The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-19
mARKErs BIZ TELEakAPH.
NEW YoRK. April II,

NEW YORK, April II.
CoTToN-Without decided change;
sales 4.SOO bales ati29Nc for mIddling
'uplands.
FLoUR-Closed dull and 5a1Oc lower.
N-Wheat-Dull and lower for
spring; steady for winter. Rye-Nomi-
nal. Oats-Dull at 76c for western, In
store. Corn-Dul at S4aS5c for new
mixed western.
PROVIsIoNs-Pork- at $3076
for new mess, cash and regular. Beef
Dull and unchanged. Bacon-Nomi-
nal. Cut Meats-Quiet and unchanged.
Lard-Dull at 1S25alSIsc for good to
prime steam.
EGGs-Steady at 19a20c.
DRY GOODS MARKET.
Trade among the jobbing houses, as
usual on Saturday, is very quiet to-
day, and the market throughout is in
ert and depressed.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
MoNEY.-The money market was very
easy at 7 per cent. currency, and in
some cases balances left at per cent.
The discount market is also easier, and
banks show a more accommodating
spirit; prime paper 9a1O per cent. The
produce exchange was thrown into a
tit of excitement this afternoon by
report that Parker 81 Peck, elevators
frauded number of produce firms out
OF 100000 bushels OF oats, corn and
wheat, total value estimated at $3.50, 900.
Mr.. Peck has disappeared. The bank
statement Is favorable. A decrease in
loans was actually expected, but the
large increase in legal tenders took
everybody by surprise. The figures
show plainly that the banks must have
had far more currency than they ship-
ped during the week, and they also
explain fully the great change in
money from stringency to ease. The
banks held 1853 COZ in excess Of the
legal reserve. against S5,9l3,04O the pre-
ceeding week.
GoLD-Firmer; opened at 1885; clos
ed 13326a133X. Rates paid for borrow
ing .1G to q to flat.
GovRRNNIENT SToCKs-Buoyant and
higher.
al2l; do. '64, 116Ha1lGN; do. go. 1l715a
a11524, do. '6S, 1l5An1l53s; 1O.4OS, 1O6H
al061s.
SToCKs-Market opened firm though
dull; business being checked by meet
ing of the open board to consider the
subject of consolidation with the Stock
Exchange, no definite action had been
taken late in the afternoon. Under the
influence of the bank statement the
market became buoyant and active with
great excitement and perfect rush to
buy NeWS York Central, Wabash, Read
ing, st. Paul, Fort Wayne, RockIsland,
Northwestern preferred, Mariposa pre-
ferred and Pacific Mail were the chief
features at the close. Market still active
and strong.
$50 Prices: Pacific Mail 949<a95;
Western Union Telegraph 411Sa42; New
York Central 166tsa1667s; Erie 332sa34;
Hudson 14711a1471S; Reading 95Na95A;
Harlem 1392Sa139N; Terre Haute 38a39;
Wabash 73N; St: Paul794s79A; Fort
Wayne 132Aa133; Ohio & Mississippi
337Sa34H; Michigan Central 122Ma123;
Michigan Southern 99La995S; Illinois
Central 142a145; Pittsburgh 931za93S;
Lake Shore 99Ha99X; Rock Island 1885
a139sa; Northwestern S4aS4I.
EXPRESS SHAREs-Wells, Fargo d Co.
3l5sa32; American S9a99N; Adams 59H
a594; United States 60a6013; Merchants
Union 15a16.
APRIL 17.-FLoUR-The market is
generally quiet; No. 2 spring Sc 90.
N-Wheat-Sales white Canada
at 81 so. COrn-New 75a77c, on spot
and to arrive, according to quality
Oats-67c in store. Barley-$l 80 for
Canada, delivered.
PRoVIsIoNs-Pork-H
WINEs-Unchanged
SEEDs-Timothy seed is excited at
$5 %.
BEEF CATTLE-Run, including yes
terda's arrivals, 230 cars, about half the
supply for the same time last week:
The market Is buoyant and strong at
an advance; business is quite brisk and
most of the stock in the yards changed
hands. Trade is confined to the better
grades, which compose the bulk of
the stock. Sales were made at 81 25a
$50.
SHEEP-Receipts, 6,51G, market con-
tinues dull, but good prices were OBJ
tanned; sales were made at IS so to 81 SO.
HoGs-The supply is an average one,
and the market rules fair at an an ad-
vance of 1Oa11c, according to quality.
Cincinnati
APRIL 17.-FLoUR-Uncha
GRA1N-Unchanged excepting corn,
which is scarce, and there being none
in the market it could have brought
CSC.
CorroN-Dull: middlings at 27Lc.
WHIsKY-Dull at 90c.
PRov1s1oNs-Quiet but holders firm
at extreme rates. Mess Pork-At S3l 90.
Bulk Meats-At 1214a14Ac. Bacon
l3Ma163<a17Nc. Lard-Sold at 1Sc but
Is mostly held at 1SHc.
BUTTER-Dull at 35a40c.
EGds-Dull at 16a17c.
MoNEY-Market quiet.
Cleveland.
APRIL 17.-FLoUR-Irregul unset
tied and dull.
GRA1S,-Market very dull. but NOM
inally unchanged. Corn-In very good
request for local and interior trade, ,and
the market is steady at tic for shelled
from store; &C for ear on track. Oats
In good demand and firm at Csc for
No. State; Rye-Quiet and in moder-
ate request; held at 81 25a1 80, as to
quality. Barley-Dull and nominal.
OILs.-Petroleum-M is shade
frmer; but quiet; refined held at 3Oa3lc
for standard white, with an advance OF
&c for retail lots.
st. Louis.
APRl1 17.-FLoUR-Dull and un.
changed.
GRAIN Wheat Weak for low
grades. Corn-UnchRnRed at 64a66c.
OAts-Quiet at 61a64c. Rye-Better at
81 25a1 %. Ba arley-Unchanged.
WHIsKY-Unchange at S7aSSc.
PRoVIsIoNs-Pork-H at $5la3! %.
Bacon-Shoulders 1870; clear sides
16Na17c. Lard-Nominal at 171<al771c'
,. Milwaukee. -t--
APRIL G17-FLoUR-Dull and nomi.