The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-10

NV YoKx, October 9.-MoSEY-Actlv
at per cent, Prime mercantile paper Sass
per cent Startling exchanged "a 81 u sigh
exchange weak at "a 8Sk.
GovERNMENTs-Qulet. D..
unltcd States O. Of 1881, coupon.
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NV sOll ana haua
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CuFrency
RAILROAD BoNDs-Actlve and buoyant thI
general improvement ranging from Z 10 pa
cent. There were remarkably large transac
tons In Iron Mountain tissues al buoyah
figures, Arkansas branch frsts rising trUu
DIX tU COX; hrSt preferred incomes from II
70 !Si second do from IS 10 73, and seconds
plain from OF to 9S Tho transactions II
Erie new seconds were not so large rs usual
nor were the fluctuations as wide.
STATE SECURIrtEs-ACtiVe. Louisiana con,
soils advanced ~ per cent. Fi'I
sTocKS.-Speoulltio still continues 10 be
characterized by great activity. The prevail.
ing tone Of the market to-day was strength
and buoyanCy. In the early dealings prices
rose NG2k per .ceut, Erie leading the i'm.
ptoyement, but abOutnooD, und .r some real
king sales, there was reaction OF Kali per
cent, the latter In Erie During the after
noon stroug buying movement was inaug-
uFated In coal stocks, EFie, Pacific Mail and
@, @. @. & l., under which the entire maFkst
improved, the advance ranging from u TO 1
per cent, the latter U. Q. U. I'll. Canal stock
rose NH3N per cent on reports that the Presi.
dents OF coal companies wers In session on
the question OF advancing the price OF coal
90 cents per ton, and under purchases BY
kSene's brokers near the close there wRs
renewed activity In Pacific Mail, which, after
selling down to 81 y, advanced to S2N. Pan
a - I l.
ported sale. The market closed strong and
bu1yant ut the highest prices OF the day.
The Commercial, speaking OF tho renewed
advance In Coal shares says: 1t Is rnmored
that Mr. keene Is and has been for some time
q great believer in coal properties, and the
rise IN the New York companies, LackawaIl.
ma and Jersey Central sinCa yesterday morn.
Ing Is Traced TO his free purchases. Il Is uiRh-
~ probable that be does believe that the coal
trade should beno exception 10 the general
revival OF prosperity In all material inter.
esS. II Is Sald that the Delaware aud Lacka.
wanna and Jersey Central managers have
come to mutual good understanding to pool
their tonnage and prices. We See no reason
10 doubt further considerable ris4 IN both
stocks. 1t Is idle. perhaps, to talk OF points
on these or any other class OF speculative, hut
the coal trade Is rapidly taking hold Of the
popular confidence, aud we should not 10 sur
prised at % for Delaware and Lackawanna
and 80 for jersey Central and Delaware and
Hudson. There is no telling Of the swing OF
The speculative pendulum when It rises from
deep depression to excited butiyancy.
Tie traiisacronS aggregated 394 100 shares,
~ which $1,000 were Erie, 6,4O0 Lake Shore.
5000 Northwestern, l7,OOO st. Paul, $500
Lackawanna, $1,000 New Jersey Central. O..
QUO Delaware and Hudson, 1000 Union Paci.
ilc, 5000 G &C. 4 l., O,0OO Hannibal 4 g.
Joseph, 1900 Ohio & Mississippi, 5000 West.
ern Union, 500 Pacific mail, 10000 81.
Louis, Kansas CITY and Northern, II 900 Kan
sas and Texas, $500 Iron Mountain, 26OOl
Lo9isvilleand Nashville, 1000 Chesapeake and
Ohio and $500 Indianapolis Cincinnati and
Lafayette,