Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-06

years past tue ieelng Delng easier at
the close. The mills have all they
can do, and receipts by steamers from
above were 1000 bbls. Corn is very
active, with but little variation in
values. Receipts include barge with
1920 bushels from st. Louis, all for
millers use; also 5000 sacks, mainly for
feed. Oats have sold freely at
easier prices, and the stock is
liberal, receipts for the week being
1850 sacks. Bran. is firm and in light
offering, total receipts this week being
but 200 sacks. Western hay is easy,
with slow sale and fair receipts, while
Southern prairie is very scarce and
in demand, all now in market being in
second dealers hands, the water COW
cred railway west of the river pre-
venting shipment to this market.
Meats have been in active jobbing de-
mand, and dealers find it difficult to
keep themselves supplied. Prices
have advanced &c on both dry salts
and smoked qualities, and the latter
have gone up ic during the past two
weeks, while mess pork is SOC per Dbl
higher. Lard is steady and very little
changed from last week. Coffee is lc
lower and quiet. Sugar has declined
ic on some qualities, the demand be-
ing fair. The molasses market is un-
changed, except that better grades are
nearly exhausted at all points of sup.
ply. Whisky is 1c per gallon higher
in the West, prices being Sl.17, and
above any figure quoted for a series
Of years. Prospects favor a speedy
decline Of the river as on Friday the
lower Tennessee fell 80 inches in "a
hours, but the heavy rain of that night
ranged eastward and II inches fell
throughout East and Middle Tennes-
see. This may start the Cumberland
aud Tennessee again. However while
the water is higher here than for
many years, yet the indications point
to its subsistence in ample time for
crop planting.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-Jobbers quote
| -four at 81 60 to 6 so per Dbl for common
to good; Sc rs to 7 for family, ST 80 to
7 rs for choice to fancy and s. rs to 875
for patents. Cornmeal easy SO 95a4 per
Dbl for lots, and l0c higher in small
way.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn in ample sup
Eply at II to 78c per bu in carload lots, and
&c higher in a small way, for mixed and
| feed grades; white, 83c; in bulk, to &c
| less; bran scarce and firm at $24 per ton.
and 81 80 per cwt for wheat; corn do. SIS
per ton; oats, 63a54c per bu for Western
mixed in lots; at retail, 56a6Sc; black seed
SIC; rust proof 80a82c per bu: hay, SIG to
$40 so per ton for Western, and 81 10 to
20 per cwt, with an easy feeling South
ern prairie firm at Sll to u per ton and
Coo per cwt.
ESCULENTS.-Potatoes show firmness
in all seed qualities, while eating varieties
are slow and tending down; sales of b..
in lots at So l5aS 20 per Dbl; Jackson
whites, So rs; early russets, SO 60a3 60
peerless, SO 50a3 SIS; New York rose, SO IS
az rs; small orders, rs to Doc higher;
sweets So TOAD 90 per Dbl in small way;
tupips, 81 q per Dbl; onions easy al
81 50a2 Is per Dbl in lots, and 25c higher
at retail; beans SO Is to 3 IS per Blu fol
white; peas firm and scarce at y 25 to 2 65
per bu; celery scarce at 60c per bunch.
FRUITS.-Apples slow at SO 30 to 4 sc
per Dbl from first hands, and IA rs to 90
at retail; dried do 6 to &c per ID; peaches
dull at 3lla5c per ID in lots, and lc higher
in small way; oranges " 50a3 so per box
as per quality; lemons 50 50a4 so per box;
raisins 50 to 90 per box; bananas 81 81
TO per bunch.
POULTRY, EGGS AND GAME
Chickens range from 81 50 TO rs per
doz; dressed do l0al2c per ID; turkeys SO
to ID per dox for live and II to 13c per Ii
for dressed; geese slow at $3a3 80 per doz
ducks in demand ~ 60a3 80 per doz Eggs
unsettled at % to 28c per doz. Game in
demand. Squirrels Sla1 25per doz; quail
81 %; ducks scarce ut ST to 2 per doz;
rabbits, 81 50a2 per doz; venison 5 to 7c
per ID for whole, and to l0c for saddles
| BUTTER ANDCHEESE,-C Creamery
butter So to 45c per ID, as per class; West
ern, II to 34c common, u to l5c good
country, Is to l8c Cheese, 81 to l6c per
ID, the latter for Y. A.
PR0VISIONS.-Bulk meats are firm
as follows for cash: Shoulders 6%a6Tc per
lb r, 9Aa9%c clear, l0al0%c; bacon not
moving; breakfast bacon, 12Hal21sc;
hams, 1211al22c; mess pork, 1925 per
Dbl; lard, in tierces, ll24al2c; hf bbls and
kegs, l2Ac; pals, 1873 to 1890; dressed
hogs, to SC per ID; do beef to &c for
hind and to DC for fore quarters.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Market
quiet, with jobbers quoting as follows;
w 9Aa91sc, y 8&a9H c;seconds do TIA
SIC; 0 X 714aSc; hards l0allc. Molas-
SEES 50a65c per gal.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
l5al6c per ID for No. /, and l2al3c for
No. 2 day sailed, l0al3c; green, 5a6c;
green sailed, 7a8c. Tallow, 6Ha7c;
beeswax, lSa20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
35c per ID; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury,
l0a20c, Coon skins 10 to Sec each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
75c; deer 35a45c, possum 5al0c wolf and
panther 50caSl, beaver and bear 50ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 9Kal0Ac as in quality;
jute, 9Kal0AG Irvine lac per bundle;
ties, 81 95al go per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at So go rates.
COFFEE-Steady Mt 96al5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 60 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 55a
l 60 for Ohio river
| CANNED GOODS Strawberries, ETC.,
81 S5 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
for 2 ID and 81 75a2 Is for ID cans; toma-
toes, 81 l5al so for 2 and ID cans
T0BACCO-Common 33a3Sc for
ll-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, 95a45c; navy, S5a60t; smoking, S0a
52c for common TO fancy.
BUILDING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cement, 81 75c per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 80;
Portland, 81 50a5 Plaster, 81 co. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 95ca$1 Tenn.
do in 2H bu 6bls, 85a90c. Brick, 50 and
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