Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-11
Wall Street To.Dav.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11-At the STOCK Exchange
there is today q strong and higher market for
Us. bonds. Railroad investments continue
strong, but the market for speculative shares
have been alternately weak and strong, with
the average OF prices lower than yesterday. but
this market was weaker bet IL and l2 o'ci'k, As
we write 1t IS strong and has been so since noon
rhe leading stocks have been Erie, Lake Shore
Wabash and Pacific, Iron Mountain. Kansas &
Texas and the coal shares IL Is reported that
he long talked of traffic contract between the
Erie and Lake Shore has been signed. but there
Is no authorized statement TO that effect. In the
market for railroad bonds the issues OF the Erie
and Iron Mountain continue most active. In
the miscellaneous list Sutro has been active and
weak, selling down to- The money market is
easy at sac per cent on miscellaneous collat-
Aral and 4a5 per cent. on US. bonds. To the eX-
tent that the treasury buys bonds to-day viii
the ease in the money market be Increased.
Prime mercantile paper is 5a5k per cent.
Horrible Death from HI ytsrophobia.
ALLENTOWN, PA, Feb. u.-Urban Boyer. who
developed symptoms OF hydronhooia OR Satur
day last, died yesterday in terrible commissions.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.-virginia skies, deferred,
past ID due ] COUPONS, 7Ss; do new .for.es ~ sss 81
North Carolina skies, old. 81. Virginia ten-forty
BALTfMORE. Feb. ii-cot.on firm and better
middfng, lSl. Flour higher and active for lower
de- ana dS family. 6
se s amy ms supsT d. do Rio extra Brands
western open. sher, but Closed % ansr
red. t9aI .t5; do; amber. l4sal. IS; No. Mary.
and February, !: 50; March. j. 5osai soy; April.
quiet western higher-southern white 60; do.
yellow. So; western mixed, spot. So; February.
steamer, 55% Oats 1o%er' and southern, e IA
4s; western white, 46a47; do. MIXED. 4Sa46; Penn
sylvania, 46a47 Rye quiet and firm, s0a95. Hay
land Per ,Ss ton o ProyisSns RS Lower and
shoulders, *; clear rib sides, 7; do. pscaed, s
~: Hams, ioali. LardSrefned. tieress, 'S. 81.
Butter quiet--prime to choice western packed. 20a
26; roll, 1sa22. Eggs Arm, l6 Petrofeum-crude
nominal; refined, nomnally 7sias- Coffee strong
Whisky steady, l. 10Ral IL. Freights to Liverpool
per steamer steady-cotton, Sled; -four, Is. Cd. :;
grain, = 4e4ad. "a Receipts-fouT, 2 li2 barrels; /;
$50 bushels; rye 600 bushels. Shipments-wheat,
"a, 100 bushels corn, A. 600 bushels Sales-wheat,
7SS, $40 bushels: corn. 10l, 800 bushels.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1l.--St9cks active Money. 6a
6. Exchange. long. 4S21; short 4s4&. Govern
NEW YORK. Feb. .1.-Flour quiet. Wheat firmer.
LONDON, Feb. IL, 10 80 D. m.-Consols, 81 1916
for money and SO 1-16 for the account. U. s.
bonds, per cents, 1925; AZ per cents, 111A.
Erie, ASH, Atlantic and Great Western second
mortgage trustees certificates, 80 Reading, 33H.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
son CO. 70. s. /. per cents. LOG j. S. ~ per
central cent? 1852 3 Erie of g So S Ssnl.b sm 6s SsT Ssy ss
Hannibal and st. Joseph, 69'S; Lake Shore. 103k
Iron Mountain, 5ss5 North west, 1855; Ohio and
Mississippi, 298 st. Paul: 77H: Wabash. st. Louis
Texas 45LI W Il. TELEGRAPH, 1O31d: G., l. G. and
c., 21ss Pacific Mail. S93d.