Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-01
FINANCE AND TRADE
FINANCE.

Exchange on New York and principal
Eastern points, at par; discount on three
dsys, and premium selling; and exchange
on New Orleans discount buying, and par
selling.
Bank stocks-Bank of Commerce, 135; First
National, 10; German National, 200; Man
haitian, 160(91S0; State National, 100; Union
and Planters. 125.
Insurance stocks-Blnf City, IS; Her.
nando, 100t9l05; Home, 65 refused; Mem
! phis City, s.; Peoples, 90(995; Phoenix, last
sales at 90c; Planters, lis.
Railroad stocks-Mississippi and Tennes-
ace, 67(975; Mobile and Ohio, 27629; Mem
phls and Charleston fret mortgage bonds, rs,
ll2(gll6; do. second mortgage bonds, 7s
(l8S5l, l02@l08; do. consols, 1l2; Memphis
and Little Rock FIRST mortgage bonds, IS,
l00@Il0; Mississippi and Tennessee consols
A, 126(9l2S; do. B, 116@117.
Building and Loan Assoc ations per share
Of 5000 each-Bluf City, S73@76; Clerks,
s1S; German-American, SIS; Memphis
Building and Savings Association, S140@
142.
Miscellaneous - Merchants Storage and
Compress Company, 125; Memphis gas stock,
75gS3; do. bonds, $4,000; Memphis Water
Company, bonds with accrued interest, par;
stock, l20; Memphis City bonds, old,
2S(932; compromise bonds, 58@65; cou-
pons from old bonds, so; from compromise
bonds, 70@75; ledger balances, %; judg-
ments on cou pons and bonds, 80; paving in
debtedness, 25; Shelby county Memphis
and Ohio railroad) 6s, 1009103; warrants,
9S(9100 bid-none on the market; Mississippi
leyee bonds and coupons, District No. /, 129
124; do. scrip, 12(912}; Bank of Tennessee
notes, new issue, 35@45; Crittenden county
(Arkansas) warrants, 20; do. Desha county,
81; do. Mississippi county, so.
NEW ORLEANS, August 31.-Sight exchange
or New York, ST 50@2 per $1,000 premium.
Sterling exchaBge-bankers' bills. z86.
LoSpos, August 31--consols, 80 lilo;
1885, Erie, 40i; Reading, 50s.
NEW YORK, August 31.-Money, 3@53
per cent, closing at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, 54@6 per cent. Sterling ex-
change-bsnkers' bills steady, 4854 demand,
1891. Government bonds irregular. Rail-
road bonds moderately active and generally
firm. State securities dull. Share specula-
ton opened irregular, prices, however, show
ing only fractional changes from yesterdays
closing. During the morning the market
was very dull and heavy, and about midday
a decline of 4(914 per cent. was recorded, in
which Louisville and Nashville, Denver and
Rio Grande, Lake Shore, and Wabash pre-
ferred were most prominent. During the
afternoon the market continued dull, but |
while there was an advance of HOLT per
Louisville aud Nash |
vile, Northern Pacific preferred and Wabash |
preferred being conspicuous therein-this |
was followed by a reaction of 1(9s per cent, |
after which speculation became little more |
active, and prices sold up s91 per cent, the |
latter S.. Paul, while Northwestern advanced |
{, receded l and rallied ] per cent. in the |
final dealings, and the market closed strong. |
The chsuges from yesterdays closing quota |
tons are irregular, but generally HOLT per |
lot Ma L..
Northwestern, however, is q per cent. higher. |
Transactions aggregated 205. 900 shares.