The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-24
owing were closing bids:

Alabama class B. .10I Tenn. new set 6s .10t
Alabama class c.. % do do IS. 10i
Louisiana consols. 90 do do Is j.. 75A
North Carolina 4s. *93 Virginia IS. ...... $50
North Carolina Is. 1913 do eX-mar coup. #S7
So. Caro- Browns *99 do consulted. 81
%BiG.
NEw YORK, Feb. % .-Treasury balances: Coin,
S73,705, 900; currency, 1913, $4,000.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. IS, noon.-Cotton opened
steady, with fair demand; American middlinR
uplsnds 81; sales 10000 bales-Amercan $500
bales speculation and export 500 bales; receipts
l4,O0O beles-Americsn 1880 bales. Futures
opened firm.
Futures: American rniddIing, low middling
clause, February delivery ID; February aud
March delivery 1-64d, also 8 2 Cad. also 3-s4d ;
March and April delivery 5 l-64d, also 2-6ld,
also Bod; April and May delivery 3-64d,
also 4-64d; May and June delivery 3 6-64d, also
5 4-54d, also 5-64d, also6 sod; June and July
delivery 664d, also 7-64i; July and August
| delivery S-6id, also 9-64d; August and Sep
| TENDER delivery 7-64d, also s-64d; September
and October delivery 1-64d.
p. mixtures: American midding, low
middling clause, February delivery 4-54d,
sellers; February and March delivery 4-64d,
sellers; March and April delivery 464d,
sellers; April and May delivery 6-64Gn5 6-64d;
May and June delivery 7-64d, value; June
and July delivery S-64@5 9-64d: July and Au-
gust delivery 10 SAD, buyers; August and Sep
TENDER delivery 5 9-64GD5 l0-64d; September and
October delivery 3-64d, value; october aud
November delivery SOS 1-64d; November and
December delivery 5@5 Lad; December and
January delivery ID. Futures closed steady
American middliug fair 7-16d, good mid
ding 3-l6d, middling 1-iod, low middlinR
4 15l6d. good ordinary l5-l6d, ordinary 4Ssd
NEW YORK, Feb %, noon.-Cotton futures
opened irregular, as follows: February delivery
c, March delivery . 23c, April delivery
9 33c May delivery 3 44c, June delivery Sic,
July delivery SIC.
Liverpool market opened firm at 20s points
advance, gained 500 points, fell points and
closed steady at GDo points up. Tho ad anca
is supposed TO be on the expected settlement of
the strike to-day. Cotton contracts here opened
at II ip13 points advance at noon about steady
81 149l6 points above Tuesday, with sales of
10000 bales. No feature excepting Liverpool
Port receipts were estimated for to-day at 5000
bales against %, 507 bales last year.
NEW York. Feb. 20, 300 p. m.-Midding
uplands 9lac; middling Orleans 915c; low mid
ding uplaods lS-l6c, good ordinary s1Sc;
sales 252 bales. Spot cotton closed dull.
Futures-Market closed steady. with sales OF
| 491 800 bales as follows: February delivery
| orc March delivery 10c, April delivery &c,
May delivery 9 Bic June delivery ACC, July
| delivery Acc. August delivery 49c. Septem-
bez delivery 9 &c, October delivery 9 13c, No
! vember delivery lie
q Total net receipts at all the ports
/ two days, were Is, 454 bales; exports, to Great
Britain 6,S4O bales, to the continent 4053 bales,
| to France 4.2l bales; stock sc .686 bales.
| GALVESTON, Feb. 23.-Cotton closed firm;
middllpR &c; net receipts 1873 bales, gross none;
sales~4l5 bales; stock s0,3H bales, exports,
| coastwise ), SAB
| NORFOLK Feb. 23,-Cotton closed firm;
middling $50; net receipts 9l8 bales gross none;
sales 399 bales; stock $3.50 bales; exports,
| coastwise 40
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-Cotton closed nominal;
middling 9I<c; net receipts none, gross 40
| bales; sales none; stock 1909 balesi exports,
| coastwise 1900 bales.
BosroN, Feb. 23.-Cotton, nothing doing;
| middling 914c; net receipts none. gross meme;
sales none; stock none.
| WILMINGTON, Feb. 23.-Cotton closed steady;
middling &C; net receipts 70 bales, gross none;
sales none; stock 10 322 bales.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 23.-Cotton closed firm
middling 936c net receipts 244 bales, gross
| none; sales none; stock 10 522 bales.
New ORLsANs Feb. 23.-Cotton opened strong
and closed easier middling 956c; net receipts
1850 bales, gross 2,66l sales 6,l50 bales; stock
$780, 756 bales; exports, TO Great Britain - bales,
coastwise 1000 bales
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 28.-Cotton futures barely
steady WITH sales Of 107, 400 bales. as follows:
February delivery 9lc, March delivery 3 9Ic
April delivery 9 6Oc, May delivery 0 O8c, june
delivery l4c, July delivery zoe, August de-
livery 9 20c.
MOBILE. Feb. 2a.-Cotton closed steady; mid
ding SIC; net receipts l52 bales, gross none;
sales 800; stock 32,724 bales; exp-rts, coast
MEMPHIS, Feb. 2a.-Cotton closed firm;
middling 8 2-16c; net receipts 740 bales, gross
none sales 2 500 bales; stock, corrected IL, 9g
bales.
AUGUSTA, Feb 23.-Cotton closed steady;
middling 916ci net receipts 100 bales gross
none; sales 1873 bales; stock 81 ,552 bales.
CHARLESTON, Feb 23.-Cotton closed firm;
middling SIC; net receipts 265 bales gross none;
sales 401 bales; stock 420lS oales exports coast
Wise Il bales
middling q3sc; net receipts SO bales. gross
none; sales none; stock 1873 bales.
LOUISVILLE Feb 23.-Cotto1 closed quiet;
middiing 9ssc; net receipts none, gross
noue sales none; stock none.
ST. LOUIS, Feb 23-Cotton closed firm;
nidding 9zsc, net receipts 800 bales, gross
46 bales; sales 5 $40 bales; stock los, $3.50 bales
HOusToN, Feb. 23-Cotton closed steady !;
middling &c; net receipts 100 bales; gross none
sales none; STOCK 23, 1913 bales.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2S.-CotJon steady; middling
S34c; receipts none.
oeipts of cotton at all the ports up to and in
GLIDING to-day for the week were 50,1i9 bales,
exports, to Great Britain a. bales to the
continent 1505l bales. to France 29o.
G tAIS AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK, Feb %, D. m.-Flour steady
and in moderate demand; winter wheat low
grades 81 1003 SIS wiater patents So 65014 Is;
Minnesota clear 81 50QD3 30; Minnesota strRtghts
S3 600i 90; Minnesota patents 81 25&5 90;
southern -four quiet and steady; common to
fair extra 81 1908 10; good to choice extra 50 is
0425. Wheat hrmer With options very dull !;
No red in store and elevator 79l469916c;
afost 791631634c; options opened firm and
closed Arm at &c over Tuesday; trading dull
chiefly local; No. 2red February delivery 7734c;
March delivery 7Sc; May delivery 5000. Corn
more active and firmer; No. red 52(a5214c in
elevator; 53(05314c atioat: ungraded mixed 40
653c: steamer mixed 5094G952c; optious closed
firm at &c advance on early and 1s135c decline
on late months: trading fair; February delivery
5215c; March delivery 51zsc; May delivery 503sc.
Oats moderately active, with mixed lower and
white drmer; options moderately active and
16Gl4c lower; February delivery 374c; March
delivery 3734c; May delivery 37s4c; No. white,
March delivery 44e spot PrSf 6iid No. S@
mixed western 57MM991@c; white mixed
western 40a46c Coffee - options opened
steady 562O points up and closed quiet and
unchanged to 10 points up; February de-
livery Il As; May delivery 16 s0Gl6 90;
September delivery 16 600lG 65; December de-
livery IS 35QA16 IS; spot RIo dull and steady;
No. z 171600lSc. Sugar-Raw more active and
easier; far refining &c; centritugais 90 test
338c; refined steady ard more active: No. o
4 $3.50 45sc; No Z 1904 5-l6c; of A 4 $3.50
43Sc; standard 43s094 l3l6c: cut loaf 5-l6U
! 7-l5c; graduated 45Ad4 l5-l6c. Moasses -
Foreign nominal; New Orleans open Kettle
good to choice in good demand and Arm at
23937c. Peanuts quiet and steady; fancy
hand picked 4}4041sc; farmers 24Q3LSc.
Pork quiet and steady; old mess $40 1000 0Oi
new mess 81 %; extra prime nominal Beef
quiet aud firm; family $l2 OO113 SO; extra
mess 80 O019 so. Beef hams moderately
ectve and firm at 81 90. Tierced beef fairly
active R2d firm; city extra India mess 5000
Cut meats quiet and steady: picked bellies
1I1Ec; picked shoulders .O0l0l4c; picked
hams Iad1511c. Middles dull and easy;
short clear 81 o.. Lard quiet and lower;
western steam Si3 o.; city Sl2 IS bid; March
delivery $s co.; Nay delivery 81 s.: July
delivery Sl2 al refined quiet and weak; CONT