Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-10

per cent. discount.
May 20s,gl2 81 s53,52l A
Thus far this week ,-........ s65,6 29 . 6l3 50
SINE time last year .. 2Os,490 IS 3i,9iS IS
Exchange on New York and principal
Eastern points, at par; discount on
three days, and I premium selling; and
exchange on New Orleans / discount buy
ing, and par selling. Bank stocks are
quoted as follows: Bank of Commerce,
120; First National, ITO; German Ma
tional, 200; Manhattan, 160@1S0; State
National, 100; Union and Planters, 122.
Insurance stocks = Bluff City, So; Herman
do. lo00l55; Home, 60; Memphis City, So;
Peoples, 90@95; Phoenix, rs; Planters, 100@
los. Railroad stocks-Memphis and Charles
ton, 6S@7O; Mississippi and Tennessee,
67(475; Mobile and Ohio, 27@29; Mem
phis and Charleston first mortgage bonds,
rs, 112@1I6; do. second mortgage bonds, rs
ISS5), 102(9l0S; do. consols, liz; Memphis
and Little Rock Srst mortgage bonds, IS,
lOO@l10; Mississippi and Tennessee consols,
A,126(9128; do. B. ll9. Misoellaneous-Mer-
oh ants Storage and Compress Company, l25;
Memphis gas stock, 1908; do. bonds, 800
100; Memphis Water Company, 9S9l00;
Memphis city bonds, old, 2S(932; compromise
bonds, 5S(965; coupons from old bonds, 80;
from compromise bonds, 70975; ledger bal
ances 25; judgments on coupons and bonds,
20; paving indebtedness, 25; Shelby county
memphis and Ohio railroad) 6s, 100Q1103;
warrants, 9S@10o bid, none on the market;
Mississippi levee bonds and coupons, District
No. l, 10; do. scrip, 10; Bank of Tennessee
notes, new issue, 35@45; Crittenden county
(Arkansas) warrants, 20; do. Desha county,
81; do. Mississippi county, so. Building and
Loan Associations, per share of $500 each
Bluff City, S73G976; Clerks, $7s; German
American, SIS; Memphis Building and
Savings Association, Sl409l42.
New ORLEANS, May 9.-Sight exchange
on New York g per $1,000 premium. Sterling
xchauge-bankers' bills, 4S7994SS.
LONDON, May 9.-4is, 1921; Illinois Cen
trail, $50; Pennsylvania Central, G29; New
York Central, 129B; Erie, 1861; seconds,
964; Reading, 29s.
New YoRK, May 9.-Money, s@4 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4G5 per cent.
Sterling exchange--bankers' bills steady,
ISL; demand, 400. Government bonds ir-
regular. Railroad bonds irregular. State
securities firm. Share speculation opened
with prices irregular, Kansas and Texas and
Wabash preferred being per cent. lower and
Michigan Central per cent. higher than yes
terday's closing prices. In early dealings
prices continued irregul ar, but in the main
higher Manhattan Elevated advanced 3
per cent, and Louisville and Nashville and
Lake Shore per cent AT Ii o'clock there
was a slight advance, Michigan Central and
Denver aud Rio Grande being conspicuous
in the upward movement. Lake Shore
aud Manhattan Elevated fell of g(gs
per cent, the latter Lake Shore. The mar
ket then became duh, with an advance of
oil per cent, reading and Michigan Gen.
trail being the most conspicuous in the rise.
Subst quently the market declined !(94 per
cent, Michigan Central and Lake Shore
being promine mt in the downward move
menl The list again recovered s(9l4 per
cent, the latter Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnati and Indianapolis. During the after
noon speculation was rather dull, and prices
irregular but generally lower, Michigan Cen
trail, Delaware, Lsckawsnna aud Western
aud Hannibal and ST. Joseph preferred
ing prominent in the downward move
ment Wabash preferred declined J and
then advanced per cent New Jersey Cen
trail and Wabash common advanced and
Delaware and Hudson | per cent. DdrIog
the sate afternoon, while speculation grew