Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-26
General Trade.

The rush Of business incident to the
holiday season ended with the close Of
last week, aud for the remaining days
of the present year but little beyond a
retail traffic is anticipated. Trans.
portation lines, steamers and other
modes Of conveyance all went away
last week loaded heavily with sup
plies and goods Of various descriptions,
and in some lines traffic was the heav-
lest ever known. This has been sue
ceeded by what promises to be a brief
resting spell. The variation in values
has been light in the leading con.
Sumptive articles. Flour is quiet and
in favor of buyers; meats are weak
and somewhat lower, while grain and
feedstufis generally rule quiet, and
the latter branch of traffic is the only
one Of which dealers have recently
had cause to complain, the movement
being especially light.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
-four at 81 25 TO 81 % per Dbl, as per
quality for single bbls, and 25c cheaper
ut wholesale. Cornmeal is 81 6j per Dbl
by the dray load from mills, and l0c
higher in a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS- Corn ranges from
"a to &c per bu ut wholesale and retail.
Oats, 47a5Oc. Bran SIG 90 per ton, and
8ja90c per cwt; seed meal, 81 70 per cRt.
Hay, $llal8 per ton and 90a9lc per cwt
for Western, and s. 50a9 90 per ton, also
50c per cwt for prairie.
VEGETA BLES-Potatoes, 81 75a2 rs
per Dbl in lots and at retail as per quail
ity. Sweets 81 90 per Dbl. Onions are from
Szt0a2 so per Dbl at wholesale and retail.
No cabbage offer. Kraut is easy and
plentiful at 81 00a4 % for bbls and 81 0Oa
2 % for hf bbls; jobbing, 25aJOc per pkg
higher. Celery 50a60c per bunch.
FRUITS Apples range from 81 70 to
IS per Dbl in lots and at retail,
us per quality. Dried apples
range in a small way at 5a7c per ID.
Dried peaches, very dull, at 4a5c. Oranges
per single Dbl, ! 2O0al4 co. Lemons, per
box, So t0a4 so. Raisins, $3a4 per box.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Cream-
cry butter per 10 39al0c; Western,
23aS0c as per quality cooking, l8a20c; but
terine, l7a20G country butter, lSa2jc;
extra selling at 28c, Cheese firm at l0a
l6c per ID as per quality.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in better demand at from So OOa3 IS
per doz; poor and stale slow at
81 50a2 90; dressed, 81 50l3 80 per doz.
Ducks, 50 50a4 90 per doz. Geese, 50 50a
1 50per doz. Live turkeys Sl0al6 per doz,
and dressed l2al5c per ID, Eggs 25c per
doz.
GAME - Mallard ducks are 50 GOA
2 50 per doz, MS per quality; small, 81 Goa
| so per doz. Squirrels, local rs per
doz. Quail, 81 % per doz. Rabbits,
81 25al IS. Reelfoot fish, 3a6c per ID,
MEATS NDLARD-Jobbing orders
are filed for clear rib pork at 0la9ic
per ID; shoulders, 7lSa7Hcc; hams, l4ha
14Xc breakfast bacon, 4lal4Kc. Lard,
Halle tcs; do in hlf bbls ard kegs, lila
| lllc; pals, 11kallMc; hfdo, 11Aal2c,
BAGGING AND TIES-Iron ties,
81 50 per bundle for pieced and 81 55al 80
for standard. Irvine, l2c per ID. Bag
cling. liable per 10 fortiax, jute and hemp.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES- Sugar,
Common, &c per Id; D X 6ka7ci do,
DDS 7a7hc; y. c. 7AaSc; W. c. 5a8kci n.
Y. A. 0&a9Hci graduated, 9Ha9Ac; Fulv
and cut loaf, l09eal04c. Molasses per gal
50a53c for choice; 40a4Sc for good TO prime
and s5a3Sc for fair.
SEEDS-Seed wheat, 81 10a1 20 per bu;
barley, 81; blue grass, 81 CO. rye, 1OaSOci
orchard do, 81 GOAL GO; herd do, 81 90
timothy, $500 clover seed, IS 75a6 25.
COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-Cot-
ton seed ut the mills $l2 per ton and
weak, with q declining tendency seed
meal easy at $40 per ton; oil cake, $2l;
! oil, 8Sc for crude; 4Sc for refined and 50c
per cal for cooking oil, all {. o. b.
C0FFEE-Per ID, 9al4ic for Rio, and
2ia26c for Java.
MACKEREL-Hfbbls, 1916, 81 sand
"a 80 for Nos. !, 2 and 3; kits do, 90, 81
and Soc each.
WOOL AND HIDES-Choice washed
wool, 30a93c, other qualities, l0a28c. Dry
aint hides, l5alGc for Mol; l3c for No. 2
dry sailed, llal3c; green, 0a81c, Tallow
7a7Kc. Beeswax, 22a27e. Feathers, 800
i0c. Deer skins, 30A32c;sole leather, har-
ness do and skirting, S6a40c per lbi hem.
lock, 25a85c; calf skins, S40a60 per doz fol
French. and $20a45 for domestic.
BUILDING MATERIAL Nails
So rs per key rates, with supply ample
brick. S9ai0 so per M for hard ant
soft; Hro do, $ia4kc zach. Lime
85casl per Dbl. Cement, 81 T0al Z
per Dbl; Rosedale, - 5G Portland
"a Plaster. 81 30. Lumber, $40 pc
Mfor rough, $50 for dressed, S25 0 ryello,
pine flooring, $3ai so for strips, and 81 %
\ so for laths. Shingles IS TO "a 6Oper NJ
SUNDRlES-Broom corn 3 70 &c pc
ID. as per quality. Brooms u 20 TO !
ner dozen. Cider 81 so l476 for hf and 81 I
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