Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-22

500 p. m.-Exchange, "a ST.. Money "a
~ per cent. Sub Treasury balances-Coin
sllS,532,000; currency, $lO,25S.OOO. Governs
ment bonds strong; four and half per cents,
| ll33z; four per cents, 1243s; three per cents,
| l0l bid. state bonds quiet.
Stocks opened lower on q reduction in
! freight rates of 8 cents per 100 pounds on
| grain, provisions, etc, by Commissioner
| Fink. The decline in prices ranged from "a
| q per cent, Trunk line shares leading. After
/ II Il. m. a fair inquiry for Oregon TranscOn-
| tinental and Northern Pacific set in. Oregon
| TranscOntinental advancing ! per cent
/ Northern Pacific a, and ditto preferred ~
| The improvement in the general list was
| fractional. and the market was quiet, except
for Northern Pacific and Oregon Transcon-
tinental shares. In the afternoon it was re-
ported from Boston that the managers Of the
! Union Pacific and Chicago. Burlington and
| Quincy had met and adjourned without
| action. This was at first construed I'M
| favorable, and the market fell off 1s(g1s per
| cent, Pacific Mail. Northwest, Lackawanna.
| Denver and Rio Grande, and Union Pacific
| being the weakest shares. Near the close II
| was learned that the adjournment of the
| railway conference at Boston was due to the
| absence OF President Potter. Of the Chicago,
| Burlington and Quincy, and that another
| meeting had been called for next week. This
| created a steader feeling, and the market
/
pared with last nights closing, prices are
! down 1stGl3s per cent, except Tor Kansas and
| Texas, Wabash and Oregon Transcontinental
! which were 1s(G12 per cent. higher. Canadian
| Pacific and Northern Pacific were I'M
| changed. Sales 202,0 900 shares. the market
| closing at the following quotations:
| Ala. class A, 2 to5. 81 Manhattan Elev. 5414
| Ala. classA, small 81 Memphis & Char. "a
! Ala. class b, IS ...l0l Metropolitan Ell. 9434
| Ala. class Z, As o.. SIS Michigan Central 9lA
! Georgia is $3.50. *lO3 Mobile Il Ohio.
| - -, mortgage 1859 Nash. K Chatta. SO
| - Is, gold $500. ll5 n. J. Central go. SSl&
| Louisiana cOns0ls as New Orleans Pa
| n. Carolina, old. 80 ciic, LIST mort. S6l4
| new. iii NY. Central 800. 49,
funding 800. 10 New York FL ID. los
! special tax. 3 Norf. Il w pref. 40la
! So. Caro-. (5rOwn) Nor. Pacific, com. 22l4
Tennessee Is, old. 43 Ohio&Mississippi 23l5
new ........ Az " 8 pref. *95
Virginia Is ~ 80 Pacific Mail 49, 54A
| va consolidated. *40% Pittsburg ....... l3S
| Va, deferred .... Quicksilver ..... 5
| Adams Express 1887 % preferred. o.. p
Ln can ESPrS S9 g 9S R RfeaSd9SS Aby 'S
| Chicago & Alton 1876 Richm'd 4 Danv Sc
| Chic. & N'rthw'n 1lS7s Richm'd Y W.Pt.
| preferred 142I5 Terminal .. 9SlI
| Chic, st. LIS NO. S431 Rock Island 49,. 1891
Consolidated Coal 20 st.LOuis y San F. 25
| Del, Lack. x w .l2734 Z" pref .. AZ
| Den. &ROGrande 1874 " lstprci SO
E. Tennessee Rd ~ preferred .1i7%
| Fort Wayne. ... 1873 Texas Pacific. zee. 2lL
Hannibal & St.. 10 3sl5 Union Pacific 764
| Harlem 1870 u. S. Express. IS
| Houston 4 Texas. Al Wabash Pacific 1917
| Illinois Central. l31 pref 2G1s
Lake shore 1925 Well K Fargo. JOG
L'ville 4 Nash... 49, Western Union. 1873
| Bid.
COTTON.
| LIVERPOOL, March q. noOn.-CottOn firmer:
| midding Hplands, 3 l5-l6d; middlng Orleans,
| Lied; sales $4,000 bales, for speculation and
| export 1000 bales; receipts 1880 bales
| American $3.50 bales.
Futures: Uplands. low middlng clause,
March and April delivery, Cd; April and May,
| l-64d; May and June, 6-64d; June ami
! july o lO-64d; July and August, 6 l5-64d;
| and October, 17-64d. Market firm.
| Sales for the week, 5000 baes-Amerlcan.
| $4,000 bales; speculation, $500 bales; exports,
| 5000 bales: actual exports, $500 bales; i'm
| ports $4,000 bales-American, 81 900 bales;
| stock. l,035,500 bales-American. 10000 bales:
| atlOat 3l7.0O0 bales-American, 205, 900 bales.
$50 p. m.-Sales to-day included $3.50 bales
of American.
Futures: Uplands, low middling clause.
| April and Mays 2-6ld; June and July 6 ll-6ld.
Mddling uplands Cd; middling Orleans,
Gsd.
clause, March and April delivery, l-G4d;
| May and June, 7-64d.
| 500 p. m.-Futures closed steady at the
| highest quotations of the day.
| MANCHESTER, March 2l.-The market for
| yarns and fabrics is tending down.
The GUGrdidh's commercial article saws:
| "Sales have been mcagre. The market is
| fairly steady, especially for export. In yarns
| there is little more business in the home trade
cloth markets.
NEW YORK. March q, noOn.-COtton firm:
| middlng uplands. IL l. Ice: middlng Orleans
| ii Slice; sales SIG bales.
Futures: Market steady, with sales as fol-
| lows: March delivery, II llc April IL BE:
May, II SIC; June. II 4Gc; July, II SOC; Au-
| gust, II Csc.
500 p. m.-Cotton closed quiet but steady;
| mlddllng uplands, ll1Sc; middling Orleans
| ll3sc; sales los bales; net receipts II bales,
| gross llS.
Futures-Market closed easy. with sales of
| l2,200 bales, as follows: March delivery, IL Ito
ii l2c; April, IL POL l3c; May, IL 30(Gll Bic:
June. IL 45c; July, II 5S(Gll j9c; August. IL IS
| all 69c; September, j 3SGll 39c; October,
| 10 92Gl0 Ole; November. 10 Sl0ll0 S}c; Decem-
| Der. 10 S3Gl0 SIC.
The Posts cotton report says: Futures
! continue slowly to improve in value. To-day
! the bull interest was assisted not only by the
| higher Liverpool prices for arrivals, but alsO
| by the advance of the price OF spot cotton in
| Liverpool of Lied and here of Lice At the
! third call March brought II lie, July II 62c,
| August ii tic, October 10 CSC. November
| 10 SIC and 10 S3c, and December 10 sic, show
ing an advance of i-l00c for March to August
| inclusive, and 2-lO0c to 3-l00c for the later
months. Futures closed easy, with hardly
| any change since yesterday"
! Weekly net receipts 100 bales, gross II. OO7;
| exports, to Great Britain $500 bales, O the
| continent l,lj0 bales, to France $40 bales;
| sales 1886 bales; stock 3lf 1913 bales.
| GALVESTON, March 2l-Cotton firm; mid
|
| nary l3-l6c.
NORFOLK, March Election firm; middling
| lO34c.
BALTIMORE, March ELECTION steady: mid
ding l07sc; low middling l0l2c; good ordi-
| nary 97sc.
Boston, March Election quiet but firm:
mlddling lI5zei low mlddllns lO1sc; good Ordi
! WLMINGToN, March Election firm; mid
ding 10 9-l6c; low middlmg 10 S-l6c; good or
| binary 9 9-l6c.
! PHILADELPHIA, March Election firm: mid
ding ll4c; low middling lOAc; good ordi-
| nary 97sc.
| New ORLEANS, March 2l.-Cotton firm:
middling l01sc; low middlmg 10 9-l6c; good
| ordinary 97sc.
MOBILE, March Election firm; middling
| l034c; low middling l02c good ordinary
! MEMPHIS, March 2l.-Cotton firm: mid
ding l034c; low middling lO13c; good ordinary
| AUGUSTA, March Election firm; middling
| l034c; wmiddling l03zc.
| CHARLESTON, March 2l.-COtton firm; mid
| ding lie; low midding lOAc; good ordinary
| MONTGOMERY, March 2I.-Cotton firm: mid
| ding l0%C; low middling l0l1c.
| MACON, March 2l.-COttOn steady; middling
| 1OlIc; low middling 915c.
| COLUMBUS, March 2l.-Cotton firm; mid
! ding lO5sc; low middling loo; good ordinary
| NASHVILLE, March Election quiet; mid
| ding l0%c; low middling l01sc; good ordinary
| 915c.
| iAOMEs htiICA -ls-SOblOu SlcdtHs 0luulinE
| l035c.
SELMA. March ELECTION steady; miCdling
/ l01Zc: low middlng 101ac; good ordinary 9l5c
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES, ETC.
HAVANA, March 2l.-suear-MarEet weak
| rates nominal.
| LIVERPOOL, March 2l.-Lard, AIS 81.
LONDON, March 2l.-The Mincing Lane
markets are depressed. Coffee has declined
| 2G3s, owing partly to the heavy fall in prices
| at Havana. and the failure of New York
| dealers. Rio is in better demand, and 3(d6d
| dearer. China teas show no Improvement
| There have been few sales of sugar; prices
! are lower. Spices are lower"
| LIVERPOOL. March 2l.-The leading weekly
| grain circular says: "Grain is more quiet:
! spot markets are inactive. Business in of
| coast cargOes has been unimportant. The
values of cargOes on passage and for ship
ment were all weaker at tO-day's market.
Wheat was quiet; fine winter was Idtd9d
| cheaper. Flour was in small dem md. Corn
| was in better demand all round, and occa-
| sOnally advanced ID"
NEW YORK. March q, noOn.-FIOur dun.
| Wheat 14012c lower. Corn 14O0I5c lower.
| Pork steady; mess, $17 20. Lard dull at zoe.