Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

SIS so to So; patents, Sc 50 to 81 So all
for round lots. Small orders 25c higher.
CORNMEAL-Active demand at 81 so
per Dbl for standard qualities from first
lands. and a little higher by jobbers.
CORN-Firm and scarce with a brisk
request at b9c for sound stock, and 3 to &c
higher iu a small way.
OATS-Market quiet, with free sales at
AN to 45c per bu for western mixed and
white, and 3to &c higher in a small way;
millet 81 50 TO 81 Toe per bu as per quality,
and firm Hungarian grass 81 so TO 81 80
per bu.
HAY-Active and firm, with a light
supply and quick sale for all arrivals at
$40 to S22 30 per ton for mixed and
clean timothy. Jobbers charge 81 Is
to 81 20 per cwt; Ark prairie is wanted at
SD per ton, and none arrived during the
week.
POTAToES-Table varieties firm at
50 SO to 81 so per Dbl from first hands,
according to kind and order; from store
81 60to " 70 per Dbl, and the same for
seed stock in a jobbing way, with no de-
mand for round lots. Sweets con.
tinue in active request at 81 65 per Dbl
for Middle Tenn. in car load lots.
and SO to SO % for Fla. yams or yellow
Manson and other choice stock; iobbers
charge So 80 per bbl.
MISUNDERSTANDING from gulf
coast gardens meet quick sales for all
arrivals. Cabbage from Louisiana So 10
to 81 % per crate; onions, $4 70 to
IS 25 per bbi; do. sets, IS TO SO per
but beans, 81 rs to 81 rs per blu for white;
| blackeyed peas, 81 rs to 81 % per bu;
Clay do, 81; lady do, 81 %; turnips, 81 Is
TO 81 25 per Dbl.
FRUITS-Apples in fair demand if
sound at 81 % to SO 25 per Dbl in lots and
in asmall way; off stock lower; oranges,
3 25to So so per box for Messina and Pal
ermo; lemons, So 70 TO 81 25per box; dried
apples in slack movement at3A to 4Ac
per lb; peaches, 6 to &c per lb; cranberries,
"a 80 to S. for half and S. to 50 for bbls;
bananas, 81 so to 81 so per bunch.
BUTTER AND -CHEESE-Cream-
cry butter, IS to 36c per lb; western dairy.
% to 27c; country, 10 to 20c, as per order;
butterine, dull at 10 to l8c; good butter
in request, and poor slow to sell. Cheese,
quiet at 15c for Y. A.; IA to 15c for full
cream, and 10H to 11Tc for poorer stock.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
easier, sales being at $300to 81 co per doz
for mixeI and best hens; geese slow and in
turkeys, do at Sl2 90 to $500 per doz'
ducks, 80 25 to So rs per dozen; eggs
firm and in fair supply at 16 to lie per
doz.
PROVISIONS Dry salt shoulders,
are 5H@5%c for loose and packed, do
clear ribs, 8K@8%c; clear sides, 8A@
SIC; smoked hams, 10H@10Ac; break
last bacon, 10h@l1c; bacon shoulders,
6A@619c do clear ribs, 9H@9}sc; do clear
sides, 9H@9%c. Mess pork SIT so per
Dbl. Lard, in %tierces, ll@l1Hc; do half
bbls and kegs, 1lH@ll5sc; do pals,
11Ac; do hf pals, l2Ac, with supply
light. Meats rule very unsettled and tend
upward.
SUNDRIES-Kraut, Inf bbls. SIS 80 to
Sc; bbls, SO so to Sl2; cider, "a 10 to SIS for
hf. and IS 80 to 50 for bbls.
NUTS-Tenn peanuts, dull at 2H@3c
per ID; Va, do 4@4Hc; c nuts $3.50 per
100 pecans, 5d8c for Ark: almonds and
walnuts l8c; Brazil do, S@l0c. Cocoanuts
50 80 to 81 90 per 100.
.HIDES-Dull and tending lower.
as follows: dry flint No; l, lac per lb; No.
2. l2c; dry sailed, lie; green, 5to &c; green
sailed, ~ to &c; Nc. 2 do, 7c; tallow 8 to
SIC; beeswax Zoe.
MACKEREL-No1, half barrels, "a 80,
No. 2, So CO. large, No 8, SO co. No
3, So; kits No ], 75c; No 2, Coo; No 3, 65c.
SALT.-Per bib, ST. 90 per car or drsy
load; orders 81 So; sacks 81 S091 80 for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime.
80@95c per bblfor Alabamaand Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 90 for Rosendale.
Plaster, ~ 70. Fire brick. SO 30.
NAIDS-Quiet. at So 10 rates.
TOBAOOO--Quiet at 29c to Doc for
| twist and plug; IS to 55G for smoking,
and Doc to ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Unsettled, with quotations as
| follows:sSLouisiana brown, 6Ac to &c. vel
low clarified, 81 to 9Hc; white do 9Hc
to 9Mc; granulated l0Hci powdered l0Ac;
crushed and cut loaf lie.
C0FFEE-Fair demand; Rio, 1l1a16!
per ID and "a to 26c for Java.
C0AL-To steamers 40 to 45c per box;
city delivery Coo per $50 ID Dbl for Pitts
burg; zoe for camel, and $12 per ton for
anthracite.
BALING STUFFS.-Market quiet. at
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 90 for standard.
and 81 60 to 81 10 for other qualities.
Observation-Disclosures cattle in light
supply, and prices strong at 81 5O95 per
cwt gross fol good to extra con fed Texas
and western, and 81 rs to s. for rough to
medium. Hogs scarce for good, and fair
supply of common, ut SH@4c for the lat.
ter, and 81 25@5 so for fair to best. Sheep
scarce and wanted, at $2G3 per head for
common, and 4K@5Hc per ID for medium
to choice mutton stock Cows and calves
are active, at $500 to $4,000 per head.
HORSES. AND MULES - Good
demand for plantation stogk. Best
dray mules bailey hands high, $50
to 200; do IA to 16 hands $50 to Sl65.
Horses, common to good plugs, $50 to SIS;
common to good SADDLE and harness $ll5
to 500 each.