Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-14


4perb Dbl Ewuss, from store AG4 % per bbi.
Onions, 81 rs 20 8 Is per bblj onion sets,
e7a7 70 per bu In lots for red and white.
Cabbage, slow for poor La, at 81 TO 5 per
crate, while strictly choice is "a TO 4 80
per crate. Beans, So 65a4 10per Blu, and
peas, $2a2 so per bu as per quality. Three
carloads stock peas have arrived and are
on the market to-day.
FRUITS-Apples scarce and quoted
at Sc per Dbl; dried apples, exc per
per ID for bright from first hands, and 4
to 1c higher at retail; peaches, dull at 4c
in lots and 6a6c Al retail; oranges $3a3 so
per box for Palermo and Messina. and
IS so for imperial lemons So 75a4 per box;
raisins S3a3 so per box. 7
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens
scarce at 81 75a3 70 per doz; turkeys,
quiet at SO to IA per doz for live; ducks
and geese are not offering. Eggs l4al6c
per doz.
BUTTER ANDCHEESE.-Creamer
butter 45 to SIC per ID, the latter fol
gilt edge; Western, rs to 26c; fancy
dairy, S8a40c Kentucky and Tennes-
see, 20a25c; common, 12al5c; country
15a1Sc; butterine, 18a2lc. Cheese, 9Xs
15c per ID, as per quality, and dull.
PROFESSIONALISM meats sell fol
cash on the spot as follows: Shoulders, 6H
a7c loose and packed c r 9%a9%c clear
l0a10Hc. Time orders are e TO nc high.
er, hams, 12c; breakfast bacon, 12Ka13c;
Lard, l1Hal1Hc for t%ierces; ll%e for hi
bbls and kegs; l2c for pals and 121zc fol
hf pals; tins l2Xc for 10 lbs, 12%c for {
lbs and 12Ac for 3 lbs.
MACKEREL-Jobbers quote hf bbls
No. l at So 26; No. 2, $780, No. 8, 81 IS;
Kits. No. l, 90c; No. 2, 85c; Nc. 8, Zoe.
SEEDS-Germanmille 50 40a2 so per bu
timothy, $3a3 25 Hungarian, 81 %; blue
grass, 81 Is; orchard, 81 90 red top and
herds grass, 81 10 clover, S. 75a6;
broom corn, $l60a2W per ton; brooms,
81 10 to 4 per doz as per quality.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Market
quiet, with jobbers quoting as follows;
w C 9a9Kc, " 8Aa9c; seconds do TIA
&c; 0 X 7Aa7Kc hards 9Ksl0Kc, Molas.
II HIDES TIDES pS AND nj wooE-Dry flint
l5a16c per lb for No. /, and l2alSc fol-
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green, 5a6c;
green sailed, 6a7c. TalIow, 6a7c;
beeswax, l8a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 26a-
35c per ID; do unwashed, l6a25c; bury,
l0a26c. Coon skins 10 to See each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l6a
Toe; deer 25a35c, 'possum 6a10c; wolf and
panther 60caS1, .eaver and bear 50ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Baggine
quiet. On orders 9Xal0Nc as in quality;
jute, 9Ks10Kc; Irvine l4c per bundle;
ties, 81 86s1 go per bundle.
- Eirna 81 90 IN nav boz cor IN
pennies, some dealers charging So rs.
OOFFEE-Quiet at 9Ha15c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 Goa
/ 65 for Ohio river; the latter dull.
CANNEDG 00DS-Strawberries, etc,
81 IS per doz. cans; peaches, 81 %
for 2 ID and 81 75a2 rs for 8 ID cans; toma-
toes, 81 l0al As for 2 and 3 ID cans
seconds do, 81 05a1 35.
T0BACC0-Common 33a38c fol-
11-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, 35a45c; navy, 35a60.; smoking, S0a
62c for Common to fancy.
cement, 81 Toe per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 so
Portland, $4 50a5; Plaster, So 50. Ala
lime in large bbls, 95caS1; Tenn
do in ~ blu bbls, 85a9Oc. Brick, 50 and
$40 so per NJ fire do, 4 and 4Hc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at 6Ls
TIC for Tenn. red and white, and lie perl
for Va; pecans, 7a8c for Ark, 12c fol
Texas and Ice for large Las c%ocoanuts
SIC; cider $5 for half and SO for bbls. O
No. vinegar; l2X to Ice per gal; minct
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9Xc il
pals; grits and hominy$ S. % to 8 90 per Dbl
RlCE-5 to 6Nc for common anC
prime; nc for choice.
STARCH AND OANDLES-Starcl
firm at Axe per lb; full W.T. candles IA,
and firm; 8 and 10 box lots lower.
C0AL-Pittsburg per box to river 8
and unsettled; city trade, del, 40
per Dbl; per hid $3.50 to 8 co. Anthra
cite $40 so per ton.
LIVE ST0OK-Good butchers cattl
in light receipt at SIC for s'uooth fat t
&c for choice, and II to SIC for com
mon to good rough. The marke
is firm and good meet ready sale
good rough. Sheep are in demand for goot
mutton qualities, at 81 to &c gross ant
$lal 90 per head for common. Lamb
S2a3 30 per head. Cows and calves, ST.
to 35 per head. Yearlings, S4 to 81 pc
head. Hogs active at Al to TIC per ID, 70
common to choice corn fed.
HORSES ANDMULES-Horses rang
from 81 25 to 200 each for good driving o
saddle, and $40 to $75 for plugs. Mule
800 to lI5 each for Az to 16 hands, ant
up to 800 for large extra.