Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-18

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another Lard has been firm, but
prices are a shade below one week ago,
the advance during the present month
has been one half cent per pound.
Whisky is unchanged from last week,
but has dropped &c per gallon within
the month. Coffee is a shade lower
than last week. The supply at New
Orleans was exhausted until a couple
Of days since, when forty thousand
ba IS arrived. Sugars incline down
ward and is | to llc per pound below
last week value. Rice has also fallen
! to lc. Flour has been firm all Of
the week and some grades have ad-
vanced Is TO Zoe per barrel, while
wheat is 1 to 20 per bushel above last
weeks prices and SC above the value
of a month ago. The prospect of a
liberal demand of breadstufs in
Europe. has stimulated the market
There is no change in the value Of
corn in the western markets from last
week, but the continued scarcity here
has caused a temporary advance and
unsettled the feeling. Hay Is a shade
higher, while oats are unchanged. A
slight weakness is noted in butter and
cheese, especially for the poorer
qualities. Z Poultry holds its own and
eggs are in a droopy condition. The
produce trade has been brisk and deal
ers have no cause for complaint in any
direction. Receipts here for the
past week have been 400 barrels
of flour, $50 barrels of meal, 45O bar.
of apples, $50 barrels of potatoes,
$50 bales of hay, 26O sacks of bran,
1925 saks Of oats and SEQ sacks corn.
The suspension Of navigation in the
Ohio, caused BY low water, is'a source
of annoyance to our merchants.
Freight rates from St. Louis continue
at zoe per cwt by steamer, and the
depth Of the channel from that point
south is given at 81 feet. The Arkan-
sas and several tributaries of the
south from the banks of which large
cotton shipments are made are at q
very low stageand cotton shipments are
held back in consequence. From
White river and the Mississippi the
cotton movement is, however, very
active, and our receipts as well as
those of New Orleans continue largel,
in excess of the previous season.
UniavOrable accounts continue to b,
heard regarding the injury sustained
by the cotton crop, and the yield il
the Mississippi valley below the mouth
OF the Arkansas river is certiin to fsll
far below the quantity marketed las
season. This is a fact we'll understood
by all who have visited the river val
leys, but eastern and foreign market,
appear not to have been influenced b,
the damaging reports. The excess o
receipts at the ports OF this country.
amounting to over 100000 bales abov
last year at the same period, is point
ed to by eastern operators as indica-
ting a very heavy outturn and
has doubtless influenced an easier fee
ing in regard to prices. Stormy
weather and more than two inches o
rainfall within the plst few days has
had an injurious effe It upon the un-
picked and unripe cotton fields of this
vicinity. The average quality of the
crop it is noticed, is considerably be-
low Ct last season.
FL0UK-Stocks light and market brisk
with steady demand for the better grades.
Quotations are for XXX, 81 70 per Dbl
family IS Is: choice s. 90 fancy s. 75@6
OateDts STAT rs, all for lots. In a small
way pc HIGHER.
C0RNM GAL-Firm aud scarce, al
y IS from frs, hands FOR dark or interior
and 81 35 for standard s)ocies. Ia a small
way or by the dray load 10 to loo per Dbl
higher.
CORN-Scarcc and IN demand at 81 TO
56c per busbel from first hands, and and
81 to Csc on small orders.
0ATS-SupplY ample, but mainly il
second dealers hands, Round lots 80 t.
400 per bushel, and small orders a. to
45c.
BRAN-Scarce, and last round lots OF
wheat sold at SIG per tom small orders SIC
per cws.
HAY-Market firm; mixed SIS per ton
ch0ioa and fancy timothy SIT to $40
Prairie hay dill ut $8, and SOC per cwt
timothy al retail SOL 10 per cwt.
P0TAY0ES-Market firm at 81 rs per
Dbl for western, and 81 % from stole
sweets 81 so per Dbl for yellow yams and
81 per Dbl measure from wagons.
VEGETABLES-Onions ~ p tO$3 %
per Dbl according to kind and quality;
cabbage ~ 1908 per crate, and So per 10
head for choice; beans 81 % to 81 per
busbel for white, according TO quality;
black-eyed peas 81 so per bushel.
PRUIIS--Apples stiff IL sound, but
poor packed commands low prices: choice
wlnesaps from frat bands brought 81 80
per Dbl or the track, and b%ellhowers, Ben
Davis or baldwins are quoted at 81 for
choice. Small dealers charge 50c higher
Dried qpples dull at SG3kc; peaches Slow
at 1870. CTgnberiies IS for half bbls
and SO for bbls. Oranges S5sj so pes
Dbl; lemons 81 50G5 per boz, with ligh;
stocks and arrivals of fresh malaga ex-
POULTRY AND EGGS-Ch'ckens
continue in good demand, but during Che
past week much stale stock have sold q,
low figures. The value Of good ranges
from S26Gto SO so per dozen, according to
size qnd order turkeys have been comine
in and sold at from IS to Sl3 per dozen;
ducks - t0ta3, geese $40 fpr p.ucked ahc
"a SO for full feathered; eggs weak at Ice
in lots and lie ina small way.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Less firm
ness, but no decline IS yet. Quotations
are fororeamery SO to 300; western, as in
quality 70 10 25c; country 20 to 25c; but
terine 10 to 25c; cheese 10 to l3lSc for mild
! aats; l6c for full cream, and lie for 7. A.
pROYISIONS.-The supply Of bacon
is Mt present confined to clear ribs, which
are quoted at 0G bulk or dry salt shoulders
are SIC; do. clear ribs SEC do, sides $3.50
breakfast bacon III to llhc hams M