Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-23

81 80 per cwt; prairie dull at $13 so per
ton and 85e per cwt Tenn. millet " %
to 50 30 per bu.
ESCULENTS-Old potatoes about out
of season.; a few jobbing to supply local
demand y 81 rs to 50 rs per Dbl; new from
In, So O to s 80 per per Dbl new
spring onions, $3.50 10 Sc 90 per Dbl; cab
bage. home growth, 81 per doz; snap beans
81 so TO 81 per 3-peck box cucumber'
and squash, % TO 50c per doz; green
peas, 81 90 per 3-peck box; stock peas
81 IS TO 81 10 per bu; white beans in
scant supply at 81 so TO So per bu.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Young
chickens Of good frying size sell readily
at 81 to S. per doz; large size, $3.50 and
very small 81 25 TO 81 Is per doz; old
range from 81 so to 81 so per doz. Ducks
slow at 50 so. Geese and turkeys out oil
season. Eggs have stifened up a little,
and sell at 10 TO l2c, having been dull
and slow early in the week at &c.
BUTTER-Fresh grass in demand at
Is to 23c per ID as per ORDER country, Il
to loo for poorly packed TO medium
western grades, ~ to 39c for table to
creamery; butterine slow TO sell at IA Ia
lie.
PROFESSIONALISM unsettled, with
an upward tendency; jobbing TO cash
buyers at Ga to 6%c for bulk shoulders,
So TO &c for C ribs and 90 to 92Sc for
sides; smoked shoulders, 6A to 7Hc dc
c ribs, 9% to 9%c, do sides, 81 to i0c;
hams, IL to liz; breakfast bacon, 105s
IL; mess pork $l8 80; country shoulders,
81 to &c; do hams, 919 to l0Ac. Lard, III
to llMc for tcs 12H for kegs and
hf bbls; l2A to 12Hc for pals, and
half do; country lard, 1917 to lie.
FRUITS AND NUTS - Straw
berries, 81 50 to 81 per case as in quality
and order. Oranges $Sa3 80 per small box
and s. 50a6 20 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, 50 90 to "a 20 per box for small
and large. Bananas, 81 80 to 81 so per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Kc per
ID; do peaches s to exc; peanuts, dull at
"a to DC for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 5 to &c; c%ocoanuts So to So so per
100 flberts, walnuts aud almonds, II To
l3c per ID; Brazil do, 8to l0c.
HIDES--Bette f%eeling;dry flint Mol Ice;
No.2 ll@l2c; green salt No. l,Sc; Mop, 614;
dead green 5 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax
Zoe wool very dull at 10 to 95c as per
quality.
MAOKEREL-No1, half barrels. 81 50.
No. 2, So 60; large, No 3, s. co. No
3, So; kits Mol, 76G No 2, Coo; No 8, Soc.
SALT.-Psr bbl, 81 60psr car or dray
load; orders 81 90; sacks 81 809l 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per wound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime
80@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 S. to 81 30 for Rosendale
Plaster. 50 Is, Fire brick. SO so.
NA1LS-Weak at So 10 pc: keg
rates.
TOBACCO--Quiet, at zoe to 55c Got
twist and plug; IS to Doc for smoking,
and 55c to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff and prices irreg-
ular. N. Y. brown, ne; do Q, 8 to sac.
do A, 9 to 9Ac for standard
grades; granulated, 10Ac powdered, l0Kc;
crushed and cut loaf, l0Lc. Molasses
quiet ut "a TO 45c per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at l0% to l5c Per ID for
Rio and "A to rs for Java.
BALLNG SrUFFS.-Market quiet, nj
9H to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, l6c per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard
and 81 80 to ii 70 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 8 ut GO per ID
for medium qualities.
LIVE ST0CK.-Butcher cattle Of all
classes are in moro liberal offering with
prices ruling lower. Corn fed, Texas and
native SO to $5 per cwt gross; rough to
smooth grass fed So to 81; thin and com
mon 81 Is TO 50 2i Cows and calves SIS to
$50 yearlings 81 to Sc; common to good
grazing stock 81 so to SO per cwt; sheep
and lambs firm and IN ready demand al
ST so to S. 80 per head for lambsand 81 q
to "a 90 for sheep.