Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-01
MONEY AND TRADE.
FINANCIAL.
Money and Stocks.

NEW YORK, July 81.
Gold steady at 100k.
Borrowing rates IL per cent. al hat.
Bar silver here lis in greenback; 1147s in gold
Silver coin l417a per CO If. discount.
Silver bar at London 525s pence
Governments closed steady.
Railroad bonds firm.
State securities dull.
The stock exchange again to-day was the scene OF
considerable activity and excitement. At least for
time there We're some wide fluctuations and large
amounts Of stock changed hands AT the opening Of
business Granger shares presented strong 'front.' but
this not lasting, and very soon there break
of to Az per cent. There was q sharp pressure to
sell the stocks and the prices made the lowest of
the current downward movement. The general list
fell off ID to per cent, but subsequently Granger
shares recovered Y to ;7s per cent? and Lako Shore,
Erie, and coal shares advanced sharply. On and af-
ter second call the whole market became wea and
declined h0l5s per cent. the latter in Lake Shore.
During the last hours of business the market was
firm and higher, with an advance of Il to per cent.
from the lowest point OF the afternoon. The decline
in Western shares was due to continued reports of
widespread damage to the wheat crop from the late
rains.
hetransactons aggregated 900 shares of which
% 900 were Erie; 35OOD Lake shore; 80 900 North
western common; 81, 900 Northwestern preferred;
200 ST. Paul common; $4,000 st. Paul preferred;
1000 Pittsburgh; $4,000 Lackawanna; 2,0U0 Union
Pacific, and 900 Western Union.
Money l1aQG2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3D3% per cent.
Custom receipts 1851 900.
The assistant treasurer disbursed S148,0a0.
Clearings S., 100000.
Sterling, steady; long 80; sight S5la.
The following were the closing quotations:
GOVERNMENTS.
Coupons, '81 ...... lO7A New 41as Coupons .1O5A
| Coupons, '65, new 1025s New per cents 10UIa
Coupons, '67 1854 1O-40s, regular 100
Coupons, '6S. ...... lO9 Coupons. 1895
New 5s. .1U75s Currency IS 12OR
STOCKS.
Western Union Tel 90 Northwestern 49,. 36A4
Quicksilver. ......... 1921 Northwestern pfd. 63le
| Quicksilver preferred 3l1a 10. G. G. 4 /, 254
| Pacific Mail .... 1914 New Jersey Central SO
Marposa .......... III Rock Island. go. 1l2
| Aariposa preferred. ] Mil. & ST Paul. 3524
Adams Express 1924 Nil. l. st. Paul pfd.. II Is
| Wells Fargo. 90 WABASH. IA
! American $500. 46A Fort Wayne. 94ll
United States. 46A Terre Haute. IA
Morris & Essex. Terre Haute pfd...
Delaware & Hudson. Chicago & Alton. 80
New York Central. .1oSR Chicago u Alton pfd103z
Erie ............... 1875 Ohio & Mississippi. 75s
Erie pfd........... Sc D. 1. W.......... 58M
Harlem l53 "A. q r lei. :...... 70
Harlem pfd.. >. Missouri Pacific. III
Michigan Central. -. 64aC. B. & o.. .111A
Panama. .......... 1915 II. l. st. 10. 111t
| Union Pacific stock. 50 C. P bonds LOSE
| Lake Shore. ....... 62A U. p bonds $500. .105
Illinois Centra...- 83a q. P. land grant .107h
q. P............ 500 Sinking fund. 80. 1927
! STATE BONDS.
Tennessee ss, old 81 Virginia ss, new 40 20
Tennessee Us, new Missouri Is. 105H
| Virginia IS, old. 30
/ Foreign Money Market.
LONDON, July 31-5 p NJ.
CONsOLs.
Money "a 1916 Account. "a 1871
UNITED STATES SECURITIES.
New AZ coupons 071s Erie ................ 1872
Fri q L
1O-40s. .1l11a Illinois Central Sc
New S. 1888 9s} Pennsylvania centrl aaz
PARIS, July 81.