Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-01

The value Of meats to-day rule slightly
easier. Receipts this morning by
steamer from st. Louis include 1900
bbls ofmeal, 1l58 do -four and a small
quantity Of seed rye and wheat.
FLOUR AND MEAL-The AouI
market rules firm. Jobbers' prices are as
follows: X, 81 % to IS rs; Xxx, So 25 to
81 Is; xxx, 81 so 70 81 rs; choice and
fancy, IS co 20 So Is; patents, so. Corn
meal Is in slim demand and offers at SO 70
to So 70 per Dbl, aud SO 50 from store.
FEEDSTUFFS--Corn, dull at SOC per
bu for shelled in lots and 85c on orders.
Oats, firm at SIC TO 63c in car load lots
and Doc on orders. Bran, $24 per ton for
wheat and 81 rs per cwt on small orders;
corn do $lS per ton. Hay. firm at SIS 10
VIZ per ton for Western and ST 10 to 81 Is
per cwt prairie, $l2 per ton and Coo per
cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes So so to So rs
per Dbl for Western as per quality and
order; sweets, 81 so per bushel. Onions.
weak at So 90 to 81 CO per Dbl. CABBAGE
plentiful at $l3 to SIG per lO0bead. Beans
So 70 to 81 90 per bu for white medium;
dried green do, So per Blu. Kraut, 81 SO
for bland $14 to $16 for bbls.
FRUITS-Applcs in fair retail move
mnent at ~ Is TO "a 80 per Dbl, the latter
for choice, sound white are scarce. dried
do INC to SIC per lb; do peaches, Sc to Sc;
green peaches, l5c to 75c per one-third bu
box. Cranberries, 81 90 to IS 90 per Dbl
for cultivated medium. Lemons, $40 per
box. Oranges, 81 do.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Creamery
butter, 39c per ID; Western, 24c to 92c;
Ky. fresh grass and prairie, Soc to 25c;
country, lSct to 2Oc; butterine, zoe. Cheese,
l4cto Ice for part skim to cream and l8c
for Y. A.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Obickens.
dull and slow at So per doz for good hens;
81 so to 81 70 for small and mixed with
inferior hard to sell at any figure. Ducks,
~ Is to So 90. Geese, SO to "a. Turkeys
SO TO $40. Eggs, droopy at Ice to lSc.
PROVISIONS-Market quiet iobbers'
cash prices are for bulk shoulders, 81 to
82se; do C ribs, II to 1l1sc; do C sides, liz
to ll5sci bacon shoulders, 9% to csc: do
or, II to l2Hc; do c s, l2H to 12%c;
breakfast bacon, l4c; s. hams, Az; dried
beef, l5c mess pork, $21 so per Dbl; lard
in ties, IL to l3Kc; do hf bbls and kegs,
lSHc; do tin cans, l4Ne for 10-lbs. ID
for 8 and l4Hc for BIB tins.
HIDES AND WO0L-Market ouiet
and receipts moderate, with an easier
tone; dry flint, Ice for No. l and l3c for
No. 2; green salt, Z to SIC for No. l, and
Z TO Sc for green; dry sailed, 10 to l2c:
tallow higher and ~ to &c; beeswax. 2Oc;
wool, tub-washed, rs to 36c; unwashed'
10 to 25ei do. bury, 10 to l5c; do. clear,
10 to DC.
NAlLS-Advaneing and varying at
So % per keg rates.
SUGAR-Market firm and tending up.
Brown, 8 to SIC per ID; Y G. 9T to 1O[:
standard A, l018c; off A, 10Lc granu-
lated. lOHci powdered, crushed and cut
loaf, llHc; molasses scarce, firm and in
demand at 40 to Soc per gal for common
to choice.
COFFEE = Market unchanged; Rio.
lOH to l6Ac per ID; Java, "a to rs.
bALT-Liverpool in SKIS, 81 45 and
81 65, for coarse and fine; Ohio river,
81 % per Dbl in lots and 81 80 at retail.
BALING STUFFS Market quiet,
with light movement. Prices range from
9% to l0Ac for bagging; Irvine, IA ties.
VI 30 to 81 Is per bundle, the latter for
standard; pieced, SOC.
CANNED GO0DS-Tomatoes. 81 to
81 80 per doz for 2 and 3 lb a peaches.
81 % to 81 IS do for Nos | and Z; straw
berries, blackberries, etc, 81 25 to 5 so.
TOBACCO-Eleven inch common plug
30 and $50 per lb; choice and fancy. 40 To
65c; twist, 85 and 47c; navy, So and 60c.
smoking, 80 TO 52c for common, choice
and fancy in all sized pkgs.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Tenn. and
Ala. lime in large bbls,s.$ 40and 81 ST. ce-
ment, 81 rs for Louisville, 50 so for Rose
dale, and $4 so and IS for Portland; plas
ter, 81 Is; brick, $40 and $40 so per M.
fire do. 4 and 4Mc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts 6to To for Tenn
and ~ to SIC per lb. for Va; cider 20 TO
8 rs for hf. and So to 10 so for bbls. of
Mo- vinegar ~ to Ice per gal; girls
ana hominy 80 rs to 3 90 per Dbl; seed
rye, 81 40 per bu.; do. wheat 81 20 to 2 90;
barley VI Az blue grass 81 % to l 80;
COTTON SEED-Per ton $40 to II;
crude oil 81 to 3Sc per 81 refined do. 46 to
$22 so. ~ w. ''0''
STARCH AND CANDLEs-starch
firm a. 411c per ID; full W.T. candles l4Hc
and firm.
COAL-Pittsburg per box TO river 65c;
city trade, del, 60c per Dbl; per hid 81 so
to 5 90 Anthracite $40 50 per ton; st.
bernard by the Dbl. 50c for carload lots.
LIVE STOCK-Cattle 8 to &c for good
to choice butchers grades; and % to 2Nc
for fair to medium; rough and common
IA to 2hc. Cows and calves Sl2t to S25;
yearlings So 90 to S. 90; sheep 81 to &c for
good mutton; lambs So 90 to So so per
head; hogs Alto &c.
HORSES AND MULES-The latter
from II to l6 hands, range from Sl4O to
1925; plug horses $40 to $75; saddle and
good work do 1925 to 1925 each.