The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23

Stock on hand and on shipboard
to-day .......;...; ..;........... 21,56s 1885
Receipts same day last year ..... g.. 80.
FINANcIAL-Money is easy.
Domestic Erchdnge-Steady. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at a per cent.
discount and selling at "a per cent discount to
par
rore,gn Erchange-The market is firm.
Commercial demand 81 IS; sixty days,
q S3 ninety days, 81 s124; francs. Paris
and Hs az commercial dXty % days 50 "a
SECURITIEs-The market is firm. Southwest
ern railroad stock is in demand at advancing
prices. Sales at 135.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-CHy Bonds-Atlanta 4
per cent long date, l0S bid, ia asked; At
lanta per cent, 11S bid, 121 asked; Au-
gqsta z per cent long. date, ITO bid, II
III asked; Columbus per cent, 1902 bid,
l04 asked; Macon per cent, 40 bid, 1ll1s
asked; new Savannah per cent, January
coupons, 1924 bid 1929 asked; new Savannah
oper cent, February coupons, 1OlA bid, lO2A
asked
State Bonds-Georgia per cent, 1889, 1905
bid, 10lx asked; Georgia new Az per cent, 1918
quarterly coupons, 1O916 bid, 1O416 asked: Geor-
GA per cent. coupons January and july ma
turity 1896, 113 bid. 119 asked.
Railroad StockS-Central common, 1917 bid,
1874 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 1876 bid. 1856 asked; Georgia com
mon, 1877 bid, 1919 asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 13416 bid, 1854 asked: Central
per CoNU CefIUlcdUtS, Dlu, lUS1R dSheus
Atlanta and West Point railroad stocks, 1O7
bid, 10S11 asked; Atlanta and West Point per
cent certificates, 103 bid, 104 asked.
RdttroGd Bonds-Savannab, Florida and
western Railway Company general mortgage
oper cent interest, coupons october, lilo bid
ll6 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1897. 115 bid, III asked Cen
trail consolidated mortgage per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1892, 11O14 bid
~ ~ asked; Georgia railroad Q per cent, 1897
l0s8ll4 bid, 109Q116 asked; Mobile and
urard second mortgage Endorsed, ) per cent
coupons January and July, maturity 1889, 1U2Ia
old, lob asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first
mortgage per cent, Endorsed by Central rail
ROAD, 100 bid, ITO asked; Marietta and North
e1eorgia first mortgage, so years. per cent
Us bid, 100 and interest asked; Marietta
and North Georgia railroad first mortgage per
cent, lo6 bid 1903 asked; Charlotte, Column
ula ana Augusta first mortgage. Ill bid, liz
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage. ITO bid, Ill asked; Western Ala
1 IS!I second mortgage Endorsed $ per, cent
lgi11 bid, 1854 asked; South Georgia aud Flor
loa lnoorsed, III bid, 119 asked; South Geor-
ga and Florida second mortgage, ia bid,
no asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent, III bid. 112 asked; Gaines
vile, Jefferson and Southern first mortgage
guaranteed, 116 bid, 1l6 asked; Gainesville,
ysHerson and Southern. not guaranteed, III
pa liz asked: Ocean steamship 6, per cent
Londs, guaranteed by Central railroad, 10?
9ld, lo3 asked; Gainesville, jefferson and
southern second mortgage guaranteed, ia
pa, llO asked; Columbus and Rome, first
mortgage bonds indorsed by Central railroad,
IU' bid 10S asked; Columbus and Western
per cent guaranteed, 100 bid, 10 asked; City
ana suburban railway first mortgage per cent,
lO7 bid, l0S asked.
=, Bank Stocks-Nominal Southern Bank of
nI state Of Georgia. 300 bid. 203 asked; Mer-
ccants' National Bank 1853 bid, 1856 asked;
savannah Bank and Trust Company, 100 bid,
IVY asked; National Bank Of Savannah, 1925
Dlu, l%6 asked; Oglethorpe SAVINGS and Trust
company, llG bid, 11S asked: Citizens Bank,
30 bid % asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock 1915
40 ~ asked; Mutual Gas Light stock, Is bid,
BAcos-Market steady; stocks everywhere
dmlght; demand good; smoked clear rib sides,
s2sc, shoulders, none; dry sailed clear rib sides.
no sc' lpng clear, sssc; bellies, SIC; shoulders
none; hams, 12Isc.
BEGGING AND TIEs-The market is easier and
are quotations on actual offerings: We quote
~ sInali lots; Bagging, ga fbs 14c: lbs, 12l9
SSSlsS24c: IA lbs. 11k1119lc, according TO brand
snu quantity. Iron ties-S1 1901 90 per bundle.
according TO brand and quantity. Sea island
rstsTI scarce, lb0i5Mc. Bagging and ties in
dDsthITERaoNlarket steady; fair demand;
Goshen, Doc; gilt edge, 23I5c; creamery, 2bc.
o,, Wh.hEns,E<7Market steady; fair demand. We
ro,oi iieancy, lsc; choice, l51fc; prime, lie;
mon, 14lSc
GABnAGE-Northern, 7A9c.
W, DRIED FRuIT-.Appes, .evaporated, DC; COM
5c on; Go sSsc, Peaches: peeled; lec; unpeeed, sd
DRY GooDs-The market is quiet and steady;
sck tnll We quote: Prints, 3lzM61tc;
s1S9rgla brown shifting. 81, NC; IS do SIC;
foro"n sneeting 6kci white osnaburgs, "a