Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-04

The rates Tor money continue at s per
cent discount.
o.o,.ra Gls%STihngs Balance e;
Thus far this week-...... 5T5,59O 80 1l5.257 Sc
Same time last week.. 39S ,449 SO 65,09s q
Exchange on New York buying at discount,
selling ut par. Eastern cotton bills buying at q
per cent. discount, selling at par; and exchange
on New orleans a discount buying and par sell
Bank Stocks-Bank of Commerce, 1S5 bid, 40
asked; First National, 1lS; German National,
40; Manhattan, l6Oal10; State National, l2S bid,
100 asked; Union, and Planters, l45 bid;
100; Peoples, S.; Planters, is; Phoenix, 80; Mem,
phis City, 1Q5@ll0; Vanderbilt, 2}d25.
Railroad Bonds-Chesapeakc, Ohio and South
Tennessee, so; Memphis and Charleston first mort
gage bonds, Is, III; do. second mortgage bonds,
aud Tennessee cons9ls, A rs; do. B los.
bonds, 81; Merchants Storage and Compress
Company, new issue, rs; Memphis Gas stock, 81
9S3; do. bonds, 100; Memphis Water Company,
bonds with accrued interest, par; do. stock, $50
bid; Memphis City bonds, old, S+@35; compro-
mise bonds, 7O971; coupons from old bonds, 81;
from compromise bonds, 20; ledger balances, "a;
judgments on coupons and bonds, -; paving in
d5fS3It o TnifrssG 81 H. Shelby i"di vS comfy Mdl y. Rgi.i..i and md
levee bonds and coundns, District No. /, 10; do.
scrip, 10; Bank of Tennessee notes, new issue,
Deshaycounty, go; Mississippi county, 5000.
BY Telegraph.
New York, October 3.-Money easy at
21@@3 per cent. closed at 81 per cent. Prime mer-
bankers bills weak, 1914; demand, 4s5I9.
Governments. weak; the ~ and As were q
in sympathy With the weakness in share sbeca-
lation; West Shore irsts went down to n. State
securities dull Arkansas and Red River issues
Stocks-This was a bear day at the Stock
Exchange. In snrly trading there was an import
afternoon the price fell off rapidly and the lowest
figures for some time for many shares were eur
rent; Northern Paeifcs declined, Ia per cent.
to Sl14, preferred 3, to Goat, Oregon Trans
urc ever touched; Northwestern ~, to l22,
preferred "a, to g7%, and st. Paul y. to 10l. In
other active shares the deSline ranged from to
l%s per cent, Kansas and Texas and Texas Pacific
suffering most. The market generally closed
at the lowest point of the day. The weak
syndicate, which is a strong one, and to the alb
sence OF supporting orders. The break in Omaha
stock to cover the new mileage. 1t is stated that
the sharp decline in Oregon TransContinental was
of stock. The bears also. reported that the Gould
ed to the decline in Kansas and
speeialties, st. Louis and Pittsburg preferred
dregpcd , per cent, 70, IL Houston and Texas 4
to -; Memphis and Charleston =, to 10; Mime
apolis and st. Louis IL, to %; Ohio aud Missis-
Sippi. p to 2eis; Oregon Navigation Ia. TO l2SE
man Palace ], to l2s, and Richmond and Dan.
vile "a, to So; Alton and Terre Hautc preferred
sold ~ 81, a decline of III per, cent. compared
with the last previously reported sale before to-
day. The stock opened at 81 this morning
Western Union was well supported until near tn,
This stock opened Mt so ~ $50 and ranged between
500 and so, through the greater part of the day
RumurS of the present iron failures were freel!
used by the bears against the share list. The bear
also circulated n report that the Pennsylvania
Company has decided to resume the practice O
paying commissions To ticket agents, which, i
was claimed, was almost equivalent to n motto
that rates will not be maintained in the future
There was no lack of other rumurs to aid in tn
decline of prices. Atehison. Topeka and SAINT
Fc to-day declared q dividend of 81 80 per share
payable November 18th. The books close Octobe
18th and reopen October 22d. Closing quotation