Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Creamery
butter per ID. 42a44c; do Western quail
ties, 28a3Gc. per ID; fresh country, 18a20c.
butterinc, 10a22c., tho latter for rolls
Cheese, 9al5c. per lb. as per quality
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
drag at 81 80 to 2 SO per doz for live anC
81 90 to 2 80 for dressed, the latter fol
strictly choice; turkeys slow at Sc to II
per doz, only the best bringing outside
prices; dressed do Sa9c for inferior and IN
TO 22Hc for strictly choice; ducks S2a
2 30 per doz; geese very dull ats per doz
eggs irregular at S2aS5c, afew OCCASIONAL,
realizing Doc for small packages Of fresh
GAME.-All classes Of game rules I'M.
settled'on account Of tho recent warmth
and much has arrived in bad order
Quotations rule ms follows rabbits
81 25al 80 per doz; quails, 81 00s
l Is per doz; wild ducks, $la2 90 per ldoz
do turkeys b0c each; venison 4a5c fol
whole and Gaze for saddles Reelfoot feb
6a7c per ID.
MEATS AND LARD-Jobbers quote
as follows for cash: Bulk clear sides GA
9Ac; do or 9a9Hc; shoulders 65ka6Nc;
no bacon movingsmoked hams l2Lal2Xc,
breakfast bacon l2hal3c; mess pork
Sl8 80. Lard l15sa1l%c in tcs; l2af2Hc
10 hf bbls; l21sc in pals, and l2%c in
hf do.
FRUITS.-Apples are firm at SO so IA
go per Dbl, asper quality; dried do, dull
at 6 70 1c per lb peaches slow, at 3 10 &c
per ID; lemons weak, at ~ 75a3 90 per
box; oranges, 81 10 l6 per Dbl for Flor.
ida and Louisiana; bananas, $la2 PEI
bunch; grapes, 81 for kegs and
50 IS for half bbls Of Malaga; raisins
50 26a3 so per box.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dryh intnom-
inally 14nl5c per ID for Mol, and 12al3c fol
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al3c: green, 6a7c;
green sailed, 7a8Xc. Tallow, 6Ha7c;
beeswax, 18a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a.
Doc per lb; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury,
l0a26c. Coon skins 10 to Acc each; mink
do 20a40c each.
BAGGING AND TIEs-Baggine
quiet. On orders 9Kal0kc as in quality;
lutte, 911al0Mci Irvine l4c per bundle
Ties, $lSsal go per bundle.
NAILS-Less firm at So 40 rates.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Sugar,
quotations are 8HaS%c for y. c.;
8Ba9%c for white clarified; 81 for of
A, l0Mcfor graduated, and 1la11Ae for
powdered crushed and cut loaf. Molas-
ses weak at 40ae0c per gallon.
COFFEE-Steady at l0Kal6c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and ine Liverpool, and 81 GOA
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNEDG OODS-Strawberries, etc,
81 35a | so per doz. cans; peaches, 81 u
for 2 ID and 81 7ha2 70 for BIB cans; toma-
toes. 81 l5R1 90 for 2 and 8 lb cans.
TOBACCO-Common plug, 33a39c foI
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a65c;
twist, 35a46c navy, 85a60O; smoking, 30a
SIC for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisvill
cement, 81 100 per bbE Rosedale, - so;
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 81 70. Ala
lime in large bbls, 9ocasl; Tenn
do in ~ bu bbls, SOC. Brick, $40 and
$40 30 per NJ fire do, 4 and 4Xc each.
SUNDRlES-Peanuts jobbing at Ga7C
for Tenn. red and white. and SIC per II
for Vas pecans, 7a8o for Ark, l2c fol
Texas and lie for large La cocoanuts
6a61Sc; cider s. for hall and 50 for bbls. O.
Mo-. vinegar; l2H to 16c per gal; mine,
meat SIC per 10 in hf bbls and 9a9cX il
pails grits and hominy S. % tot 80 per Dbl
WI lON DEbO-It OF LOn oil lOohl
from wagons and Sl2 to Sl3 in SKIS at tn
landing crude oil ~ to 45c per g.; refnet
do. s. to Coo; cake $24 TO % pc,
ton; do. meal $23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starcl
Arm at 4hc per ID; full VT candles 14Nl
and firm.
C0AL-Pittsburg per box to river 40c
city trade, del 60c per Dbl; per hid "a 81
to s o. Anthracite 80 so per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules ar
quoted from Sl25 TO S225 each for /
to 1917 hands. Horses, sl25 to 500 70
driving; $40 to S225 for saddle, an,
$40 ., SIS for plugs.
LIVESTOCK-Choic grades of butch
er cattle are in demand at 8 to 41fc per |
gross; poorer qualities are in full suppl.
and slow at IL to &c, rs per condition
Yearlings, 81 TO 7 per head. Cows an
calves, s15 to 50 per head. Sheep ar
scarce at 3 to 4kc per 10 for choice an
81 TO l 90 per head, and for their lambs $
to 8 50 per head for fat, and 81 to 2 SO fc
medium. Hogs to 6Ac per cwt gross.