Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-17

excited, values being 5 to &c higher
than last week. Since the month
opened dry salt meats have advanced
lc per ID on shoulders and 55c per
cwt on other classes, while bacon is
ichigheron shoulders aud to 10 per h
higher on ribbed and clear sides. Lard
is also Doc per cwt higher. Sugar has
advanced to, ic per ID within the
past two weeks, and rice is Il to e
up during the same time. Coffee has
declined fc per lb and butter 5 to &c
per ID since the first of the month,
Poultry has droopy tendency, while
eggs have been scarce and high all the
week.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
-four as follows: Common. 81 so to 56Ope1
Dbl; good to medium family, S. 70 to s rs
choice TO fancy, So so to 25; patent.
81 rs to 825. Cornmeal, 81 % in dray
load or round lots from the mills, and 10c
higher in a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn firm, at SO Ia
92c per bu from jobbers; oats strong, at 6S
to 65c do; bran easy at $23 SO per ton and
81 % to 1870 per cwt; seed meal, 81 % per
cwt; hay strong at $40 to % per ton, and
81 Is to % per cwt for Western, and
Sl4 per ton for Southern prairie, also Toe
per cwt.
ESCULENTS.-In lots D. BIS. are worth
50 05a3 10 per Dbl, and from store, SO 35 t.
8 so seed qualities, So Is to 9 rs per bbl
from store new La, $2a2 Is per box
sweets 10 25aS 70 per Dbl; cabbage
scarce at IS 00a7 90 per crate fol
Southern. onions 81 60a3; beets 60C
per doz buncheS lettuce $4a5 per
Dbl; beans 81 l0a4 Is for white medium
peas 81 6Oa2 % for stock and 81 75aS 90 fol
| lady peas.
POULTRY AND Chickens
So O0a3 rs per doz; young spring inquired
for Mt $5a6; ducks dull at 80 00a3 u
per doz; geese slow; turkeys slow at $l2 K
IA per doz Eggs firm at Is to20c pei
doz.
FRUITS-Apples are not offering, but
last sold at A TO s per Dbl; drieddo, 6a61IC
per lb; peaches nominal at to 6llc PEI
ID; lemons. $3a4 per box as per quality
oranges, "a 90 to per box, and $6a6 81
for repacked Messina in cases; raisins
So Is to 3 so per box.
PR0VISIONS-Jobbers quote tn,
market unsettled and tending up
ward; cash orders are as fol
lows Bulk shoulders, 711a79sc per Ii
c. r, l05sal0Ao; c. s., llallHc; hams
l3c; breakfast bacon, lSc; pork
$40 90 per Dbl; bacon sides, llAall5sc c
? 1lNal12c; shoulders, 8aSAc lard
in ties, llAc; hf bbls and kegs, 1915
pals. l2Ac; hf do, l29<c. Time order
are higher.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Jobber
Iquote white c at 9Kal0c y at 9a9AC
lcrushed and pulv at 10%c; cut loaf a
lllc; granulated 10]1c, Molasses, As
Csc per gal.
| MACKERBL-Jobbers quote hf Dbl
| No. l at IS rs; No. 2, So 90; No. 8, S. o.
\ Kits. No. l, 81 To- No. 2, 81; No. 3, 81.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry fin
| l5al6c per Id for No. l, and l2alSc 70
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c green, 5a6,
green sailed, 6a7c. Tallow, 6a7t
beeswax, 18a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a
Soc per ID; do unwashed, 16a25c; bury
| l0a26c. Coon skins Is to Soc each; min
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox 10
Toe; deer 25a95c, 'possum 5al0c; wolf an
Ipanther 50oaSl, beaver and bear 60caS4
| BAGGING AND TIES-Baggin
quiet. On orders 911al0Nc as in quality
| iute, 9<al0Nc; Irvine lac per bundle
ties, 81 95a1 60 per bundle.
| NAlLS-Firm at So go rates, som
dealers asking higher.
| C0FFEE-Quiet at 9Hal5c for Ri
and 24s26cfo Java.
| SALT--Steady at 81 85a1 60 per sac
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 as
so for Ohio river; the latter dull.
| CANNED GO0DS-Strawberrles, etc
81 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81
for ID and 81 75a2 rs for 3 lb cans; toms
toes, 81 10al 45 for 2 and 3 ID canl
seconds do, 81 05al So.
TOBACC0-Common 33a38c fo
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 4Oa60C
| twist, BOA 45c; navy, 35a60t; smoking, 80
&c for common to fancy.
| BUILDINGMA TERIAL-Louisvill
cement, stiff at 65al 75c per BIB
Rosdale, $3.50 Portland, $50 t
II co. Plaster, - 90; Alabam
lime in large bbls, 95ca$1; Tenn
| do in ~ bu bbls, 85a9Oc. Brick, $40 an,
$l2 so per M FIRE do, 4 and 41Sc each.
| SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at I
I71Sc for Tenn. red and white and lie perl
for Va pecans, 7a8c for Ark, l3c 70
Texas and l6c for large La cocoanut:
I6ha6c; cider IS for half and 50 for bbls. O
Mo-, vinegar; l21z to Ice per gall; mine
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9<c il
pals; grits and hQminy IS rs to Copper BIB
| RICE-Choice Louisiana, Tic per Ii
common TO prime, 8 to &c.
| STARCH AND CANDLES-StarcI
| firm at 4Kc per ID; full W.T. candles IA
and firm; and 10 box lots lower.
| COAL-Pittsburg per box to rivor 3
and unsettled; city trade, del, 40
per Dbl; per hid "a 80 TO 8 so; Anthra
cite $40 80 per ton.
! HORSES AND MULES-The suppl,
of farm stock is fair, with horses rangin,
from $l25 to $500 for good animals an,
$40 to $75 for poor. No heavy drai
horses offered. Mules are 500 TO S26
each for l4k to l61S hands high.
| BUTCHERS STOOK.--Cattle are il
fair supply, with fat stock firm and rang
ing from 3 to 41Ic for grass fed; also 81
to 6hc for corn; thin and common, II
to 2Kc. Sheep in light supply and firm
at 81 to 61Sc; common, $la1 so; lambs, S
to 4 per head, as per quality. Hog mar
ket bare and light weight wanted witt
| figures ranging from AZ to 71Sc per h
Cows aud calves $l6 to S5 per head, an,
yearlings, 81 to Z per head.