Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-19

Exchange on New York and principal
Eastern points, at par; discount on three
days, and premium selling; and exchange
on New Orleans discount buying, and par
selling.
Bank stocks-Bank of Commerce, 12O;
First National, ITO; German National, 200
| Manhattan, 160(D1S0; State National, 120;
| Union and Planters. I25.
Insurance stocks-Bluf City, IS; Her
| nando, 100G1l05; Home, IS refused; Mem
phis City, IS; Peoples, 90@s5; Phoenix, 7s;
Planters, lis.
Railroad stocks-Mississippi and Tennes-
see, 67G975; Mobile and Ohio, 27Gn29; Mem
phis and Charleston first mortgage bonds, rs,
ll29ll6; do. second mortgage bonds, 7s
QSS5), 102@1OS; do. consols, Il2; Mem phis
and Little Rock first mortgage bonds, Sc,
100Gll0; Mississippi and Tennessee consols,
A, 1269l2S; do. B. 116@117.
Building and Loan AssocI ations, per share
of 300 each-Bluf City, S73G76; Clerks,
SIS; German-American, SIS; Memphis
Building and Savings Association, $140@
I42.
Miscellaneous - Merchants Storage and
Compress Company, 125; Memphis gas stock,
1898; do. bonds, 97@100; Memphis Water
Company, bonds with accrued interest, par;
stock, 120; Memphis City bonds, old,
28932; compromise bonds, 5S@65; cou-
pons from old bonds, 30; from compromise
bonds, 70(975; ledger balances, IS; judg-
ments on cou pons aud bonds, 80; paving in
debtedness, 25; Shelby county memphis
and Ohio railroad) O., 1O09I03; warrants,
9S(9l00 bid-none on the market; Mississippi
&yee bonds and coupons, District No. l, 800
R4; do. scriR, 12C9125; Bank OF Tennessee
notes, new issue, 35945; Crittenden county
(Arkansas) warrants, 20; do. Desha county, |
81; DO. Mississippi county. so.
NEW ORLEANS, August S.-Sight exch ange |
on New York, 81 per $1,000 premium. Sterl- |
ing exchaHge-bankers' bills, 1874.
LONDON, August S-Consols-money,
SO ll-l6;T account, 99s; Illinois Central, 140;
Pennsylvania Central, $50; New York Ger,
trail, 399; Erie, 800; seconds, 994; Reading,
Sit.
NEW YORK, August 1S.-Money, AZ to 50
per cent; closing at q per gent. Prime mer-
camille paper, per cent. Sterling exchange
bankers bills steady, 4851; demand, 489.
Government bonds to-day were firm without
change in quotations. Money on pledge OF
them is still 2 per cent. on call. Share specu-
Iation opened with prices weak, being 5@3
per cent. lower than yesterdays closing
prices; the latter Minneapolis and St. Louis.
In early dealings there was fractional re-
'overy OF B@4 per cent, the latter Denver
and Rio Grande; Texas Pacific, Chesapeake
ind Ohio first preferred, and Western Union
being prominent in the upward movement.
At III o'clock the general list reacted i@s
Der cent, the latter Texas Pacific; Delaware,
Isckawanna and Western, RichBona and
Oanville, and ST. Paul and Omaha we're also
prominent. After IL O'Clock there was a
General decline of 3t91 per cent, the latter
janada Southern, Oregon and Iransconti-
rental Northwestern advanced / per cent
nd ST. Paul and Omaha per cent, but the
after fell off 1t per cent. before 2 O'Clock.
During the remainder of the afternoon prices
outinued to decline, and closed in the main
Ieak. The recorded prices were 89la per
emit. lower than yesterdays close, the latter
Delaware, Lsckawanna and Western; Michi-
an Central, Canada Southern, and Delaware
nd Hudson Canal Company were srso con- {
plcuous in the decline. Speculation to-day
las dull. Transactions aggregated 26I 600