Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01

general Trade.

Stormy weather again interieres
with business in an unpleasant way.
Receipts continue meager, and are
inadequate to the demand, with feed
in request at firm figures. Meats are
unsettled with an upward tendency;
potatoes are higher, and breadstuffs
exhibit little or no change sugar and
molasses occupy a droopy position,
while coffee is weaker; eggs are lower,
but plices are still too high for the
demand to be much increased lard is
firm and higher. The movement in
general merchandise has been quite
brisk for several days past, and pro-
spects are good for a lucrative spring
traffic.
FLOUR-Quiet, with a fair demand for
medium and higher grades round lots sell
as follows: xxx. 81 70; family, 50 % TO
50 so; choice, 50 so to $75; fancy, So to
So 10; patents, 81 to 81 rs; small orders,
25c per Dbl higher.
CORN MEAL-To tho trade, prices
are 81 20 per Dbl from the mills, while
TO arrive" lots offer ut 81 90 and less, the
tendency being toward lower prices.
C0RN-Sales Of shelled ut Doc per
bushel, and car at 66c from first hands;
prices firm; in u small way, $4,000.
OATS-Brisk demand at 46c per bu
from first hands, and 46@5Oc in a small
way.
BRAN-Last sales of wheat were at
SIG so per ton. Corn bran, from the
nails, SIG per ton; in a small way, %c9Sl
per cwt.
HAY-Market firm at Sl8 to So per
ton for western, and 81 Is per cwt in a
small way; Arkansas prairie, firm at SO
per ton by the carload and Soc per cwt
in n small way.
POTAT0ES-Firm and scarce; first
dealers hold p~eachblows at 81 90, and a
round lot Of western 0 5 sold at 81 60
per Dbl; no russets offer; eastern rose, from
first hands, 50; retail dealers charge an
advance Of 25c per Dbl. Sweets $3 per
Dbl from store. All grades stiff and look
ing upward,
ESGULENTS-Cabbage, IS to IS per
crate for Louisiana; kraut, S. to S. for
half, and 50 to $ll for Dbl; turnips 81 10
per Dbl; beans 81 60 to 2 rs per bu for
medium and choice medium; lady peas,
81 80 to . 25 per bushel; blackeyed peas,
II Is to rs per bushel celery, 40 to 6Jc
per bunch.
FRUITS-Apples firm, for sound, at
81 Is to 275 per bblfor ehoice;oranges & $50
TO 50 so per box for Palermo; no Lousi-
ana offering; lemons $250to3 30 per box;
dried apples firm and in demand 81 to &c
per pound; peaches 8 to &c, and l6e for
peeled %cranDeries, "a 70 to So for half
bbls, aud So TO 50 for bbls.
BUTTER-Oreamery 36@37c per lb;
western table and dairy, 20926c; country
l20l8c; butterine l9G2lc; poor stock
slow anL plentiful; good, in fair de-
mand.
EGGS-Lower and unsettled, at IS to
3Sc per dozen.
POULTRY AND GAME-Chickens
in good demand at 81 so to So Is per doz,
for live and dressed; turkeys 50 to So per
dozen for live and IL to l2c per ID for
dressed; ducks scarce, at So Is to SO so per
-dozen;gecse "a 50Q$6 per dozen, the latter
for choice dressed; squirrels 81 90 per doz;
rabbits 81 % to 81 90 quail 81 Is to
81 90; ducks 81 IS to ST so for teal and
mallard; v~enison scarce, at. &c toSc whole,
| and u to 13c for saddles. Reelfoot fish
to &c per ID.
FRESH MEATS-Dressed hogs 5 to &c
per ID for country and city dressed; beef
2o to 40 for fore, and Sc to 7c for hind
quarters; live hogs 3M to 4Mc, and brisk
demand for good butcher grades.
PROFESSIONALISM meats unsettled.
and higher; shoulders As to 5Ac
clear ribs ~ to 7Xc; clear sides IL T.
Sc. smoked hams 10 TO l0lc;; breakfast
bacon 10 to l0%G smoked shoulders quiei
at 59I to &c; do ribs, 81 to 89sc; do cleai
sides, So to 9Kc; mess pork, $l4 per Dbl
LARD Market firm and tending
upward, tierces 9M@9Nc; kegs and bal
bbls, l0%@l0Ac pals lOH@llG country
lsrd 8 to He per b.,
NUTS-Peanuts dull at 2A@3c in lots
cocoanuts 4@419c per lbi Arkansas pecanI
Sc per ID.
= lie; do No. 2 loo dry salted l3c; green d.
/, 6 to 7c sailed Sc; No. 2 do SCI tallow 8 e
SIC; beeswax Zoe per ID.
FURS-Deer skins, 40c; sheep, 25c &
T 81 IS; bear, 81 O0to 6 co. mink, 26c to 50c
coon, Is to G0c for hunter, and 10 TO 40,
country handled; otter, 60c to $6 co. ben
} yer, SOC to SIS co. wild cat, Is to 25c; fox
/, 4Oc to 81 20; muskrat, l0c; 'possum, 5 I,
1Oc; wolf, SOC to 81 co. panther, 5Octo$l %
7 skunk, 10 to zoe; rats, 5 to l0c.
MACKEREL-Nol /, half barrels, 81 81
No. 2, SO GO; large, No 3, S. co. N
8, So; kits Mol, Zoe; No 2, 65c; No 8, 55c
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 30 per caro- drs.
| load, orders 81 90 sacks 81 9O@l 90 10
> eoarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound
BUILDING MATERIAL. Lime
= sOO9Oc per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
Z and 81 65 for Rosendale. Plaster, 81 70
: Fire brick, DC; pressed brick, $40 pc
= thousand.
: NAILS-Per keg, 80 90 rates.
= TOBACCO Prices range at 29c to 3D.
for several grades oftwist and llinch plug
: fancy grades ranging from Doc to 81 &C
: cording to brand. Smoking tobacco 30 t
- SUGAR-Ruling firm, at 6Kc to rs
7 for Louisiana brown; 7Ac TO SIC 70
clarified; 90 to 9Ac for white do lOc fo
graduated; l0$c for powdered and IL
= for crushed and cut loaf. Molasses irn
at 40 to 46c per gallon.
Il COFFEE-Steady, Rio. 1lkc to le
- per ID and "A to 26c for Java.
- CATTLE AND SHEEP, Goo
- butcher stock are in light supply, and a
= classes are firm. No Texas have bee
coming in. Prices range from 81 to AZ
for grass fed to good corn fed stock. Shee
arc scarce at 81 80 to ~ 90 foT. commp
ner head. up to SIC por pound for choiC
;. butcher mutton. Lambs are also soart
y and higher. MILK COWS range from $40
'r $40 per head.
q COAL-Supply fair and local deman
active. To steamers 40 to 45c per DO
s. city delivery Zoe per 1870 ID Dbl for Pitt
zee for camel, and sl2 per ton f
Il anthracite. ~