, 1880-08-20
Wall Street Stocks Dull, with a
Strong Undertone.
Symptoms Of Firmness in Foreign Ex.
ohange-Gold Imports.
Heavy Country Demand for Cur
roncy-Local Securities.
The Produce Markets Active and Stronger
Corn Again Hiahor-Wheat Firm.
Lard and Meats E1tlttd-sew Pork on lhe Rampage
Hogs SIrouger.
TINANCIAI.


stocKs wore Bteady atlu dlill Coal stocks nd
vhhect IN colsenionce OF tue rlso In tho price Ut
eoa'n"t NJ tho close sales 10 scnAo ca'I5cd par"
tlalaceli'ie' transactions were very light tho
Hlarkot was III ILL 'thlecss!fe cnntllton. Operat-
ors "re afra!d 70 deal. not knowing which way
iho tnafkct may ttirn. On ono hnnd every one
ndmitS tho unparalleled prosperity Of tho
eohntfys on tho ofhor, 1t IL held TINT stocks
aavo hlrenty been put too high, and thAt, on the
principle TINT whit hns EoNo IN must como
down, tue tnarkct 1nnat decline. lsenrs 1nd bulls
nRree III believing that prices must ultimately
70 m,lclt higher:
Luke shoru lost u, to 10st&; Northwestern,
common FL to l0o,1; lake Erlo L Western 4,
70 u: Wabnsh 4, to 40h; tho preferred 4, to
~; IRON Mountain Il, to DIX; Rcndins u, to
.itas IT, 100 X, to 'WE: tho prnlorrod H. to 53a;
N0rtlicrn Paeto X, to 3oA; thu profcrrfd 4, to
%; Kansas & Texas u, to a,&; Pueblo Nail II,
10 4lh. .,.....
Ihc gains "oro: Rock Island 4. to 1l5s: Dur-
iln4ton q Quincy ", to l30; Manhattan IL, to
slH; New York Central ~ to 1'Ess: Ero u, to
~: tho preferred u, to IN; Union Pnolao Il, TO
VIZ; l'ackawnnna II. to ssh li'idaon ", to IL;
Jersey Ccntrh1 u. 10 Io4t and motifs Essex
IL, to laa.
Eric second Us oponed Mt ooas aud closed at tho
sL.no te1're.
lla1lfoad oonds In New York on Tucsday wero
Issues dealt Int howovor, showed an advnnuo on
tlle daSa trhnsnctens; Eric consos. Knnaas &
Texas sccftsds and tho Denver & Rio drhnde
bonds wero most prominent III tho dcalngs;
Chesapeake T. Ohio, clnss d, rosc from 01h to
o!A; 10 currency Us from IS to ash; lntornht!o1l-
NJ s. Great Northern incomes from = to n; Iron
Mountain tlrsts ARKANSAS Dranch) from 100 10
lodf; lt,t'lann. nloosn[n9ton j.: Western
Incomes from II To ~; Leh1Rh Is Wllkos-
nnfro conso!s hssented from p5l. to Nn:
Like Shore 4 1l!cltEin Southern sinking funds
from 1o9h to ll9ai: Lake Shore seconds, rogta-
tered. from ~ TO lla; Ohio 4 Mississippi arsts
tsprtngol!l Dlv!Bon) from 81 to 06; Oregon lhil-
way y Navigation flrsts from % 10 oo!a Detroit,
Monroe .E Toledo Hrste declined from ,1ell3 to
IL; Hobth y Ohio flrat dobcntures FROM Bl'f to
Sl; OHIO s. Mississippi sinking funds from III
to 1i0H; Tcxns pnclsc construction % from 81
10 g.; Denver & lilo orands '1rsts advanced
from 10t to 1915, and closed Mt lo4.S; do con-
structions declined fran 10 to 85at, and re-
turned to %; Kansns s paci0c seconds sold UP
from 077s to GO, rccc1ed to 8Si, and recovered to
@19s; Eric consolidated seconds fell on from 90h
to O0 and rii!od to 00H, closing at o0i4; do
funded 6s rosc from kj!k to a37s.
Gnvcrnlront bonAs were strong and qllict
District Of Columbia 30Ss, as bid md 100 aslfoti;
tho 4s, 109st bid and ITO aHkod; tho AVS, 10f bid
and lll14 askcd; tho 6s, 10.ai bid and 10@ asked;
tho o., 1915 lid and 1oiA asked.
Foreign oxehnugo WIS dull. with n somewhat
stronger tendency IN donlnl1d rAtcs for at1rllnx.
Tho expected advaNco In tho nank OF England
rato wns not made Sterling posted rites wcro
4es!s md 4sfh. Bunkors nctuAs ratos wero t8l!s
for Go-lny bills and 4s3A for demand. For 10
day commercial bills for prompt ana delivery
this nsont1, 47NeDl'0M WAS tho market ruto. For
delivery I'LL September. A33abfi3H. Posted
rlites for Paris woro 6e5 for sixty days and h.!.s
for sight sl1ty~day commercial bills, prompt
uEl3tGrfs HEEG hsGAuG&3y8It Tor uClItQry tAI5