The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-04

today. Observation-Disclosures. 1917 6s ,23s
Receipts same day last years. 211 l,lO2
FINANcIAL-The market is stringent
Domestic Exchange - Easy. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at a per cent
discount and selling at Is per cent discount to
par.
Foreign Erchon9e-The market is quiet and
firm. Commercial demand 81 81; sixty days.
81 Sls4; ninety days, 81 50; francs, Paris and
Havre, commercial, sixty days. IS %; Swiss,
s. 2715; marks, sixty days, % 3-l6c.
SECURITIES-The market continues active for
all classes of stocks and long date railroad
bonds States and cities are neglected.
STOCKS AND BoNps-Citg Bond'-Atlanta
per cent long date; los bid, ia asked;
gusta Z per cent long date, 10 bid, III
asked Augusta per cent long date, 11S bid,
ia asked; Columbus per cent, l0s bid.
104 asked; Macon per cent, 10 bill, l1l1
asked; new Savannah per cent, January
coupons, 100lk bid, 101 asked; new Savannah
8 per cent. November coupons, 1919 bid, 10?
asked.
State Bonds-Georgia per cent, :sS9 1OO1S
bid, 10l1h asked; Georgia new IA per cent, 1071e
bid, 1Oe14 asked; Georgia per cent gold
quarterly coupons, 10i bid, 1o5 asked;
Georgia per cent, coupons January and July,
maturity 1886, i6 bid IL asked.
Railroad Stocks -Central common, 122 bid,
1874 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 1875 bid. 1876 asked; Georgia com
mon, 1877 bid l99 asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 126 bid. 1921 asked: Central
per cent certificates, l001& bid, 10l asked
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, 106
bid, 1903 asked Atlanta and West Point per
cent certificates. 101Ls bid, 102 asked.
Railroad Bonds Savannah. Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage
per cent interest, coupons October, ITO bid,
liz asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent coupons January and
July, maturity 1897, III bid, ,i5h asked; Cen
trail consolidated mortgage per ceut, coupons
January and July, maturity 1898, 40 bid,
III asked; Georgia railroad per cent 1897,
,0S@ll4 bid, l090116 asked; Mobile and
Girard second mortgage indorsed per cent
coupons January and July, maturity 1889. 10l
bid, l02 asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first
mortgage 6 per cent, indorsed by Central rail
road, l06 bid, 10 asked; Marietta and North
Georgia first mortgage, 30 years, per cent
100 bid, 10l and interest asked: Marietta
and North Georgia railroad first mortgage per
cent, 1906 bid, 101 asked; Charlotte Column
bia and Augusta first mortgage, 10 bid III
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage, ITO bid, III asked; Western Ala
bama second mortgage indorsed per cent,
104 bid Jos asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida Endorsed, III bid. 1l9 asked; South Geor-
gia and Florida second mortgage. liz bid,
ia asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent, lOs18 bid, no asked; Gaines
vile, jefferson and Southern first mortgage
guaranteed, lis bid ll6 asked; Gainesville,
jefferson and Southern, not guaranteed, III
bid, 1l2 asked; Ocean Steamship 8 per cent
bonds, guaranteed by Central railroad, l02
bid, 1913 asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and
Southern second mortgage guaranteed, ia
mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central railroad,
lO7 bid .0S asked; Columbus and Western 6
per cent guaranteed, 109 bid, 40 asked; City
and Suburban railway first mortgage per cent,
l0S bid, 10616 asked.
Bank Stocks-Nomina Southern Bank OF
the State of Georgia, 100 bid, 202 asked; Mer-
chants National Bank, 1Gl bid, 1872 asked {;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, SO bid,
10l asked; National Bank Of Savannah, l24
bid, 1875 asked: Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, lis bid, III asked; Citizens Bank,
W bid, % asked.
Gas Sfocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, 17I<
bid, 1915 asked; Mutual Gas Light stock, 10 bid
~ asked
BAcoN-Marlet firm and advancing; stocks
everywhere light; demand good; smoked clear
rib sides, 1l1sc; shoulders noLe; dry salted clear
rib sides, 1920; long clear l0lec bellies, 1OIsc;
shoulders, none; hams, lic.
BAeeINo AND TIEs-!The market is steady.
Stocks are somewhat reduced and holders not so
anxious to sell. The following are quotations on
actual offerings. Wequotc in small lots: Bag
ging, "a us, 14A@1s34c; MS 13@l94c; IN
lbs, lea a 31bc, according to brand and guam
tity. Iron tics-S1 1901 20 per bundle. accord
ing to brand and quantity. Sea island bagging,
l50l5l6c Bagging and ties in retail lots a frac-
tion higher.
BuITER--Market steady; fair demand; Goshen,
zoe; gilt edge. 23ISc; creamery. 25c.
CHEEsE-Market steady; fair demand. We
quote, sGLi2c.
CoFsEE-Merket nrmer. We quote: Peaberry,
l9l6c; fancy, lf}c; choice, i7l4c; prime, 16S4c;
good, 16l4c; fair l6c; ordinary, loo; common,
14c
Northern, i0A11c.