The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-24

s5.1e9s; Swiss sixty days. s5.l7; marks six
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at
Is per cent. discount and selling at par
to- Is per cent; premium. .,.
Securities-The market is steady, and
but light demand all round.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
49, per cent. bonds. of 1890. 10li5 bid, l02lz
asked; Georgia 31z per cents, due 1915,
1917 bid. 102A asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
bonds, 1915. 1l4la bid, 1854 asked; Georgia
Smiths, maturity 1886. l02 bid, lO4 asked;
South Carolina AIS 107 bid. l0Sl2 asked,
City Bonds-Atlanta Z per cent, Jos bid,
- asked; Augusta per cent, ll2 bid, ia
asked; Augusta per cent. l09 bid, no
asked Columbus 5 per cent, l0li5 bid.
l021s asked; Macon per cent, ll4la bid,
116 asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
october coupons, l071s bid; asked; Sa-
Nannah per cent, quarterly November
coupons, 1914 bid, asked; Charleston
Is, - bid, IS asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, ll5l2 bid -
asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
Central consolidated mortgage per cent
coupons, January and July maturity, 1893,
125 bid asked; Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold IS. 81
bid, - asked Georgia railroad 6s, 1870 Ill
bid, asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage, 10 bid, ll6
asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first
mortgage indorsed 6 per cent, 1851 bid
ITO asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
first mortgage per cent. trust receipts,
105 bid 106 asked; Savannah and Atlantic
S. indorsed, 30 bid. - asked; South Geor-
gia and Florida second mortgage, lO6 bid,
- asked; Savannah and western os, trust
certificates, indorsed by Central railroad,
6l12 bid, 621a asked; Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery 6s, 81 bid, 50 asked;
50 bid, So asked; Columbus and Rome first
Endorsed 6s, 80 bid. IS asked; Columbus ana
Western per cent. first guaranteed, 112
bid, lis asked; Augusta and Knoxville
railroad per cent. first mortgage bonds,
l05 bid, - asked; City and Suburban rail
bid, 81 asked, Electric Railway bonds, 20
bid, 25 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent, So bid, 80 asked Brunswick and
road wa9a'5 s.. Is bid. '''' t' N''
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah 2 per cent. guaranteed, e bid. 81
asked; Central common, - bid, 14lz asked;
Georgia common, l67 bid 169 asked; South
western per cent guaranteed, S6ls bid,
S7lh asked; Central per cent. certificates,
railroad stock, 97l5 bid, 9S asked; Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates. ss
Gas Stocks-savannah Gaslight stock,
20 bid, 2O1s asked: Electric Light and Pow
er Company. 81 bid, 60 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-yCitizens Bank, 1852
bid, 1861 asked; Chatham Bank. 4Sls bid,
1914 asked; Germania Bank, los bid, JOG
asked Merchants National Bank, 1919
bid, 1927 asked, National BANK OF SdNan-
nah, Isl bid, 1s2 asked; Oglethorpe Saw
ings and Trust Company, l0l bid, l02
asked Southern Bank Of the State of
Georgia, 164 bid, 166 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. 105 bid, lO7
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, A, 50 bid, o3ls asked; b,
81 bid, 51J5 asked; Savannah Construction
Company. rs bid, asked; Title Guaran-
tee and Loan Company, 50 bid. = asked.
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, 6s,
101 bid, 1O3 asked; Sibley Factory, 6s, 10l
bid. 1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory IS. 1929
bid, 103IA asked Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds, 81
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, Go bid rs asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, 2O1a asked; Au-
gusta Factory % bid 76 asked; Granite
Factory, 104 bid, 105 asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 80 bid, SO asked; j. p.
1O3 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
"a bid, 76 asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, "a bid. 94iA asked.
New York, Aug 2.-Money on call was
easy at 1 per cent, the last loan was at
per cent, and at the closing was offered
at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 4a4sz per cent.
Sterling exchange barely steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at $4.SSA
q4S9A for sixty days, and s4-S94@49o for
Posted rates. "a. S9lkeD4. 9Ols.
Commercial bills. A.^.S81s.
bonds were dull: railroad bonds were firm.
Silver at the Board was easier.
New York, Aug. 3.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, sOS9S, $50;
New York. Aug; %, Noon.-Erie, s,s;
orshwestern, 10S12; do, preferred. las;
do preferred. 1874; Western Union, 1891,
Southern Railway common, 1872; South
ern Railway preferred, Al; American Su-
gar, 1099s Baltimore and Ohio, 64Is; Cana
da Southern, 561l st. Paul Tx; Rock Isl
and, &SS; Delaware and Hudson, 1871; Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western, 1e21s;
Manhattan, 114A; Michigan Central, 1011z;
New York Central, 102
New York, Aug. 23.-The stock specula-
tireiy professional The sales were only
1926 shares, against 26S694 yesterday.
In to-days total Sugar figured for &c 800
shares; Tobacco for 1900, and Burlington
seen that the dealings in the Industrials
dwindled to small proportions. The in
terest in these stocks Is on the wane
and even the room traders have about
come to the conclusion that the st. Louis
combina ton against the Tobacco trust is
the holders Of Tobacco stock believe
Sugar first fell IA to 1O8zs, and then rose
to 100 Q llO Tobacco declined to 95iz. and
later, on covering of shorts, advanced to
$50. Chicago Gas Jagged until near the
close, when in some power the rise IN To-
bacco an advance to 81 followed. Lead,
Cotton OIL and General Electric were duh.
Leather preferred advanced % S. and
later receded TO Saiz. IN the railway list
the Changers held toierably firm. London
turned up as buyer In a moderate way
Of st. Paul and other Of its favorites
The variations in other prominent issues
were irregular and call for no special
mention. New England, however. rose
~ TO 61#. and closed at COZ bid. Lake
Erie and Western preferred continues In
demand and a further covering Of short
contracts advanced the price 10 82nfi
Tomorrow consignments Of gold for Eu-
rope consist Of $4,000 taken from the 10
cal sub-freasury. and fl65g0 bullion OBJ
tanned from western shelters. q was an
uounccd from Boston that the sum Of