Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-13


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Small orders 75c to 81 higher
BUTTER AND CHEESE.--The sup
ply ofcountry butter is plentiful and sales
blow. Prices range from 12k to zoe per
b, as per quality Western, l6a80c per ID.
Cheese, l2H to Ice per ID for new hf and
full cream.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
are 81 6Oa3 per doz as per size, for young,
and $276aSM for old; the latter for choice
hens. Eggs, are easy at l8c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon shout
ders packed are 10al0Hc per ID; c. T. do,
al2HlSci clear, 13Xc; bulk clear
sides, l2Hal25Sc; loose and packed C;
r. do, 12Hal2Hc; shoulders do, 9a99kc,
mess pork, S22 per Dbl. Breakfast bacon
l4Aal6c. Hams, l4Hal6c. Lard, in
t%ierces, l2al2Hc; hf bbls, 1850
pals. 12Aal3Hc.
LEMONS AND ORANGES-The
warm weather has caused increased de-
mand and higher price for lemons. Quo
tations are 81 50a5 for Palermo, and SIS so
a6 for Messina. Oranges scarce at So per
box. Bananas plentiful at Soc to$l 50per
bunch.
SALT-ohio river salt, 81 40 per Dbl;
carloads, lOc less Liverpool, 81 86al 50
in sacks for coarse and fine.
HIDES AND W00L-Dry flint
hides, 16a15Kc per ID for No. l,
and l2al2Hc for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c
green, 4a5c; green sailed, 5a7c. Tallow,
61za7c beeswax, l8a20c. Wool in demand.
BURY 10 to Ice per ID; unwashed clear,
Is to 23ci choiced washed, 80 to 35c.
TOBACCO-Common 33aS8c for
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a60c
twist,S5 Acc; navy, S5a60.: smoking. S0a
SIC for common to fancy. Market dnll.
RICE-Choice Louisiana, SIC per lb;
common to prime, 6Ka7c.
SUNDRIES.-Jelly, 10c per pound;
preserves, l2c; pickles, 81 Is to 4 so
for half and 81 so to 800 for
whole bbls; cooking oil, 55a65c per gal;
vinegar, l2Hal5c per gal.
BUILDING MATEKIAL-New brick
at the yards Sc 60per M; dodel, ST so; ship
ping brick, S9al0 per NJ; fire brick, S3O0a3 80
per 100. Lime. 95ca$1 per 3 bu bbls
for Alabama, and 85a9Oc for Tenn in
~ bu bbls. Cement, 81 50al Soc for
Louisville, S240 for RosedaIe and SIS 90 for
Portland; Plaster, 81 90.
LUMBER-Per NJ SIS for rough, $25
for yellow pine flooring; shingles $3a4 so,
poplar lathing 81 Is, cypress do, 81 per
thousand.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 4z1c per lbi full W.T. candles l3Ha
lac and firm.
SUGAR AND MoLASSEs Mar
ket steady. Yellow C, 8Na9Nc per ID, as
per quality; W C, 95a9%c; graduated.
l09sc; crushed and pulverized 10Nc; cut
loaf l0Mc, Molasses. 47a65c per gal.
NAILS-Per keg, SO so for ten pennies,
with an unsettled feeling.
COFFEE-Market quiet at 9Hal5c per
lb for Rio and 24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-New mackerel are 1850
for No. 3 large, in hf bbls, and Csc for No.
l in kits; receipts of the new catch are as
yet irregular and prices likewise; old are
nominally, $3a3 rs for hf bbls Nos. 8, 9
and l. Kits. 81 to l 10 for Nos. 3, 2 andl
BAGGLNG AND TIES "A recent
New York circular Jays of iute baggine:
"a fair demand continues from the South
at advanced prices of q u to q of a cent.
and sales have been liberal at from 7Ac
for IL lbs, to SIC for ~ lbs, and the
market closes firm at &c for IL. SIC fol
IL and 90 for two lbs bagging in New
York, and from sc 10 nc less in Boston.
Here the retail market is nominal, though
dealers are laying In stocks for the antioi.
pated fall demand. Quotations are given
at 9HalONc per ID, for the small species
and lac for Irvine; ties, 81 35al 60 pei
bundle.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 81
and unsettled; city trade, del, 40C
per Dbl; per hid "a 80 to s so Anthra
cite $40 30 per ton. Kentucky coal 80,
per Dbl delivered.
HORSES AND MULES-Little do
ing, but range from 500 to $3.50 fo
Az to 16H hands. Horses 1925 to 500
each for good and $40 to $75 each 70
plugs.
LIVE STOCK-Butchers cattle 'arriv,
in small numbers; prices range from 3 t,
SIC for medium to choice grass fed, anC
sheep are scarce at az to 4Tc per ID, an(
81 to l 90 per head for common; lambs ar,
in demand OF " to 4 per head, as per con
dition. Hogs, in poor supply at Az {,
Ike, the latter for corr fed. Mich cows
dull at $40 to 80 per head, and yearling
are "a to Z per head.