Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27
General Trade.

General Trade.
Business opened up this morning
with renewed vigor, after the suspen-
sion Of yesterday, and it is pleasant 10
say that mo- farther advance is indi-
Gated in articles of prime necessity.
Flour, which is now 81 per barrel
higher than it stood at this date last
year, is steady with q fair demand at
from 1913 to 1925 per barrel, as per
quality. Receipts during the past
three days, 1850 barrels. Cornmeal
is droopy and unsettled at $3.65 to
1870 per barrel in lots, and ten cents
higher in a small way. Receipts, past
three days, 1900 barrels, and the sup
ply is ample with a limited demand.
Feedstuffs are quiet at so to 81 cents
for corn in lots, and 81 to So cents
from store. Oats, 50 cents per bushel
by the car load, and So cents in a small
way. Bran, weak and plentiful at $25
per ton. Hay, sl7 to $40 per ton, and
$l2 per ton for prairie. Potatoes are
firm, and good sound qualities tend
upward. Dealers report choice very
at 1915 per barrel in lots, while
most of the offerings are in poor order
and retail at 1925 to $3.50 per barrel.
Onions, $3.50 to "a. per barrel. Cab
bage, $40 to $14 per 100 as per quality.
Apples, $3.50 to $500 per barrel with
choice scarce and firm. Oranges,
$3.50 to 500 per box. Lemons, $40 a
box in a small way. Butter is firm at
20 to 38 cents per pound as per quail
ity. Chickens, $3.50 to 50 25 per doz-
en-. Eggs, IS cents per doz.
PROVISIONS.-Cut meats are in good
supply and stiff in value, with the demand
for dry salt qualities increasing. Jobbers'
cash prices are as follows for loose and
packed: Bulk shoulders, sac to SIC per
Id; do clear ribs, lie to 11%c; do c sides,
11Lc to ll5c; bacon shoulders, 9Hc to
$3.50; do c ribs, llHc TO he; do c sides,
1880 to l2Hc; breakfast bacon, scarce, at
141lc; hams lac to loo as per quality and
brand; mess pork s2l 50per Dbl. Lard in
%tierces, l2Mc to lac, hf bbls and kegs 13c,
pals 1870, hf do 1870, 10 lb cases 14he,
5 lb do l4%c, 3 ID do l4Xc.
HIDES-Market unchanged; dry flint
No. l Ice; No. 2 l3c; green salt No. l.,
SIC; No. 2, 81 tallow, SIC beeswax,
20c.
WOOL-Unwashed bury 10 to l5c per
pound, Clear do 10. to 25c per h.; tub
washed do % to 35c.
NAILS-Firm at So 10 to SO Is per
keg rates. Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market firm. N. Y. brown
81 TO &c; do O, 81 to 10NG standard A,
10A; off A so c,granulated 1910, powdered
1870; crushed and cut loaf. l1Ac. Mo-
lasses firm at 38 to Acc per gal.
C0FFEE-Steady at 101s to 15Ac per ID
for Rio and "A TO 26 for Java.
,BALING STUFFS.-Market firm, at
81 TO 10Ac for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 14o per Id; ties, 81 go for standard,
and 81 40 to 81 80 for other qualities.
CANNED G00DS-Tomatoes 81 10
per dozen for 2 ID cans; 81 80 for 3 lbs;
Peaches 81 Is to 81 90 for 2, and 81 70 to
81 70 for IS; Strawberries and blackberries
81 45 for 2 ID cans.
BUILDING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Tennessee lime 95c to 81 for large bbls;
Louisville cement 81 rs; Rosedale So so
Portland 81 90 to S.; Plaster of Paris
81 90 brick $40 to $40 so per 1000 fire
do 4 to 4Kc each.
MACKEREL. = Firm MS fol-
lows; Kits, No. l. zoe; No. 2,
Csc; No. 8, 55c. Half bbls. No.
l, SO rs; do No. 2 and No. 3 large, So %.
SALT-From store, 81 60 to 81 65 per
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 45 and$l 55.
STARCH-Firm at 4hc per ID. Can
dies l4Hc and firm for full weight.
COAL-To steamers, per box, 55c
Pittsburp; same, city delivery, 6Oc per Dbl;
per hid for shipment, 81 80 for slack;
IS 90 for st. Bernard, So 50 for Pittsburg;
anthracite, per ton, $40 TO- st. Bernard,
per. carload, 60c per Dbl.
RICE-Per ID, Z TO SIC, as per quality.
LIVE ST0CK-Choiee beeves are
$50 gross; fat cows. heifers and oxen.
3 and SIC; fair and medium do. 2Ac and
&c; common to rough in good order,
IL and ~; cow and calves, $l2 to S25
each. yearlings, 80 to S.. Sheep and
lambs IN good demand, at SIC and 4c for
medium to choice mutton, and 81 to $3.50
per head for lambs; common sheep, 81 and
Sl.50 per head; Hogs in light movement,
ut &c TO &c, as per quality.
HORSES AND MULES - Saddle
horses, $125 to $225 each, as per quality;
plugs, soto $75. Heavy dray mules, $l75
TO SOS for IA to 16H hands.
SUNDRIES--Vinegar IL to loo per
gal; peanuts Az to &c for Tenn and
I TO SIC for Va. and firm Cider5 Wof
SIS % per hf. and 50 90 to $40 so per Dbl to
Mo. Grits and hominy 50 % to So 80 per
bb;. Seed rye 81 40 per bui do wheat
81 rs to 81 G0 barley 81 40; blue grass
81 Is to 81 go orchard do 81 90; herds do
COTTON SEED-Per ton $40 to sli;
cotton seed oil crude &c to 3Sc per gall do
refined Acc 10 48c; seed cake so 90 TO
g02 h0 nor ton. do meal ~ so