Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-05

Meal is unsettled and tends upward
selling all the way from $40 to $2.7l
per Dbl; -four Is quiet; corn stiff and
little higher; oats rather weak, with
liberal receipts and a droopy feel.
ing; hay slightly better; hides are yer,
dull. There was some game Offering
yesterday at &c per pound for whole
venisOn, 8@8i for saddles, and $l.5O
per dozen for quailsan d rabbits. The
poultry market is firm except for
dressed turkeys. Eggs scarce and
very irregular, selling from 12s to lSc
per dozen yesterday and to-day.
FLOUR Quiet and unchanged.
Quotations for round lots are
for X, S. per Dbl; Xxx. So 25@
$50 xxx, IS 50@5 rs; family $6N6 25:
choice, 625@6 so fancy, ST 75@6 Is.
patent, 81 25@7 so. Orders 25c HIGHER.
CORNMEAL- Market ADVANCING.
fresh ground selling in lots at 50 6OG2 655
per Dbl in some cases higher prices are
asked,and a lower figure rules for inferior;
or bobtail.
C0RN-Market flrmer at 5l@5Sc for
sbeued yellow and white in lots; small.
orders 56c.
BRAN = Quiet but firm; last
sales from first hands $14 per ton in
q small way, l69SOc per cwt; corn bran
sold IN lots yesterday at S11 per ton.
OATS-ln liberal supply at 49bc;
western seed 50@52c in lots; prices less
firm; small orders 53@55c.
HAY-Arkansas prairie per car load
Sl0 per ton; other grades range from
$l6 to S2S per ton; small orders 75c
to 81 20 per cwt.
POTAT0ES-The movement is free
especially for seed grades; ~peachblows sell
IN lots at 81 45 per Dbl; early rose
sell at 81 10 to sos New York rose 81 20
per Dbl small orders Csc higher.
APPLES-Supply moderate; sound
genitens in good OrderSS so per Dbl; large
sound would meet ready sale at 50 so to
"a per Dbl.
SOUTHERN FRUITS - Oranges
scarce at So per Dbl. for Louisiana and
% per box for Messina: lemons firm at
81 81 per box; ~cocoanuts So per hundred.
ESCULENTS--Cabbag S4@$4 rs Der
crate, for Notwithstanding dull, 75c per Dbl.
beansdull at 81 80@1 Copper ushel, the latter
for navy;blackeyed peas 81 25 per busbel:
lady peas 1902 50per bushel; onions low
er at $4@4 so per Dbl; onion sets seas so
per bushel for tops and 50 for roots.
EGGS-Market unsettled and prices
higher at l3@l4c per dozen, with
P0ULTRY-Chickens sell freely at
y . too IS per dozen; as in size and
quality, turkeys at SOIL per dozen;
dressed turkeys plentiful at 10@l3c;
ducks firm at 50 Is per dozen; geese dull
at $4(Q4 so per dozen.
BUTTER-Quiet at 15@18c for country.
22@25c for western, and 35c for creamery
FRESH MEATS = Hogs, 506c per
pound, the latter for city dressed;
beef dull at 2 to &c for fore and hind
quarters.
PROFESSIONALISM clear sides are
jobbing at 7H@7hc; clear ribs 6H@7c:
shoulders 4Ac; breakfast bacon is 9a9Lc.
Hams l0@10Hc.
LARD-Tierces 8T@SAc; half barrels.
8H@oAc kegs, $40 pals, Sc; half pals,
SIC. Country lard, 7Tc.
SUGAR-Common, 6@6%c; fair To
fully fair, 1910; prime to choice. 7%@
S1e; yellow clarified, 5000; hard, liz
COFFEE-ordinary, none; fair to
choice, l4A@l9c.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 49, No. 2.
Ice dry salt do, 19c; green, 7c; do sailed
9SG market lower tallOw, 5@6c; beeswax,
LEATHER-Oak sole, 88@4Oc; hem
lock, 2S@32c; harness, 36@SSc; skirting.
5o@oIc.i French calf, 10000 per dozen;
domestic calf, $4,000 per dozen.
TOBACCO-Per ID 42X@60c.
SUNDRIES-Pigs'feet perkeg, 81 650
81 % half bbls, So rs; bbls, 81; sauer kraut.
dull, 10 30 per half Dbl, and Sc 90 for bbls'
Horse radish, $6@6 80 per Dbl. Apple
butter Toe per ID; peach do, 12c.
LIVE STOOK-Butcher cattle in light
at 2H@4Hc per cwt according to
grade for grass fed to.choice corn-6ed West
srni calves and yearlings, $4@6; cows and
calves, $lo95G hogs, scarce and ready
sale at 4@4hc, gross; sheep very scarce al
50g2 for common and 1904 for choice
Qualities.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or draw
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 300l 60 for
and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-A arket quiet; on orders
dax, &c per yard; jute, lie; ties:
~ 1907 90 per bundle; grip tie, 81,
wine, lie per pound.