Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-29

markets, but so far none have offered
here. The excessive drought contin-
ues, and the southern corn crop is
practically ruined. Cotton promises
fairly well, and with a favorable
autumn the yield will be satisfactory
to most people The value of the
staple advanced from ! to &c within
the past three days and the tendency
continues upward. The short supply
of available cotton is the chief cause
Of the advance.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers fill
orders for -four as follows Xxx and xxx,
81 % to Is per Dbl; family, Sc % to
Sc So choice, So so to Sc 10; fancy, 81 90 to
81 Is; patents, ST so to 60 Cornmeal
easy and plentiful at 81 IS to 81 80 per
Dbl in lots and l0c higher in small way,
FEED STUFFS--No corn offers from
first hands, and retail men are about cut
The value of it is quoted at from 62]S TO
CSC per bu for mixed, and 81 to Coo for
white, with small orders to &c higher
Oats are in demand with the mar
ket bale, and quotations firm at
40 to Soc From store the price is SIC
Bran quiet at $l5 so per ton for wheat
and IS to soc per cwt. Hay dull at So t.
/ SIS per ton for poor qualities; choice
timothy $16 30 to $l7 80 per- ton and 90C
to ST 90 per cwt.; southern prairie ~ per
ton and dull
ESOULENTS- Potatoes from wagons
scarce and higher at So 90 to 81 pei
bbl measure; from store, 81 70 TO 1900 pei
b5l. Onions from store, s. per Dbl. To
matoes, 25c per one-third blu box. Cab
bage, 81 TO 80 per crate for western
FRUITS-Apples, per barrel measure
81 co to 81 so per barrel. Pears, 81 &c
TO So 90 per bushel for Bartlett other
| kinds nominal. Peaches, Zee pei
une-thrd bu box. Lemons, IS Ok
TO 50 so per box. Oranges, IS 90 pei
box. Raj ins. 81 so to So 2' per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
81 70 to 50 50 per doz for young, small size
being slow to SELL full grown hens IN de-
mand at 81 70 TO 50 % per dos Young
| ducks, y 90 to So 70. Eggs scarce and
| irregqiaP NJ lie to l5c per d zen for fresh
BUTFBR-Qgiet; country stock II tC
| loo; strictly ch0i0e ard we'll handled IL
demand at 10 to Is western table, l6 ia
l8c; fancy dairy, q to "A; creamery, DC
I ha,terine dull at l6c.
! PROVISIONS Market active. Bacon
shoulders, ~ to IKE bacon clear ribs, l0h
l0skc. bacon clear sides. l0M to &c
/ balk shoulders, 7iG7Tc do clear ribs
! 9lka9Mc; do sides, 9AG9%c; break
| fast bacon, u to l2Ac hams, liz
u13llc; mess pork, quiet AZ Sl9 pei
bbl lard, in tiercas, 1l%@l2Hc halt
bbs and kegs l2%c; pals l5M, hf Dc
1917. lob cans 1871, 5lb do ~, BIB dc
/ l3Z.
HIDE5-Market; dull dry flint No.
4 Ice; No. 2l3c; green salt No. !
/ SIC No. 2, 81; talloy 519ci beeswax
zoe
W00L-Unwashed bury 10 to l5c pol
pound, clear do Is to 25c per h.; iut
washed do Is to Sbe.
NAILS-U nsettled and weak at j3 OK
per keg rates Round lots slightly lass.
Market quiet N. Y. brown
! 7MtoS1Sc; do G, 8A to 9Ac; standard A, II
I to 1917, oil A l0c, granulated lie, powdered
| llNo; crushed and cut loaf. llHs Mo
lasses quiet st 80 to 45c per gal.
/ COFFRE-FiFm at l0H to loo er ID FOL
Rio and "a to % for Java,
BALING SrUFFS.-Market quiet a
10 to l11Ec for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, Ice per 10; ties, 81 65 for standard
1 and 81 40 to 81 70 for other qualities
! RLOB-Demand fair at 8 to per Ii
| for mediEm qualities.
| LIVE aTOGh-rBataher cattle are il
moderate supply and steady demand
Mt 50 80 to 50 70 gross fof mediqm
"a choice, and 81 10 50 80 for home
raised, vearlings So to Sc per head
/ Mileh cows Slb to s25. Sheep in lighi
4 denaand at q 10 81 50 per bead for com
mon and 8 TO S1lc Gor pound Tor butcher
;,;gt.on. Lambs IN demapd q 81 to 5;
each. Hogs slow ut 4 to 4Hc per ID.
i Rubbing MATERIAL-Teppes
see lime So to 500 per bbl; Alabama Dc
95 to ST. Louisville ecmept 81 70 to 81 70
4 Rosedale 81 to 81 10. Portland IS; Pl9ste
Of Paris 81 90; Brick 5000 per 1000 fOl
hard and b for soft Fire do ga to q
each.
MACKEREL-Gew stock arriving
and iohbors sell rs follows klts. nc.
Zoe; No. 2, Csc; No. 3, 55c. HI bbls. No
!, So IS; do No. 2 and No. large, 50 rs
SALT-From store, 81 90 to " 90 PEI
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 80
I gTARCH-Firm at SIC per ID. Can
dies Illtc and firm for full weight.
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West Virginia Is very pronounce'
in the matter Of prohibiting the sal,
OF intSxieants, In thirty-niDe Of be
counties lieease 80 sell are refused
tut have been granted in the follow
ing: Berkeley, Oabell, Hampshire
Hardy, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis