Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18

ltate II movement maOerlally. Inc
breadstuff market exhibits no change
from last week, save a decreased de-
mand for -four. Meal is in active
request, with only moderate supplies.
Oats have been dull, all second deal
ers being amply supplied. Corn is
scarce and higher, with light receipts.
Bran is.in limited movement. Hay
has been active, with scant supplies
and a demand much in excess of it, all
arrivals finding quick sale at best
figures. Whisky is unchanged. Butter
tends downward. Coffee is dull but
no lower, Sugars are somewhat higher
on the better grades. Molasses is I'M
settled. with much of the Louisiana
kind coming to us made of frosted
cane. There is no change in rice
Nails are unsettled and higher, manu-.
features having advanced rates, and
most qualities of ironswere upward in
value. The weather has been favora-
bic for planting labor, the ground be-
ing in excellent working order, and we
have enjoyed several days of warmth,
which has brought out tender vegeta-
ton most wonderfully. The season
has been cold,perhaps full three weeks
behind the average, and the chilly
earth has kept seed from sprouting.
AS an instance it may be stated that
potatoes planted just five weeks ago
are now breaking through and showing
themselves above ground for the first
time, the genial temperature of the
past few days starting them, as well as
other vegetation, Into vigorous growth.
The people of the valleys are much
concerned about the high stage of the
river, now within four feet Of extreme
high water mark, aud still swelling.
The present stage puts it over many
low places, and it is backing up through
the swamps on the river, and doing
harm on many plantations. The pros
pect favors a decline at an early day,
as the waters are falling everywhere
above st. Louis, and the Ohio is de-
clining above the falls, while neither
the Cumberland nor Tennessee are
bank full, and the rise in both has
about expended itself. The Ohio rose
IA feet at Evansville during the past
week, and at Cairo in FIVE days it has
risen a little over three feet, though
yesterday and to-day the swell Stacked
off materially.
FLOUR AND MEAL-The market
for -four is quiet. Quotations for job lots
are for XXX& 2j; family$505 rs; choice,
So s.; fancy, So; patents, Sc SOFAS; small
orders, 25c higher Cornmeal firm and
scarce at 50 so for round lots on landing
and 81 80 from store.
FEED STUFFS-Corn Grm and scarce
at 60662c per bushel for lots on landing,
and Csc on orders from store; oats quiet
and in ample stock at 45c per carload; and
4S@48c per ton in a small way; bran $17@
10 per ton, and 81 per cwti feed meal $l8
per ton; chopped feed 81 Is per cwt.; hay
Arm, scarce, and in demand at $40 to "A
for western and 81 25@1 30 per cwt.; ARK.
prairie wanted at $l4 per ton.
ESOULENTS-Po,a'oes firm at So 30
| to 81 55 for lots of table varieties, and 25c
in a small way; seed stock, no movement
except at retail, and prices range from
81 * to So rs per Dbl; sweets are weaker
at S2G5 70 So 90 per Dbl in lots and at re-
tail. Cabbage, from La. scarce and firm
81 % to 81 Is per crate; turnips, 81 70 20
So Is per Dbl; onions, "a rs to IS Is per
Dbl; do. sets, So to 80 per bu; beans,
81 70 to 81 Is per Blu for white medium to
choice; blackeyed peas, 81 rs to 81 25
per bu; Clay do, 81 lady do, 81 %.
FRUITS-Apples are scarce with but
little sound in market and jobbers charge
from SO 90 to 81 so per Dbl; oranges,
81 % to SO so per box for Sicily; lemons
SO IS to 81 % per box; Strawberries IS 90
TO 81 00' for "A pint case; dried
apples dull at So to 4Ac per ID; peaches,
| slow at 6 TO &c per ID; cranberries, $4 30
for half and S. for bbls; bananas, 81 80
20 81 so per bunch.
BUTTER AND, CHEESE-A few
packages Of Ark. and KY. butter
ter arrived and found quick sac at 25c
per ID for the best; western stock is
droopy at 80 to See for creamery, % to DC
for dairy and Is to lSc for butterine;
country butter scarce at Is to Zoe per lb;
cheese quiet Mt l0% to HE for low
grades, II TO 15c for full cream, and Ice
Tor Y. A.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens in
better supply, with sales at 81 so to So 70
per doz, as per size and order; ducks SO so
to SO IS; turkeys, few offering and worth
SIS to $18 per doz; geese very dull at $3to
81 per doz. Eggs less active and tending
down at Is 10 l9cper doz.
PROVISI0NS-All classes of meats
rule unsettled, with an upward move
ment, and values vary from q to nc per
ID for the same grade; country cured is
coming into notice and meets ready buy
ers at SIC for iowls, 81 TO 9Hc; for hams,
6 to 6Hc for shoulders, snd 8 to &c for
clear sides; western meats are 6M to &C.
for bulk shoulder, 81 to &c for clear ribs,
and 8 to 9Hc for clear sides; mess pork,
$l8 and strong; bacon, shoulders, 62 to
6Kc, clear ribs 90 to 9%c, clear sides
az to 9Mc; breakfast bacon, 10H to lie;
hams, 10K to 1910. Lard, l12s to 11&c
for tc, 1l% to l1%c for kegs and hf bbls,
12Ac for pals and 1910 for INF do.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, Inf bbls. IS so TO
Sc; bbls, 50 so to Sl2; cider, 81 rs to S. for
hf, and IS so to 50 for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2H@9c
per ID Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts 1850 per
100; pecaRs, 5@8c for Ark: almonds and
walnuts l8c: Brazil do, 8@l0c. COcoanuts
SO so to 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, as
follows: dry flint No; l, l5@I6c per ID; No.
2, l2c; dry sailed, lie; green, 5to 6ci green
salted, ~ to 8i No. 2 do, 7c; tallow 8 to
SIC; beeswax Zoe.