The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-16
GENERAL MARKETS.
FINANCE.


AZ 5G1 per cent. closing NJ per cent
Prime mercantile Psrer st 597 per cent.
Customs receipts S57S,0O0. The Assis.
tant Treasurer disbursed $4,000 CleSr-
ingS S25 100000. Sterling for actual
buslreS, long 4S6; short 1854.
GoLD-Opened st lOOi. fell 1909. sd
ysnced 70 and closed ST 1907 asked and
lCOt bid. Carrying rates per cent
20 flat aud finally 81 per cent
SuvER-At Lonuon 54d; here silver
bsrs llSl, green nbscks; lis, gold; SILVER
coin !@l per cent discount.
GeYERNMENTs - Closed active and
tirmcr.
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RAILROAD BOSps-SiToEg and higher.
especially tor Northwestern, s.. Joe.
Ohios and Pacific issues.
STATE BONDs Dali
SToCKs-The week opened with great
huoysnCy and excitement on the Stock
Exchange, such as has not been witnessed
Tor .Jng time past. The advance
ranged from Z 10 p per cent. Tho i'm
m,dlste cause Of the Improvement wss
the favorable progress making towards
resumption throughout the country, It
having been announced since Saturday
tha! the Third National Bank OF CruclG-
natl and the Northwestern National OF
Chicago would redeem their circulation
in gold. There were also some special
causes At work TO influence prices. amaug
them the reports, which are V,r,
favorable and were particularly lois
in shares OF roads west Of Chicago, hut
the upward movement IN them MAS ~.
celebrated by large purchases Tor account
OF prominent Chicago sVcculstors, some
OF whom arrived IN the city to-day and
were present on the street. Northwest
ern common and preferred were tLr ia
voritcs IN those purchases, followed by
~ Paul and Rock Island. A coa,iiors.
bic amount OF the Northwestern pur-
chases to-day were for election purposes
There was sharp rise in Michigan Gem
trsl, partly on account OF belief IN
contest and partly because OF tho short
interest. Lake Shore WAS "A prominent
feature and advanced sharply under very
heavy tragsactions. Ii WAS reported on
the streb that Vanderbilt had been
largo buyer Of the stock, sud
this gave confidence to spcculnlicns.
Western Union and Union Pacific were
up on the increased transactions. Tho
coal stocks shared IN the general I'M
prOvemeut, as did also Pacific Mail. and
in fact almost every thing IN the list.
The fluctuations were wide and frequent.
and large amount OF business WAS done
in all the leading stocks Ms tho market
swayed 10 and fro There was contIu-
ued excitement throughout the Afternoon.
and the trausaCtions were on largo
scale At intervals tho dealings worn
characterized by great buoyancy and the
highest prices OF the day and season
were made. Toward the close the bust
ness was well distributed, but the stocks
most prominent IN the upward
movement were Northwestern. IT.
Paul, Lake Shore Michigan
Central, Rock Island and Union
Pacific, Western Union, Cleveland Cob
umbus Cincinnati ~ Indianapolis, Han
nibsl & 81. Joseph and the coal stocks.
In the Gnal transactions the market was
strong and right on 70 tho highest point
Of the day. The Ohio X MpaifGppi
Railroad earnings decreased SlI 800 in
the first week in April. The lrAnssc-
uons aggregated 10000 sharcs, Of
which 1000 were New York Contra.
5000 Ere, $1,000 Lske Shore, 5000
Northwestern common, 1900 preferred,
1900 Rock Island, $1,000 II. PAul
common, GOOO preferred, GGgO OAios,
G. 600 Wabash, 5000 Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western, 1900 Jersey Cen
tral, 1000 Delaware and Hudson, D 500
Morris and Essex, 1000 Michigan Cen
trsl, 1000 Illinois Central, "a COO Wcst-
ern Union, u 600 Pacific Mail, 1000
q. &. {. IL l., G,GOO st. joseph common
and $500 preferred.