Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-27
General Trade.

For nearly three weeks the weather
has been excessively hot, with no rain
except a slight shower Of hardly a
quarter of an inch last Tuesday night
aud all kinds of vegetation hereabouts
and farther south need rain. To the
eastward the rain a few evenings since
was heavier than here and the crops
we're much refreshed by it. The same
may be said for the country west Of
the Mississippi. Business exhibits
moderate animation for the midsum-
mer season. The wholesale boot and
shoe dealers are getting in heavy
stocks for the autumn traffic and
they already report orders coming in
quite freely from the country. Whole
sale grocery houses have laid in freely
of baggiDg, rope and other articles
and some increase is noted in the de-
msnd for meats, while prices of the
latter have advanced within the past
few days, though little confidence is
expressed in the maintenance ofruline
figures. Flour is quiet with light move
ment and prices are fully sustained
on the better grades, the only classes
in demand. Cornmeal rules easy and
tends towards lower figures. Corn il
in fair demand at from Sc to 500 pei
blu for shelled in SKIS, and 50 to 54c il
bulk. The arrivals Of sacked corn hal
been scant and dealers have been sack
ing bulk corn to supply their custom
ers. Nearly four thousand sacks o
oats have been received within week
past and new are very dull. They arr
too fresh for feed men, who consider
them unwholesome until thoroughly
cured, hence are slow to sell, as the
demand for feedstuffs at present is bul
little more than local, and buyers
generally want stuff for immediate
use. Bran is easy, with sales
to arrive at $l4 per ton. Hay
is wholly unchanged and
for several weeks has varied but
little. All classes except strictly
choice timothy have been inactive, anC
almost unstable. New Southern
prai.ie is as dull as the rest. and will
not command above Sc per ton, while
it is hard to sell at that. An exces'
sive supply Of chickens offer, and thu
market has been depressed for severa
days. Eggs are 6rmer and exhibi
improved demand. The potato ship
ping movement has Stacked off Il
small proportions, but there is still
good demand for apples and tomatoe
for upper country markets. At New
Orleans last Tuesday potatoes wer
quoted at 81 IS to 81 80 per Dbl 70
Western, with an easy feeling ant
heavy stock 90 sale.
| FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers fl
orders at "a 50a6 90 for family classes ant
Sc 50a7 90 for patents Cornmeal 81 65
IL 70 per Dbl from mills ana So 70a2 80 OF
orders. for single bis.
| FEEuSTU FFS-Shelled corn, in SKIS
59a60c, and on orders 6Sa65c; in bulk, pc
carload, 53as4ci ear corn, 60a57c in
large and small way. Oats plentiful AM
dull at 81 to 42c for new Southern, a
per weight and dFyness, and 44945o 70
old Western; small orders 8 to DC higher
Bran, per ton, I'D; per cwt, SOa90c; corr
bran, $llal2 per ton, and 80c per cwt
Hay $5a6 per ton for prairie and aat
also 95a45c per cwt; Western hay, seal
Nor ton, and 65aCJc per cwt.
observation-disclosures, loose, sol
from 40 to e5 per Dbl, as per quality
paeked 81, and in small way 81 2
Onions q 1873 90 per Dbl from store, an
| 81 O0a2 so pe' bbl H6Gspre from wagons
Tomatoes, 40a60c PsF bq Cpbbag'
nothing doing. :,
FRUITS-Apples, 81 Coal 30 pes bl
for good, and in shipping order VI 76a2 y
Melons $40 per 100 for Ga. water, an
al GOAL so for La. canteloupes. Lemon
, Sbas SO per box for Sicily. 10 orang'
oder, Wild goose piums, Zoe per q ,
box. Fresh peaches, Zoe do; 30 NOV
ment in dried apples og peaches.
BUTTER-The feeling IN butter
somewhat better for good table el8Qge
Fresh country is from l5a20c per 10,
ner quality, Western dairy, 20a22
creamery, 28a27c; cooking and medium
l2sl9c. Ill on GTdersi round lots lowe
No movement in cheese.
POULTRY AND EGGS-The ma
l,et i ogergtocked with thickens; apd thC
sell chiefly 81 from 81 80 10 225 per DO
while few extra 60 ~ high as " QUA
old hens sell at S8@S so and mixed at 3
less. Ducks, SO per dog. Nothing DOH
in geese or turkeys. Eggs hrmer and
active demand at l2al2le per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Dealers 1
: cash orders as follows Dry salt
shoulders, 7a7Nc per ID; RS, 78a8h
n sacked shoulders SaSkc; c RS, S]ea9h
. clear, 9Ka996c hams, lSal4hei b baco
, l2gsal2Xc. Lard in tics, slsa99sci b
u bbls and kegs 9sa9ssc; pals. 9}sci n
3 do. &c higher. Round lots are lower IN