Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-21


charge h hsGsd Ia sugar mVlsussl
cOaaS, bt flee. Egss are rom / 70 q
below last weeks prices, and chickens
are 25c per dOz higher, with the de-
mand in excess of supply all the week.
Meats carry an easier tone. Dry salts
are the same price as last week, while
bacon is to cheaper on shoulders and
clear sides. Lard is dull and un.
changed. The total packings in the
West last week was 10000 head Of
hogs, and $4,000 less than last year for
the same week. The total since March
LIST has been $4,000 hogs, and $50, 600
less than last year. A light run Of
hogs is looked for at the Western
packeries until after the close of next
month, as farmers have few fat enough
for market, and corn is later than
usual this season.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Flour is sell
ing by jObbers as follows: Common, So Is
al Is per Dbl; good to choice family, 81 so
a5 so per Dbl; fancy$ s. 75a6; patents, So Is
n 90 per Dbl. Cornmeal easy, 81 90 in
lots and 81 l0a4 10 in a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn quiet at Ole
from first hands in sacks and SC in bulk.
AT retail, 93a95c. Oats irregular at 53a
57c. Bran $l4 so per ton and Sba90c per
cwt. C~ottonseed meal, 81 30al IS per
ewt. Hay, $l7 50aS2l per ton for Western,
and 81 lOal % per cwt; Southern prairie,
Seas 80 per ton and Acc per cwt.
ESCULENTS AND FRUITS-Nor-
thern potatoes are jobbing slowly at 81 60
per Dbl. Onions 81 50per Dbl. Western
cabbage $2a2 50 per crate, Nothing doing
in apples. Lemons, S. 00a6 50 per box for
Messina; Florida do "a 50per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
in demand, at SO to 8 80 per doz for choice
young, and 81 to 2 Is for small; old hens,
S3a3 % per doz. Ducks, 81 50a3 25 per
doz. Geese very dull, with no takers, al
81 50a3 per doz. Nothing doing in tur-
keys. Eggs unsettled and easier, at l4a
15c per doz.
BUTTER AND Choice
country butter, 2a23c per ID; Western
table and dairy, Ma25c per ID; creamery,
30c per lb; inferior dull at l5al8c per ID.
Cheese nominally 9lal5c per Id, as per
quality.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon shout
ders are jobbing at HALT; c ribs, l4lal4sc;
10 aa1na 1En1Elo. 1rrr .an1f gI,v1Ia,-
l0tal0sc; do c r, l3sal35c; do clear sides,
l4al4tc. Hams, l5al5tc; breakfast bacon,
l4ial5tc. Lard, l24ai3c for ties, l3al34c
for kegs and half bbls, and l3tal9!c for
pals.
L SALT-In carload lots 81 27al 50 per
Dbl for Ohio river, and 10c higher at re-
tail. Liverpool, per sack, 81 S5al 50 fol
coarse and fine.
HIDES AND W00L--Green hides,
5a6c per pound; green sailed, 7IaSc; dry
sailed, l0al2c; dry flint, l51c for No. |,
and lac for No. 2, Wool, 10a35c pei
Id, the latter for choice washed.
TOBACCO-Ohoice to fancy, 40a60c
twist, 35a45c; navy, 35a60c; common II,
inch, 33a28c; smoking, 30a52c.
RICE-Per ID, 64a8lc, as per quality
YINEGAR-Per gal, 124c. Oil fol
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-Yc, 81,
per ID; VIC, 9sa92c; Eastern sugars, Sa9c
g~ranulated, 10c; crushed, pulverized anC
cut Loaf, l04c. Molasses, nominal.
C0FFEE-Per lb, 9al4lc for Rio, an(
24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-Per hf Dbl, 1925 TO
No. 2 No. |, tl5 %; per kit, SOC for No
1; SIC No. 2; Soc No. 3. Market steady
NAILS-Yery firm, at 80 IS per kel
for ten pennies.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch i
firm at Ale per lbi candles, do at l5c 70
full VT; soap, 34a64c per ID.
BAGGING AND TIES - Jobbers
prices, 9a99c per lb, for fax, and 8ia10
for iute, as per quality; Irvine, lac per ID
Ties, 81 Goal 60 per bundle.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Lime, 95
as1 per Dbl for Alabama and S5a9Oc 70
Tennessee. Cement, 81 50 per Dbl 70
Louisville, and ~ 40 for Rosedale; Port
land, 80. Plaster, 81 so, Brick, S4a4 s
per 100 for fire, and $9a10 80 per NJ
for hard. Rough framing lumber SIS pc
NJ; dressed, do t30; yellow pine flooring
+25; shingles, S3a4 80; lathing, 81 Is 70
poplar, and ~ for cypress.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 35
and unsettled; city trade delivered, 40
per Dbl; per hid "a 50a5 50; Anthracit
40 30 per ton. Kentucky coal, 9Oc per BIB
delivered.
LIVE ST0CK-Beef cattle in ligh
receipt, and the tone of the market i
strong; medium to choice grass fed 3a41,
per Id; common, llal4c. Sheep, in gooC
demand with scant offerings, at $1a1 b
per head for common, and 3a4c for medi
um to choice. Lambs scarce and firm a
S2a3 no per head. Mich cows $10a30 PEI
head, and little demand. Yearlings, $4a'
per head. Hogs no change.