The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12

FINANCIAI-The market is very easy.
Domestic Erchdn0e-Steady Banks and bank
ers buying sight drafts at par and selling at
1sG14c per cent premium.
Foreign Exchange The market is steady
Commercial demand, 81 S54 sixty days, 81 Slsl;
ninety days, 81 SO; francs Paris and Havre,
commercial, sixty days, IS %; Swiss, S. 2434 ;
marks, sixty days, 81 1-16c.
SECURITIEs-The week closes with a some
what increased demand for securities All
classes of railroad stocks are in demand, with
scarcity OF Augusta and savannah, Southwest
ern, and Atlanta and West Point stocks. Bonds
are fairly active, except short date and de-
bentures are taken freely at quotations.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City Bonds-AtlanUa G
lanta per cent, 116 bid, 100 asked; Au-
guSta per cent long date, 105 bid, lie
asked; Augusta per cent long date, 104 bid
lO O7, asked; Columbus per cent, 1914 bid,
asked; new Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly
April coupons, 1851 bid. 1861 asked; new Savan-
nan per cent, February coupons, 1864 bid
State Bonds-Georgia new Az per cent. 119
bid, 100 asked; Georgia per cent gold quar-
terry coupons, 1O2 bid, 1903 asked; Georgia 7
per per cent coupons, January and July, maturity
Raiiroad iStochs = Central common, 1872
bid, 1925 asked; Augusta and Sa.
yannah per cent guaranteed, III
bid 2O2 asked; Southwestern per cent
guaranteed, 139 bid, I33 asked Cen
| trail per cent certificates, 81 bid 991b asked .
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock 1906
| bid, lO7 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
| per cent certificates, 1001l bid 101 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
| Western Railway Company general mortgage
| o per cent interest, coupons October, 1l2 bid
| ia asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
| consolidated per cent, coupons January and
| July, maturity 1897, 110 bid. li2 asked !:
Central Railroad and Banking Company
| collateral gold, IS, 100 bid 101 asked; Cen
| trail consolidated mortgage per cent, coupons
| January and July, maturity 1893 1O5 bid
| JOG asked; Savannah and Western railroad s
per cent, mdorsed by Central railroad 90 hid
| 100 asked; Georgia railroad per cent, 1897
| 105@ll1 bid, 10G0116 asked; Georgia South
| ern and Florida first mortgage per cent 81
| bid, SO asked; Covington and Macon first mort
| gage per cent, "a bid. 95 asked; Montgom-
| cry and Eufaula first mortgage per cent in
! dorsed by Central railroad los bid, 1O9
asked; Marietta and North Georgia railway,
| first mortgage, 30 years, 6 per cent, 90
| bid 95 asked; Marietta and North Georgia
railroad first mortgage per cent, 1915 bid
| l0515 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
first mortgage 1903 bid, 109 asked; Char.
| lotte, Columbia and Augusta second mortgage.
| us bid, 100 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
| Augusta, general mortgage, q per cent. los
bid 1o7 asked; Western Alabama second
mortgage, lndorsed per cent, 102 bid 103
asked; South Georgia and Florida. Endorsed
| llS bid. 40 asked South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage, 116 bid, lis asked; Au-
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage ner cant
I
| Southern first mortgage guaranteed, 1l3 bid
lis asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
not guaranteed, 10S bid, 40 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds guaranteed by
Central railroad, 100 bid, 10; asked; Gaines
vile, Jefferson and Southern second mortgages
guaranteed, ia bid, 1l6 asked; Columbus
and Rome first mortgage bonds indorsed hy
Central railroad 106 bid, 10Y asked; Column
bus and Western per cent guaranteed, lO7
bid, 1886 asked; City and Suburban raiiwav
first mortgage, z per cent, 1101e bid, liz asked
Bank Stocks Firm. Southern Bank of
the State Of Georgia, 265 bid, 275 asked; Mer-
chants National Bank, 40 bid, 176 asked :;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company l13 bid >
ia asked; National Bank of Savannah, 197
bid, 100 asked; Oglethorpe Sayings and Trust
Company, 100 bid, 1913 asked; Citizens Bank
90 bid, 1Ol asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, So bid, 81 asked.
Gas StOckS-Savannah Gas Light stocks
25 bid; Electric Light and Power Company,
S. bid, s. asked.
BAcoN-Market steady, good demand:
smoked bellies, 6lac; shoulders, 5J6c; dry
sailed clear rib sides. 59sc; long clear SIC;
bellies. 5&c; shoulders &c; hams i24 Ia 1234c.
BAGGING AND TIEs-The market is steady
Small lots Jute bagging. "a lbs, 10Ac;
2 lbs, 10c; 1$4 bs, 9O94c, according to brand
and quantity; sea island bagging very scarce
at 16016lSc; cotton bagging, none; prites
nominal; "a inches, u b, 13Is61S34c; smaller
widths, cheaper. Iron Ties-Sl 1901 % per
bundle, according to quantity. Bagging and
ties in retail lots fraction higher
BUTTER = Market duli fair demand;
Goshen, l64lsc; gilt edge @G21c; creamery,
2S025c.