Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-26

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With plora On ground which three
weeks ago was from 3 10 8 fest under
water. Bad weather checked farm
work and hauling for several days the
past week. A freeze on Tuesday in
jured fruit, though not materially,
while three inches of snow on We'd
nesday was an unwelcome as we'll as
unexpected visitor. However, the
snow melted and entirely disappeared
on Thursday, aud steady rain fell
through Saturday night. The tenn
perature during the week ranged from
4 degrees below freezing point to %
degrees above.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers sell
single bbls at from $4a6 as per quality,
ranging from common to choice family,
and 8 bOa7 90 for patents. Cornmeal 81 70
per Dbl in dray load lots from the mills
and lOc higher from store.
FEED STUFFS-Corn, 6Ga62c per bu
at wholesale and retail. Oats, 52a55e per
bu. Bran, per ton $40 50a20, and per ewt
81 l0al 10 for wheat, and Sl4 per ton
for corn bran. Cottonseed meal 81 per cwt.
German millett 81 25al so per bu; the lat
ter for Southern grown. Hay, $l3al5 30
per ton, and S0a90c per cwt for Western
and 81 25a7 SO per ton; also 50c per cwt for
prairie.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes 50 5OaS 25 Der
Dbl for table and seed classes in single
bbls; sweets, 81 75a2 rs per Dbl; onions.
81 7ba2 % per Dbl; cabbage, So 15a4 80 per
crate; kraut, 81 75a2 rs per hf Dbl; fresh
beets 5OaGOc per doz; lettuce and radishes
30a40c per doz; white beans 81 40a2 Is per
bu, the latter for navy,and all classes dull;
peas 75cail % per bu as per quality for
mixed clay, and blackeyed; lady peas S2a
22,per bu.
FRU lTS-Apples jobbng at "a 60a5 81
per Dbl; dried do, 6a7Kc per Il; dried
peaches, 31Ia5Hc per ID; oranges, So 50a
i 80 per box; lemons, S3aS so per box:
bananas, 81 50a2 60per bunch; raisins, SSa4
per box.
BUTTER AND CHEESE Country
butter lSa25c per 10, as per quality; West
ern cooking, l2al4c; medium and fancy
dairy, lGa20c; creamery, Doc; cheese, iac-
tory 9lc; full cream, lac; Y A, lie
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens.
S9A4 70 per doz, as per quality; ducks.
So 50a4 SO; geese, Sia4 50; turkeys, $l2a2O
per doz; eggs, l5al4c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD - Clear rib
pork l0Hal09sc per ID; shoulders TIA
| 75sc, Mess pork, per Dbl, $40 50a20 per
Dbl, Hams l2kal3c breakfast bacon,
l21alSc. Lard in ties, Halle; hf bbls
and kegs llMal2c; pals, and the usual
advance for smaller pkgs.
C0FFEE-Quiet at 8Hal3Kc, as per
quality, for Rio; Java, 25a26c per ID.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES- Open
kettle, 624a7hc per lbi yellow clarified,
8ha81c; white do, 83a9c; graduated, 9a9lc;
powdered and cut loaf, l04al0lc. Mo-
lasses 80 to 55c per gal.
BAGGING AND TIES-Nominally
7a9c per ID for bagging; 81 95al 60 per
bundle for ties, and l2c per ID for Irvine
CANNED GOODS-Oysters, | and Z
10 full VT. 81 05al 81 per doz; 1t VT Coca
500; pie peaches, 2a8 Id, 81 GOAL 25;
standard do 81 50a2 To- strawberries, 81 80
al 80; corn, 85caI p; string beans, 81 90
for 2 10 standards.
81 so, rye, 70a80c; orchard do, 81 50al GO
herd do, 90caN timothy, 81 rs; clover
seed, So 00a8 Is; onion sets, IS 00a5 81
| ana % on LOT TOD.
| HIDES AND LEATHER : Dry
flint hides, l5a l6c per ID for No. l, and Tx
for No 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed
Gale; green, ba7c. Tallow, 6Ha7c. Bees.
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c per ID
Feathers, 35a40c. Deer skins, 30a30c; har
ness. oak sole and skirting leather, 36a4OC
per lb hemlock sole, 27aS0c; French calf
S40a60 per doz; domestic. $24a40 per do
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., IS 70, 81 10 anC
"a 80 for Nos. l, 2 and 3; kits do, 95, g
SUNDRIES-Clder, So OOaS so fol
bbls and "a rs for hf do; pickles
So 00a8 so fog bbls and "a 75a5 for h
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat
"a 5Oa5 for hf bbls rice, 7alKc pei
lb brooms, 81 Toad per doz, and broom
corn to &c per Ii, as per quality.
| BUILDING MATERIAL. = Brick
SO 5Oa10 per M for soft and hard, and 81
sc each for fire Nails, So 66 per key
Lime, 95caSl per Dbl Cement, 81 6Ual Il
per Dbl for Louisville; ~ so for Rosedale
land 81 50a5 for Portland. Plaster, 81 81
Lumber, yellow pine flooring, SIS; rough
framing, $l4; dressed, $50 per NJ; lathing
| 81 75a2 per M; shingles, $Sa4 50 per M.
| COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-Cottor
seed at river ldg $40 per ton; at mills, $ll
seed meal easy, $l8al8 so per ton; oil cake
S2l; oil, 45a46c for crude &c for re
fined and SIC per gal for cooking oil, al
{. o. b.
LIVE STQCK-Good butcher cattl,
| in demand at Sla6c per ID, and IA,
l3Nc for poorer grades; yearlings, $6a'
each; mich cows $20a40; sheep 4a5I6 pc
| ID, and 81 GOAL 80 for common; hogs 5a7,
per ID, the latter for choice cornfed; mule
SS5 to $l65 per head; horses $40 to $l65 PEE