Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-09
FINANCE AND TRADE.
FINANCE

Same week last year. 1877 25 81 1923 A
Exchange on New York buying at / dis
count, selling at par. Eas,ern cotton bills
buying per cent. discount, selling at par;
and exchange on New Orleans I discount
buying, and par selling.
Bank stocks-Bank of Commerce, 135;
First National, 1O2911O; German National,
2O0G2l0; Manhattan, 160@170; State Ma
| tional, l22C1125; Uuion and Plsnfers. 1871.
Railroad siocks-Mississippi and Teanes-
see, 60965; Mobile and Ohio, 27(92S; Mem
phis and Charleston first mortgage bonds,
| 7s, l12(91l6; do. second mortgage bonds, Is
| (lS85), 102Gal08; do. consoIs, 1J2; Memphis
and Little Rock first mortgage bonds, g.,
1OOCal10; Mississippi and Tennessee cousols,
A, ia; do. 3, 110@l13.
MiscellaDeous-Mercha Storage and
Compress Company, nominally higher, 1856;
Memphis Gas stock, 75(GS0; do, bonds, Ella
100; Memphis Water Company, bonds with
accrued interest, par; stock, 100; Memphis
city bonds, old, so; compromise bonds, So;
coupons from old bonds, so; from compro-
mise bonds, 60; ledger balances, %; iudg.
ments on coupons and bonds, 30; paving in
debtedRess, 20; Shelby county (Memphis and
ONO rsilrosd) 6s, SO; warrants, SO 9100 bid
none on the market; Mississippi levee bonds
and Coupons, District No. ], 1I9I21; do
scrip, l2@124; Bank OF Tennessee notes,
new issue, 35@45; Crittenden couaty (Ark.)
warrants, 20; do. Drsha county, 81; do. Mis-
sissippi county, 80.
PARIS, December S.-Rentes, sol. 473c.
NEW ORLEANS, December S.-Sight ex-
change on New York, par. Sterling exchange
bankers bills, 479x-
LONDON, December S.-Cousols, 100 3-I6;
aec2unt- 10l S.16s- exteIad0ay-4e4747 ~
l2Szz Illinois Central 4S4i Pennsylvania Central.
seconds, 90; Reading. 26S<
NEW YORK, December S.-Money. GAG
per cent, closing offered at per cent. Prime mer-
bankers bills steady, $50; demand, 4S4. Govern
meut bonds generally strong and 1ssZ per cent.
higher. Railroad bonds generally strong. State
securities taii ly active and fraction higher for
Tennessees old. The stock market during the
greater part of the fret hour while dull, was
strong, and recorded an advance of L01% per
cent In which Northern Pacific prcferreI an com
mon, Oregon Transcon tinental, Wabash preferred,
ana 81 PAul were most conspicuous. The market
then became heavy, and about midday prices
and Northern Pacific preferred, Louisville and
nashville, and Denver andlR1o 0rsnde being con-
spicuous, subsequently a rally of 1s9L PEI cent.
took place, led by St. Paul aud Denver ami Rio
Grande, but the market afterward declined 11s
per cent. in Northern Pacific common, IL on pre-
the last hour, Till shortly before the close the
market was strong and sold up Z91z, led by st.
Paul; but in final dealings the last reacted trEc
ton, and the market closed dull but generally
heavy at fractional reaction from the highest
point OF the day. Closing prices show an improve
ment of 692 per cent. over those yesterday, North
western aud St. Paul preferred leading. ST. Paul,
minneapolis and Manitoba, however, is !, and
Northern Pacific common e per cent. lower. The
principal features of the day were Willard stocks.