Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

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Parties doing business with this Company will
n all premiums paid in. ~60xxxiii6O
corn for milling, two carloads
of oats have been among
the receipts offered since last report
During the past four days receipts in,
clude 1850 bbls -four, $500 bbls meal
800 SKIS corn, 450 SKIS oats and s car.
loads Western hay; also Z carloads Of
Southern prairie do. The -four mar
ket is very quiet, with light demand
jobbers either well supplied or wait
ing and hoping for a declineS there
fore sales are slow to make, while
holders are stiff. Meal is in a wari.
able state. Early yesterday a prOmi.
nent dealer tramped the entire length
Of our leading business streets and
could not see a barrel at 1885. Near
noon a speculator took all he had al
$3.50, and soon after exhibited a tele-
gram quoting So. BATS st. Louis, which
with 4Oc freight, is $4.15 here. Price;
were then quoted higher, and 81 wa;
given as sellers asking figures, but
few transactions were reported during
the latter part Of the day. Meats are
quoted higher. Cabbage and potatoes
are lower and unsettled. Eggs arc
varying, and poultry is in free de,
mand at the usual figures.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Order prices
for -four are as follows: Single Il
treble X, 81 so to Sc 90 per bbb family.
choice and fancy. So 25to 81 70; patents Il
to $3.50 per bbl.The lower classes are in fail
Cornmeal unsettled and holders asking
"a 90 for dray load lots; small orders 10C
per barrel higher.
FEED STUFFS- Corn no lots offer
last sales of round lots being TIC per
bu from store 50 to SIC; oats by the car
load, firm at 81 to SIC; in a small way, 54c;
bran quoted at $22 90 per ton and 81 20
per ,cwt; cotton seed meal 81 Is
per cwt. Hay, firm at $21 for
Western timothy in carload lots
and 81 10 per cwt in a small way;
Southern prairie hay, $l1 to Sll so per ton
and 65c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potato es droopy at $3.50
to So 30 per Dbl on arrival and
in a small way for good stock;
onions, weak at 81 25 to "a 90 on
arrival and 50c higher in a small way;
cabbage, plentiful ut 81 90 to S156
per 100 head for Northern choice
and packed at 40 to zoe extra for
cost Of crates; beans, 50 60 per bu for
white medium hand picked and 25c higher
at retail; kraut, IS 25 to So 60 per half and
S1025 to 81 so for Dbl.
FRUITS Apples ~ 25 TO So 50per Dbl
for Western, as in Equality; home growth
81 so per Dbl, loose and s. $50 packed;
peaches, 25c to Soc per Ld bu box; Ouch
ess pears 70 to 81 per bu; melons. $40 GO
tn $50 per 100; lemons firm at 50 10 Sl2
per box; oranges 81 TO ST 50 per box; dried
fruit "A to 519c for apples and 6 to
&c for peaches.
SUNDRIES-Vinegar y to 15c per
gall; peanuts AZ to SIC for Tenn and
81 to SIC for Va and firm.
LUTHERAN grades scarce, firm and
in demand. Creamery 80 t. 34eper ID;
Western table, 24c; fancy dairy, 2Gto % ;
fresh country, 20to22c; common, 10 to 16c;
butterine. 20c
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickons
are in good demand and fair offering at
So to So per doz, as per size ana order.
Eggs, scarce at IL TO Zoe per doz. and
unsettled.
PROVISIONS-Markct stiff and tend
ing higher. bulk shoulders, ~ to ~,
do c ribs, l0A to 1919; do sides, 105s to
1917; smoked shoulders, 81 to 81; do c
ribs III to 112s; do c sides, liz to 1124;
mess pork, $40 per Dbl; breakfast bacon,
l2N to 13c; Hams, 1871 to 141Sc. Lard ia
ties l214 to l21; kegs and half bbls l21S;
pals, 12H to 1870.
HIDES-Market quiet; dry flint No,
lGc; No. 2l3c; green salt No !,
SIC; No. 2, 6Ki tallow, 6HG beeswax,
zoe.
WOOL-Unwashed bury 10 to l5c per
pound, Clear do Is TO 25c per h.; tub
washed do 25 TO S5c.
NAILS-Steady sts3 90 PEI keg rates.
Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market firm. N. Y. brown
~ toS SIC; do C,8T to 9He standard A,
10A; of A 9Ac, granulated 1870, powdered
l0Lsc; crushed and cut loaf, NC. Mo-
lasses quiet at 80 to Acc per gal.
COFFEE-Firmat Iii to l51Ec per ID
for Rio and "A to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market firm. at
10 lto he for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, l5c per lb; ties, ST 65 for standard,
and 81 40 TO 81 80 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 5 to G per 10
for medium qualities.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Tennes-
see lime 50 to 95c per Dbl; Alabama do
IS TO 81; Louisville cement 81 60 to 81 rs;
Rosedale So to 81 3d. Portland So; Plaster
Of Paris 81 90 Brick SO to $40 so per 1000;
Fire do 3H to &c each.
MACKEREL.-New stock rs fol-
lows: Kits, No. l, zoe; No. 2,
Csc; No. 8, 55c. Half bbls. No.
/, So rs; do No. 2 and No. 3 large, Sc Is.
SALT-From store, 81 90 to 81 65 per
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 As and 81 so.
STAROH-Firm at 4c per ID. Can
dies lzLc and firm for full weight.
LIVE STOCK-Cattle are in light sup
ply, and active demand for butcher grades
at 30 70 &c per ID gross for medium and
choice native and Texas. Rough
native in good order, &c to PIC common
and mixed to good grazing cattle, lAc to
&c; yearlings "a to So; cows and calves,
SIS to $50. Sheep in good supply and
Slow, Sc to SIC for choice, 81 % TO 81 SO
pey head for common. Lambs, So 30 to
IS O6 e4ch. Hogs, in light movement, at
5 to &c per y.