The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-08
Atlanta and Yves, Point per cent. oerta-

Atlanta and West Point per cent. certid-
Gates s bid % asked
Bank stocks. Etc.-Southern Bank Of the
State Of Georgia 1872 bid. -- asked ex diyi
dend. Merchants National Bank. 30 bid. al
asked eX dividend; Savannah Bank ana rust
Company, g7tS bid, 9Sis eX-dividend asked;
National Bank OF Savannah, i29 bid, $50 ex div
idend asked; OglethoFpe Savings and Trust
Company, 100 bid. l0l eX-dtvidend asked; Cit
zens' Bank, 100ii bid. i0i ex dividend asked
Chatham Real Estate and improvement Com
pany. 50 bid, ~ asked eI-diY: Germania Bank,
loo bid, 1OI ex-dividend asked; Chatham Bank.
49, bid. 40 eX-dividend asked; savannah
Construction Company. q bid 20 asked;
title Guarantee and Loan Company, "a bid
70 asked.
New York. July 7, p m.-Money on call
per cent
Prime mercantile paper, S5s8t per cent
sterling exchange Is iirn, with actual ouSl-
ness In bankers bills at a s7114 s754 for sixty
days and t9sSG4 s'4 for demand; posted
Commercisf bills 81 500 ssh for sixty
Bar silver 62ssc.
Government bonds weak State bonds dull
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
New York, July THE following were
Lheopening Quotations a. the Stock Exchange
To-day:
Erie. 1874
Chicagoand Northwestern. ...,.......... 1854
Norfolk and Western preferred .......... 10
Riohmondand West Point Terminal, .,.. 1915
western U Mon. ............- ....... o51s
New York, July The days business at
the Stock Exchange showed some improve
ment as compared with the previous satur.
day, but the activity was at the expense OF
value The dealings footed up 1900 Sugar.
st. Paul. Burlington and Quincy, Chicago
@ as and Rock Island being the most tive
stocks. The market was much weaker in tone
and the bears were more aggressive on &C
count Of London liQuidatiOns and tho lawless-
81 he It'll I aNtwy1
houses said that their corresponding were
disappointed at the strength and number of
the strikers and reported dribbling OF long
stocks. The selling was also accelerated
by the stock failures in London yesterday.
At home the bears were able to shake out
little more long stock, the destruction OF rail
way property by The strikers assisting those
operating for lower prices Sterling eX-
change also showed more strength. because
of limited offerings Of commercial bills, the
freight blockade at the west closing up the
most important source OF supply If the
merchandise movement is to be stopped
much longer, banks will have to follow the
example Of Lazard Freres and forward gold
to foreign creditors. A renewal of the gold
export movement would give the bears add
tiOnal ammunition. The decline in prices
Big -Four. sold down 81 to 81,
American Sugar ~ to 944; Chicago
Gas. II to ~ Burlington Quincy, TX TO 748
St. Paul. lis to $50 Rock Island, IL to &c;
Northwestern to l0i; Louisville and Nash
vile, to 4ib: Delaware and Hudson, l to
1854; Lead, to 374; do pre-
ferred, Is to S2H; Laclede Gas
preferred ~ to 1864 and Pullman Palace. ?
10 1855. At the close a somewhat steader tone
prevailed and rally OF Il TO l a per cent re-
suited. Net changes for the day show losses
OF II to II. per cent. except in Pullman
which fell per cent Railway and miscel.
leneOus bonds were weak. The sales of
listed stocks we're $1,000 shares; unlisted'20 :.
90 shares
The quotations at the closing were as fol-