Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-09
(aaneral Trade.

General Trade.
The markets exhibit moderate ami
nation and prices are generally un-
changed. Flour is quiet and easy.
Wheat in the west is lower. Corn.
oats and other feedstuffs are droopy
and incline downward, and whisky is
cheaper. Meats are very strong, but
quotations are the same as at last
report. Sugar and mOlasses, coffee
and rice, are about the same as here
tolore.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
flour droopy, and fill orders as follows;
Common, IS to s so per Dbl; good, IS rs TO
6 % per Dbl; choice to fancy 81 to 90;
patents, 81 75a8 % per Dbl. Cornmeal
81 15a4 % per Dbl in lots and at retail.
FEEDSTUFFS.--Corn steady at S9a
92c per bu in lots and at retail Oats scare.
at 64a67c per bu. Bran, S23 per ton anC
81 25 per cwt. Hay slow at $l7a2l pei
ton and 81 l0al Is per cwt for West
ern. Southern prairie, $l9 per ton and 4
a76c per cwt.
ESCULENTS - New potatoes, 81 so
s 80 per bbL old scarce at 50 75a4; sweets
So rs; cabbage, "a 50a6 20 per crate, as pc
quality; onions, $4a4 90 per Dbl; snal
beans, 81 50a2 per box; stock peas, 81 10 Il
2 rs per bu, as per quality, from store
beans, SO TOAD 80 per bu.
BUTTER AND CHEESE -Tennes
see fresh, l8a25c per lb; blue grass KY
26a30c; Western, 26 to 35c; common, 1
alSc. Cheese, nominal at 8a14c per ID.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickeni
Arm at SO to 4 per doz for old and 81 8
to 4 for young spring; ducks, 50 to 3 d
nothing doing in turkeys or geese; egg
| few offering, at 18c per doz.
FRUITS--Strawberries. 81 60a5 pc
case; Lemons, 81 25a4 rs per boz
latter for best Messina. Oranges jobbin
at IS 00a6 90 per case, latter for re
packed Imperial Bananas, 81 b0a2
per bunch; dried apples, 5a615c per II
peaches, 21Iabc per ID, as per qualit,
Raisins, $Sa4 per box, as per quality.
PROFESSIONALISM meats on ordei
for cash, 74a7Tc; r, l0Nal0%c clea
Il1AallAc. Bacon, shoulders, S9sa8A
c r, llssal1Ac, clear, 11Hal2Hc. Ham
| 13Aal42<c; breakfast bacon, lSAal4c. Me
pork, $40 75a20 90 per Dbl. Lard,
tierces, 11%l2c per ID; in kegs and
bbls, 12Hc; pals, 12Aal3c.
HIDES AND W00L-Dry fiji
hides, l5al516c per ID for No.
and l2a121lc for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al1
green, 4a5c; green sailed, 5a7c, Tallo
| 6lla7c; beeswax, l8a20c. Wool in deman
BURY 10 to Ice per ID; unwashed clei
IS to 23c; choiced washed, 80 to 35c.
SALT-Steady at 81 35al ID per sa
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 A
/ 80 for Ohio river; the latter dull.
CANNED G00DS-Strawberrles, ct
81 35al 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81
for 2 ID and 81 75a2 70 for Glib cans; tom
toes, 81 l0al IS for 2 and ID cal
= seconds do, 81 05al 35.
TOBACC0-Common 3SaSSc
1l-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a6
{ twist, 35A Acc; navy, S5a6Oc; smoking,
: &c for common to fancy.
: RICE-Choice Louisiana, SIC per
common to prime, 6Ha7c.
: BUILDING MATERIAL--Fire brt
= 4a4 Nc each; lime. 95ca$1 per 8 bu b
= for Alabama, and 85a90c for Tenn
" 2& bu bbs. Cement, 81 Goal 75c
Louisville, $3.50 for Rosedale and So %
- Portland; Plaster, 81 90.
Il LUMBER-Per M SIS for rough,
= for yellow pine flooring; shingles S9a4
: poplar lathing 81 Is, cypress do, ~
: thousand.
Z STARCH AND OANDLES-Sta
: firm at 4hc per lbi full W.T. candles IL
= and firm.
= SUGAR AND MOLASSES = N
ket weak. Yellow C, 8Aa9Hc per Id
per quality; W c, 9Ssal0Ac; open kett
to SIC; granulated, 1019; crushed
, pulverized lie; cut loaf, lie, Mola'
b0a65c per gal
ct NAILS-Weak at $3.50 rates, 81
u dealers asking higher.
~ COFFEE-Marketq quiet at 91Sal5c
I'd ID for Rio and 24a26c for Java.
m MAOKEREL-Market nominally
to 5 10 for hf bbls Nos. 3, 2 and l. Kit
80 to 10 for Nos. 8, and l.
Is BAGGING AND TIES-Nominal
- prices range from 9Kal0hc per 10,
;" l4c for twine; ties, 81 36al 60 per bun
to Pittsburg per box to river
= and unsettled; city trade, del,
u per Dbl; per hid $3.50 to 80; Ant
c; cite $40 SO per ton.
A. HORSES AND MULES-The Ia
sell at 500 to $3.50 each if ranging
u 14H to l6H hands. Horses $l26 to
II. each for good and $40 to $75 each
ne BUTCHERS STOCK = Cattle
op and in demand. Good grass
az range from to SIC per ID gross;
% fed 5 to 6hc; thin and common II
at 2Hc. Sheep 81 to &c for good; conn
Mt slal 80 per head; lambs, 81 to per h
Hogs slow at 4 to &c per lb. Cows
calves SIS to 35 per head; yearlings
re to Z each. Several cattle buyers
% Kentucky are here offering liberal pl
." for grazing steers aid heifers of from
ed to 500 lbs.