Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-12

Dulk from DelmCnt. Attor lOng
season Of depression and dullness,
! coffee has taken an upward start, the
advance during the week Just closed
being from 1t to lic per ID; sugar has
also advanced ! to tc per ID, and crude
cottonseed oil is ] to 30 per gal higher,
while cottonseed meal is SOC per ton
better. Whisky rules quiet, and has
not varied much for several months.
Receipts here during the past week
include 5000 bbls -four, 800 do meal,
5000 SKIS corn partly in bulk, 1000 SKIS
oats, 1000 bales hay, 1850 bbls pota
toes and 500 bbls onions. The river
between St. Louis and Cairo con.
tinues closed By ice, and the
stage Is low. A destructive food
has occurred in the upper Ohio.
Rain fell in torrents on Monday and
Tuesday last all over Ohio, western
Pennsylvania and Virginia, and all
small rivers put out vast volumes Of
water, causing an overflow in the
Ohio. The water level at Cincinnati,
on Saturday, was rs feet higher than
on the same day the week before, and
at Cairo it was 6 feet higher. At
Evansville it was over 40 feet deep
and 16 feet higher than a week ago.
The Cumberland is also very high, a
rise Of 10 feet having taken place at
Nashville within as hours, submerging
the low lands at many points, though
no serious damage is anticipated either
in the Cumberland or Tennessee river
valleys. All Ohio tributaries are
flush. Southern rivers are all in good
navigable condition, and none are out
of their banks. The water opposite
this point has swollen nearly 4 feet
during the week, but is still nearly 10
feet below its top level of last spring.
| FLOUR AND MEAL. - Tho -four
market is quiet and active with a liberal
supply in dealers hands. Quotations for
single barrels range from SO 15a4 50 for the
lower grades; 81 75a5 Is for good to choice
family, and So Soar rs for patents. Corn
meal irregular at 81 10a2 rs per Dbl in a
small way, and 6echeaper in drayload lots.
| FEED STUFFS Corn is quoted at
65a56c per bushel for shelled in sacks and
60c at retail; bulk corn lower, and ear corn
48a5lc with or without shucks. Oats sell
at 49a52c for feed qualities; black seed
62a55c at wholesale and retail; rust proof,
75c ia small way, and 70a7lc in car load
| lots at the track. Bran is scarce at 81 90
per cwt in a small way for wheat, no lots
offered; corn bran, Sl4 50al5 90 per ton.
Western hay weak and lower at $l3al6
per ton as per quality. and S5a90c per cwt
prairie hay, STAT so per ton, and 45a50c
per cwt.
FRUITS.-Apples are quoted at S3a4 IS
per Dbl as per quality, with better feeling
and light movement. Dried apples are
in active demand and higher at Sale per
10 as per quality; peaches dull at 3ha5c
per ID. Oranges, 81 75a $50 per box for
| Messina and So 80 per case for Valencia.
Lemons, 81 75a3 90 per box. Rasins, $3a4
per hex.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES move free
Ily and lots sell at 50 25a2 30 per Dbl for
table at :the landing or track, and
50 75a2 30 for seed varieties. The latter
retail at S3a3 SO per Dbl, and table varieties
at 81 so with a firm feeling on all good
classes. Sweet slow at 81 7fa2 Is per Dbl.
Cabbage from La, ~ 50a3 80 per crate;
krout. 81 75a2 10 per half and ~ 50a6 90
per whole Dbl; beans So 40a3 70 per bush.
Tor white as per qnality and quantity;
peas do 81 25a2 CO as per quality.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Coun-
try butter is abundant at l2al8c per
| 10, the latter for extra; western dairy 20a
30c. in small way, for medium TO choice
and creamery, Ssa4Oc; butterine l7a2Oc.
Cheese, nc for fats; l41Sc for full cream,
and l6al6c for Y. A.; round lots Of both
butter and cheese are considerably lower
POULTRY, EGGS AND GAME
Good chickens are in demand at S3a4 70
per doz, as per size and condition; small
and poor very slow ut S2a2 IS; ducks,
SO 50a4 3D. turkeys, $l2 Goals 90 per doz
for live and l8a20c per ID for dressed;
geese "a 50a8 90 per doz, the latter for fat
dressed; eggs easy and slow at 22a29c
per doz Quail 81 10 per doz; squirrels,
Slal rs per doz; rabbits 81 75a2 so, the
latter forlarge swamp; ducks are 81 25a
! IS for small and 81 50a3 90 for teal and
mallard; venson, l0c per ID for whole,
and l2llalSc for saddles Reefoot fish
Calico per ID,
| MEATS AND LARD--Meats are ir-
regular. Bulk shoulders on orders, 7ka
| 73sc; c II 99sa95sc; clear, l0c; hams l22za
| &c., breakfa bacon l2Aal3c; mess pork,
$40 So Lard in ties, llAal2 kegs and
Inf bbs, 12al2Kc; pals, l2HG hf do, l3c;
cash sales in lots are made at lower fig
ures. Home packed shoulders at the track
are supplied at IS IS; C pork at 9Nc, and
pork hams at l0Hc Fresh beef is selling
at 3ka4kc for fore and 5a7c for hind
quarters Hogs on foot, 6a6Ac and 5a7c
| for country and city demand.
BAGGING AND TIES-Iron ties,
81 S5 per bundle for pieced and 81 GOAL 60
for standard. Irvine l2c per ID. Bag
cling, 7laQlc per ID for fax, jute and hemp.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES - Good
common . X sugar, 5!a5Nci fully fair,
6a6%c; prime, 6ha6%c; !; y. c. 6Aa7%c;
of white, Sa8hc; white, 8ha9c granu-
lated, 9iaalc; powdered and cut Loaf l0lc
Molasses, 35 to SIC, as per quality,
C0FFEE-Per lb, 9al4lc for Rio. and
2ia26c for Java
SEEDS Barley, per bu, 81; blue
grass, 81 50; rye, 70as0c; orchard do,
81 5Oal go; herd do, 90casl timothy,
81 25; clover seed, IS COASTS; millet
81 40al so per bu onion sets, IS 0Oa5 30
and AZ so for ton
HIDES AND LEATHER = The
hide market is firm, Dry flint hides,
l5al6c per ID for No. i, and l3c for
No. 2; dry salted, lOal2c; green sslted, 7
aasHc; green, ba1c Tallow, 6Ila7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a2ic per ID.
| Feathers, 35a40c. Deer skins, 80a30c; har-
ness, oak sole and skirting leather, 36a40c
Der ID; hemlock sole, 27a30c; French calf
$a0a60 per doz; domestic. $2ia40 per dc
SUNDRIES-Pigs' feet " for kegs
81 for hf bbls, and 81 30 for bbls at re-
tail, and Is to SOC per pckge cheaper
in lots Mince meat, 8h91Sc per ID;
cider, SSa8 so for bbls and 81 rs for hf do;
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