Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-12-20

Dahlt Ntth loolas..-..-ss tNftJUl ~ loi,H4z %
Exchange on New York buying at dis
count, selling at par. Eastern cotton bills
buying at per cent. discount, selling at
par; and exchange on New Orleans ! dis
count buying, and par selling.
Bank Stocks-Bank of Commerce, $50;
First National, us bid; German Ma
tional, 200 bid Manhattan, 100 bid; State
National, 127 bid; Union and Planters,
40 bid.
Insurance Stocks-Home, 70 bid; Bluff
City, 9S bid; Peoples, 806S5; Planters,
no bid; Phoenix, 90@9S; Memphis City,
l05@ll0i Vanderbilt, 23@25.
Railroad Stocks-Memphis and Charles
ton, 3S(@42; Mississippi and Tennessee, 40
@5O; Louisville and Nashville, 4S@50; Mo-
bile and Ohio, 10@13. -
Railroad Bonds-Memphis City Rail
road bonds, 100@10l; Memphis and
Charleston first mortgage bonds, rs, ITO;
do. second mortgage bonds, rs QSS5),
lOl@103; do. ~consols, l04; Memphis
and Little Rock first mortgage bonds; IS,
l0l@l05; Mississippi and Tennessee con-
soils, A 122@l25; do. b 106@1OS; East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia consol
5s, 734@75.
Miscellaneous-Taxing- District compro-
misebonds, 20 asked; Merchants Storage
Compress Company, new issue, 120G8l20;
Memphis Gas stock, 5000; do. bonds, 100;
Memphis Water Company, bonds with ac-
crued interest, par; do. stock, ll0@l05;
Memphis City bonds, old, IS; compromise
bonds, S09S3 coupons from old bonds, IS;
from compromise bonds, 80; ledger bal
ances, IS; Judgments on coupons and
bonds, IS; paving Indebtedness, 80; Shell
by county (Memphis and Ohio railroad)
is, 9S(@l00; warrants, 95G9S; Mississippi
levee bonds and coupons, District No. /,
IN. 10 gar;N IN. Don1~ 90 rT,,un.gn, naR,-
new issue, 0bid; C~rittenden county Ark
warrants, 20; Desha county, 60; Missis-
sippi county, 60.
BY Telegraph.
slNEw York, December l9.-Money easy,
2lE2% per cent, closed offered > per cent. Prime
mercantile paper $685. per cent. SteTltng, OK
c~hange-banker bills firm, 4S2; demand, 1874.
Bonds-Governments strong. Railroads irregu-
lar. state securities irregular.
Stocks-rhe principal interestin the stock mar
kct this forenoon conferred around the stock of
roads involved in the pending Northwestern war,
the Iowa and Colorado pools and the Northern
PRcihcs. There was an active borrowing demand
in the morning for several stocks in which there
is presumed to be a considerable short interest.
iSoaanl%eSd d hdt,'HW Northern RnaiPPS SciGe Is Ss0rPpTTSS mi GGa1 per
item, and New, York Central = premium, per
tho day and fluctuations omewhat wide
u the prices OF -the stocks above
or near the lowest figures of the day. Compared
With last nights closing, rriccS are 2 to "a lower,
oregon Navigation showing the greatest loss. st,
Paul, Denver, Morris and Essex, New York Con-
trail, Union Pacific and Western Union were to
per cent higher. In the sEecialties, Ontario
sympathy with tho break of Il points in North
River Construction, which. sold down To ~. In
diana, bloomington and Western declined = per
cent, TO "; Minnesota and st. Louis is, to ISIS,
and New York, Chicago and st: Louis l, TO S51q.
Memphis and Charleston rose ,, 10 IS. Closing
quotations were rs follows:
GOVERNMENTS.
Is, ill., wv" pS,cido 4; of 1896, 1874.
@. p. frsts, 49,. I. P. land grants, %.
Erie seconds. a3k. 7. y. Rio q. div, T4}s.
Lehigh a Wilkes, 10i. !. =. frsts, IA.
Louisiana consols, -. VI land grants, 50.
Missouri 6s, lO1. u.P L. sink. fund, lis.
t. Joseph, ITO. Virginia is, 81.
st. PAS. Z. frsts, l5S. Va. con-, ex-m., 40.
Tenn. IS, old 81. Va. consols pfd, 2.
STOCKS.
Adams Express, l2S. Mobile Il Ohio, los.
Allegheny Central, II. Morris 4 Essex, H..
Alton 4 Terre IL, IS. Nash. \ Chat. s..
\. X I, II. Ptd, 81. N. central, Ala.
American. Express, 30. \. \ w. ptd., ST.;
u, q. R.& N, 50. Northern Pacific, 25%.
Sanad2 Southern, 521s. North'n Pae. pfd., 50.
Central Pacific, 6S. Northwestern lSS.
Chesapeake i Ohio,li. Northwestern pfd., l43.
{. 3 y. LIST nd, .. New York Central, IS5s.
Z. 4 0. "a ptd, Ii. Ohio Central, rs.
Chieago& Alton, SH. Ohio 4 Mississippi, 2S7S.
Q. & A. pfd, las. Ohio X Miss, pfd., sos.
G., B. &Q., III. Ontario & Western, les.
G., s.. L. EP., y. Pacific Mail, iiss,
e, 81 LA ptd, %. Panama, s..
e, San. &C.,3. ~, ID. y Is, l4ta.
@. x c., CIV pittshurg, IS
Del. ! llud, los; Pullman Pal. Car, 100.
Del. x Lack, l7h. Reading, 5S's.
Denver & Rio g., Is. Rock Island, lis.
Eric, &'s. st. l.. x 5. F., y.
Erie pfd, IS. ST. L. Il ;. L. pfd.. IS.
East Tennessee, 81. st. L.&S.F. lstpfd. 81.
East Tenn. ptd. l24. ST. Paul. 9fs.
Fort Wayne, l$. st. Paul pfd.. lie.
Hannibal \ st. Joe,SSh. st. p, NJ. * M, 9s's.
III. & St. J. pfi, $50. st. Paul X Omaha, A%.
Harlem, $50. st. Paul X Q. pfd., 354.
Houston X Texas, IS. Texas Pacific, 2O4.
Illinois Central, lS. Union Pacific, 763s.
!. Ii. X W., l936. ". s. Express, Sc.
Lake Eric SMest.,2i. w. St. La p. pfd, Sss9s.
Lake Shore, 9gS. sWells SFargo's Ex-.ll6.
LOUSY. i Nash, 4t4. Western Union, 1sA.
L., n. A. K Chi, 81. Homestake, IL.
Mar. b Gin. LIST pfd. 10. Iron Silver, 200.
Mar. 4 Gin. I'd pfd, 5. Ontario, y.
Mem. & Charleston, 81. Quicksilver, 5E-
Michigan Central, 80. Quicksilver pfd., IS.
MINI. X st. L., IS. tSouthern Pacific,
Mimi. Il st. L.pfd, IS. Sutro, Is.
Missouri Pacific. q4L.
asked. tho sales.
Transactions aggregated $4,000 shares. as fol-
li,Oo Laekawanna, 1000 Denver.
! 5000 Erie, 1900 Lake Shore.
100 northern Pacific, SEQ Ont. x Western,
loo n. Y. New Eng. 1900 oregon TTanscon.
NV ORLEANS, December 19.-Sight ex-
chanSe-on New York, par. Sterling exchange
bankers hills. 4slh.
LONDON, December I9.5Consols, 100 5-l6i
account. 100 7-le; New York Central, us; Erie
PARIS, December 19.-Rentes, 75f. sc.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
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