The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16

to-day ........... ............. 5,016 20, 30
Receipts same day last year .. i45 rs
flNANcIAL-Money is easy and in good de-
mand.
Domestic Erchange-Is very easy. The
supply exceeds the dema i'd. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at IS per cent
MUM.
Foreign E.rcbnage-The market is quiet
Commercial demand, 81 81; sixty days, s. So;
ninety days, 81 Sl14 francs. Paris and Havre,
commercial sixty days. s. AIS; SWISS s. 22215
marks, sixty days, 95 l-1Gc.
sEouRTIEs-The market is firm for both
stocks and bonds, but transactions are light.
STOCKs AND BoNDs-CUy BoRdS-Atlauta 6
per cent long date, ex-int rest, 10s bid, ia
asked; Atlanta per cent, lis bid, y! asked;
Augusta per cent long date, 113 bid, rs
asked; Augusta 6s long date, 100 bid III
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 80 bid, l0l
asked; Macon per cent, 10s bid, 40 asked
new Savannah per cent, April coupons, 1921
bid, lt212 asked; new Savannah per cent, May
coupons, 1914 bid, 101& asked,
state Bo 'ds-Georgia new IS, 1889. ex-coupon
lOJ34 bid, 10116 asked; Georgia AIS, ex
coupon, 1906 bid, 1855 asked Geo gia I per
cent gold, quarterly coupons, !05 bid, 1906
lla asked
Railroad Stocks-Central Common, 1t734 bid,
lloIa asked; Augusta and Slva lnah Z per cent
guaranteed, 1872 bid, 1874 asked; Georgia com
mon, 2)5 bid, 2)6 asked; Southwestern z per
cent guaranteed, 1894 bid, 100 asked: Central
Atlanta and West Point rail- oaL stoc;, 10015
bid, ll0}2 asked; Atlanta and West Point
per cent certificates, exintereSt, 1925 bid 1886
asked
R1aronI B,nds-Savannah, Florida and
western Railway Company general mortgage
per cent iIterest coupons October, ex-interest,
liz bid, III asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1897, 1i6 bid,
IFS asked; Central consolidated mortgage
per cent; coupons January and July, maturity
iS55 l19z6 bid, il0l4 asked; Georgia railroad 6s
1887, lO9 bid, 10 asked; Mobile and Girard
second mortgage indorsed per cent, coupons
January and July maturity 1889. 1903 bid,
lVd1e asked; Montgomery and Eufaula hrSt
mortgage per cent, Endorsed by Central rail
road, l0s bid, 1925 asked: Marietta and
north Georgia first mortgage, so years, per
cent, 100 bid, 101 and interest asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first mort
gage 1094 bid, III asked Charlotte, Colum-
ola and Augusta second mortgage, 100 bid,
ItO1a asked; Western Alabama second mort
gage indorsed PER cent, 100 bid. liO asked;
south Georgia and Florida ndorsed III bid,
us asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage, III bid, ll6 asked; Augusta and
hIoXville first mortgage per cent ll01s bid,
mI72 asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and South
eril i!rst mortgage guaranteed. llJIe bid, III
askedi Gainesville jefferson and southern not
guaranteed. 40 bid, III asked; Ocean
SSteamSlnp per cent bonds, guaranteed by
C5lLt4l railroad JOB bid iOi asked; Gaines
Vlie jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed. l13 asked; Columbus and Rome
Hfst mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central rail.
road, l06 bid, 107 asked: Columbus and
western per cent guaranteed, los bid, 10
ASKED; City aud Suburban rail %ay first mort
gage per cent. 1917 old l0S asked.
=, Buak Stocks-Nominal. Southern Bank OF
,9e state of Georgia, 200 bid, 2o2 asked;
merchants National Bank, 1862 bid, 165
asked; savannah, Bank and Trust Company,
10 old, % asked; National Bank of Savannah,
~ bid, l22 asked; Ogetborpe Savings and
trust Company, rs bid, 1l6 asked; Citizens
bank, 90 bid, 81 asked
4. Cos Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex-
uvd3nd, 49, bid. 1919 asked; Mutual Gas Light
stock, Is bid, 20 asked
BAcoN--Market steady; demand good; smoked
clear rib sid $, S5Sc; shoulders. &c; dry sailed
GEAR RIB sides, &c. long clear, &c; bellies, &c;
shoulders, b1Sc; hams. i3c.
bAGGINo AND TIEs-Market quiet. We quote
nbaggiag, "a lbs, sGtS14c; 2 MS, 714@7lsc; ~
lbs, V)4Qg1c, according 10 brand aud antity
iron ties 81 ~ per bundle, according to brand
s snd quantity Baggng and ties in retail lots
fraction higher.
BurrER-Market frmer; Goshen, 20c; gilt
euge, s0c; creamery, 2oc.
s6lOc FF'' SECS
cnrEsE-Market steady; fair demand. We
quote ll@14c
=, CoFFEE-The market is quiet. We quote:
n1ncy nc; choice, lsc; prime, re; fair, iOc;
"iInllary, loc; common, 1870.
DRIED FRUIT =. Apples, evaporated, llci
peeled, &c Peaches peeled, a0c; unpeeled,
-" Gnrrants. &c. Citrou. 25c-