, 1879-05-12
hotive3 Business Last Weok In Gov
ornmonts and Local Secu-
rites.
The Produce Markets Stcaaier--II0gs
Easicr--A Qnict Day In
Provisions,
Breadstufs Firn1--A Good Shipping De-
mand fol. Flour, Wheat, and Corn.


week. The demand for local securities was
checked for time by ilr advance In priccst but
as Tho brokers' refused to reccde the public
finally accepted t,e situation, ntr1 last week
took very nearly alt tho available supply OF city
and county bonds~ 1nvcstots now calculAte,
apparently, from the per cents as bnsts
Bonds Of undoubt4l security, paying moro
than tho 4 per cent, nre consequently
in eager dcmaud. Ciehgo City 7s sold rs
high NJ 111N Cook County Is, long, at 1114,
Chicago ca 1864, and Cook County 81 ut 10o9l.
THESE prices arc exclusive of the nccrted inter-
est The Chicago sub.Trcasury a,itl post-Ol'icc
have been crowded With buyers Of the refuud-
Ing certificates, most Of which are passing Into
The hAnds Of the large dealers, who will carry
them till July L. Country bankers have begun
to buy the per cents freely to uso III place offs
per cents Us security for their circulation. Chi
caro bank clearit,gs last week exhibited cou-
tlnuancc Of the gratifying increase Tint was 50
remarkably largo tho proceeding week. bank
cicarlngs last week. were SEC, GOO, agalnst
Sl7,ooo,o00 for the corresponding week
Of last year. Discounts wcrc In only
moderate demand. with call ratos at GM7
per cent, and time rates 7Q1S and s@i0 per
cent, according to the quality Of paper. The
currency movement has been strongly In faror
OF New York. Transactions Of local operators
In Now York Stuck Exchange securities have
been lnrEe, Aud almost a1l have been on the bull
hide.
In railroad bonus, IN New York on Friday,
tic leading feature was nn advance Of Ga{ per
cent in Rome, Watcrtown & Oglensbnrg frsts,
to 475jS. and subsequent rcnct!on to 4!594. A
henry business wns transacted in Eric consoli-
dated seconds at 74IfG975. Do funded IS fell off
to Is. Eric consolidated gold Is sold at 11l@
1llM, llrsts ut 40, seconds at 1855, thirds at
los, aad fourths at 103l4. Missouri, Kansas 4;
Texas consolidated nssentcd wcEe In de-
mnni1, and advanced from G3 to cox. Do
seconds rose from 80s{ TO 31H; e., G. & |.
c. f1rsts from IS to 50: do Trust Company Ger
titlcates from 75 to 7Bi,S; Chesapeake & Ohio
1irstB. series Il, II tn 423l; do currency 6s from
1s1 to 20; Chicago e. Northwestern cousolt-
dated cold coupons from l1aH to 1884; md
LehIgh t. Wikcsbarre consolidated a*scnsed
ffom Is 10 55]S The kn,lsas Pacific issues were
slightly lower, except for incomes No. 10. which
advanced per tent, to 10. st, Louis & San
Francisco, class 4, tsoct!ucd per rent, to e.
TAu New Jersey Central issues were firm. Nor
rls & Esscx lrsts sold up 10 19, alt, do conaolt-
dated to 100. Albany &; s,,squchanna ilssts
brought lis: do consolidated 100: Rensselaer, t.
Baratoca tlrsts Ia; Long Dock 11G1{; Fort
Wayne scconda 1924; Rock lalauti lis l1391z;
Harlem registered firsts let; Michigan Central
"a 116}{; nnd c., G., @. IS I. frsts LII.
Tlc Lcadyilae correspondent of tho Denver
Nees reports the largest sale Of mining prouerty
that llas ever been made In Colorado:
Tie salc ta said to havo been tor consideration
Of 100. ana 10 haze embraced the well -known
nanblc Decker, Morning Star, Waterloo, uud
w., Wheel Of Fortune loaet. Tho l'onoaxa King, WHO
lives ~ " Louis. and whose name for ccslan rcA.
SONS II withheld for thu present. will soou remove
70 Colorado and 1ccuulr' y naftnrr In tho MlH,ng
Exchange at Leaayitie It is fati that tho sut,o
llAo hondctl tho LitsIs Emma, whic:I nlujns The
Whenl Of Fortune Al Ten Mile md IN regarded bY
n,in'nT EXPERTS a 5cttor nEo!sFtv thAn the lat,
n.''tat, nH .ns nIm Fensnsn uepth Q: 1po fcet,
~ h,ns eam. ta' oestt!utsIn h'o Gleseh !eet
~ ~. rnS, S" EtauG f fnsuttn. t Cet ,Nasu
he. 1 ns ~ g, "" & ~ IL ~ anf tMs @ untrotf u phelhs
S,i.y nstS ~ ~ n"pe :M' snot may ~ he.
other extensive trnDsacttons whirn ,,i,rn fniiv
ennsntnmatef. Will aaa greatly 10 thu present
5ltio o. oElHon: Every pfnkptGt hole III tie IiH-
stlet. shSa lHa ths' whlch gives as'dahEe " min.
efa e nllnteu ln atlH hDnght ~ ,v nun Ut cApl-
h1, VIII tho evident intent or making ~ 1ArEe a
CuHbOIuRt4pH Nh FOhslltt, -4Mu Inls IL. hD 4Duht,