, 1879-07-18

Il0nf Ol fFeHC0 Fcp1c6 VI cAUIG III hereafter DC
those OF the per cents, aud not, rs hitherto, Of
tho per cents.
Ch,cago bank ccerIngs show n slightly de.
creased volume Of buklnoas. The shipments Of
ncutrency wera light, but in excess of sltc re-.
cctpts, and tho country orders for New York
exchange werc large. Discounts were moderate.
Rates remain at 4Gs0 per cent on cali und 7{ds
per cent on time.
There uerc Enes Of 100 shares OF, West Side
City KallwaJsstock at LII, s3,soo Wcat DIvistun
Railway per ccnt certificates ut 1OG14, Cook
County 10 at 1l3k, aill Cook County 81 at
10s<.
Rumors that st. Paul common would pay
dividend Of Ok oer cant carried tic price up
from 555< to G818. There nas afterwards
slight reaction, In which 35 OF .Lts was lost. The
close was 56H. Crops arc nov nut more en,!er'y
watched by the farmers tlan by stock operators.
The crops along the st. Paul und Northwestern
lines are now believed TO bo safe. The ground
IL 30 wet that even a renct!tion Of the extr1or-
t1tnary heat Of last July would not he fol-
lowed, as then BY the destruction Of a larsu
part Of the wheat. There 10 attll time
for great damage to the crop. Profusc
rains would aml'st ruin 1t. But the
stock market bets that the weather will bp pro-
pltious. Northwest common advanced iron,
69M to II, Int broke down ut this figure, nA
closed at 0a5S. The preferred, after advancing
Il, to 07, tcll back to OH. st. Paul preferred
made 15, tn D37s, and tlicn declined 4, to g3s5.
Illinois Central and Alton wero both stronger
on account Of the unusually tinc outlook fur
the corn crop. The former advanced IL 3d. anil
the latter to 85s1. Michigan Cen,ra! wen. I'D
from 7a9l, to 7o7l, closing at 7o16; Luke a!oro
from 1GH to 7os<, closing at 7bll4. Union Pacific
advanced Il, to 761l; Eric lost e, to 2711; Ohio
e. Mississippi H, TO 151A. The coal stocks were
etrong, though not acttye. Delaware & JIud
son made y, to 4sH; lackpwanna e, to hS166;
Jersos Central ", to 1254 Kansas & Texas nd
vauced 96, to 151; while Kansas City d North
ern. lost 4, to III, tie preferred EaIu.
ing 1, to 47SsS. Western Union recovered part
Of !ts prcYlous losacs In all advance Ut ii, 0D16.
Ut. Joe opened at 81, and made Il, but closed ut
90A; the preferred losing Il. to 43. The rat,td
ADVANCE Ii st, Joe Is said to fo owing to tho CT
{stcuct Of large short interest. Purchases to
the extent Of 10000 shares were made by ono
firm on Wednesday, anu the ,,rtce ADVANCED s
per cont; yesterday tho sane parties bought
1900 shares more, and tho stock grew scarv,
with rumors OF n lookup IND difficult deliver
les. Following these 1t was reported lint the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy were utter the
property. The large purchases Of the last two
aaYs aFe cecAIleo u lnc '"ou!n A''u chhe inter-
est, who are doubtless perfcrtlng their cuusler-
tions with tho Wabash nv tic acquisition Of
The St. Joe, whose bridge facilities arc valuable
II will he remembered ,hat the bridge bonds Of
the st, Joseph b.i.lgo wcrc quietly purctased
Soma ump eiuce by III, agent Of the Gould party,
Erie secopu gold Us oprned at 1t}9{ aal closed
at ny.
st pauI R,n1xtnr Fund IA were 1n,af. Rur.
rinrton. Cslor Ranlds + Northern 4. v"rs MI. r
Alton eold d. vsre 10et6: Nortl,we.t ro,1 i.
113s<. and Kansas II I'cras f,rsts wnrc 7tl,f. n
and 7Ok. 20" ~
uratlrosd bonds, In Now York on Tue.da,.
thu dealings were moderately lar,e nu,t ,t,rac,
tertzr1 hv firm tona ,r.rsra,tv ria no,v lor.
new t,cntral fa.ucs advanced X IN a,! nsr cc,t