Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-07
Clearing House report.
General Trade.

Our market is brisk, for nearly all
articles of a consumptiye character.
Meal has stiffened up, owing to the
scarcity of white corr in all markets,
from whence our supply is drawn.
Oats are dull and slow to sell, free re
ceipts having filled up our dealers and.
left a considerable quantity in the
hands of commission merchants. Hay
is firm for the better grades, but the
demand is mainly local and sales only
in moderate quantities. Very little
hay is going to the country at present.
Meats continue droopy for cut quail
ties. Mess pork is not in much de-
mand here, but elsewhere it has
been unsettled and excited for some
time past, owing mainly to the man
ipulations of spectators. AS soon as
new stock begins to enter the market
the speculative movement is apt to
subside, perhaps to the grief of the
operators. Poultry is quiet and in
steady demand, while eggs are getting
scarce again and tend upward.
FLOUR-A steady eonsumptive de-
mand is reported Tor the better grades,
with no change in prices. Quotations are,
for XXX 81 rs; family choice aud fancy
IS to IS rs; patents So Is TO 81, all for lots,
and bic. higher in a small way.
CORNMEAL-Unsettled, at 50 27@
2 40 for standard qualities small
orders slightly higher.
CORN Light receipts and offerings
with scarce supply and prices firm, at b3c.
far shelled in lots, orders Soc per bushel.
GA TS-Ofering ut SOC. for best
GRADES If sound; small orders l5c. per
Ou BEIRskilN-Firm at Zoe. to soc, per cwt.
for wheat; feed meat last sold at SlS &c per
ton.
HAY-Fair local movement n firm
st Sl4 to $40 per ton, according 10 grade
from first hands, and 81 to 81 so per oWt,
Arkansas prairie dull, at So per ton aad
FEUITS-Apples slow sale and liberal
offerings, at 81 So to 81 for lots, and 25c. to
zoe. higher in y small way; Louisiana or
aneeg IS 30 per barrel from store, and
slightly less in lots. Lemons 81 TO IS 90
per box; eranberries 50 per half and 50 per
barrel; dried fruit dull at Be TO 5Mc for
apples, and lc. 10 i15c. for peaches.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. firm, Mt
81 rs TO 81 Is per barrel for western stock
in lots and in Il small way; sweets 81 81
per barrel from store; cabbage Arm nj
81 rs to SO so per crate, and IS 20 $40 per
100 head. Onions SO to s. 90 per barrel
beans 81 10 to 81 70 for white medium "a
choice navy.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
sell at ~ 10 50 25 per dozen, according "a
quality. the market showing steady de-
mand; ducks are in fair movement, al
81 20 to 50; geese SO 90 to "a so turkey
are coming in a little and sell from 80 e
So. Eggs sell from lie. in lots 10 lSt
in a small way. the supply being light.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-CreamerJ
33G84e. Western table aud fancy dairy
2lG28c., fresh country 2J@2sc. Cooking
do. Is to 20c., butterine ~ TO Zoe. for tubs
and % 20 25c. for rolls. All grades firm
and IN demand Cheese steady, VA lSc,
full cream Ice, half do. llc., mild Hat
l2k TO he.
PROFESSIONALISM easy at &c 70
shoulders, Be for clear ribs and 09Sc for
sides: bHlk meats dro0py and lowe
al Sc for shoulders, 8 for clear ribs ant
SIlc for clear sides, AL loose; packe,
70 higher, breakfast bacon ilh@ilL