Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30


A good demand prevail for corn, hay,
meal, meat and potatoes. The latter
are worth from SO 1908 40 per Dbl.
in New Orleans and 81 85@$3 % in
Louisville. Here about all the stock
is held by second dealers. The
scarcity of corn has stimulated the
value of meal. Millett is in demand
with value tending upwards. Stock
peas are among the brisk
items Of traffic now. Ere h grass
butter is also attracting at cation, a
few arrivals meeting quick sale during
the past few days. Receipts of feed,
breadstuffs and produce are scant, and
the jobbing trade fairly active. The
prospects Of an early decline in the
river is more encouraging to day than
at any previous. time. AT Evansville
the Ohio has fallen over fourteen feet
since its last rise ceased, and there is
not over twenty feet in the channel
there, with no rains along the Ohio
valley except unimportant local show
ers, for several weeks. AT Cairo the
water continues to recede, having
fallen over four feet within the past
ten days. The rise at st. Louis has
Stacked off to a few inches daily, and
the volume of water from above there
is not likely to check the decline pro-
crossing in the vicinity of Cairo.
FLOUR MEAL-Mark for -four
is quiet; round lot prices are; XXX
"a Is; family, IS "a 5 rs; choice,
So 81 fancy, S. 70 "a 6; patents,
So. 60@7 90; small orders, 25c higher.
Oornmesl firm at So 80 per Dbl for stand
ard in lots, and 10 to 15c higher in a
small way.
FEED STUFFS- Corn in fair supply
at SO to 6Oc per bu for round lots, and 60
TO 65c on orders. Oats, Acc in lots and 40
to Doc in a small way. Bran, SIG so to
$l7 per ton for wheat, and 81 per cwt;
corn bran $1l 80 pei ton. Hay S23 to
$27 so per ton for western, and 81 40 to
81 so per cwt; prairie hay, SIG so per ton;
millet, 81 so to 81 80 per Blu, =
ESCULENTS-Potatoe finn at 50 IS
to ~ 25per tbl for peachblows, peerless
and late russets. Sweets in scant supply
at So Is to SO 50per Dbl. Green peas$l soto
81 IS per blu box; cucumbers,$f 90 per doz;
beets, 60c per dog; stock and Japan peas
81 50 to 81 80 pei bu for car loads, and
25c higher IN a small way.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
in brisk request, round lots selling at SO so
to "a 90 per doZ, for mixed choice to ex-
ira, and " 80 to SO rs for small and
mixed; young spring 81 so to SO 90 per
doz; turkeysin demand at $l5@20 per doz;
geese very dull at So per doz. Eggs irreg-
ular at IA to 15c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-The mar
ket for butter is slack, and prices weak;
fresh grass is selling freely at 40
to 24c per ID; other country stock,
l8 to Zoe; western table, % to 23c; cream.
cry, 80 to 99c; poorer qualities, Is to l8c;
cheese dull and slow to sell ut 101<c for
mild flats; no other on hand.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Apples scarce
Nv W W WV per DDl us per QuullIyi
oranges So SO per box for Messifa
and $3 90 for imperial; bananas,
81 90 to SO 90 per bunch, dried apples
dull at3H to &c; do peaches 6 to 7; straw
qerries So 80 per rs pint case; raisins
ub 1904 per box; dates Z TO Sc; figs II to
SIC; peanuts, dull at 2K@3c for Tenn,
l6d 4@6c; for Va; pecans, s to lac as per
anality; cocoanuts $3.50@4 per 100.
PR0VISIONS-Jobbers' cash prices:
breakfast bacon, 1919 to liz; hams,
1923 to He for plain and canvassed;
bulk clear sides, 8 to 9Ac; do C ribs,
so to SO; do shoulders,6 to 6%c; pork, per
Dbl, $l8 so; bacon shoulders, &C; C ribs,
90 to 9Ac; clear, 81 to 10c; country
shoulders in lots, &c; do c sides, 9Hc; do
hams, 9Xc. Lard, Tx to lie for ties; 1915
for kegs and hf bbls; 12Hc for 20 ID
pals; l213e for 10 ID do.
W00L-Dul at 35c per lb. fer tub
washed; Zoe for unwashed free from burs;
rs to &c for bury and washed; and 10 to
15c for inferior bbrry.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls, IS 80 to
So; bbls, SO 80 to $l2; cider, 81 70 to SIS for
Inf, and So 80 to SO for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry No. l, Ice No, 2
l2c; green salt No. l, &c, No. 2 81; dead
green 5 to &c; tallow SIC, beeswax zoe;
wool very dull at 10 to 35c as per quality.
MAOKEREL-No1, half barrels, "a 6U,
No. 2, So co. large, No 8, SO So No
3, SO; kits No l, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 8, Doc,
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 90 por car or dray
load; orders 81 90; sacks 81 S0@l 90 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per ,ound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
80@S5c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 85 to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 70 Fire brick, So so.
NAILS-Unsettled at So 10 PEI key
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug; So to $50 for smoking,
and 65c to ST for fancy chewing.
TIC; do G, 8 to SIC, do A, 9 to 9Kc
for standard grades; granulated 10c pow
dered l02sc crushed and powdered 10Hc.
COFFEE-Steady at IL to l5c per ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
O0AL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery 60c per $50 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton for
anthracite
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per lbi ties, 50 90 for standard.
and 81 go to 81 rs for other qualities.
HORSES AND MULES = Good
demand for plantation stock. Best
dray mules 15al6H hands high, $3.50
to 200 do ID to 16 hands $50 to $165
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75;
common to good saddle and harness S11e
toS200 each.
BUTCHERS STOCK Cattle for
butchers offer in better supply and SAKE
per ID lower, ranging from 3aoc gross, ac-
cording to condition. Hogs are dull at
3%a5c. Sheep in full supply at 3Aa41zc
for good butcher mutton; lambs of 40 to
60 lbs weight, 81 50a9 so per head. Cows
and calves, $15a30.
RIVER IHTELLIGEECE