The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-17
x,vIr. STORES STATEMENT.

Stock on hand and on shipboard
today -. ............ 2406 119,49
Receipts same day last year.. 38l 1852
FIYANcIAL-Money is easier.
Domestic Erchdnqe-Is steady-Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at par and sell
ing at l5114 per cent premium.
FOREIGN Erchange-The market is strong.
Commercial demand, 81 SAY; sixty days,
81 ninety days, "a s034; francs, Paris and
Havre. commercial, sixty days. So 1854; Swiss,
S2614 marks, sixty days. "a GIG.
SECCHTIEs-The market is active Tor all
classes of bonds and guaranteed stocks, and the
demand is greater than the supply. Stocks are
dull
STOCKS AND BoNDs-Cjty Bonds-Atlanta 6
per cent long date, ex-interest, 1O7 bid, 1903
ASKED: Atlanta per cent, l18 bid, 121 asked,
Augusta : per cent long date, ll3 bid 10
asked; Augusta 6s long date, 109 bid, III
asked; Columbus per cent, 81 bid, l0l
asked; Macon per cent, 1903 bid, 10 asked;
bid. lOl16 asked; new Savannah per cent, Feb
uary coupons, 1919 bid, 1924 asked.
state BOndS-GeOrgia NEVIS, 1889, ex-coupon,
lOll9 bid. 1925 asked; Georgia new AS, ex-
coupon, 105 bid, log asked; Georgia Z per
cent gold. quarterly coupons, 10j bid, lO6
asked; Georgia per cent, coupons January
and July matury 1896, ex-coupon, III bid,
l9 asked
Raliroad Stocks-Central common, 1898 bid
igOl6 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
mon, 1893 bid 20l asked: Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 126 bid l27 asked; Central
per cent certificates, 101 bid, 1919 asked;
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, los
DID, 10 asked; Atlanta and West Point b
asked
Railroad BondS-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage c
lsSr cent interest, coupons October, ex.interest,
Tvs 0ld, 10 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1897, liz bid,
10 asked; Central consolidated mortgage z
Ier cent coupons, January and July, maturity
!oS5 lOH4 bid, 100 asked; Georgia railroad 6s,
second mortgage indorsed s per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1899, l02 bid
.vo asked; Montgomery and Eufaula hrSt
mortgage per cent indorsed by Central rail
Co1t a. first mortgage, so years per
T Sbn.,. gs1s bid, 100 and interest asked;
Snaflotte Columbia and Augusta first
GGpJ}rgage' l0'l& bid, 1854 asked; Charlotte,
S ssua Io5 -, and Augusta second mort
sage, lo9 bid, 1l0l5 asked; Western Alabama
S S9SiG mortgage indorsed per cent 1929 bid,
saoo12 asked; South Georgia and Florida in
e a1 no bid, III asked; South Georgia
anu alu FLORIDA second mortgage, ia bid, 1l6
SsAed; Augusta and Knoxville first mortgage
En cent, 1903 bid 10 asked; Gainesville, JET
i iIt and southern first mortgage guaranteed,
49, ans ga, ll5 asked; Gainesville, JEFF rson
s s,u southern not guaranteed, 10 bid, III
gmara, ocean Steamship per cent bonds,
ga ga 9uteed by Central railroad, 1922 bid, lO3
sa aAec gainesville. jefferson and Southern
I ~ mortgage guaranteed, 113 asked; Co
lSIIiuuS ana Rome first mortgage bonds, in
a aIiSea by Central railroad, 10416 bid, lO513
apteed O4 [dg and Western per cent guaI-
bbu.tItd' lO6 bid, 10s asked; City and SUI
DID, l01 asked
mo 6a ~. Stochs-Nominal. Southern Bank of
We,oS1,a te Of Georgia, 1920 bid. POI asked;
.alfrchants National Bank. 100 bid, 1GS
a NJ savannah Bank and Trust Company,
nah NJ bo'1 10, " asked; National Bank of Savan
s so9' - ~ bid 12l asked, Oglethorpe Savings
't CO.. irG IS, Company, 112 bid. ia asked.
dy TGs Sto,raka--Savannah Gas Light stock, eX.
''y'A' ~ bid, 20 asked.
smoked sa6d. d clear rib sides, o8sc; shoulders
gIc ,tuIE Salted clear rib sides, Size; long clear
B,o gellles' S}sc' shoulders, nome hams, l3c
Quote n'l4 No. AND T1Es-Market quiet. We
Ike. IN b9agglng-214 lbs, S6DS}4c; , ibs, 73sG
oia1t{t$ lbs; 0lAc, according to brand and
S 6T,a.u " Iron ties-Arrow and other brands,
iT,nj nominal 95 81 25 per bundle, according t.
lots a fra ao Pl@ntty. Bagging and ties in retal
traction higher.
2g oceITirEsR1Nlar6et steady; choice Goshen, 200
C, M, euge, 2lG26c; creamery, 21G129c. =,
no,ninaAMIE- Market bare; too high TO handle
Ne manly Northern, 11@12c; imported, l3G
Quote hfaeEisIE Sc steady; fair demand We
FanVnriF EaE5-The market is dull We quote
Sc. az &c; choice sic; prime, 2019c; good
lSc 'or' lSI6c; ordinary, 1870; common
peeled alIp = FRuIT-Apples, evaporated, 11I6c
V bnv CCurrants. 7c Citron, 25c.
small. GdooDs-Tne market is very firm; stock
Their sadIemand exceeds manufacture and fur
h.pts~ G tnaaences are looked for. We quote
'SsOci Georgia brown shirting, 3D. 41Sc