Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-25

Exchange on New York and principal East
ern points, at par; discount on three days
and premium selling; and exchange or
New Orleans discount buying, and par sell
ing. B&ax stocks are quoted as follows: Bank
OF Commerce, I20; First National, ITO: Ger
man National, 200; Manhattan, 16O91SO;
State National, 120; Union and Planters, 122
Insurance stocks-Bluf City, So; fernando,
10O(9l55; Home, so; Memphis City, IS;
Peoples, 90(995; Phoenix, 70; Planters, I00@
lO5. Railroad stocks-Memphis and Charles
ton, 68(970; Mississippi and Tennessee,
67975; Mobile and Ohio, 27@29; Mem
phis and Charleston first mortgage bonds,
7s, 1129116; do. second mortgage bonds, rs
(1885l, 1029l08; do. consols, Up; Memphis
and Little Rock Erst mortgage bonds, Sc,
lOO(9110; Mississippi and Tennessee consols
A, l26(9128; do. B, 119. Miscellaneous-Mer-
chants Storage and Compress Company, 125;
Memphis gas stock, 1908; do. bonds, 90
100; Memphis Water Company, 9S@I00;
Memphis city bonds, old, 28@32; compromise
bonds, 5SC965; coupons from old bonds, 30;
from compromise bonds, 70(175; ledger bal
ances, %; judgments on coupons and bonds,
rs; paving Indebtedness, 25; Shelby county
(Memphis and Ohio railroad) IS, 1O06I03;
warrants, 98(9l00 bid, none on the market;
Mississippi levee bonds and coupons, District
No. 1, 10; do. scrip, 10; Bank of Tennessee
notes, new issue, 35945; Crittenden county
~, 90. De1n2 county,
62; do. Mississippi county, so. Building and
Loan Associations, per share of 5000 each
Bluff City, S73976; Clerks, SIS; German
American, S78; Memphis Building and
Savings Association. Sl4O9142.
PARIS, May 24.-Rentes, S3f. 774c.
NEW ORLEANS, May 24.-Sight exchange
on New York, 81 per $1,000 premium. Prime
mercantile paper, 488.
LONDON, May 24.-Consols, 102 5-16; Hi
nois Central, 1853; Pennsylvania Central, 500;
New York Central, $50; Erie, 36I; Erie sec
onds, 50; Reading, 29.
New YORK, May 24.-Money, 21634 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, see per cent.
Sterling exchange-bankers' bills steady,
1861; demand, 4899. Government bonds /
per cent. lower for AIS, coupons and Is, and
unchanged for AIS registered and extended
6s and IS. Railroad bonds fairly active and
generally lower. State securities without
any feature, except Tennessees, which are
per cent. lower. Share speculation opened
generally weak, and s@1 per cent. lower
than yesterdays closing quotations, the latter
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indian |
apolis, while Hannibal and ST. Joseph pre-
ferred was per cent. higher. During the |
morning the market was moderately active |
but weak, and about noon prices sold off |
49s per cent, while Cleveland, Columbus, |
Cincinnati and indianapolis advanced J, but |
reacted ! per cent. at noon. In the early |
part of the afternoon there was a recovery |
of s9s per cent, st. Paul, Minneapolis and |
Manitoba leading in the improvement. After |
this the market was rather dull and pricesd
sold off to close. the decline ranging from |
3@1 per cent. The market closed weak, |
with values 4(92s per cent. lower than the |
closing figures yesterday, the latter Denver |
and Rio Grande; Richmond aud Danville, |
however, is p per cent. higher. Transac-
tions aggregated 257, 900 shares.