Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19


within less than four feet Of extreme
high water mark. 1t has been de
clining at Cairo for two days past anC
the fall will set in here before the enc
Of the week. At some points the
water is over the banks slightly, but
as yet no damage has resulted. There
has been but little variation in prices
d ring the week. Bread stufs are
droopy with the better grades of -four
lower, Meats are also dull, but prices
while easy, are maintained. Stock
feed holds its own, with an increasing
demand for corn, and seed oats are
also coming into notice. Seed pota-
toes are also in demand at stiff figures,
with a light stock, while peachblows
and other eating varieties are slow to
sell at any price above a dollar a
barrel. The stock of coal is increas-
ing at all southern markets, with
prospects Oft being the heaviest one
on record, but prices are yet steep and
it is not probable they will be much
reduced. Several large tows are now
under way in the lower Ohio for this
and other points south. Poultry is in
active demand at stiff figures, and
eggs are steady. The upper rivers are
all high, and it is expected will con-
tinue in good navigable order until
late in the season. The winter has
been open and warm, with prospects
of but little cold weather in the fu-
ture. The ice crop is short, and the
blowing season is close at hand. The
spring traffic is expected to be brisk
and of large volume, as the financial
condition of the entire country is ex-
cellent.
FLOUR-Market easy. Quotations
are for x, So per Dbl; Xxx, So 25@5 so;
xxx, So 50@5 rs; family and choice,
$6 6O@6 70; fancy, 81; per Dbl. Orders 25c
higher.
CORNMEAL-Recelpts per steamer
Baum this morning $50 bbls; offering at
81 35@2 40 per Dbl in lots; orders 81 SO.
CORN-Receipts per steamer Baum
this morning only $50 sacks; receipts Fri
day and Saturday last nearly 5000 sacks;
sales of lots at 52@53c; market steady;
orders 56@57c.
OATSSQuiet at 47@49c, for mixed
to choice Western; seed oats sell at $50
Soc, for white and black.
BRAN-Market quiet at $l3@13 %
per ton and 75@S0c per cwt; receipts
per steamer Baum this morning 347 SKIS;
corn bran 81 3d. feed-meal $l4
HAY-Sales Of prairie hay at Sl1;
western mixed $l8 to $2l, some selling
at S22; the range of prices is from SIG to
%; orders 81 10 to l 20 per cwt.
POTATOES Eating varieties dull,
peachblows selling in lots at 81 20@1 Is
per Dbl, and 44c per bushel in sacks; store
prices, 81 90 seed varieties are in
demand; sales of pearless and russets in
lots $l75 per Dbl; small orders $2@2 %;
early rose 81 80@1 3d. orders 81 25; New
York rose 81 75@3, from store; sweet, 81,
in a small way.
ESCULENTS - Cabbage $325@3 so
per crate, for Louisiana; Western, very
dull at 1906 per 100 head, and 81 50@2 50
per crate; turnips dull, Toe per Dbl; beans
dull at 81 35@l Copper bushel, the latter
or navy blackeyed peas 81 Is per bushel.
EGGS-Sales to-day at l2@lSc per
dozen.
P0ULTRY-Scarce and in demand.
Chickens selling at 81 50@3 70 per dozen
turkeys scarce with sales at $l0@13 per
dozen; ducks firm at So rs per dozen;
geese dull at $4@4 so per dozen.
BUTTER-Dull at l5@18c for country,
22@25c for western, and 35c for creamery.
FRESH MEATS = Hogs, 5@6c per
pound, the latter for city dressed;
beef dull at 2 to &C. for fore and hind
quarters.
FRUIT-Apples sell from store at 81 rs
per Dbl for wine saps, up to "a for extra
choice; few good offer; oranges 81 to s.
per Dbl for Louisiana and Florida; lemons
$450@5 per box; cranberries in bbls SO; half
barrels, "a rs; dried apples $4,000; peaches
&c, with good demand, Bananas $1@1 so
per bunch.
SUNDRIEs-Pigs feet, perkeg, 81 80;
half bbls, SO rs; bbls, 81 So u kraut,
81 80 per half Dbl, and So so for bbls.
Horse radish, $6@6 so per Dbl. Apple
butter l0c per Id; peach do, 12c.
L1VEST0OK-Demand light at 2H@
&c per cwt according to grade for grass
fed to choice cornfed Western; calves and
yearlings, $4@6; COWS and calves, $18@90;
hogs, 4@4Hc; sheep very scarce at 81 so
az for common and 1894 for other quail
titles.
BAGGING-Narke steady; on orders
flax, 9hc per yard; jute, lie; ties,
81 1902 so per bundlei grip tie, 81;
Irvine, 12c per pound.
PROFESSIONALISM clear sides are
7@71sc; clear ribs 6T@7c; shoulders
4A@4Xc;breakfast bacon is 9@9Hc. Hams.
l0@l0Hc. The meat market is droopy.
LARD-Tierces, Sc; half barrels, SIC;
kegs, 825c; pails,9c; half pals, 9Hc. Coun-
try lard, TIC.
S~UGAR-Common, 5@6Kc; fair TO
fully fair, 7@7Ac prime TO choice, 7%@
8HG yellow clarified, 8H@Sc; hard, liz
@1lHc.
C0FFEE-Ordinary, l5K@l6Hc fair
to choice, 19@20c.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 90 No. @,
lie; dry salt do, 16@16Hc; green, Tc;
do sailed, 9K@l0c; market less firm; tai
low, 5@6c; beeswax, 2lc.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 38@40c; hem
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36@3Sc; skirting.
95@37c; French calf, $4,000 per dozen;
domestic calf, $20@S0 per dozen.
SALT-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or dray
load; orders 81 So sacks 81 90@1 60 for
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
T0BACOO-Per ID 42h@66c.
RICE.-Last weeks circular of Tai
mage, Sons 81 Co., of New Orleans, re-
port prices steady with little demand
north or west. A slight speculative move
ment has been observed but holders are.
FESTIVE under burdens they carry, and
prices Of Louisiana range higher than
Carolina, hence there is no prospect of
briskness until the two markets range
closer. The Louisiana crop is certainly.
short and at less extravsgant asking rates
the market would be well sustained. The
following net quotations are given, free Of
commissions and all charges except cart
sgat broken 4N(Q5e: common 5%M6Ac,