Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-20
HONEY MARKETS.
BY TELEGRAPH.

PARIS, August I9-Rentes, 106i SHE.
NEW ORLEANS, August l9.-Gold,
11lt; New York sight, premium. Ster-
ling exchange, bankers bills, SAB.
LONDON, August 19 -Consols for
money and on account, So Is; 5-20s Of
1865, 106; 5 2Os of 1867. 1G9t; 10-40s, 107t;
new IS, 1919 New York Central, 81;
Erie, 10; Erie preferred, 81.
NEW YORK, August Money easy
at I1(02 per cent. Prims mercantile pa
per, 3(04 per cent. Customs receipts,
$4,000. The assistant treasurer dis
bursed $4,000. Clearings, S32, DOC, 900.
Sterling dull; sixty days, 487; sight,
489 Government bonds: Coupons 1881,
119s; do. 1855, 114a; do. 1885, new, 1154;
do. 1857, 1871; do. 1868, 12l; new IS, 117t;
l0-40s, regular, 1863; l0-40s, coupons,
1893; currency g., 1868. State bonds quiet
ana nominal; Tennessee Sc, old, As; len
nessee 6s, new, 473%Virginia IS, old, 25;
Virginia Is, new, Is; Missouri IS, 107.
Railroad bonds wanted investment and
full prices generally current. Imports
of goods for the past week amounted to
S., coo, GOO; produce exports for the same
period, 81 000, 600. The stock market
was steady at the opening, and Michi-
gan Central, New Jersey Central and
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
advanced I to per cent. Subsequently,
however, prices declined to Il per
cent. the latter in Delaware, Lackawsn-
ma and Western, which fell off from 934
to Oh; New Jersey Central declined
from so to 595. Michigan Central from
Alt to 40s, Lake Shore from $50
to $50, st. Paul preferred from 6S5 TO
6Ss, and Western Union from zig to ZIG.
AT the second call the market was firm
er, and prices showed recovery OF / to
! per cent. Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western rose to 92f, Michigan Central
to Al, st. Paul preferred to 69s, Western
Union to ia, and Lake Shore to 533.
The fluctuations during the afternoon
were only ! to / per CENT, and call for no
special comment. Transactions aggre-
gated, $1,000 shares, of which 5000 were
Lake Shore, 1900 st, Paul, $500 Western
Union, 1900 Delaware, Lackswanna
and Western, 1900 New Jeissy Central
and $500 Michigan Central. The
closing quotations were as follows:
Western Union telegraph, ZIG; Quick
silver, II; Quicksilver preferred, Is;
Pacific Mail, "a; Mariposa, 81; Mari
poea preferred, 4; Adams Express,
i'll; Wells & Fargo's Express company,
83a; American Express company, 6lf;
United States Express company, 63s;
New York Central, 1864; Erie, lat;
Erie preferred, 20; Harlem, 1871;
Harlem preferred, 1873; Michigan Cen
tral, So; Panama, 80; Union Pacific
stock, 63s; Lake Shore, $50; Illinois Gen.
trail, SS3; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 923;
Northwestern, $50; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 62s; Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnad and Indianapolis, 4l3; New Jer.
ssy Central, 59I; Rock Island, 1861;
st. Paul, 364; st. Paul preferred, 66B;
Wabash, 2; Wabash preferred. 102;
Fort Wayne, Il; Terre Haute, 81;
Terre Haute preferred, 153; Chicago and
Alton, 2; Chicago ana Alton pre-
ferred, 81; Ohio and Mississippi, 135;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 92s I;
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph, 174;
Missouri Pacific, 81; Atlantic and Pa
cific, preferred, II; Indiana Central, 81;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 203;
Hannibal and st. Joseph, Ia; Central
Pacific bonds, 10; Union Pacific bonds,
81; Union Pacific land grants, At;
Union Pacific sinking funds, 953.