Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-22
General Trade.

Business has been considerably re-
stricted by inclement weatl er, though
jobbers report a moderate and gener
ally healthy order trade. Leading
houses have representatives out look.
ing after the lame ducks as they are
termed, but this class are not more
numerous than is usual at the present
season OF the year. The variations in
values since last report have been I'M
important. Meats, breadstuffs, grain
and groceries are generally quiet and
steady. The sugar and molasse'
market is quoted somewhat easier
Coffee is weak; apples are plentiful
and slightly lower, while chickens are
abundant and slow to sell.
BREADSTUFFS-Flo ur, market quiet
Jobbers' prices are, for xxx So 25a6 so
family, Sc 70a7 o. choice to fancy, S7f
7 %; patents, s. 25aS so. Corn-meal, de
mand increasing; prices So 45a3 so pei
Dbl for lots and l0c higher on small or
ders.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn in lots ITO So
per bu; orders 82aS4c; oats, quiet at b3a54C
in lots and 56a58c on orders; bran $50 per
ton and 81 Goal 25 per cwt; c ton seed
weak at 81 IS per cwt; hay $l8 10 $50 II
per ton for Western mixed to clear timo-
thy and 81 Goal % per cwt; Southern
prairie 50 to $40 per ton and 6Oc to 70C
per cwt.
ESCULRNTS-Potatoes in lots So t.
8 35 per Dbl and 81 10 to | 90 per blu By
the sack; at retail 81 % per bu and So Al
to SO rs per Dbl: sweets dull ut 81 80 pei
Dbl in shipping order; cabbage $l5al7 pc
100 head; onions So so to 3 IS per Dbl; tuf
nips 81 % per Dbl; white beans 50 60a4 q
per Blu for medium; peas 81 30 to 2 Is pc
bu; celery ~55a60c'per bunch.
FRUITS-Apples, weak and plentiful
at 2 60as4 70 per Dbl in a large and small
way . dried apples 615a7Hc per Ii
dried peaches Z to Sc per lb; Gran
berries IS to 10 per Dbl as per quality an
SO per bu box; oranges 50 to IL per BIB
lemons So so per box for Malaga; banana
81 80 to 2 so per bunch; pineapples So 8
per doz; grapes "a for kegs and 81 so fo
hf bbls Of Malaga; raisins So 25aS 90 pc
box.
POULTRY - Chickens abundant an
slow at 81 76a2 70 per doz, as per quslit
and ORDER Turkeys, s6al0 per dozi dresse
do, l3a lac per ID; geese dull at So pr
doz all white, and 50 30 half gray. Egg
irregular, at 22ca24c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE dreamer
and N. Y. Goshen butter 3ba42c; !
Western table and dairy 24ca30c; fres
country and keg do. lSca25c butterine q
to &c, cheese l2cal6c for skim to creal
3 and Y. A.
GAME-Squirrels, S1al % per dozer
: rabbits, 81 80 per DOZEN quails, 81 25al 5
mallard ducks, s2a2 so; gray do, Slal !
wild turkeys, 60c each; yenison, DC per
for whole and 7c TO 90 for saddles.
= MEATS AND LARD-Jobbers quo
o bulk clearsides at 9%ca0%c per ID zoos
and packed clear ribs at 9Ha99si shou
9 ders, 7hca75gci pork. per Dbl, $40 60
/. 20 co. hams l3Nc smokodsides and shou
/. ders, nominal lard in tierces l2Acal2H
Z do. in half bbls and kegs l9c, pals l3A
and half pals l3Zc, country lard IL
6 llHc.
HIDES AND WOOI-MarkeJ nrl
dry flint hides Mol ,16H al7c No.2,lSal3A
= d. sailed, l0al3c; green, 6a7c; green saltC
= 7a8Hc. Tallow, 6ka7c; beeswax, lSa2(
. Wool, tub-washed, 25a85c per ID; do u
: washed, l5a25c bury, 10a26c.
BAGGING AND TIES-Baggil
= Steady. On orders 9hal0hc as in qualit
. lutte, 9Lal0kc; twine l4c per bune
. ties, 81 35al 60 per bundle.
NAILS-.Firm at SO 80 rates.
. SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Sugl
= quotations are SKa9c for brown, 9%al
. for y. c.; 10Nc for standard A, OK for
= A, 10Ncfor graduated, and llallAc /
= powdered crushed and cut loaf. Mol
l. SOS weak at 40a56c per gallon.
u COFFEE-Weak at l0kalbAc for
+ and 2in26c for Java.
g SALT-Stesdy at 81 35al 60 per 50
9 for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81
l. / 60 for Ohio river.
u trawberries, o.
81 25a l 80 per doz. cans; peach1, 81
> for 2 ID and$ 76a2 30 for 8lb cans; ton
toes. 81 15a1 80 for 2 and 3 ID cans.
re TOBACCO Common plug, 3Sa8Sc
IA it.inoh nlug. choice Ia fanny. dOnf