Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12
General Trade.

The business week closing to day
has beou noted for excessive rains
throughout the South, and a general
suspension of cotton picking where
any remains u%ngathered, owing to
stormy weather and muddy soil. Very
little Of the staple is now seen in the
fields, the hill lands being clearly
gathered, and in the most favored
section of the valleys the entire yield,
it is expected, will be picked in two
or three weeks more. Trade is gen
orally Of a light jobbing character.
Values rale mainly unsettled A lit
tie stronger feeling prevails for -four,
which is Is to zoe per Dbl higher than a
week ago, and wheat &c higher in West
ern markets. In the same leading points
of supply corn is to 10 higher; oats
II to &c up and lard is l0c per cwt
higher, while bacon is rather higher.
Bulk meats, which now supply the
chief demand of the South, arc &c
lower on shoulders, but unchanged
for ribs and sides. Mess pork has ad.
vanced SOC per Dbl. Louisiana sugar
is lc lower, and molasses Sc cheaper.
Whisky has declined &c per gallon,
and &c from the highest prices touch
cd some time ago. The first arrival
of produce and feedstulfs for the sea-
son from the Ohio valley came this
morning, per steamer GaG. C%onsign-
ments were lighter than anticipated,
and receipts found ready buyers at
good prices.
FLOUR AND MEAL - Jobbers
quote the -four market steady, with a fair
demand. Low qualities s. 75a6 60
family, choice and faucy, sc 75a7 IS; pat
ents So 25aS 80. Corn meal; SO 45aS 55,
the latter for small orders.
FEED STUFFS-Corn steady at 79a8Oc
per bu for lots and S4a85c in a small way;
Oats unsettled at 53a55c ircm first hands
and 5Sa59c on orders. Bran irregular at
S2l 60a22 50 per ton small
orders 81 20 per cwt. Hay scarce and
firm ut S22a24 per ton for Western and
81 l5al 70 per cwt, Southern prairie l0sall
per ton and zoe per cwt.
ESOULENTS- Potatoes, So to 3 SO
per Dbl for lots as per quality, and in a
small way, So 50a3 rs. Cabbage, SIT
per 100 head for choice northern.
Onions easy at So 40a4 co. t%urnips 81 60,
celery scarce at 50aG0c per bunch; peas
$2a2 rs in lots and - 25a2 so for small or
ders of blackeyed and other qualities,
beans SO 65a4 per bushel for white medi
UNI.
FRUITS-Apples easy at So 50 tc
3 pei. Dbl, as pr quality dried
do. irregular at 6a7Hc per ID
dried peaches 611a8c per ID, as per quality
oranberries s8aS 90 per Dbl and SO fol
bushel boxes; lemons $4aG 80 per box fol
Malaga, as per condition and quality
oranges Sl1 per Dbl for Havana
and S12 90 for Louisiana ba
nanas, 81 50a2 25 per bunch ~pineapples
80 so per doz; raisins So 25a3 90 per doz
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickeni
50 50a3 for full grown, if in healthy
order; young and poor offer plen
tifully and sell slow at 81 50a2 q; turkey
S7al0 per doz; ducks 50 t0a2 IS; geese Il
1850. Eggs strongready sale at 2Oa22c PEI
doz.
BUTTER AND Creamer,
butter 40a4lG N. Y. Goshen 35a37c
Western 24a30c; fresh country lSa23c; but
terino 20a32c the latter for rolls; chees
12kal5c for skim to full cream and l5al6
for Y. A..
GAME-Venison 4a5c whole and TAB
for saddles and hams. Quail 81 25al 81
per doz rabbits 81 90. Squirrels S1al 2i
ducks $2a2 50; turkeys 50c each.
PROVISIONS - Meat quotations arc
bulk shoulders, at 7%a7hc loose an,
packed; C r, 9ha92sc; es, 9Aa91ci bacon
scarce and nominal; breakfast bacol
1870; s c hams 1871; mess por
$40 so per Dbl lard, in tcs, 12Hal2KG dol
hf bbls, and kegs, 1916 in pals and h
pals, 13kal3Ac country lard 1lallHe.
HIDES AND WOOL-Market firm
dry flint hides, MOL, 16Lc No.2,l3Ac d.,
sailed, l0al3c; green, 6a7c; green salteC
7a8Lc. Tallow, 6La7c; beeswax, l8a20,
Wool, tub-washed, 25a35c per ID; do un
washed, l5a25c; bury, 10a2oc.
BAGGING AND TIES-Baggin
Steady. On orders 9Kal0Ac as in quality
jute, l0Hc; Irvine, l4c per bundle
ties, 5 135a1 GO per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at SO so rates.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Sugar
quotations are 8Ka9c for brown, 97salC
for y. c.; 102sc for standard A, l0h for o
A, 10Acfor graduated, and llallke fc
I; powdered crushed and cut loaf. Molal
ses firm at 40a55c per gallon.
COFFEE-Weak at l0k6i5Mo for Ri
and 2ia26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35al Go per sac
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 65
l 60 for Ohio river.
etc
81 25a l 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81
for , III and 81 7sa2 30 for 3lh cans; toms
toes, 81 l5al 20 for 2 and 5 ID cans.