Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-02
General Trade.

The market Is bare Of sheIled corr
except in second hands, and there is .
good demand for millers uses, with
none to supply them, Their Offering
figure to-day is 81 to $40 per busbel,
and even little higher might be
realized il the corn was at hand. There
is no scarcity among local dealers,
however, but their supply is wholly
for the small feed trade. Cornmeal is
higher, but prices are unsettled and
the demand limited. No bran offers
and dealers are nearly ut,while prices
are firm, but it is said shipments are
under way. Oats are quiet and steady.
the supply being fully equal to the
demand. Hay is easy, and sales Of
two carloads Of choice Western timo.
thy transpired at sl4 per ton, also a
carload Of Southern prairie at 81 50.
The cheese market is dull with an
over supply offering, while at the
recent advance sales are slow. The
poultry trade exhibits no new features,
while eggs are irregular, with sales all
the way from Is to 2lc per dog. Flour
is steady, with a moderate iobbing do.
mand and an ample supply, and other
articles are about as heretofore.
FLOUR AND MEAII-Sinple barrels
Of flour are quoted at 81 50a4 rs for family.
30 20a6 70 for choice TO fancy, and Sc 5Oa7
for patents. Round lots 25c oheaper
CMnmeal at 81 i0a2 60 per bar. rel. 4
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn in small wav
64a56c for shelled no lots offer Oats 85a4lo
per bu. Bran Sl5 50al6 90 for wheat
per ton, and 90a95c per owt; corn do Slla
u per ton and SIC per owt. Hav
Sll per ton for prime mixed; Sl2al8
for prime, and Sl4al6 for choice western
timothy; also 65a00c per cwt in small
way; Southern prairie STAT 30 per ton.
VEGETABLES - Potatoes unsettled
~ u eba2 % per Dbl; sweets 81 per Dbl.
Cabbage per 100 head SSaBl2for winter.
Onions per Dbl " 0Oa2 so, as per quality
and quantity.
FRUITS-Apples 81 25a2 30 per Dbl
in lots and S2a2 so in small way; dried
do 5la6lc per ID; do peaches 4JSa5Eo
Cranberries 81 per Dbl. Lemons Der boy
81 so in lots, and s5a5 80 in q small way,
Oranges STAT 80 per Dbl nnlH OH
! . BUTTER AND CHEESE-Creainery
butter 2Sa80e per lb; western dairy 18a2ic
as per quality; cooking l2alsc; country
lSa2lc; bntterinel 7al8c. Cheese fat fac
tory 9al0ci .hfoream l0a1lc; full do 18X
aldo; Y. A.rAka15o; round lots lower
I POULTRY AND EGGS-Chiokons
old, 81 g0aS rs, the latter fnr
extra choice hens young 81 Goa
8 rs per doz, the latter for extra sizes.
Ducks in demand at So for pioked and
800 for unpiclSed. Geese So for unnicked
and picked 600 less. No turkovs on The
market Eggs l9a2lc per ioE lfI
MEATS AND LARD Sugar cured
hams l4halbc, b bacon liISalSsiS
Smoked shoulders 0,Ea6jst geFilb al 7
7halkG do eloar 7Ka7ssc, dry sailed
shoulders Aa5Aei doGr 6kae9fG clear
6,ka9Nc. Lard - tes 61{a81fc; Kegs and
hlf bbls s1<asSzc; pulls e9la9ci small plsgs
higher. Country clear sides, smoked, 70
per ID loose, and lard In pails, So perlb.t
COFFkE-Firm ut vai3ie per ID for
Rio and 22a27c for Java -.ru h~a 40
b SUGAR AND MOLASSES-per ID
for o k 7%aeI<c rs per quality; 40 y c, 81
8esao; do white, B 0Hg collie "A, i0c
graduated, 9aa9ioi pow'd and G loaf, llOlc;
Madolasses, sOaSSc per gal. Sorghum, Sda
doc per gal.
BAGGING AND TIEs-valuesranro
n sS% bS Gss ~ , PET lpioF bssspE q SS0l 20
HIDES AND nEAFHkR ptv Ain,
hides l6al6ic perdb for M i,iReiai u Xxx *,
No z dry salted, l0Ai2c; troen tslte4
GATES green, 6a0c. Tallow, 0la7c. BeeswnI