Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-22


per barrel, with but little move.
ment, sales having been made during
the past few days at from s2.45 t.
$3.50. The feeling is firm, with nc
arrivals. Seed stock is about out Of
season, a jobbing sale ola few barrels
per day being are there is doing
8 reefs all droopy, and the season
nearly over. Butter shows weakness
and fresh country is beginning to ar.
rive quite freely. Vegetables from
the gulf coast gardens, continue un'
settled, with values difficult to arrive
at. Cabbage sells at from So to 81
per crate, choice being scarce and in
brisk demand, while poor stock is
slow and hard to sell. Cucumbers 60
at $1.OO a dozen;, beets, Soc a dozen:
green peas dull at $3.50 per three
peck box; tomatoes, s1.25 per box;
strawberries, $3.50 per "a pint case.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Quiet, with
ample stocks and values easy. Quo
tations arefor XXX "a Is; family $505 rs
choice, IS sc; fancy, So; patents, Sc 50@
z co. small orders, 25c higher; Cornmeal
dull at 81 20 TO 50 rs for round lots on
landing and 50 So from store.
FEED STUFFS-Corn Arm and scarce
at 6l962c per bushel for lots on landing,
and Csc on orders from store; oats quiet
and in ample stock at As to Acc per bu
by the carload, and Al to Acc per bu
in a small way; bran SIT to SO per
ton, and 81 per cwt.; feed meal SIS
Der ton; chopped feed 81 b per cwt.; hay
in demand at $40 to $26, and none in
first hands; per ewt. 81 35@l 40 Ark.
prairie at SIG so per ton.
ESCULENTS-Peachblows firm ut
50 so to So rs; jackson whites 81 %, with
none on the landing; jobbers charge 25c
higher; planting varieties no movement;
sweets S275 to 50 so per Dbl from store
AS per quality. Cabbage, So to So per crate.
Onions, scarce at 81 to "a 80 per Dbl, most
stock being badly sprouted; boans, 81 70 to
81 IS per Blu for white medium to navy
stock; peas, 81 rs per Blu; green peas dull
at 81 80 per 3 peck box.
FRUITS-Apples are scarce at So 70 to
81 so per Dbl as per quality and order;
strawberries IS so per24 pint case; oranges
SIS 10 per box for imperial; no others offer;
lemons SO rs to 81 Is per box; dried APP
piles slow, at 3X to 4Ac per ID; do peaches
Il In 10 nar In and allow.
BUTTER AND CHEESE - Good
country meets fair sale at zoe per ID;
western stock lower; creamery, SO to 34c;
western table % to 26c; good cooking 15c;
butterine dull at Is to l9c; cheese dull
ut l0H for mild flats, IA to l5c for cream,
n l5c for Young America.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
dull at 81 so to SO so per doz, as per con-
dition and quality; ducks slow at So to
So So turkeys out of season and slow sale;
geese dull at S3to 81 per doz. Eggs steady
at II to l2Hc per dozen, with liberal sales.
PROVISIONS-The demand is chiefly
for smoked qualities. On orders for cash,
bacon shoulders are 6H to 6AGper ID; do C
ribs 9B TO 9Ac; do c sides 90 TO Joe;
breakfast bacon, lie; mess pork, Sl8 70
@l9 per Dbl; country shoulders, 81; do
clear sides, 0Hc, hams, 0 to 9Hc; country
lard, lie in lots, western lard liz to lie
for ties; 1lHc for kegs and Inf bbls; 12Hc
for 20 lbpnils; l2150 for 10 lb do.
SUNDRIES-Kraut hfbbls, S. so TO
SC; bbls, 50 90 to $i2; cider, "a 70 to IS for
hf, and rs 90 to SO for bbls.
HIDE3-Dull, dry No. l, Ice No, 2
he; green salt No. l, Sc, No.2 61E; dead
~,,o, X O., 70 fallaur kILa haasuraw % -
wool very dull at 10 to 95c as per quality,
MACK KEL-NoI halt barrels, "a b.,
No. 2, 50 co. large, No 3, 50 co. Nc
8, So; kits Nc l, Toe No 2, Csc; No 3, 55c
SALT.-Per bhl, 81 10 psr car or dray
losd; orders 81 65; sacks 81 S0@1 so fol
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per found
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
s0@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 s. to 81 80 for Rosendale
| Plaster, 81 10. Fire brick, So 80.
NAILS-Unsettled at IS 10 pc? kel
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to soc 70,
twist and plug 50 to 55s for smoking
and CSC to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff with eastern
stock mostly in demand, New Yorl
brown ~ do C8 to SIC, do A 8 to 9H,
for standard grades; |granulated 10c pow
dered 1890 crushed and powdered 1910
C0FFEE-Steady at II to l5c per ID 70
Rio and "A TO 26 for Java.
COAL QIL-Per gallon 13c an advane
from lie within present week.
UOAL-To steamers 40 to Acc per box
city delivery 60c per 100 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; zoe for camel, and $l2 per ton 70
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, a
on to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per Ii; ties, 81 90 for standard
and 81 60 to 81 IS for other qualities.
LIVESTOCK-Cattlc in scant suppl.
and limited arrival at prices strong a
IL to Sc for poor to choice grass fed. 3 I
4Ac for rough to smooth fat, and 81 t
sc for medium to choice native and Texa
butcher stock. Hogs firm and in sean
offering at 4 to SIC. Sheep scarce, wit
an active demand for lambs at 81 to 81 pc
head, and Al to SIC for good mutton'
Cows and calves SIS to S25 per head
yearlings, 81 to So per head.
HORSES AND MULES = Goo
demand for plantation stosk. Bes
dray mules 15al6H hands high, Sl5
to 200 do Ia to l6 bands $50 to $l6l
Horses, common togood plugs, $50 to $7f
common to good saddle and harness Sill
toS200 each.