Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-23

same time Last l53.sol 10 1850
| Same day last year. 1880 @ O,143 q
Exchange on New York and principa
Eastern points, at par; discount on three
! days, and ! premium selling; and exchange
on New Orleans discount buying, and pan
| selling.
Bank stocks-Bsuk of Commerce, sale o.
small lot at 135; large lot refused at 1873; Firs
| National, 10; German National, 200; Man
haitian, 160@1S0; State National, 120; Union
and Planters. 125.
Insurance stocks-Bluff City, IS; Her
nando, 100tG1O5; Home, IS refused; Mem
phis City, IS; Peoples, 9O@s5; Phoenix, IS;
| Planters, lis.
Railroad stocks-Mississipp and Tennes-
| see, 67(975; Mobile and Ohio, 27Gd29; Men,
phis and Charleston fret mortgage bond, rs,
l12(9116; do. second mortgage bonds, "a
(lS85l, l02910S; do. consols, 1l2; Memphis
and Little Rock first mortgage bonds, 81,
100Gl10; Mississippi and Tennessee consols,
A, 126(9128; do. 3, 1I6@117.
Building and Loan Associations, per share
Of $500 each-BlEf City, 1905; Clerks,
SIS; Germsn-American, SIS; Memphis
Building and Savings Association, $14O@
I42
Miscellaneous Merchants Storage and
Compress Company, 125; Memphis gas stock,
75(9S3; do. bonds, 97@100; Memphis Water
Company, bonds with accrued interest, par /;
stock, 120; Memphis City bonds, old,
28932; compromise bonds, 58@65; cou-
pons from old bonds, so; from compromise
bonds, 70975; ledger balances, %; judg-
ments on cou pons and bonds, so; paving in
debtedness, 25; Shelby county (Memphis
and Ohio railroad) 6s, 100@103; warrants,
9S@l00 bid-none on the market; Mississippi
leVee bonds and coupons, District No. l, 12(9
l21; do. scrip, l2(9124; Bank of Tennessee
notes, new issue, 35G45; Crittenden county
(Arkansas) warrants, 20; do Desha county,
81; do. Mississippi county, so.
PARIS, August 22.-Rentes, S2I. 45c.
New ORLEANS, August 22-Sight exchange
on New York, 50 per $1,000 premium. Slefl-
ing exchaBge-bankers' bills, 1874.
LONDON, August 22-Illinois Central, 394;
Pennsylvania Central, 633; New York Cen
trail, SS3; Erie, 800 seconds, 993; Reading,
Sl4.
NEW YORK, August 22.-Money, 24@6
per cent; closed at q per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, 53@63 per cent. Sterling ex-
change-bankers' bills steady, 4S54 dem and,
489. Government bonds were Irregular. Rail-
road bonds were firm. State securities were
dull. The shares speculation on the Stock
Exchange opened weak, and prices in the
main were fraction lower than at the close
yesterday. During the first half hour of
business dealings were characterized by a
decline of b9k per cent, the latter
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
Northern Pacific, 81. Paul and Texas
Pacific were also conspicuous in the de-
cline. After this the market generally
became firm, and an advance took place
ranging from ] TO L per cent, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, New Jersey Cen
trail, Northern Pacific preferred, and Lake
Shore leading the upward movement. After
IL o'clock speculation became dull, and prices
iell off to per cent, the latter st. Joseph
preferred. Denver and Rio Graude, North
western, Lake Shore and st. Paul were the
exceptions, the former two advancing 4 per
cent, and the two latter per cent. st. Paul
and Omaha, and Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western were also prominent in the down
ward movement After midday dealings be-
came irregular, St. Joseph selling up IL per
cent. 10 94S, while Denver and Rio Grande
went down ( per cent. This was followed by
a downward movement of ! TO Z per cent,
the latter Lake Shore. St. Joseph preferred,
however, advanced per cent, and specula-
ton became dull, the market closing gener-
ally weak, showing decline on the days
business of ] to per cent, Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, Kansas and Tex as, and
Hannibal and st. Joseph preferred being
most promlnent in the decline