The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14

Receipts same day last year. .... 1877 1884,
FINANcIAL-Money is easy and In good re-
quest
Domestic Erchange-Is scarce. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at IA per cent
premium and selling at ii per cent pre-
Iuium.
Forefqa Erchange-The market is quiet
CONNER -ial demani /, 81 sj14; sixty days S 50;
ninety days, 81 $40; francs. Paris and H3vre,
commercial, sixty days IS 2i55; Swiss s. 2212;
marks, sixty days, 30 t16c.
SECURIrIES-The market is dull for all classes
of securities.
SrocKs AND BoNps-City Bonds--Atlanta 8
per cent long date, ex-int rest, lOs bid, IA
asked: Atlanta per cent, lis bid, 121 asked !;
Augusta7 per cent long date, lib bid, us
asked; Augusta 6s long date, 100 bid, liz
asked; Columbus per cent o. bid, 10l
asked; Macon 6.per cent lOo bid, ITO aske (;
new Savannah per cent, April coupons. 102A
bid, ~ asked; new Savannah per cent, May
coupons, 1O14 bid 1919 asked.
State 30 dS-Georgia new is, 1882 eX-coupon,
1904 bid, l011S asked; Georgia new 416s, eX-
coupon. los bid, 1859 asked; Geo gia 7 per
cent gold. quarterly coupons, 05 bid, 1916
asked; Georgia per cent, coupons January
and July, maturity 1896. ex-coupons, III bid.
Railroad Stocks-Central Common, 11734 bid,
IiS1S asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 1872 bid, ls4 asked; Georgia COM
mon, POS bid, 26 asked; Southwestern Z per
cent guaranteed, 1914 bid, 100 asked; Central
ePer cent certificates 10l1a bid 1902 as ed 4;
Atlanta and West Point rail- oad stoc :, lO915
per cent certificates ex-interest, 1929 bid, lO31a
asked.
Raur1n1 ,ndS-Savannah, Florida aud
western Railway Company general mortgage .
per cent interest, coupons October, ex-intereSt
liz bid, III asked; Atlantic and Gulf first
mortgage consolidated per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1881, ilo bid,
rs asked Central consolidate mortgage .
lsB lU01S hi I, 1l0A askel; Georgia railroad Is
1857. 100 bid, ITO asked; Mobile aud Girard
second mortgage Endorsed per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1882: lc224 bid,
lO4 asked; Montgomery and Eulaula first
mortgage per cent. lndorsed by Central rail
road, l0s bid, 1o0y6 asked: Marietta and
North Geo gia first mortgage, so years, D per
cent. 991s bid, 1904 and interest asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first mort
gag, 10 bid, liz asked; Charlotte, Column
bia and Augusta second mortgage, 109 bid,
gage indorSed per cent, 100 bid, no asked;
South Georgia and Florida Endorsed, liz bid
us asked; South Georgia ami Florida second
mortgage. IA bid, ll6 asked; Augusta ana
knoxville first IN )rtgage per cent Hoy oid,
Hl1a asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and south
ern first mortgage guaranteed, ll0@ oid, II!
asked; Gainesville Jefferson and southern not
guaranteed. ITO bid, IL asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad, 1903 bid, l04 asked; Gaines
vile, Jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed. 1f3 asked; Columbus and Rome
hrst mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central rail
road lO6 bid, 1G7 asked; Columbus and
western per cent guaranteed, Jus Ola, l.u
asked; City and Suburban railway first mort
gage per cent. l07 bid, 1903 asked.
Bank Stocks--Nominal. Southern Bank OF
the state of Georgia, 300 bid, 202 asked ;
Merchants National Bank, 1872 bid, l65
asked; Savannah, Bank and Trust Company
V bid, 81 asked; National Bank Of Savannah,
~ bid, i22 asked Ogle.horpe Savings and
Iruet Company, tl5 bid, 15 asked; Citizens
Bank, 10 bid % asked.
Gas Siocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex.
dividend 1919 bid i9ls asked; Mutual Gas Light
stock, IS bid, 20 asked.
BAcoS-Market steady; demand good; smoked
eie"r rib sid s. SiEc; shoulders. &c; dry salted
GEAR RIB sides, Sc; long clear, &c; bellies &c;
shoulders t19c; hams, i2c
Bagging, ~ ios, 56bS14c; , ms, 7A171 1s1
Iron ties 81 ~ per bundle, according TO brand
ana quantity. Baggng and ties in retail lots a
fraction higher
BuTTER-Market nrmer; Goshen, zoe; gilt
edge, CSC; creamery CSC.
e0l0r
CHECsE--Market steady; fair demand. We
quote ii@14c.
'. CoFFEE-The market is quiet. We quote:
atncy lac; choice he; prime, 17c; fair, i6c;
ordinary, i5c; common, 1870
DRIED FRUIT - Apples, evaporated, llci
peelsd, NC. Peaches. peeled, 20c; unpeeied 0
@'o Currants, &c. Citron, 25c.
DRY GooDs--The market is strong, with a ten
1Iency to advance stock full; demand good.
We quote: Prints. 5000; Georgia brown
surfing. 81, Sc; IS do, &c; "A brown sheet
uR' 'ci white osnaburgs, 92zc; checks, 61SdD