Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-07

IN small way, oranges 81 60as 50 per box
as per quality; lemons 50 GOA 30 per box;
raisins s. TO 3 SO per box bananas 81 80
POULTRY, EGGS AND GAME
Chickens range from 81 so to 3 70 per
dez; dressed do 10a12c per ID; turkeys 50
to 10 per dox for live and II to 13c per ID
for dressed; geese slow at S3a3 90 per doz;
ducks in demand 81 50a3 so per doz. Eggs
unsettled at Is TO &c per doz. Game in
demand Squirrels Sla1 Is per doz; quail
81 Is; ducks scarce at 81 TO 2 per doz;
rabbits, 81 50a2 per doz; venison 5 to 7c
per ID for whole, and to 10c for saddles.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Creamery
butter 50 to 45c per ID, as per class; West
ern, "a to 34c; common, II to l5c; good
country, 10 to l8c. Cheese, 91f TO 15c per
ID, the latter for VA.
PROVISIONS.-Bulk meats are firm
as follows for cash: Shoulders, 6ka67 &c per
| ID; r, 9Aa91sc; clear, l0al01sc; bacon not
moving; breakfast bacon, 121Sa125sc;
hams, 1211a129<c; mess pork, $3.50 per
Dbl; lard, in tierces, IL 3<a12c hf bbls and
kegs, l21lc; pals, 1928 to 1910; dressed
hogs, to Sc per ID; do beef, 4 TO &c for
hind and to &c for fore quarters.
SEEDS-German miliet, 81 per bu;
timothy, S3aS rs; Hungarian, 81 p; blue
grass, 81 Is; orchard, 81 go red top and
herds grass, 81 10; clover, So %; onion sets,
81 6Oa8; broom corn, Sl50a2OO per ton;
brooms, 81 70 to 4 per doz as per quality.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Market
quiet, with jobbers quoting as follows:
w 9Aa9hc, y 8Aa9H cseconds do TIA
SIC; o X 7Ha8e; hards 10allc. Molas-
SEES 60a65c per gal.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
l5al6c per lb for No. /, and l2a13c for
No 2; dry sailed, 10al3c; green, 5a6c;
green sailed, 7a8c Tallow, 6Ha7c;
beeswax, l8a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
95c per ID; do unwashed, 16a25c; bury,
l0a25c. Coon skins Is to 50c each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
Toe; deer 35a46c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf and
panther 50caS1, beaver and bear 50ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 911al0Ac as in quality;
jute, 9Ha10Hc Irvine l4c per bundle;
ties, ST 35al go per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at So 60 rates.
COFFEE-Steady at 9Hal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 BOA
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED GOODS Strawberries, ETC.,
IS per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
4or 2 ID and 81 76a2 70 for 3 ID cans; toma-
toes, 81 l5al 80 for 2 and ID cans.
BACCO-Common 33a3Sc for
11-mch plug choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, S5a45c; navy, 35a60t; smoking, goa
DC for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Lou
cement, 81 75c per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 90;
Portland, 81 50a5 Plaster, 50 so. Ala
lime in large bbls, 95caS1; Tenn.
do in ~ bu bbls, 85a90c. Brick, SO and
$40 so per M fire do, and 411c each.
SUNDRlES-Pean jobbing at GA
INC for Tenn. red and whites and lie per ID
for Va; pecans, 7a8c for Ark, 12c for
Texas and l6c for large La. cocoanuts,
6a611c; cider So for half and SO for bbls. Of
Mo-, vinegar l211 to 16c per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a91Ic in
pals; grits and hominy S. 25 to 50per Dbl
RICE-6% to &c for common and II
for prime La; Carolina s to SIC per ID.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 41Sc per ID; full W.T. candles 14%c
and firm; and 10 box lots lower.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 30
to 45c and unsettled; city trade, del, Coo
per Dbl; per hid "a so to 80; Anthra-
cite $40 50 per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from 800 TO $225 each for ID
to 1871 hands. Horses, $l25 to $500 for
driving $40 to $225 for saddle, and
$40 e $50 for plugs:
LIVE STOCK. = Good grass and
range or corn fed cattle are
in demand and find ready sale at
"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 for
poor. Hogs in very light offering and
firm at S to 61zc gross for all classes.