Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-15
General Trade.

In the feed market a. fair demand
rules for corn, with sellers Offering
light concessions to effect trades fol
carload lots. Hay is also in liberia
supply, except for strictly choic,
Western timothy, and prices rule a
heretofore except for Southern prairi
which is dull and lower; several ca
loads have arrived during the pas
few days, and there is little demant
for it. Oats are scarce and firm, an,
wheat bran the same; corn bran offer
at reduced prices. Flour aud corr
meal are easier, and sales of round lot
are at slightly lower figures. In pota
toes the demand for seed classes i
stacking off aud values are lower
while table stock is in fair demand a
steady prices, though several shipment
from Tennessee and Kentucky hay,
been added to the supply within thu
past few days. Chickens, and in facI
all classes Of poultry, sell readily a
full figures, while eggs are weak auC
lower, and no game worth mentioning
has entered the market for more thar
two weeks.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Single bbs d
-four sell at S4a6 as per quality from com
mon to choice family; patents, So 60a7 50
Corn meal weak ut 81 8ja2 80 from til,
mills and So in small way.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn easy at 57a58C
for shelled in sack and 54a55c in bulk fol
carloads at the track; small orders 6laG3C
per bushel in SKIS Oats scarce at 50f
55c per bu; bran, 81 Is per cwt and S2S
per ton; corn do, Sl3al4 per ton, and Soc pei
cwt. Hay Si9 00al6 % per ton, and 80a
soc per cwt for Western; IS lper ton and
55c per cwt for prairie and dull.
Observation-Disclosures are 50 76a9
per Dbl in a small way. SweestA S2a2 Is
per Dbl. Cabbage "a C0a5 co per crate for
La. Lettuce 40a6Oc per doz; radishes
Doc; beets Soc; beans 81 60aS per bu; peas
81 25a2 per bu. as per quality.
FRUlTS-Apples per Dbl $4a6; dried do
5a7hc per ID; peaches 3Ka41Sc per ID;
pineapples 81 90 per doz; lemons $3a4 per
box; oranges $Sa4 per box raisins $3a4
per box.
BUTTER AND ESE-Country
butter l8a25c per ID; Western 17a2ic, a
per quality; creamery 35c Cheese 9Ha
1910 per 10.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Ohickens
70 5Oa5 per doz asper quality; ducks $4a
Is; turkeys Zoe per ID for dressed, and
$l5a20 per doz for live; geese S4a6 perdoz
for live and dressed. No game in the
market for ten days past. Eggs weak and
unsettled at llal2c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Dry sailed
sides sell at l0ac per ID loose, and &c higher
packed; shoulders are 7la79s. The market
is unsettled and stock ample Hams, l2ial8c
breakfast bacon, l3al3kc lard in tics
1laallAc; kegs and hf bbls l2al2Nc;
pals at the usual advance.
COFFEE = Easy ut 8ka13Xc per
lb for Rio, and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Y c
sugar, 8Aa8ic per ID; W c, 82a9c; o K,
6as7lc; granulated, 9a9lc; powdered and
cut loaf, lOlalOlc. Molasses, 81 to 55c per
BAGGiNG AND TIES-Bagging,
7a9 per ID and nominal. Ties, ST 55a
l 60 per bundle 81 30 for pieceddo. Irvine,
l2c per ID.
CANNED GooDS-oysters, l and ?
ID full VT, 81 05al 80 per doz; 1t VT 65ca
81 90; pie peaches, 2aS ID, 81 GOAL Is;
standard do 81 5Oa2 TO- strawberries, 81 IS
al 80; corn, S5cal 25i string beans, 81 90
for ID standards.
SEEDS-Barley, per bu, 81; blue
grass, 81 so rye, 70a80c; orchard do,
81 50al 60; herd do, 90caS1 timothy,
81 Is; clover seed, IS 0Oa8 %; millet
81 40a1 80 per bu; onion sets, IS 0Oa5 90
and SO 90 for top.
HIDES AND LEATHER = Dry
flint hides, l5al8c per ID for No l, and lSC
for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed
7a8JIc; green, 6a7c. Tailow. 6ISa7c. Bees.
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c Dol h.
Feathers, S6a40o. Deer skins, SOa3Oc; har.
ness, oak sole and skirting leather, S6a4OC
DER ib hemlock sole, 27a80c; French calf
SiOa60 per doz; domestic. S24a40 per de
MA0KEREL--Hf bbls, IS Is, 81 rs an6
81 90 for Nos. /, 2 and s. kits do, 9b, 81
and 600 esah.
BUNDBIRs=Pigs feetS so for kegs
a sSr hf bbls, and 81 50 for bbls at re.
Til an 4 % 10 800 per ppkge cheaper
;n Ioss NInee meat, Sa9c p6F ID
cider, SSas 50 tor hbl. and "A % for hf do
pickles, $SaS so for bS.',s ana " load Tor n
do oatmeal and craCc.Sed wheat
"A 5Oa5 for hf bbls; rice, TAI &c per
ID; brooms, 81 TOAD per doz, and broo''
corn to &c per II, rs per quality.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Brick
50 6Oal0 per M for soft aud hard, and 4s
Sc each for fire Nails, 50 So por keg
Lime, 95casl per Dbl. Cement, 81 Goal u
per Dbl for Louisville; 81 so for Rosedale
and 81 6Oa6 for Portland. Plaster, " BY
Lumber, yellow pine flooring, S26; rough
framing, Sl4; dressed, S80per M; lathing
81 76a2 per M; shingles, S8a4 30 per NJ
COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-CottoI