Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-11

otceuJ duV uucuhnBcu from last week
Coffee shows weakness, and is quoted
to 10 per ID over, while sugars ar,
also down somewhat. Hides are
weak, the receipts being liberal and
demand good, though al a little lower
values. Rice is wholly unchanged
but is quoted dull. The receipts o.
breadstutfs and feed for the
week have been 1890 bbls -four, LIE
do meal, 2,O2O sacks oats, 500 sack.
corn, l,O75 do bran, 600 bales hay
900 bbls apples, and moderate ship
ments of potatoes, cabbage, etc also
heavy arrivals Of merchandise. The
stock Of meats has run low, owing to
the unsettled aud droopy feeling.
Navigation in the Ohio is almost Who'll
ly suspended, owing to extreme low
water, scant p feet being reported
below Evansville. From st. Louis
there is a business STAGE Of Z feet.
With the exception of White and
Yazoo, which maintain a fair business
sage, southern tributaries are all dead
low, barely 2 feet being reported in
che Arkansas. The price of cotton
has dropped &c. during the week, de-
spite the fact that the prospective
culture is much below the estimates
Of a few weeks back. From Z to over
10 inches of rain fell during Septem-
Der over the larger part of Texas,
Louisiana aud Mississippi. This un-
usual wetness has resulted in serious
damage to the crop, and the qualify
will not be up to expectations of some
time ago. We have had a good week
hereabouts for work, the weather be-
ing dry, warm, aud the best for ripen-
ing cotton yet experienced. The re-
Suits, that picking HIS progressed With
great vigor. The agricultural report
Of the Tennessee state commission,
issued Satu' day, says tobacco will moi
yield above halt a crop, but the qusl-
ity is good; the sorghum crop is large;
peanuts are promising; corn will give
an average yield, and extensive prepa-
rations are making to SOW a large wheat
crop this fall.
FLOUR-Market firm with iobbinq
lots aG 81 % for XNX; 5 2505 so for
amily aud B 5G6 for fancy; patents
50 1901 %; small orders 25c higher.
CORNM EAL-Unsettled and finn at
- p for standard in lots to arrive, few
ssies hayiog been made at that figure;
sman orders range from $2 IS to 2 40.
COBN-Scarce and firm at 63c from
first hands and 55c per bushel on small Or
ders.
OATS-Stock liberal and tone weak at
39G49c for lots; stone orders 43@4oc per
busbel.
BRAN-UnsetHed and firm at SIS to1e
f)r wheat and IS 20 6j cents per awt in a
small way; feed meal last sold at $l3 and
com b az ri 50 so pee ton.
HAY-Surp'y ight and prices steady
at $l3 TO SIS pee ton for common and
mixed and SIT SOTO $40 per ton for choic,
o fancy; small orders 81 20 81 10 per cwt;
Nkausas prairie firm al 8Sc per ton and
50c per cwt.
POrArOES-Western stock firm at
81 Is pee Dbl in lots and 50 10 to 2 %
from store; sweets Sl@l 10 loose, from
WAGONS and 81 25 TO 80 from store.
VEGETABLES Obi ms in lois 50 Is
and 50 per Dbl aud SOC higher in a small
way; cabbage 80 to $40 per l0) head and
81 rs to 3 - per crate; beans firm at 81 %
10 g per busbel for medium white 10
choice navy,
APPLES-Improved feeling for sound.
well packed stocl, but c~areless packed
bringS poor prices. The lance Is from
81 io2 10 per Dbl according to quality and
condition.
OTHER PRUITS-Louisiana oranges
3 70 o 80 be- bbl; lemola 4 and So per
boz, craHbef 'es s. for hlf and 81 ror bbls.
P0ULTRY-MarEet steady at 81 IS 30
3 90 foe chickens. according TO quality
and size. ducks So 80 and 2 70 pcrdoz
turkeys So to 8 per doz; geese So so T. =
pin kod and "A so for 81 | leathered.
EGGS Round los sell at l6c and small
packages lie per doz.
LIVE SrUCK~-Cajtle have been I'm
Glir supply with good buleher stock firm
Nth Improving pFo,Dects at ~ t. 3%c
gross for medium 10 choice g,ass fed and
II TO ~ for poor common and iair ditto
COWS and calves meet good demand at "a
20 10 per heed for yeirllngs and $l8 to 90
for milcb cows; hogs are in light supply
and good stock meet ready sale at full
AZ to SIC bGing che range for
medium to choice and 4 and Axe for small
stock; sheep are 81 and 81 50 for common
TO 80 and 81 per cwt for medium to choice.
the demand good and nothing offering:
are also Ia demand with a bare
at 81 TO be for medium TO choice;
and horses ave in liberal stock and
IRE in good demand for plantation use at
firm value.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Creamery
3l@33c. Western table aud fancy dairy
2Ia29c, fresh country 25925c. Cooking
do. IS to Doc, butterine Is % 20c. for tubs,
and 3 to 25c. for rolls. All grades ftm
and IN demand. Cheese steady, VA lSc..
full cream Ice. mild Eats l2H to 13c.
PR0VISIONS-Baeon weak at &c for
shoulders, Sc for clear ribs and 92Sc for c
sides; bulk meats droopy and lower
at &c for shoulders, 8 for clear ribs and
SIC for clear sides, al loose; packed
&c higher, breakfast bacon liL@ll%;
) c and plain hams11N@llHo; mess pork
sl6 90 per Dbl country bacon Sc,
LARD-Tierccs Sc; hlf bbls SIC; kegs
9%c pals 9KG hlf do 95sc; country lard
&c.
BAGGING-Market quiet at 10%@
l1Ac for fax and iute, with an active de-
mand. Ties, 81 65@1 70 for piece, and
y 70 per bundle for standard.
WOOL-Tub-washed, 36@40c per h
lnwashed, 20@28c unwashed bury
rom Toto 50c per cent less, according to
condition; mrrket firm.
SUGAR-An classes lower, quotations
being for yellow clarified, 8H@S%c; cof-
zee a, Zoe do b, &c ;do G, 01c; standard
A, l0ISe and l0lS to lie for granulated,
powdered and loaf.
C0FFEE-Rio steady, 12H to 16Kc
Or good to choice Java, 23@25c per ID
Observation-Disclosures quiet at 60, 70
9S0c per kit.
HIDES-AIarket weak with steady de-
mand, at Is for No, J. dry flint; l5c for
No. u; l4c for dry sailed 9Lcfor green do
lc for green; Sc for t%allou; 20c for bees
wax and 25c to 81 25 shoepskins according
10 wool
LEATHER-Osk sole. 88@4Oc; hem-
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36@3Sc; skirting,
French calf, 100000 per dozen: