Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-19
NisM ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

NEW YcnK. March 1s.-Cotton futures closed barely steady. Sales, 27l 100 bales. April delivery es ay delivery. .02 June delfVery ol Juiy usiyery ........'.......o.o August delivery. ...........................6 or September delivery ...................6.1 10 October delivery .......................6.1 IA November delivery. .......................6.1 Is pecem1eT dohvery. .-'.............6 2z January uehVery, .'-.'..... .......o.zo
 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
 LIVERPOOL, March 1S-Noon- Cotton demand was lair; prices were barely steady; American middli2g, Ad. Sales. 14,0oo bales. of lation and export. 1000 bales. Receipts, s40o bales, of which all were American.
 futures opened easier; demand fair.
 American middling and low middiing clause QuOtations:
 March l,s sa sia April delivery. 3 1s-s4a June and July delivery 16-s4d0a 17-s4d July and August delivery 3 16-64d@3 1S-64d August and September de-
 September and October de October and November de. -O''u' 1-0.u Novemynefd 3yeny,s and December zo-04d@s 2i-Sed deivefys s.................3 2l-64d03 23-64d Tendefs Of deliveries at today's cleariDgs were 20l bales new dockets.
 LIVERPOOL, March 1s-4 p.m.-Futurss closed barely steady. American middiing and low mid ddling clause
 
 March delivery ......,.....3 3 1I-6ida3 12-6idt March and April delivery.3 l1-64dG3 12-64dt April and May delivery ...3 12-64dt May and June delivery. ... .13-64d@3 14-64d+ June and Jnfy delivery....3 14-64d63 16.64dt July and August detivery,.3 16-64ds August and September de s, :. september and october de-
 october and november de- i00'oD' 's-0'o November and December -''''D' delivery s-....,...........3 21-6Id. December and January de
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 ni IN WALL STREET.
 NEW YORK. March 1s.-The bears of stocks were evidently thoroughly alarmed during the early hours of business and covered freely in every Iffection. Tie fact that there is for all ciA}ses or stocks added to the nervous ness prevailing in bearish circles In addi- tion the market received better support from London, the recent rise in cotton having led to the purchase of Louisville and Nashville, Southern Railway and other issues. The an- cite coal roads had at last agreed to meet in conference to act on the tonnage question ths sG n Of priced Issues, especially in the bituminous coalers Kansas and Texas, Texas Pacific, . Haute, Denver and Rio Grande preferred. Omaha. Panhandle. Ann Arbor and North gains of la to 2sa per cent. The improvement in the higher priced issues ranged from l2 to 2ss per cent, New Jersey Central leading. The indnstrials were all higher, Sugar leading with this stock. however. dropped to a7A. the an. nouncement that the Dutch government had favorably recommended the taking of of the export bounty on the Dutch colonies sugar o o O thy and prices receded AG6 per cent. The closing was fairly steady. Net changos show gains of A92s5 per cent. New Jersey Central leading. Sugar lost "a and New England h The sales of listed stocks aggregated 1884, GOO shares. unlisted 72 1000 shares.
 NEW YORK, March 1s.-Money on call was firm at 2d2H per cent; last loan at per cent ,gssnd closing offered per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4la@3 per cent. Bar SterliL g. exchange was easier. with actual business sin bankers Lills at $4.S7AG4.S6 for sixty days and S4. s9d4. SEA for demand; posted rates, ,4. sslaa4.eo; commercial bills, $4. 4.sTa4.87l2.
 > Treasury baIances-- Coin. Ss6. .24e ,e0O; cur rency, S7O,75 ,000.
 Goyernmeat bopos were bigher.
 State bonds were dull.
 Railroad bonds " ere active and strong.
 Silver bullion at the board firm at 63ssc.
 Closing bids
 Louisville and Nashville. .................- 49M Memphis and Charleston. n................. 10 Nashville Chattanooga and st. Louis... 63 Tennessee Coal md Iron. .................. 14H Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred..... ITO Western Union -........................... s6le Southern Railway 5's...................... 6osa southern Railway, col1mon.. lOp2 Southern Railway, pre- eferred. ............- 32i2
 BONDS.
 Alabama, class A A.......-........-......-. 1Uo Aiab ma, class B. B........................... 100 AIg ma. class c. fBb
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