Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-06
al Is per cwt al retail for wheat. and sis

al Upper cwt at retail fer wheat, and SIS
per ton for corn bran.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from store
at retail for seed varieties range from SEA
s76 per Dbl, table varieties, 81 Goa
3 90 per Dbl; sweets, 81 60a2 Is per Dbl
Onions, 81 65a2 rs. Turnips, 81 %. Cab
bage, SSa4 rs per crate; new beets, SOC per
doz; celery, 40abOc; beans, 81 5Ua3 90 per
Blu, as per quality; peas, 81 25a2 25 per
bu, as per quality.
FRUlTS-Apples offer only in small
way and prices are stiff at S4'OOa6 90 per
Dbl, as per size and order; dried, 5a7c per
lbi peaches, dull at 81 10 &c per lb; lemons,
20 to . 6O per box oranges 50 TO 3 90 per
box and W to 70 for cases; pineapples,
SSa4 per doz; raislns S3a4 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
~ 6Oa5 go per doz, the latter for choice
hens; turkeys SIS to 20 per doz for
live and lSa20c per ID for dressed; geese,
80 to S5 per doz for live; dressed $6a7;
ducks, S4ai 80 per doz; eggs lac per doz
and weak with liberal offerings.
GAME AND FISH-Duc 81 SO to
2 50 per doz, the latter for mallard and
teal; quails, 81 60a1 70 per doz, squirrels
VI TO ] rs per doz; rabbits 81 so to IS
per dol; Reelfoot fish 6to Sc per 10.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Butter is
10 to Zoe per ID as per quality for coun-
try; Western cooking, Is TO l8c per ID;
medium dairy, 20a22c per ID; fancy do,
25c; creamery 38 TO 40c; butterine, IL to
Zoe per ID; cheese 9lal0c for factory, l4la
loo Tor full cream, and l5al6c for a;
round lots lower.
MEATSl AND LARD-Dry sAlted
meats sell at 7Ha71c per ID for shoulders
and lose for loose, and &c higher
packed. The foregoing figures are cash
values carload lots may be shaded, while
time orders are charged higher Hams
are l21zal3Ac, as per quality; breakfast
bacon lSc. Lard, 11hallAc in ties, as
per quality; kegs and hf bbls, 111al2SSc;
buckets, l2Hal22sc; hfdo, 12Za13c.
COFFEE - Easy at SNalS%c per
lb for Rio, and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Y @
sugar, S%a84c per ID; C, 8aa9c; o X,
6saI3c; granulated, 9a9lc; powdered and
cut Loaf, lOlalOsc. Molasses, S2 to 55c per
gal.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging,
7a9 per lb and Nominal. Ties, ST 65a
] 60 per bundle 81 85 for pieced do Irvine,
l2c per ID.
CANNED GooDs-oysters, l and 2
ID full VT, 81 05al 80 Per doz; 1t wit 65ca
81 90; pie peaches, 2a5 ID, 81 GOAL 25;
standard do 81 5Oa2 10; strawberries, 81 IS
al 90; corn, 85ca1 IS; string beans, 81 90
for 2 ID standards.
SEEDS-Barley, per bu, 81; blue
grass, 81 so; rye, 70a60c; orchard do,
81 5Oal GO; herd do, 90cas1 timothy,
y %; clover seed, IS 00a825; millet,
81 4Oal 80 per bu; onion sets, IS OOa5 so
and SO 80 for top.
HIDES AND LEATHER - Dry
iiint hides, l5al6c per ID for No. /, and lSc
for No 2; dry sailed, 10al2c; green sailed,
7a811c; green, 6a7c. Tallow, 65fa7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c per ID.
Feathers, 35a4Oc. Deer skins, 30a30c; har-
ness, oak sole and skittihg leather, S6a4Oc
per lb hemlock sole, 27a30c; French calf,
S4Oa6O per doz; domestic. $24a40 per de
MACKEREL-Hfb bls, S. rs. "a rs and
"a 80 for Nos. l, 2 and 8; kits do, 96, IS
and 90c each.
SUNDRIES-Pigs' feet, 81 so for kegs,
4 for hf bbls, and 81 30 for bbls at re-
tail, and % to Soc per pckge cheaper
IN. lots Mlnce meat, 8a9c per ID;
SiuoI, podo W lOr ODlS ana "a 10 1Or nj do;
pickles, $8a8 so for bbls and 81 75a5 for hf
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat,
"a 60a5 for hf bbls; rice, 7a1Hc per
ID; brooms, 81 75a4 per doz, and broom
corn 3 to &c per Ii, as per quality.
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Brick
SO 50al0 per M for soft and hard, and IA
DC each for fire Nails, So 65 per keg'
Lime, 95ca$l per Dbl. Cement, 81 Goal rs
per Dbl for Louisville; 81 so for Rosedale,
and 81 50a5 for Portland. Plaster, 81 so.
Lum Der, yellow pine flooring, SIS; rough
framing, $l4; dressed, $S0pe M; lathing,
81 75a2 per M; shingles $Sa4 so per NJ.
COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-Cotton
seed at river ldg $40 per ton; at mills, Sll;
seed meal easy, $l8al8 50 per ton; oil cake,
S2l; oil, 38Ha39Hc for crude; 48c for re-
fined and 6Oc per gal for cooking oil, all
f. o. b.
LIVE ST0CK-Good butcher cattle
in demand at 3la51zc per ID, and IA
SIC for poorer grades; yearlings, seas
each; mich cows $20a40 sheep 4a5 1<c per
ID, and 81 GOAL 50 for common; hogs 5a7c
per ID, the latter for choice cornfed; mules
$S5 to sl65 per head; horses $40 to $165 per
head