Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-16
General Trade

The general feeling in breadstuhs
feed and meats is one Of weakness
and while prices to-day are not cheap
er, the impression prevails that pres
emit values cannot be sustained.
Business is slack in all lines, and
dealers are doing but little beyond
supplying the local and plantation
demand for supplies.
FLOUR AND MEAL-The -four
market is very quiet with quotations un-
changed. Jobbers fill orders as follows.
common to good family a t$450to SIS so per
Dbl, choice and fancy do SIS rs to S6 10.
patents 81 25 to 81 Is per Dbl. Cornmeai
unsettled, at "a 10 per Dbl from first
FEED STUFFS-Corn 9la93c per bu
at wholesale and retail. Oats 64a58c per
bu- Bran, SIS per ton and S5a9Oc Der
ewt Timothy hay, S2l 60a23 per ton and
81 10 to 80 per cwt; prairie hay dull at
seas 81 per ton, and 40a45c per cwt,
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES-Po-
tatoes, jobbing at 81 25a2 80 per Dbl.
sweet do, $2 50a2 70 and dull. Onions
- 80 per Dbl and slow. Cabbage, 81 76a
so per crate. Apples, 50c to 81 2b Der
Dbl; new dried dc 4 to &c per lb. Peaches.
nominal. Lemons, S5a6 50 per box. Rails
ms, $3a4 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Youne
chickens, large S3a3 25per doz; small and
medium, 81 60a2 rs; old, 81 7ba3 Is. A
few fancy have sold during the week as
high as SO 90. Young ducks, 81 so per
doz. Eggs easy, 10 per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Fresb
grass butter 20i2Sc per ID; common to
good county, 15a20c; Western dairy. 20S
25c;creamery, 2Sa90c. Cheese, 9Xai6c
per pound, rs per quality.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon Shout
.ders are jobbing at llal1A; c ribs, l4JEa
l42sc; do c sides, l5al5Hc; dry salt
shoulders, lOhl0Xc; do or, l89sal3Lc; do.
clear sides, l4al4Hc. Hams l5al5Nc
breakfast bacon, 14%al5Hc. Lard, 1854
lSc for ties, lSNal3Hc for kegs and hlf
bbls, and l3Mal4kc for pals.
SALT-In carload lots, 81 Dial 80 for
Dbl for Ohio river, and l0c higher at re-
tail; Liverpool per saek,l 81 35al 66erp
coarse and fine. .0
HIDES AND W0OL-Green hides,
5a6c per ID green sailed, 71Sa8c; dry
sailed, l0al2c dry flint, 1910 for No. I.
and l21Sc for No. 2. Wool, 10 to 35c per
Id, the Is for choice washed.
TOBAOC0-Choioe to fancy, 4Oa6Oc;
twist, 3ba46C navy, 35a60u; common IL
inch, 38a3oc; smoking, 30a62c.
RlCE-Per ID, 6H to SIC, as per quail
ity.
VINEGAR-Por gal, l2Ac. Oil for
cooking, 62a66c.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-Y G, 9Xc
per lbi VIC, 9%a9Ac; Eastern sugars, Sa9c;
%granulated, lOc crushed, pulverized and
cut Loaf, l0Nc, Molasses. nominal.
C0FFEE-Per ID, 9kal6hc for Rio,
and 24a26cfor Java.
MAOKEREL-Per Inf bbls, $425 for
No. 8; per kit, soc for No. l.
NAlLS-Very firm, at 50 IS per keg for
ten pennies.
STARCH AND OANDLES-starcb
is firm at 4kc per ID; candles do al 1bc
for full WI; Soap 81 to &C per ID.
BAGGlNG AND TIES-obbers'
prices, 9a9%o per ID, for fax, and.
6MalOc for jute, as per quality; Irvine,
lac per ID. Ties, $I60a1 65 per bundle.
BUILDING ATERIALELime 95a
81 per Dbl for Alabama and s5a9Oc for
Tenn. Cement, 81 60per Dbl for Louisville.
and 81 40for Rosedale, Portland S.. Plas-
ter, " 80, Brick, $a4 so per 100 for Are.
and S9al0 so per M for hard. Rouph.
framing lumber SIS per M; dressed, do
$780, yellow pine flooring sos; shingles,
sSa4b0; lathing, 81 rs for poplar, and So
for cypress. III NJ.
C0AL-Pittsburg per box to river IS
and unsettled; city trade, del. 40c
per bbli por hid $4,000 s So Anthra-