The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

g bid, 100 asked; Southern Bank Of the
state OF Georgia, ls3 bid. l65 asked: Savan-
asked; Chatham Real Estate and improve
menL Company. y bid s. asked, Sa-
sannah Construction Company, e bid.
~ asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany. 7s bid 90 asked
London, Feb. &--Bar silver was quoted
New York. Feb. 23-AIoney on call was
az ] per cent; prime mercantile paper. "a
So Per cent; sterling exchange. firm. with
actual business in bankers bills at S4s6s.
1AH for sixty days, and sLssl2 for de-
mand; posted rates. SLS7lafiLs9; CONNER
cial bills. S4-ssi2 Q4S5as- Government
bonds, firm; state bonds, dull; railroad
bonds, lower. Silver al the board was 6Jlsc
bid.
New York. Feb. a.-The treasury bal
currency. s5f58.000
New York, Feb. 8.-The weekly state
ment OF the associated banks shows the
following changes
Reserve decrease .................. s. $50 40
loans decrease OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES t55.s.Y
Legal tenders. Increase .....-...--- Z.576.ia0
Deposits. decrease .--..-....-......- E, 674 SO
/ Circulation, increase ..-..........- 81. so
The banks now hold IS sz2.7-5 in excess
OF the requirements Of the p per cent.
rule.
New York Feb. %. noon.-Icrie. s.
Northwestern, Sis,; 10 preferred. 1888: Lake
Shore, 1861, Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, llia; Western Union. S75s: Southern
Railway, common, g5s; Southern Railway,
prefer lt-fis AltEAl tnil Asa4Ll-
more and ohio. -; Canada Southern, 4sia;
ST. Paul. 55ie; Rock Island. 62is; Delaware
and hudson, l2i; Delaware, LaekaWanaa
and Western, 15s; Manhattan. 10SiA: Michi-
gan Central "a. New York Central 80.
New York. Feb. 23.-Busi1ess at the
stock exchange was quiet and the course
OF prices Irregular; distilling was the
feature OF the dealings and rose 10 H.
the highest figures for long time past.
The improvement was the result
OF The decision OF the dis
L ilLIfEI 10 advance the price
Of spirits. This. and the favorable report
filed by the experts with Judge Grosscup,
which shows the properly to he solvent.
has started the bears into covering. Near
the close there was q reaction to l1as.
Tobacco was less prominent IA the deal
lngs. and after declining 20 1861, rallied
10 N;eUS1 At the decline brokers cred
Tied with acting for outsiders We're free
buyers. Sugar and lead were lower,
while the Cordage stocks were IN demand
at higher range. CouaGe common
rose 7ls TO IS. preferred, rs TO Sie, and
/ the guaranteed let 10 l1ls. Jersey Cen
I tral was inclined 10 weakness and
dropped 10 so. Manhattan first advanced
TO l09. aud then returned TO 10SHiOS5s. The
Changers Trunk lines. Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson. Heading and the
Nanderbilts We're absolutely featureless.
Not a sale of Rock Island was reported
at the board. The indispositon to trade
was due 10 q desire on the part of opera
tors TO await the bond allotment Moth
ing o6heial was given out regarding the
award. but il is understood that small in
vcston win be given the preferences.
Speculation closed came ana irregular.
I The sales were 1874 shares. Net changes
show declines of IL TO q per cent, To-
bacco leading. Distilling gained 4 Man
haitian "a. Long Island rs, and the Cor
1ase stocks - TO ia per cent. Sales OF
listed stocks 5000; unlisted, 1909 The
New York Stock I.ist-Closng Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
cry g2ls do preferred, 90; American TO
hacco. S6's, do preferred. 104: AtchisOn r
and ;. r. /; Baltimore and Ohio, 62:
Canada Pacific 1850; Chesapeake and
. Ohio, 1853; Chicago and Alton, 145; Chica-
30, burlington and Quincy. 70as: Chicago
+ Gas, 1914; Delaware, Lackawanna and
do preferred. lG; Edison General Electric.
29i4. Illinois Central, S5i4; Lake Erie and
Western, l5i2; DO preferred. 70is; Lake
Shore, l35A: Louisville and Nashville,
52l4; Louisville and n. ~, 6is; Manhat-
tan, lOS'-; Memphis and Charleston, 10;
Michigan, Central, -; Missouri Pacific,
and ST. L., "a; United States Ccrdage,
558; DO preferred. SIS; New Jersey Cen
! tral, S2st; New York Central. 30. n Y.
and y. p, 3lg; Norfolk and Western pre-
/ fcrred, llh; Northern Pacific. rs; do pre-
terred, l3@s' Northwestern, 9Oss; do pre-
ferred. lSS; Pacific Mail. 229s; Reading.
9ti; Rock Island, 62is; ST. Paul 55l5: do
preferred. ll7a; Silver Certificates. G0is :
Z Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1ias: do do pre-
ferred, 40 asked; Texas Pacific, S5s; Union
/ Pacific, go wabash, 81: l.. and T., 81. ];
/ do do preferred, 1875; Western Union,
S75s; Wheeling and l.. T., s7s do do pre-
1 ferred. 80: Southern Railway IS $685. {:
Southern Railway common. g5s; Southern
halfway preferred, 3li4; South Carolina
J 4iss 103
State Bonds-Alabama A. 105; do 3, los;
/ do G., % bid; Louisiana stamped Is 100;
7 North Carolina Is, 81; North Carolina is,
ia; tennessee, new SCI, IS. sp4; Virginia
I 6s preferred, -; Virginia Trust Receipts,
4 90; Virginia Funding Debt, 563s.
Government Bonds-United states IS,
/ registered, ma; United States Is. cou-
pons, 112l2; United States Is. registered.