, 1879-02-01
Tho Government Bond DIarket---
Stocks Irregular.
The Produce Markets Irregularly Easier
A Rather Sharp Deolins in
Provisions.
Khsat Dtrrtss.d BY Large Ststts II eaessa..-
earn Lever Ia Sympathy.


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stored in the Chicago elevators. Tho lowest
bank rate for money Is uow 8 pet cent. Coun-
Try applications for loans arc not heavy. fhe
currency movement Is iuconsdesab1c.
The Chicago bank c1cnrtngs for tho month OF
January arc reported BY Manager D. T. Hale ~
follows:
!annhsy' ny ~ ~
January. 1a7S............. .......... ~. 1U1.s47
The clearings yesterday were s2, 100000.
The Government bond market Is acttye. Hold
ers Of the Q per cents, chilled or likely 10 be
called, are briuginK then, In nnd tnvestin1 in
per cents. 1t 10 noticeable, however, that this
exchange Of per cents for I per cents IL not as
rapid as Il was the arst weeks IN january. Tic
6. Of 1881 were unchanged Mt 10616, md tho 5-20s
OF 1907 at 10l3{; tho 5-::1s Of 1868 advanced II,
to 1oo77s; the 1o4os 1S, to 1o49{; tho new 6s de-
clned x, to 10s1; the new ~ gained u, to
100. There was no change Ia the prtca Of the 4
per cents or currency e..
Gold coin ia bought ln small quantities. The
premium Is n Of per cenL The LonLon
Eeonomft thinks TINT now TINT the United
States Treasury haa accumulated sufficient gold
for resumption that tho natural flow OF spcc1e
from the United States will begin aRain:
The te.establ,shment Of the American currency
portancs to this county II cannot fal to sti,nn-
fasu trade IN tho tatca. and anY increase OF bust
ness there mnat react faxorAbly upon ~. Now.
sufficient to provide for tho wcar and tear OF It's
,on
begin 10 now In upon u again.
In tho foreikn-exehau9o market business was
not animated. The supply OF bills Is Hight, md
the prospect for larger offerings Is not good, a.
most Of tho few FOREIGN orders received here
are understood to be at figures under the
tnaskct. Sterling REatu u,,d commercial bills
wcru 4sa9{. French bills were 6211s The actual
rates for sterling were +s49 mud i5799<, a1,l tie
postai rates remain unchanged. Bankers bills
on Paris were 5i05s and 5l8tt{; Antwerp, 800
and 5l7]]f; commercial, 5o31; Retchulark, 05:
commercial, a1S; guilders On Holland. 4o15
aud 4011f; commercial, 30s{.
Copsois kept up at the high figure, o6 Sic,
they have reached in consequence Of the i'm.
proved ssatc Of allaifs, financially, In London.
Tile pnnk ot England Lost $375,0O0 IN bullion.
One aFi.lence OF tho Improvement IL That si,
the banks owe less than i!,cy did. The deposits
al the London anA Westminster, which takcs
rHnk ~ the o's{eat aid largest OF tho }ollt-stock
banks Of the metropolis, are five 1niliiurs less
t!'an they were st1 il,onths ago, but they still
sfnuupt to thu respectable sunl OF &l01, 40 Geo.
Stocks opened weak, but the market suisse
qucntly improved, and again lost what had been
Rainea. The most Eiu!ent hucttatluu Of the
day was a drup In Union Pacific from Go1< to
6iH, followed ly o recoyery 10 G5, For somo
rcuson this movement was entirely overlooked
BY tho Gol'l T. Stock Telegraph Company's
report, and "as Known In tlls market unly by
private dispatches. Could waa credited with
,,nr;.. ~ ia 1otr. ~ ~, ,,.,.aa -. s.so
.lowa ober stocks. The Inn Ind mi. efY,,t
"a yery few pettous dcal In i1nIon rsr!1c, n is
(|oufdfs stock. md out.ifsr, aro afraid ~ ~
Among otl.es operations Of tfu tlay wars frce
sales of t,ska rhote. Tr.ns,rtIons w.. not NJ.
1arre a. nm n,cylou. d.v, ma .,n.ti nn.r,..ss w.
wrre evidrntIv .frajd n vrn,u.Iro ~ r. 49,
wate,s that risn md f.,1 .o .n1d.niy .,to c,"s'
Inv prtccs wsrr IN mott ca.es. ~ biehss. ~
The day, aud ,bs mark.. closc<l am.
Comnorur cl.,.Inv nrtrc. viii ,ho,. ., a..
DIV before. thera waa = vAu n, ~ IN N.v WI.
Central, to ftf,4f: + N Mtrhfcrn fsn,-.t -
Ss,5. "a In Lnko sho1o, to 7at<. In Nnrth,.as,,
rrn .n,n,non, IN ssL. iu III nrst.srs', ~ ~
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island ". In 1eT,[. +" Itftna,. Can+-a1 ~ ~ ~ ~
s7tf. RI. a. =, ri. IL .,,o.11 ~ 60. a.
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In ,,t1roa5 hora. in Ma. v..,,
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fa"eeo . PET ceht ~ oo' DenFcf q Ho Granle
AIEsts made further slso of :, per ceut, .el,lue
at u R@1s' Hshuaoas q o. Josopa eonvcrttttrs
advanced to lG7H, Rock Island Us u
1llL, Burlington, Ccuar Kan,d. 4. N,,,h.
.rn atr.t. =, r,a[ ,.hi. su-.s, ,os'A
s'a n"sta ~ t'Ss' ou1o s1ias'ssIppl
seconds to 84A. Metropolitan Elevated
drsts 10 o. Ut, Paul ropspltdatcfI Sinking Fvu,.
-, ,.s,,< - ~, 11. f"Mha
70 ius1, 90 !. q ~ division extcnsEon to 16',
Bel!eytlIe & boutAora Illinois 1fsts to tU5k.
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