, 1880-02-11
The Four Per Cents Still Strong,
and Chicago Selling.
Increasing Currency Movement
The Mining Board.
The Produce Markets Moderately Act.
i've and Generally Firmer.
4 Reaction In rrorislons-Forelgn WhtatDuyen
loolias tip.
FINANCIAL.

cr,, from ayX to 6g,4, New York Central fr,1n
1a1n IN liz, ErIe fran i74 tn A. tbe prcfoyrc,l
from II to fla{, Wabash preferred from COX 10
10. 1,eniliur from g3f 10 90, st. Joo from no to
:N,x. Nprtiprn Pacific from 3lX to T.H, Kansas
q Tcxns fro,u Aux TO 4Gs, [,ncknwHtna from Y3H
oBtY, Jrrsoy Central from sQM to UlA, llut,
Under tho Leadership Of Loku shurc, Er1e, nntt
kunsas l. Tcxns. tho situation wns rapidly
changed. Prices dropped ufr, md nj tho ctoso
the n,nrket lookct, rugged. Thcro hns bcen MI
increasing tendency TO sell on tho pnrt Of tho
public. This has cstcuArd from the
a,nnlcr To the larger operators. I3a,,k.
ors and brokers hnvo been looking
with n Rootl lcal Of unensness IN the present
hlRh rnpro of prices, and their ylows hnyu Qrnt-
,tn!ly been adopted ty tho non.spcouu,iyc
clnsscs. The salu uf novorur,unt bonds to-dny
to secrntary Sherman III tookod forward to wilt,
great interest for It's possible ELECTS on ths
stock mlrkct. Tho announcement some days
ago that sccrctary Sherman would tn,y slt,0n0,-
0uo Of bonds tu-tlny lid much to sustnin uu over
dong market, il tho recent rlso IN bonds hay
carric' prices higher thnn Secretary Sherman
wnnts to pay, nnd he rejncts nil oirera az hc hn:
done bcfny4 on one occaston, tho prospective
supply Of money would bc temporarily dlmtn-
ishel to such an extent .us to nsslst
tho efforts Of tho bears to brcnk
dawn stocks. The tle,ny npout tho
signing of the Lake Shore md Eric contract has
begun 10 t!ru o,tt thoso who have l,ecn buying
Eric frutn n upwartls md tiley arc fullin4 vic.
tins TO tho usual Wall street lnnneuiyrcs tur
thu. iull thns l,ist ntwnys follow riso to mako
business RDod rur tho brokers,
EornpuTng clusinR prices with those Of tho t1ay
trrurb, tho only rutns wcru Now York Central
X. 10 1s,: IIouAvfI!e l. Nashville 1t. 10 10:
Snrthern pucii1e Y. to I1y. All thu othor
chnuurs wcru III fnyor OF )nwcr rriccs. Tho
hcuyicst decline wa, n1t,u ly Erie preferred.
which lost ssf. 10 10: Tho common DECLINED i. 10
Joe III, TO 38h; Knpsas & Texus tx, to Az:
Wabash ~, 10 a.; Sun Francisco III, to ~; tho
prefer Cd l,k, to hix; LRku Eric & Western /, 10
S7a1; st. rnul & Sioux City !, to Us; New Jersey
Central T. to sOE. The othur losscs ,rcyo ljrhter,
sitphuan Central declined y, 10 Bn,f: Lnke Sl,oro
x tn i'm. Nort},west A. tn 1Dlx. thn pr,,rcrred X
10 lol: St pauI a. to ;;x: Ilfinos central Y. Ia
iOl4; Burlington Il Quincy 4, to 144i; Alton II,
. 10 107A; Ohio s. MisslHsippt 4, to ayS: the prc-
rurrcd X, tu 07A;: &C O, n. IN .lss, st, Joo
prcrrrpct1 u, u ti9E; Delaware s. Hudson Y, to
iaH; IAckawnnn &, 10 SIX Cauutln Southern i,
to 69A; Wuuash profsrrctl Il, to o.; Minneapolis
Il, to 10: Western Union Il, to 1r}i: Atlantic l.
puo!lc y, to 4e.s; Ncai1[nR Il, to o,si: Northern
Pacific prcfcrrcd N, toNA; Pacific Mnil 4, to
8o1s; Indianapolis, bloomington T. Western i, to
esA; Chicago, st. Louis l. Now Orleans Y, to IS:
Rul Ccptrll Artzonn A, 10 11,s,
Eric second os upcnc, Mt ol, at,ynucct to 9ix.
sold down to pO,<, md closct, ut QoN.
In rnilr,ad bonds. in New ynrb Inst weok. tho
u.nlleas Wufe 's'tno anu wen us.lluutqa' ana ln
nl.!'y ,ssusa In1 pslecs teaoaea "rto INC ni8nost
eco1oca lol u 1u,ls l'!''o pns'- ms Erie oo'las
were consp'cuous, ahu "uVaneea Nnaor largo
1altcn%sca, IL espee'al'y rna cohsooatca seeoh.ls'
demand and ADVANCED 1XG1s nor cent on n
3"lHer puSs"ess tn'H us'la'. IRON Nlo1ntAln
Wut tt6aBEn "efc ouostnt 'p~HIa tno cit'ae. pNF'
ticunrly tho preferred Incomes, which advanced
EchYts nm, o,..+ -. .nrn.t. .A,a 49, ...,......
- sN.- 0o~FH'-"
would DO paid March !. c., G. d. /. @. l4StlCS WCrc
yycrr IN t1o m ,lv t,ou,rrs Init .h,r,
,..&n.,.., A.. - sr...
iy to"afu the closc* Kansas i rexns, Lake
Eric 4 WrstfrN. Infinnnpn1tS Iltonu,lnufnu 4,
~ ~ ~ "v1.nt"t A.u'u."poiios aso''a'nA1oh
Western. Wabash, st. Louis & San Francisco,
md Dauvcr T. JkIo GrnnIo firat ia uoto a. morn c
~ A''o SNNA"o A'Ao1S "|Ao t'AA '''o.o W
les8 prominent.
rn,.,r,r,rts ,von. ,u,o...,,.s n.s.....t..., l..
x''D o'nunt..e ~ H.eHu"': a'us""o.IoHs !"
4s were confined utmost entirely I'll New York to
tho registered isa,,cs, which wore 1oe bidpud
1uGA 12kGd. In fho aftNrnnnO thnrA tyRrn an1Ra