.
LARD-Tierces, 7@7]sc; half barrels
7A@7Ac; pals, 7H@8Hc; half pals, 81
@81ci country lard, 6@GKc.
FRUlTS-Bananas offer ut S203 per
bunch. Oranges, SO 50@5 90 per box fol
Messina, large, and scarce; lemons, $3.50
per box; dried fruit slow at 1X@lAc fol
old and 2@2Hc for new; peaches, "a
2Xc for halves audlH@2c for quarters.
NUTS-Cocoa, 81 90 per 100. Pea.
nuts sc for red; choice white, 6Lc. Pecans
1S@l4c for Texas. Arkansas and Mis-.
souri, 7H@Sc; Almonds, &c; Taragona
19c. Filberts, sc.
HIDES-Dull; dry flint No. /, l2c
per ID; No. 2, SCI dry sailed, 9@l0c.
green sailed, &C., green, 4c; sheer
skins, 25@75c. Beeswax 20@22c per ID
Tallow &c per ID.
COTTON SEED-Oil mills pay IS
per ton; cotton seed oil nominal, 26a27C
per gallon, and oil cake $l4 to SIG per ton
LIME-$l per Dbl in store; 90c by cal
load.
BALING STUFFs- Bagglng-aax
2 to ~ lbs, 11@l1&c; hemp, 101Sc; hal
jute, 2 to "a lbs, ll@l1%c; baling Irvine
he; iron ties, 81 05@2 10 per bundle
Rope, l0c for jute and l8c for cotton.
C0AL-Pittsburg lump, delivered, 90
per Dbl; do, slack, 35@40c; to steamer
40c per box for Pittsburg; S5c for Shot
well, and SOC for slack. st. BERNARD
coal Doc to boats and 45c to city trade
SALT-Per dray-load from store, 81 b
per bbl; coarse, IN SKIS, 81 90.
VINEGAR-Pure cider lSc per gal.
NAILS-$2 % per key rates.
RICE-Per ID 6Xc for South Carolina
FISH-Mackerel in hf bbls, Nos. /, .
and 3, IS, TAG; kits, 81 10, 90@75c
RAISINS-Per box, 81 40.
MOLASSES-Common to choice, $50
SIC; syrup do, 100000.
SUGAR-Jobbing, 7A@SAc for yellow
clarified; whites, S1@9c; choice oper
kettle, exc; prime, &c; fully fair, 6cH!
medium fair, &c.
COFFEE-Rio, common to fair, ia
l8ej good, l6Kci prime, l6K@l6ci choice
17@1Sc.
LIVE STOCK-Choice corn-fed cat
tie, 4K@5hc; fair to choice Texa.
do 4@4Hc; other grades, 2H@3Ac
calves and y%earlings, 5.OO@S.OO. Hogs
2K@2Ac for all grades. Sheep, $l@2 PEI
head for inferior and 4@51lc for butcher
grades.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules, from
IA to Is hands high, range from $40 t
$3.50 each, according to size and shape
Horses, Sll0@l50 for harness TO extr,
saddle $S09l00 for good common saddle
and S70@80 for work doq common t
good plugs, $40@70 each.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.