Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13

POTATOES-Firm and ready sale for
table varieties at 81 80 to 50 80 per Dbl
from first hands for peerless, russets and
p~eachblows, with liberal sales Of the latter
at top figures; other qualities, 81 80 TO
81 % per Dbl, and 25c higher in a small
way; sweets weaker, at 81 so to So 25 from
first hands, and 25c higher in a small way.
ESCULENTS- Fresh garden truck
from the gulf coast is in demand, and
at good prices; Cabbage, 81 90 to "a so
per crate for La; onions, $4 10 to
IS rs per Dbl; do. sets, So to So per
bu; beans, 81 70 to 81 25 per Blu for white;
blackeyed peas, 81 10 to 81 Is per bui
Clay do, 81; lady do, 81 %; turnips, 81 10
to 81 Is per Dbl.
FRUITS-Apples in fair demand il
sound at 81 % to SO % per Dbl in lots and
in asmall way; off stock lower oranges,
3 25to SO so per box for Messina and Pal
ermo; lemons, SO rs TO 81 25per box; dried
apples in slack movement at3A to 4Ac
per ID; peaches, 6 TO 7c per ID; cranberries,
"a so to S. for half and s. to 80 for bblsi
bananas, 81 80 to 81 so per bunch.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Cream-
cry butter, 35 to 36c per ID; western dairy,
% to z7c; country, 10 to zoe, as per order;
butterine, dull at 10 to 18c good butter
in request, and poor slow to sell. Cheese,
quiet at loo for Y. A.; IA to loo for full
cream, and l0H to l1Xc for poorer stock.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
easier, sales being at $300toA 90 per doz
for mixel and best hens; geese slow and in
light movement at So so 10 "a per doz;
turkeys, do at $12 90 to SIG 90 per doz;
ducks, So rs to So 70 per dozen; eggs
firm and in fair supply at lie per doz.
PROVISIONS Dry salt shoulders,
r 6K@5Mc for loose and packed, do
clear ribs, 8K@85sc; clear sides, $40
&c; smoked hams, l0h@10Ac break
fast bacon, 10H@l1c; bacon shoulders,
696@6Hc; do clear ribs, 9N@9%c; do clear
sides, 9X@9%c. Mess pork $1S CO per
Dbl. Lard strong; %tierces, n@l1Nc; do half
bbls and kegs 1lH@l15sc; do pals,
Tx; do hf pals, l2Hc, with supply
light. Meats rule very unsettled and tend
upward.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls, IS 50 TO
Sc; bbls, 50 80 to $l2; cider, $4 rs to So for
hf, and IS so to SO for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2K@3c
per ID; Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts 1850 per
loo pecans, 5@Sc for Ark: almonds and
walnuts 18c; Brazil do, 8@10c. .Cocoanuts
So so to 81 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower,
as follows: dry flint No; l, l5c per ID; No.
2. l2c dry sailed, lie; green, 5to &c; green
sailed, TX to Sc; No. 2 do, &c; tallow s to
SIC beeswax 20c.
MAOKEREL-Nol, half barrels, 81 80,
No. 2, So co. large, No 8, So co. No
8, So; kits No l, 75c; No 2, 65c; No 8, 55c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 so per car OF drsy
load; orders 81 IS; sacks 81 30@1 90 for
coarse and 6ne. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime,
60@85c per bblfor Alabamaa and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 30 for R~osendale,
Plaster, 81 70. Fire brick, SO 80.
NAILS-Quiet, at So 10 rates.
TOBAOCO--Quiet, at 29c to soc for
twist and plug; IS to 55c for smoking,
and Doc to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Unsettled, with quotations as
follows:ssLouisiana brown, 6Ac TO &c; yell
low clarified, 81 to 9Hc; white do 9Hc
to 9Ac: g~ranulated l0Ac; powdered l0Mci
crushed and cut loaf lie.
COFFEE-Fair demand; Rio, 1lXal6
per lb and "a to 26c for Java.
COAL-To steamers 40 to Acc per box;
city delivery 6Oc per $50 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; Zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton fol
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, al
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per lb; ties, 81 90 for standard,
and 81 60 to 81 10 for other qualities.
LIVEST0CK-Butcher cattle in light
supply, and prices strong at "a 60@5 pei
| cwt gross fol good to extra corn fed Texas
and western, and 81 rs to 81 for rough t.
medium. Hogs scarce for good, and fail
supply of common, at 3K@4c fer the lat
ter, and 81 25@5 so for fair to best. Sheer
scarce and wanted, at S2@3 per head fol
common, and 4H@515c per ID for medium
to choice mutton stock Cows and calve
are active, at $500 to $4,000 per head.
HORSES AND MULES - Coco
demand for plantation stock. Bes
dray mules 15al6h hands high, $l5l
to 200; do IA to l6 hands $50 TO $l65
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75
common to good saddle and harness Sill
to 500 each.