Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-18
small orders 81 O5@1 Is per cwti Arkansaw

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small orders 81 o5@1 Is per cwti Arkansaw
prairie dull
POTATOES-Market easier, with the
supply ample jackson whites in round
lots $2a2 % per barrel; peerless russets
and peachblows, 81 40a2 so western rose,
81 60a2 go eastern rose, 81 75a2 So; small
orders 25c higher. Sweets in active de-
mand al IS 50 per Dbl from store. and 1926
loose from wagons.
FRUIT-Market well supplied with
poor apples; sound in good request ut
81 50a2 rs per Dbl; other classes lower;
small orders rs to so per barrel
higher. Oranges, 50 25@3 rs per box.
for Sicily. Lemons, SO 25a3 rs per box.
Dried apples, 4a4Hc per lb; peaches. 6a6Xc
and l4c for peeled. Cranberries, So for
half bbls, SO for bbls. Bananas, 81 Goa
2 so per bunch.
ESOULENTS-Oabbage plentiful with
much stale stock offering, and sales at
g to 81 % per crate, the latter for strictly
fresh. Onions SIS Is to So rs per
Dbl. Beans 81 80 TO 81 10 per bushel for
unhand picked and hand picked white
medium; lady peas, 81 70 to - 90 per
bushel; black-eyed peas, " 10 to 81 rs per
bushel.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Cream-
cry, SO to BIC; western, % to s8c; country,
10 to Doc, according to quality and fresh
ness; butterine, 10 to 2lc; poor grades
slow; choice very scarce and in active re-
quest. Cheese, firm; Y. A., 16 to tic; full
cream, l6c; mild flats, IL to l2c.
SUNDRIES-Pigs' feet weak at 81 80
to 81 80 per keg; SO rs to 81 for half bbls,
and'$7 80 10 So for bbls apple butter, N
to &c; mince meat, 81 to &c; cider, 81 70
to S. for half, and So 80 and SO for bbls;
grits, So so to SO rs per Dbl; hominy, So rs
to 81 macaroni, 81 Is to So IS per box,
the latter for the best Italian.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Eggs are in
ample supply, with prices easy at 12al2Kc
per doz. Chickens in good demand at 81 90
to ~ 10 for young and So 90 to So rs
for mixed and cnoice hens; dressed SO 90
to So 70 per dozen; tui keys, $9@l5 per
dozen; ducks 1898 80 per dozen. Geese,
$4@5 per dozen, and $500 for dressed;
turkeys, dressed, l5c per ID.
GAME-Quail, 81 75a2 per doz; snipe,
81 10 per doz; rabbits, 81 70 per doz; veni-
son, l0allc for saddles.
PROVISIONS-Meats unsettled with
DIiCtb liltAMluls DIl SUI bAlJlNltIHs
BIC; clear ribs, S2s, 8K@S5sc; clear sides,
u, SMa8@c; bacon, nominal; sugar-cured
9%al0c in lots, l0Aal0Hc in a small way;
breakfast bacon, l0La10Hc; smoked joles.
&c in lots. Lard unsettled and higher at
l1LallAc for %tierces, 11Ac for kegs and
half bbls, and lie for buckets; country do,
l0al01zc.
NUTS-Tennessee peanuts dull at "a
@3Hcper ID; Virginia, 4@41Gc; Cocoa
nuts, duh at SO 5094 90 per 100. Pecans,
5G8c for Arkansas, and 16c for large Loui-
siana and Texas. Almonds and walnuts,
l9c. Brazil do. 8@l0c.
HIDES-Firm, at tic for dry flint /;
l4c for No. 2 do; 1870 for dry salted;
&c for green do; csc for No. 2, and &c for
green; tallow 6@5Nc; beeswax Zoe per ID.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, "a 90,
No. 2, So co. large, No 3. SO co. No
8, So; kits No l, 75c; No 2, G5c; No 8, Soc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 so per care or dray
load; orders 81 60 sacks 81 30@l so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Limo.
S0@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 90 for Rosendale. Plaster,
So rs. Fire brick, So so.
NAlLO-QuItIi ~ 20 - IhleSs
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to Doc for
twist and plug; 35 to Doc for smoking,
and Doc to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm for best grades; Louisi-
sna brown 6Acto &c; yellow clarified 81 to
8Mc; whitedo Sc to 9Ac; graduated l0Hc;
powdered l0Ac; crushed and cut loaf
lie.
CoFFEE-Firmer Rio, 1,1c to 10c
per lb and "a to 26c for Java.
LIVE ST0CK-Supply of butcher
cattle light, at S4.75 to $500 gross
for choice to extra, "a 90 to $3.50
for medium and good, $3.50 to S4.5C
for common to fair, and $3.50 to S2.25
for thin, light and inferior. Yearlings,
"a to $500 per head. Mich COWS and
calves, SIS to $4,000 each. Hogs scarce
and in active demand at full prices fol-
good, and slow sale for poor qualities at
s. to $500 per cwt for good to best butch
er selection, and 81 to $500 for rough tc
common; sheep in ample supply and slow
sale at AZ to &c for fair to choice mutton
stock and $1.25 to $500 per head for pool
TO medium; lambs 4 to &c.
COAL-To steamers 40 TO 45c per box
city delivery 60c per $50 ID Dbl for Pitts.
burg; Zoe for camel, and $12 per ton FOL
anthracite
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet. Al
0H TO lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, Ice per 10; ties, 81 90 for standard
and 81 60 to 81 rs for other qualities.