Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-12

SOC per bu In lots and at retail; oats SIS 70
Soc bran S23a23 80 per ton and 81 20 per
cwt; hay $1S to q per ton, and 81 IOaf00
per cwt for western; southern prairie 81 TO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. higher, with
sales OFF, Bs at So IS in lots; jobbing at
" 6OaS % per Dbl, and n Y rose at 81 to
70; onions dull at 81 76a2 so in lots, and
W IN a small way; sweet potatoes SO % per
Dbl In a small way; beans weak at $3aS rs
per bui dried peas 81 30 to 2 25 per Dbl;
turnips jybbiEg at 81 Is per Dbl; kraut fat
az "a to 5 for hf and IS so to IL for whole
FRUITS.-Apples scarce and firm at a
to b6O per Dbl; dried do 9a7c per III:
peaches dull at 4 10 7c per ID, as per
quality; oranges $9to IL per Dbl for Lou.
lslana, "a 60a5 80 per box for Florida. and
" to 9 per large box for Valencia.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens
scarce and firm at 81 to 3 go per doz, as per
quality, the latter for choice hens; turkeys
" to IL per doz, and 12Kc per ID for
dressed If choice; geese dull at So to 3 %
per doz; ducks ~ 60a3 90 per doz. Eggs
unsettled at 20a2lc per doz.
GAME.-Squirrels 60a75 per doz; quails
$lal 30 per doz; rabbits 81 25al so per
doz; ducks 81 to 2 per doz; turkeys Doc
each; venison 5 to &c per ID for whole and
7 to &c per ID for saddles.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Jobbers
quote good qualities of butter in fair de-
mand, with creamery at As to 47c per Id:
western table and dairy % to 34c per ID;
country II to zoe; butterine 19c for tubs
and 2Oc for rolls. Cheese 81 to 16c per lb
as per quality.
MEATS AND LARD.-Bulk shout
ders are jobbing for cash at 6Ha6%c per
10; do G r 9Ka9hc; do clear 9Xa9%c;
smoked hams l2Hc; breakfast bacon l2Lc;
mess pork $40 % per Dbl; no movement
in bacon.
HIDES AND wooL-Dry flint
l5a16c per ID for No. /, and l2a19c for
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al3c; green, 6a7c;
green sailed, 7a8Xc. Tallow, 6Ha7c:
beeswax, l6a2Oc. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
36c per lb; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury.
l0a26c. Coon skins 10 to 50c each; mink
do 2Oa40c each. Skunk sheep and fox 15a
Toe deer 36a45c, 'possum 5a10c; wolf and
panther 50casl, beaver and bear 5Oca$4.
BAGGlNG AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 9Hal0Ac as in quality;
iute, 9Nal0Nc; Irvine l4c per bundle;
ties, 81 35al 60 per bundle.
NAILS-Quiet at So 40 rates.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Supar.
y. c. 8Aa9%c white c. 9Ha9Hc, off A 9X
a9Kc and granulated l0Hal0Nc Pow
dered and cut loaf lie. Molasaes Goa
CSC.
CoFFEE-Steady at 9Xal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 85a1 Go per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 BOA
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED 0ODS-Strawberries, ETC.,
81 S5 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 %
for 2 ID and 81 75a2 70 for 8 Id cans; toma-
toes. 81 l5al 30 for 2 and 8 ID cans.
TOBAOOO-Common 33a38c for
ll-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, 3ba46ci navy, 85a6O,; smoking, goa
62c for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisville
cement, 81 76c per Dbl; Rosedale, So 80;
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 81 10. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 96caSl; Tenn.
do in ~ bu bbls, 90c. Brick, $40 and
$40 so per M FIRE do, 4 and 4Nc each!s
SUNDRlES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
for Vai pecans, 7aSc for Ark he for
Texas and Ice for large La; ~cocoanuts,
6a6Hc; cider S. for half and SO for bbls. of
Mo-. vinegar; l21 to l5c per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9Kc in
pals; grits and hominy$ S. Is to so per Dbl.
COTTON SEED-Per ton $l2 90 loose
from wagons and Sl2 to $13 in SKIS at the
landing; crude oil AZ to 45c per g.; refined
do. 66 to 60c; cake $24 to 25 per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 4hc per lb; full W.T. candles 14Hc
and firm; 8 and 10 box lots lower.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 40
to 45c and unsettled; city trade, del, COO
per Dbl; per hid "a so to s so; Anthra-
cite $40 30 per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from $l25 to $225 each for IA
to 1917 hands. Horses, $126 to 500 for
driving; $40 to 1925 for saddle, and
$40! n S75 for plugs.
LIVE STOCK - Prices range from
3 to DC per ID gross for butcher
cattle and II to 2Ac for common and
poor sheep dull at 81 to l 90 per head for
common and 3 to 4Hc for medium to
choice; lambs 81 to 8 80 per head; COWS
and calves SIS to 35 per head; yea-lings
"a to 7 each; hogs firm at 4 to 7c as per
quality and order