Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-20

that direction last night, and made
but few way landings, picking up less
than a dozen bales Of cotton and a
hundred or SO sacks of corn this side
of Cairo, all owing to the inability Of
people at the landings to haul stuff
through the flooded swamps aud over
the soaked roads. 1t is however graft
flying to announce that the water is
nearly at its top level, unless more
rains set in. The river is about sta
t%ionary at Cairo, is falling nearly
everywhere above that, and it cannot
swell here above than a few inches
more. Receipts of produce have been
light since yesterday, and but little
iuctuation in prices is announced.
Sugar is advancing, coffee is droopy,
cornmeal dull, corr firm, and the rest
of the list quiet meats being weak
for nearly all grades.
FLOUR-Steady, with a fair jobbing
demand running mainly on family
and grades below. Quotations are
q follows; \, 80; Xxx, 50
lily, $685. %; choice, Sc 25@6 So
CORNMEAL-Supply liberal and no
animation; round lots - Is per bbli
small orders Zoe higher.
C0RN-Prices firm, with light offer
ings and good demand at sic for choice
and Soc forsecond grades; damp corn sells
lower orders 5S@54c per bushel.
OATS-1n light movement, holders
asking 44@45c per busheli small orders AZ
@49c.
BRAN-Quiet at s15 80 per ton for
wheat and $4,000 per cwt. Corn bran
dull at SO per ton and Coo per ewt.
HAY-Demand moderate, with sales Of
prime timothy at $1,000, also clear and
choice at $2l0$21 so; mixed and other
grades SIT to $40 per ton, and 81 00@Sl Is
per cwt at retail; prairie hay Sl2 per
ton and 65c. per cwt.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. duh and
slow, sale, lots being at 81 SIS; in q
small way 2Oc higher; seed stock 81 80 To
81 %, according to quality, and New York
rose 81 so per bbl, with the demand failing
of; sweet potatoes 81 75@S1 80 per Dbl fol
southern queen and - for yellow yams in
lots small orders 25c higher.
ESCULENTS-Louisiana cabbage dull
at "a 50@$5 per crate; onions weak ut S. u
as 25 per Dbl; lettuce $4 50@5 per Dbl
fresh peas 81 50@Sl 70 per crate Of one
third bushel; cucumbers 81 Is per dozen
beans 81 25G$l rs per bushel as per quail.
ity; black-eyed peas 81 50per bushel.
BUTTER-Demand active, supply
scarce, and all grades wanted; good coun-
try ranges from l8@22c, cooking l00l8c,
western l8@90c creamery, 39G40c.; but.
terine DC; sales of medium western at 22l
per 10.
EGGS-Fair demand and liberal sup.
ply at l1@l1kc perdozen.
APPLES-Slow, at So 5000 50 pc
per Dbl.
POULTRY - Chickens scarce will
prices ranging from So to 81 50 PEI doz,a
cording to quality;drcssed s3@S5 so. Tur
keys range from $ll to Sl8 per doz; dressed
turkeys 15@l7c per ID; geese SO per dozen
ducks $3@3 so per dozen.
FRESH MEATS-Hogs, &c 70
country dressed; city do. 5K@6c bee
dull at 2 to &c for fore and hindquar
tiers.
SOUTHERN FRUITS-0ranges So 5
as 80 per box for Palermo and Mes
sina; Valencia So lemons $685. per DO.
for Messina and Palermo.
GAME-Quails scarce at 81 90 pc
dozen; venison at &c, per ID. for saddle;
squirrels at 81 50 per dozen; scant re
ceipts. A round lot Of mixed ducks sol
at 81 per dozen.
PROVISIONS Market less fir
with a fair jobbing demand, orde
prices being for bulk shoulders 4H@lNC
clear ribs do. 6M@6H, clear do. &c; ham
S. G. 9K@l0c; a few fancy going at IL
and uncanvassed at DC; breakfast baco
8H@8Ac.
LARD-Tierces TX a half barrel
8N@SHc kegs, 8H@8Hc; pals, 81 al
half pals SB@9Kc. Country lard, u
ne.
(, SUGAR-Oommon, 7c; fair to full
fair, 7N@Sc; prime to choice, 1854
yellow clarified, 9@9KG hard, l0A@ll
COFFEE-Fair to choice 14N to Is
according to quality.
n HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 1917; No.
15cX; dry salt do, 15c; green, No. 2, l2K
do sailed, 7@8c; market steady; talloV
6@6c; beeswax, 21c.
u LEATHER-0ak sole, 38@40c hen
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36@38c; skirtinI
, S5@S7c; French calf, 10000 per dozel
domestic cali, $4,000 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 100000.
SUNDRIES-Pigsfe feet, perkeg, 81 65t
81 rs half bbls, SO 70; bbls, 81; sauer krau
dull, $3.50 per half Dbl, and Sc 90 for Dbl
Horse radish, 1906 80 per Dbl. App
butter 10c per lb; peach do, 12c.
Il SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 70 per car or dra
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 30@l 60 f
Z course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
Z BAGGING-A arket quiet; on orde
& fax, 9Hc per yard; jute, l0X@llc tie
I 81 1908 per bundle; grip tie, 5
z Irvine, l2c per pound.
LIVE ST0CK-Moderate receipts
: butcher cattle, and a good demand pr
{ walls at ~ to 4Hc. gross, as in qualit.
( cows and calves $l5@$S0 per head hol
scarce and firm at K@4Kc per ID; shet
, plentiful, and slow sale at 4H@5Xcj con
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