Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-19

are in demand at 81 so 70 Sl5O per doz for
live s. IS to 8 for dressed; turkeys 50 to Is
per doz for live,'a lot Of so choice Ken
lucky selling yesterday at 81 rs per head;
dressed turkeys scarce at u to lac per ID;
ducks 81 DO to 8 per doz; geese slow at
$Sa3 % per doz. Eggs unsettled, with
sales from q to 25c per doz. Various
dealers are Offering stale stock held back
for several weeks in anticipation of an ad-
vance and buyers are shy Of uncertain
qualities.
GAME.-Market better, with sales Of
squirrels at zoe to 81 % per doz; rabbits
81 70 TO l 90 per doz; quails 81 TO | 50 per
doz; ducks 81 TO 2 per doz; turkeys 60c
each; venison 4 10 &c per ID for whole and
6 to Sc per ID for saddles.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Butter
rules quiet at 38 TO 47c peri for creamery;
70 to 84c per ID for western table; u to 2Oc
for country. and IS to l9c for butterine or
Imitation butter. Cheese OK to Ice per ID
as per quality.
PROVISl0NS.-Meats are jobbing
as follows: Bulk shoulders 6lSa65sc per ID;
c T 9ka92sc; clear 95sa9Kc; hams
l2l9ci breakfast bacon l2Hal2%c. Lard
llssallAc for tres, and 12al2lc in kegs
ard hf bbls; pals l21kal2%c.
SUGAR AND INCONSISTENCIES
steady, with jobbers quoting as follows;
w 9a99Sc, y 8Aa91<c; seconds do TIA
SIC; 0 X 7KaSc; hards, 10Kallc. Molas-
ses 50a65c per gal.
HIDES AND WOOL-Drv flint
l5al6c per ID for No. /, and 12a13c for
No. z dry sailed, lOai3c: green. ba8c.
green sailed, Ease. Tallow, 61fa7c;
beeswax, lSa20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
Doc per ID; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury,
lOa25c. Coon skins 10 TO Soc each; mink
do 2Oa4Oc each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
Toe; deer 35a45c, possum 5al0c; wolf and
panther 50caSl, beaver and bear 50cas4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 91lal0Nc as in quality;
lute, 9lal0Nc; twine lac per bundle;
ties, 81 S5al 60 per bundle.
NAILS-Strong and tending upward,
at So 65 rates.
COFFEE-Steady at 9Kal5c for Rio
and 2a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 S5al 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 55s
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ETC.,
81 S6 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
for ID and 81 75a2 rs for 8 10 cans; toma-
toes, 81 i5al 30 for 2 and 8 ID cans.
T0BACC0-Common 3SaS8c for
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a6Oc;
twist, 3ba45c; navy, 35a60C; smoking, goa
DC for common TO fancy.
BUILDING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cement, 81 75c per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 so
Portland; 81 5Oa5; Plaster, 81 SO. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 95caSl; Tenn.
do in "a bu bbls, 85a90c. Brick, 50 and
$40 81 per III fire do, and 4xc each.
SUNDRlES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per lb
for Va; pecans, 7aSc for Ark, he for
Texas and Ice for large La; cocoanuts,
6a615c; cider S. for half and SO for bbls. Of
Mo-, vinegar; l21l TO Ice per gal; mince
meat nc per ID in hf bbls and 9a9%c in
pals grits and hominy IS 25 to s so per Dbl
COTTON SEED-Per ton Sl2 90 loose
from wagons and $l2 TO $l3 in SKIS at the
landing crude oil AZ to 45c per e.; refined
do. IS to 60c cake $24 to 25 per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 41Sc per ID; full VT candles 141Sc
and firm; and 10 box lots lower.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 40
to 45c and unsettled; city trade, del, Coo
per Dbl; per hid "a 80 to 8 go Anthra-
cite $40 50 per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from 500 to $225 each for IA
to l6H hands. Horses, $l25 to 500 for
driving Sl40 to 1925 for saddle, and
$40 10 S75 for plugs.
( LIVE ST0CK-C Cattle for butchers use
sell at ~ to &c per ID gross for all classes,
while thin range from IL to %; COWS
and calves, Sl5a35; yearlings, $Ia6; sheep
81 to &c and 81 GOAL 50 per head for poor;
lambs, W 0Oa9 90 per head. Hogs in ready
demand at to 7e per ID, as per quality.