Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24


Va consolidated $50 Pittsburg .. 1897
/ Va deferred ..-. "a Quicksilver .....
I Adams Express. l29 - preferred. p
cb l' SsR Ohio. 4 ichm'd&Arghy Sc 8s
Chicago & Alton 1897 Richm'd & Danv 50
Chico N'rthw'n .l2llS Richmd < W.Pt.
q" preferred .l46 Terminal ...... %
Chic, St.L.& NO. - Rock Island ...-. 12}3k
Consolidated Coal % St.LOuis & San q
Del, Lack. & W 1917 - pref 4OA
Don .&RioGrande 1872 " 1st pre- 81
E. E. Tennessee Rd =; Preferred. lii6s2
Fort Wayne. 1874 Texas Pacific zee. q
Hannibal St. 10 $50 Union Pacific .. s23A
Harlem ......... 1873 u. S. Express IS
Houston & Texas. 40 Wabash Pacific IL
Illinois Central 1929 pref 2S11
Lake Shore ..... 1895 Well Fargo Ill
L'Vlue & Nash. 484 Western Union o.. 1917
sRid
The weekly statement of the associated
banks, issued to-day, shows the following
| decreased $453,6OO; legal tenders decreased
50 5000; deposits decreased 81. 1914. 200; crcu-
| latlon decreased sl73,3eO; reserve decreased
S249, 450 The banks now hold $197, $40, 859 in
excess Of legal requirements.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. %. noon.-Cotton frner
and fractionally dearer; middlng uplan,ls,
51sd; middllng Orlean-, CT; sales 1000 bales,
for speculation and export 1000 bales; re-
ceipts 2, 800 hales-American l4,600 bales.
Futures: Uplands. low mlddling clause,
March and April IS -64(15 57-64d; April and
May, 62-64d; Nay and June, 2-64(G6 3-64d;
June anu Ju y, 6-64(G6 7-64d; July and Au-
gust, Hold. Market steady.
1880 P. m.-Sales to day included $500 bales
of American.
Futures: Uplands, low middliug clause,
February and March delivery, 56-64d; June
and July, 6-64d; August and September,
8 l3-64d. Futures closed steady.
new YORK. Feb. %, noon.-COttOn firm;
middlnQ kupands, lu54c; middling Orleans,
lie; sales l72 bales.
Futures Market firm, with sales as fol-
lows: February delivery, 10 Sic: March, 10 SIC;
April, 10 95c; May, ii lie; June, IL 24c; July,
II Csc.
SEQ p. m.-Cotton firm; middling uplands,
l054c; mlddling Orleans, lie; sales liz bales;
net receipts 1855 bales, gross 2.2l4.
Futures--Market closed weak with sales of
10000 bales, fOllows: February delivery
10 1910 Sic; March, l0S29l0 SIC; April, 10 92l0
10 CSC: MAY, IL csc: June. II 20c; july, II 30
oil Bic: August IL 40c; September. II Ioc:
October. 10 6sGl0 zoe; November. 10 58l0IO soc:
December, TO 59,Gl0 62c.
The Posts cotton report SAYS: Cotton
on Liverpool advances of ll6d for spot and
3-64d for arrival, future deliveries gained
here 4-l00c, but the advance was lost again
and the market closed easy at about last
Thursdays prices. Total sales of the day
1900 bales"
GALVESTON, Feb. % Cotton steady; mid
ding 1880, low mlddling 10 l-l6c, good ordi-
nary 9-l6c: net receipts 7S5 bales, gross 1856;
sales l,03S bales; stock 1886 bales; exports
to the continent 4, 100 bales.
NORFOLK. Feb. 23.-CottOn firm; middling
27,539 bales; sales 500 bales; exports cOastwise
1859 bales.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding 1919, low midlllng 10 3-l6;, good oroi-
nary 91ac; net receipts 477 bales, gross 54S;
sales to pinners 100 bales; stork l5,703 bales
exports to Great Britain 2,l24 bales.
BOSTON, Feb 23.-COJJUu quiet; middling
lo7sc, low middnng l014e. good ordinary 97sc;
net receipts none, gross 349 bales; stock 7,46O
bales
WILMINGroN, Feb. 28.-Cotton steady; mid
9I4c; net receipts GS bales, gross 6S; stock
81 bales; exports coastwise 1913 bales.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23.-COjton firm; mid
ding 1876, low mIdduna l03sc, good ordinary
9l&c; net receipts 81 bales, gross 81; stock
1914 bales.
Nav ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-Cotton firm: mid
ding 10 7-l6c, low midiiing l01Sc, good ord-
narv 9-l6c; net receipts ll,44J bales. gross
l2,Gso; sales 1l,OOo bales; stock 352.973 bales;
exports, to Great Britain 5,l05 bales.
MOBILE, Feb. 23.-COtJOn steady: middling
l0Hc; low mddlIng l0c; good ordinary 95Ec;
net receipts 35S bales, gross 376; sales 200
bales; stock 81, 1856 bales; exports c0astwise lG4
bales.
MEMPHIS. Feb. 23.-Cotton steady: middlinr
l014c, low middllng $40, good ordinary 93zc;
net receipts 1855 bales, gross 1,733; shipments
l,24l bales; sales l,400 hales stock 7l,5l9 bales.
AUGUSTA. Feb. 23.-COtUon quiet but firm;
middling l01sc. low middling l0c; receipts l46
bales, sales o6S bales.
CHARLEsToN, Feb. 23.-Cotton firm; good
demand; middllne lO13c, low midding l04c,
good ordinary SIC; net receipts l.0l7 bales,
gross l,0l7; sales 500; stock 1922 bales.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-ConsonuaIra net re-
ceipts for all cotton ports to- day, 1870 bales:
exports, to Great Britain 1929 bales to the
continent 4, 100.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world Is 3.352,6 43 bales, of which 2,70S,743 bales
are American, against 3, lS4, 0A and 2,545.44O,
respectively, last year. The receipts of cotton
at all interior towns for the week were 2, 3Oi
bales; receipts from plantations, 81 1874 bales.
Crop in sight, 5,063,696 bales.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. %, nOon.-Cheese, 71s.
NEW YORK. Feb. %, noon.-For quiet.
Wheat opened 1sc higher but reacted 1sG14c.
Corn opened sole higher but the advance
was lost. Porh firm; mess, SIS 90. Lard firm
at 9215c. Frelaht9 quiet.
$500 .. m.-Flour, Southern unchanged.
rel, S0c(G$l O9; migrated white SO G$l 03; No.
2 red. cash. closed AT 81 O776: March delivery
81 -0Sl4lgl OS7s. COrn-spot 13c lower; un-
graded, 57G63c; ungraded white, 6lI2G63c;
southern, yellow 6l@62c; No. 2, Februar dc
livery 62l4c. Oats-spOt lots 14(G12c lower;
No. >, 403z(G4lc. Hops firm. Coffee, fair Rio,
on spot, dull at 1212Gl234c; No. Rio, on
spot and for February delivery 10 soc. Sugar
5000; nothing doing; refined unchanged.
M0lasses unchanged. Cotton seed oil I'M
changed. Hides firm ana in moderate inquiry;
wet sailed New Orleans, selected, 81 TO 20
pounds, 9(Gl0e; Texas, selected, S12l0l0c. Wool
steady; domestic fleece 1908 c; Texas l4QD
&c. Pork held firm; in sympathy with higher
SIS. Middles nominal; long clear, l0c. Lard
26I4 points higher; Western steam, on spot
l0c; February delivery CSC. Freights to
Liverpool dull; cotton. per steam. 3-l6d
BALTIAORE, Feb. %, noon.-Flour firm
and unchanged; toward street ami Wes-
tern superhne, 81 1908 80; extra, So 75g
4 rs; family, IS 00(g5 IS; city mills superdne,
81 1903 so; extra, "a 75(16 rs; Rio brands,
S. GIGS S.. Wheat-SOuthern steady; Wes-
tern lower; closing dull: Southern, red 81 10
u MaFVlaQ0
81 l5(gI 1875; No. Western winter red, on
spot, 81 0854C0l 09A. Corn-SOuthern dull and
lower; Southern, white 60g062c yellow 59tGGOc.
500 p. m.-Uats quiet and easy; Southern,
42(g46c Western, white 44(G46c. mixed 42(g44c;
Pennsylvania. 42G46c. Provisions closed
easier, except for mess pork: Mess pork, new,
Sl9U0; old. SIS 90. Bulk meaJs-snoulders ana
clear rib sides, packed, 81 &c and l013c. Bacon
shoulders &c, clear rib sides lll4c Hams
1870 &c. Lard, refined, 1910. Coffee I'M
changed; Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair, ll34(g
I234c. Sugar unchanged; A soft, 75sc. Whisky
81 1901 1879. FreIghts dull.
CHICAGO. Feb. 23.-tlOur quiet. Wheat
opened firmer, declined lc and closed re be-
low Thursdays prices; regular, February de-
livery, 9l5sc(GSl 0234; No. Chicago spring,
53.4c for February delivery, 527s,G585sc Tor
March. Oats dull and easy; cash lots 800
sac, February delivery &c. Pork in active
demand; cash lots SIS l5[glS 20; March deliv-
cry SIS I716lGiS 20. Lard firm; prices adj
Yanced points; cash lot, 1909 75c March
delivery 8 70G9 7216c. Bulk meats IN fair de-
manu: shoulders 4Yc; short RIB 45c; short
clear9 85c. Whisky steady. Sugar standard
4 712c.
NEw ORLEANS. Feb. 23.-FIour higher and
scarce; family, 81 5O(G7 so. Corn in good de-
mand and higher; white and yellow 60G63c.
Pork in fair demand and CHER; new SIS ESQ
Is so. Lard steady; refined, IN tierces 934c,
in kegs l0l4c. Bulk meats in fair demand
and scarce; shoulders easier at Coo, long
clear and clear rib hrmer at VIC. Bacon
long clear and clear RIB, l02s(9lu5zc. Hams,
choice sugar cured canvased, steady at 1870
lac. Whisky steady. Coffee unchanged; Rio
n1k9l41sc. sugar quiet; fair to fully fair
5LG514c. holasses quleti centrifugal lSG36c;
far 25G1Sc. Cotton seed Oll-prlme crude S6lz
oslo.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 2S.-Flour steady. Wheat
firm; No. red, 81 05(gl o.. Corn dull; No. 3,
mixed sic. Oats easier; No. mixed 3f(G373zc.
Provisions Pork strong; mess slS 0uGlS rs.
Lard firm prime steam, SOC. Bulk meats
stronger; shoulders nc, short rib 915c. Bacon
firmer; shoulders SIC, short rib l014c. short
clear 1870. Whisky firm at 81 Is. Sugar quiet.
Hogs steady; common and light, S. 1901 20;
packing and butchers. S. 75(G7 80.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 22.-Flour steady. Wheat
strong; closing easier; No, red fall, 81 0S(G
l O97s for cash: 81 0S15 hid for March delivery.
Corn dull; 50s4c for cash and February deiv-
cry. oats lower; 84l5c for cash. Whisky
steady at 81 Is. Provisions hrm POrk-jOb-
bling SIS 00dls 25. Bulk meats-long clear
a 400. short rib a 20. clear q TIC. Racon-lOnR