Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-10
General Trade.

a lar Jobbing demand prevails Tor
all classes of supplies, and no radical
change is noted in values since last
report. Corn 10 weak and tends down
ward with an ample supply. Oats are
scarce and firm. Bran is not SO scarce
but is stiff in value. Hay has not
changed; poultry is scarce and firm
eggs are weak and plentiful; cornmea
is weak; -four easy, and meats are
about as before, with liberal supply
an unsettled feeling and tendency
toward cheaper prices Since the
first Of the present month llG carloads
Of dry sailed meats have been received
In this market, and for four weeks the
receipts foot up 1872 carloads. OF
-four 1880 bbls have been received
since the FIRST inst, and 43.U00 bbls
ia six weeks. Corn receipts for four
weeks sum up 1900 SKIS, and 10000
bbls Of potatoes have cohe into our
market within the past two months.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers sell
single bbls of -four at S4a5 for low AIDES,
and IS 25a6 90 for good TO strictly choice
family, aud S6 50a7 so for patents. Corn
meal droopy atS2 8ja3 90 per Dbl at whole
sale.
FEE DSTUFFS-Corn 57a'8c per bu
for shelled IN SKIS and 6lai2c from store
in a small way. Oats firm at t0a52c in
lots and at retail Bran 81 ltal 10 per
cwt corn do, $l5 per ton, and SOC per
cwt. Hay $l3 0Oal6 90 per ton, aud Boa
9Oc per cwt for WESTERN IS 80 also 55a6Oc
per cwt for prairie.
I. ESCULENTS-Potatoes firm at 80 75a
3 81 per Dbl ut wholesale and for single
bbls as per quality. Sweets $2a2 25
per Dbl. Cabbage S3'7Fa4 25 per crate for
La. Lettuce 40a50c per doz; radishes
Soc; beets 50c, beans 81 60aS per bu; peas
81 2ia2 per bu. MS per quality.
FRUtTS-Apples per Dbl Aa8; dried do
5aThc per ID; peaches 3ha4Ifc per ID;
pineapples ~ 81 per doz; lemons $3a4 per
box; oranges sSa4 per box; raisins $3a4
per box.
BUTTER AND OHEESE-Country
butter l8a25c per Ii; Western 17a24c, as
per quality; creamery 40c. Cheese 9ha
i5Kc per Ii.
F0tLTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
IS 5Oa5 per doz as per quality; ducks Sda
4 Is; turkeys 2Oc per ID for dressed, and
sI6s2O per doz for live geese S4a6 pordoz
for live and dressed. No game in the
market for ten days past. Eggs weak and
unsettled at l2kal6c per doE.
MEATS AND LARD-Dealers cell
for cash on orders at l0sc for sides
packed, and shoulders ut TIC, loose
lots being &c less. These prices can be
shaded for carload lots. Hams, 12ial3c;
breakfast bacon, 13al3Hc; lard in tcs III
alike; kegs and hf bbls l2al2I<c; 4 pailsat
the usual advance.
COFFEE = Easy at sha131Sc per
ID for Rio, and 25a26c for Java.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Y G
sugar, 8Na81c per ID; &C. Ssa9c; o X,
6sa7ic; granulated, 9a9lc; powdered and
cut loaf, lOtal0lc. Molasscs, so to 65c per
BAGGING AND TIEs-Bsrriur.
Ia9 per ID and nominal. Ties, ST 65a
/ 60 per bundle 81 So for pieced do. Irvine
e CANNED GoODS-oysters. l and
ID full VT. 81 05al 81 per doz; 1t VT 65cs
81 90; pie peaches, 2aS lb, 81 GOAL 25;
standard do 81 60a2 To- strawberries, 81 IS
al so; corn, 85casl %; string beans, 81 OF
for 2 ID standards.
SEEDS-Barley, per bu, 81; blue
grass, 81 so; rye, 7OaS0c orchard do
81 Goal go; herd do, 90casl timothy,
81 Is; clover seed, IS 0Oas 25; millet
81 4Oa1 80 per bu; onion sets, IS 0Oa6 q
and 50 80 for top.
HIDES AND LEATHER = Dry
flint hides, 15al6c per ID for No. /, and lSC
for No. 2; dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed
7a8<c; green, 6a7c. Tallow, 6ISa7c. Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c pei ID
Feathers, 85a40c. Deer skins, 30a30c; har
ness, oak sole and skirting leather, S6a40
DER ID; hemlock sole, 27aSOc; French cali
bl0a60 per doz: domestic. S24a40 per do
| MACKEREL-Hfbbls, IS 76, "a rs an,
| N5O for Nos. !, 2 and 8 kits do, 95, o
l and Soc each.