The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-09
Stock on hand and on shipboard


Receipts same day last year. ~ 1,416
FINANcIAL-Money S easy and in good re-
quest,
bankers are buying sight drafts at Is per cent
premium and selling at a per cent pre-
MUM.
r reign Frchange-The market is firm
Commercial demand, 81 86A; sixty days 81 S.:
ninety days, g S414; francs, Paris and Havre,
commercial, sixty days, S. 2l5s; Swiss, s. 2215
marks, sixty days, 95 1-l6c,
SECURIrl Es- The market IS inactive for bonds
and weak for stocks
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City Bonds-Atlanta 6
per cent long date, eX-interest, los bid, ia
asked; Atlanta z per cent 1lo bid, l2l asked;
Augusta 7 per cent long date, 113 bid, l15
asked; Augusta Us long date, 1G9 bid, liz
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 20 bid, 101
asked; Macon per cent, 10S bid, 110 asked
Savannah per cent April coupons, 1hlA
bid, 1924 asked; new Savannah per cent,
May coupons, 101A bid, 1919 asked.
state BOnds-Georgia new d, 1889, eX-coUpon,
lOO34 bid, 101H asked; GEORGIA new 419s, ex-
coupon, 1854 bid, 106 aSkc /; Georgia Z per
cent gold, quarterly coupons, 1O5 bid, 106
asked; Georgia. per cent. coupons January
and July, maturity 1895, ex-coupons, III bid,
Railroad Stocks-Central common, 11S bid,
ll9 asked; Augu1ta and Savannah 7per cent
guaranteed, 1872 bid. 1874 asked; Georgia COM
mon, 2J9 bid, 206 asked Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 1873 bid 12916 asked; Central
per cent certificates, 1919 bid, 1924 asked:
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock. 1Q916
bid, llO16 asked; Atlanta and West Point s
per cent certificates, ex-interest 1929 bid, l0311
asked
Railroad BondS-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage 8
per cent interest, coupons October, ex-interest,
liz bid, III asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent. coupons
January and July, maturity 1897, lis bid,
llo asked; Central consolidated mortgage Z
per per, cent; coupons January and July, maturity
aElxa
1887, lO9 bid, 10 asked; Mobile and Girard
second mortgage Endorsed per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1859, l02A bid,
,O4 asked; Montgomery and Eufanla first
mortgage per cent indorsed by Central rail
road, los bid, l0911 asked; Marietta and
North Georgia first mortgage, so years per
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first mort
gage, 10 bid, liz asked; Charlotte Colum-
bla and Augusta second mortgage, 100 bid,
IlV19 asked Western Alabama second mort
gage Endorsed per cent, !O9 bid, ITO asked;
houth Georgia and Florida indorsed, III bid,
us asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage. ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta and
knoxville first mortgage per cent. llO19 bid,
lllR asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and south
ern first mortgage guaranteed, ll5 bid, 1l6
asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern not
guaranteed 40 bid, III asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad, 1913 bid 104 asked; Gaines
vile, Jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, ll3 asked; Columbus and Rome
:
road, Jos bid, 107 asked; Columbus and
western 6 per cent guaranteed, 10S bid, 40
asked; City and Suburban railway first mort
gage per cent, 107 bid, l0S asked.
=. Bank StockS--Nominal. Southern Bank of
tne State Of Georgia, 200 bid, POP asked;
Nercnants' National Bank, 1862 bid, l65
asked; savannah Bank and Trust Company,
20 bid, 81 asked; National Bank of Savannah,
~ bid, f29 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
trust Comauy, 115 bid l16 asked; Citizens
Bank, 80 bid, IS asked.
J. Gas Stochs-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex-
dividend, ~ bid, 1919 asked; Mutual Gas Light
Stock, 10 bid, 70 asked.
Bacon Market steady; demand good;
ssmoked clear rib sides, SEC; shoulders, &c;
pIy sated clear rib sides, &C; long clear, &c;
0eIles SC; shoulders. 6l6c; hams, l3c
7. bAgGING AND TIEs-Market quiet; We quote:
bag slng-2A MS s0SL4c; , ms. 714G111fc; IA
Us 0A97c, according TO brand and quantity:
s ron Ties 81 70 per bundle, according to brand
S sd quantity. Bagging and ties in retail lots
traction higher
o, BUrTER-Market frmer; Goshen, zoe; gilt edge,
6 C,44SDAGE-Suppy light, native and Florida, 0
CHEEsE-Market steady; fair demand. We
W. oFFEE-The market is quiet but steady.
We quote: Fancy, l9c; choice, 1890; prime,
nc; good, lie; fair, l6I6c; ordinary 10c; COM
mon, llI@c.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples, evaporated, lie;
Pseleo nc. Peaches, peeled, Oc; unpeeed,
'qle. Currants, &c. Citron, 25c.
DRY GooDs-The market is strong. with ten
WVency 10 advance; stock fnll: demand good.
We quote: Prints, 460Tc; Georgia brown
Shlrting, 81, &c; rs do, &c; "a brown sheet
i.ag, &C; white osnaburgs, CSC; checks, Gl61
~; yarns Soc for best makes; brown driliings,
rlsH-Iight demand on account of high
prices, We quote fun weights: Mackerel-No.
= SO W; No 3, half barrels. nominal. S7OOA