Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-26

paying a cent or so higher for a 300 sabk
lot of the latter for country shipment.
Small orders are filled ut 62 to 63c per bu,
Oats scarce and firm at AZ to 48c in lots.
and Soc in a small way. Bran weak at
$l4 per ton, and IS to soc per cwt for
wheat, and $ll per ton for corn. Hay
flat at $40 per ton for choice, with mixed
and other qualities 81 to SO per ton lower;
small orders 81 10 to 81 rs per cwt; no
movement in prairie hay. In millet the
movement is Stacking Of, with no request
for car load lots. Jobbers sell at 81 rs TO
81 40 per bu.
ESOULENTS-New potatoes are
dropping a little, and quotations rule at
IS % to So per Dbl; new onions, S. so to
So per Dbl; green peas, 81 per bu; cucum-
bers and squash, rs to 49c per doz; cab
bage, 81 per dozi snap beans, 81 Is to 81
per bu box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Good fry
ing chickens are 81 and 81 so per doz;
small, 81 80 to 81 70; old, 81 so to 81 %.
Ducks, turkeys and geese not in season.
Eggs scarce and unsettled, at l2X to l5c
per doz.
BUTTER-Market rules slightly low
er; country, II to l5c per bl for ordinary,
and Is to zoe for good to choice yellow,
and up to pc for strictly choice prairie;
western, " to 2Sc; creamery, 32c; butter
inc slow at IA to lie.
PR0VISIONS-Market steadier, with
good demand. Bulk shoulders 81 to &c;
c ribs 8% to SEE do sides, 81 to Sc;
smoked shoulders 6H to 7c; C ribs 9S to
9Kc; C sides 81 to 10c, all for cash, loose
and packed; country shoulders 7c; do c
sides 9Mc; do hams, 10 to 10Lc; western
hams ll% to He; breakfast bacon 1919
to lie. Lard, liz to llAc for ties, llXc
for hf bbls and kegs, l2Hc for 20 ID pals,
1880 for 10 ID do. No movement IN
country lard.
FRUITS AND NUTS-StrawberIies
81 so to 81 per "A quart case for sound,
and Zoe to 81 for receipts in poor order.
Raspberries 81 rs per "A quart case.
Oranges So 90 to 50 so per small box,
and IS 50a6 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, 81 70 to 81 25 per box for small
and large. Bananas, 81 80 to 81 90 per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Kc per
ID; do peaches 6 to 6Lc; peanuts, dull at
2H to 4c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 5 to SC; cocoanuts steadier at SO
to SO so per 100; flberts, walnuts and
almonds, IL to lSc per lbi Brazil do, 8
to Zoe.
HIDEs--Better feelingdry flint N oil Ice;
No2 1l@l2c; green salt No. l,Sc; No.2, 81;
dead green 8 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax
Zoe wool very dull at 10 to S5c as per
quality.
MAOKEREL-No1, half barrels. SO rs.
No. 2, SO so; large, No 8, SO 80;
kits No l, 7Oe; No 2, Coo; No 8, 55c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 q per car or drsy
load; orders 81 80; sacks 81 3001 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per .ound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
80@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 rs Fire brick. So so.
NAILS-Weak at So 10 per keg
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at SOC to 55c for
twist and plug 20 TO 55c for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market strong aud tendency
upward. N. Y. brown, 7Ac;doC, 8 to8%c;
standard A, l0c off A 9Hc to 9Ac
granulated, 10Ic powdered, 10Hc;
crushed and cut loaf, l0Ac. Molasses
quiet at "a to 45c per gal.
C0FFEE-Quiet at l0H TO l5c per ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
9 to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, Ice per 10; ties, 81 90 for standard.
aud 81 go to 81 70 for other qualities.
RIOE-Demand fair at 5 at Sc per ID
for medium qualities.
LIVE STOCK-Buteher cattle in bet
%tersupply and prices castor. Corn fed,
Texas and native So to S. per cwt
gross; rough TO smooth grass
fed SO to 81; thin and common
81 rs to So %, Cows and calves $l5 to
$50; yearlings 81 to Sc; common to good
grazing stock 81 so to So per cwt; sheep
and lambs firm and IN ready demand at
81 so to SO so per head for lambsan 81 %
to 81 30 for sheep.