Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-03

demand at $l4 90 per ton for wheat,
and 85c per cwt; corn bran, quiet at $40
TO $l1 per ton. hay slow to sell at SIT
to $2l per ton, with light offerings Of
western, and in a small way 81 10 to 81 %
per cwt; no arrivals of prairie; last sales,
Sl5 per ton.
PROVISIONS AND LARD-Market
firm for all classes Of meats; smoked
packed for cash; do C ribs 90 to 9Hc; do
c sides 10 to l0hc; hams stiff at IL to
1lHc; breakfast bacon lie; mess pork
tl8 so per Dbl; dry salt shoulders 6A to
SIC; do c ribs 80 to SIC; do sides 9 to
9Tc. all for cash. Lard, l13s to 1lTc for
ties, l1%c kegs and hf bbls; lie for pals.
BUTTER Ordinary country. II to
l5c per ID; choice do, Is to Zoe; yellow
prairie, &c; western, II TO DC creamery,
10 to CSC; butterine droopy IA to lie.
ESCULENTS- Potatoes. new stock
dropping at "a SO to IS per Dbl; cabbage,
81 to 81 90 per crate for home growth;
onions in scant offering, with sales
at S. 81 to Sc per Dbl; beans, none
offer, with prices given at 81 rs to So
per Dbl for white medium; stock peas,
81 rs to 81 IS per bu from store; clay and
w%hippoorwill do, firm and in demand ut
81 81 per bu from store. Fresh cucum-
bers and squash, rs to 40c per doz.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
81 so to So % for old, as per quality;
young spring in plentiful supply at 81 70
to 81 Is for small size, with good large
scarce and easy to sell So to 81 70 per doz.
A few turkeys offer with no buyers found.
Ducks slow at 81 so per doX. Geese 10
sale. Eggs in better offering, with prices
lower and sales ut 10 to l4c per doz.
FRUITS AND NUTS-Raspberries
sell at 81 rs per "a quart case. Lemons
range Fl ON 81 so to So so per box. Oranges
81 Soto So for imperial and Messina in lots,
and Soc higher in a small way; Palermo
fruit not wanted. Bananas 81 60 to z so per
bunch; dried hpples dull 4 to 4Hc per
ID; do peaches 6 to 61zc; peanuts, dull at
~ to &c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans, 5 to &c; cocoanuts steadier at So
to SO so per 100 flberts, walnuts and
almonds, Il to lSc per lbi Brazil do, 8
to l0c.
HIDEe--Prices firm; dry flint No. l
16H;No . l3c; green salt No. 1,Sc; No.2, 81;
dead green 5 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax
20S wool very dull at 10 to S5c as per
] QuullbJs
MAOKEREL-No1, half barrels. SO Is.
No. 2, So 90 large, No 8, So so;
kits No Toe No 2, Csc; No 8, Doc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 Is per car or dray
load; orders 81 80; sacks 81 309l 80 foI
coarse and fine. Rock salt 70 per round.
BUILDING MATERIAL.- Lime.
80@S5c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 s. to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 Is Fire brick. So 80.
NAILS-Weak at $S 10 per key
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet. at aOc TO 55c for
twist and plug 20 TO Doc for smoking,
and Doc to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR - Market stiff. N. 7. brown,
IKE; do @, 8 to SIC standard A, lOc If
A 91Sc to 9Nc graduated, l0Nc; powdered
10Ac; crushed and cut loaf, lie. Molasses
quiet at 81 10 45c per gal.
'COFFEE-Firm at II 10 l6c per Id for
Rio and "a to 20 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
Q 10 lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per 10; ties, 81 % for standard,
and ST 60 to 81 Is for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair nj 5 to 6 per ID
for medium qualities,
LIVE STOCK-The market shows
lighter demand for butcher cattle. S3to SO
Der cwt for corn fed, and 81 10 to 81 for
grass, according to quality. Cows and
calves $40 10 $50; yearlings 81 to
So common to good grazing
stock 81 80 to SB per cwt; sheep
and lambs Arm and IN ready demand al
81 50 to 80 so per head for lambs and 81 %
to "a so for sheep.