Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-16


has met free demand for all excep
very small spring chickens, which g
off slowly. while eggs are down con
sideraAly. Coffee is quiet and a shade
lower: sugar unsettled, and som,
grades higher. Rice is lower. Cattl,
are scarce and firm. The volume o
trade has fallen off fully one-hali
since the present month opened. Ev
cry agriculturist is busy in his fields
hence has no time to waste in mercan.
tile traffic. 1t is pleasant to announce
that a decline Of over ten feet il
the river at Cairo, and a fall of one
foot here within the week past, give.
promise Of the river being within it
banks from Cairo to the gulf at al
early period. So far only a few 0.
the low places have suffered, and these
only to a limited degree, from water
backing up through the swamps in the
rear.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Market fol
-four quiet at "a 25NS5 % for XXX
to family, IS 80; S. 60Q$6 90 for choice
to fancy So 50 to 81 for patents; small
orders 25c higher. Cornmeal in demand
with light supply at at 81 80 per Dbl in
served lots, and 5G10c higher for dray
loads or small orders. Receipts Of ioul
the past week reach 1900 bbls, ard Of meaI
5000 bbls.
FEED STUFFS-Corn easy, with am
pie supply at 5GH to 59c per bushel, a,
per quality and order: From store 60g68c;
Oats firm at 461E to 47c in car loads, and As
to 60c from store, with few in market
Bran quiet at SIS per ton and 9Oc per ewtj
corn do, $40 50@1l 90 per ton; hay weak
and slow at $20G$2} 80 per ton, and
81 rs to 81 30 per cwt for western stock,
and SIS per ton for southern prairie,
Tennessee millet 81 % to 81 50 per bu.
ESCULENTS- Old potatoes drag at
the nominal prices of 81 Is to 81 10 per
Dbl in lots, and 25c higher in a small
way; new from La, Sc per Dbl; cabbage
from LIE firm at $4@4 so per crate if
sound; Onions S3a4 for old inferior stock,
and So 50s6 10 per Dbl for young spring ;
green peas 81 per bushel for home growth
loose; white beans - t0a3 90 per bu, and
scarce; stock peas 81 S5a2 10 per bu. with
a light jobbing demand, and little request
for car load lots.
POULTRY AND EGGS - Young
chickens 81 so to So so per dOz, as in
size, small going off slow and large size
brisk. Old stock range from 81 70
to 81 so per doz, the latter for extra hens;
turk US, ducks and geese are slow and out
Of season Eggs plentiful and weak at
.91zalOc per doz.
PROVISIONS Meats are lower in
tone, especially for dry salts. Jobbers cash
prices are Tor bulk shoulders, 81 to SIC;
do C ribs, 50 to &c; do clear, 9 to 9Hc,
smoked shoulders Z to re; do ribs 9% to
9Mc; sides, 81 to Zoe; hams, l02sall15
breakfast bacon, l0Hto II; mess pork
Sl8 90 country shoulders, Ga to &c; do
hams, 8 to 9Ac. Lard, 115s to lie
for ties; 1873 for kegs and hf bbls,
l2K to 12Ac for pals, and half do
country lard, l0A to lie.
FRUITS AND NUTS - Straw
berries cheap at " per case of "A quarts.
Oranges SO 6a8 so per box for medium,
and Sc 00a6 so for imperial Messina.
Lemons $500 to So 20 for Palermo;
and So rs to 425 for Messina.
Bananas in good supply at 81 so to
$3.50 per bunch; dried apples, 4 to 4Ac per
ID; do peaches q to SIC; peanuts, "a to 4c
Tenn. red and Va. white; pecans, 5 to SC;
cocoanuts SO to SO 60per 100 tilberts, wal
nuts and almonds, II to l3c yer lb; Brazil
do, 8to Zoe.
BUTTER-Good demand for fresh Of
ferings at 70 to 23c for best Ark. prairie,
and 10 to l8c for country, with cooking
qualities at II to loo; creamery 30 to 32c;
western table y to DC and in light move
ment; butterine dull at IL to Tic.
HIDE5-Dull, dry flint No. / 1Gc; No
2 ll@l2c; green salt No. l, &c; No. 2, 81;
dead green 8 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswax
zoe; wool very dull at 10 TO 35c as per
quality.
MACKEREL-No1. half barrels. 81 80,
No. 2, SO co. large, No 3, So co. Nc
s, SO; kits No !, Zoe; No 2, Csc; No 3, 55c
SALT.-Per bhl, 81 so per car or dray
load; orders 81 So; sacks 81 S0@l 30 ioi
coarse and fine. Rock salt DC per found
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
80@85c per bblfor Alabama and Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, 50 76 Fire brick, 50 70.
NAILS-Weak at So 10. PEI keg
rates.
Quiet, at 29c to soc for
twist and plug IS to 55e for smoking,
and 55e to 81 for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff and prices irreg.
ular. N. Y. brown, TIC; do 9, 8 to SIC
do A, 8 to 9Hc for standard
grades; ~granulated, 10Ac; powdered, l0kc
crushed and cut loaf, l0Hc. Molasses
quiet at 81 to Acc per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at l0X to loo yer lb fol
Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet, al
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality
Irvine, 16c per b; ties, 81 On for standard
and 81 90 to 81 70 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 5 at 60 per Il
for medium qualities.
HORSES AND MULES - Fair
demand for plantation stosk. Best
dray mules 15al6H hands high, $50
to 200; do IA TO 16 hands $50 to Sl65
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to $75
common to good saddle and harness $llt
toS2O0 each.
LIVE ST0CK-Receipts of butcher
cattle continue light and prices strong al
8 to SIC for rough to good fat and choice
corn fed, while grass fed range from ~ tC
&c; and fat heifers or cows 81 to &c. Sheer
are wanted, with few offering at 4 to sc
and 81 so to So per head for common
Lambs are in request at 81 to s. per head
Hogs are in scant offering and firm at
to SIC. Cows and calves, $l8 to S25 pei
head; yearlings, 81 to So.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.