The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-23

:. FINANcIAL-Money is in active demand
Domestic Exchange - the market is quiet.
Banks and bankers are buying at u per cent
discount and selling at u per cent discount
to par.
foreign Erchanoe-The market is very weak.
Sterling. commercial demand. 81 s2A;
sixty days, 81 1884; ninety days, 81 :s1k; francs
Paris and Havre, sixty days, S5 2691; Belgian,
sixty days. IS %; marks. sixty days. o4c,
SECURITIES - The market is fairly steady,
with indications of returning confidence in
railroad securities.
STocKs AND BONDS CITY Bonds-Atlanta 6
per cent, long date, 100 bid, Ill asked; Atlanta
7per cent, ia bid, lle asked; Augusta per
cent, long date, lo6 bid, los asked; Augusta
per cent, long date. l02 bid, 100 asked; Colum
bus per cent, IS bid, 90 asked; Macon per
cent. ia bid, ll5 asked; new Savannah per
cent quarterly January coupons, los bid. 1924
asked; new Savannah per cent February
coupons, 101lf bid, 102 asked.
State Bonds-Georgia new AZ per cent, 111sz
bid 11el4 asked; Georgia per cent coupons
january and July, maturity 1895. 1lilh bid. t12I5
asked; Georgia SO per cent. 1904 bid, i0l1h
asked.
Railroad Stocks Central common 92l6
bid, 931S asked; Augusta and Savannah per
cent guaranteed, div, l2a bid ia asked; Geor-
gia common. 1893 bid, 1874 asked: Southwestern
per cent guaranteed, 1915 bid, 1854 asked;
Central per cent certificates. 50 bid, IS
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock,
lO416 bid, 106 asked; Atlanta and West Point
per cent certificates, ex int 80 bid. "a asked
Roilrodd Bonds = Savannah, Florida and
NSoscth 1ahW6J COMPANY koucEdt u1OIbSbSc
eper cent interest coupons, October 100 bid,
ITO asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent coupons, January and
July, maturity 1897, l09 bid. ITO asked;
collateral gold IS, IS bid, SO asked; Central
consolidated mortgage per cent coupons
January and July, maturity 1893, 104 bid.
los asked; Savannah and Western railroad5
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad. "a bid,
rs asked; Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery per cent. 70 bid. 50 asked; Geor-
ono asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
first mortgage per cent, ~ bid. 70 asked;
Covington and Macon first mortgage. o per
cent. 20 bid, so asked; Montgomery and Eufaula
Central railroad los bid. iOs asked:
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta. first
mortgage, 105I< bid. 106IS asked; Charlotte,
Did, 1i3 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
Rusta general mortgage, per cent, 102 bid.
JOB asked; South Georgia and Florida Endorsed
FFS orid 10. Sd 1os asked South Georgia and
augusta and Knoxville first mortgage, per
cent, lOi bid, i03 asked; Gainesville. jefferson
ana sas Soutnern, first MORTGAGE, guaranteed,
bid 1o6 asked; Ocean steamship Q per
cent bonds sn guaranteed by Central rail
road, 1O9 bid. 1903 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent, due in iqaO. % bid. 100
asked; Gainesville. jefferson and Southern
second mortgage, guaranteed, l04 bid, lOo
aoAouS .OolufnDuS and Rome nrsb moTCghxe
ponds, Endorsed by Central railroad. 1925 bid,
Ioo1b asked; Columbus and Western per cent,
guaranteed, lO3 bid, l0T asked: City aud Sub
uroan railway first mortgage { per cant, l04
olo, lO6 asked; Savannah and Atlantic 5 per
cent indorsed, &c bid 70 asked.
~ Bunk Stocks, etc-Southern Bank of the
state OF Georgia, 2i5 bid, 255 asked; Mer-
chants National Bank. 100 bid, 1876 asked !;
savannah Bank and Trust Company, fl5
DID, III asked; National Bank of Savannah,
10 bid, lSl asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
trust company, 100 bid, 122 asked Citizens
BANK, 951a bid, s6lS asked; Chatham Real Estate
and and improvement Company. 81 bid. 5l1S asked
Sermania Bank. l03 bid, i04 asked; Chat
nam Bank. 81 bid. IS asked; Macon and Sa-
vannan Construction Company. nominal; Sa-
vannah Construction Company, 63 bid, 20 asked.
=. Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stocks,
- bid, Is asked; Mutual Gas Light stocks,
" bid; Electric Light aud Power Company,
ex-div, rs bid. n asked.
APPLEs-S275@3 so
BAcoN-Market steady The Board Of Trade
quotations are as follows: Smoked clear rib
SIDES, 7S4c; shoulders. 6ISc; dry sailed clear rib
SIDES SIC: long clear, 632c; bellies, 6Ibc: Shout
uers, o1tc; hams, 111hc.
BAaeING AND TfEs-Tne market steady.
Jnte bagging PAD. 7ibe; 2D. 7c; l34b,
o74c; quotations are for large quantities; small
Iots higher: island bagging at 120i2I6c;
pine straw. 9i4ib, 7Isc Iron Ties-large lots,
2. %, smaller lots, 81 s00l so. Tics IN retail