Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-19

weather Is highly favorable for plant.
ing operations and the rising waters
have a less threatening look for the val
leys below than has appeared for a
week or more past.
FLOUR AND MEAL-The market
for -four is quiet. Quotations for lob lots
are for XAX "a %; family$5@5 %; choice,
50 81; fancy, So; patents, Sc SOFAS; small
orders, 25c higher; Cornmeal steady and
scarce at 81 rs to 81 so for round lots on
landing and So 30 from store.
FEED STUFFS-Corn Arm and scarce
at 6lG62c per bushel for dots on landing,
and 65c on orders from store; oats quiet
and in ample stock at 45c per carload; and
46g4oc per Blu. in a small way; bran Sl7@
Is per ton, and 81 per ewt.; feed meal $l8
per ton; chopped feed 81 % per cwt.. hay
firm, scarce and in demand at $40 to "A $50
for western and 81 25@l 30 per cwt.; Ark.
prairie wanted at $l4 per ton.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes firm at 81 80
to 81 55 for lots oftable varieties, 25c higher
in a small way; seed stock, no movement
except at retail, and prices range from
81 25 to SO rs per Dbl; sweets are weak
at S265 to So so per Dbl in lots and at re-
tail. Cabbage, from La. scarce and firm
81 rs to 81 70 per crate; turnips, 81 70 to
50 rs per Dbl; onions, 81 rs to So Is per
Dbl; do. sets, So to 50 per bu; beans,
81 70 to So % per Blu for white medium 10
choice; blackeyed peas, 81 rs to 81 rs
per bu; Clay do, 81; lady do, 81 %.
FRUITS-Apples are scarce with little
sound stock in market and jobbers charge
from So 90 to 81 so per Dbl; oranges,
81 Is to So 60 per box for Sicily; lemons
So 70 to 81 % per box; strawberries IS 90
to ST 90 for "A pint case; dried
apples dull at3H to 4Ac per lb; peaches,
slow at 6 to &c per Id; cranberries, 81 90
for half and So for bbls; bananas, 81 80
to 50 80 per bunch.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-A few
packages Of Ark. and Ky. butter
ter arrive and find quick sale at 25c
per ID for the best; western stock is
droopy at 80 to 8Gc for creamery, % to BIC
for dairy and 10 to l8c for butterine;
country butter scarce at Is to 20c per ID;
cheese quiet at l0% to Ike for low
grades, IA to l5c for full cream, and 15c
Tor Y. A.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens in
liberal supply, with sales at 81 so to SO rs
per doz, as per size and order; ducks SO so
to 10 70; turkeys, few offering and worth
$40 to Sl8 per doz; geese very dull at $3to
"a per doz. Eggs tending down at l5c per
doz.
PROVISI0NS-All classes Of meats
tend upward, and values vary from "a to
Nc per ID for the same grade; country |
cured is coming into notice and finds ready
buyersat SIC torjOwls,9 "a to0Ac; for hams
6 to 6%c for shoulders, snd 8 to 9%c for
clear sides; western meats are 6 to 6Ncl
for bulk shoulder, 8 TO 9Hc for clear ribs,
and 81 to 9Hc for clear sides; mess pork,
SIS and strong; bacon, shoulders, 6k to
SIC, clear ribs 8 to CSC, clear sides
.9B to l0%c; breakfast bacon, 10H to lie;
hams, llM to llBc. Lard, III TO llAc
for tc, ll%t to llHc for kegs and Inf bbls,
l2Hc for pals and l2%c for hf do.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, hf bbls. So so TO
So; bbls, 50 SO to Sl2; cider, "a rs to S. for
hf, and IS 80 to So for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn. peanuts, dull at 2X@3c
per Id Va, do 4@4Lc; c nuts $3.50 per
100; pecans, Base for Ark; almonds and
walnuts l8c: Brazil do, 8@l0c. Cocoanuts
IS 80 to S4 90 per 100.
HIDES-Dull and tending lower, as
follows; dry flint No; ], 15@l6c per ID; No.
2, l2c; dry sailed, lie; green, 5to &c; green
sailed, TX to &c; No. 2 do, &c; tallow 8 to
SIC; beeswax 20c.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, 81 so,
No. 2, SO 60; large, No 3, So co. No
3, So; kits No l, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 3, 55c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 80 per car or dray
load; orders 81 So; sacks 81 30@1 90 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
S0@65c per bblfor Alabsmaand Louisville
cement, and 81 s. to 81 80 for Rosendale.
| Plaster, 81 70. Fire brick SO so.
NAILS-Firm and unsettled at So %
to So 40 rates.
TOBAOOO--Q Quiet, at 29c to CSC for
twist and plug; IS to Boo for smoking,
and Doc TO ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Firm, with quotations rs
follows La, bcown, 7c to &c; yell
low clarified, 81 to 9Hc; white do 9Hc
to 9Ac; granulated l0Ac; powdered 10Mc;
crushed and cut loaf lie.
COFFEE-Ruling dull; Rio, 1lXal6,
per ID and "a to 26c for Java.
C0AL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery Coo per 100 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; roc for camel, and $l2 per ton for
| anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
l9K to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard
and 81 go to 81 rs for other qualities.
LIVESTOCK-Cattle in scant supply
and limited arrival at prices strong at
IL to Sc for poor to choice grass fed, 3 to
4Ac for rough to smooth fat, and 81 to
&c for medium to choice native and Texas
butcher stock. Hogs firm and in seant
offering at 4 to SIC. Sheep scarce, with
an active demand for lambs at 81 to 81 per
head, and AZ to 519c for good muttons.
Cows and calves Sl8 to S25 per head;
yearlines. 81 to Sc per head.
HORSES AND MULES - Good
demand for plantation stoek. Best
dray mules 15al6H hands high, $3.50
to 200; do IA to l6 hands $50 to $l65.
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75;
common to good saddle and harness sis
TO 500 each.