Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-17


from store 81 O5@1 IS per cwt Arkansas
prairie easy at $lS per ton and Csc per
cwt.
APPLES-Liberal movement and
plentiful stock al 81 GOAL 30 for small and
S2@2 5Oefor fancy, il we'll packed; small
orders Is to 50c higher poor or frosted
fruit slow TO sell at any price.
POTATOES-Firm, with light offer
ings at 81 20lG2 65 per Dbl in lots from
first hands, and 5c higher in a small way.
Sweets scarce at 5 l so per Dbl from wag-
ons and 81 from store.
CUT MEATS-Jobbing movement ac-
tive at weaker prices. Bulk clear sides
are 7%@7kG do ribs at 7T@7hc do
shoulders, 4A@4SG mess pork $l4 hams
9A@l0Hc.
LARD-Weaker; tierces 9kc; half bbls
91se kegs &c pals 9A@l0Ac.
GAME-Prices unsettled and lower,
owing to the bad weather. Squirrels 76e
oil per doz; rabbits Sl@l 25; quail 81 rs;
ducks 81 50G2; venison 4c whole and &c
for saddles; Reelfoot lake fish 5to &c per
pound.
FRESH MEATS-Hogs, 4A@5c for
country and 6G6H for city dressed; beef,
253c for fore and 465c for hind quarters;
live hogs, dull, with yards well supplied,
at 4@4kc.
P0ULTRY-Chickens in fair demand,
ut 81 10 to 500 for fair, young TO choice,
hens; dressed do S1.50 to S3.C9 per dozen #;
turkeys in demand at $7.CO to Si2CO per
dozen fer live, and IL to l2Hc per ID for
dressed; ducks, $3.50 to $500 per dozen !
geese, dull at $3.50 TO $500 per dozen.
EGGS-Scarce and firmer, at 30 to 35c
per doz., the market having been nearly
bare for several days.
SUGAR-Quiet and steady, at 6K to
TIC for Louisiana brown; 8H o81Ec for
Y. O.; 80 to 9Ac for white, and l0H to
lie for graduated, powdered, crushed and
cut loaf. Molasses steady, at 40 to Doc per
gallon.
OTHER FRUITS-0ranges firm at s.
to 6 per Dbl; lemons,S4 80 to s. SO per box;
cranberries, "a 50 to 5 90 for halfbbls, and
IS to 8 80 for whole bbls, and 81 70 to 3 90
for boxes; dried apples, 3 TO SIC per
pound; dried peaches, 4 to &c; r%aisins,
" 70 to S25 per box; figs, 10 to lSc per
pound; dates. &c per ID.
BUTTER Good qualities in brisk de-
mand, with slow sale for lower classes;
plain country, II to 23c per ID, as in con-
dition, with plenty offering; western, q to
8c for medium to choice dairy; creamery,
81 TO 3Sc; butterine, 20 to &c.
Observation-Disclosures weak; fax, on to
l0ci mixed, 90 to l0Ac; jute, 9A to 10A
twine, 1910; ties, 81 IS to 2 90 per bundle.
CHEESE-Y A, Is to l6c; full cream,
l3c; mild flats, l0H to llAc; round lots q
to 4 cent less. Market dull.
SUNDRIES-Pigs feet, 400 TO SEQ
for half, and Sc 80 tel IS for whole bbls,
pickles, IS 90 to 8 25 for half, and 50 90 to
8 Is for whole bbls.
HIDES-Dry flint No. l, l9e; do No. 2,
Ice dry sailed, loo; No. 2, l2Hc; green
sailed, 9&c; No. 2, SC; tallow, SIC, bees
wax, Zoe market unsettled.
FURS-Deer skins, 40c; sheep, Doc to
81 %; bear, 81 Mto G co. mink, 25c to 50e;
coon, Is to 60o for hunter, and 10 to 40a
country handled; otter, 50c to Sc 90; bea-
yer, 5Oc to So %; wild cat, Is to 25c fox,
40c to 81 co. muskrat, 10c; 'possum, 5 to
10c; wolf, Soc to ~ CO. panther, 50cto 81 90;
skunk, 10 to zoe; rats, 8 to Zoe.
LIVE ST0CK-A few corn fed cattle
have been coming in, and all good stock
sell rapidly at full prices, with prospects
favorable for quick sales in the FIJI
ture, at SIC TO 51zc for medium to
choice grass-fed native and Texas; rough
stock in good order 2hc to 3Ac; poor and
common1H to &c. Sheep$l to l So for com
mon and s. to "a 50 for medium to choice
with ready sale and scarce supply; lamb.
So so to 81 90 for medium and choice, anC
ready sale; mich COWS and calves SIS I,
$40 per head; yearlings "a to So.
MACKEREL-NO1, halfbarrels, S4 60
No. 2, SO 80; large, No 3, SO CO. M
9, SO; kits No /, Toe; No 2, Csc; No 3, Doc
SALT.-Por Dbl, 81 IS per csror dral
load; orders 81 60 sacks 81 90@l 80 TO
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
80@9Oc per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
and 81 is for Rosendale. Plaster, 81 IS
Fire brick, &c; pressed brick, $40 pc
thousand.
NAILS-Per keg, So 90 rates.
TOBACCO Prices range at Zoe to AZ
for several grades oftwist and Inch plug
fancy grades ranging from Doc to 81 &C
cording to brand.
MINCE MEAT-Per pound, 5000
according to quantity apple butter, u
Sc per ID.
NUTS-Cocoa 4G peanuts s@ic fc
Tennessee and 5@6c for Virginia. pecan
&c for Arkansas and 15c for Texas wal
nuts, lie, Brazil nuts, 99l0S hlberts, II
almonds, lSc.