Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-16


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enoiee, and 81 SOTO ! 50 fol patent brands
Cornmeal easy at 81 Is TO 4 % per Dbl In
lots, and " 80 on small orders.
FAEDSTUFFS.-Feed corn is in ample
supply at 6Sc per bu in lots, and 90a92c in
small way; white corn is scarce and in
light movement, at 96 to CSC in a small
way. Oats quiet at 64c per bu in carload
lots, and 66a6Sc in a small way. Bran
easy at SlS to SIS 90 per ton, and 81 05a
l III per cwt. Choice Western hay is
scarce and in good demand at $50 per ton.
while poor grades are dull and nominal;
prairie hay is quoted at s8a9 per ton, and
6Oc per owt; retailers charge 81 l0al %
per cwt for Western hay.
ESCULENTS- Shippers are paying
81 70 TO s. per Dbl measure for potatoes
and retailers charge So so per Dbl. Onions
50 rs to 3 so per Dbl loose, and 81 at re.
tail. Cabbage 81 90 to 90 per 100 head
FRUITS.-Apples are 76c to 81 90 per
Dbl measure loose, and at retail
dealers charge 81 60a3. Peaches, 25 to CSC
per one-third bushel bex, as per quality
and order. Whortleberries. 4Oa50c Der
gal. Plums, 25a50c per one-third bushel
box. Canteloupes. 50 25 per doz. Lem.
ons are 81 50a5 for Palermo, and S. 60
a6 for Messina. Oranges scarce at So per
box. Bananas plentiful at Soc to 81 so per
bunch.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Old chick.
ems are very dull and slow to sell, with
liberal offerings; inferior young ditto,
choice young range from 81 rs to 1926 per
doz, and others at 81 80 TO $50. Eggs
irregular and inclining lower, at 13al7c
per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.--Countrv
butter is plentiful and dull at II to 26c
per ID, as per quality; prairie butter. 90a
&c; Western, " to 26c for table and
dairy, and 26a29c for creamery. Cheese,
9al0c per ID for flats, 1910 for hf cream,
l5a16c for full do, and II for Y A.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon shout
ders are 10Aal0%c per lb; c. r. do,
al3Xl35sc; clear, l4al41Sc; bulk clear
sides, l9al31sc loose and packed 9
r do, l2Aal2Nc; shoulders do, 9Ka9sSc
mess pork, $22 60per Dbl. Breakfast bacon
l42sal6c. Hams, l6Aal6c. Lard, in
tierces, llNal216c hf bbls, 1870;
pals, l3Hal3Kc.
SALT-Ohio river salt, 81 40 per Dbl;
carloads, l0c less; Liverpool, 81 S6al 81
in sacks for coarse and fine.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
hides, 16al5Xc per ID for No. l.
and l2al2Kc for No. 2 dry sailed, l0a12c;
green, 4a5c; green sailed, 6a7c. Tallow
6Sa7c; beeswax, 2Oa22c. Wool
BURY 10 to Ice per lb; unwashed clear
10 to 2Sc; choiced washed, 30 to S5c.
T0BACCO-Common 3Sa3Sc fol
ll-inch plug choice to fancy, 40a6Oc;
twist, 85a 46c; navy, 35a60L; smoking, 3Oa
SIC for common to fancy. Market dnil.
RICE-Choice Louisiana, SIC per ID;
common to prime, 6Ha7c.
SUNDRIES.-Jelly, 10c per pound
preserves, l2ci pickles, 81 Is to 4 sc
for half and 81 90 to 800 fol-
whole bbls; cooking oil, 55a65c per gal;
vinegar, l21zal5c per gal.
BUILDING MATERIAL-New brick
at the yards S6 60per NJ; do del, 81 90; shin.
ping brick, $9al0 per M; fire brick, SO O0aS &c
per 100. Limo. 95ca$1 per 8 bu bbll
for Alabama, and 85a90c for Tenn in
~ bu bbls. Cement, 81 50al Coo fol
Louisville, $40 for Rosedale and IS 90 fol
Portland; Plaster, 50 30.
LUMBER-Per M SIS for rough, $2t
for yellow pine flooring; shingles $Sa4 80
poplar lathing 81 70, cypress do, 81 pei
thousand.
STARCH AND oANDLEs-starcl
firm at Nc per lbi full W.T. candles 81,
lac and firm.
SUGAR AND MOLASSEs - Mar
ket steady, with good iobbing de
mand. Yellow C, 8Na91Ic per ID, a
per quality; W c, 9%a9Nc granulated
l0ssc; crushed and pulverized 10Nc; Gu
loaf 1910. Molasses. 47a65c per gal.
NAILS-Per keg, SO co for ten pennies
with an unsettled feeling.
COFFEE-Market quiet at 9Hal5c pc
ID for Rio and 24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-New mackerel are 81 8
for No. 8 large, in hf bbls, and 95c for Nc
in kits; old are nominally $3a3 rs for h
bbls Nos. 8, 2 and l. Kits, 81 to 10 70
Nos. 8, 2 and l.
BAGGlNG AND TIES-Quotation
are nominally 9Kal0lc per ID, and IA
for Irvine; ties, 81 95al 90 per bundle.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 8
and unsettled; city trade, del, 40
per bbl.i per hid "a 80 to 8 80; Anthra
cite SlO DO per ton. Kentucky coal 80
per Dbl delivered.
HORSES AND MULES-Little dc
ing, but range from 500 TO $3.50 70
14H to l6h hands. Horses Sl25 to $40
each for good and $40 to SIS each 70
plugs.
LIVE STOCK Butchers cattle srriv
in small numbers; prices range from +
6Hc for medium to choice grass fed, ant
sheep are scarce at 81 to 4Hc per ID, an,
81 to | 80 per head for common; lambs ar
in demand at 81 to per head, as per con
dition. Hogs, in poor supply at AZ t
TIC, the latter for corn fed. Mich COW,
dull at $40 to 30 per head, and yearlng
are 81 to z per head.