Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-22
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NEW ORLEANS, April 81. Sight exchange on
New HoS. a premiGn; sterling exchange bankers
bills, sSI.
LONDON, April al Consols-money, Gals; nli-
nOls Central, sig; PENNSYLVANIA Central, 3lls
Reading 10; Erie, 27ss; preferred, oil; 1O40S,
1Q5ls; new 5s lO5's; new 4Iss, lOsSs; new Is,
NEW YORK, April 2I Money market easy at 3a5
per cent Prime mercantile paper, 4lstD5 per cent.
sight exchange or New York, 4S7ls. Govern
ment bonds hrmer; coupons 1881, l0bis; new 5S,
1Q41s: new 4lss, 1864; new Il, 1908; 1O-4OS.
registered IOl; coupons, not quoted: currency 6s,
l23ls. state bonds dull; Tennessee 6s, old, "a
Tes ss ' b new VS. y Mssoar 0s s Sld 49, S
Raj DAD bonds were active and strong; Kansas
acnc incomes No. Is ross Sl4 Ger cent. 10 IS; No.
n advanced 81; Denver and Rio Grande hrsts
rose 70 a2St advance OF Big; Fries were buoy
at tine stock maske, unusually active and the
prevailing tendency was toward higher prices; The
.reIiexi advance was In Kansas Pdeif1c which sold
% 20 49is. an advance of per cent, with closing
sales al reaction OF pig per cent The rest OF the
Southwestern shares were strong, except Kansas
All Texas. which fell off from ltls to Ass The
Granger shares declined Is to lis Northwest closing
t the lowest while ST. Paul recovered small fraction
on common The general list was hrm especially e. Ne
and Mab ssh. which advanced lslB Ils respectively.
Coal shares were somewhat irregular, being weak
during the day but fiTmer in final dealings; s. Joe
prsietIed was weak; LOUISVILLE and Nashville de-
cued 10 54ii ana closed at SAG against 81 Itur-
day. Ihste was an unusual activity in Alton and
Terre Hauie, the common selling up from 10
Is and closing 1t pll preferred advancing ron
liii 10 20. with hnal sales at / g. Denver and Rio
Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific and Denver and Rio
t4TaLde Il ckS vas attributed TO the supreme court
decisions at WASHINGTON to-day; Erie finn, par
tally due 10 the LOnCOn dispatches or Saturday
statioe that the ccutt or chancsy had rendered a
decision 10 favor OF the company in the 81, 0O0,-
600 suit against MHenTy Transactions az sre-
gaiea 100000 shares OF which $4,000 were Erie
common aud 1000 preferred, %, 900 Lake Shore.
% 600 Wabash. $500 Northwestern common, 1000
preferred, 1000 ST. Paul common, 1000 PIE
ferred. 26,U00 LaekaWanna, 5000 New Jer-
sey Central 5000 Michigan Central. 5000
Union Pacific. 1000 Cleveland. Columbus and In
pref .Fred 1900 Ohio and Mississippi, 1900
We>tsrn Union, $500 Kansas Pacific, l3OU0
s.. Louis, Kansas City and Northern, 1000 Kansas
and Texas, 5000 ST. Louis and San Francisco
IL COO 81 Louis and Iron Mountain, 400 Louis
vile and Nashville and 5000 Alton aud Ter
Haute. The closing quota Ions were as fOllows
western Union Telegraph, lO5l4; Quicksilver,
Mari DOsa 6Ss offered; Adams express, I0S;
Wells 4 FarROs express, 81 l2; American ex-
press, 100; United States express, 4qI2; New York
Central. Il6iz; Erie, 27ls; Erie prei'd 49la; Hsr-
lem, 100; Michigan Cei trail, SILL; Panama, 1876;
UuiOn Pacific stock. 754s; Lake Shore, Is;
Illinois Central. S4Is; Cleveland aud Plttsburg =
6lls; Northwestern preferred, 907s;
42it; New Jersey Central. 42ss; Rock Island,
3lls; ST. Paul. 1925; st. Paul preferred, S2ls;
WABASH. %; Fort Wayne, 1914 TeTe Haute, gl4;
reue Haute preferred, .jn; Chicago. and Alton
1855: Chicago and Alton prefer 81, l0S: Ohio and
Mississippi, 1895; Delaware, LackaYanna and Wes-
tern, 5Ii4; Atlantic and Pacific telegraph, 35it;
Chicago. Burlington and Ounce, ia; Hannibal
8Sla: Canada Southern, 609l; central Pacific bonds
] lU3s; Union Pacific bonds, IL Oss Unicn Pacific
land grants. ITO; Union Pacific sinking funds,
/ IL.