The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-05
BANK STOCKS.

BANK STOCKS.
Bank of Commerce ..148 bid, $50 asked
First National.....". 1873 bid, 142 asked
German Bank. ......l923 bid, 200 asked
State National. .......l37 bid, lao asked
Union and Planters. l4S bid, $50 asked
Mercantile ....~......I30 bid, 1876 asked
INSURANCE STOCKS.
Home. ............70 bid, rs asked
Bluff City ......,........~l0O bid, -. asked
Peoples. ....................80 bid, So asked
Planters. ................l0l bid, 105 asked
Phoenix. ...............9S bid, 100 asked
Memphis City........l02 bid, 104 asked
Nanderbilt...............20b bid, 81 asked
Hernando.............. 100 bid, -. asked
Arlington........."....,..25 bid, &c. asked
FACTORS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tenn. ceitf, D and E..S33 bid, S74 asked
Tenn. WITS, Ger. C......9z bid, 995 asked
Shelby Co. bonds. 1Oi4 hid, 1861 asked
Shelby Co. wts.......9S bid, 800 asked
Tax. Dist. 4, 6s...."...914 bid, 90 asked
Tax. Dist. Is, .l00} bid, 10l asked
Mem.Stor.Com- Co ..l05 bid, l O asked
Mem. Gas stock II asked
Mem. Gas bonds. ...l05 bid, ... asked
Mem Water bonds.,...96 bid, -. asked
Hsnauer Oil Works... &c. bid, so asked
City Oil Works......... -. bid, As asked
Pioneer Cotton Mills, 10 bid .....
Am. Cot. Oil trustee. "a bid. .........
Mem. City Ry. bonds, 102 bid, l03 asked
NEW York, March 4.-NLoney on
call easy at 14@2 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4lG5. Sterling ex-
change dull but steady at 4S75 for
60 days, and 1891 for demand.
Bonds - Government bonds were
dull and heavy. State bonds were ac-
tive and generally steady. There was
increased activity in railroad bonds.
the sales aggregating 81, 125, 600, but of
this business Erie seconds, consols.
ex-Jrne, 1886, coupons, contributed
S703s000. There was a good business
IN the Indiana, Bloomington and
Western incomes, Erie funded fives,
and Fort Worth and Denver firsts.
Prices are generally higher.
Stocks Believers in higher prices in
stocks following the supposed settle
ment OF the differences between the
Reading syndicate and Mr. Gowen
were disappointed to-day. Opening
prices we're irregular, showing changes
ranging from decline of i'm Della
ware and Hudson to an advance of 4
in Reading. In the first few minutes
there was decided break. which was
followed by.a slow rally during the |
forenoon. After midday the market
was again heavy, and in the last hour |
decidedly weak, Lackawanna Welding |
IN the last forty-iive minutes ID, the
other coal stocks smaller amounts. and |
the whole list fractions. Western
Union was weak, selling down to 69},
and closing ( higher. The street was
well supplied with rumors of cutting
on Transcontinentsl business, and It
was positively stated late IN the day
that the Atchison Company had sue
ceeded in getting cut of 81 80 on
freight from New York to the Missouri
river. The greatest weakness, how
ever, in the last hour was in the coal
stocks, and hence this had little influ-
ence upon the market, which, after
opening at about the best prices of
the day, closed at or near the lowest,
with decline Of per cent. for Lack
awanna, p for Delaware and Hudson.
l for Jersey Central and for Read
ing. The Northwestern directors de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend