Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23

fLOUk-Aoderate jobblng demand
mainly for family and under grades, in
GLIDING medium. Quotations range as
follows; Y, IS; Xxx, s. 25@$5 so; XXX,
IS 50@$5 rs; family, $6@625; choice, So 2
as so; fancy, Sc 5096 Is; patent brands,
$7@7 40. Orders 25c higher.
CORN MEAL-Receipts heavy and
prices weak at 81 rs per Dbl in lots and
Zoe higher in Il small way.
OATS-Quiet at 43 TO 46c in lots and
48 to Acc per bushel in a small way.
BRAN-Moderate demand at SIS 80
per ton for wheat and so TO 85c per cwt in
a small way. Germ bran SO per ton and
Coo per cwt.
HAY-Fair stocks and slow to sell at
SIT TO S2l per ton for the several grades
received here; in a small way $1@1 Is
per cwt; Arkansas prairie hay nominal at
Sll per ton and Coo per cwt.
POTAT0ES-But little animation. and
table grades are about steady. while seed
qualities are unsettled and but little con
tidence is indicated. P~eachblows 81 550
l 60 in lots and 81 rs in a small way;
seed varieties range from 81 40 to 81 70
per Dbl, according to kind; sweet are 81 10
TO 50 rs per bbl.
ESCULENTS-Louisiana cabbage dull
at 81 50@$5 per crate; onions plenty at So
75@6 % per Dbl; lettuce 81 5095 per Dbl;
fresh peas 81 50@$1 rs per crate of one
third bushel; cucumbers 81 % per dozen;
beans 81 25@Sl 70 per bushel as per quail
ity; black-eyed peas 81 so per bushel; green
peas from Louisiana dull at 81 rs per box
of q bush.
EGGS-Plentiful at 1O1s@11c, with a
droopy feeling.
P0ULTRY-Chicken dull, the range
of prices being So to 81 per dozen; tnr-
keys, $ll to $l5; geese dull at So 50@4 so
per dozen.
BUTTER-Demand active, supply
scarce, and all grades wanted; good coun-
try ranges from l8@22c, cooking l0@18c;
western 10000; creamery, 39G40c.; but
terine DC; sales of medium western at &c
per 10.
APPLES-Quiet and slow at So to 81
per Dbl.
FRESH MEATs-Hogs, Sc for
country dressed; city do. 5X@6c; beef
dull at 2 to DC for fore and hindquar-
tiers.
SOUTHERN FRUITS-Oranges SO 80
as per box for Palermo and Mes
sina; Valencia $l2 lemons SCOT per box
for Messina and Palermo.
GAME-Quails scarce at 81 80 per
dozen; yenison at &c. per ID. for saddles;
squirrels at 81 90 per dozen; scant re-
ceipts.
PROVISIONS-Market weak with
a fair jobbing demand, order prices
being for bulk shoulders 4H@4%c;
clear ribs do. 6A@6B, clear do. 7c; hams
s. @. 9K@l0c; a few fancy going at lie
and un~canyassed at &c. breakfast bacon
8h@8Ac.
LARD-Tierces, 7%@8c half barrels,
6h@8%c; kegs, 8X@82Sc; pals, 8K@9
half pals 8H@9Ac. Country lard, 7c.
SUGAR-Common, 7c; fair to fully
fair, 7Z@Sc; prime to choice, 8@SMc;
yellow clarified, 9@9Hc; hard, iOA@lic
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 1871; No. 2.
l5c19i dry salt do, loo; green, No. 2, 12Hc
do sailed, 7@8ci market steady; tallow
5@6c; beeswax, 2lc.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 38@40c; hem
lock. 28@32c; harness, 36@S8c skirting
S5@37c French calf, $4,000 per dozen
domestic calf, $4,000 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per 10 4H@60c.
SUNDRIES-Pigs feet, perkeg, 81 CSC
81 rs half bbls, So rs; bbls, 81; sauer kraut
dull, $36 8 per half hbl., and IS 90 for bbls
Horse radish, $6@6 so per Dbl. Appl
butter 10c per lb; peach do. 12c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 70 per car or drs,
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 90@l GO 70
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-A arket quiet; on order
fax, exc per yard; jute, l0X@11c; ties
81 1908 per bundle; grip tie, 81
twine, he per pound.
|. LIVE S~TOCK-Moderate receipts o
butcher cattle, and a good demand pre-
walls at "a to 4Hc. gross, as in quality
COWS and calves $l59$30 per head; hog
scarce and firm at 3H@4hc. per ID; sheeI
plentiful, and slow sale at 4H@6Hc.; com
mon 81 50@S2 Copper head.