The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-09

BANK STOCKS.
Bank OF Commerce. l48 bid, $50 asked
First Natior al,.......l 100 bid, 1876 asked
German Bank .........192 bid, 200 asked
State National ........ LAT bid, $50 asked
Union and PlAnters..l54 bid, -. a:ked
Mercantile Bsnk...... 1876 bid, e. asked
INSURANCE STOCKS.
Bluff Oity-"......."....l0 los bid, -. asked
fernando "....,........l lob bid, ... ssked
Home ...... ...........".T bid, 80 asked
Memphis City...."......l 07 bid, see. asked
Peoples .......""......"..SO bid, 30 asked
PnusnIx..""....... ....... 100 bid, 80. asked
Planters ...".............ll0b bid, -. asked
Vanderbilt bid, 80 asked
Arlington,................35 bid, ... asked
Factors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .....30 bid
MISCELLANEOUS.
Shelby %. warrants. .96 bid, 98 asked
M. q O. r R. shares. 81 Did, -. asked
N. & T. r. r. shares. AS bid, 80 asked
M. u O. consols, 7e..".12l bid, -. asked
M. & L. K. LIST m. 8s..l05 bid, -. asked
Miss. & T. R z. CO. A.. 113 bid, -. asked
Miss. d [, r. K. ca. Be-. 1903 bid, 100 asked
Tenn. WITS. ser. D........96 bid, 983 asked
Tenn. wits. ser. & to J..85 bid, 90 asked
Shelby Co. 6s......... los bid, ITO asked
Tax. Diet. 4, IS. ......99 bid, 100 ssked
Tax, Dist. 8s.........".l06 bid, l07 askoL
Mem. Cos bonds. .....l04 bid, -. asked
Mem. Water bonds. 100 bid, e. asked
Hanauer Oil Works. 80 bid 70 asked
Am. Got. Oil trust ...6S bid, 694 asked
Pioneer Cotton Mills.,273 bid, 80 asked
Mem. Stor. Com. Go. 1881 bid, 1S0 asked
Mem. Gas stock .........75 bid, so asked
Masonic Temple b nd, IS. ..". IC3 bid
Got. EE. Bldg, 6s..... 104 Did, 100 asked
Ala. & Tenn. /. Il o lis hid, ll9 asked
Tenn. Valley I, & R R., 40 bid, SO asked
New YORK, December S.-Mouey
on call active a. 499 per cent, clos
Ing at 4@5 per cent. Prime msrcan-
tile paper 495. Sterling Exchange
dull but steady at 4SG4 for 60 day
bills and 49, ! for demand.
Bonds Government bonds and State
bonds were dali aud steady.
StnCks-StJ Cks continued firm, and
nearly everything on the active list 10
higher tonight. There WIS no impor-
tant effort to depless prices, and con.
siderable covering Of shorts put ous in
the Last few days was done. The
business was the smallest in two
weeks. The buying for the long &C.
count was mostly by the foreign
houses, their specialties being g.
Paul. Resding and Louisville and
Nashville. The improvement in prices,
while subject to several reactions,
continued throughout the day and
gathered force to ward the close. Read
ing was Bgain active and was weak in
the forenoo on, but the losses were re-
covered later In the day upon the re-
ports from Philadelphia of efforts by
Mr.. Oorbin to do away with the pro.
posed assessment. Louisville and
Nashville, however, was the true
leader Of the ma ket; the heavy
buying by the foreigners ON the
increased earnings of the read
stimulated Its friends here and it
moved up nearly 8 per cent New
England also attracted considerable
attention aud in the morning hours
was remarkably strong upon the con-
hdeDce in the future Of the Tosd, but
later 1t remained barely steady, after
recession from the best prices of the
morning. The WabsEhss opened higher
but lost the advantage later in the
day, though there was a marked i'm
provement toward the close. Lscka-
wanna became q b. &c al feature in the
afternoon on the refusal OF the court
in Penusy vsnia 10 grant an injulc-
ton sgAinet tbs coal companies. The