Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-24

Xxx, 81 25; family, choice and fancy,
- COCO co. patents, So 90 to ST 90; small
orders, 25c higher. Cornmeal firm at
- 90 per Dbl and l0c higher on small or
ders.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn is firm, with
god demand at 68a60c per bu for sound
qualities, and 62 10 64c in orders.
Oats firm, with lots selling at
47c, and from store 40 to 50c.
Bran $l6 so per ton and 90c per cwt for
wheat and $ll per ton for corn bran.
Hay weak and slow to sell at $40 to $40
for prime and choice timothy, the best not
going above $2l; small orders, 81 70 to
81 30 per cwt; prairie dull at $l3 so per
ton and 85c per cwt; Tenn. millet 81 %
to 81 80 per blu.
ESCUbENTS-New potatoes from
La, Sc 90 to Sc so per per Dbl; new
spring onions, So so to Sc 90 per Dbl; cab
bsge, home growth, 81 per doz; snap beans,
81 so to 81 per 3-peok box; cucumbers
and squash, 26 to Soc per doz; green
peas 81 ~ per '-peck box; stock peas,
81 80 to 81 10 per bu; white beans in
sc9nt supply at $50 e 80 per bu.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Young
chickens of good frying size sell readily
at ~ to So per doz; large size, So so and
very small 81 rs to 81 rs per doz; old
range from 81 so. to 81 so per doz. Ducks
slow at 81 90. Geese and turkeys out Of
season. Eggs sell at 10 to lie.
BUTTER-Fresh grass in demand at
IL to 23c per ID as per order; country, II
to l6c for poorly packed to medium;
western grades, y to S3c for table to
creamery; butterine slow to sell at IA to
lie.
PROVISIONS Market unsettled,
jobbing to cash buyers at
81 to 6%c for bulk shoulders,
81 to &c for c ribs and 9% to 92c for
sides; smoked shoulders, 81 to 7Hc; do
c ribs, 9% to 9Ac, do sides, go to l0c;
hams, IL to TX; breakfast bacon, 1919
II; mess pork $l8 60 country shoulders,
6A to &c; do hams, 81 to l0Hc, Lard, III
to llAc for ties; l2H for kegs and
hf bbls; 12K to 12Xe for pulls, and
half do; country lard, 1917 to lie.
FRUITS AND NUTS - Straw
berries, 81 30 to 81 10 per case as in quality
and order, Oranges $3a3 so per small box
and IS 50a6 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, 81 70 to 81 rs per box for small
and large, Bananas, 81 so to 81 80 per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Hc per
lb; do peaches 6to 65c; peanuts, dull at
~ to &c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 8 to Sc; cocoanuts SO to So so per
100 hlberts, walnuts and almonds, Il to
l3c per ID; Brazil do. s to 10c.
HlDES--Better ~feeling;dry flint MOL Ice;
No.2 1l@l2c; green salt No. l,8c; No,2, 81;
dead green 5 to &c; tallow, 5Hc; beeswax
Zoe; wool very dull at 10 to 35c as per
quality.
MNOKEREL-No1, half barrels. 81 80.
No. 2, So 60; large, No 8, So co. No
8, So; kits No l, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 8, Doc.
SALT.-Per bbl, 81 90 per car or dray
load; orders 81 90; sacks 81 30@l 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per round.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
60@e5c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendalo.
Plaster. 81 70. Fire brick. SO 80.
NAILS-Weak at So 10 PEI keg
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug; 50 to Doc for smoking,
SUGAR-Market stiff and prices irreg-
ular. n. Y. brown, 7Ac; do G, s to sac;
do A, 9 to 9hc for standard
grades; granulated, 10Hc; powdered, l0Kc;
crushed and cut loaf, 10Hc. Molasses
quiet at "a to 45c per gal.
C0FFEE-Quiet at 10K to 15c PER ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
BALING S~TUFFS.-Market quiet, at
~ to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard,
and 81 60 to 81 10 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 8 at &C per ID
for medium qualities.
LIVE STOCK-Butcher cattle of all
are in more liberal offering with
prices ruling lower. Corn fed, Texas and
So to S5 per cwt gross; rough to
smooth grass fed So to 81; thin and COM
mon 81 10 to 81 %. Cows and calves SIS to
$780, yearlings 81 to Sc; common to good
grazing stock 81 80 to So per cwt; sheep
and lambs firm and IN ready demand at
81 to So so per head for lambsand 81 %
to 81 90 for sheep.