Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-04


Arkansas prsiris Offering nen!sally %
per ton and Soc per cwt.
APPLES - Receipts fair, and sale,
active al 81 rs 10 81 50per Dbl at the track
in car loads; only strictly choice bring
outside prices; small orders, Csc 10 Soc per
Dbl higher.
POTATOES = Movement moderate.
with first dealers quoting lots Of peer
less and carly rose at 81 rs 10 81 30 per
Dbl; small orders s. 25; sweets 81 per Dbl
loose from wagons and 81 so from store.
ONIONS-Scarce and in demand, at
SO Is TO 50 10 per Dbl; cabbage in active
demand at S9GSl0 per hundred head for
choice stock, and 81 90 toss per crate.
celery 40to 50c per bunch.
BEANS-Firm at 81 so to 81 % per
bushel for white medium TO choice navy;
blaekeyed peas 81 Is to 81 so per bushel.
EGGS-Market weak, withsales ofround
lots at loc; ina small way loc.
POULTRY-Chickens 81 Is TO SO 25
per dozeni ducks, 81 rs to 50 per dozen;
7 lrkeys, IS TO II per dozen; geese, 81 so to
- 30 per dozen. All kinds Of poultry in
good request.
FRUITS AND NUTS-0ranges, 81 so
90 Wper barrelfo for Louisiana;lemons,S50 100
per box for malaga and So so TO ST for
messina with a very scarce supply. Mala-
ga grapes 81 90 for 2O-pound kegs and
" 30 to $for bbls. Receipts this season
are unusually fine and large. Bananas
u % to 81 10 for medium and IS so 10 81
for fine large; cranberries 81 70 for halls
and IS % for bbls. Catawba grapes getting
scarce at 85c 10 81 per 10 lbs; cOcanuts 81
per 100 peanuts 4kc for Tennessee; 6H@7
for Virginia; round lots a little less; chest
nuts slow at 50 1908 90 per bushel in
lots.
DRIED FRUIT-Market firm at 81
per pound for apples, and 4 to &c for
peaches.
MEATS-Supply light and market
variable, bacon sides, 9kc; do clear ribs.
9i do shoulders, 5Act to &c; hams, 10hc
l0ke; breakfast bacon, l0Hc to l01Gc;
country bacon, 8Ac; bulk meats weak a.
59sc for shoulders, SIC for clear ribs and
SIC for clear sides; packed &c higher.
Mess pork nominal, at SIG so per Dbl.
LARD-Lower; tierces SIC TO &c,
half bbls 9Hc to 92sc; kegs, 93sc; pals!
99ssci half pals. 916c to l0c; country lard,
5 cents.
BUTTER-Creamery, Gle to 39c; west
ern, 22c 10 27c fresh country, zoe to DC;
butterine, Zoe TO &c; low grades plentiful
and slow to SELL good, firm, scarce and in
CHEESE-Market steady, at lie for
A. full cream, lie; mild fats, 12Hc to
l3c.
BAGGlNG-Market quiet with prices
Flax l0hc TO 1011c; mixed l0Nc;
lutte l0Ae to lie; Irvine 1870.
HIDES-Better feeling with prices
as follows: Dry flint, No. /, 18c;
do. No. 2, 15c; dry sailed l4c; green &c;
green salted SIC to SCI tallow Sc to SIC;
beeswax 20c.
LIVEST0CK-The market is bare of
corn-fed cattle. Grass-fed butcher. PIC
% &c for fair, medium and good; choice,
3Het TO 319d; supply scant and prices firm;
serubby stock, ne to &c; COWS and calves,
sl8 to S25; ~yearlings, 81 to 81. Hogs
quiet ut dc to 5Hc for shoats and full
grown sheep &c to 4c and 81 50 to 81 per
head for common.
COFFEE-Weak at 121$c to 15c Rio,
good common to prime Java 24c to 28c.
SUGAR-Receipts ,of new La. light,
and the market tends downward. Open
La. SIC to SIC for fair to prime
clarified, 9Hc Off A, 10c; stand
ard A, l0Ac; graduated, 102Sc; powdered,
llci cut loaf, HE. Molasses SIC to SIC
for choice La.
MACKEREL-No1, ~halfbarrels, $4 so;
No. 2. So go large, No 8, So So No.
So; kits No l, Zoe; No 2, Csc; No 3, 55c.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 88tg40c; hem
lock, 2S@S2c; harness, 36@98c; skirting,
95@37ci French cali, 100000 per dozen;
domeltic calf, 10000 per dozen.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 40 per car or dray
load; orders 81 80 sacks 81 80@1 so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt 20 per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime,
per blfor Alabama and Louisville,
and 81 G5 for Rosendale. Plaster, 81 75.
Fire brick, &c; pressed brick, $40 per
thousand.
NAILS-Per keg, So 10 to 50 20 rates.
TOBACCO Prices range at zoe to 42c
for several grades oftwist and 1linch plug;
grades ranging from 55c to 81 ac-
cording to brand.
SHINGLES-From first hands, 81 90
9S2 50 per NJ for cypress shaved and
hearts.