Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-06
General Trade.

Tue state OF the markets to-day eX-
hibit few variations from last report.
Trade among wholesale dealers and
feed men is slack, while in general
supplies and merchandise the move
ment is active. Flour and meal are
weak; corn is plentiful; oats quiet;
bran drOOpy; hay slow to sell, except
strictly choice timothy; potatoes are
depressed and nominal, with no de-
mand, except in small way; poultry
is unchanged and eggs are varying.
Meats have not changed in value
during the present week, though the
supply here is running short, and re i.
ceipts have been light for the past two
weeks. Lard is to cheaper than a
week age, but cry sailed and smoked
meats are steady. Sugar has advanced
! to 10 during the present week, rice
is ! to to lower, and the remainder of
the list of essentials are quiet or
steady. u iv-a
FLOURAND MEAL-Orders for -four
are filled at 10 IS 81 rs per Dbl as per
quality. Cornmeal easy at g 60 and 81 70
per Dbl.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn on orders from
store 59aGOc, and in lots at the track or
landing 65a56c. Oats from store 52a5ic,
and between dealers 50a5lc per bu,
Bran, sis per ton and 81 per cwt i'm a
small way tor wheat, and Toe per cwt, also
$l4 per ton for corn bran. Cotton seed
meal 5 per cwt corn chops 81 20 per cwt.
Hay quiet at $l1 to SIS 80 per ton and 8Oa
90c per cwt for Western Prairie hay 81
per ton and Acc per cwt.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weak at
81 so to 81 so per Dbl, as per quality, from
store, the latter for choice D BIS. Sweets
81 70 TO 81 per Dbl in a small way. New
La. potatoes So 90 per 3 peck box. Cab
bage scarce and In demand at "a so per
crate. Onions 81 75a2 25 per Dbl and dull
beans, Y 25a2 topper Blu; peas, 75aSl 70 per
bu, as per quality. q s'l NJ.
FRUITS-Apples, weak at So Goa
4 30 per Dbl; dried do 6a7hc per ID; do
peaches SHa4c; oranges, $3a5 per box,
latter for imperial; lemons, 81 60a3 80 per
box.
BUTTER AND CHRESE-Country
butter, l5a22c per ID, as per quality;
Western table, l6a24c per ID, the latter
for fancy dairy; creamery, 80aS5c; cook
ing, l2al4c, Cheese 7 A, l5c; factory,
9MalOG full cream, 14ci at wholesale, Nc
less. '"
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
rule at $S 60a5 90 per doz. as per
quality, the latter for hens, and 0 few ex-
ira choice 90 as high as 81 rs; geese
dull at2 5Oa4 20 per doz; ducks, S4a4 80;
turkeys, Sl4s2O per doz, Eggs unsettled
at 14al6c per doz.
MEATS AND LARp-Order figures
for clear sides are l09Sal0lEo per Id; G
r Z, 10Nal0kc; shoulders, 75sa7%o; hams.
t2Hal2zc; b bacon, I3al3hc; r 5 bacon,
1lLsll%c; no trade in smoked shoulders;
mess porS. sl9al9 so per Dbl; lard, liza
llAc for ties, .lAal2c for hf bbls and
kegs, l2Hal2Ao for pals and the usual
advance for smaller pkgs.
COFFEE-Quiet at 8Hal81sc, as per
quality, for Rio; Java 26a26c per ID.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Open
kettle, 5Na7lie per lb yellow clarified,
8ka8ic; white do, Sia9c; granulatsd, Ola
9S<c;powdered and cut loaf, l0tal01c. No
lasses, 50 to 65c per gal.
BAGGING AND TIRS-Nominally
7a9c per ID for bagging; u S5al 80 per
bundle for ties, and 12c per ID for twine.
CANNED G00DS-0ysters, and 2
10 full VT. 81 05al 80 per doc; II VT Coca
81 60, pie peaches, 2a3 ID, Sl00al 26
standard do 81 50a2 TO- strawberries, 81 35
81 90 2 1, corn, sSossl 26i string beans, 81 %
sEEDS-B Barley, perBu 81; blue grass,
81 SO rye, I0aS0c; orchard do, 81 60a1 60,
herd do, 90casl timothy. 81 26 clover
se,d, S. 00a626 onion sets. 81 60a9 90
and So 80 for top, German millet. 81 q
| al 90 per bu.