Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-19

supply the chlet uemanQ mere. lie
ceipts have been but 700 bbls during
the week, while the total imports
since the 6rst of last
month bas been only 1900 bbls
Corn is little easier, and the supply
Is large, but sellers are stiff in their
eodeayors to sustain values. Weeks,
receipts 800 SKIS, and since the first Of
last month 1920 SKIS, including corn
In bulk, and based on an average of
100 SKIS to the carload. Oats are 10
scsnt arrival and quotations exhibit
a slight advance. Receipts for the
week, Az SKIS, and for Z weeks 1900
SKIS. Bran is steady. the weeks re-
ceipts being ll0J SKIS and since the
first Of last month 4400 SKIS. Hay
rules dull and buyers are hard to fnd.
Weeks receipts 5000 bales, and stocks
ample. Receipts since the first of las.
month, $4,000 bales. Seed potatoes
are in a state of collapse. A large area
has been planted, and with a good
season the yield will be three fold
greater than last year. Present values
rule entirely nominal, sellers being
anxious for bids at anything between
81 t0a2 90 per Dbl. The weeks re.
ceipts include 2lOO bbls, and stocks
are large, while the demand is very
light. Total receipts of all classes
since the first of last month 1850
bbls. Table varieties are in good
demand and sell freely at no reduction
in price from last week. But littleis
doing in apples, the total arrivals since
the first Of last month being barely
1900 bbls. In onions 220O bbls have
arrived during the same time and
present values are weak. OF cut meats
"a carloads have arrived the past week
and 3l9 carloads since the first of last
month, this exclusive Of hams and
other packed qualities. Values have
been unsettled and in favor of buyers.
Butter and eggs are lower, and chick
ems rule stiff with light offerings. The
river, since It It began TO recede on the
9th inst, has fallen over 6 feet and
is now well within its banks from
Cairo to below this, while the ST.
Francis basin is draining off rapidly
Farm work is progressing favorably in
the hill country and valley lands fee
OF water are also undergoing rapid
preparation for corn and cotton.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Small orders
for -four are filed as follows: Common TO
good family, 81 to S. % per Dbl; choice
10 fancy do, SIS IS to Sc; patents s6 80 to
81; round or dray load lots, Csc less. Corn
meal, 81 SjaSS per Dbl, and in light move
ment.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn 57a58c per bu
in SKIS at landing, track or elevator and
8 to &c higher in small way; bulk corn
per car load 6Sa54c per bu at the track.
Oats firm with light movement, Mt 52a55c
per bu for mixed feed; seed cats retail at
b5c for black and 75c for rist-proof, with
no demaud for round lots. Bran has been
selling at S2l per ton and 81 l0al Is per
cwt, for wheat; corn bran is cheaper. at
Sl3al4 per ton and SOC per cwt. Hay
droopy, except for strictly choice timothy,
which is scarce and firm; sellers quote
Western at sl3al6 per ton, and store orders
are SOa9oc per cwt prairie hay, $7aS per
ton, and dull; per cwt Soc. Cotton seed
meal in small way, 90casl per cwt.
VEGETABLES - Planting potatoes
plentiful, and nominal early rose offer
freely at ~, and no takers single bbls of
seed classes sell at S3a3 so; table varieties
steady, at S26'a2 go per Dbl in lots and
So 75a3 at retail, Onions dull, at 81 25a
2 90 per Dbl. Kraut S2aZ % per hf Dbl from
store. Louisiana cabbage, 80 50a4 80 per
crate. New beets 50c per doz; lettuce,
40a50c; radishes, 35c. Sweet potatoes,
$2a22i per Dbl. Beans, 81 Bias per bu,
the latter for navy. Peas, 81 al 30 per
bu for whippoorwill, blacl1-eyed and clay,
and S2a2 30 for lady.
FRUlTS--Apples, scarce at SIS 5Oa6 on
per Dbl for sound; dried dc, 6a71Sc per h;
peaches nominal, at 8Ha5e. Lemons, S3a
per tox. Oranges, SSa4 per box, Raisins,
S3a4 ptr box.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Country
butter, lSa25c per ID, the latter for choice
yellow. Western cooking, l4al6G medium
and fancy dairy, 17a2Uc; creamery, S5c;
butterine, 16al8c. CHEESE, factory, 9!al0c;
| full cream, l4e; Y. a.. lrc
| P0uL1RY AND EGGS-Chickens.
S5a6 per COZ, as per quality, geese, SiaG;
ducks 70 81 al so; turkeys, Sl4a20 per doz,
and l8a 90 Per h. Eggs, 12al3c per doz
MEATS AND LAID = Cash
sides l0hal096c; do shoulders 7Ka7%c
Hams, irregular, at l2lal3Nc, as per
quality; breakfast bacon, lSal3Ne; mess
pork $40 5Oa20 per Dbl. Time orders sre
| charged higher, and carload lots may be
ties; l2alx%c in hf bbls and kegs; l2la
1890 in pals and hf pals, Consignments
Of country lard during the week sold at
llHci bacon shoulders at $40, and jowls
at exc
COFFEE = Easy at s1lalS1Sc per
Id for Rio, and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES- Y C
sugar, 6AaSle per ID; C, SSa9c; o K,
5sa7lcs granulated, 9a9lc powdered and
4 cut loaf lOial0lc. MolasseS, 80 to 55c per
gal
BAGGING AND TIRs-Bagging,
nominal at 7a9 per lb. Ties, 81 55a
60 per bundle IL 80 for pieceddo Irvine,
l2c per To-
CANNED GOODS-Oysters, l and 2
ID full VT 81 05al 50 per doz; 1t VT 65ca
81 90; pie peaches, 2a3 ID, 81 GOAL Is;
standard do 81 50a2 TO- strawberries, 81 80
u 60i corn, S5oasl 25; string beans, 81 90
for ID standards,
SEEDS-Barley, per bu, 81; blue
grass, 81 so rye, 70aS0c; orchard do,
81 50a1 90; herd do, 90caS1 timothy,
81 %; clover seed, So O0aS %; millet