The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-31

FLoUR-Closed firm and quiet for all
kinds.
GRA1N-Wheat-Quiet for all kinds
with heavy market for spring. Rye
Steady at 81 40 for western. Oats
Firm and quiet and zoe offered and 751Sc
asked in store, Confirm at SSa9Oc
for new mixed western; 92a93c do In
store and atloat.
PRoVIsIoNs-Pork- and steady
at $3l 3715a3l so for new mess cash and
regular; $3l rs seller May. Beef-Duu
and unchanged. Cut Meats and Bacon
Quiet and steady.
LARD-Qulet at 1911a1974c for prime
steam.
Edas-Flrm at 25a29c.
DRY GOODS.
In cotton goods there was fair busi-
ness doing in seasonable styles at gen.
orally uniform prices, but the market
Is nevertheless lacking in buoyancy,
and some concession is being made on
various brands from day to day. The
most noticeable changes to-day are
Rosedale g brown cottons sell at
SIC; Portsmouth A Is do at 10c; Cabot
A bleached at 16c; do AZ inch do at
100; Linwood book fold bleached at 19c,
and Swift river ticking at 17c. Prints
steady at 111c for Amoskeag; 12c for
Aliens and Richmonds, and l211c for
Pacific and Sprsgues. Delaines, de-.
pressed and selling at 1Sa2Oc, as to style
Printed alpacas in good request at Csc
for American, and 32a35c for Imported.
Heavy sheetlngs steady at 154a16Hc
for Southern and Eastern makes.
Woolen goods in good supply, especial
ly light fancy styles, which can only
be moved at low rates.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
MoNEY-The strIngency has been
N~TV Inn 10 IN n
any previous day since the pressure set
in. Rates were no higher than yester-
day, but money was more difficult of
access, and most firms on the street
were compelled to pay the highest rates
in order to make up bank accounts.
The outflow of currency continues.
bankers were heavy borrowers
and paid per cent. gold to have gold
bonds carried over till tomorrow as
general thing. but in a number OF cases
a commission of 1872 and 1-16 was paid,
either in gold or in addition to legal
rate in currency. Among stock bro
kefs per cent. gold was about the low
est quotation. A large business was
done at Z per cent. currency, with COM
missions added of 1872 to Is per cent.
A few loans were made at per cent.
and legal rate, but such instances are
to houses which never accept
more than currency interest. The break
in exchange and the great difficulty ex.
perienced in selling bills, adds new
class of borrowers, and the market for
the time being increases in stringency.
paper is offered freely at
great shaves, but there Is very little
doing.
STERLISG-Dull; prime bankers lO7A
alOS: sight bills 1OSLalOSH; quotations
nominal at the close. There is consid-
cradle talk of importing. gold from Eu-
rope, and already n million OF gold Is
on the way.
GoLD-During the morning was firm;
prices opened at 13l%; the rates paid
for borrowing were 3, l, 213, 1.Gi, and q
per cent TO flat, and for carrying, 2, 4,
6, I and per cent. Gold closed steady
at 13lHal3l3s.
GoVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY; but not
the money pressure,
prices have not yielded, and at the
close 62s, 67s and new Cos show an I'M
provement of Is per cent, as yester-
day there was a disposition to make
lower quotations.; but actual sellers are
hard to find, and there is some invest.
ment buying, and considerable pur'
Chases to cover shorts; Coupons 'Sl,
'62, 11814; ,64, 1l3Aall4; 10,
new, 1l2sa113; ~, 1l21sall3;
'GS, 1l23sa113; 1O-4Os, 1O5alooA-
SToCKs-The market during the fore
noon advanced Ha1 per cent, with the
principal activity in New York Gem
tral, Pacific Mail, Northwestern, Rock
Island and Fort Wayne. The first
named ranged between 1897 and 1907,
and Pacific Mail between S915 and 9OA,
while Rock Island rose from 1907 to
1929, Miscellaneous and Express
shares are dull and steady. The mar
noon, with Rock Island as the most
feature, it touching 134H;
while the general list was all higher at
a full advance. 1t was not maintained TO
the close however, and the market left
off dull and heavy.
$50 Prices: Western Union Telegraph
371Sa38: New York Central 159Aa1591s;
Erie 34Ka34N: Hudson I3S5Sal39; Har-
lem I34a134H; preferred 137; Reading
9lXa9lL; Terre Haute 35Ha36; Wa
bash 81; st. Paul 7OHa7OIs; Fort Wayne
l24Lal24X; Ohio d Mississippi 32Lsa
32L; Michigan Central 1l7Aa119; Mich.
igan Southern 95Aa96; ILLINOIS Centrat
IS8a14O; Pittsburgh S9aS91s; Toledo
lO63<alO6X; Rock Island 1888 a133A;
Northwestern SS5sasSA; Lake snore
1869.
EXPRESS SHAREs-Wells, Fargo ~
Co. 3O36 6a3O3<; American 41a4lM Adams;
United States 57a57N; Mer-
chants Union 15Ma16t
Cincinnati.
MARCH 3O.-FLoUR and GRAIN un-
changed and quiet.
CoTToN-Firmer; middlings at 27Hc.
WH1sKY--Unchanged and dull at
9lc.
PRoy1s1oNs-Quiet and not much de-
maud, Mess Pork-At $3l 50a32 90.
Bulk Meats-Dull; holders asking 1214a
141<c; but concessions of nc would be
made in order to effect sales. Bacon
Dull and prices nominal. Lard-Nom-
inally unchanged; held at 1SXc.
BUTTER-Unchanged.
EGGs-19c.
GRoCERIES-Sugar and Molasses-
Unchanged and quiet.
CATTLE-Beef Cattle-Dull and prices
dropping but not quotably lower.
HoGs-Dull at 75c lower; whole range
at IS 50al0 so.
GoLD-13l buying.
- AEXCHAEGE-Firm at par to SOC buy
ing; lilo premium selling.
MoNEY-Market easy at 5alO per cent
chicago.
MARCH 3O-FLoUR-More active and
firmer at Sa6 371z tor spring extras.
N.-Wheat-No. l quiet at 81 l6N
al 20; No. firm, in fair demand and g
a Lc higher; sales at 81 l2Nal 10 for reg
ular aud fresh receipts, closing at 81 12M
al 1879 for regular; sales since Change
at 81 l2N. Corn-More active and IA
&c higher; sales new At o4Aoo24c. anu
no grade at 5311a54c; closing at 54Ha
43Ic for new; sales this afternoon at
sac. Oats-In good demand and IA
lc higher; sales at 53a54Hc, closing at
5Sa53Ic. Rye-Steady, firm and quiet
at 81 10 for regular; 81 2OHa1 81 for
fresh receipts of No. l; 81 l9 for fresh
receipts of No, 2; closing steady at 81 81
for No. Q. Barley-Dull at 81 65al 20
HoGs-Live-Active, steady, firm and
lOal5c higher at 80 5Oa9 10 for common;
60 S5a1n Il for fair 10 nadinm and