Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-09

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than last week, and the
total receipts for the week
sum up 955 SKIS. Cornmeal re.
ceipts aggregate but 300 bbls, and the
market is weak. At New Orleans a
decline of l0c per Dbl from last week s
figures is noted, In barley and rye,
at points West values are about the
same as last week. Bran is shade
lower, with droopy tendency, and
the weeks receipts have been 400 SKIS.
Hay rules dull, With the weeks re-
ceipts at 94OO bales. Only strictly
choice timothy is in demand, and Of
this quality little has been received
for several weeks. Whisky is un.
changed; coffee rules firm at 10 lower
than last week. Rice is quiet and
unchanged. Potatoes are nominal for
Western and only small order
demand prevails. The weeks receipts
were reduced to barely 400 bbls. A
few new potatoes from Louisiana cons
tinue to arrive. Ashade lower figures
is current for smoked meats, but dry
sailed qualities and mess pork are
wholly unchanged though the tone is
droopy at the leading points ofsupply.
Here only 4ear loads have arrived the
past week, and but 10 car loads in two
weeks, hence stocks have run rather
short and many dealers are almost out
Prices here are therefore stiff. But
little huctuatiOn in prices has occur
red however for a month past, and
that little is hardly an ] cent, but this
in buyers favor. Lard has declined
20 cents per cwt during the past week
The leading packing points report the
demand for meats in consuming
districts as inactive both for present
and future movement, and the de-
preston in values is attributed to tie
lack of demand as we'll as oheapen-
ing Of feedstuffs. The number of
hogs packed last week is about the
same as for the corresponding period
last year. Compared with year ago
side meats are 30c per cwt higher.
pork 674c per Dbl higher and lard is
shade higher, but a marked advance
set in just after this time last season.
and the tendency was steadily upward
until late in the fall. Compared with
this time two years ago meats are
nearly 20 per ID dearer at present, and
compared to this time three years ago
it is BIC per ID dearer. %
FLOUR AND MEdL-Dealsrs an
orders for flour at So 85a6 per Dbl for COM
mon to fancy family, and So 6Oa7 25 for
patents Cornmeal 81 60a2 70 per Dbl.
DSTUFFS-Corn, 54a55c per bu
for shelled in SKIS for round lots; in bulk.
5lc; ear corn do 49a50c and 53c in SKIS:
smalleorders Sa5c per bu higher. Oats Goa
Soc in lots and at retail Bran SIS per ton
and 81 per cwt for wheat; corn bran $l4
per ton and Toe per cwt. Hay Sl8al5 so
per ton, and S0a90c per cwt for western
and 81 per ton, also 25c per cwt for prairie
VEGETABLES-Pota toes dull at 81 so
az so per Dbl for western; new Louisiana
- per Dbl, Sweet ST 76a2 90 per Dbl.
Onions 81 76a200 per Dbl. Cabbage 81 so
per crate. Beans 81 25a 2 76 per bu.
Peas, 75aSl % per bu for mixed, and Clay
or blackeyed, also ST. 75a2 90 for lady.
FRUITS-Apples, weak at So Goa
4 so per Dbl; dried do, 5a7Hc per lb; do
peaches, 91a4c; oranges, $3a5 per box,
latter for imperial; lemons, 81 6Oa3 90 per
box.
BUTTER AND CHEESR-Country
butter, l5a22c per ID. as
and choice in good demand
Western table, l6a24c per ID, the latter
for fancy dairy; creamery, 30a35c; cook
ing, l2al4o Cheese, Y A, 15c; factory.
9hal0c; full cream, l4c; at wholesale, nc
less.
POULTRY AND EGGs-Chickeps
range from So 50a5 90 per doz, as per
quality, geese dull at IS 6Oa4 so per doz;
ducks, }4a4 30; turkeys, $l4a20 per doz.
Eggs unsettled at l5al6c per doz
MEATS AND LARD-Quotations for
cash orders rule ut the figures given,
while on thirty days or longer time
higher. prices are charged. Clear
d 5 sides are l02sal0Kc per ID; c
rs l0Eal0Ac; shoulders, 75sa7Ac; hams,
l2Aal224c; b bacon, I3al3Ac; RS bacon.
|llAall9se; no trade in smoked shoulders;
mess pork Sl9al9 80 per Dbl; lard, liza
llAc for ties, llAal2c for hf bbls and
kegs, 125Eal2Ao for pals and the usual
aovaucr for smaller pkgs.
C0FFEE-Quiet Ut 9kai9Hc, as be,
quality, for Rio; Java, 25az6c per 10.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES- Open
kettle, 6Aa7}1c per ID; yellow clarified
8hsSlG white do S2a9c; granulated, GA
9&c;powdered and cut LOAF, l0ial0Ic. No
lasses, 81 to 65c per gal. t4-.
BAGGlNG AND TIES-Noninall
7a9c per ID for bsgging; 81 S5al 80 per
Uundl8 for ties and nc per lb for Irvine.
CANNED GOODS-0ysters, | and Z
ID full W.T. 81 05al 81 per doz; 1t W.T. 65cs
81 Co., pie peaches, 2a3 ID, 81 GOAL 25
standard do 81 50a2 10, strawberries. 81 35
al 50; corn, Sica ! %; string beans, 81 OF
for ID standards.
SEEDS--Bme grass, 81 80; orchard do
81 GOAL CO. herd do.90ca$l timothy, 81 25:
clover seed, So 0Oas %, onion sets. 81 5Oa
& 90 and So 60 for top. German millet,
81 2ial 70 per bu W
HIDES AND LEATHER - Dry
tiint hides, l5al6c per ID for No. /, and lSc
for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed,
6a7c; green, 6a7c, Tallow, 6Isa7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool. 22a24c per ID.
Feathers, 35a40c. Deer skins, 25aS5c; har-
ness oak sole and skirting leather, S6a4Oc
per ID; hemlock sole, 27aSOc; French cali
S40aG0 per doz domestic. S24a40 per do
MACKEREL-Hfbbls, IS rs, 81 70 and
"a 80 for Nos. !, 2 and 8; kits do, 96, 81
and a0c each, r,r Fm ~.
sUNDRIEs-Clder, 81 60 for bbls
and "a O0a4 rs for hf do; pickles
81 0Oa7 so for bbls and 81 26a4 30 for hi
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat
"a 50a5 for hf bblg rice, 7alxc per
ID; brooms, 81 T6a4 per doz. and broom