Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-03
COftOn.

Sales in this market yesterday we're
24OO bales, to exporters 1900. spiunerI
800, the market closing steady at a de
cline Of Bc. Low ordinary, Sic; ordi
nary,9tc good ordinary, 1Osc; low mid
ding, lO5c; middliDg, 1l1c; good mid
ding, lice; middIing fair, 12c; stain!
and off c%olors, &c lower.
Receipts at all United States port.
for the past 6 days were O,27l bales, ant
1922 bales less han last year for sam,
time. Totalreceipts since September
4,00l, 26l bales, being 6l5,737 less thar
last year and 274,445 less thar the veal
before for the same time. Total for.
eign shipments this season have beer
2,3l6,736 bales against 1854, 628 bales
and 2,53S,228 bales. Total stock il
now 1,O22,42l bales, against S67, SeS
and 935,649 bales last year and the
year before at the same time. Total
visible supply Feb. 54th, 3,124,1O5
bales; excess over last year 1917, Cos
bales.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
-four as follows: common 81 65a5; good.
S. 25a6; choice family, 81 00a7 80; patents,
81 T5aS. COrnmeal in lots A2sa4 IS, on
orders from store g 3b
FEEDSTUFFS.- Corn 73a74c per
bu in lots for mixed, and 75a76 in
orders; white, SIC in lots, and S9a8ic in a
small way. Oats, 53ab4c per bu in lots.
and 56a57c in small way; black seed, 58
a60e; rust proof, SOC. Bran, $25a26 per
ton for wheat, and 81 So per cwt; seed
meal, $28 per ton and 81 20a
% per cwt; corn bran, SIS per ton
loose at the mills. Hay scarce at $l6 to2I per
ton for Western, and 81 to | Is per cwt;
Southern prairie, Toe per cwt, and $12a
10 per ton.
ESCULENTS. - Potatoes are firm at
SO 25 for y BIS, SO 15a3 Is for jackson
Whites and SO 35a3 70 for other qualities
in round lots, and 25a50c higherina small
way; sweets, SO 50a4 - per Dbl.
Onions So O0a3 so per Dbl. Turnips, 81 OOa
l Is per Dbl. Cabbage, 81 50a4 so per crate,
as per quality. Beans, SO Coal 10 per bu for
white medium. Kraut fiat at 81 75a5 for
hf and So to IL for whole bbls from Job
bers. Peas, $2a2 90 per bu, as per quality.
FRUITS-Green apples firm and scarce
at So 6Oa6 90 per Dbl; dried do
easy at 6Ka6Lc per lb; peaches
dull at 9Ha4c per ID for lots, and
in q small way 1c higher; cram
berries, Sl2 per Dbl; oranges SO CJa4 so per
box for Palermo and Messina. and SIS so
for imperial; lemons SO TOAD 50 per box;
bananas 81 to 2 30 per bunch; raisins SO to
8 80 per box.
GAME-Squirrels, Zoe per doz; quail
S1al 25 rabbit about ont of season at 81 10
per doz; venison 3a4c per ID for whole,
and CAT for saddles.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens,
easier and more plentiful at 50 50a5 25 per
doz, for live, No ducks or'geese have of
fered for several weeks; turkeys, 50 TO II
per doz for live; and l2al3c per ID for
dressed. Eggs irregular and droopy at
14al6c per doz with market overstocked.
BUTTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
butter 40 to 52c per ID, the latter for
giltedge; Western, rs to 26c; fancy
dairy, 8Sa40c; Kentucky and Tennes-
see, 20a25c; common, l2al5c; country,
16al8c; butterine, lsa2lc. Cheese, 9Xa
15c per ID, as per quality. and dull.
PROFESSIONALISM meats sell for
cash on the spot as follows: Shoulders, 81
a6Mc loose aud packed CIR 9Ma9%c clear,
10al0Ac. Time orders are q to Hc high
or, hams, 12Ilc; breakfast bacon, 1910;
Lard, llAallHc for tierces l1Nc for hf
bbls and kegs; l2c for pals and l2Hc for
hf pailsi tins l21Sc for 10 lbs, 1880 for 8
lbs and 1870 for 3 lbs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. quote hf bbls
No. ! at So IS; No. 2, S510 No. 3, 81 IS;
Kits. No. !, 90c; No. 2, Soc; No. 3, Zoe.
SEEDS German millet 81 per bu;
timothy, SSaS Is; Hungarian, 81 %; blue
grass, 81 Is; orchard, 81 go red top and
herds grass, 81 10 clover, 50 76a6i onion sets