Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-10

with receipts of 1000 SKIS and 5000
bushels in bulk. Bran has ruled quiet
with moderate receipts and demand.
Hay has been in active demand with
receipts of 1000 bales of all classes.
Choice hay came in very small con-
signments and met a ready market
at full prices. Meats have
advanced ! to ic per lb on dry salts,
and to &c on smoked classes, while
lard is 10c cwt higher. Butter went
down 5 to 80 per lb during the past
two weeks; coffee is 8c lower, while
sugar and molasses rule at the same
as for several weeks past, though the
tendency is upward. Whisky is
steady, at no change Of value.
Compared with a year ago, prices
Of consumptive articles in this market
show the following differences: Flour
is Soc to 81 per Dbl higher cornmeal,
81 so; corn 29a3Oc per bushel; oats,
loo; bran, 81 per ton, and hay is pre-
cisely the same value as a year ago.
Potatoes are from 40c to 81 per Dbl
higher; beans, 81 per bushel higher,
meats, II to lie per lb higher; butter,
4 to 15c per ID higher, while onions are
81 per Dbl cheaper. Cotton is
now 1sc higher, on middling, while
the lower grades range from 2 to &c
per pound higher now, than year
ago. The market for the week has
ruled generally quiet and in buyers
favor, though quotations are un-
changed. Sales here were light until
Friday and Saturday, when over 1000
bales changed hands. The total stock
now unsold here will not exceed As, 900
bales. Futures have declined in other
markets from 6 to IL points during the
week.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
-four as follows: Common, "a so to 60per
Dbl; good to medium family, S. rs to Is;
choice to fancy, Sc 80 to 25; patents,
81 rs to %. Cornmeal, active at "a Is
"A 20 in drayload or round lots and 10c
higher in small way.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn, in lots, IS to
86c per bu for mixed and 92c for white;
small orders 2 TO &c higher. Oats, go to Gle
per carload and 62a67 on orders. Bran,
$2I 50a25 per ton, and 81 30al 80 per cwt
Seed meal, 81 rs per cwt and $23 80 pei
ton. Hay Sl7 to ~ per ton and 81 10a
20 per cwt for Western, and Sl2 60als
per ton, also 60a70c per cwt for prairie.
: ESCULENTS.-Potat So rs to e
per Dbl in lots, and SO % to 4 per BIB
from store; new La, 81 50a1 Is per box
sweets So 50a4 90 per Dbl, cabbage
: 81 50a6 80 per crate; onions 81 Goa;
: per Dbl; cucumbers 76caS1 90 per doz
beets 60c per doz punches; lettuce $4a5 PEI
: Dbl; beans 81 10a4 rs for white medium
= peas 81 60a2 Is for stock and 81 76a3 90 fo
lady peas.
= POULTRY AND EGGS Chicken
Plentiful and lower So 00a3 rs per doz
: young spring inquired for at So 25a4 Q
= ducks in demand at SO 50a4 90 per doz
( geese dull at So to %; turkeys slow a
Sl2 to Is per doz. Eggs unsettled a
: l6 to l8c per doz.
= FRUITS-Apples are not.ofering, bu
= last sold at 81 to per bbl drieddo, CASH
per lb; peaches nominal at 4 to &c pc
ID; lemons, $8a4 per box as per quality
oranges, 81 so to per box, and $6a6 8
0 for repaclIed Messina in cases; raisins
g SO rs to 3 so per box.
Q PROVISIONS-Jobbers quote tn
}, market strong, and fill orders for cash a
q follows Bulk shoulders, 7Ha7Hc per Ii
C. r., 10Hal09sc c. S, l0%al0Ssc hams
J, l2sal3c; breakfast bacon, 12%al3c; poHi
s $40 rs per bbl bacon sides, 1lAallBc {
lr., llallAc; shoulders, 8a8Mc; lard
: in ties, ll%allssc hf bbls and kegs, Tx
Pc pals, 1215al2Ac; hf do, l2]9al2AC
Time orders are higher.
!, SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Jobber
d quote white at 9a911c; y at 8Na9C
crushed and pulv ut l0Kc; cut loaf a
l02c; granulated l0Ac. Molasses, 45
a Csc per gal.
! No. l at IS 70; No. 2 IS 90 No. 3, So 0C
i Kits; No. l, 81 TO- No, 2, 81; No; 8, 81.
t Understandable S240a2 0per bu
timothy, $3a3 70; Hungarian, 81 %; blu
grass, 81 25 orchard, 81 So red top an,
G herds grass, 81 10; clover, IS 75ae
broom corn, Sl5Oa20O per ton; brooms
= Isl 10 to 4 per doS per as quality.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry fin
t l5al6c per ID for No. l, and l2a13c 70
. No. 2; dry sailed, 10al2c; green, 5a6C
. green sailed, 6a7c. Tallow, 6a7C
o beeswax, l8a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a
S5c per ID; do unwashed, l6a26c; burry
10a26c. Coon skins 10 to Soc each; mini
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l6
Toe; deer 26a35o, 'possum 5al0c wolf an,
panther 60caSl, Ieaver and bear 50caSa
I BAGGING AND TIES-Bagginj
n quiet. On orders 9hal0Ac as in quality
q iute, 9Hal0Aci twine lac per bundle
. ties, 81 36al 60 per bundle.
VI NAILS-Firm at 50 60 rates, som
l. dealers asking higher.
OOFFEE-Quiet at 9hal5c for Ri
n and 24a26c for Java.
It SALT-Steady at 81 35al Co per sael
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 As
q / so for Ohio river the latter dull.
}; CANNED G00DS-Strawbernes etc
= 81 So per doz cans; peaches, 81 2
3" for 10 and ST 7ba2 70 for ID cans; toma
l. toes, 81 l0al 45 for 2 and ID cans
n seconds do, $l Ubal 90.
" TOBACCO-Common 33a38c 70
10 l1-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a60C
10 twist, Boa 45c; navy, 35a60t; smoking, 80
! SIC for common TO fancy.
q BUILDING MATERIAL-Lou
| cement, stiff at $l65al 75c per BIB
"a Rosdale, So 90 Portland, 81 80 t
~ CO. Plaster, 81 90; Alabam
h lime in large bbls, 95caS1; TenI
N do in ~ bu bbls, 85a90c. Brick, $40 an
:" $l2 80 per NJ fire do, a and 41Sc each.
IN SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at I
ID TIC for Tenn. red and white, and lie per |
for Va pecans, 7a8c for Ark, l2c fc
10 Texas and Ice for large La; cocoanut
a 61Ea6c; cider S. for half and SO for bbls. {
- Mo, vinegar; l2h to Ice per gal; mine
80 meat 811c per ID in hf bbls and 9a0}Sc i
10 pals; grits and hominy So 25 TO 3 so per BIB