Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-18

but more interest is shown in securities as to their
Standing snd prices, 4enpnls gas SOCK and bonds
| most atieotion- There was 4 sale OF $1,000 Home
insurance eo@pany's stock al 40, $4,000 Bun city
articles In the newspapers generally speak In more
favorable terms thaa they were doing and some OF
them approach toward buoyancy in tone. New Or
leans, however, Ike ourselves IS quiel. TIE PlcI
y.te said on SATURDAY; The money market Is alb
soiutely stagnant. Thee SENS 10 be no demand
whatever for commercial purt oses. The secretary
OF the treasury has done what he 70 relieve the
fears OF merchants and others that the April and
May ettements for the subscriptions 20 the new
Io4r per cents VIII eau. a stringent money marseL
In a letter 10 Assistant Treasurer Hillnouse the
secretary says that the business will be SO con
Quoted as not unnecessarily to interfere with the
money market The London EoOH0Hlit, OF March
Isl SAID that both the demand for and the supply
o. silver are Just now comparatively limited ana
tons out OF all proportion 10 the business transact
ed The 45 ac5 OF India council drafts were allotted
on Wednesday at Is. 7lsd per rupee, reduction OF
3 I'D on the week" The New York HeJIld reports:
The rates Of exchange on New York al the under
mentioned places today was follows: ''Sayan-
5nyfn ~ i5seoint ssIjiTg mar. Ssv Or
1919 oT9Ins - liz j,sconts psnr 1sy g.
Louis, 40 discount; Chicago, steady and firm, buy
ing ITO discount, selling lilo premium; Boston.
local market exchange quoted: New York L dis
count; al points n Ne" Engllnd' with grace. IS
points al par. Money SQ per cent. Shelby county
scrip quoted S0dS6 buying, SO selling. Last sales
were: Memphis gas stock, 80; Tennessee, new is
sue, 40d9i; Mississippi and Tennessee railway
arst-moTigase bonds 10; seconl mortgage, 40;
Memphis gas bonds. 81. eX-cOupOu; fernando In
suTance stock. III; Bluff CITY Insurance, Ii So
lBY TELEGRAPRl
PARIS. March 17.-Rentes. 1851. soc.
NEW ORLEANS. March IL Sight exchange on
4S5Is.
LONDON, March -Consols-money. % ll-l6;
Heading. 10; Erie, 255s; preferred, As; 5-2Os Of
1857, lO3S4; lO-4Os, lU4; new 5s, lO6Ssi 4IZs,
1914; Is lO4 ex coupon.
NEW YORK, March l7:-Money market active at
4d7 per cent, closing at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, 8Ia65 per cent. stering exchange
bankers bills heavy at 49,; sigh exchange New
York 4SqIs. Government bonds steady; coupons |
1881, lO6l4; coupons 1907, 1O2ls; coupons 1868, |
OzSs; new 5s l04is; new 4Iss, li4$4; new As |
lOl2i; currency is, l2lS4. 5t,te bonds dull Ten
u.s. old. BIZ Virginia is, 81 Missouri rs I047s
Railroad bonds active Stocks Irregular but in the
main weak. the Canada Southern suffering the |
greatest decline. Northwestern shares are com |
paratiyely firm, and St. Joseph and Erie excep-
t,Onally strong. Transactions aggregated 1877 600 |
shares, Of which ll,OO0 were Ere 5000 Lake |
shore 1000 Canada Southern $500 Wabash, 22,- |
900 Northwestern common. $4,000 preferred. H. |
Lackawann anna; l5,00Q New Jersey Central; 1000 |
Uuion, ana 5000 Kansas ana Texas |
The closing quotations we're as follows: |
e pSefe & P 9a s I5 M sG
posa, 3; Martposa preferred, AZ; Adams express,
press, 4six United States express. avg;
New YeIk Central i r.faI LIS ex DIVIDEND
lem, 1870; Michigan Central, SIG; Panama, 1870;
Union Pacific stock. 73; Lake SEOre, 7I3s; Illinois
Central, =; Cleveland and Pittsburg. 9ll2; North
western, 57is; Northwestern Preferred, 8658
Columbus, Cincinnati ana Indianapolis,
1912; New Jersey Central, 3SSs; Rock Island 81 7s
81. Paul, 3s5sSt. Paul prefeTred S2Ik Wabash 95s
Fort Wayne. 1888: Terre Haute. 3; TerTe Haute
preferred, z; chicago and Alton, 7!ll2; Chicago and
Alton preferred, 1OS; Ohio and Mississippi l095
Lackawanna ana western, At; atlantic |
and Pacific telegraph, 81; Missouri Pacific IL; |
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, l 412; Hannibal
ana 81. Joe, 1855; Hannibal and ST. Joe preferred, |
40; Canada Southern, 81; Central Pacific bonds,
PACING BONDS.
and grants, II2; Union Pacific sinking funds,
lOS,