, 1880-08-26

FINANCE AND TRADE.
Stock Market Dull, with tho Excep.
tion Of tho Coal Stocks.
lEcaylncss OF Foreign Excllangc-1m-
ports 1,lst Week.
Largo Country Demand for Currency
Local Finances.
The Produtc hlarksts lery Irtgu1ar-rroslsaas
Nervous md EnsctlIcd.
Corn Weakened by The Rain-Whcal and Gals
Lower-Bar1oY Stronger.
FINANCIAL,

FINANCIAL.
Etncka wcro very tl,l. Mnst ii tho nctivc list
Ellowc,a Mt thu l"unnIl1y nf business n tendency
IN ndvnnen: hit ns snut, ns this bccntnu evident
tho market grow dull md lIfciess. l,urlnptoI,
Qhttstcy WIS tho strongest. rtslhY III II very
few transactions, recovering IN ai,iKlo ,1ny the
dividend taken I'll. Thu opening wna i:Ilt4 ux.
ttvldcuA. nil the close lrla, cx. dividend, ftue
Island madc ". to tl3I.; Attrrls & 1:ssrx 2,t, To
III: IT. ion Il, IL III: tho preferred II. to e.,a.
after ceiling nj *..a. Lnckawnnna wns active
null ilrr1, going III from Elk tn tr.,i, md eitss-
ing at 9t!s,-a Eatn nf II. .1erscy Central tnntlo
~ 10 IL ntscr selling ut ~. Northern 1uef,c
RuI''rd il. To mi: T., C.. Il !. Z. Il, to is4: nni
Otnuha preferred Il, to s:,a.
Ihe raid n1l Erao was continued. Tile first
'i,sntntfon WIS iU?. but nftcr RcllnE nt 40i tho
price declined to E'!f, fil cinsr.l ut ::i, loss
Of J. Eric preferred rinEcsl between Ga:s nnd
OBI. New York EcntrA lost +, 10 l:s!!a: MIc-
iFnn Central II. tt Isi: I.nkr slinre II, IL 10e;
Sorllwest y, tu t,l: tho prcfcrrct. u. to 11a.s
81. Pnul Il, tD Ea.4: Ohfn ii, to :Hsi: KRtRns s.
TexRs =. to ;fts: inclic Mail u, to 40ts. Hudson
A,to s5'i; Manhattan ii, tu:7't. utter selling ut
@al and 2G74; Iron Mn,intnln II, tn kuE; ChHt-
tnnouEH ~. to e; ind On,uhn =, to n.
Ere Aceos,l Gs npc,srd ut eDil, sold ut sot nntl
6s!i, anl c'oscd nt tho lus. .lgurr.
ltrIlroad bo,l1s In NEW York on Mont!ay were
Bcncrnlly trnt nn n l'snItcu yul,,Mc Df business,
md closc1 Mt lnchu1,Rcl quotations As conf
pRrcl with tho tlnnl ttuofat!ons OF Saturday Inst.
ltalrontl hontls wcrp fnrly acttvc. tint the MR.
ket WINS Fnmtwnt Irregular III tone. Erie cs,n-
eoEdatcsl seconds declined frns f,; tn HSai, md
recovered to !ntG Iin funded Is declined frnn,
Hi4 to SIX: American Dnc1s improvement Is
rose from ITO 10 III; indianapolis nccntur &
Springfield rsts frOn tul In l0t!;: st. fA,,' !!rsts
Southwestern pysinm from lis to ITO; Southern,
PHclllc Of California tlrsts from MI tn i00i;
Texas Pacific fnctnneA from u In GA: AMI Orc9ntl
Navigation tlrsts from I.t 10 100; Chic1go, 1}ttr-
Iron Mountain rccond preferred Incomes from
EtoBl; Metropolitan Elevated flrsts fror, 1dos.i
to lU0; Hume, WntGrtnwn & 0xdtns,urE f1tsts
from u to t.; ST. I'anl 4 OnGhn Construction Ga
from 100 to !E Crntr, j'uctc lrsts Irntn lle!; 10
l2li: LchIR., &Wtlkrsbnrrc co,sols ,lssented t.c
cltncd from aS!s ia ~: 1lciawnre s. lfn!snn cot-
pun 1lrsts tI'cnnsylvnnLa Div'sIon) advanced
From 1ls,3 10 ITO.
Government botds co,,ld not maintain tho
high price or tho tlay before. District ut Gu
l..nbsu 'G1s were 9Ssi bid and no nskc.l tho Is,
1Ul:i hl n1l1 Ito asked; the 4.ss 1lUat bid md
Hts nske; tho Is. I0:ss bid and 1uss uskcI: tito
os. ipi9s hid and l0!al askc,!.
Foreign cxchMngr WIS wcnls and depressed.
Sterling posted rites tlcclnma to ~. nnd III.
lstHKGtS' ncttitl rules wErc lS04 fnr EO-ny hills
Nni s:..1at for .lenln,ll For -ay commercial bills
for prompt md delivery this month, 41bl 419.i
WAS tho smrltct rnlc, For delivery Mlt septeu-
tier, isslt1'. Posted rates for Paris wgrc 5.s fr
sixty hAy* and hs.!i Fnr sight. Stxty-,!ny eorl-
mcrtInl tslls. prompt delivery, were i:yss 5sss;
fGr 'estrrry ihrv weeks, ssk}2 i.sai. For ct,ll,-
ncrcInl G0-I1Ay hills prompt .lellvury, III jfMrru
anu MnrsciICs, t16LE:las wis paid; Ea}taIETas:
thrtu weeks delivery. sixty-duy commercial
hIlls OIL Antwerp, deliverable prompt, wcro 5an,:
G1:Gia'; three wccks+ Et1s GSU. l,nnkers bills ot,
Grvtnaf,y wcru tjai for u .lnys n1ld VIZ for de-
innnd; t0'tlny cnsnnserclnE hills. prompt, wtro
Ei!sG3i 5-l9. and fnr three weelsa' delivery, ;,s
Gts6-ld. fiHnkers' R,lidrrs MI Holland wU1u
E:a For 70 tlnys aEf ~ for .r,nu: III tlIlya cnttt-
n1crcIat were :M;sG::s:.. Austrian torit,s, Ali
Hnrway. Sweden, mud nolllnnrk, 21,!.
Imports wcrr htavIcr ut New Yurk last week
fhc following tlg,ircs Of Ia,lN,rts; cxu1usIyc Of
specie. urn for Nrw York nnl fur tho week end
inK Inx...
aty asss;s; sssr: s;:ssss! s as;;; S' Ssa. |$$
}"se 's1l5a:,s 5a: " 's":stsd rsst ss a ss s i i
since jim. 1..."....$Isl.tGs.6s. tlstgi1N s1H iIs
Chicnso bank clenrng* were s:i.a00M, Ct,lIn-
try calas fnr currency were heavy. Now York
exchange sod between hunks Ut 80cGl$'.00 per
$1,000 tlIscni,nt. Inn,!s were su,l ut 3I6 pcr
cert on call, fa4d 5fl' per eGnt OF TING.
West Division Per ccnt certificates wcro sold
ut 109al.
The following quotations Of loca! securities
earf fkyny1G Gstt1f u, ,tns,,rr, t+,I.