The morning news., 1897-08-07

against SLIPS, 165.15 for the same week last
year, and $139S,20s for the same week in
1895.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
nominal. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, $LS6l4 ;
sixty days, A.S5ls; ninety days $3.50;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days
| 51Si2; Swiss. sixty days, 5.1924; marks,
sixty days, 95
Domestic Exchange Banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and selling
as follows Up to $25, 10c premium; S25 to
| $50 15c premium; $50 to 500, 20c premium; ;
| $500 and upwards at par.
Securities-Market is quiet and steady.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
! 912 per cent. bonds of 1880. 1O2 bid, 10i
asked Georgia 3l2 per cent. due 1915, 102
bid 1892 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds, 1915. 115la bid. 1l6l2 asked Georgia
4 per cent. due 1926, 110l2 bid. 112 asked; ;
South Carolina 4iss, 1OS bid, 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta Z per cent 10i bid
105 asked; Augusta 4l5s, 1925, 1O3l2 bid 1914
asked Augusta Z per cent, 1l2 bid, 113
! asked; Augusta 6 per cent, Ill bid, 112
asked Columbus 5 per cent. 1884 bid, 104
| asked; Macon 6 per cent, l14is bid, 116
| asked; Macon 4l2s 1926, 1882 bid, 1Q asked !;
| Savannah per cent, quarterly October
| coupons. l0914 bid 1O934 asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly November coupons
! lO9 bid, 10 asked; Charleston As, "a bid
| 50 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
! Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
| per cent. interest coupons, 1l3 bid. IA
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
| first mortgage per cent. gold bonds
| due 1884, 1852 bid 106 asked, and interest;
| Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold 5s, "a bid, f9l askedil Central
| OF Georgia railway first mortgage 5s 90
! year gold bonds, ia bid, 1l5 asked; Cen
i fF.1 ser go.
! mortgage 5s 1872 bid, 94ia asked: Central of
! Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
! 81 bid 80 asked; Central of Georgia
! railway second preferred incomes 1924
! bid 1872 asked; Central of Georgia railway
! third nHferred incomes, bid, asked ;
| Georgia railroad 6s, 1910. 112 bid, ia asked ;
/ Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
/ lO5 bid, - asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
/ Augusta second mortgage Is, ll3 bid lis
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida, new
! 5s, 96 bid 81 asked; South Georgia and
! Florida first mortgage Is, 1921 bid, 1O3Ib
asked; South Georgia ana Florida second
mortgage Is, 102 bid. 103 asked; Ocean
! Steamship 3 per cent. bonds, 1925 1O3I5
bid, 1912 asked City and Subur-
/ ban railroad first mortgage :
per cent bonds, 80 bid, SO ask
ed Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed
| 50 bid, 80 asked; Bruins wick and Western
A.. 65 bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad
5s, - bid, 69ls asked; Southern railway
! IS, 90l5 bid, 9l15 asked; Georgia and Ala.
bama first preferred SIS, 1O21a BID, 1O3 ask
! ed, and interest: Georgia and Alabama
first consols. Is bid. 70 asked
Railroad Stocks-AugHsta ana Savau-
nah, 90 bid "a asked: Georgia
| common 165 bid 40 asked, ex-dv South
western, 92l5 bid, 93la asked; At
lanta and West Point railroad stock l0l
bid l02 asked: Atlanta and West Point g
| per cent certificates, l02 bid l03 asked; !;
Savannah Construction Company, - bid,
20 asked.
Gas Stoeks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
| 2lla bid. 22ia asked; Electric Light and
Power Company. 50 bid 60 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 10s
bid. 109 asked; Chatham Bank, A bid, 44si
asked; Germania Bank. 107 bid, l08 asked;
Merchants National Bank So bid, s7la ask
ed; National Bank Of Savannah. 14 bid,
125 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company. DSls bid l05 asked; Southern
Bank Of the State OF Georgia, 80 bid l55
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 100 bid. 1O1 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, s.
bid, 56 asked; B, 5r4 bid, 54Ia asked Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, 81 bid,
90 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Gs, l0i
bid, 102 asked Enterprine Factory Gs, lOO
bid, lOl asked; Eagie and PheniX Manu-
featuring Company, s per cent. bonds. 40
bid 42 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany Gs 1O1 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory bid, % asked; Augusta Factory.
so bid. SO asked; Granitovlle Factory l45
bid l5i asked: Langley Factory. lOi bid,
1854 asked Enterprise Factory, common,
90 bid 96 asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company l0i bid, l05 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, ~ bid. 76 asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing COMPANY - bid, IS asked.
New York Aug. G-Money on cali was
easy at i0ih per cent; the last loan was
al per cent; closed offered at per cent.
Prime mercantile PAPER, 3iaNi per cent.
Sterling exchange weak. with actual bus
mess I'm bankers bills at AS6hMi S6h. for
demand and at 1854 for sixty days. post
ed rates, S4SGG1.6 and ASs. Commercial
bills. sLSiih. Silver certificates 56d6izc.
Par silver, 56Ac, Mexican dollars, i3c. Gov
ornment bonds firm. state bonds were
dun; railroad bonds were strong.
New York. Aug G.--The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: "Amcri-
cans boomed to-day. but / use the word
moro len the sense OF New York and couti-
mental buying than any real rush Tor the
stocks here. The professional realized
largely. aud the continued advance Ia
prlces In New York with no set back makes
them nervous about reopenlnF transac-
tions. especially on the eve Of tho settle
mont To-days gains are a further ad-
vertising OF the American market which
is the topic OF conversation among nnan-
ciers here. New York exchange is watch
ed closely Were it not for the enormous
shipments OF stocks 20 Now York. gold
movements would bc looked for soon As
Il h.. American bills for delivery ten days
hence are largely offered. aud shrewd quar-
tors would not be- surprised 10 hear before
long that Sew York had engaged gold.
To-day gold IL in strong demand for AUS
"A d Al
Do that quarter may terminate soon Kaf.
nfs were good, considering Mat the sef-
Element begins on Monday The Paris and
Berlin markets were nrm
Sew York. Aug C.-The stock market
rc0ounded to-day from tho depression
manifest during the greater part OF ges-
tpfdIf. many stocks establishing new high
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