Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-24
General Trade.

An improved demand rules for corn.
meal as we'll as corn suited for grind,
ing purposes, and while prices are no
higher yet all arrivals are promptly
taken. Some cold bolted or green
meal sold on arrival at $2.50a2 IS per
Dbl in lots, but this class is not popu-
lar, and home mills are supplying
nearly all of the orders both for local
account and for shipment. No new
features prevail in bran, oats or hay,
except a Slightly easier tone. Flour
is wholly unchanged, with moderate
demand for good family classes,
Southern vegetables are easier, owing
to home grown beginning to come in
New Tennessee potatoes are Offering,
but are scarce and not quotable at
present, and it will be ten days ormore
ere they are large enough for general
use. Strawberries from up the Lou
isville railway offer freely at 81 50a
| 20 per 24,quart case. Beeswax is
selling at 28a32o per ID, and wool IL to
loo for unwashed if not very bury.
In chickens the inquiry is now almost
wholly for we'll grown young. Small
spring are overabundent and sell any
where between $la2 per dozen. Old
hens and mixed chickens are easier,
and roosters slow to dispose of. The
egg market is unsettled, and sales in
some cases are at Ice, though mainly
at IA to 15c.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Dealers sell
hour on orders at from "a TO 81 per Dbl as
per quality, and cornmeal at 81 75a2 81 as
per quantity.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn ranges in value
from 90 to &c per bu as per quality and
quantity Oats, 54a5Sc per bu. Bran,
VII 60 per ton and $lalO5 per cwt for
wheat; corn do Sl4 per ton and 75c per
cwt Hay, SSal2 per ton, and S0a90c Der
cwt for westerns prairie dull at IS per ton
and 85a40c per cwt. ~ III 4
i VEGETABLESr-Potat Is, 81 90a2 70
per btl for WESTERN new S3a3 50 per Dbl.
La. onions $4a4 50 per Dbl. Cabbage
none offered but quoted ut 81 per crate for
fresh. Snap beans 75al so per 3-pcck box.
gucumbors and squash 20 to 40c per doz
Green peas 25c per bushel measure.
White beans dull at 81 25a2 rs per bu
Cow and other peas very dull at IocaSl 50
per bu as per quality.
BUTTER-Western cooking, 12al5c;
do dairy, l5a22c; creamery, Sla3so: coun-
try butter plentiful at l0al8c; mainly l6a
lie; choice prairie lSa25c Cheese dullst
l0alec.
FRUIT-Dried apples firm and scarce
at Case per ID; do peaches dull at 3xa5c
paP b. Lemons So 75a3 so per box
Oranges - 75a4 per box. Di
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens,
1850 as perdoz for choice hens and SO 90
al 90 for ROSTERS, and mixed chickens
young 81 2ja9 co rs per size. No move
ment in ducks, geese or turkeys. Egg
lIs15c per doz. y
MEATS AND LARD--Jobbers al cash
orders for smoked shoulders packed at
91la do crs l1Sall%c. do clear 121$a
l23c; pocss pork $50 75a2l; hams, l32al4l;
b bacon, Ia bulk shoulders 8Ha89Sc do
crs l0Kali. Lard, ip ties, llIallS; kegs
and Inf bbls llAal2 pals, l2al2H, small
pkgs Mt the usual advance. -,
QOFFEE-Firm at 9al4c per 10 Tor
Rio. sRd 2js26c for Java
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Per bl
for o k, 62te71Ec, IS peg 4Ielity; do y c,
8la8lc;do white, 8lEQS9Sc; gEaqnHl lhtSd, 9sa
9Kc; pow'd and @ loaf lOtaIO%c. Moias-
ses, 32a35c per gallon.
BAGGING AND TIES-Valpe5 range
from 7a9c per ID for baggingi 81 Seal %
per bundle for ties.
CANNED GOODS-Oysters, and 2
Id full VT. 81 Goal 10 per doz; Il VT Coca
81 co. pie peaches, 2aS ID, 81 GOAL rs;
standard do 81 50a2 10; ltraW berries, 81 80
al 90; corn, 65cabl %; stripg R0pps, 81 "
for 2 ID standards fNs
HIDES AND LEATHER = Dry
flint hides, l6al6c per Id Cor No. ], and lSC
for No. q dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed
sa7e. green. ba7o. Taliow, 8Es7c' DcOs,
way '22a24c. Wool, 22a24o pei 10
Feathers, S5a40c. Peer skins, 25aS5c; har-
ness, oak sole snd skirting leather, s6a4OC
per ID; hemlock sole, 27aS0c; French calf
lOs60 per doz: domestic. S24a40 per de
.MA0KEREL-Hfbbls, % 50, IS 00anC
81 rs for Nos. ], 2 and g. kits Do, Go, &
iSUNDRIES-salt 81 5Oa1 80 per Dbl
Soap, 4a6c per 10. Cider " 90 Tor bbli
and 81 00a4 rs for hf do; pickles
81 00a7 so for bbls end "a 25a4 90 for b
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat
"a 6Oa5 for ht bblsi rieO, 5s7hc PEI
| ib. HHNWHI Nal.
BUILDING MATERIAL. : Brlel
9 60a10 per M for soft and hard, a. 81
40 each for Ere. Nails, 50 2k per ke
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