Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-01

PER BIZ for mixed In iusA ana e0as2o Ia A
small way; oats bSa64c for mixed and
white in lots, and 66a5Sc AT retail: bran
scarce and firm at S24 per ton and 81 IS
per cwt; hay quiet, with light receipts Of
Western at SIC to q per ton, and ST l0a
70 per cwti Southern prairie, $9al0 per
ton and 6Oa6Oc per ewt with no offerings
except from store.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are quoted
stiff for seed varieties and easy for table
stock; 2 Bs are plentiful So 25a3 80 per
Dbl in lots Others 50 TO 3 75 per Dbl, as per
quality, and at retail % to 6Oc higher;
sweets quiet at 50 25a8 so per Dbl;
turnips dull at 81 rs per Dbl from
jobberS kraut flat at 50 rs to
4 90 for hf and 50 to 10 for bbls; sew
eral lots shipped south during the past
week for a market; La cabbage So 80 TO
4 80 per crate for common to good: beans,
s. 10 to rs per bu for white med; peas,
81 Is to 2 % per bu.
FRUITS.-Apples vary from 81 90 to
5 so per bbE dried do, 6 TO 7c per ID;
dried peaches, SIC in lots for quarters and
40 for half bbls; retailers charge 1fs to
le more; lemons So 60a4 so
per box; oranges $9a10 per Dbl for ia
maica and IS 80 per case for Valencia;
raisins, So to so per box, as per quality.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens
are in demand at 81 80 10 8 70 per doz, as
per quality; turkeys, 50 to Is per doz
for live, and IL to 1211c per ID for dressed;
geese, $3a3 Is per doz; ducks, s3a3 80
per doz. Eggs 28c per doz
BUTTER AND CHEESE. - Butter
rules somewhat easier Creamery, 38 to
40c per lb; Western, "A 10 30c, common
cooking, IL to l6G country, II to lSc; but
terine, or limitation butter, Is TO l9c;
cheese, l4al5c for Y. A., and 9H and lac
for other qualities.
GAME. = Quails, 81 80 per doz;
squirrels, 81 Is per doz; venfson, 5 to
&c per ID whole, and to 10c for saddles;
ducks, 81 to 2 per doz; rabbits, 81 per doz.
PROFESSIONALISM meats in active
demand and scarce; Shoulders, 6Aa61c
per ID; do c. r, 9Na9%c; do clear, 10
al0Hc; hams, lS1Sc; breakfast bacon, 1871
al25sc; mess pork, $40 per Dbl; lard, 12c
for tierce l2Kc for kegs and hf bbls, and
12Aa1Sc for pals.
COTTON SEED-Per ton $12 90 loose
from wagons and $l1 to $l2 in SKIS at the
landing crude oil AZ to 45c per e.; refined
do. 55 to Coo; cake $24 to Is per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Market
steady, with jobbers quoting as follows
w 9la9Hc, y 82za9l Gseconds do TIA
SIC o X 7Ka6c; hards 10allc. Molas-
ses 50a65c per gal.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
l5al6e per ID for No. /, and l2a1Sc for
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al3c; green, 5a6c;
green sailed, 7a8c. Tallow, 6La7c;
beeswax, l6a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
35c per ID; do uqwashed, l6a25c; bury,
10a25c. Coon skins 10 to Soc each; mink
do 20a40c EACH Skunk sheep and fox l5a
Zoe; deer S5a45c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf and
panther 5OcaBl, beaver and bear 50ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 911al0Nc as in quality;
| jute, 9halOHc; Irvine lac per bundle;
ties, 81 35a1 go per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at SO IS rates.
C0FFEE-Steady at 9Hal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady ut 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 55a
/ 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED GOODS-Strawberries. etc,
81 30 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 %
for 2 ID and 81 76a2 70 for ID cans; toma-
toes, 81 l5al so for 2 and 3 ID cans.
TOBACCO-Common 99a38c for
ll-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a6Oc;
twist, Sba45c; navy, 35a60t; smoking, 30a
62o for common to fancy.
| BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisyille
cement, 81 Toe per bbl Rosedale, 50 80;
Portland, "a 50a6; Plaster, 81 90. Ala
lime in large bbls, 95casl Tenn
do in ~ bu bbls, S5a90c. Brick, 50 and
$40 80 per M FIRE do, and 4Hc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7C
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per Ii
for Vas pecans, 7a8c for Ark. lie fol-
Texas and l6c for large La; cocoanuts
6a6he; cider S. for half and So for bbls. Of
Mo-, vinegar; l2X to l6c per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a91Ic in
pals; grits and hominy S. rs to s SO per Dbl
STARCH@AND CANDLES-Starcf
firm at 4hc peiAlb; full W.T. candles l41SC
and Arm; s and 10 box lots lower.
OOAL-Pittsburg per box to river A
to Acc and unsettled; city trade, del, Cox
per Dbl; per hid "a 90 to so; Anthra
cite $40 SO per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules arr
quoted from 500 TO $225 each for Il
to 16X hands. Horses, $125 TO 500 fol
driving; $14O to $225 for saddle, ant
$40 70 $75 for plugs.
LIVE STOCK. = Good grass ant
range or corn fed cattle arr
in demand and find ready sale a
~ to &c per ID gross; poor and medium
do IL to ~. Sheep in moderate de
mand and scarce at AZ to SC for choice
mutton qualities, and no demand fol
poor. Hogs in very light offering anC
firm at to SIC gross for all classes.