Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-31


noted In meats, Nhils issdstafs are
abous a. previously quoted. Two
steamers arrived yesterday with con.
siderable additions to the general
stock, but the weather was too bad for
handling round lots, and transactions
were light this forenoon.
FLOUR AND MRAL.-Local iobbers
quote orders for -four as follows: Common
to good family, 81 60 to 6 80 per Dbl;
choice to fancy, Sc rs to Z rs; patents,
IS 70 to 20. Cornmeal in brisk demand
SO IS 10 90 per Dbl, In drayload or round
lots, and loo higher on small orders.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn active at 70 TO
SIC per bu for all classes in lots
and TO &c higher at retail;
oats dull, IS to 64c in lots and s. to
6Sc at retail; bran firm at S23 50a24 per
ton and 81 % per cwt; hay easy and slow
sale at Sl6a2l per ton, and 81 10al 20
per cwt for Western timothy, and S8a9
per ton also 60a6Oc per cwt for Southern
prairie.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are jobbing
at IS 50a4 % per Dbl for all kinds of table
and seed qualities; sweets quiet at 50 25a
3 30 per Dbl; turnips dull at 81 rs per
Dbl from jobbers kraut fat at So IS TO
4 30 for hf and 50 TO 10 for bbls; sew
eral lots shipped south during the past
week for a market; La cabbage IS 90 TO
4 so per crate for common TO good: beans,
So 10 TO rs per bu for white med; peas.
81 rs to 2 % per bu
FRUITS.-Apples vary from "a so to
8 80 per Dbl; dried do, 6 to 10 per ID,
dried peaches, TO &c; lemons IS 60a4 SO
per box; oranges S9a10 per Dbl for ia
maica and So 80 per case for Valencia;
raisins, So to 80 per box, as per quality.
POULTRY. AND EGGS.-Chickens
are in demand at 81 so 10 8 10 per doz, as
per quality; turkeys, 50 to Is per doz
for live and II TO 14c per ID for dressed;
geese, $Sa3 Is per doz; ducks, sSa3 so
per doz. Eggs 28c per doz.
BUTTRR AND CHEESE. = Butter
rules somewhat easier. Creamery, 8S to
doc per ID; Western, "a to 80c, common
cooking, II to l6c; country, II to 18c; but
terine, or limitation butter, l8 to 19c;
cheese, 14a16c for Y. A., and az and lac
for other qualities.
GAME. = Qusils, 81 so per doz;
squirrels, 81 Is per doz; venison, to
&c per ID whole, and 7 to 10c for saddles;
ducks, 81 to per doz; rabbits, 81 per doz.
PROFESSIONALISM meats in active
demand and scarce; Shoulders, 6Aa6Ic
per ID; do C. T., 9Ha9Nc; do clear, 10
al01Sc; hams, 1870; breakfast bacon, 1917
al25sc; mess pork, $40 per Dbl; lard, l2c
for tierce' l2kc for kegs and hf bbls, and
12Aal3c for pals.
COTTON SEED-Per ton $l2 90 loose
from wagons and 81 to $12 in SKIS at the
landing; crude oil AZ to 45c per g.; refined
do. 65 to Coo; cake S24 to % per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Ma
steady, with jobbers quoting as follows:
w 9Aa91c, y cS2za9A cseconds do TIA
SIC; 0 X 7Aa8c; hards 10allc, Molas-
ses 60a65c per gall
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
15a16c per lb for No. /, and l2al3c for
green sailed, 7a8c, TellOw, 6Xa7c;
beeswax, l9a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
S5c per ID; do unwashed, i5a25G bury,
l0a26c. Coon skins 10 TO 5Qc each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
75c; deer 95a45c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf and
panther 50caSl, beaver and bear 5QcaS4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 91zal0Hc as in quality;
jute, 9Hal0Zc; Irvine lac per bundle;
ties. 81 35al 60 per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at SO 65 rates.
CQFFEE-Steady at 9hal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 Boa
go for Ohio river.
CANNED GOODS-Strawber ETC.,
81 36 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
for ID and 81 75a2 70 for 9 Id cans; toma-
toes. 81 l5al 80 for and ID cans.
T0BACCO-Common 33a3Sc for
11-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, 35ai5c; navy, S5a60,; smoking, goa
&c for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisville
cement, 81 Toe per Dbl; Rosedale ~ 90;
Portland, 81 50a6; Plaster, 81 80. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 95caSl; Tenn.
do in ~ bu 6bls, S5a90c. Brick, SO and
$40 SO per M FIRE do, 4 and 4Kc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
for Va pecans, 7a8c for Ark, 12c for
Iexas and l6c Tor large Las cOcoanuts,
6a611c; cider s. for half and 50 for bbls. of
Mo-, vinegar l21S to Ice per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9Kc in
pals; grits and hominy IS % to 5 80 per Dbl.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 41Sc per ID; full W.T. candles 141Sc
and firm; and 10 box lots lower.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 90
to Acc and unsettled; city trade, del, &C
per Dbl; per hid "a so to 60 Anthra-
cite $40 so per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from 500 to S225 each for IA
to l6H hands. Horses, $125 to 500 for
driving $l40 to $225 for saddle, and
$40 10 $75 for plugs.
LIVE STOUK.-Heavy rains and
high water have checked receipts and our
market is nearly bare of all classes of
stock. Good grass and range or corn fed
cattle are in demand and find ready sale
at ~ to &c per ID gross; poor and medium
do ~ to ~. Sheep in moderate de-
mand and scarce at ~ to &c for choice
mutton qualities, and no demand for
poor. Hogs in very light offering and
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