Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-19
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS sY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy at5to 6 Per Csnt- --eevsrn.
msnts Generally Firm-flour Dull
and Nominal = Wheat
Highsr-nogs Firm.
PIhAhUE.
N sw York.


sILyEs-At London 80 7-i0 pence; bar
silver here 1881; subsidiary silver coin
lG1l per cent. discount
GovERSNRSTs-Generally hrm; the
Is and AS rose ic. The Secretary o.
the Treasury accepted 81 100000 worth
Of bonds offered to-day ~ toalovs:
Skies OF 1880 atil03.a5 10 sl03.g7; 6's OF
1881 at l05 80 to l0575; 5s OF 1881 at
l03 80 to l0SU7.
O. Coupons usciI
New New 1--WE, nS one !,
New Four. ......-tCN
Pacific skies OF ~
RAILROAD BoSps- Strong and higher
with the chief activity in the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Erie issues; Lehigh and
wilksbarre assrnted Is advanced 10
100 on tho official announcement that
the March coupons would he paid on
presentation and the reports of the In.
creased earnings Of the company.
STATE BoNDs-Dull.
STOCKS market was buoysnt
early in the day. Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago rose from 18} ~
100 and the remainder OF the list l 10 81
per cent except the I,ouisville and
Nashville, which fell of 2 percent 10 l3S
and later rose 10 ~! and closed at l@3A.
During the afternoon prices reacted l(g
a per cent. but toward the close the
whole market became strong, aud the
highest prices OF the day were made In
many instances. Western Union was
firm on the report OF an extra divi,lsnd
Of II per cent, and Oh q ,lccision sus.
tanning the claims oi the Page patent,
now owned by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, which will compel oil
other telegraph lines ~ pay q royaltyto
tho Western tniGn Tor the use ol the
patcnt IL is even contended that the
company will also, under the decision.
br enabled Ia recover damages Tor the
past use ol the appliances. In
a technical form, the dscislon
covers the following points: Flint,
The adjustment of the retractile
ol an automatic circuit breaker. Sec
ond, The continuance Of M electro mag
nri armature aud adjustable refractor.
Third, Adjusting or regulating the
length oi vibration of the srmature of
an electro magnet by means Of Q set
screw, or any mechanical equivalent Tor
Substantially the same purpose. The
decision is very broad, and covers the
principles necessary ior the operation
Of any instrument. steps will b taken
at once 10 enforce tho dccisIon, and
salts for damages vii probably bs
btought against other telegraph cou.
| pSnies, railroad companies and pdvabor
| pSsons. The trsnsaetieee ven lp1op,
Y !hs kHsk aasA ~
sss.el f sss.|nss' fEs.s !. ..|l .sess :
consolidation oi st. Paul and Minnesots,
~. Paul and Sioux City and North Wis
consin roads, and then again, u ID saId
that the Chicago aud Northwestern
Company is trying 90 obtain q control.
ling interest in some of these roads.
Exactly how this matter will turn out
nebody seems Ia know, but there u no
doubt that important railroad move
nicnts are on foot in ihc Northwest The
Grdphn says; "A correspondent Wishes
| To know IL there n any good reason Tor
| the decline in Little Pittsburgh from 30
| to its present price There ~ mono ~
lar M the mine In concerned, but there
have been some large sales ON the part
| Al -
" Peop'e VINO "esie" w uM ihs'I
are not M actively dealt in an
the stocks oi the general list. o sharp
decline ehsneu. ine s'ock snou'u TO
.o,ei m' ueI,ne slpalvn' wnk
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has De'h in'suy taxing inc oherng
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on'o ,iI 'a''lus' ~, 's'ny n.o.csu ~,
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n.s' nte uAya ~ &c &c 60
u '',I 80 T,;an ,Ip pa ". Isi ~.
c"n'sn ~" .'.s 80 WI
uary show q gain oi sIts, 90, and l0f
| Inc iIr.t thirteen days of Februsfv iu.
creased $4,000
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