The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-26

summer character. the dullness having
been extreme. Only 1880 shares were
traded in. and this meager total Sugar,
which was the most active stock. figured
for 1890. St Paul came next with u.lu
shares, and Louisville and Nashville third
with $3.50. Notwithstanding the dizziness,
the tendency of prices was in the direction
OF Improvement. London bought mod
crate amounts of its favOr.tes. and this,
with slightly higher prices from abroad
and the belief that the present situation
OF the United States as affecting the out
side world had improved, assisted the
rise which took place in the general list
The greatest gains were made in the In
dustrlals- Chicago Gas advanced a point
70 6i$, on the report that the directors
intended 10 resume the payment of divi-
oends Tobacco, after an early decline
from IS 10 S2la. rose TO "a and closed at
Ne. The story in the board was that the
directors al their meeting on Wednesday
next VIII declare a dividend on the COM
mon stock. The reports of a consolidation
with the outside concerns were again
Sn0at and vigorously denied. Sugar first
teH = 10 ia, and rose to 115i40ll5. Cen
efai Electric was nrmer. and ranged be-
tween SoQS54s- The railway list was firm.
gut me variations were merely fractional
81 Paul was strengthened by the increase
IN It's earnings for the third week Of
March of nearly $4,000 Louisville and
NASHVILLE advanced within "A fraction of
% on purchases by London houses. Spec
0l&tOn closed nrm, with prices anywhere
from Is 10 = per cent. higher on the day
bonds were higher. The sales footed up
S792, 600
New York Stock Lst-CIosing Bids
STOCKS and Bonds-American Cotton Oil
los; do preferred, sic; Sugar Refinery,
1l4's; do preferred, 100; American Tobacco
SS12; do preferred. 100; Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe. AS; Baltimore and Ohio,
u; Canada Pacific, 53A; Chesapeake and
ONO, los; Chicago and Alton, $50; Chi
cage, burlington and Quincy, 74lb; Chicago
Gas 6Ils; Delaware, Lackawanna and
western, l6l; Distillers and Cattle Feed
ers, IISs Erie, IA; do preferred IS: Edison
General Electric, 35A; Illinois Central, 81;
Lake Erie and Western. ~. do pre-
ferred, IS; Lake Shore, i452t Louisville
and Nashville, 497s; Louisville and n. A,
SSi Manhattan, 1881; Memphis and
Charleston 10; Michigan Central, SO; Mis-
souri, Pacific. 227s; Mobile and Ohio. %;
s.; United States Cordage. 45s; do pre-
ferred, 3; New Jersey Central, los; New
York Central, 969s; New York and New
England, $3.50 Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, 6ls; Northern Pacific, IL; do pre-
ferred. ms; Northwestern, 1O2; do pre-
ferred. l45ia: Pacific Mail 2614: Reading,
JOS; Rock Island 692s; St. Paul, 74i4; do
preferred, 125; Silver Certificates, ssh
Tennessee Coal and Iron. PA; do do pre-
ferred. 100; Texas Pacific, rs; Union Pa
cific 6la Wabash, st. l.. and P, 6l5
do do preferred II; Western Union, SO;
Wheeling and Lake Erie, 9Ia; do do pre-
ferred, 80; Southern Railway IS, 1898.
Southern Railway common, os4 Southern
Railway preferred, 2SA.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 106 do b,
1O6; do G. 106; Louisiana Stamped As, 9S2t
North Carolina As, 103; North Carolina 6s,
12215; Tennessee, new set Is. So; Virginia
6s, preferred, 3; Virginia Trust Receipts,
6; Virginia Funding Debt, 6ll4; South Car
olina 4las, 106
Government Bonds-United States Is,
registered, 1854; United States As, cou-
pons 11012; United States IS, registered,
So; United States new As, registered, 1l65s
United States new As, coupons, 1855.