Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-20


toll for corn bran; hay easy at SIG 70 1850
per ton from first hgnds, and 81 GOAL 10
per ewt; prairie hay scarce at 75c per cwt.
KSCULENTS.-Potatoes are quiet and
easy ut So co 10 81 co per Dbl, as per
quality; onions 81 70 to 8 % for sound;
sweet potatoes s. % to 4 Is per bbi:
cabbage So 80 to 6 co per crate, pc
per quality; kraut very fiat a-
3 76a5 for hf and IS TO IL for whole
bbls from jobbers; white medium beans,
s. 65a4 90 per Blu; peas, S2a2 so per bu, as
per quality, turnips slow at 81 p per Dbl;
celery, Coo per bunch.
FRUITS.-Green apples rule easier at
from So 50a5 90 per Dbl in lots, and at
retail the movement being light dried
do easy at 6Ka6ko per ID; peaches
dull at SHADE per Id for lots, and
in a small way lc higher; cram
berries, So per Dbl; oranges So to 8 Is per
box for Palermo and Messina. and S. so
for imperial; lemons 81 50a4 so per box;
bananas 81 to 2 80 per bunch; raisins So to
8 80 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens,
50 5OaS 80 per doz, as per quality; turkeys,
So to II per doz for live, and ut lac per
ID for dressed; geese dull at $3a3 90 per
doz; ducks 81 10 to 8 80 per doz. Eggs
25a26c per doz and unsettled.
GAME.-Squirrels, 75caS1 90 per doz;
quail $la1 Is; rabbits Slal % per doz;
ducks $1a2 per doz; venison Babe per ID
for whole, and 6 to &c forsaddles.
BUTTER ANDCHEESE.-Creamer
butter 80 to 4Sc per Id, the latter for
giltedge; Western, "a to 26c; fancy dairy,
26a30c; Western cooking, l8a20c; KY and
Tenn, lSa2Oc; common, l2al5ci country,
l5ai8c; butterine, l8al9c. Cheese, 9ha
l5c per ID, as per quality,
PROFESSIONALISM meats rule as
follows for cash: Shoulders, 6Aa7%c per ID;
c r l0al0Ic; clear, 10Hal0%c; bacon not
moving; breakfast bacon, 13a19Tc;
hams, l2Hal2Zc; mess pork, $3.50 per
Dbl; lard, in %tierces, 112al2c hf bbls and
kegs, 12Nc; pals, 1873 to 1890; dressed
hind and 2 to &c for fore quarters.
SEEDS German millet, 81 per bu;
timothy, $3a3 25; Hungarian, 81 Is; blue
grass, 81 25; orchard, 81 go red top and
herds grass, 81 TO- clover, IS 75s6; onion sets
81 60a8; broom corn, Sl50a2W per ton
brooms, 81 70 to 4 per- doz as per quality,
SUGAR AND INCONSISTENCIES
quiet, with jobbers quoting as follows
| w C 9Aa9Mc, y c 8Aa9HGseconds do IA
SIC; o K 7KaSc; hards 9hallc. Molas.
SEES 45a75c per gal.
HIDES AND W0OL-Dry Tin
l5a16c per ID for No. l, and l2alSc fol
| No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green, ba6c
green sailed, 6a7c. Tallow, 6a7c
6eeswax, 18a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 26a
Doc per ID; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury
l0a2oc. Coon skins 10 to 60c each; mini
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5i
Toe deer 25a35c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf ant
panther 50caS1, seaver and bear 50caS4
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagginl
quiet. On orders 9Ha10Nc as in quality
iute, 9Hal0Hc; Irvine l4c per bundle
ties, 81 35a1 60 per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at So 60 rates.
C0FFEE-Quiet at 9Hal5c for Ri
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 85al 60 per sac
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 Do
60 for Ohio river.
CANNED OODS-Strawberries etc
81 35 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 2
81 for 2 ID and 81 75a2 70 for 3 ID cans; toms
toes. 81 15al 80 for 2 and 3 ID cans.
TOBACCO-Common 93a3Sc fC
, 11-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60
r twist, 35a45c; navy, 35a60l; smoking, &c
| 52c for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisvil
cement, 81 75c per Dbl; Rosedele, 50 5
= Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 81 81. AL
: lime in large bbls, 95caS1; Ten.
do in ~ bu bbls, 85a90c. Brick, 80 al
y $40 80 per M fire do, 4 and 4Mc each.
: SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at g.
Tic for Tenn. red and white, and 1lcper
!, for Va; pecans, 7a8c for Ark, l2c f
d Texas and Ice for large La; c%ocosnuI
5Xc; cider IS for half and SO for bbls.
Mo, vinegar; 1871 to Ice per gal; min
II meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9Hc
pals; grits and hominy$ IS 25 to 5 50perb b
al RIGE-6H to 7c for Common and
IS STARCH AND OANDLES-Star
II firm at 4Hc per ID; full W.T. candles Ia
and firm; 8 ana 10 box lots lower.
10 C0AL-Pittsburg per box to river
to 45c and unsettled; city trade, del, {
per Dbl; per hid "a 80 to 5 60 Anthl
, cite $40 so per ton.
d HORSES AND MULES-Mules
- quoted from 500 to 1925 each for
= to 1917 hands. Horses, $125 to 500
lie driving; $40 to $225 for saddle, a
~ $40 90 $75 for plugs.
LIVE STOCK-Cattle are in bet
q supply and prices less firm, ranging fir,
10 ~ to &c per ID gross for good butcl
al qualities, and X to 22sc for other gu
VI tiles; yearlings, IS to So; lows and calv
is SIS to S35; sheep are in light demal
,r with few offering at 8 to SIC for 60
table mutton; hogs scarce and firm at
IN to &c per ID, as per quality.