Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-08
beet. 90 per doz; lettuce 4o..ss; r.dI.As.

85c.
FRUITS-Apples scarce and none offer
in lots; dealers sell at "a 80 TO IS per Dbl,
IS per quality; dried do firm at 81 10 7lc
per ID; peaches dull at 81 to Axe per ID;
lemons S8a4 per box; oranges S3ai per box;
pineapples dull at 81 60per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Country
butter Is firm and in request at Is to CSC
per ID; Northern 20 to 24c; creamery 4Oc;
cooking butter and batterine II TO l9c.
Cheese firm; Y A l5c; cream lac; factory
Gao Nc; round lots lower.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
scarce and in demand at S3a5 per doE, az
per quality; ducks S4a4 so; geese s4a6, the
latter for fat dressed; turkeys scarce, with
sales at $40 per doz; dressed do Zoe per ID.
Eggs unsettled, with sales at lac per doz;
also at Ii, IA and l5c, with large sup
ply offering.
MEATS AND LARD-Dealers quote
meats droopy and sell clear rib sides at
l0sc packed and shoulders at TIC, loose
lots being &c less. These prices can be
shaded for carload lots. Hams, 12lsl3c;
breakfast bacon, l9al3Nc; lard in tcs III
all a. h5gs aud hf bbls l2al2LIc; pals at
the usual advance.
COFFEE - Easy at sKal3Hc per
ID for Rio, and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Y c
sugar, 8KaSic per a W c, Saa9c; o K,
5sa7!c; granulated, 9a9lc; powdered and
cut loaf, l0ia10lc Molasses, 80 to 65c per
gal.
BAGGING AND TIES-BagVinr,
7a9 per ID and nominal. Ties, 81 55a
] 60 per bundle 81 30 for pieced do. Irvine,
l2c per ID.
CANNED GOoDs-oysters, and 2
ID full VT, 81 05al 80 per doz; 1t VT Coca
81 90; pie peaches, 2a3 ID, 81 GOAL Is;
standard do 81 5Oa2 To- strawberries, 81 80
al %; corn, S5catl 25i string beans, 81 90
for 2 ID standards.
SEEDS-Barley, per Blu, 81; blue
grass, 81 3d. rye, 7OaS0c; orchard do,
81 50al 60; herd do, 90caSl timothy,
81 Is; clover seed, s. OOaS 25; millet,
81 4Oal 90 per bu; onion sets, s. 00a6 30
and So 90 for top.
HIDES AND LEATHER - Dry
flint hides, 15al6c per ID for No. /, and lSc
for No 2; dry sailed, l0a12c; green sailed,
7a8Hc; green, ba7c. Tallow, 6Ha7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c pei ID.
Feathers, 35a40c. Deer skins, 30a30c; har-
ness, oak sole and skirting leather, S6a4Oc
per 10; hemlock sole, 27a30c; French calf,
S40a60 per doz: domestic. $24a40 per de
MAOKEREL-Hfbb ls, IS 70, "a rs and
"a 80 for Nos. l, 2 and 8; kits do, 95, IS
and 80c each.
SUNDRIES-Pigs feet, 81 80 for kegs,
"a for hf bbls, and 81 so for bbls at re-
tail, and Is to Soc per pckge cheaper
in lots. Mlnce meat, 8a9c per Id;
cider, $Sa8 so for bbls and "a rs for hf do;
pickles, $Sa8 so for bbls and 81 75a5 for hi
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat,
"a 5Oa5 for hf bbls; rice, 7al1Ic per
ID; brooms, 81 75a4 per doz, and broom
corn to &c per ID, as per quality.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Brick
80 6Oal0 per M for soft and hard, and "a
&c each for FIRE Nails, 50 65 per keg'
Lime, 95ca$l per Dbl. Cement, ST Goal 75
per Dbl for Louisville; 81 so for Rosedale,
and 81 50a5 for Portland. Plaster, 81 So
Lumber, yellow pine flooring, S25; rough
framing, $l4; dressed, $50 per M; lathing,
81 76a2 per NJ; shingles, SSa4 so per NJ.
COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-Cotton
seed at river ldg $40 per ton; at mills, $1l;
seed meal easy, $l8al8 so per ton; oil cake,
S2l; oil, 3SXa891lc for crude; 48c for re-
fined and 6Oc per gal for cooking oil, all
Ito.
LIVE ST0CK-Good butcher cattle
in demand at Sla5Hc per ID, and | IA
SIC for poorer grades; yearlings, $6ag
each; milch cows $2Oa40; sheep 4a51lc per
ID, and 81 GOAL so for common; hogs 5a7c
per ID, the latter for choice colnfed; mules
SS5 to sl66 per head; horses soto $165 per
head.