, 1879-03-04

exchange market 1e Que pEHiCiEh'Iy W H.I VT
nands Of bond-mporters and the cxlinusiton Of
tho supply Of cotton bills. slight decrease IN
exnorts adds ite effect. Sterling grain bills
were 4s3s{. md French bills 52114. The actual
Chicago rates for sterling were 1856 and 49, ln
Nav York tho actual rates were 1854 and 459la.
The posted rates for stcrllnE were iS7 nnl 4o0.
Frenci, bankcrs' bills wcro 516H nnd Ssh
Cousols were 90 b-18 all day. Tic Bahk Of
Germany shows an increase Of specie for Inst
week Of S415,00o II Is NOW stated that Ger
many has only s15,0o0.oo0 more silver to dis
pu.e o{. This Is no moro than that country ox-
portcd In 1877. The silver market Will be
strengthened by the disappearance of tic Gcr.
mau eilvcr.
There war good deai OF counter activity at
tho banks Ia consequence OF the Board-of-lraao
settlements but tho discount market YVES dull.
Country currency orders ansa recctpts were not
heavy. Rates Of discount we're unchanged at
{07 ucr cent on call, n,nl 7G1l0 lcr cent on time
Bank elear!ngs wcrc s7,30o,000.
There was sale Of Cook County 7per cents,
long, at 1o95I. City scrip the brokers now buy
ut a7f AID sell at ISL.
Stocks were weak at the opening md tlrmcr
ut the close. Only three closed lowcr than ttic
opcning. These were Alton, Ohio & Missls-
Eippi, md st. Joe, common. Alton lost II, to
~ - - ~ 1an T,. ,o,,,se NJ A,tnn il surpris-
,n,s .rorf.i ,fsnotc1 from Mar yurk to MI
ntt.rroor noncr aay, lint ucctnr Il ia be held
there Of persona Interested fn the Chtcngo Il
Alton, to undertake MI Investigation rs to where
sr,anas ~ I'm stoc1, asscrt lint tl,o ou,horsh1n
If .,,r;, l,soatchcs, and tho similar fuu,ors ,l,at
hnvo hcon r,rrcnt. ia to Ia lool;cl rpr In
the cIique interested In ct. Luuis, Kausas City
hrr,d m ncw linn IN Kansas CITY. 60 cutting off
asnaf,1 nnu1oro from the al. Louis. Kansas
t.,,.. :. N...hor,, ,bo toc,,cs ,f t,o n,yrnra NJ
~ .,,,or road fnrccd A1ton down IN ta,4< Tnut
,.as - s.nr nm, rlr stuck los t,ncc rrruycrcil
n,.:, M ~. r. IL no,ieed will surpr,se lint,
t,n,,r,tbst to,,7tr., thr assertions nj thnso WIN
oro interest oil n t,e rond and tl,e nanuecrout
ti,,t II ~ " MI r,rh, u u ;v1ent,. .myer for NJ.
tccn ve,r. u ,,c.s ,i,a, whenever ,t,c no,atiot,
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In t.ol1 rtrht, in mt surnort II In
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somo w],o M ,,,ve hccn recommending # IA rood
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ha n,,b,ir II, seorc}, ~ sccnrl.
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