Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

2 So early rose, 81 50a2 60 for western and
so 7ba2 81 for eastern; fussets, So 40a2 so,
small orders DC higher. Sweets in active
demand at 50 % per Dbl loose from wagons
and So so from store.
ESOULENTS-Cabbage plentiful with
much stale stock offering, and sales at
81 to 81 % per crate, the latter for strictly
fresh. Onions S. Is 10 IS 70 per
Dbl. Beans 81 80 10 81 10 per bushel for
unhand picked and hand picked white
medium; lady peas, 81 Is to 81 90 per
busheli black-eyed peas, ~ 10 to " % per
bushel.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Cream-
cry, 36 to &c; western, % to z8ci country,
10 10 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., l6 TO lie; full
cream, Ice; mild flats, IL to l2c.
SUNDR1ES-Pigs' feet weak at 81 50
to 81 80 per keg; IS 10 to 81 for half bbls,
and 81 so 10 So for bbls; apple butter, N
to Sc; mince meat, 81 TO Sc; cider, "a 10
to So for half, and So 80 and SO for bbls;
grits, So so to So rs per Dbl; hominy, So 70
TO 81; macaroni, 81 75 TO 50 70 per box,
the latter for the best Italian.
FRUIT-Appies, 81 25a2 rs per Dbl
for lots from first hands, 25a50c higher in
a small way. Oranges, 50 25@3 rs per box
for Sicily. Lemons, 50 25a3 rs per box.
Dried apples, 4a4Hc per ID; peaches. 6a619c
and lac for peeled. Cranberries, S. for
half bbls, 50 for bbls. Bananas, 81 50a
- so per bunch.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Eggs are in
ample supply, with prices lower at 1870
per doz. Chickens in good demands at 81 90
to 81 rs for young and 50 90 to s. %
for mixed and cnoice hens; dressed 50 90
TO SO IS per dozen; turkeys, $9@l5 per
dozen; ducks $S@3 SO per dozen. Geese,
$4@5 per dozen, and $5@6 for dressed;
turkeys, dressed, l5c per ID.
GAME-Quail, 81 75a2 per dOz; snipe,
81 rs per doz; rabbits, 81 % per doz; veni-
son, 10allc for saddles.
PROVISI0NS-Meat unsettled and
tending upward. Dry salt shoulders,
5Hc; clear ribs, 8%, 8X@8Mc; clear sides,
I8X, 8Ma8Tc; bacon, nominal; sugar-cured
9Ha10c in lots, 10Hal0Hc in a small way;
breakfast bacon, 10Hal0Hc; smoked jOles
&c in lots. Lard unsettled and higher at
11NallNc for %tierces, llMc for kegs and
half bbls, and l2c for buckets; country do,
l0al0Kc.
NUTS-Tennessee peanuts dull at ~
@3Xcper Id; Virginia, 4@4Hc; Cocoa
nuts, dull at So 50g4 90 per 100. Pecans,
5@8c for Arkansas, and l6c for large Loui.
siana and Texas. Almonds and walnuts
l8c. Brazil do. 8@l0c.
HIDES-Firm, at lie for dry flint
lac for No. 2 do; 13nc for dry sailed
&c for green do; 6Kc for No. 2, and &c fol
green; tallow 5@6hc; beeswax Zoe per ID
MACKEREL-Nol, half barrels, "a 50
No. 2, So go large, No 8, So So NJ
3, SO; kits No /, Toe No 2, Coo No 8, Doc
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 so per car or dray
load; orders 81 60 sacks 81 80@1 90 TO
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
e0@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisvill
cement, and ST so for Rosendale. Plaster
81 70. Fire brick, So so.
NAILS-Quiet, at So rs rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to 65c 70
twist and plug 30 to 55c for smoking
and Soc to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm for best grades; Louisi
ana brown 6%cto &c; yellow clarihed8A t
8Nc; whitedo Sc to 9Ac; granulated 1917
powdered l0Ac; crushed and cut LOT
lie.
= COFFEE-Firmer; Rio, Ike to le
per ID and "a TO 26c for Java.
; LIVE STOOK-Supply of butche
cattle light, at $4.75 to $500 gros
for choice TO extra, 81 90 to 4b
for medium and good, $3.50 to $40
for common to fair, and $3.50 to So
n for thin, light and inferior; Yearling
"a TO $500 per head. Milch cows an
calves, S15 60 $1,000 each. Hogs scare
and in active demand at full prices fC
I good, and slow sale for poor qualities
SIS to $500 per cwt for good to best butcl
or selection, and $4to $500 for rough
q common; sheep in ample supply and slo
> sale at Az to &c for fair to choice mutto
stock and SIPS to $500 per head for pot
TO medium; lambs A tc &c.
= COAL-To steamers 40 to 45c per DO
city delivery 60c per 100 ID Dbl for Pitt
: burg; Zoe for camel, and sl2 per ton f
Il anthracite
BALING STUFFS-Market quiet,
= 9% to lie for bagging, as in quslit
: Irvine, Ice per lb; ties, 81 90 for standar
: and 81 90 to 81 Is for other qualities.