Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-13

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j. W. billiard, Of Dillayd & Co.
|. N. SNOWDEN, of Friedman Bros.
Parties doing business with this Company will
n all Premiums paid in. @xxxiii60
to northern cities from Bartlett, an,
a quantity from the same vicinity sen
here went off yesterday aud to-day a
very low figures; indeed, the produc
ton close to the city is more thai
enough to supply the demand. Price
which three days ago opened at %,
per quart dropped before night to hal
that, went down next day to tire,
quarts for a quarter, or $3.50 per 2.
quart case, and last evening closed a
barely a dollar a case. The offering
are bountiful and prices nominal to
day; indeed, the bottom of values il
strawberries appears to have dropped
entirely out. Feed of all kinds i,
weak, with the exception of oats. Nc
lots of oats offer and prices rule stiff
with a light supply in second dealers
hands. Hay drags heavily. Corn is
weakening. Bran is inactive. Pota.
toes Of the old stock are lower, and
smaller items exhibit little briskness
Meats are unchanged for smoked
qualities, and easier for dry salts
BreadStuffs rule unchanged, cornmeaI
being firm with ready sale for all
offerings. A lot of 1920 bbls Of meal
came in this forenoon by steamer from
st. Leuis.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Flour un.
changed; prices to jobbers are; XXX.
$425i family, S. So; choice and
fancy, S. 80 to 81; smaller orders 25C
higher. Cornmeal. irregular at $685. to So &c
perbbl from first hands, and from store
l0c higher.
FEED STUFFS-Corn is easy at 56H
to 59c per bushel, the latter for choice
white, with much damp stuff
Offering; small orders go to &c. Oats
firm at 46X to 47c per car load and az to
60c in a small way. Bran quiet at SIS per
ton and 80 TO Csc per cwt; corn do, $40 so
per ton; hay easy at $22 to $23 90 per ton
and 81 rs to 81 80 per cwt for western;
prairie do SIS. Tenn. mlllet 81 % to
~ 80 per bu.
ESCULENTS-0ld potatoes are dull
and slow to sell, the new crop being in
bloom and promising a fine out
turn; peachblows are unsettled and
tend down at So 10 TO 50 rs
10 SO Dbl lots, and lower for Jackson
whites and other qualities; from store, 81 Is
to SO; new, "a 90 per 3-peck box; sweets,
slow at SO to 3 80 per Dbl. Cabbage, mar
ket bare, but sound is quoted
at 81 to S. per crate. 0nionsAln poor
demand for old stock at So to 81 per Dbl;
new spring So per Dol. Green peas, 81 pei
bushel loose for home growth; snap beans.
81 90 to So per G-peck box. White beans
scarce at $3.50 to So 90 per bu. Stock peas
81 IS to 81 10 per bu as per quality, with
a light jobbing demand, and little request
for car load lots.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Apples in
scant stock at So 90 10 SIS 90 per Dbl
Oranges scarce at 81 90 per box for small
and Sc 80 for large imported. Lemons
$50 to 50 rs for Palermo; and So e
for Messina per box; off stock selling
lower. Strawberries, unsettled ut 81
to 81 90 per case of "a quarts
Bananas in good supply at 81 so tt
$3.50 per bunch; dried apples, 4 to 4Hc pei
10; do peaches 8 to SIC; peanuts, 21 to Il
Tenn. red and Va. white; pecans. s to Sc
c%ocoanuts So to So Copper 100; ilberts, wal,
nuts and almonds, II to l3c yer ID; Brazi
do, 8 to l0c.
RUTHERFORD demand for fresh of
fefings at 20 TO 23c for best Ark. prairie
and Is to 18c for country, with cooking
qualities at II to 15c; creamery 80 TO 32ci
western table p to 25c and in light move,
ment; butterine dull at 16 to tic.
POULTRY AND EGGS - Sprino
chickens az in liberal supply and small
sell slow at 81 so to 81 90 per doz, while
large size are from 81 C0to 500 and in dc,
mand; old stock range from 81 76
to 81 80 per doz for all roos.ers and
mixed and choice hens; no turkeys Of.
fer. Ducks are dull at 50 IS TO SO 90. Geese
are flatat So to 81 so per doz. Eggs weal
al 10 to II per doz.
PROVISI0NS-Jobbers' cash price,
are rs follows: Bulk shoulders,6% to 6Hc,
do C ribs, so TO &c; do clear, 8 to 9Lc
Pork per Dbl. SIS so bacon shoulders
7 to TIC; do c ribs 9% to 9Ac; dc
sides, 81 to 10c; breakfast bacon, l0T
to IL; hams, 1913 to 1lHc; country
hams, 9 to 9Ac; country clear sides
81 to CSC; shoulders, 6A to &c. Lard,
liz to 12c for ties; 12% for kegs
and hf bbls; 12N to 12Kc for pulls
country do, i0% 20 lie.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls, IS so tC
Sc; bbls, 50 so to $l2; cider, $4 rs to IS fol-
hf, and IS so to SO for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry flint No. l Ice; No
2 ll@l2c; green salt No. !, Sc; No. 2, 81
dead green s TO &c; tallow, SIC; beeswa1
Zoe wool very dull at 10 to 35c as pei
quality.
MGJKEREL-Nol, half barrels, 81 80
No. 2, 50 CO. large, No 8, SO co. Nc
8, SO; kits No l, 75c; No 2, Csc; No 8, 55c
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 90 per a. or dray
load; orders 81 90; sacks 81 30@1 go fol
oarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
80@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS TO 81 80 for Ro.endale.
Plaster, 81 rs. Fire brick. So 90.
NAILS-Weak at IS 10 per keg
rates.
TOBACCO--Quie at 29c to b5c fol
twist and plug So to 55c for smoking
and 66c TO 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff and prices irreg,
ular. N. Y. brown, TIC; do Q, 8 to sac
do A, 0 to 9Hc for standard
grades; granulated, 10Ac; powdered, 10hc;
crushed and cut loaf, l0Hc. Molasse;
quiet at "a to 45c per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at 10H to 15c per ID 70
Rio and "A to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quie {, A
twine, 16c per ID; ties, 81 90 for staJ idard
and 81 60 TO 81 rs for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 5 at Gj per L
for medium qualities,