Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-24

arrived by rail, the lines competing
for this class Of business with steam
ers and offering. in many cases,
cheaper rates. Our strawberry and
vegetable shippers are getting boxes
ready for a good seasons work. Ber-
ries are coming in quite freely, and
shipments will commence to northern
markets early next week. Several
hundred barrels of old potatoes are on
the market seeking buyers, and offer
as low as a dollar a barrel, with Zoe
as the highest bid made for two days
past. Holders, rather than accept,
prefer to store their stock. New po-
tatoes now supply our local demand,
and the seeding season is over. Our
markets are now fully supplied with
young vegetables ofhome growth.
FL0UR--Market unsettled, with lin
tied iobbing demand family and the lower
grades, as follows. X, 81; Xxx, 81 2504 so
XXX,$5@5 %; family, IS 70; choice, So;
fancy, Sc Is; patent, $7@7 % all for round
lots; orders 25c higher.
CORNMEAL-Market Arm, with lib
eral stocks sales at 81 20per Dbl and 81 80
in a small.
CORN-Round lots sell at 48@4SHc for
yellow mixed and white, and SOC for ear.
Demand good, but prices are weak.
OATS-Liberal supply and dull at 40c
per bushel in lots and l3to 45c in a small
way. German millet 81 per bushel;
Missouri do. 90c. >
BRAN-Demand good and market
s%cantily supplied. Dealers ask 9Cc per
cwt for wheat; corn do, dull at SO and 60c
per cwt.
WHAY-Sales slow at:$16 to $40 per ton
from first hands, according to grade; small
orders 81 l0per cwt; prairie hay $40 so per
ton.
POTAT0ES-0ld stock meet no de-
mand above 75c per Dbl. for peachblows.
which holders d$cline, and in consequences
are storing their consignments. Retailers
ask 81 80 per Dbl; new Louisiana, 81 50 to
81 80 per Dbl, according to size and order;
sweets 81 5002 per bbf. :
ESCULENTS-String beans 50 so per
bushel box; cabbage Sc per crate; new
onions in light movement at So 50(g5 per
Dbl, according to quality. Beans 81 % to
81 go for medium white to choice navy;
black-eyed peas 81 per bushel.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in demand at 81 75to 81 70 per doz for
young and old; turkeys dull at $40 to $l2;
geese do. at 1904; ducks $3@3 so per doz;
eggs l0@llc per dozen and in fair de-
mand.
BUTTER-Prices weaker;
82@35c per ID; western table, 2O@25c.
country, 10 to zoe; butterine, l8@20o.
CHEESE-Quiet factory l1h@l2ci
Y. A. loo.
FRUITs-Apples in light movement
at "a to So per Dbl; dried do. IN to So per
h; peaches do, 7N@8c; oranges 50 5O@
5 50 per box for Palermo and Messina;
lemons $4fd5 per box.
PR0YISIONS-Fair jobbing demand,
with good stocks. Dry salt shoulders, 4d
4hc ribs do. 6%c; clear do. SIC; bacon
shoulders, &c; clear ribs, 7c; clear sides, IN;
breakfast bacon, &c; sugar cured hams,
canvaSsed, 9H@1G plain, 9@9h; iowls &c;
mess pork, Sl2 per Dbl; country shoul-
kers, 4Ac; do. sides, &c; do. hams, nc.
Lard, 7H@75sc for t%ierces; SC for half bbls
and kegs, and 81 for pals; country do.
6A@6Ac.
SUGAR-Market steady; fully fair, open
kettle, Sc; prime do SIC; choice, do &c;
yellow clarified, cooke off whites, 9K@
9sG hard, 10K@1lc.
COFFEE-Fair to cheiee l4K to lSc
according to quality.
HlDES-Dry flint, No. l., 49, No. O.,
l5c; dry salt do, l6c; green, No. 2, l2Kc;
do sailed, 7@8c; market steady; tallow,
6@6G beeswax. 20c.
LEATHER-Oak sole, SS64Oc; hem
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36@3Sc; skirting,
3b@S7c; French cali, $4,000 per dozen;
domestic cali, $20@S0 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 42N@0Oc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 Is per car or dray
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 80@1 90 fol
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-A arket quiet; on orders
fax, &c per yard; jute, 10X@l1c; ties
" 76@S per bundlei Irvine, l2c pei
pound.
LIVE sToCK-Cattle supply fair
good butcher qualities in demand al
~ TO &c gross, the latter for the best. In.
ferior n to 2X; calves S5@S each; cow
and calves $10@35; hogs in light move.
ment at 9N@4H gross; sheep 4@5 fol
good and 81 50@2 per head for inferior.