Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-29
General Trade.

have about all been forwarded has
caused a sharp advance and stiff feel.
ing for cornmeal, and dealers are con-
ident Of still higher prices. Sales
were readily effected yesterday and to-
day at 81 so, and a special lot now
here is held at So. Potatoes are firm
and tend upward, with scant receipts
and light offerings. In the New Or
leans market they have been selling at
50 10 to So 40 per barrel, and several
lots forwarded recently from here
proved a good venture. The meat
market continues unsettled. Recent
adviceS from the west are to the effect
that the total packing this season has
been $4,000 hogs, against 935, 0OC
same period last year-a decrease Of
$4,000 hogs. Many recently for
warded for packing were immature,
and wonder is expressed that as meat
is relatively higher than corn, hog
growers do not fatten them up before
sending to market. 1t is expected
that the summer killing will be heavy,
ice being abundant and cheap and
hogs plentiful. This is, perhaps, the
main reason why values have recently
eased off a little. A scarcity of chick
ems is noted, and sales are up to 81 80
per dozen, with young spring in brisk
demand, for well grown. Turkeys
sold up to $40 per dozen, with but few
offering. Geese are a drag at % cents
each. 1t is gratifying to announce
that The river has passed its highest
level, and that a decline set in here
yesterday. 1t will recede slowly for
some time, but the weather being dry
and 40 rainfall Of Importance having
prevailed over the entire Ohio valley
watershed for TWO weeks or more, the
danger Of a farther overflow is no
longer imminent. Those who continue
to predict a disastrous inundation of
the lower river valleys must watch
and wait for the next heavy rains.
FL0URAND MEAL-Market for -four
is quiet; round lot prices are: xxx
"a % family, So "a 5 Is; choice,
So 90 fancy, S. rs q 6; patents,
So 50@7 co. small orders, 25c higher
Cornmeal scarce, and very firm at 81 80
per Dbl for standard in lots, and 10 to l5c
higher in a small way.
FEED STUFFS- Corn In fair supply
at SO to Coo per blu for round lots, and 63
TO 65c on orders. Oats, Acc in lots and 40
to Soc in a small way. Bran, SIG so to
$l7 per ton for wheat, and 81 per cwt;
corn bran $ll 80 pei ton. Hay 1923 to
S27 so per ton for western, and 81 40 to
81 80 per cwt; prairie hay, SIG so per ton;
millet, 81 80 to 81 80 per bu,
ESCULENTS-Potatoe finn Mt 50 IS
to SO per Dbl for peachblows, peerless
and late russets, with few in first hands.
Sweets in scant supply at So 25 to So so
per Dbl. Cabbage, lone offer; a round lot
arrived yesterday unfit for use, and was
sent to the dump. Green peas, 81 50 to
81 10 per bu box; cucumbers,$l 90 perdoz;
beets, 60c per doz; stock and Japan peas
81 IS to 81 so per Blu for car loads, and
25c higher IN q small way.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
in brisk request, round lots selling at So 80
to 81 so per doz, for mixed choice to OK
ira, and 81 60 to SO rs for small and
mixed; young spring 81 so to SO so per
doz; turkeys, a few sold at $40 per doz;
geese very dull at So per doz. Eggs scarce
and irregular at IA TO Ice per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-The mar
ket for butter is slack, and prices weak;
fresh grass is coming in and selling freely
at 20 to 24c per ID; other country stock,
Is to 20c; western table, % to 23c; cream
cry, 81 to 33c; poorer qualities, Is to 1Sc;
cheese dull and slow to sell at 10Nc for
mild flats; no other on hand.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Apples scarce
at So TO S. 90 per Dbl as per quality;
oranges S. so per box for MessiSa
and So so for imperial; bananas,
81 so to So so per bunch, dried apples
dull at3H to &c; do peaches 8 to &c; straw
qerries S. 80 per "A pint case; raisins
ub 1904 per box; dates 7 10 Sc; figs u to
SIC; peanuts, dull at 2H@3c for Tenn
led 4@Gci for Va; pecans, 8 to l4c as per
anality; cocoanuts $1,000 per 100.
PROVISIONS = Unsettled, with an
easier feeling, and dealers varying in quo
tations from q to nc per lb.- Job6ers
cash prices; breakfast bacon, l0Xto11H;
hams, l0%tollHc for plain and eanvassed;
bulk clear sides, 8 to 9Lc; do C ribs,
81 to 81; do shoulders.6 to 6kc; pork, per
bbl, $18 So bacon shoulders, &c; c ribs,
9% to 9Ac; clear, 9% to 10c; country
shoulders in lots, &c; do C sides, 9Xc; dc
hams, 9Hc. Lard, l1A to 12c for ties; 121s
for kegs and Inf bbls; 124c for 20 lb
pals; l215e for 10 ID do.
W0OL-Dull at 35c per ID. fer tub
washed; Zoe for unwashed free from burs;
rs to BIC for bury and washed; and 10 to
loo for inferior bbrry.
SUNDRIES-Kraut hf bbls, S. so to
SO; bbls, SO so to SIP; cider, 81 rs to SIS for
hf, and IS so to SO for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry No. l, Ice No, 2
green 5 to &c; tallow SIC, beeswax zoe;
WOOl very uull ~ ~ 10 oOc rs per quality.
MAOKEREL-No1 l, half barrels, 81 81,
No 2, SO co. large, No 8, SO 60 No
8, So; kits No /, Zoe No 2 Csc; No 8, Doc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 60per car or dray
load; orders. 81 IS; sacks 81 90@1 so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt 20 per tound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
S0G85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 30 for Rosendals.
Plaster, 81 Is. Fire brick, So so.
NAILS-Unsettlad at IS 10 per keg
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to SOC for
twist and plug IS to Doc for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
S~UGAR-Market stiff. N. Y. brown,
TIC; do @, 8 to SXc, do A, 8 to 9Hc
for standard grades; graduated l0c pow
dered 101sc crushed and powdered l0%c.
C0FFEE-Steady at IL to l5c per ID for
Rio and "A to 26 for Java.
COAL-To steamers40 to Acc per box;
city delivery 60c per 100 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton fol-
anthracite.
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