, 1879-02-18

bank CtenrtpEb were 81, JC0,00
Government bonds VERY iu falr request:
gixcs of ,S1, 10BMl0Gif; 5a0s Of ,G7, 10tMG7
1o2: k2os Of US, 10aIt02li: lO4Os, 1Oi6G1
104tS, new, IS Of '8t, 1o4,4t1lGls8; new 4tSs,
1nst[01OSlf: mr. cent courons. 1D01 lOOl6.
Tie pcr ecnts are In good slrmunJ, but tho
marlot il nearly blockc,1 ty the inability Of the
Government TO fill orders, One house pa,d for
s4l]10c ncar}y montl, aro, md the answer
they ret fron, thc Treasury nj Washington ,s.
HCnn't tc,t wbcn wo cnn scnl tlrm: will tlo "a
q. toon as nos.lble,n lhc demnnd for tl1cso
hnnls. runntpr nm Into the mljIions-.ane.
times eight. tcn. or moro In single davis n
rrcat surnri.e to ererybot,y. rle uoycrnmcnt
printing oifcca cannot bcc1n 10 keen IN with
orders from all paris of the country,
For gold and otl,rr coin ouolations see tublc.
There nye seldom aur changes from day to DIV,
TIM markrt far foreign cxchanro Ia steadv.
Quotations unchanged. src tatlc.
THE srncr MIprgr
hns hccn ,,nrsun]ly actiyc. will, wrl-t]Gstrt,,.
uted business, Union Pacific ndynucttl Il mr.
cent from closing prize OF sa,urduv, and yarJous
rumors arc aHoat as to tbs cause, It ia well
known that Jny Gould has held tht. stuck in
large blocks for tlp pnss two years. null 1t ts be-
1rycl by mauy that n connron,lse ,as btcn
ofroc,cd by which a aynilsca,o Of rnpItaItsts md
EnGcl1IufOf8 Lave 6tJtatnCfl control III tnG
crty hooking to through Inn from, fin. ror,IIr
IA i,,c LAKES. II nj, wrro Nh, rasr. Tho crtstnr
mol between tic Rock island, Nortbwcstcrn
and Ci,tsaro. burlington & Quincy wouh In h,
danger uld their sl,ares cnrrcspontiInsiy utrect-
ed. On tho contrary, Rock 1sant. bus advanced
tx uer rent. md Sorthwcstsru TX pcr ,,,,,, IN.
dur. it is rort t!uu suspected that the reports
Of tho probable failure Vi Jay Gould widely
hrultcd few weeks nEo were nut nloat hy hu-
ecl9. His object now can ho casiIy understood
The Cbiraso 4 Alton Directors lave declared
per cet,t dividend for thu past eIx months, H.
stead of OK, Us IL usual au,l was expectcd: hut
II IL fcportcd t!.at they E,aye nlso ltau!tuteu a
c,oiu for back taxcs which was allowed by n r,,-
cent decision Of the suprcme Court, 10 that in
roulfty the stockhotlers u,ny recclyu intlircr.
benefit by relief from obligations,
Western Untou TeIenrap, is moro Or less In
nueaeeu oS tha peaa'ns congressional measure
but has shown much strength, rs tho quotations
'n1!ca.c.
hunu.oa1 q oI. 10 pre'ef1sa stoeS "as IN 1alf
demand, md Ut advancing prizes; there are
.,.a y. s'' ~ NV so".'"' ~
ths n property, , n,a @ higher pflses aro ex2e'rea.
aayans'ag y. 10 a'a.
with tndiyattous Of a hlrhcr nrlre to.tnorrow. >4
~" ~ - " .'.' p'e. io-'''o'''"'
NJ ese oelo" Luz tau'o VI p!lece:
Cuusols oEel1Cil at 00 l-tH cash, md account,
ag3-la, md closed at 90 Lilo rash, md arrount.
maid =" ~N4"' '''" Aeso1"''
W 5'an.
French Eente' opencd at III francs ahd %
seot''nes' anu uecl'hea CLOSING at LIZ francs ami
- eentta'es. ...
MF' secretary sherman estimates tho deficit
10 INC Fcce'pts Tor thc next 1lscaI year at S1',-
UQ0J, AnA asks authority to sell t?lAt amount
ot government uo's's 10 meet iIe emergency.
80 much tof TIC extsayngant legislation IN rs-
gard to houusics 10 The soldiers In thc WuE Of
tho Rebellion. II tho soldiers Themselves got
ue money 1t would bc freely given, but the
certainty lint most Of 1t will 60 to the pockets
Of specu'ators Is sufficiently exaapcralins.
THE FIRST METRE DouHLE-EAGLE.
Iha washington RfpadFiraH says:
Tho hrst specimen Of thu metric gnld Anubtc
e ~ so I9oa M m,nc;'e, a. thn iN!l value of
VA reratvs ~ he Trrasn1y innart,n, n,s M!.,
fay. 1t Is beautiful coin, of 1,e SIZE of thr nla
aoan!e sAele, nasthR verY tsh hnt. TIE aehlEn
81 w obsetso eee ~ neat 9 lhc!ty snrin0ltntua
tn!etecn siats' 9eiween whct y thy 1urif!c IN.
aeftton; :o g.; 1.hs., 90 e. " eEnins:" hrfnw
wnrn ~ ioV; ~ she ,"sStSe ~ !hu an'lhic eage
aa y e,Ses sns II ee IT, a*oSi ss* S
ID VIII tGs ettioi !, l!s aita i''sct,pti"t. :2so
nsa " !s' wsn ssss s %S;s
fioty-of gany - one l1snsatl' tiis 7 thy words
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