The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06
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BJOCK on manu- anu Oh SulpuOdIu
Receipts same day last year. liz 932
FIxANC1AI-Money is easy and in good re-
quest.
Domestic Erchange-Is scarce. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at 1s per cent
premium and selling at "a per cent pre-
MUM.
2. reign Frchange-The market is firm.
Commercial demand, 81 S6A; sixty days, "a S5:
ninety days, s. S414; francs, Paris and Havre,
commercial, sixty days, S. 2155; Swiss, S. 221a;
marks, sixty days, 95 Lice.
SECURITIES market opens dull, with lit
tie or no life in any class of securities.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City BOnds-Atlanta 8
per cent long date, ex-interest, los bid, ia
asked; Atlanta per cent 11S bid, 12l asked;
Augusta per cent long date, 1l3 bid, ll5
asked; Augusta IS long date, 109 bid, liz
asked; Columbus per cent, 90 bid, 10l
asked; Macon 6 per cent, l0S bid, ITO asked
new Savannah 5 per cent April coupons, l9l1a
bid, l02 asked new Savannah per cent,
May coupons, 101 bid, 1917 asked.
state BOndS-Georgia new 6s, 1889, ex.coupon,
1904 bid 1917 asked; Georgia new AIS. ex-
coupon, 1854 bid 106 asked; Georgia per
cent gold, quarterly coupons. los bid, lO6
asked; Georgia : pAg cent, coupons January
and July, maturity 1896, ex7coupons' III DID,
Railroad Stocts-Central common, 119A bid,
l2O asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 1872 bid. 1874 asked; Georgia COM
mon, 205 bid 206 asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 1873 bid, 12911 asked; Central
o
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, 10s19
bud, llO13 Asked Atlanta and west Point
per cent certificates, ex-interest i021a bid, l0Ss
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage o
per cent interest, coupons October, ex-lnterest,
ll2 bid, III asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1897, Ito bid,
ll5 asked; Central consolidated mortgage
per cent, coupons January and July, maturity
ls93 10 bid 11016 asked; Georgia railroad 0s;
1897, 100 bid, 10 asked; Mobile and Girard
second mortgage Endorsed 8 per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1889, l0244 bid,
w asked; Montgomery and Euiaula nrSC
mortgage g. per cent, indorsed by Central rail,
road, los bid, lO916 asked; Marietta and
North Georgia first mortgage, 80 years per
cent, 9s16 bid, 1904 and interest asked;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first mort
gage, ITO bid, 112 asked Charlotte, Column
oia and Augusta second mortgage, 100 bid,
llOR asked; Western Alabama second mort
gage Endorsed 8 per cent, !09 bid ITO asked
South Georgia and Florida indorsed, liz od,
llo asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta and
knoxville first mortgage Z per cent. 11013 bid,
lllA asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and south
ern hrst mortgage guaranteed ll5 bid, no
asked Gainesville Jefferson and Southern not
guaranteed, 10 bid, III asked; Ocean
steamship 6 per cent bonds, guaranteed by
central railroad, 1903 bid, 104 asked; Gaines
vlle, Jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, l13 asked; Columbus and Rome
first mortgage bonds. Endorsed by Central rail,
rr5oad, 106 bid, l07 Asked Columbus and
Western per cent guaranteed, 1903 bid, 40
asked; City and Suburban railW ay first mort
gage per cent, 101 bid 1903 asked
o. Bask stocks Nominal; Southern Bank Of
Itne State Of Georgia, 200 bid, 2O2 asked /;
Merchants National Bank, 1862 bid, 1865
asked; savannah Bank and Trust Company,
70 bid, o. asked; National Bank of Savannah,
10 bid, 100 asked; oglethorpe Savings and
trust Comany, 115 bid, 116 asked; Citizens
Bank, 80 bid, J5 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savanuah Gas Light stock ex-
dividend, 1ol9 bid, 1879 asked; Mutual Gas Light
stock, Is bid. 20 asked.
BACON - Market steady; demand good;
smoked clear rib sides, s5sc; shoulders 7c;
Sry salted clear rib sides, &c; long clear, &c;
bellies, &c; shoulders, SIC; hams 1Sc.
bAeGINa AND TIES Market quiet. We quote:
Bagglng-2l4 DIS, s@osI4c; ms. 74171sc; ia
ns, os4017c, according to brand and quantity:
IRON tess 81 10 per bundle, according to brand
traction higher.
BrTrER-Mar1et frmer; Goshen, zoe; gilt edge,
S4c; creamery. 26c.
SABBAeE-Supply light; native and Florida, Q
SolUc; Northern, ii1 re; imported, l361t 70.
quote, IiDf4c.