Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-25

peaches fat at 8k to Sc per ID; oranges
quiet at 50 per Dbl for Jamaica, and IS 80
per case for Valencia; lemons 81 25a4 80
per box for Messina; cranberries, SD per
Dbl, with light movement; raisins, s. to
3 90 per box, as per quality.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens
in active demand at 81 80 10 3 so per doz,
the latter for choice hens; dressed do, 81 $50
aS per doz; turkeys, 50 TO II per doz, and
dressed at Ito lac per ID; ducks, 81 50a3
per doz; geese dull at $3a3 80 per doz.
Eggs, scarce and firm at SOC per doz
for fresh.
GAME.-Squirrels are 75c to 81 per doz;
ducks, 81 to 2 per doz for teal and mall
lard; quail 81 25a1 90 rabbits, 81 25al so
turkeys, Soc each; venison, to &c per ID
whole and to Sc for saddles.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Best
creamery butter, 45a47c per ID; fair do,
SSa40c; western table and choice dairy, rs
TO SIC per ID; country grades, II to zoe per
10; butterine or imitation butter, Is to 19c,
all from jobbers; round lots are lower.
Cheese, 81 to loo per ID, as per quality.
PROVISIONS. = Market firm with
jobbing quotations as follows for
cash: Bulk shoulders, 6%a6Ac
per ID; do 93sa9hc; do clear 99sa92Ic;
breakfast bacon, 12Xal25sc; c hams;
l21zal219c; mess pork; $40 per Dbl; moth
ing doing in bacon. Lard in tres 1l%c;
hf bbls ard kegs l2HGpails 12Aa12Ac.
SUGAR AND M01ASSES-Market
steady, with jobbers quoting as follows:
w c 9Ha9Hc, y c 8Na914Gseconds do TIA
SIC. o X 7Aa8c; hards 10allc. Molas-
ses 50a65c per gal.
HIDES AND W0OL-Dry flint
l5al6c per ID for No. /, and l2a13c for
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al3c; green, 5a6c;
green sailed, 7a8c. Tallow, 6Ka7c;
beeswax, l8a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
Doc per ID; do unwashed, 15a25c; bury,
l0a26c. Coon skins 10 TO 50c each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
! Toe; deer 35a45c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf and
panther 50caS1, beaver and bear 60ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 91hal0Hc as in quality;
jute, 9Kal0Ac; twine lac per bundle;
ties, 81 35al 60 per bundle.
NAlLS-Strong and tending upward,
at So 65 rates.
COFFEE-Steady at 9Hal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35al 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 BOA
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED GOODS-Strawberries etc,
81 80 por doz. cans; peaches, 81 70
for 2 ID and 81 75a2 rs for 3 Id cans; toma-
toes. ST 15al so for and ID cans.
TOBACCO-Common 39a3Sc for
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, S5a46c; navy, S5a60,; smoking, 30a
52c for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Lou
cement, 81 Toe per Dbl Rosedale, 50 SO;
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 81 90. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 95caSl; Tenn.
do in Ok bu bbls, S5a90c. Brick, SO and
$40 80 per Nj fire do, 4 and 41Sc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at Gaze
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
for Vai pecans, 7a8c for Ark, lie for
Texas and l6c for large La; cocoanuts,
6a6Kc; cider S. for half and 50 for bbls. OF
Mo-, vinegar 1871 TO Ice per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in Inf bbls and 9a9Hc in
pals; grits and hominy s. Is to 5 50per Dbl.
COTTON SEED-Per ton $l2 90 loose
from wagons and Sl2 to $l3 in SKIS at the
landing crude oil AZ to doc per g.; refined
do. So to Coo; cake $24 to Is per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 4Hc per ID; full W.T. candles Axe
and firm; and 10 box lots lower.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river &C
to 45c and unsettled city trade, del, Coo
per Dbl; per hid "a so to 81 Anthra-
cite $40 so per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules arc
quoted from 500 to $225 each for ID
TO l6H hands. Horses, $l25 to 500 fol
driving; $40 to $225 for saddle, and
$40 10 SIS for plugs.
LIVE ST0CK-Cattle for butchers use
sell at 211 to &c per ID gross for all classes
while thin range from Ia to "a; cows
and calves Sl5a35 yearlings, STAT; sheel
81 to &c and 81 GOAL so per head for poor
lambs, 81 0OaS so per head. Hogs in ready
demand at to &c per lb, as per quality.