Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-22

The Mississippi is now bank full from
Cairo to the gulf, though it still lacks
nearly 10 feet at Cairo Of being up to
the level Of the great rise Of March
last, yet here it is within 3 feet of that
disastrous food. AS yet no harm has
been done by the present rise, but a
few inches more ofswell and it will 90
over many places below here where
the levees are down, and they are
in that fix the whole length of the
valley from here to V~icksburg. The
past week has been dry with no rain
here until yesterday. The cotton CROP
is not in promising order and much
of it has been ~replanted having been
destroyed by worms or the cold, unsea-
sonable weather. Corn is in fair con-
dition, and wheat now ready for har-
vest is all that farmers could desire.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers' prices
for -four sales as follows: Common to
good family, $5a6 so per Dbl; choice to
fancy do, So loaf 80; patents, 81 75a8 %,
market dull. Cornmeal in dray or car
load lots, 81 10 per Dbl; small orders,
$425.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn, S9a9Sc per bu,
as per quantity and quality. Oats, 66a67c
per bu in carloads, and 68a70c in a small
way. Bran, so per ton and 81 20 per
cwt for wheat; SO per ton and 60c per
cwt for corn, and 81 Is per cwt for cot
ton seed meal. Hay a drag at S16a21 per
ton for Western and 81 l0al 20 per cwt;
prairie, Sl2 per ton, and Coo per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes SO 25a3 70 per
Dbl for old in q small way way; season
over for round lots; new potatoes, SO 75a
"a 90 per Dbl for La. and home grown.
Cabbage scarce at $5aS psr 100 head.
Snap beans, 81 50a2 per box. Cucumbers,
30 to 40c per doz. Beans, SO 50a4 per bu
for white, medium and blackeyed; red and
clay peas, 81 LOAF 50per bu.
FRUITS-Strawberries So 90 to 4; pei
case of "A quarts; plums, 30a50c per %u
bushel box; lemons, "a 25a4 rs per box;
oranges, 50 to 6 so per box; bananas,
slbOa2 80 per bunch; %raisihs, So to 4 pei
box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
81 to 3 IS per doz as per size and order
nothing doing in turkeys or geese. Egg
BUTTER AND CHEESE Tenn
KY. and Ark prairie, fresh grass l6 to 23(
as per quality; Western rs 10 % to 60(
per ID; Cheese, cream 12Hc per ID, fol
: new hf cream; old nominal.
|, PROFESSIONALISM shoulders arr
jobbing at 9Ac; C ribs, llXc; clear, l1%c
packed; Bacon, shoulders, 9Nc: C r
l21c clear, 1910, packed. Loose meats
&c less, Hams, 14Aal4Ac. Breakfas
! bacon, l3Aal4c, Mess pork, S2l per Dbl
Lard, llAl2c in %tierces, l2% in kegs anC
e hf bbls, and d toKc higher in pals.
SALT-Ohio river salt, 81 40 per Dbl
. carloads, l0c less; Liverpool, 81 35al 81
in sacks tor coarse and fine.
a CANNED GOODS-Dull and Lomi
nally as follows; Strawberries, II 40al 81
per doz. cans; peaches, 81 70 TO 2 10 TO
/ . 3 ID cans; tomatoes, 81 l0sl As for 2 ant
3 10 cans; seconds, 81 05al 80.
HIDES AND WUOL-Dry fin
: hides, l5a15Xc per ID for No. |
! and l2al2Kc for No. 2 d.y sailed, l0al2C
= green, 4abc; green sailed, 5a7c. Tallow
Skate; bees wax, l8a20c. Wool in demand
BURY 10 to Ice per ID; unwashed clear
Is to DC; choiced washed, 80 to sc.
TOBACCO Common 33a3Hc TO
n ll-inch plug, choice to fancy, 40a60c
. twist, Goa 45c; navy, 35a6O,: smoking. 30
y 62c for common to fancy. Market dnll.
RICE-Choice Louisiana, SIC per ID
common to prime, 6ha7c.
SUNDRIES.-Milet, 81 30a2 40 pc
m | hunhal naftap onaA QEn hpehal
Jelly, 10c per lb; preserves, l2C
pickles, "a 25a4 90 for half and 81 tOaS 70
whole bbls; cooking oil, 55a65c per gal
= vinegar, l2Hal5c per gal.
U BUILDING MATERIAL New.
burnt brick Offer to builders at the yard
So 90 per M; do del, 81 80; shipping
u brick, s9al0 per NJ; fire brick, S4 0Oa4 s
y per 100. Lime. 95caSl per 3 bu Dbl
/ for Alabama, and 85a90c tor Tenn il
~ bu bbls. Cement, 81 65al 7hc 70
Louisville, $3.50 for Rosedale and 50 90 70
n Portland; Plaster, 50 30.
LUMBER-Per M SIS for rough, So
e for yellow pine flooring; shingles $3a4 Sc
poplar lathing 81 70, cypress do, - pc
thousand.
STARCH AND CANDLEs-Starcl
: firm at 4zc per lb; full VT candles 1914
lac ana nrm.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES - Mar
U ket steady. Yellow c, 8Aa91lc per Ii, a
4 per quality W c, 95sal0HG open kettle
to SIC; graduated, l01z; crushed ant
6 pulverized lie; cut loaf, lie, Molasses
t 60a65c per gal.
! NAILS-Steady at So so rates, som.
Il dealers asking higher.
n COFFEE-Market quiet at 9Hal5c pc
= ID for Rio and 24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-Market nominally 70
old, s. to 8 IS for hf bbls Nos. 3, 2 and |
Kits. 81 TO l 10 for Nos. 8, 2 and l..
BAGGlNG ANDTIES-Nomina will
: prices ranging from 9kal0Ao per 10, an,
l4c for twine; ties, 81 36al go per bundle
, COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 3
and unsettled; city trade, del, 40
per Dbl; per hid "a 50 to 8 go Anthra
4 cite $40 80 per ton. Kentucky coal 80
= per Dbl delivered.
HORSES AND MULES-The latte
g sell at 500 TO $3.50 each if ranging iron
l4X TO 1871 hands. Horses SIS to go
. each for good and $40 to $75 each 70
; plugs.
BUTCHERS STOCK - Cattle firm
scarce and wanted. Good beef, 4a7
per ID; thin and common, IL
a 3ho; grazing cattle in demand at lHa2A
gross, Sheep 3ha5hc for good; common
u Slal so per head; lambs, 81 to 4 per head
Hogs slow at 6a7Hc per ID. Cows an,
calves $l5 to IS per head; yearlings, 5
to each.
e 10Th Anniversary.