The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
STOCKS.

N~AiA C~AAt -
road bonds strong; government pohuS
strong.
STOCKS.
Atchison......... l27sTw. & l.. B.
Ches q Ohio. 22la Adams Ex.. LID
Chic. x Alton....l62 American TX ..li5
Chic. Il. x o.. 9S United States :. 40
Del. & Hudson. 10sS4 Wells Far. liz
Del. a. l.. W.....l5li. Am. Cot. OIL. ia
Fort Wayne......17o Am Cot on, pre- IS
Illinois Central. .l03 Am. TOBACCO NY
i. & N.......... 5-3l lam. Tobac. pre.ll2
Manhattan L.. l07@s Peoples Gas ...@
Mobile * Ohio. ~ Con. Cas-. I'M
y. j. Central. sis Gen. Electric ...SS
Pjtt 81 wgn.rai Nat. Lin. OIL. isa4
Reading.......... 2I Pacific Mail go. 30i4
Southern Ry..... ga Pullman Pal ...l.2ta
South Ry.. pre-. 33is Silver Ger. -. 5sk
Texas q Pacific. ia Sugar. ...,...l4lts
L. II. D.. & Co.. TAT. G. 4 Iron. 2Ha
Wabash, pre-. 1Sl4 West. Union 80. ~
BONDS.
L. s. n. As reg. 1895 l.. & y. Tn As. s.i1
L. S. y. As cou..l29as Missouri 6s ...'iW
L. s. As reg......ll224 y. J. Cen. 6's...ll2k
L. 5. As cou.....lliA y. Caro-. 6s.....l26
L. S. 2s.......... - n. Caro-. 4s....i03
Y. s. SIS reg...."lI4h Pa. SIS. Of -; .losf%
L. S. 5S cou.....1li9s :. caro-. nol-Iu. q
Ala. Class A.....los South. Ry... -. 9i1s
Ala. Glass BID Tenn y set 3's.. 9lA
Ala. Glass C.....10 IUnian Pa. Is. .lo2A
Ala. Currency...loo va. Cen. 800. 6sa
Lid y Goli 4 '.' iNo. N>AN''SN ''
COTTON.
Liverpool. December u.-l2:So y. NJ
Cotton-Spot quiet; prices unchanged;
American middling 3 3-1Gd. sales 1850:
receipts 1900; American 10, 400. Futures
opened quiet; demand moderate.
American middling. low middling clause:
December 3 9-6id; January 3 s-6id: March
and April 3 Sid; April and Nav 3 l0-6+d:
May and June 3 12-6+d; June and July
3 13-s4d; July and August 3 1i-6id; Au-
gust and September 3 15-6id.
New York, December 11.-Cotton quiet:
middling SIC: net receipts ssl: gross re-
ceipts 1888; forwarded 4,il5; sales none;
stock 96,6i9.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 57,2sS: exports TO Great Britain
700: to the continent 22,91l; stock l,~l,-
$50.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
4.509. 513: exports 10 Great Britain l,43l,-
6S3: TO France 4l0,369; to the continent
Futures closed steady sales %. 100 bales:
January $40: February 5.13: March 5.TI:
April $50: May 5.s7: June 5.9l: July 5.gs:
August 600: September 800; October COZ:
December $50.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up
lands SIC; middling gulf csc; sales none.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at 8 7-l6c; net re-
Norfolk-Steady at size; net receipts
4.144.
Baltimore-Nominal at 57sc; gross re-
ceipts COO.
Boston-Quiet at SIC: net receipts
], 16O: gross receipts 4.470.
Wilmington-Steady at SIC; net re-
ceipts 1893.
Philadelpha-Quiet at Gsc; net receipts
SO.
Savannah-Quiet at 5 3-1sc; net re-
ceipts 12.902.
New Orleans-Steady at SIC: net re-
ceipts l5,cos; gross Is1.pts 1888.
Mobile--EaSy aaL ice; net receipts
80 ~
| Memphis-Steady at SIC; net receipts
!; 3,714: gross receipts 4,431.
Augusta-Steady at ) 7-1Gc; net receipts
1,543; gross receipts 1,535.
Charleston-Quiet at 6 3-l6c; net TO
ceipts 5.3e.
Csncinnau-Quiet at SIG; net receipts
: 1,37.
Louisville-Steady at 5 5-iSc.
St. ~Louis-Steady at 5 5-l6c: net receipts
: $50: gross receipts 4.52s.
( Houston-Steady at 5 7-1sc: net receipts
1851.
: GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, December 1.-THE leading fu.
: lures were as follows:
n Open. High. Low. Clos