Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-28

and worth 81 rs to "a so for sound stock;
poor fruit lower oranges So so per box for
lemons IS 00to SO so per box; bananas
81 80 to So 80 per bunch, dried apples
dull at ~ TO SC; do peaches 8 to 7c straw
berries IS 80 per "a pint case; raisins
81 1904 per box; dates TO Sc; Ags II to
Ice; peanuts, dun at 2H@3c for Tenn,
and 496c; for Va; pecans, 5 to 14c as per
quality; cocoanuts $3.60G4 per 100.
BUTTER AND CHEESE - Market
easy for all classes; fresh country meets
fair sale If in goodorder; prices rule as
follows creamery, SO to 34c; western
70 to 24c; fresh country 10 to 20c; good
cooking 15c; butterine dull at Is to 19c;
cheese dun at l0K for mild flats: 15c for
Y. A and full cream.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
quiet at 81 so TO So rs per doz, as per
quality; young spring 81 601S3 90 per
doz as per size; ducks dull at 90 to 50 90;
per do4 geese very dull at $3to So 90: tur-
keys none. Eggs firm at 10 to l6c per
doE.
PROVISIONS - Unsettled, with an
easier feeling, and dealers varying in quo
tations from q to nc per b. Jobbers
cash prices; breakfast bacon, l0HtollH;
hams, l01tollAc for plain and canvassed;
bulk clear sides, 8 TO &c; do c ribs,
so to 81; do shoulders,6 to CSC; pork,per
Dbl, S18 so bacon shoulders, SIC c ribs,
90 to 9%c; clear, 81 to l0c; country
shoulders in lots, SIC; do sides, 9%c; do
hams, 9Hc. Lard, Tx to 12c for ties; 1915
for kegs and hf bbls; l2Hc for 20 ID
pulls; 12Hc for 10 ID do.
BUTCHERS STOCK Cattle for
butchers offer in better supply and HaAc
per ID lower, ranging from 3a5c gross. ac-
cording to condition. Hogs are dull at
3Aa5c. Sheep in full supply at 3Ha4Kc
for good butcher mutton; lambs of 40 to
GO lbs weight, So 50a3 so per head. Cows
and calves, Sl6a90.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls. s. so to
Sc; bbls, SO 80 to $l2; cider, 81 70 to IS for
hf, and 50 so to 50 for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry No. /, Ice No, 2
lie; green salt No. |, &c, No, 2 6X; dead
green 5 to &c; tallow SIC, beeswax 50c
wool very dull at 10 to Soc as per quality.
MAOKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 81,
No. 2. So co. large, No 8, So co. No
3, So; kits No l, Zoe; No 2, 65c; No g., 55c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 60per car or dray
load; orders 81 55; sacks 81 80@1 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per found.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime,
S0@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 10. Fire brick, So so.
NAILS-Unsettled at SO 10 per keg
rates.
Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug 85 to 65c for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff. N. Y. brown,
7Hc; do @, 8 to SIC, do A, 8 to 9Lc
for standard grades; graduated 10c pow
dered l02Ec crushed and powdered 10Hc.
COFFEE-Steady at II to 15c ger ID for
Rio and "A to 26 for Java.
OOAL-To steamers 10 to 45c per box;
city delivery 60c per 1870 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; Toe for camel, and Sl2 per ton for
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet. at
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard,
and 81 60 to 81 rs for other qualities.
HORSES AND MULES - Good
demand for plantation stock. Best
dray mules 15al6H hands high, $3.50
to 200; do IA to 10 hands $50 to $165
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $40;
common to good saddle and harness $ll5
toS20O each.