The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-25
BUYING AND SELLING.
MARKETS TELEGRAPH
Gold Closed at IOOH-GOVeTnments
steady bur WeAk-EIour Firm
and Unchanged 49, wheat
StrOng-Hogs Steady
and I'm Good
Demand.
FINANCE.

NEw YORK, April 2i.-MOney-
Easy ~ 4@6 per cent closing A. per
cent. Prime mercantile paper st 5@6!
per cent. Customs receipts S2jS,OOO The
Assistant Treasurer disbursod $4,000.
Clesrings Sl3OOOOOO. Sterling quiet;
long 466!; short 4S9.
GoLD-Weaker, opened st loos and
closed st 1909. Carrying rates 3!@l per
cent. Borrowin. rates per ceLt.
SILvER-At London 54i; here silver
bsrs llS3, greenbscks; list, gold; SILVER
coin 49If per cent discount.
GsYERNMENTs-GenerSlly steady, but
weak for some issues
United states os OF 1871. cCupous.........-lu7}. .
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ElYe-tWeniles, (lohIl
ElVe=twenues (looel
New ElVes ..........l
New FOur-and-onehalts.. !y6.
NeW w
Zen tNles. =
Ten-FOTty COupOns......,.. .................li't.
currency SlIe-.......- ....................-l4> q,
RAILROAD BoEDs-FIrm.
STATE BONDS Quiet.
STOCKS-There WAS some excitement
in the Stock Exchange today, and due
tuatiOns were unusually wide and tro-
quent At the opening the marke. was
rather weak, but almost Immediately
gained strength, and prices advanced
20 IL per cent, ta' latter
Northwestern common. Toward midday
the market became urm again, 'r.I llrre
was sudden pressure ,u j under
which prices gave way from 10 8 per
cent. This movement phrIauA worry
much OF the character OF i rail, a. . " IS
a general surprise to the street. H. the
decline Lake Shore, Northwestern aui
ST Paul were the mot Cousplcg 10, and
these stocks were sold with q es, free um;
in fact, they were jamm,d down without
much regard 10 prices. In the final
dealings the market W., uual ant, arl
the highest prices Of the day were gouer-
ally made Business 90, the clos, wEs
characterized bY great excitement, esp,-
cisl Y in Lake Shore, Northwestern, -.
Paul, Michigan CeulG4' Erie and West-
ern Union. The scramble 10 buy stocks
was even greater than tie wish ID sell
earlier in the day. The ,a-iy decline shook
large numbers e weak holder, GIt lra.e
short interest such as has not bced 10
the market for a long time. The earn
ings of the Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail-
road for the third week in Aprii show an
increase of S65, ,335 over last year The
Rock Island and Northwestern also
shows a large increase but the otIgIsi
figures have not yet been gwen. The
steamship WielaEd, sailing tomorrow
for Europe, takes out $GJU,OOO IN gold
coin. and S2j0,0O0 in addition is likely 10
go forward by the same steamer. The
100000 is to pay for like amount
of silver bullion imported. The
annual report of the Michigan
Central Railroad Company shows
the gross earnings for the seven months
ending December 3lst 10 be $3,9O3 5l3,
an increase over the corresponding pc
riod last year of $Sl.3lG; operating oN-
penses and interest, 81 .5gl, $50; net earn
ings for the seven months, $279.OOO more
than for the same time last year. During
the seven months three thousand tons
Of steel rails were laid Thirty thousand
shares OF Michigan Central stock were
registered IN the name of VIM. II. Van
derbit yesterday. The transactions az
gregated Z73 600 shares, Of which 10000
were Erie, $4,000 Lake Shore, $1,000
Northwestern common, lG 600 preferred,
$1,000 Rock Island, 27,OOO 81. Paul com.
mon, 1000 preferred, 1000 OhIOs, I 600
Wabash, $1,000 Delaware, Lsckswauus
and Western, 10000 New jersey Cen.
tral, 5000 Michigan Central, 10000
Western Union NJ 5, 900 Pacific Mail