The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-23
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

New York, November 22.-MoNEf-
Closed easy at 2@st 4 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 43@s per cent. the
Assistant Treasurer disbursed Sl2O,OOO.
Customs receipts S25l,OO Clearings
s25.OOO,OOO Sterling dnll ut 4sl t(94o4t.
GoLD-Opened and closed a. lost'
with sales in the interim ut lOss. Gar
ryipg rates 2, 8, %, IL and per cent,
and borrowing rates fat to 2 per cent.
GovERNMENTs--Duil and steady.
United states Us OF 1881, cuupons......-..iiIA
FIve-twenties, 1859
Eive-twenties, Qso9l
Eye-twsnte, (iso') y
Eive-twenties, lS6e) LA
New ...."''''H
New Eour-and-one-halfs- ia
Ten -fortles
Ten Forty CouponS.......... ...-.'"iifZs
Currency SlxeS-....--... i-e|s
RAILROAD BoNDs-ln railroad bonds
there was further Improvement In
prices. This afternoon, Onio and Mis-
sissippi seconds sold up to 46i, Michigan
Central from IS to l02, ONO and Mis-
slssippi consolidated to 81, and New Jer-
sew convertible to 81. Milwaukee and
st. Paul consolidated sinking funds were
steady at So, and 95t for Chicago and
North western consolidated gold coupons
Sales Of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Fights were maze at llo1 400.
STATE BoNDs-Quiet; Nominal prices.
STUCKs.-SpecuaIi0n on the STOCK
exchange at the opening to-day was sig
nslized by a regular stampede on the
part OF The bulls OF yesterday. The cause
for the change of front was the Genial
of the rumor current last evening that the
r.llroad war was about To be settled. Inc
d sclOsure in prices, which followed the
rIsh TO sell, ranged from / TO J per cent,
although later there WAS Il partial recov-
a.y from the lowest point, but the market
cpnLiaurd rather weak ana unsettled.
Coal stocks ere untavorabiy affected o.
the D.Iay., =, Lackawana and western
coal sale This morning, which showed
A decline on the October ssles otihe same
mpany OF from Ut to 623 cents per ton
Delaware. Lsck4wanna and western &C.
G ined to CIT. New jersey Central Hue
rIated between 32i and 324l and closed
\. 324. Lake Shore, By far the must &c.
tive stock, declined from 50l TO 81, and
CLOSED u! recovery o! ! per cent
Michigan Central receded from 44t to
42y, with closing transactions at re-
covery of per cent. Granger shares
were only comparatively steauy, as was
Western Union, while New York Cen
trail declined to l02l. The Chicago,
Kock Island and Pacific Railroad Com
p4ny to-day decided TO pay quarterly,
is,tesd OF a semi-aunusl dividend. The
first quarterly dividend will be payable
February l, 1877. The prompt arrest
of the TWO men who attempted yes
rerday to put upon the market
i've counterfeits OF the Milwaukee, ard
It. Paul prairie du Chem division)
bonds has apparently allayed any snx-
i.ty that may have existed regarding
me presence N Wall street OF these
forged issues. The genuine bonds OF the
Issue mentioned are but seldom seen at
the Stock Exchange, they having been
issued ab,u tnIrteon years ago The
rcunteri.i, b, not considered dangerous,
.Ia forged signatures having been poorly
done. The lransactions to-day aggre-
q. ed 1850 shares, OF which $4,000
W re- Ere, b A - Lake Shore, 5000
n rthwes,ern, $500 Pacific Mail, 1900
St. Paul, 1890 Delaware, LsckaWsnna
aid Western, = 800 New jersey Centrs,
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