Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-01

Oyer all of a sudden, and raspbcrries
are coming in slowly, the recent dry
spell having reduced their size as well
as quantity. The showers of yester-
day we're timely aud refreshing, espe.
cially to the potato crop, now nearly
ready for market and promising a lib
eral outturn.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Prices from
first hands on flour are for XXX.
"a rs; family, choice and fancy,
s. 00@6 90; patents, Sc 81 to 81 co; small
orders, Csc higher. Cornmeal in light
supply and firm at So 10 per Dbl and
higher l0c on small orders.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn is firm at 80 to
Coo Tor mixed and yellow, and
no white offering except IN at retail.
Small orders are filled at 62 to 63c per Blu,
Oats scarce ard firm at 4735to4Sc in lots.
and Ole in a small way. Bran quiet
at $l4 co per ton, and SOC per cwt for
wheat, ard $11 per ton for corn. Hay
quiet at $lS@$2l per ton for choice timothy;
small orders 81 10 to 81 rs per cwt; no
movement in prairie hay. Jobbers sell
millet 81 Is to y 40 per Blu, with nc whole
sale demand.
ESCULENTS-Ne New potatoes rule at
S co to S. per Dbl; new onions, IS 90 to
So per Dbl; green peas, 81 per Blu; cucum-
bers and squash, rs to 40c per doz; cab
bage, ST pr doz; Stock peas droopy withno
demand for round lots; at retail 81 81 to
81 rs per Blu for the several varieties.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Good fry
ing chickens are 81 and 81 80 per doz;
small, 81 so to 81 70; old, 81 so to So 30.
The market is weak and stock liberal.
Ducks, turkeys and geese not in season.
Eggs slightly easier at IA 10 15c per doz-
en-.
BUTTER Ordinary country, Il to
l5c per ID; choice do, Is to 20c; yellow
prairie, &c; western, 70 to 25c; creamery,
rs to &c; butterine droopy IA to tic.
PROVISIONS -JobbeIs cash prices
are for bulk shoulders 6H to SIC;
C ribs So to SIC; do sides, so to Sc;
smoked shoulders 6% to 7c; c ribs 9% 70
9%c; C sides 9A to loo, all for cash, loose
and packed; country shoulders &c; do c
sides 9Ac; do hams, 10 to 10Tc; western
hams III to llHc; breakfast bacon 1917
to lie. Lard, liz to 1lAc for ties, 11%c
for hf bbls and kegs, l2Hc for 20 lb pals,
1890 for 10 ID do. No movement IN
country lard.
FRUITS AND NUTS-The season
for strawberries is about over and prices
unsettled the laet arrivals selling
are 81 co to $500 per "A quart.
Raspberries 81 rs per "a quart case
Oranges So 90 to So 50 per small box,
and "a 50a5 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, 81 rs to 81 % per box for small
and large. Bananas, 81 so to 81 so pei
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Xc pei
ID; do peaches 6 to 6hc; peanuts, dull al
2X to 4c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 5 to &c; ~cocoanuts steadier at s.
to So so per 100 flberts, walnuts and
almonds, IL to lSc per lbi Brazil do, s
to 10c.
HIDES-Prices FIRM dry flint Mol Ice
No 2 11@l2c; green salt No. l,8c; No., 81
dead green 5 to &C. tallow, SIC; beeswaI
Zoe; wool very dull at 10 to 35c as pei
MXGKRREL-Nol, half barrels. 50 rs
No. 2, IS So large, No 8, So 50
kits No !, Zoe No 2, 65c; No 8, 65c.
SALT.-Per Dbl 81 q per car or draJ
load; orders 81 80; sacks 81 30@1 so TO
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
6O@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale
Plaster, 81 Is. Fire brick. So 80.
NAILS-Weak at So 10 per kel
rates.
7 twist and plug 20 to 55c for smoking
and 65c to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market strong and tendenc,
, upward. N. Y. brown, 7AcdoC, 8 to 8Zc
Z standard A, 10c eff A 9Lc to 90
granulated, 10Hc; powdered, 10AC
crushed and cut loaf, 1910. Molssse
: quiet at "a to 45c per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at l0H to 15c per ID 70
, Rio and "A to 20 for Java.
BALING S~TUFFS-Msrket quiet, q
Y 0 TO lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, l6c per ID; ties, 800 for standard
. and 81 60 to 81 rs for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 8 to 6 per
=, for medium qualities,
y LIVE STOCK-The market show
lighter demand for butcher cattle, S3to !
per cwt for corn fed, and 81 rs to 81; 70
grass, according to quality. Cows an
n calves SIS to $50; yearlings "a {
Sc common to good grain
q stock 81 80 TO So per cwt; shee
> and lambs firm and IN ready demand {
!, 81 50 to SO so per head for lambs and 81
to 81 so for sheep.