Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-06
General Trade.

business Is SLACK IN all lines. The
market is bare Of round lots of corn
and the small stock is now all in sec
ond dealers hands. The inquiry is
good and dry shslied would command
56a57C per bushel. The receipts of all
classes Of feed and bresdstuffs is light
and the demand is but little more than
local. Cornmeal has been unsettled
for several days, and offerings to ar.
rive are at lower than ruling figures
Potatoes have dropped to almost a
nominal figure, and shippers are moi
anxious to buy even as low as so and
80C per Dbl measure. The chicken
market is overstocked with pool
grades, but we'll grown young in good
order sell readily at $275 to $500 pei
dozen, while strictly choice old hens
sell up to $500. Eggs, if fresh, com.
mand as high as 12c per dozen. Flour
is weak and tends toward lower prices
and meats are in the same condition.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Family -four
from common to fancy is S4 so to 8 90 per
Dbl and dull; patents s. 75a7 90. Corn
meal unsettled at 81 55a2 70 per Dbl, lots
offering at W 55a2 60,
FEEDSTU FFS-Cd1n scarce with no
lots Offering between dealers, :58c per
Blu for dry shelled in SKIS, and 60c on
orders; oats weak at 42a44c per gu in lots,
and 5Oc in a retail way; bran scarce and
valued at ga 60al5 per ton, and 80a90c
per cwt; corn bran $llal3 per ton; hay
dull at 80 to ST. per ton for Western, and
IS per ton for Southern prairie.
VEGETABLES AND FRTITS-
Potatoes from wagons per Dbl measure 60
a69ci R shipping order, 81 25al 90 per
Dbl; cabbage $3a4 per 100 head, and 81 50
per crate; onions s2a2 Is per Dbl loose and
81 75aS packed, the latter for single bbls;
old peas and beans nomirel; fresh apples
75essl 80 per Dbl measure, and 500
higher packed; lemons firm at S5a5 81
per box oranges sIa5 80 per
box for California; dried ap-
plies s to &c per lb Ga. watermelons SO
per lOO and La. cantaloupes - 60a9 per
doz.
BUTTER-Cooking butter l2al5c per
ID; medium and fancy dairy Is to 22c;
creamery 25a27c; country ID to zoe per ID.
CHICKENS AND EGGS-0ld hens
in demand az SO 50a4 per doz; mixed
IL .oo.4or. 1,,N ~ qOao. xyOunrr obiolyana
in Oyersupply and few, STRICTLY choice
sell at 81 75a3 per DEE, while small drSag 81
Sla2, and good are slow at " 25a2 30.
Eggs range from l0al2c as per quality,
the latter for strictly Gheice in small
packages.
MEkTS AND LARD-Aii CLASSES
droopy and irregular. Dealers fill cash
orders as follows Bulk shoulders, 7A79Sc
per ID; do CT s, 8AaSBc; clear 9sa9M;
smoked shoulders, 8%a8Ai do crs, 9Ssa9k
do clear, 9NGl0; mess pork, SlS w per
bbi, hams, l2al2Kc per ID; b bacon, l2lc.
Lard IN .cs, l03alo}zc; Kegs and half bbls,
lOAalO}1ci pails, lO}Sal9Aj Rglf do, &c
higher
COFFEE-Dull at 9al4c per lp fqF
Rio. and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND MOL,ASSES-Per ID
for o k, 61IA71lc, IS per quality; do y G,
84assc; do white, 8As9c; coffee, A, 9a9se;
granuiated, 9sa9Nc; pow'd and loaf,
10Nc. MolaSs6s, S2a35c per gallon.
BAGGING AND TT ES-Values range
from Sallc per ID for baggingi 81 S6al %
per hVRdle for ties.
HIDES AND LEATHER = Agy
Aint hides, l5alSe per ID for No. |; l2alSc
for No. 2; dry sailed, l0sl24c; green sailed,
wax, 26e27c, Wool, 22a24c PAL ID:
Feathers, S6a40c. Harness, oak sole .AalaqSS
skirting leather, SeS40c per ID; hemlock
3, Ne, 21sS0c; French oalt, %Qa6O per doz;
domes+tc. S1fa4O per do
MAJOR vREL-New 10 hf bids, " so
for M /. S6i ~ Tor No. d 81 IS for Ne. =
Urge and 81 50 for n .edidmi In kits w.
so and Toe for Nos. l, 2 an o.
SUNDRIES-Salt 81 35 per MI soap
8 IIa8o per ID, Cider, ST 90 for bbls ard
"a 0Oal IS for hf do rice, 6Na711c
per ID. l ldi Irl
BUILDING MATERIAL.-Nails,
So 70 per keg. Lime, e6caSl per Dbl.
Cement, 81 Goal 10 per Dbl for Loulsyille;
81 80 for Rosedale, and "a 50a5 for Port.
land. Plaster, 81 80. Lumber, yellow
pine flooring, S25; rough framing, $l4;
dressed, S8Oper Nilathing, 81 76a2 per M;
shingles, e9a4 80 per M.
COTTON SEED, OIL, RTC.--Ootton
seed at river landing SIC per ton; seed
meal, ST. 50al850 per ton; oil cake,
S2l; oil, S0a35c for crude; 45a54c for re-
aned "a ner auality.
LIVE STOOK-Choice beef cattle &c;
do medium 4a5c per ID gross; other
classes l1Sa49lc, as per quality; yearlings,
S6a9 each; mich cows S2Oa30; per head
sheep Sla4c per ID, for good mutton quail
tiles, and S1al 30 perhead for poor
lambs 81 5Oa8 per head for medium and
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