Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15

FLOUK-Good Jobblng demand, will
prices steady, as follows; xxx, 81 25
family, S. to s. 25; choice and fancy
So 90 to S.; patents, Sc 80 to 81 So al
for round lots. Small orders 25c higher
C0RNMEAL-Firm and in active de
mand at 50 70 to 81 80 per Dbl for standard
qualities from first hands. and a LITTLE
higher BY jobbers.
CORN-Supply scant and prices firm
at 60@62c per bu from first hands, and
to &c higher IN orders.
OATS-In good supply and quiet, al
45c per buin round lots, and3 to &c higher
in a small way; mlllet 81 10 per bu OF
orders; chopped feed 81 80 per cwt.
HAY-Actiye and firm, with a light
supply and ready sale for all arrivals al
$40 to $24 90 per ton for mixed and
clear timothy. Jobbers charge 81 2E
o 81 80 per cwt; Ark. prairie is wanted at
$l4 per ton, and no arrivals.
POTAT0ES-Table stock firm al
81 80 to 81 so per Dbl in lots; from store
81 65 to$2 rs per Dbl. Planting varieties
are in light demand at So to 81 rs per bbI
for rose; 50 25 to 81 so for jackson whites
aud 50 65 to 81 rs for peerless. Sweets
are unsettled, but sell from store at 81 75
to $3.50 per Dbl, according to quality. A
round lot of Nansemond and southern
queens sold at reduced figures.
ESCULENTS-Cabbage from La.
ready sale at 81 0O to 81 5C
per crate for La; onions, 81 rs to
IS Is per Dbl; do. sets, IS TO 50 per
bu; beans, 81 IS to 81 IS per bu for white;
blackeyed peas, ST. rs to So % per bu;
Clay do, 81; lady do, 81 25; turnips, 81 76
to So 25 per Dbl.
FRUIT5-Apples in fair demand il
sound at 81 Is to SO 80 per Dbl in lots and
in asmall way; off stock lower; oranges,
3 rs to SO so per box for Messina and Pal
ermo; lemons, SO rs to 81 25per box; dried
apples in slack movement at 81 TO 4%c
per ID; peaches, 6 to 7c per ID; cranberries,
81 80 to IS for half and So to SO for bbls;
bananas, 81 80 to 81 so per bunch.
BUTTER AND 0HEESE-Cream-
cry butter, 95 to 96c per ID; western dairy,
q to &c; butterine, dull at 10 to 1Sc;
good butter in request, and poor slow.
Ark. prairie and choice Ky. scarce at 25c
per ID; cheese, quiet at l5c for Y. A; Il TO
loo for full cream, and l0X to 1l1Ec for
poorer stock.
POULTRY-Chiekens in good supply,
at So so to SO for small, and So rs I 0 81 90
for mixed to all hens, the latter for extra
good; turkeys, $l2to $18 per dozen; geese
slow at So 80 10 81 per dozen; ducks 80 so
to "a per dozen.
EGGS-Scarce and ready sale, at IS
to zoe per dozen,
PROVISIONS Dry salt shoulders,
are 6A@5Tc for loose and packed, do
clear ribs, 8A@8%c; clear sides, 90
9Hc; smoked hams, 10X@l0Ac; break
fast bacon, 10H@llc; bacon shoulders,
6H@6c5S; do clear ribs, 9H@91c; do clear
sides, 9X@9%c. Mess pork $l8 90 per
Dbl. Lard strong; t~ierces, 1l%@ll5sc; do
half bbls and kegs ll%ci do pals,
l2A; do hf pals, l2%c, with supply
light. Meats rule very unsettled and tend
upward,
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls. IS 50 to
Sc; bbls, 50 so to $l2; cider, "a rs to IS for
hf, and IS so to So for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2K@3c
per lb; Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts $3.50 per
100; pecans, 6d8c for Ark; almonds and
walnuts l8c: Brazil do, 8@10c. Cocoanuts
SO Soto 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, as
follows: dry flint No; l, l5@l6c per ID; No.
2, l2c; dry sailed, lie; green, 5to &c; green
sailed, ~ to &c; No. z do, &c; tallow 8 to
SIC; beeswax 20c.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 50,
No. 2, SO 80; large, No 3, So co. Nc
8, SO; kits No l, Toe No 2, Coo; No 8, 55c
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 30 per car or dray
load; orders 81 55; sacks 81 S0@1 80 fol
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERNAL. - Lime
80@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 Is Fire brick, So so.
NAILS-Higher, at So % rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to 55c fol
twist and plug 30 to Doc for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm, with quotations as
follows; La. brown, 7c to Sc; vel.
low clarified, 81 to 9Hc; white do 9XC
to 9Ac; granulated 10Aoi powdered 1910
crushed and cut loaf lie.
COFFEE-Ruling dull; Rio, 1lHa16.
per ID and "a to 26c for Java.
COAL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box.
city delivery Coo per 1870 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; Zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton fol
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
9K to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per h; ties, 81 90 for standard.
and 81 60 to 81 10 for other qualities.
LIVESTOCK-Butcher cattle in light
supply, and prices strong at 81 5046 pei
cwt gross foi good to extra corn fed 1'exa'
and western, and 81 70 to 81 for rough tC
medium. Hogs scarce for good, and iail
supply of common, at 3X@4c for the lat
ter, and "a 25@5 50 for fair to best. Sheer
scarce and wanted, at $2@3 per head fol
common, and 4H@5Kc per ID for medium
to choice mutton stock Cows and calvel
are active, at $500 to $4,000 per head.
HORSES AND MULES - Good
demand for plantation stosk. Besl
dray mules 15al6H hands high, $16C
to 200; do IA to 16 hands $50 to $l65
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75
common to good saddle and harness Sill
to 800 each.