Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-23

wheat having advanced az the nortn
yesterday somethree cents per bushel.
hay and oats have been coming in.
freely during the past few days, and
while neither have advanced, prices
are fairly sustained and an increased
jobbing demand is noted. The same
may be said Of corn, planters in the
interior having begun to show that
their stocksare and their
work animals must be fed. Some spec
ulative demand sprung up yesterday
for cornmeal, but it is understood
that the stock held by jobbers here is
liberal, and no dealer is scantily sup
piled. A lot of ReelfOot lake fish ar
rived yesterday, and found a ready
buyer at Sc per pound, More is ex-
pected, as the fishing season is getting
to be good. Our vegetable shippers
are preparing for active work, several
being busy making boxes for packing.
The potato market is very fiat. Sew
eral hundred barrels of old peach
blows, in good order, are on the landing,
and Zoe per Dbl. is the highest bid re-
ceived. Other grades are totally I'M
salable, New stock is worth from
20 so to 50 80 per Dbl. The cotton
market was very quiet yesterday and
the same to-day. Choppers are all
very busy, and timely showers have
given corr a fine start, while the
ground works beautifully for cotton
planting.
FLOUR - Market unsettled, with
light iobbing demand, quotations
are for X, 81; XXX, 81 25@4 30 Xxx.
$5@5 rs; family, IS IS; choice, $G; fancy,
So Is; patent, $1@7 Is all for round lots;
small orders 25c. higher.
CORNMEAL-TeRding upward at
81 20 per Dbl in lots, and 81 80 in a small
way. Inferior meal, - 05 per Dbl.
C0RN-Round lots self at 48640c per
bushel, with a fair demand. Ear corn,
soc; small orders 52@b3c.
OATS-Dull at 40c. per bushel; small
orders 45@46c. German millet 81 per
bushel; Missouri do. soc.
BRAN-Scarce at $18 per ton for
wheat, or Soc. per cwt; corn bran SO
per ton, and 60c per cwt.
HAY-In fair request with fair re-
celpts; The range for red top, mixed,
prime and choice is $lG@2G Arkansas
prairie $40 so per ton.
POTAT0ES-Seed stock is out of date,
and eating varieties of last years growth
are almost unstable, round lot bidders
declining to offer above 75c per Dbl for
peachblows; Louisiana new sell at 81 80
to So 80 per Dbl; sweets are slow at 81 30
az per Dbl.
ESOULENTS-CabbBge in light move
ment at $6@6 90 per crate; new onions,
So 6095 per Dbl, according to quality;
beans, 81 25@l 80 for medium white to
navy.
FRESH FRUITS-Apples are quiet
at $4@6 per Dbl. for sound;
oranges SO 50@5 50 per box for Palermo
and Messina; lemons $5@5 so per box.
Pine Apples $3@S 80 per doz; bananas
81 50@2 so per bunch.
DRIED FRUITS Apples 71z@Sc;
peaches 7H@ec.
BUTTER-Increased arrivals have
caused prices to droop, and imitation but
ter, termed oleomargarine, has had much
Odo with the depression, as consumers
seem to prefer it TO dirty 'or half spoiled
stock. Prices of fresh country range from
Is to 2Oc per pound; of western at 20 to
25c, and creamery at 32@85c, according to
quality, Butterine l8@20c.
OHEESE-Quiet at llK@12H forNew
Yory factory and 15c. for Y. A.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
brisk at 50 to 81 q perdoz a few young are
coming in and sell at 81 80 to- psrdOzen;
Turkeys slow at $40 to $l2 geese do. at 81
"a; ducks do. $3@3 so per dozen; the
season for ducks, geese and turkeys Is
about over. Eggs in demand at l0Il@
II per dozen.
PR0VISIONS-Market unsettled with
fair jobbing demand, anda increasing re-
quest for smoked grades. Bulk clear sides
SIC; do. clear ribs, 6%c; shoulders
I4Kc; bacon sides 7No; clear rib do.
7G shoulders, DC; breakfast do. SIC;
hams, 9H@9Ac; bacon jowls 4c; country
shoulders, 4A@5c; do. sides, nc; do.
hams, TIC; mess pork in slender move
ment at $l2 per Dbl.
LARD-Tierces, 715@7%G half barrels,
&c. kegs, SIC; pals, S9SG half pals, SIC;
country lard, 6Ac.
SUGAR-Market steady; fully fair, open
kettle, &c. prime do SIC choice, do Sc;
yellow clarified, 9@9HG of whites, 9H@
9%c; hard. 10K@llc.
| C0FFEE-Fair to choice 1411 TO 18c
according to quality. A
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., Is; No. 2.
16c; dry salt do, 15c; green, No, 2, 12Hc;
do sailed, 1886 market steady; tallowI
6@6c; beeswax, Zoe.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 3S@40c; hem.
lock, 2S@32c; harness, S0@SSc; skirting,
35@37c; French calf, $4,000 per DOZEN
domestic calf, $4,000 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 42h@6Oc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or dray
load; orders 81 So sacks 81 30@l 60 fol-
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-h arket quiet; IN orders,
fax, 9hc per yard; jute, l0X@l1c ties
81 1908 per bundle; Irvine, l2c per
pound.
LIVE STOCK-Cattle supply scarce
and good butcher qualities in demand at
~ to DC gross, the latter for the best. In.
ferior X to ~; calves $5@S each; cows
and calves $l9@35; hogs in light move
ment at 8H@4N gross; sheep 4Ng5 fol
good and 81 5O@2 per head for inferior.