Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26


three days Of activity among export.
ers. The leading feature in othei
lines is a decline oil z to Sc per hushe.
in wheat; 10 to zoe per Dbl. on flour
3 to &c per pound on butter, a slight
decline in hay, and a perfectly aat
market for old grades Of potatoes
Cornmeal is a little better, whilt
sugar, coffee, molasses and meats ex,
hibit little or no change.
FLOUR-Market quiet, with a very
light jobblng demand, prices having beer
droopy all the week. Quotations AT,
as follows: X, 81; Xxx, 81 25@4 so
xxx, $5@5 25 family, So rs; choice. Sc
fancy, Sc Is; patent, $7@7 % all for rounC
lots; orders DC higher.
CORNMEAL-Marke steady, with lib.
eral stocks at S220 per Dbl from frs
hands and 81 30 from store. 1t is esti.
mated that as much as 5000 bbls of mea.
are now in the hands of jobbers and other
here.
CORN-Demand moderate at 4s64SB,
from first hands for yellow, mixed anC
white; ear corn quoted at soc; small orders
52@53c.
OATS-Dull and in ample stock at 40,
for lots and 43c in u small way. German
millet 90c9$l per bushel.
BRAN-Scarce at 90c per cwt. fol
wheat corn do. dull at 50 per ton, and Coo
per cwt.
HAY-Light request at SIG to $40 81
per ton for red top, mixed and clear tim.
othy; retail $l@l 10 per cwt; prairie hay
$40 90 per ton.
POTATOES-Sales on the landing OF
several hundred bbls are reported, bat nc
price given; supposed to range between
Zoe and 81 per Dbl for peachblows. Tn,
market is in a draggy condition, with two
or three thousand barrels of old stock in
first and second hands, and the demand
about over for the season. New potatoe:
from Louisiana are dull sale at 2 50a3 81
per Dbl as IN size and quality; sweets fa.
al 81 80 to 81 per Dbl.
ESCULENTS-String beans So so ne
bushel box; cabbage Sc per crate; new
onions in light movement at 50 50G5 pei
Dbl, according to quality. Beans 81 Is t
81 90 for medium white to choice navy
black-eyed peas 81 per bushel.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickeni
are in demand at 50 70 to 81 70 per doz ioI
young and old; turkeys dull at $40 to S12
geese do. at $3@4 ducks 1908 so per doz
eggs l0@lle per dozen and in fair de
mand.
BUTTER-Prices weaker; creamery
32@35c per ID; western table, 20@25c
country, is to zoe; butterine, 10000.
CHEESE-Quiet; factory l1K@l2c
Y. A. 15c.
FRUITS-Apples in light movemen
at $4 to $5 per Dbl; dried do. IL to SO be.
ID; peaches do, 7H@8c oranges SO 606
8 50 per box for Palermo and Messina
lemons $4d5 per box.
PROVISIONS-Fair jobbing demand
with good stocks. Dry salt shoulders, IA
4hc ribs do. csc; clear do. 62c; bacoi
shoulders, &c; clear ribs, 7c; clear sides, ~
breakfast bacon, 9ci sugar cured hams
canvassed, 9k@lG plain, 969A; jowls 4c
mess pork, $l2 per Dbl; country shoul
kers, 4Ac; do. sides, &c; do. hams, 7bc
Lard, 7H@7%c for t%ierces; &c for half Dbl
and kegs, and 81 for pals; country dc
6H@6&o.
SUGAR-Market steady; fully fair, opel
kettle, &c; prime do SIC; choice, do Sc
yellow clarified, 9@9kc; Off whites, 0K@
9%c; hard, l0H@lIc.
OOFFEE-Fair to choice 14X to IS
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 49, No. 2
l6c dry salt do, loo; green, No. 2, 12HC
do sailed, 7@6c; market steady; tallow
6@6c; beeswax, zoe.
LEATHER-Oak sole, 3804Oc; hem
lock, 29@32c; harness, 36@38c; skirtinq
S5@S7c; French calf, $4,000 per dozen
domestic calf, S20930 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 42X@60c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 70 per a or dra,
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 30@1 go 70
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-B arket quiet; on order,
flax, &c per yard; jute, 10X@l1c; ties
81 1908 per bundle; Irvine, l2c pc
pound.
LIVE ST0CK-Cattle supply fair
good butcher qualities in demand a
~ to sc gross,the latter for the best. In
ferior Il TO ~; calves $5@8 each; cow
and calves $l9435; hogs in light move
ment at 3H@4A gross; sheep 4@5 70
good and 81 5O@2 per head for inferior.