Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-20
Report.
General Trade.

are meager, and the market is nearly
bare of corn and hay. The latter is
especially in demand, with prices
tending up, and at New Orleans it is
worth Sc to 81 per ton more than it is
here, while scarcity and light ship
msnts up the country makes the value
strong at all points. A steamer
now under way from Daven-
port, Iowa, with a cargo of feed
stuffs wholly for this market will be
likely to find quick sales for all on
board. Eggs are weak and tend down
ward. The water outlook is much
more favorable to-day than heretofore.
The Ohio is about stationary from
Psducah up; the Mississippi and
streams above St. Louis are all de-
clining; the Tennessee and Cumber-
land are also droppiag rapidly, while
at Cairo the swell was but 4 inches
yesterday, against 6 inches the day be-
fore and 10 inches on Sunday.
FLOUR AND Neutrality-suspicious. fol
job lots are for Xxx 81 rs; family $5a5 rs
choice, So 81; fancy, S.; patents, Sc 50@
Z 90; small orders, 25c higher; Cornme4l
quiet at 50 70 to 50 80 for round lots on
landing and 81 30 from store.
FEED STUFFS-Corn firm and scarce
at 6l@62c per bushel for lots on landing,
and 65c on orders from store; oats quiet
andin ample stock at 45c per carload; and
4S948c per bu. in.a small way; bran $l7@
Is per ton, and 81 per cwt.; feed meal sis
per ton; chopped feed 81 rs per cwt. hay
firm, scarce and in demand at $40 to $24 5(
for western and 81 25@l 80 per cwt.; Ark
prairie wanted at $l4 per ton.
observation-disclosures firm at 81 81
to 81 65 for lots oftable varieties, 25c higher
in a small way; seed stock, no movement
except at retail; prices range from
81 % to SO 25 per bbl; sweets are veal
at 1896 to So 80 per Dbl in lots and at re
tail. Cabbage, from La. scarce and firm
81 Is to 81 70 per crate; turnips, 81 70 t
50 Is per Dbl; onions, $4 rs to IS 25 pei
| Dbl; do. sets, s. to SO per bu; beans
81 rs to 81 Is per bu for white medium t.
choiee; blackeyed peas, 81 rs to 81 q
per bu Clay do, 81; lady do, 81 q.
FRUITo-Apples are scarce with littl,
sound stock in market and jobbers charge
from 81 rs to 81 90 per Dbl; oranges
SO Is to So so per box for Sicily; lemon.
SO rs to 81 % per box; dried apples dull
at3H to 4Ac per ID; peaches, slow at 6 t.
&c per ID; cranberries, 81 80 for half anC
So for bbls; bananas, 81 so to 81 80 pc
BUTTER AND CHEEsE-A few
packages Of Ark. and KY. butte
ter arrive and find quick ga at 25t
per ID for the best; western stock i
droopy at So to &c for creamery, % to 21t
| for dairy and Is TO lSc for butterine
country butter scarce at Is to Zoe per ID
cheese quiet at l0H to HE for low
grades, Il to 15c for full cream, and l5'
for Y. A..
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens il
liberal supply, with sales at So 50 to- So II
per doz, as per size and order; ducks So 81
to So IS; turkeys. few offering and w0rti
$l5to S18 per dOz; geese very dull at $3tC
"a per doz. Eggs tending down at l4c PEE
doz.
PROFESSIONALISM are very un
settled; country cured is arriving ant
meets ready buyers when in good order
fowls are5%c; hams 9hc to9hc; shoulder
Is to 6Hc; sides 8 to 9Kc; western cured
rule as follows: bulk shoulder 6 to 6Ac
clear ribs 8 to 0Ae; clear % to &c mes
pork, SIS and strong; bacon, shoulders, 81
to exc, clear ribs 9 to 9%c, clear side
I9% to l0Ac; breakfast bacon, l0H to lie
hams, Tx to 1lBc. Lard, liz to llA'
for tc, 115s to l1Ac for kegs and hf bbls
1211c for pals and 121zc for hf do.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, Inf bbls, S. 80 Il
Sc; bbls, 50 so to $l2; cider, IA 10 to 30 TO
Inf. and IS so to 80 for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2H9GC
per ID; Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts $3.50 pei
loo pecaAs, 5@Sc for Ark; almonds anC
walnuts lSc: Brazil do, 8@l0c. Cocoanut
SO 50 to 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, a
follows: dry flint No; l, l5gl6c per ID; No
2, l2c; dry sailed, lie; green, 6to 6ci greer
sailed, ~ to 8ci No. 2 do, 7i tallow b II
SIC; beeswax 20c.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 90
No. 2, So 60; large, No 8, 50 co. N,
8, So; kits No l, 75c; No 2 65c No 8, Doc
SALT.-Per bbl, 81 90 por car or dra.
load; orders 81 55; sacks 81 3O@l go 70
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime
8O@85c per bblforA Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale
Plaster, 50 rs. Fire. brick, 50 so.
NAILS-Fism and unsettled at So 2
10 So 40 rates.
TOBAOCO--Quiot, at 20c to Doc 70
twist and plug SO 10 55e for smoking
and 65c to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm, with quotations a
follows. La. brown, 7c TO &c; vel
low clarified, 81 to 9Kc; white do 81
to 9Ac: g~rRnulated lOHei powdered 1OAc
crushed and cut loaf lie.
COFFEE-Rpling dull; Rio, llHal6
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 Sl2 per ton 70
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, n
9% TO lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine. Ice per III; ties, 81 90 for standard
and ST 60 to 81 rs for other qualities.
LIVE STOCK-Cattlo in scant suppl.
and limited arrival at prices strong a
liz to &c for poor to choice grass fed, . t
4Io for rough to smooth fat, and ~ t.
SC for medium to choice native and Texa
butcher stock. Hogs firm and in sean
offering at 4 to SIC. Sheep scarce, wit
an active demand for lambs at 81 to 81 pc
head, and Al to SIC for good mutton.
Cows and calves SIS to $25 per head
yearlings, "a to Sc per head.
HORSES AND MULES = Goo
demand Cor plantation stock. Bes
dray mules l6al6H hands high, $40
to Co do II to 16 hands $50 to SIG!
Horses, common togood plugs $50 to W
common 10 good saddle and harness VII
no 1920 each.