Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-29
General Trade.

WV NA0AAI
in the general order line, and all
round lots of produce offered have
found ready buyers at full prices.
Flour continues to exhibit increased
weakness, with only a jobbing trade
doing, and hides have declined.
Everything else is steady or firm, with
prices we'll maintained. The steamer
Cons Millar, from the Ohio, came in
this morning with 324 SKIS corn, half
ear and half shelled; $50 bbls pota-
toes; 100 bales hay; 70 bales straw,
and a little meal and -four. The Col
Orado, from st. Louis, also brought a
few consignments.
FLOUR-Dull and business chiefly con
fined TO orders, with the demand
mainly for family and low grades.
Quotations for round lots are for Y, s.
per Dbl; Xxx, SIS 25@55G XXX, IS 500
3 Is; family SG@6 %; choice, So 25@6 so
fancy, So 75@6 50; patent, ST 25@7 50.
Orders 25c higher.
C0RN-Scarce and in good demand at
steady figures; yellow shelled 5lc; white
do. 81 ear 81 in lots; Orders 55G56c.
OATS-In fair movement and good re-
quest at 48049c for light and SOC for
western heavy; also SIC for black seed in
lots; orders 52955c per bushel.
BRAN-Firm andscarce ats Ia pertoni in
lots and 75@80c on orders; corn bran $11@
II 80 per ton; feed meal Sl4,
HAY-Quiet at SIT to SD per ton and
81 l0(1l 20 per cwt, for mixed and clear
timothy; prairie hay 50 so per ton and
15c per cwt.
POTATOES All grades unsettled;
round lots of peachblows 81 q
to 81 30 per Dbl; seed va
%rieties active at 81 55@l IS for
peerless any. early russets; 81 1902 25 for
early rose. Small orders 25c higher
NewYork and Michigan rose 50 5063
per bbl; sweets 81 per Dbl in a small way.
ESCULENTS = Cabbage SO 50@3 rs
per crate, for Louisiana; Western, out of
mrrket; turnips dull, 75c per Dbl; beans
dull at 81 S0@l so per bushel, the latter
or navy; ~blackeyed peas 81 rs per bushel;
lady peas $202 90 per bushel; onions 81 rs
@5 % per Dbl; onion sets $666 so per
Dbl for roots, and 81 SOFAS for tops.
FRUIT-Sound apples in fair demand at
81 rs to 4 per Dbl, according to size and
order; inferior plentiful and cheaper or
anges $40 per Dbl, and $l3 per box of 400,
dried apples 9@915c; peaches &c.
EGGS-Ssles at l2@l2Ko per dozen for
fresh.
P0ULTRY-In fair demand. Chick
ems selling at 81 50@3 rs per dozen
turkeys AT SS@li per dozen; ducks firm
at SS Is per dozen;geese dull at S4@4 50
per dozen.
PROFESSIONALISM clear sides are
jobbing at 7b@7Hc; clear ribs 6H@7c;
shoulders 4&c; breakfast bacon is 9@9Ac.
Hams 10@l0Kc.
LARD-Tierces, SN@SAc; half barrels,
8h@SAc; kegs, 835ci pals, &c; half pals,
9Hc. Country lard, ne.
SUGAR-Common, 5000; fair to
fully fair, 7@7Ac prime TO choice, 7%@
SIC; yellow clarified, $4,000; hard, liz
Ollie.
COFFEE-0rdinary, 15H@16Hc; fair
to choice, 10000.
HIDES-Dry amt, No. l., 20 No. 2.
lie; dry salt do, 16@l6Hc; green, 7c;
do salted, 9N@l0c; market less firm; tai
low, 5G6c; beeswax, 2lc.
LEATHER-Oak sole, 38@40c hem
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36G38c; rskirting,
95@37ci French calf, $4,000 per dozen;
domestic calf. $20@90 per dozen.
T0BAOC0-Per ID 421S660c.
BUTTER-Quiet at 15@l8c for country,
22@25c for western, and Soc for creamery.
FRESH MEATS - Hogs, 5@6c per
pound, the latter for city dressed:
beef dull at 2 to sc for fore and hind
quarters.
SUNQRIES-Pigs..feet perkeg, 81 $50
81 IS half bbls, So 10 bbls, 81; sauer kraut,
dull, So 80 per halfb Dbl, and IS 90 for bbls.
Horse radish, S6@6 80 per Dbl. Apple
butter 10c per ID; peach do, lie.
LIVE SIOOK-Butcher cattle in light
at9%@4%c per cwt according to grade
for grass fed 10 choice coFn=fed Western;
calves and yearlings, $4@6; COWS and
calves, $l8@3G hogs, scarce and ready
sale at 4@4Ac, gross; sheep very scarce at
81 50@2 for common and 1904 for choice
qualities.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 IS per car or dray
load: orders 81 IS sacks 81 30@1 go for
course md fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-N arket quiet; on orders
asT, &c per yard jute, lie; ties;
" 1902 30 per bundle; grip tie, 81,
Irvine, l2c per pound.