The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-01

Stock on hand and on shipboard
Re so.aoy same day last year IS 2s9o
F1NANcIAL-Money market easy, but not so
active.
ers are buying sight drafts at e per cent pre-
MUM and selling at ID per cent premium.
Foreign hrchdnQe-The market is heavy.
Commercial demand 1874; sixty days, 81 H615;
ninety days SiS6; francs Paris and Havre,
commercial. sixty days, 80 POPS; Swiss, S. 2l4;
marks. sixty DAVIS, 95 3-16c.
SECURITIES market for both stocks and
bonds is inactive and scarcely as firm in the
undertone as it was.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City Bonds-Atlanta
per cent long date, 10s bid, ia
asked Atlanta per cont, 118 bid, 12l asked;
Augusta : per cent long date, 10 BID, III
asked; Augusta per cent, long date, 113 bid,
ia asked; Columbus per cent, 1902 bid, 104
asked; Macon per cent, 1l2 bid, lib asked;
new Savannah 5 per cent october coupons 102
bid, 1929 asked; new savannah per cent,
August coupons, 1929 bid 1884 asked.
State B0nds-Georgia 6 per cent. 1889,
10015 bid, 10l asked; Georgia new AZ per cent,
107 bid, lOS asked; Georgia z per cent gold
quarterly coupons, 104 bid, 105 asked: Georgia
per cent, coupons January and July, maturity
1896. l16 bid, HOS asked.
Rdiirdd StOckS-Centr common, 11716 hid,
1854 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 130 bid, 132 asked Georgia com
mon, 1877 bid, 1879 asked; Southwestern Z per
cent guaranteed, l24 bid, 121 asked; Central
per cent certificates 1904 bid, loO4 asked;
bid, 10Y asked; Atlanta and West Point per
cent certificates. l01 bid 1919 asked
Railroad BondS-Savannah. Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage,
6 per cent interest, coupons October iii bid,
113 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1897. ia bid, 11511 asked; Central
consolidated mortgage z per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1898, 100 bid,
ITO asked; Georgia railroad per cent, 1897,
106Gl14 bid, l09G116 asked; Mobile and
-NrIa -r,I tad oA6
coupons January and July, maturity 1899, 100l6
bid, 10l asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first
mortgage per cent, Endorsed by Central rail
road, t06 bid 107 asked; Marietta and North
09c bid 100 and interest asked Marietta and
North Georgia railroad first mortgage 6 per
cent, 1903 bid, los asked; Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta first mortgage, 10
bid, 1l2 asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage. 113 bid, ia asked;
Western Alabama second mortgage Endorsed
per cent, lU7 bid los asked; South Georgia
and Florida indorsed, 1i6 bid, 11S asked;
South Georgia and Florida second mortgage,
116 bid, lis asked; Augusta and Knoxville first
mortgage per cent, 109 bid, 10 asked;
Gainesville, jefferson and Southern first mort
gage guaranteed, 1l3ls bid, 1l4I6 asked; Gaines
ville Jefferson and Southern not guaranteed,
40 bid, IL asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds, guaranteed by Central railroad,
1917 bid, 1C2 asked; Gainesville, jefferson aud
Southern second mortgage guaranteed, liz
bid, ia asked; Columbus and Rome first
mortgage bonds, lndOrSed by central railroad,
l05 bid, 106 asked; Columbus and Western
per cent guaranteed. LOG bid, 10S asked; City
and Suburban railway first mortgage per cent,
100 bid, 10 asked.
Bank StockS-Nominal. Southern Bank of
the State of Georgia, zoo bid, 202 asked; Mer
chants National Bank 16l bid, 1872 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 80 bid,
100 asked National Bank of Savannah, 123
bid, l24 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, 115 bid IL; asked; Citizens Bank,
80 bid 20 asked,
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, 1716
bid, lslS asked; Mutual Gas Light stock, 10 bid,
20 asked.
BACON Market rapidly advancing; demand
good; smoked clear rib sides, 10l4c Shout
deISk &C.; dry salted clear rib sides, 9ssc: long
clesf, 914c; bellies, 9ss0914c; shoulders SIC;
BAGGIYe AND TIES Market strong. We quote
in large lots: Bagging, "a lbs, 1O34c; lbs,
l0c; ia ibs, 914c according to brand and guam
tity Iron ties-S1 15d1 20 per bundle. accord
ing to brand and quantity. Sea island baggng,
1J@15l6c. Bagging and ties in retail lots a
fraction higher.
BUTTER-NIarlet steady; fair demand; Goshen,
20c; gilt edge. 25c; creamery, 2oc.
CHEEsE-Market steady; fair demand. We
quote, 90l2c.
CoFFEE-The market is frmer. We quote:
Fancy, 17c; choice, Ice; prime. 1870; fair, l5c;
peaberry, 19c; ordinary, 14c; common, l3Hc
CABBAGE-Northern, 10G1l2c
DRIED FRUIT-Apples, evaporated, o16c; com
mon, 794c. Peaches, peeled, &c; unpeeled, 30
CluTOn,
Dry Goops-The market is firm, with ten
dency to advance; stock full demand good
We quote Prints, 3166l6Ibc; Georgia brown
shirting "a, pc; 7-s do. 51sc; A brown sheet
ing, slfc; white osnaburgs, 9ISc; checks, Dag
&c: yarns, 65c for best makes; brown drill
ings, &C.
FIsH-Light demand on account OF high
prices. We quote full weights: Mackerel-No
!, $40 90; No 3, half barrels. nominal s. 600
Z 80; No. 2, IS so. Herring-No 1, &c; scaled,
25c. Cod, 60sc. Mullet half barrels, 81 40.
FRuIT--Lemons- good. We quote
Choice, 81 $500 rs.
FLouR-Market weak; demand moderate.
we quote: Extra "a 2514 40; fancy, s. 600
. ~; choice patent, S. 50Q,5 05; family, "a $50
,GRAIN-Corn-Market firm; demand light
We quote: White corn, job lots, 75c; carload
i0ts, l9c; mixed, job lots Tic; carload lots, &c.
C,.s steady; demand good. We quote: Mixed
ipa.s 9Sc; carload lots. 46c. Bran, 81 CO., carload
io1s' VOC Meal, 15c Grits. soc.
nAY-Market very firm, with fair demand
''ocA ample We quote. lob lots: Western.