Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14

are anticipated WIZ Jne nrBt warm
weather. The chicken market rules
easier, and the supply is ample. No
Turkeys offer and first arrivals will
meet ready sales at fine prices, say
from SIS to 500 per dozen; a few
dressed sold yesterday at l5c per lb.
The weather has cleared away, and
though a sharp frost covered the earth
last night, it is thought but little harm
resulted, except perhaps to nip tender
young vegetation a little.
FLOURTGood jobbing demand, with
prices steady, as follows; XXX, 81 25;
family, S. to $5 25; choice and fancy,
So so to Sc; patents, So 80 to ST 60 all
for round lots. Small orders 25c higher.
C"ORNMEAL-Firm and in active de-
mand at$2 70 to 81 80 per Dbl for standard
qualities from first hands. and a little
higher by iobbers.
CORN-Sales on landing of 400 SKIS at
Coo; supply scant and demand active;
small orders are quoted at 65c per bu.
OATS-Supply ample and feeling quiet,
at45c per bu for western mixed and white,
and 8 to &c higher in a small way;
mlllet 81 rs per bu and firm; chopped feed
81 30 per cwt.
HAY-Active and firm, with a light
supply and ready sale for all arrivals at
$40 to $24 90 per ton for mixed and
clear timothy. Jobbers charge 81 %
to 81 80 per cwt; Ark prairie is wanted at
Sl4 per ton, and no arrivals.
POTAT0ES-Table varieties firm at
So 80 to ~ so per Dbl from first hands
for peerless, russets and peachblows, as
per quality; other varieties slow at 81 90
to 81 rs per Dbl; small orders, 25c higher;
sweets in active demand and scarce at
81 so to SO so per Dbl, as per quality.
ESCULENTS-Fresh garden vegeta-
bles fromthe gulf coast are in demand, and
at good prices. Cabbage, 81 90 to 81 90
per crate for La; onions, 81 70 to
IS 25 per Dbl; do. sets, So TO 50 per
bu; beans, 81 70 to 81 % per bu for white;
blackeyed peas, ST rs to 81 Is per bu;
Clay do, 81 lady do, 81 25i turnips, 81 rs
to 81 Is per Dbl.
FRUITS-Apples in fair demand if
sound at 80 25 to So SO per Dbl in lots and
in asmall way; off stock lower; oranges,
3 25 to SO 50 per box for Messina and Pal
ermo; lemons, So 70 to 81 25per box; dried
apples in slack movement at3M to 4%c
per ID; peaches, 6 to 70 per ID; cranberries,
81 so to IS for half and So to SO for bbls;
bananas, 81 so to 81 so per bunch.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Cream-
cry butter, SO to 36c per ID; western dairy,
% to &c; butterine, dull at Is to 18c;
rood butter in request, and poor slow.
A few light shipments of Ark. prairie
have arrived and sold quick at 25c per h.;
light arrivals of Ky. sold at Is to 22c; little
country butter comes to market and the
demand is active for all good offerings.
Cheese, quiet at 15c for Y. A; ii TO l5c
for full cream, and l0K to 1lHc for poor
er stock.
at 81 50 to SO for small, and So Is to "a 90
for mixei to all hens, the latter for extra
good; turkeys, none offer; geese slow at
SO soto 81 per doz.
EGGS-In scant supply with prices ir-
regular and sales reported at TIC, l8c,
19c and up to zoe per doz. The extra de-
mand for the Easter season and sparse
shipments have caused the upward move
ment, but little confidence is felt in the
future of prices.
PROVISIONS Dry salt shoulders,
are 5H@55sc, for loose and packed; do
clear ribs, 8K@S9sc; clear sides, $50
DC; smoked hams, al0H@10Ac; break
fast bacon, 10H@1fc; bacon shoulders,
69s@6Hc do clear ribs, 9H@9%c; do clear
sides, 9X@95sc. Mess pork $18 90 per
Dbl. Lard strong; %tierces, Il@l1Ac; do half
bbls and kegs, 11H@ll%c; do pals,
Tx; do hf pals, l2Ac, with supply
light. Meats rule very unsettled and tend
upward.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls. S. 50 to
SC; bbls, 50 so to Sl2; cider, $4 70 to S. for
Inf. and IS so to 50 for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn peanuts, dull at 2H@3c
per ID Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts 1850 per
100 pecans, 5@8c for Ark. almonds and
walnuts I6c; Brazil do, 8@10c. Cocoanuts
So so to 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, as
follows; dry flint No; l, l59l6c perlb; No.
2, lie; dry sailed, lie; green, 5to &C. green
sailed, ~ to Sc; No. 2 do, 7c; tallow 8 to
5Xc; beeswax Zoe.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 SO,
Nc. 2, SO go; large, No 9, So co. No
3, SO; kits No /, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 3, Doc,
SALT.-Per Dbl. 81 80 por cor or drsy
load; orders 81 So; sacks 81 S09l 90 for
| coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime.
90@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 s. to 81 80 for R~osendale.
Plaster, 81 IS. Fire brick, SO 80.
NAlLS-Quiet, at So 10 rates.
TOBACOO--Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug; 35 to 55G for smoking,
and Sc TO 81 for fancy chewing.
S~OGAR-Firm, with quotations as
follows; La. brown, &c TO &c; yell
low clarified. 8E to 94c; white do 93c
to 92lc: granulated 1916; powdered 10Ac;
crushed and cut loaf lie.
OOFFEE-Ruling dull; Rio, 1lXal6,
per ID and "A to 26c fer Java.
C0AI-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
CITY delivery Coo per 1870 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; zoe for camel, aud $l2 per ton for
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 800 for standard.
and ST 60 to 81 rs for other Qualities.
LIVESTOCK-Butcher Cattle in light
supply, and prices strong at "a 5Og6 per
cwt gross fol good to extra corn fed Texas
and western, and 81 Is to 81 for rough to
medium. Hogs scarce for good, and fair
supply Of common, at 3M94c for the lat
ter, and 81 25@5 so for fair to best. Sheep
scarce and wanted, at seas per head for
common, and 4H@5l5c per lb for medium
to choice mutton stock Cows and calves
are active, at $500 to $4,000 per head.
HORSES AND MULES Good
demand for plantation stosk. Best
dray mules 15al6h hands high, $3.50
to 200; dc IA to 16 hands $50 to sl65
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $50
oo~,,,oo 20 GOOD add ond bornaaq Bile