Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-10
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Of 5 10 6 Ps Cent t-6ovsrnmsats
Strong and Highsr-flour Dull
Wheat Unsettled but Higher
Hogs Firm.
rIhAhuE.
MAJ XAeI

Nsw foRE, February 9-MoSsv-
At 5000 per cent. cloaing at D per cent.
Prime mercantile paper oCS5l per cent.
Sterling exchange steady at 1891: sight
exchange on New York 4sti.
SILvKR-At London 81 7.lB pence bar
silver here ll3l subsidiary silver coin
i(gi per cent, discount.
GovxRSAEsrs- rs--Strong and l(Sic high
or, new iours making tho greatest al
vance 10y reason Of orlera from Savings
banks and other institutions Tho loriner
arr buying Ia expectation of the passage
Of the net by the Legislature requiring
the Savings banks 10 keep 30 por cent,
Of their deposits In Government bonds
Y, Coupons tissi iu'
New .,, I'm
New Pour and one hait .-...... i.s,.
New Fouf- ''''''...' eel. iN
Pacific sitrs oi
RAILROAD BoSps ,iencrally lower,
but without MI important change.
SrArH lIosDa-lIull.
Srocks-Thu market was generally
higher early In the day. tho advance
ranging from 10 2 per cent, tho latter
Ia Canada Southern. During the alter
noon tho market was weak and prices
declined To a pur cont coal shares,
G.. g. & |. c., Kansas aud Texas and
Northern Pacific leading tho downward
movement. The break In tho coal
shares waa based on the reports that
the companies hal reduced tho
price, for coal Reports from thir'
ty-hyo western roads show gross
earnings Of $500, ,Nl3 for Janua.y.
against 81, ,2i6, ,0Sl Tor The same month
last year, . gain oi 81 ,Sip,3l%. or nearly
~ per cent, Every road. with tho ex.
ccption of three. shows gain Ia traffic.
Tho lines showing the most improve
mcnt were Atchison. Topeka aud Santa
fc. $l5S,76S, Chicago aud Alton, $l5s,'
5is. ~. Paul, Si7l ,S25. Northwest. $l2G,
079. Louisville aud Nashville. $40. .0sS /.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, $iI2.S7t;
Iron Mountain. S2ls. $50, ~. LOUIS aud
San Francisco, $40. .297. Union Pacific,
500, ,276, Wabash aud Pacific, t2im, go. /.
the earnings oi tho Illinois Central de.
creased So. 900 Tor January. The New
York Stock Clearing House opened To-
day, aud Nh experiment oi clearing
| stocks waH tiled. About one hundred
brokers consented to clear through u for
u week, aud much interest Vas mani
lcalcl, Where tho brokers made out
thuir statements correctly. clearings
were made ~ u short time aud to The
entire satisfaction Of oil, hut ln some
cases the brokers did not send in their
statements promptly. aud this intcricrc'l
with ita business II Ii expected that
matters will work smoothly IN n Tow
days. Mr. Hunt. manager Oi the Con
trail Arizona mine. loft Tor the Territory
with u letter oi credit Tor ti60, MOO, 10 be
used for the purpose ol bringing water
~ the miur aud increasing the number
of stamps ,o ono hundred, The Dead
wool Mining Company declared itr
Hecund dividend ui 20 cents per share lor
January, payable on tho 9hh, The
transfers Cluec nu the lith. An extra
scARiun ol the North Cafolinia lcginla
tnrc IL 10 bc called March 10Th Tor The
| purpose oi considering the proposition
the purchase ol the interest oi the state
ia the Western Nonh Carolina road.
| The TRANSACTIONS on the Stock In
change aggregated 23l 900 shares. oI
| which p,OOu were Canada Southern
| 800 Chesapeake and Ohio. $500 G., g.
4 ]. g.. 200 Central Arizona, - 0k
Delaware, l.ackawanna and Western,
5000 Iron Mountain. 5000 Iiannial
aud 81. Joseph. 1000 kansas and
Texas, $500 Lake Erie aud Western,
$500 Lake Shore, 200 Michigan Cen
trail, 1000 Marietta and Cincinnati arHl
preferred, $500 Northwestern, l2.0G
Nashville, Chattanooga aud ~. Louis
5000 Now Jersey Central, 5000 New
York Central, 400 Ohio aud MiuHis
Hippi. 5000 Pacific Mail. 400 ~. Paul
| loo ~. Paul and Sioux City. l,20I
Wabash aud Pacific, $50 Wcntefi
Union, 100 Quictnilyer, 100 Erie
$500 Little Pittsburgh and 100 North
cIn Pacific.
Marietta and Cincinnati iirsi prcicrrc,
closed ai i3i, aud Nashyillc. Chatta