The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-17
RAllRoAp BOEps-strong and hIgher.

oTATE bOND5--NegIecteu and unchanged.
SrocEs-The week at the Stock Exchanq
has been most eventful one, the dealing
have been the largest In the history Of Ii
Exchange, prices the highest since the pani
Of '73 aud the excitement the widest that b
prevailed since war time. The magnitude &
the dealings may be inferred from the fact thu
one stock, Erie, alone contributed over COZ, 90
shares 10 the general result. These are onl
the reported dealings the actual business don
In the stock was doubtless very much largel
but owing to an extensive aud animated trad
ing In stock o large amount Of business failed I
be reported.
There was renewed activity and buoyanc
in the share list today, with further sharI
rise In many shares, the advance ranging from
u TO II per cent and was quite general, A
usual, Of late, dealings were attended witt
much excitement, The largest transaction
were in trunk line shares, which rose from
Az to 40 for Erie common; 761f to 7SN 70
Erie preferred; 1919 to 10iIE for Lake Shore
and from 98X TO OK for Michigan Central
Changers were strong and higher with a mark
ed advance In some OF the new stocks Thu
greatest Improvement was In st. Paul anC
Minneapolis, which ross 81 per cent. X
o. reacted 70 5S1 and recovered TO 65IE. ST
Paul and Sioux City shares came next, com
tnyh AA3AhE "a " IVA 'UEeltEFeu
81 per cent TO 70H. Northwestern
rose TO 93; st. Paul to 81x.
The coal stocks fell of slightly Of the omen.
ing, but afterwards became strong and adj.
vanced Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
selling up to o., New Jersey Central S9X
and Delaware and Hudson 10 SSN. gouth.
western shares were prominent In the deal.
tngs and advanced sharply. Chesapeake and
Ohio rose ~ per cent 70 23A. first preferred
81 to 81, second preferred ~ TO 20H, St
Louis and San Francisco 4 to So, preferred 3
10 90, first preferred 51S 10 "a, Ohios OK 10
3SK preferred AZ to 64X, Kansas and Texas
10 to IS, Marietta and Cincinnati ~ 10 lSX,
seconds 81 to Is, indianapolis, Cincinnati
and Lafayette y to 49, and Louisville and
Nashville 2N to s9N. The old Missouri Pa
ciic advanced fromS TO IS. Oregon advanced
u and later fell to lis. Kansas City and
Northern Shares were not dealt in, but in
their stead Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific
stocks were brought out. Common ranged
between 46H and Az, and preferred from
IN to TN. The old Wabash stock fell oil
from COZ 10 59H. Iron Mountain rose to 65N,
fell off to 81 and advanced TO 65X, Teleeranb
stocks were 1Sal per cent higher. Quicksilver
stocks advanced from 20N to 25 for common,
and from ok TO 81 for the preferred. The
production Of anthracite coaf last week was
5S7 ,64 tons, as compared with 577,4l7 tons
the previous week aud 462,70S tons the cor
responding week OF 1878 Total production
from January to November s was q los, $50
tons, as against 14,2SS, 20S tons for the like
period last year.
1t was reported this afternoon that Jaw
Gould had bought several railroads in the
Southwest among them Atchison and Pixies
Peak. The report says he paid from 200 to
$50 for the stock Of the latter, 81, 900, 000l.
Transactions aggregated $4,000 shares, Of
which $4,000 were Erie. 1900 Lake Shore,
1900 Wabash. 10000 Northwestern, $500
st. Paul, 1900 Lackawanna, 5000 New
Jersey Central, $500 Delaware and Hudson,
$500 Michigan Central, 1900 Union Pacific,
1900 Q. c. y. 4 l., 5000 Hannibal and st
Joseph, 9, 400 0hioand Mississippi, 1000 West
ern Union, $500 Atlantic and Pacific Tele.
graph, 5000 Pacific Mail, 1900 Wabash,
st Louis and Pacific Mail, 1900 Kansas and
Texas, 10000 Iron Mountain, 1900 Louis.
vile and Nashville, 1900 Northern Pacific.
5000 st. Paul and Minneapolis, 1000 Read.
ing, $500 Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis, 1900 indianapolis, Cincinnati and
Lafayette, 1900 Kansas Pacific, 5000 ST,
Paul and Sioux City. 5000 Chesapeake and
Ohio, 600 Missouri Pacific, l5,OO6 81, Louis
and San Francisco, 200 Oregon Railway
Navigation, 5000 Marietta and Cincinnati,
l,lOO Houston and Texas, 1,l00 Alton and
Terre Haute, 400 Canada Southern, 1000
Mobile and Ohio, 100 Lake Erie and Western.