Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-10

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the prolific crop Of green grass sup
plying food for plantation stock.
FLOURANDM EAL-Flour is quiet al
unchanged prices and in moderate move
ment at the following prices TO jobbers
xxx, 81 25; family, IS 90 choice and
fancy, Sc so to 81 90, smaller orders Dc
higher. Cornmeal, easier at 81 70 to $3.50
per Dbl from first hands, and l0c higher in
a small way.
FEED STUFFS-Corn is easier at 81
to Coo per bushel, the latter for clear white
in dray load lots; small orders 81 to 64c.
Oats steady at Ale per car load and As to
Soc in a small way. Bran quiet at SIG per
ton and 80 to 95c per cwt; corn do, $40 90
per ton; hay easier at So to $24 per ton
and 81 rs to 81 30 per cwt for western, and
$l6 for prairie; mlllet So Is to 81 80 per
bu for Tenn.
ESCULENTS-0ld potatoes So 50 to
SO per Dbl; new do, 81 so per 3-peck box;
sweets, SO to 3 so per Dbl. Cabbage 81 so
to S. per crate, as in quality. Onions 50 90
to So per Dbl; spring do So per Dbl. Green
peas 81 90 to 81 so per bushel;
snap beans 81 90 to SO per 3-peck
box. White beans, scarce at 81 rs to 81 90
per bu us per quality. Stock peas, 81 IS
to 81 Is per bu in cur loads and small
jobbing lots
FRUITS AND NUTS-Apples in
scant stock at 50 90 10 IS 90 per Dbl.
Oranges So so per box for small
and 50 90 for large imported. Lemons
So 90 to SO 70 for Palermo; and So rs to
to $4 rs for Messina per box; of stock
selling lower. Strawberries, So 90 to "a per
case of twenty-four quMts. Bananas
in good supply at ST so to 81 80
per bunch; dried apples, 4 10 41lc per
ID; do peaches 6 to &c; peanuts, ~ to &c
Tenn. red and Va. white; pecans, 5 to Sc;
cocoanuts So to So 50per 100; tilberts, wal
nuts and almonds, lit l9c yer ID; Brazil
do, 8 TO Zoe.
BUTTER Fresh grass is in demand
if carefully put up and meets ready mar
ket at IS to &c per ID; poorer qualities
u to l5c; western in light movement at
p to 25c for table and dairy; creamery 81
to 33c; butterine dull at l6 to lie.
POULTRY AND EGGS = Spring
chickens sell readily if of good size and
prices range from 81 80 to SO 90 per doz,
old chickens have been selling at So rs
to So 90 per doz for ROSTERS and mixed,
and 81 to 81 30 for all hens; a few turkeys
came IN and sold at $l7 to 81 per doz.
Dlcks are dull at 81 rs to So 81. Geese
are fiat ut SO to So so per doz. Eggs weak
at II to IN per doz.
PROVISIONS-Jobbers' cash prices
are rs follows: Bulk shoulders.6 81 to 6%c;
do C ribs, 81 to Sc; do clear, 81 to 9Ac,
Pork per Dbl. $lS SO bacon shoulders,
I to TIC; do c ribs 90 to 924c; do
sides, 9B to 10c; breakfast bacon, 1919
to liz; hams, IL to He; country
hams, So to &c; country clear sides,
81 to 92c; shoulders, G% to GAo. Lard,
liz to lie for ties; l2S to l2hc for kegs
and hf bblsi l2H to 12Hc for pulls;
country do, lie.
WO0L-Dull at S5c per ID. for tub
washed; Zoe for unwashed free from burs,
rs to &c for bury and washed; and 10 to
l5c for inferior bury.
SUNDRIES-Kraut hf bbls, S. 80 to
Sc; bbls, SO 80 to $l2; cider, "a rs to SIS for
Inf, and So so to SO for bbls.
HIDES-Dull, dry No. |, l6c No, 2
l2c; green salt No. l, Sc; Moo. 2, 61I; dead
green 5 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax zoe;
wool very duh at 10 to 35c as per quality;
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, "a Oh.
No. 2, SO co. large, No 8, SO co. No
8, SO; kits No /, Toe No 2, 65c; No 8, soc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 80 per car or drsy
load; orders 81 So; sacks 81 80@1 so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per found.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Lime.
80@85c per Dbl for Alabama and Louisville
cement, and ST s. to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 81 70. Fire brick. So so.
NAILS-0uiet at So 10 pc: keg
rates.
twist and plug; IS to 55c for smoking,
and 55c to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market quiet. N. Y.
brown, nc; do g, 8 to SAc+
do x, 8 to 9Ac for standard
grades; graduated, l0c; powdered, 1890;
crushed and powdered l0Hc.
COFFEE-Quiet at l0H to l5c Per ID for
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
OOAL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery Coo per 100 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; Toe for camel, aud $l2 per ton for
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, at
81 TO lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per 10; ties, 500 for standard,
and 81 60 to ST. rs for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at . at &c per ID
for medium qualities,
HORSES AND MULES Fair
demand for plantation stosk. Best
dray mules 15al6K hands high, $3.50
to 200; do IA to l6 hands $50 to Sl65
Horses, common togood plugs, $50 to $15i
common to good saddle and harness $lle
toS200 each.
LIVE STOCK-The market is about
bare of butcher cattle and receipts contin-
nc light; price range from 4 to Az c for
medium to choice and ~ to 4c for grass
fed and other qualities yielding A to Z
cIsh. Cow and calf IS to $25, sheep in
'Nnt offering at 4 70 s for mutton grades
g y very scarce nj - to "a per head.
lam. 'aFce and finn at 4 to 5Hc,