Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-30

~. w. DILLARD, Of Dillard 4 Co.
i. N. SN0WDEN, of Friedman Bros.
doing business with this Company will,
n al premiums paid in. 6Oxxxiii60
ment in other ethan best qualities in
southern markets, and these are steady
The weeks receipts have been 1850
bbls, while 1900 bbls of meal came in,
the value ruling firm throughout.
Corn has been irregular, with prices Of
mixed and yellow we'll sustained, and
little or no grinding corn arriving,
though nearly 5000 SKIS of feed stock
came in early in the week. Oats are
firm and scarce. Hay continues to
droop, with slack demand, while bran
is also weak and lower. Meats are ir-
regular, pork and dry salts being 10 to
20 per cent lower, while smoked grades
are 10 to 25c higher. Lard has dropped
10 to 2Gc per cwt during the week.
Butter is easier and some grades low
er. Sugar is stiff and t to &c higher on
all classes, while coffee exhibits lit
tie change, its value being lower than
it has ruled for twenty years. Poultry
has become more plentiful and prices
are lower, while eggs have been scarce
and advanced several cents per dozen.
Strawberries have become scarce and
went up to 25c per quart in a small
way on Saturday.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Prices from
first hands on -four are for xxx
a 25i family, choice and fancy,
s. 00@6 90; patents, So 81 to 81 90; small
orders, Csc higher. Cornmeal in light
supply at So 90 per Dbl and TO- higher
on small orders.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn is firm at 81 to
68c for mixed and yellow, and
no white Offering ear do, SOC.
Small orders are filled at 62 to 63c per bu,
Oats scarce and firm at AZ to 48c in lots.
and 50c in a small way. Bran weak at
$l4 so per ton, and IS to 90c per cwt for
wheat, and $11 per ton for corn. Hay
flat at Sl8@19 50per ton for choice timothy;
small orders 81 10 to 81 rs per cwt; no
movement in prairie hay. Jobbers sell
millet 81 % to 81 40 per bu, with no whole
sale demand.
ESCULENTS-New potatoes rule at
IS 90 to S. per Dbl; new onions, So 90 to
Sc per Dbl; green peas, 81 per bu; cucum-
bers and squash, Is to 40c per doz; cab
bage, ST. per dozen; snap beans, 81 so
per blu box. Stock peas droopy, with no
demand for round lots; at retail 81 30 to
So 25 per bu for the several varieties.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Good fry
ing chickens are 81 and 81 50 per doz;
small, 81 so to 81 rs; old, g so to So 70.
Ducks, turkeys and geese not in season.
Eggs scarce, at " to l6c per doz.
BUTTER Ordinary country, II to
15c per ID; choice do, Is to zoe; yellow
prairie, &c; western, ~ to 25c; creamery,
Is to 3oc; butterine droopy IA TO lie.
PROVISIONS -Jobbejs cash prices
are for bulk shoulders 6% to 6Hc;
C ribs 8A to SIC; do sides, 81 to &c;
smoked shoulders 6T to 7c; C ribs 9% to
9Ac; C sides 9A to 10c, all for cash, loose
and packed; country shoulders 7c; do
sides 9Mc; do hams, 10 to l0Tc; western
hams 11H TO llHc; breakfast bacon l0B
to lie. Lard, liz to l1Ac for ties, 11%cI
for Inf bbls and kegs. l21sc for 20 ID pals,
1870 for 10 ID do. No movement IN
country lard.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Strawberries
SO to $4 80 per "a quart case for sound.
Raspberries 81 70 per "a quart case.
Oranges SO 90 to. So so per small box,
and "a 60a5 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, 81 70 to 81 Is per box for small
and large. Bananas, 81 80 to 50 so per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Lc per
ID; do peaches s to 6AG peanuts, dull at
~ to &c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 5 to SCI cocosnuts steadier at 50
to 50 80 per 100; filberts, walnuts and
almonds, II to l9c per lb; Brazil do, 8
to 10c.
HIDES--Prices firm; dry flint MOL Ice;
No HOBO; green salt No. l,8c No.2, 81;
dead green 5to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax
Zoe; wool very dull at 10 to Doc as per
MXCKEREL-No1, half barrels. So 70.
No. 2, IS So large, No 3, So sc,
kits No l, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 3, Doc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 Is per car or dray
load; orders 81 80; sacks 81 80@l 90 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime,
80@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 50 to 81 80 for Rosendale,
Plaster, 81 Is. Fire brick, SO so.
NAILS-Weak at 50 10 per key
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at SOc to 55c for
twist and plug 20 TO 65c for smoking,
and Doc TO ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-MGFkot strong and tendency
upward. N. Y. brown, 7ZC;d0O G, s to SIC;
standard A, 10c off A 9Lc TO 9Mc
granulated, 10Kc; powdered, 10Ac;
crushed and cut loaf, l0Ac. Molasses
quiet ut 81 to 45c per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at 1917 to 16c per ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
8 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, 16c per ID; ties, 81 CO for standard,
and 81 60 to 81 10 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 5 10 6 per ID
for medium qualities.
LIVE STOCK-The market shows
lighter demand fop butcher cattle, SO to IS
per cwt for corn fed, and 81 IS to 81; for
grass, according to quality, Cows and
calves SIS to $780, yearlings 81 to
stock 81 so to SO per cwt; sheep
and lambs firm and IN ready demand at
ST 50 to SO so per head for lambs and 81 %
to 81 90 for sheep.