Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-27
General Trade.

General Trade.
The wholesale market has been quit
active for the past three days. Sew
eral car loads of hay came in by raj
yesterday, and lot by river, all 6ndinI
a ready market at from $24 to $27 81
per ton. Corn is in better supply, ant
prices r shade easier; meal is look
ing down a little. Meats rule easier
though no decline is yet established
Cattle and hogs are tending down
with a decreasing demand and free
arrivals, Poultry is inactive, Will,
eggs are firm. The feeling in potatoes
is firm, though no confidence is mani
tested that values can be sustained fol
a definite period.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Market for lour
is quiet; round lot prices are: XXX
& 81 f ia%lly' 80 g q g 81 g D Shoifs
Sc 60@7 co. small orders, 25c higher
Cornmeal easy at 81 10 TO 81 Is in lots
and l0c higher on orders.
FEED STUFFS- Corn easier and
round lots are quoted at so to Gle; orders
2 to 4c higher. Oats quiet at As to Acc; or.
dors, AZ to 49c. Bran steady at SIT so per
ton and 81 per cwt for wheat, and $1I Sc
per ton for corn bran. Hay IN demand at
at $24 TO $27 so per ton for Ohio river
and western timothy, and SIG so for prai-
RE; timothyon orders, 81 85toS1 IS per cvt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes might move,
ment Mt 81 10 for %peachblows from first
hands; store prices, 81 80 to 81 IS per
Dbl, as per quality. Sweets quiet at So to
So 80 per Dbl. Cabbage, So toss per crate.
White beans 81 rs to 81 40 per bu; stock
and other peas 81 70 to 81 rs per bu.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Apples scarce
and worth 81 70 to 81 SO for sound stock:
poor fruit lower; oranges IS so per box for
imperial Messina; no other Offering:
lemons IS 90 to So so per box; bananas
81 90 to So 80 per bunch, dried apples
dull atSH to &c; do peaches 9 to &c; straw
berries So 50 per "a pint case; raisins
81 5O@4 per box; dates Z TO 9c figs II to
l6c; peanuts, dull at 2X@3c for Tenn,
and 4@6c; for Val pecans, 8 to lac as per
quality; c%ocoanuts $3.50@4 per 100.
BUTTER AND CHEESE - Market
easy for all classes; fresh country IS be-
ginning TO arrive, and meets fair sale if in
GOOD order; prices rule as follows: cream
cry, 80 to 84c; western 20 to 24c; fresh
country 10 to 20c; good cooking l5c; but
terine dull at Is to l9c; cheese dull al
l0M for mild fats, loo for Y. A and full
cream.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
quiet at 81 so TO SO 70 per doz, as per
quality; ducks dull at SO to So So per doz.
geese very dull at SO to So 5G turkeys
none. Eggs firm at Id to l5c per doz.
PROVISIONS-Cut meats = Jobbers
cash prices breakfast bacon, lie; hams,
1lHc for plain and ~canvassed; bulk clear
sides, go to 9Hc; do c ribs, 9 to 9Hc; dc
shoulders, 6 to 6Hc; pork, per Dbl, $1S 75
to 49, bacon shoulders, 6H to SIC; c ribs,
9% to 9%c; clear, 90 to 10Lc; country
shoulders in lots, SIC; do c sides, 9Hc; dc
hams, 8 to 9Hc. Lard, lie in lots, west.
ern lard 11A to lie for ties; 11Lc for key.
and hf bblsi l2Nc for 20 ID pailS 1215C
for 10 ID do.
BUTCHERS STOCK Cattle fol
butchers offer in better supply and HaLC
per ID lower, ranging from 3a5c gross. ac.
cording to condition. Hogs are dull al
3Aa5c, Sheep in full supply at 8Ha4Ht
for good butcher mutton; lambs Of 40 tc
% lbs weight, $260a3 60 per head. Cows
and calves, $l5aS0.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls. IS so tc
Sc; bbls, SO so to $l2; cider, 81 70 to IS for
hf, and IS 80 to SO for bbls.
HIDE5-Dull, dry No. l, Ice No,
l2c; green salt No. !, &c, No. 2 81; dead
green to &c; tallow SIC, beeswax 5Os
wool very dull at 10 to 35c as per quality,
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 u
No. 2, So go; large, No 3, 50 co. Nc
3, SIS; kits No !, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 8, Doc
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 30 per car or dray
load; orders 81 30; sacks 81 300l 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per FOUND.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
80@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 90 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 Is. Fire brick, So 80.
NAILS-Unsettled at So 10 pc: keg
rates.
TOBAOCO--Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug 80 to 65c for smoking,
and Doc to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff. N. Y. brown,
7Hc; do G, 8 to SNc, do A, 8 to 0Xc
for standard grades graduated 10c pow
dered l02sc crushed and powdered l0%c.
COFFEE-Steady at IL to l5c per ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
COAL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery 60c per $50 lb Dbl for Pitts.
burg; zoe for camel, and $l2 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 50 to 81 Is for other qualities.
HORSES AND MULES - Good
demand for plantation stosk. Best
dray mules 15al6X hands high, $3.50
to 200 do IA to 10 hands $50 to $l65
Horses, common t good plugs, $50 to $75;
common to good saddle and harness $115
toS200 each.