Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-16
General Trade.

Values have ruled quiet with but
little variation in this and other mar
ketS for several days past. Meats are
unchanged here and at New Orleans.
while in Western cities the tone is
dull or easier. Grain exhibits no va
ration of Importance, corn meal is
firm here but at New Orleans it is
quoted dull and droopy 1880 per Dbl;
coffee, sugar, molasses and rice are
wholly unchanged. The demand here
for choice poultry is good, while small
chickens sell slowly atlow prices. Eggs
are unsettled and the tone is in buyers
favor.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Dealers sell
-four at $4a6 per Dbl, as per quality, and
IS 50a1 for patents. Uornmeal, 81 75a2 IS
per bbl,
FEEDSTUFFs-Corn, 55a62c per bu.
Oats, 55a59c per bu. Bran, $l8 Scale per
ton, or $lal 10 per cwt for wheat, and Sl4
al5 per ton for corn do, and 75c per cwt.
Hay dull. ut S8al2 per ton, and 70a80c per
cwt Tor Western, and S. 25a5 so per ton, or
Acc per cwt for prairie.
VEGEfABLES-Potat es, 81 75a2 25
per Dbl, or 60a75c per bu in SKIS for old,
as per quality new La. 81 5Oa5 per Dbl;
sweets, 81 75a2 25 per Dbl. New La onions,
81 75a5 per Dbl. Cabbage, S8a5 per crate,
as per quality. Snap beans, 76eaSl 80 per
bu; white beans, 81 25a2 IS per bu and
dull peas, 75caSl 80 per bu, as per quail
ity.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Country
butter l5a22c perlb as per quality, main
sales being ut is to lSG Western dairy,
l6a26c; fancy do, l8a20e; creamery, 30a35c;
cooking, 12al5c. Cheese, l0al6c, with little
movement
FRUITS-Dried apples scarce and In
demand, at 7a9c per ID; dried peaches,
3kabXc per ID and dull. Lemons, $3a4
per box; oranges, $3a4 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens,
q 20a1 80 per doz for small young, and
SAB 80 for large sizes old; S3a3 % per
doz for r9osters $4a4 so for mixed, and
"a 75a5 % for choice hens, Ducks, 50 6Oa
par COZ. Nothing doing in geese or tur-
keys. Eggs irregular but firm and scarce
at l4al6c per dog, the latter small pkgs
of choice fresh.
MEATS AND LARD-Dealers sell
shoulders ut 91Sa9Hc for smoked and r s
do at 11Aall%c. while clear do arc Ia
l2lSc; dry sailed shoulders are 8Aa8Ac,
hams, l3Aal4; b bacon, lat; time orders
higher. Lard, in ties, 1lAal2; hf bbls
and kegs, 12el2h; pals, l2lal2H, small
Nkgs higher.
tSHVFRB-Firm al a4ltc per ID for
Rio and S~16G for Java
SUGAR GA ANT MOLAssEs-Fer ID
for Q k, 6N6711c, as per qua. W ~ !,
StaSlcido white, 8Ha89sc; granulateu, We
9Hci pow'd and loaf l01aI0Kc. Molas-
ses, S2a95c per gallon.
BAGGING AND TIES-Values range
from 7a9c per lb for bagging; 81 S5al 80
per bundle for ties.
CANNED G0ODS-Oysters, | and 2
10 full VT, 81 Goal 70 per doz; It VT 65ca
81 90; pie peaches, 2a3 lb, 81 GOAL rs;
standard do 81 50a2 To- Strawberries, 81 IS
al 80; corn, 86casl %; string beans, 81 90
for ID standards.
HIDES AND LEATHER = Dry
nint hides, l5al6c per ID for No. /, and lSc
for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed,
6a7c; green. ba7c Tallow, 6Ha7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c per ID.
Feathers, 95a40c. Deer skins, 25a35c; har-
ness, oak sole and skirting leather, 3Ga40c
per ID; hemlock SOLE 27aS0c; French calf,
S40a60 per doz: domestic. S24a40 per dc
MA0KEREL-Hfbbls, IS 90, S. C0and
"a rs for Nos. l, 2 and 8; kits do, SO, so
and zoe each.
SUNDRIES-Salt 81 GOAL 60 per Dbl.
Soap 4a6c per 10. Cider, 81 90 Tor bbls
and "a 00a4 rs for hf do; pickles,
81 OOa7 so for bbls and "a 25s4 80 for hf
do; oatineal and cracked wheat,
81 6Oa5 for hf Ibis; rice, 7allSc per
lb brooms, 81 76a4 per dog, end broom
corn 3 TO &c per ID, as per quality II in
bbls, 81 60a, SKIS, 81 65
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Brisk