Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02

per box, rs per quality; bananas 81 50
10 81 90 per bunch, rs per size and order.
Dried apples, fNa4%c per ID; peaches. 6a1c
and lac for peeled. Cranborrics, s. for
half bbls, 80 for bbls.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Crelm-
cry, 35 TO 36c; western, ~ 10 DC; country,
10 TO 20c, according TO quality and FRESH
ness; butterine, 10 to l8c; poor grades
slow; choice very scarce and in active ".
quest. Cheese, firm; Y. A., l5K 10 l6c; full
cream, II to l6c: mild fits, II to llkc.
ESCULENTS-Cabbage, fresh from
La, SO 50@4 90 per crate; poor order,
81 so TO 49, turnips, s. to $225 per Dbl for
rutabaga; kraut, So 80 for hf and $l2 80 for
bills onions, S. to IS 25 per Dbl; beans,
81 Is to 81 10 per bu. lady peas, " 70 per
bu.; black-eyed do, 81 TOTO 81 %.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickons
strong and in active demand, with sales
of mixed at 81, and extra hens at "a 6O per
doz; geese. duh at 81 to A 80 per doz;
ducks firm at So 90 to 80 % per dozen;
eggs steady at IA 70 15c per dozen.
PROVISIONS Prices firm, with
an active jobbing movement. Dry salt
shoulders, 5N@53sc. clear ribs, SIG
S9sc; clear sides, 8Ka8Mc; sugarcured hams,
9Xa10c in lots, l0Ha108c in a small way;
breakfast bacon, l0Nal01c; smoked jOlos.
&c in lots. Bacon in light movement;
shoulders, 6a61sc; clear ribs, 9a9hc;
clear. 0Ha93c. Country shoulders &c In
lots; do hams $4,000. Lard, strong at
l1ailIo for tierces, 1l11c for kegs and
half bbls. and l3Ac for buckets country
do, 10a10Nc.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2H@3c
per ID; Va, do 4@415c; c nuts $3.50 per
loo; pecans, base for Ark; almonds and
walnuts 18c; Brazil do, S@l0c.
HIDES-Fair demand at l615al7c for
dry flint; l4c No.2 do; 13Hc for dry sailed;
Sc for green do; SIC for No. 2, and &c for
green; tallow 5@5Xc; beeswax zoe per ID.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 50,
No. 2, SO 60 large, No 3, 50 co. No
3, So; kits No /, Toe; No 2, Csc; No 3, Soc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 80 pei. car or drsy
load; orders 81 60 sacks 81 309l so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt 20 per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime,
S0@85c per bblfor Alabamaan Louisville
cement, and 81 80 for Rosendale. Plaster,
81 Is. Fire brick. SO 80.
NAILS-Quiet. at So rs rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c 10 56c for
twist and plug; 35 to Doc for smoking,
and 65c to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Unsettled; Louisiana brown,
6Nc to &c; yellow clarified, 81 to
SIC; whitedo Sc to 9Hc: granulated 10HCi
powdered l0Ac; crushed and cut Loaf
lie.
COFFEE-Fair'demand; Rio, 1l1la16,
per ID and "a to 26c for Java.
COAL-To steamers 40 TO 45c per box;
city delivery Coo per 100 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton for
anthracite
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
OK TO lie for bagging, as in quality
twine, Ice per lti ties, $500 for standard,
and 81 GO TO 81 rs for other qualities.
LIVE STOOK-Steady demand fol
good butcher cattle, and prices
are we'll sustained as follows; Medium
TO choice native and Texas corn fed
are 8A@6c gross; rough to smooth fiji
stock 8G4HG grass fed, 2@@SS poor agd5
common, lK@2c. Hogs firm with
scant offerings at 4H@5hc for medium tc
choice, and 4@411c for shoats. SHEEP
firm with poor supply at 4H@6Hc fol
medium to choice, and $l.50@2.M pei
head on poor; lambs, 4n@5Nc per ID
Cows and calves $500 to $4,000 year.
lings, $4.00@600 each.
HORSES AND MULES - Brisk
demand for plantation work stosk
Best dray mules l5aleK hands high, Sl5l
to 200 do II to 16 bands $50 to $l65
Horses, common TO good plugs, $50 to $40
common to good saddle and harness Sill
tn 4O00 each.