Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-14
General Traele,

The interior roads are in exearable
order, and landings along the river
are so soft that it is next to impossi.
Bile to handle freights. business is
however, fairly active, and now that
the river from 50. Louis to Cairo Il
again open to navigation a more active
movement may be expected. AS soon
as the rain soaked earth dries a little
planters and farmers will begin the
work Of seeding for spring crops, and
a brisk trade is looked for in all lines
At present the markets are 10 the
main quiet. Meats continue to rule
unsettled, but the tendency is weak
and at most points dullness also pre-
walls. Flour is in ample supply, aud
the tone is easy. Hay is very dull.
No bran has arrived for nearly two
mon tbs aside from a carload or two,
and the supply is exhausted. Corn
and oats are in good demand, with
free sale for all arrivals. The potato
market is active, with large receipts
and ready sale for for all good offer
iugs. The receipts of the past four
days include 1000 bbls -four, 1890 SKIS
corn, 1850 SKIS oats, 1890 bales hay,
$500 bbls potatoes, $50 bbls onions,
600 bbls whisky, 80 carloads meat and
large consignments of general mer-
chandise, hardware and other articles.
FLOUR AND MEAL Orders are
filled at the following prices For low
grades, 80 70 10 4 so per Dbl and slow to
sell; good to choice family, 81 75a5 tx
fancy, S. 76a6 80; patents, S. 75a7 2, with
good demand for family and better classes
Cornmeal unsettled, ut ~ 70a2 81 per
Dbl for drayload lots and at retail.
FEED STUFFS.-Corn, firm at 56c
per bushel for shelled or car in sacks, and
48c for corn in with shucks on, also Ole
for shellcd in bulk; retailers charge 3ahc
higher. Oats, 49a52c per bu for mixed;
62a56o for black seed, and 70a75c for
rust proof. Bran, scarce at 81 90 per
cwt for wheat bran, $l4 50al5 90 per ton.
Hay, Sl2al6 per ton for Western as per
quality, and $4,000 per cwt prairie
dull al 81 poF ton, and 45a50c per cwt
FRUITS.-Apples aro quiet at 50 so
al 70 per barrel, Dried active and
fun at 6aTc per ID as per quality; peaches
dull at 9ha6c. per ID. Oranges, 80 75a
3 60 per box for Messina and Sc 50 per
case for Valencia. Lemons, 81 75a3 81
per box. Rasins, $Sa5 per box.
VEGETABLES-Potatoes sell at 50 25
~ 80 per Dbl for table at the landing
or track, and 81 75a2 80 for seed varieties,
The latter retail at $3a3 so per Dbl, and table
varieties ut 81 80, Sweets slow at 81 76a
2 % per Dbl. Cabbage from La, ~ 50a
3 80 per crate; krout, 81 75a2 10 per half
and 81 50a6 90 per whole bbl beans 81 40
az IS per bush. for white as per qnality
and quantity; peas do. 81 25a2 90 as per
quality,
BUTTER AND CHRESE-Coun-
try butter plentiful and dull at l2al8c per
10, the latter for oxtral western dairy 2Oa
SOC, IN small way, for medium to choice
and creamery, 38a40c; bulterine l7a20o.
Cheese, 9lSe for hatsi l4l1c for full cream,
and l5al6e for Y. A.; round lots Of both
butter and cheese are considerably lower.
POULTRY, EGGS AND GAME
Chickens sell at S3a4 rs per doz if in desir-
able condition, while poor are slow ut $2a
2 rs; ducks, SO 50a4 50; turkeys, $l2 Goa
Is 90 per dog tor live and l8a20c per ID
for dressed; geese "a 80q8 90 per doz, the
latter for fat dressed; eggs easy at 22c
per d0z Quail 81 10 per doz; squirrels,
Slal 70 per doN rabbits 81 7ba2 90, the
latter forlarge swamp; ducks ara VI 25a
/ rs for small, and 81 '60a8 90 for teal and
mallard; venison, lOe per ID for whole,
and l2Hal3c for saddles, Reelfoot FISH
Gal0e per ID.
MEATS AND LARD-The value of
meat is unset9ed, Dealers ill orders all
the way from rs to 7% per ID for shout
deEs and 9Sa9M for clepf rib PORK loose
The outside prices are charged for time
orders and The inside for cash. Mess pork
quiet at $40 50al9 IS per Dbl; hams, l2A9
he; breakfast bacon, l2%gl2Q; mess pork,
40 lard, in tes, llAal2 kegs and
hfbNs. I2al2ke! pals, l2he hf DO 1906
cash sales III jOts arc made Vt lower fig
ures. Home hacked shoulders attho track
are supplied at 50 So; CT pork at SIC, and
perls hams at loHc Fresh heef i selling
at S1a4hc for fore and 5a7c iscr hind
quarters Hogs on foot, 6a6%c, and 5a7c
for country and city demand. I
BAGGING AND TIES-Iron ties,
81 80 per bundle for piecod and 81 55al 20
for standard. Irvine, he per ID. Bag.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES = Good
common 0 X sugar, 5la5ke; fully fair
6a6hc; prime, 6ha6%o; ~. Q. GER7Xc;
off white, SaSic; white, 8ha9c granu-
lated, 9la9le; powdered and cut Loaf, l0lc.
Molasses, So 10 52c, az per quality
C0BFEE-Per ID, 9al4so for Rio. and
2ia26c for Java wilh an upward tendency.