Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
,ound sssa Is 10 % % bst bbl IN lou and

sound 81 50 % 10 % 80 Der Dbl IN lots and
IN a small way; OF stock lower; oranges,
B 25to SO 80 per box for Messlna and Pal
ermo; lemons, So 10 to 81 26per box; dried
apples in slack movement at3A to 4Ac
per ID; peaches, 8 70 &c per ID; cranberries,
$4 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 86c per lb; western dairy,
% to &c; butterine, dull at 10 to 1896
good butter in request, and poor slow.
Ark. prairie and choice KY. scarce at 25c
per ID; cheese, quiet at l6c for Y. Al ID TO
loo for full cream, and l0H to llhc for
poorer stock.
P0ULTRY-Chickens in good supply,
at 50 80 to SO for small, and So IS to% 90
for mixed to all hens, the latter for extra
good; turkeys, $l2to $18 per dozen; geese
slow at So so 10 81 per dozen; ducks 80 30
to 81 per dozen.
EGGS-Weaker feeling al lSto 2Oc per
doz.
PROVISIONS Dry salt shoulders,
are 5A@6c for loose and packed; do
clear ribs, 8%@8Rc; clear sides, go
9Hc; smoked hams, 10H@10Ac; break
fast bacon, 10K@11c; bacon shoulders,
6k@6%c; do clear ribs, 9%@9Nc; do clear
sides, 9%@9%c. Mess pork $l8 90 per
Dbl. Lard strong; %tierces, ll%@l1%c; do
half bbls and kegs, l1Hc; do pals,
l2A; do hf pals, 121zc, with supply
light. Meats rule very unsettled and tend
upward,
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls, S. so to
SO; bbls, 50 80 to Sl2; cider, "a rs to So for
hf and ~ 20 10 SO for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 211@3c
per lb; Va, do 4@4Kc; c nuts $3.50 per
100 pecans, 5@8c for Ark; almonds and
walnuts l8c; Brazil do, 8@10c. Cocoanuts
So so to 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, rs
follows: dry flint No; /, 15@l6c per lb; No.
2, 12c dry sailed, lie; green, ito &c; green
sailed, TX to Sc; No. 2 do, &c; tallow 8 to
SIC; beeswax Zoe.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 so,
No. 2 So 60; large, No 3, 50 60 No
8, SO; kits Mol, Toe No 2, 65c; No 3, Doc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, ST. 50per a or dray
load; orders 81 65; sacks 81 3OGl so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime,
80@85c per bblfor Alabamaand Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 rs. Fire brick, SO 90.
NAILS-Higher, at SO rs ra.es.
TOBACC0--Quiet, at 29c TO 55c for
twist and plug; IS to Csc for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm, with quotations as
follows: La, brown, 7c to Sc; yell
low clarified, 81 to 9Hc; white do 9Hc
to 9Ac: granulated 10Nc; powdered 10Ac;
crushed and cut loaf lie.
O0FFEE-Ruling dull; Rio, 1lXal63
per ID and "a to 26c for Java.
COAL-To steamers 40 TO 45c per box;
city delivery 60c 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, 16c per lb ties, 81 for standard,
and 81 60 to 81 70 for other qualities.
LIVEST0CK-Butcher cattle in light
| supply, and prices strong at 81 50@5 per
ewt gross foi good TO extra corn fed Texas
ard western, and ~ IS to 81 for rough to
medium. Hogs scarce for good, and fair
supply of common, at 3H@4c for the lat
ter, and $4 25@5 so for fair to best. Sheep
scarce and wanted, at 5000 per head for
common, and 4H@5Hc per ID 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 stock. Best
dray mules l5al6K hands high, $3.50
to 200; do IA to 16 hands $50 to $l65.
Horses, common TO good plugs, $50 to $75j
common to good saddle and harness $ll5
to 500 each.