Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-11
(seueraI Trade.

General Trade.
Both hay and corn are depressed
and offerings src liberal, while bran is
steady and oats scarce and higher.
The potato trade Is active. and seed
sarieties are especially in demand 10 a
wholesale way though the retail mar
ket has not Jet opened nor will 1t for
a few weeks. Table potatoes, If free
from dry rot. are in demand, and ell
classes Of sound are held firm with a
tendency toward higher prices. Apples
offer freely, and holders Of sound are
stif in their askiOgs. A large supply
Of krout is on the market seeking
purchasers, and the same is difficult
to find, aud a round lot OF Ohio river
cabbage is selling from Aatboat at Ga
Zoe per head by the drayl6ad. The
tone for -four is firm and upward.
Game is also in better demand at i'm.
proved prices, and poultry Of oil de-
Esirable classes show improvement
withlfree buyers eggs are also going
off more freely, though the supply is
still liberal. The severe cold Of two
nights ago had an unfavorable effect
on perishsblc articles, and care was
necessary to saye such goods from
freezing. A telegram from Cincinnati
announces that the pork packing sta
tistics for this season show that 1850.
900 have been packed, a decrease Of
10000 from last year to the same
time. The weights viii average about
the same as last year. Estimates for
the remainder Of the season places
the decrease at 10000 hogs, The tone
Of values for cut meats is downward,
and dealers anticipate a cheaper mar.
ket.
FLOUR AND MEAL-JObbers quote
-four frm at 81 50a6 90 for common u
choice family, and s6 60a7 90 for patents;
the supply Is considerably reduced.
Cornmeat Is fiat, with little doing, at 81 Is
AZ 10 per Dbl.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn heavy and slow
to sell, with liberal offerings NJ b0a)lc for
! drv shelled and Doc for ear; retailers
charSe 5Gc per bu. Oats are scarce and
firm at 47c from first hands and jobbing
at 4Sa50c. Bran firm at $l6al6 per ton
and 66a90c per cwt corn bran,
81 90 per ton. Hay fat at $lialt
per ton, rs per quality, for Western, and
3 a95c per cat; prairie hay, dull atS7 O0a
7 80 per ton and 45a50c per cwt.
VEGETABLES-Seed potatoes arc
held firm at 81 50a2 70 per Dbl at whole.
sale. as per quality, while table varieties
are plentiful at VI 90a2 %, rs per quality
all classes Of sound ara firm aud tondinP
up; jobbers charge 81 50 per bbl for peach.
blows; sweets are quiet at ii 7ha20J pei
Dbl, with scant offerings Cabbage re.
tails at liza &c per head. Kraut plentiful
at 81 2la2 so for hf bbl and 81 25a4 so tol
wholes in a small wayi nothing doing II
round lots Beans, 81 2,a3 81 per bu 70
white ut retail. Peas, 81 for green, 81
az IS for lady and 81 % for black eyeC
BUTTER AND CHEESE-The but
ter market is Arm, with moderate IN
quiry for good qualities. Cooking an
common country, l6a2Oc per lbi cholc
and extra country, Za25c; medium an'
fancy Western dairy, 23a2Sc; creamery
, 8sa40S butterine l7a2Oc. Cheese, 9al6
/, per No. as per quality.
FRUITS-Apples, S3a4 per Dbl Q
wholesale and retail, as per quality; drie
do, 6a7c per IL; dried peaches dull ats ka6
Dor 10. Oranges, $lWa4 80 per box an
. IS 5Da9 90 per Dbl for Cuban, Lemons
POULTRY AND EGGs-Chicker
lrnge firm 81 50a4 90 per doz as pc
quality, with good demand, both for liv
and dressed. Ducks, So 60a4 90. Tul
KEYS. l5c per ID for dressed and Sl0al
Der doz for live. Eggs In better feelin
at @a2lc per doz.
GAME-Squirrels slal 25per doz. Qua
Isl 25a1 so. Rabbits, 81 76a2 50. Duck
10 9ia2 so for mallard and 81 GOAL ~ f
small Reelfoot fish, 6a7c per 10.
MEATS AND LARD-Dry sailed r
: side are quoted at 9aelSc, per p; NJ
shoulders, 6SaGlc from jobbersi brca.
fast bacon, lShe hams, IL
Mess pork, SIS 50al9 90 per b
Lard, lOAallc IN tce; llall@c IN hlfbt
ardkeQs, andho higher Ia buckets. Ii
hogs scarce at GKa7o, and dressed do "a
PEI BHGGING AND T%IEs-Iron tie
81 S5 per bundle for pieced and 81 65al
= for standard. Irvine, l2c per ID. Ba
Gins. 7SaQIc per ID for fax, jute and hem
SUGAR AND M0LASSES- Co
common o K sugar, 5la6Ac; fully IA
6a6He; prime, 6Ea6%G ~. c. 6ka7A
off white, sa8lG white, 9Haec; gran
lated. lOLc; powdered and cut Loaf, III
Nolasses. 80 10 &c, "a per quality,
COFFEE-Per ID, 9sl44c for Rio. u
% 2ia28c for Java. -.
"a so for Nos. !, 2 and y Kits do, 80
and 80c zach. a,
HIDES AND LEATHER-Dry I'll
hides. l5al6c per h for No. !, and he
No. ,; dry salted, l0al2c; green sailed
ooglSr green, 5a7c. Tallow, 6haIc. BE
way 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c pol
Feathers. 35a40c. Deer skins, 80aSOci HI
ness oak sole and skirting leather, S6a.
ner II; hemlock sole, 27aSOc; French e.
ka0aG0 per doz; domestic. S2ia40 per DE-
SUNDRIEs-Pigs, foot, s225 per k
i IS for hf sid 81 50alO for bbls. Kn
ast and retailing at $5a6 for bbls and y
Al for hlf do; mince meat, szk9nc per
q rider ssas 90 for bbls and "a % for hf
nickles. Ssae co for bbls and "a 7oab for
do; peanuts, ila6e per 10 Tor lem ana
ll0c for Va; pecans, 6a6c for Ark coo
n mus. s6a7 pcr 100 oatmeal and eracl
Wheat. Al Jba5 forhf bblsi rice, 7alSfc
IN. brooms, 81 75ai per doz, aud bro
10 corn 3to 7c per ID, as per quality.
as BUILDING MATERIAL; BrI
or saal0 90 per NJ for sot and hard, and
4Ie each for Gre Nails S5 g per
n lime. ebcaRl per Dbl. Cement, 81 7Oal
,ss perbhl for Louisville; " on for tossed
and So for Portland. Plaster, 500, III
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