The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-28

Total. -.-.....--... .''......l '!9l ooo,<
Stock on hand and on shipboard
Receipts same day last year.. 128 l,i91
FINANcIAL-Money is easy and in good re-
quest.
bankers are bug ing sight drafts at Is per cent
premium and selling at "a per cent pre-
MUM.
F reign, Frcbonge-The market is firm.
Commercial demand, 81 500; sixty days, 81 So;
ninety days. s. s414 francs, Paris and Havre,
commercial sixty days, 50 2i1S; Swiss, So 2212;
marks, sixty days, 90 1-lGc.
SECURIr ES-Ihe market is quiet for all classes
of bonds and stocks, but the undertone is firm
STOCKS AND BoNDs-Cty Bonds-Atlanta G
per cent long date. eX-lnterest, 1OS bid, ia
asked; Atlanta per cent, us bid, ~ asked
Augusta per cent long date, ll3 bid, 10
asked; Augusta 6s long date, 1903 bid, 112
asked; Columbus per cent, So bid, 10l
asked; Macon s per cent, 1903 bid, 110 asked
new Savannah per cent, April coupons, II!
bid, 1024 asked; new Savannah 5 per cent
May coupons, 10l14 bid 1OlA asked.
state 30 tds-Cieorgia new Is, 1889, ex-coupon,
100}4 bid. 1917 asked; Georgia new 4l6S eX
coupon, 1854 bid, 1oo asked; Georgia per per
cent gold quarterly coupoSf, los bid, 100
aske !; Georgia per cent, Coupons January
and July, maturity 1896, ex'coupons, III bid,
1l9 asked
Railroad Stocts--Central common, 1891 bid
100 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 1872 bid 1874 asked: Georgia COM
mon, 204 bid, POS asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 1873 bid, 12919 asked; Central
per cent certificates, 1923 bid, 1924 asked:
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, 1922
bid, 1l014 asked; Atlanta and West Point =
per cent certificates exinterest lO212 bid, 1851
asked.
Roarood Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage 6
per ceat interest, coupons October, ex.interest
ll2 bid, III asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1897 ia bid,
III asked; Central consolidated mortgage Z
per cent, coupons January and July, maturity
1893, 10 bid, 10 asked; Georgia railroad bS,
1897, 100 bid, 10 asked Mobile and Girard
second mortgage Endorsed per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1889 l021a bid,
!O316 asked; Montgomery and Eufaula- first
mortgage per cent, indorse1 by Central rail,
road, lOo bid, 1925 asked; Marietta and
North Georgia first mortgage 90 years per
cent, 1919 bid, 1O011 and interest asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first mort
gage, 10 bid, ll2 asked; Charlotte, Column
bla and Augusta second mortgage, lO9 bid,
llOR asked; Western Alabama second mort
gage Endorsed 8 per cent, iO9 bid, ITO asked;
South Georgia and Florida indorsed, III bid,
lis asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta and
Knoxville first mortgage { per cent, iio bid,
ern first mortgage guaranteed, ia bid, ll5
asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern not
guaranteed, 40 bid, III asked; Ocean
Central railroad, 1903 bid, 104 asked; Gaines
vile, jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, l13 asked; Columbus and Rome
hrst mortgage bonds, iudorsed by Central rail,
road, 1906 bid, 107 asked Columbus and
Western per cent guaranteed, los bid, no
asked; City and Suburban rail ay first mort
gage per cent, 100 bid, l0S asked
Sank St0cks--Nomlnal. Southern Bank OF
the State of Georgia 200 bid, BOZ asked
Merchants National Bank, lB2 bid, 100
asked; savannah Bank and Trust Company,
W bid, "a asked; National Bank Of Savannah,
10 bid, IN asked; OglethO. pc Savings and
Trust comany, IFS bid, llG asked; Citizens
Bank, 50 bid IS asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex
dividend, ~ bid, 1914 asked; Mutual Gas Light
Stock, ID bid 20 asked.
BAcoN Market steady; demand good;
SMOKED clear rib Sides &c; shoulders, &c;
dry salted clear rib sides. SIC: long clear, Sc;
bellies, Sc; shoulders. GL1c hams, l3c.
BAGGING AND TIEs-Market quiet. We quote
Bagging "a MS, sGDsl4c; 2 ibs. T4g71<ci Ia
bs GhQ7c, according 70 brand aud quantity
iron lies 81 20 per bundle according TO brand
ana quantity. Bagging and ties in retail lots
~ BvrTER--Marset irner Goshen zoe; gilt edge,
&c Creamery 26c.
lABBAaE--supply light; native and Florida, .
Gl0c; Northern, ia ne: imported, l3Lli &c
ChEEsg- Market steady; fair demand. We
quote, HOLE
CoYFEE The market IL dull. We quote;
iancy' pc; choice. lybsci prime. lb1ec' good
-, TAR, T. lsc. Ordinary, A1c, common 1870
biuED fWIT-Appes, eyap0rated, 1895
P+leai ". Peaches, peeled, slci unpeeisd,
rye tlfrauis, ic. tiEOn, SDc,
Day hooDs The market 4 strong with a ten.
e'aey 70 advance stock fnll; demand good
surfing, 50 beifs 40. u; - bfosa sheet
~ iei sbife 0anaiHugf, tg<cs cheeks, go
siltr1s o. fof best niakess bF0wa driilinks