Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-06

grades, a little not hrst-class selling al
SIC, Meal is very scarce and irregu,
lar, selling in lots all the way from
81 rs to 81 S73 per Dbl, fresh ground
from the mills going at 81 s.. Hay.
under the influence Of liberal receipts.
is selling lower, Arkansaw prairie be-
ing dull. Oats hold up well. Bran is
easy. Potatoes r scarce, with a de-
creasing demand for old stock, the new
growth now arriving from gulf shores
being the favorite for local consump-
ton. Old chickens are selling at 81
to S. per dozen,t the latter being a high
er figure than several Front Row deal
ers ever realized for jobbing lots.
Eggs are easy and irregular, selling all
the way from 124 to l4c per doz'
en-. Western butter is weak. Con-
sumers are wanting fresh grass, which
comes in rather slow as yet. Business
in the produce line is Stacking off, and
receipts are light. Vegetables from
the south are drifting downward, home
growth taking the place thereof in
freer quantities.
FLOURAND MEAL-Quotations for
flour are for xxx, 81 25; family, SIS so;
choice and fancy, S. so to Sc co. patents,
Sc soar co. small orders, 25c higher.
Cornmeal, firm 81 unsettled at 81 75to$287K
per Dbl for lots on the landing and Toto 16c
higher in a small way.
FEED STUFFS-Corn quiet feeling at
per bu for round lots, and 6la63c
in n small way. Oats, 46H@47c in lots
and 48c at retail. Bran, weak at SIC 50
per ton and 90c to 81 per cwt for
wheat, and $40 80 per ton for corn bran,
Hay easy at $23 90 to $25 90 per ton
for western, as per quality, and 81 30 TO
81 40 per cwt at retail; prairie hay, SIG so
per ton; millet, sales 81 rs per bu, with
scant supply and dealers asking 50 80.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes not plentiful;
81 IS to So 90 per Dbl from store; green
peas 81 80 per bu box; cabbage, s. so
per crate for sound. and scarce; inferior
nominal; onions,$3 75toA 90 for old; white
beans, 81 25to 81 70 per bu stock
peas, 81 So to 81 30 per bu for carloads,
and 25c higher IN a small way.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Few apples
Offering, and quotations are 81 CO TO IS CO
per Dbl for sound; inferior not wanted;
oranges So so per box for small
and So 90 for imperial Messina; lemons,
SO 90 to 50 so per box; off stock
lower strawberries, So 90 per "A
pint case bananas in good supply at 81 so
toS2 90 per b%unch;dried apples,4 to4Hc per
ID; do peaches 6 to SIC; peanuts, 2H to &c
Tenn. red and Va. white; pecsns, 8 to Sc;
.cocoanuts So to So 50per 100 flberts, wal
nuts and almonds, IL to l9c yer ID; Brazil
do, 8to l0c.
BUTTER = Fresh country and
prairie grades, Is to &c per
Id; inferior, l5c; western table. scarce at 70
to 23c; creamery, 80 to S3c; butterine 16
to tic and slow.
WPOULTRY AND EGGS = Young
spring chickens, 81 IS to So 80 per doz,
as per size, and in demand; old, 81 rs to
S. 90 per doz, ducks, dull at So {; geese
very dull at So per doz; turkeys, few
offer, while the demand is good at SIT
to S2l per doz. Eggs unsettled at l2K to
14c per dOz.
PROVISI0NS-Jobbers' cash prices
are as follows; Bulk shoulders,6H to 6%c;
do C ribs, so to &c: do clear, 81 to 9Ac,
bacon shoulders, 81 to 6Mc; do c ribs
ga to exc; do sides, 81 to 10c; breakfast
bacon, 1917 TO liz; hams, IL to HE;
country hams, 81 to Sc; country c sides,
81 to 9Ac; shoulders, 81 to SIC. Lard,
Tx to lie for ties; 1873 to 12Hc for kegs
and hf bbls; 12K to 1910 for pulls;
country do, lie.
WOOL-Dull at 95c per lb. for tub
washed; 20cfor unwashed free from burs
26 to &c for bury and washed; and 10 to
l5c for inferior bury.
SUNDRlES-Kraut, hf bbls. IS so to
Sc; bbls, 50 so to Sl2; cider, 81 70 to So for
Inf, and IS 90 TO SO for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry No. /, Ice No, 2
l2c; green salt No. l., &c; Moo. 2,6H; dead
green 5 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswa1 zoe;
wool very dull at 10 to S5c as per quality;
MACKEREL-Nol, half barrels, "a 81.
2, So CO. large, No 3, So co. No
9, So; kits No l, Toe; No 2, Coo; No s, 65c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 50 pol car or dray
load; orders 81 90; sacks 81 S0@l 90 for
coarse and Ane. Rock salt &c per oound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
S0@85c per bblfo or Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, So 70. Fire brick, So 90.
NAILS-Unsettied at So 10 pc: key
rates.
Quiet, at 29c to 65c for
twistand plug; So to 55: for smoking,
and Doc to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market tending upward.
n. Y. brown, TIC; do @, s to 8Aci
do A, 9 to 9Hc for standard
grades; granulated, 10c; powdered, 102sc;
crushed and powdered l0%c.
.C0FFEE-Quiet at l0X to 15c per ID for
Rio and "A to 26 for Java.
C0AL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery Coo per $50 ID Dbl for Pitts.
burg zoe for camel, aud $12 per ton for
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard,
and 81 so to 81 rs for other qualities.
HORSES AND MULES - Fair
demand for plantation stock. Best
dray mules 1bal6X hands high, $50
to 200 do IA to 16 hands $50 to Sl65
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75;
common to good SADDLE and harness $11g
toS2W each.
LIVE ST0CK-Cattle are firm and
higher good to choice cornfed western
and Texas are AZ to SIC; do common to
fair grass and cornfed, 81 TO 4Ac; hogs
quiet and nominal at 4 to SIC; sheep in
light offering at 81 to 81 so per head;
lambs in demand at 81 rs to SO 50 per
head, strictly choice going a little higher.
Cows and calves ara in fair demand at SIS
to $50 per head, the latter for choice Sc
lections.
RICE-Jobbing at SIC for medium
grades. Dan Talmago & Soas' Charles
ton circular Of May Sd says: 1--WE have
to note a brisk and growing demand with
a steady flow of orders from the west to
this market. The receipts of the Caro-
linas' crop at this market from September
lst to date have been 1885 bbls, against
4l,076 same time last year, a decrease of
VA bbls or 0bOut 2h npr ppnt priops arn