The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-19

head, 545ise; small lots, lsqi4c higher.
Upland, l5ae5c per bushel; tide water
43cG$l.29.
FINANCIAL.
Savannah. Feb 1S-Morey is i'm fair de-
mand; call loans, S per cent
Domestic EXchange-The tone of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at
par and selling a a per cent. premium
from 500 TO $1,000; for larger amounts,
Sl.50 per $1,000.
Foreign Exchange-Market steady.
The following are net Savannah Quota
tons; Commercial. demand, s3.STt; sixty
I days, 4.S0ss ninety days. SAs6it: conti-
PHf 51i i steady y fFTanI ne; Paris and
days. S5.sois; marks. sixty days. "a l5-16.
ul{ies-Market is quiet; nothing
state Bonds-Georgia, an per cent. 1915,
l14iz hid. 115la asked. Georgia Z per cent.
1895, 1914 bid. 1UJta asked: Georgia 81. per
cent. long dates. l0l bid, 102 asked.
City BOnds-NeW Savannah per cent
I ApTil coupons, 1882 bid. 1Oola asked; new
[ savannah 5 per cent. May coupons, 1852
I bid, lAlz asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
ranking Company collateral, gold S. 81
I bla, 81 asked; Central consolidated mort
/ sage per cent coupons, january and
/ july maturity. l20 bid asked; Sa-
1 vannak and Western railroad per cent
4 trust certificates, 90 bid. % asked: Sa-
vannah, Americas and Montgomery per
/ cent, ~ bid. % asked; Georgia railroad
I e per cent, 1919, 109 bid, 10 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida. first MORTGAGE
! per cent. 81 bid, So asked. MONTGOMERY
and Eufaula FIRST mortgage 6 per cent.
4 lndorsed by Central railroad l02 bid i03
/ asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gae per cent. 100 bid IJ2 asked.
/ ocean Steamship . per cent, due 1872, 5Iia
bid, 98la asked; Columbus and Rome first
/ mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central rail
road, bid, IS asked: Columbus and
/ Western 6 per cent. guaranteed lO7 bid
! 10 asked; City ana Suburban railway first
/ mortgage Z per cent, bid, s. asked;
0 &lF rqsah "a 9 r
/ dorsed' - bid. - asked; Electric railway
/ first mortgage 6s, bid. asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage per
4 cent, l0s bid. 10 asked; South Georgia and
/ Florida second mortgage, los bid. 1903 asked;
/ Alabama Midland $50 bid, 81 asked
/ Brunswick and Western As, guaranteed, q
asked.
/ Railroad Stocks-CentraI common. 49,
] bid, 151a asked; Augusta and Savannah 7
/ per cent, guaranteed, 20 bid. 81 asked !:
] Georgia, common, 1856 bid, 1883 asked; South
I western per cent, guaranteed, including
/ order for div. 6S bid, 90 asked; Central
/ per cent certificates, with order for de
1 faulted interest, - bid 10 asked: Atlanta
| and West Point railroad stock, 81 bid SIS
asked Atlanta and West Point t per
/ cent. certificates, 80 bid, 80 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citzens Bank,
l9l bid l92 asked; Chatham Bank,
l02 bid, 10S asked; Merchants National
Bank, 80 bid. 1902 asked; National Bank
of Savannah, 13O bid, 49, asked
Oslethorpe Savings and Trust Company
So bid 100 asked: Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia, 163 bid, 1G5 asked; Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, 105 bid. lO6
/ asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, 50 bid. 50 asked Sa-
vannah Construction Company, 70 bid
70 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany. IS bid. so asked.
I London, Feb. 1S.-Bar silver was quoted
to-day at q 7-l6d.
New York Feb. 1S-Money on call has
been at IL per cent; the last loan was at
il. per cent, ana at the closing was offered
al ~ per cent. Prime mercantile paper
Sl244 per cent Bar silver $3.50. Mexican
dollars, 4Sc. Sterling exchange is firm
with actual business in bankers bills at
S4.S7@4.S74 for go days and $i.SSha4S8l4
I demand Posted rates. %.STa G4.S9. Com
mercial bills, Sassy @4.s634. Government
bonds firm; state bonds duh, railroad
bonds higher. Silver at the board $3.50
New York. Feb. 1S.-Treasury balances:
Coin, 81, 9S9, GOO; currency. $6574,C00
Ne New York, Feb Is, Noon-Edrie, "a;
Shore, 1862; Norfolk and Western pre-
I ferred, l2s4; Western Union. S7a; South
/ ern Railway common, 10i<; Southern Rail-
/ Baltimore and Ohio 81; Canada Southern,
| 48; St. Paul. So; Rock Island, 6l5s: Deia4-
/ ware and Hudson, rs; Delaware, Lacka-
/ wanna and Western, 156; Manhattan, 1863
/ Michigan Central, 50; New York Central,
New York. Feb. 1S.-Speculation at the
! stock exchange was quiet to-day, only
130,60S shares changing hands. The
market was erratic in its course and did
z
/ close when, if anything, it was firm on
/ covering of shorts. Probably the real
! fea ture of the day was the heaViness
I and selling of the Anthracite Coal stock
Jersey Central broke from s3as TO &l2.
I Lackawanna from 1855 TO 1861 Delaware
and Hudson from 127lc to rs, and Read
ing from 97s to 9l2 Jersey Central. which
is heavily oVersod, rallied to S6I5Gt863s
at the close. Lackawanna recovered to
15Sd157js, and Delaware and Hudson to
125la The depression is due to the IN
favorable reports of the leading Anthra-
cite Coalers for 1891 and delay in fixing
I up the percentages OF output which gives
I the bears chance to circulate all sorts
/ Of unfavorable rumOrs. Erie was weak
I ened on the talk of foreclosure and heavy
I common fell Ia to So and the preferred
% to l7&4 In the last hour Chicago Gas
( ran off rs 10 123s under sales 10y brokers,
who had been purchasers during the
. morning session. St. Paul and the other
. Changers were q shade weaker at the
/ opening on the poor statement of the
| former for the second week Of Feb. .
1 London opera lions were Insignificant, the
foreigners first selling, Louisville and
/ Nashville, St. Paul and Erie, and then
/ turning buyer of the latter. Dlstillers was
/ tirmer on the progress making looking
/ toward the reorganization of the proper
~ and belief that the representatives Of
I outside distilleries at their meeting in
/ Chicago Wednesday will advance the price
Of spirits. Sugar was strong on manip-
/ uiation and Tobacco weak for the same
/ reason BAY State Gas dropped from 49, :
to l6la017 on Boston selling IN the last
| hour the market was firm and especially
for the Changers. Sugar, Cordage, Louis
Vile and Nashville and General Electric
ana Lead. The general market closed
/ firm. Net changes show advances
OF 1s0h per cent. Erie lost
preferred, ~. Tobacco z; Ne a,gy
{ Delaware and Hudson. is per cent. There
was very little business transacted in
gold to-day, but the commission Is still
/ Quoted at 1A6ss per cent. The govern
/ ment option with the treasury syndicate
to sell a gold bond per cent IL place
. of the fours, expired to-day and the
1 syndicate will come out with its prcspec-
I tus Offering the new bonds to the public
+ tomorrow. 4 simultaneous issue win be
made abroad. The bcnd market was
/ higher. The sales to-day Of listed stocks
aggregated 10000 and Of unlisted etocks
| p. 900 shares.