, 1880-07-17
The Rise in Stocks inducing the
Public to Buy.
Advance In Nearly All eocurities-
Slight Reaction.
Chicago Finances Dull-Light
Currency NIOYcn,cnt.
Tho Produce Markets Loss Aotlva-Pro-
visions Stronger.
Wheat Steady but EasIer-A Big Shipping De-
u,aAd Tor Corn.
FINANCIAL.

Stocks wcro very firm. Ilrokers report TINT
Tho 1lae Of tho last Tow tnye h's stlntlntcta pr-
chuerrs. Crlp prospects havc bcc<'tnr Inueh
better. Tnr,ncta nro working almost twc.tys
fnlr hnurs II ,lny 10 Enthcr tho cr,ps. III tho
North tho 1lnrycst Il not yet Dslt hf un'1Hcr t't
/, few moro days of s,tch weather ns this Will In
Burc !ts safety. ..
Nearly everything OH tito tst mstflt EAns, tho
Northwesterts l,ulng especially strung. North"
western cur,tlon 1nnde Il, 10 911s. hfter selling
at 02ik; tho preferred 4, to lt0M. st. Fam,
ringing betwecn SOY and ~ closed ut 1aS.
II gain or Iii. Ss. ranl, Minneapolis
Omnhn advanced to 40. and closed Ut
3oA. gain Of ". burlington Quincy made
i. to 1alI; Itock 1s}atl II. to 1r8il; Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis J., ~:
Illinois Ccntra, 4, IN 107; New York Coniral y.
tn 1211i; Michigan Central II, to Sosi; 1l1kn Shoro
i, to lAli; Eric X, 10 42si; tho preferred 4. to
10}&; Wabash u, to ;IA; tho preferred y, to a's
OAio Il. to tss: ST. JUe LII, to :61 tho preferred
III, to 70; Pacific atail Il, to +i& Jerscy Central
Il, 10 t91i: Heading Il, to liz; Iron anuntasu Il,
To Al: Nashville 4 Chattanooga Z, to IL; Texns
Central l, 10 85; Lnko Eric & Western H. 10 %
Cnnadn Southern =, To 5a1i; Ntrtllcrn Fnctiio |
preferred Il, to 4n4: and Mobllo Ohio Y, to |
20ti.
The losses wrrp Columbus, Chicago Il flNliat1n
Central H. tu 1G: San Franciscn II. t0 Nsd; Vest
ern unlou ", Ia lt11i: Manhattan VI, to H);
Some tnnninulntIon With washed sstlca forced
prjecs M ut tho cluse, but tho hulk nf alvcrs
rrun Nuw fark Indicated tint tho tone of tho
market wns stroiK.
Erie sccu1,d IL opened nt s,7i, sold ut 10 and
s!l.;, md cInsrd ut e9l.
In New York un Wednesday, tatlrontl bonds
wcrn IN guol demand, tho transactions totnE
well distributed. md tho prevailing tendency
was toward IL hIEllrr tHngc Uf Qnatln1ls; Erlo
consolidated sccnntB Nttvntced front B9t to tll3.
and reactrl tn s0i4; dn funded u r,so fr''n sIh
to s4!3 Ilosto, Hartford & Erie tirsts tr0n 40z
to II; C., G. 4 /. c. supplementary s,rsts de-
c!tncd frun ~ to ss.i: do incts, nftcr at!vs,,N:-
inr from '57al to 40A. reActed IN NH: Central
Iowa tlrsts RoItl up lrom 1o.h 10 1Gl,s; Chesh.
peake & Ohlo, Class u, fell oIr FROM G5ai to is;
Eric gold Il rose frum t., to LII; Knnsas l'nctu
irsts tJenvpr DlylsplI fruttt l0S2f tu. ltSai; 10
cx. coupon from ~ to m; knsialts Cy North
cr,, renI c7tnte - frDnl i07 to fts; Idlko Eric &
Western fncutucs fro1n u tu GDk; n,u tl0 iirsts
from III: tn l0aii.
Guvernuiout honls opened Without change.
hut closed 4 higher for tho 4s und lhs. district
of Columbia 30Is wrro gSa bid md tt)st an 10o
asked; tho ts 1us t nnd 1Dsai ,tske.l. tho 41ss,
III b md 1tU}i ask.sl; tho b., lGssi hid nld
llrts sskcsl; tho Is, tGscx. Interest bill and t0i
asked.
Foreign cxchaueo VIII dull nul. lowor. strr-
ling posted rates. wsro 4s]s nnI +S'; sctunl r2es
wure sEl and 4al1z, aul sterling commercial tSD,s
G54SDA. For frAtlcs, posted rites wGre EGial ul,sl
s.h for Paris. cpn,ulcrria fruilcs weru hattl
FOR InA M:'!s for IEmvrc. and hsSti for Antwerp.
sInrls Htre 4:s untl 0!3i fer postcd E}ia fur uc-
,l,rn,nry. 1IoiInnd flnrlns. 40!s ftr aiKht; Aus
trim tl0rus, III; Norway, Sweden, Aua Den
I.1ri;, 2T.i.
Exports are Tightening. Fur tho rast week at
New tnrk lhoy wGru nturly q niislun less thnl
tho week lptuse.
The following tAhlo shows tho exports toxclu-
slvc OF rprclc} frnm tho port OF New Ynr!t Tor
tho week en,l!nH July l3 3ISso. compared with
Tho statement Ut tho two previous years:
I;s;; S:s ;, ;s';;; xsss <} *i' $its3i
stHce ,sn. ....snl isLNl .!iusaolt sl'aost7G'
cnieaXu b.Ink eltar:Mga wuru ) &i01 OoI. C.nlin-
try orders for currency wor0 light. uni New
York exchange sults sutwce.l hunks ut ::rlia i'cr
.SlUuU ltAeount to pAr. 1.Onns wero Inautiyo 1T
4GtGp per cunt on cnll. md l!aaa per cent I'll tnn.
Chicngo, burlington enlncy l'er cents hive
been introduced i,tn this market uni urn scll.
Ing we'll. There IL gou1 Inquiry for st. pnul IL
and -.
Purchasers Of the Gr7.nger stocks will fnl
comfort in tho stutomcnt that Sir. 1nmnn. oI
1unjur,, Il prominent meteorological, hay c.liln<
attention tb tho fact that tho llritlsh wcutho,
charts now being isslu,l nro nlmost
Identical With tht'so Of tho beginning
OF Juno Inst yuar; frulu whte!, he slreues
that tic wcutrr 0f the lext Two luttha will llt
Il repetition OF Tho es,.i storms that ruined lAs
years crops IN England.
An account 0f tho struggle between tho rull
mnll purity ulNl this UnrrIsols In thu rGcUll
election Of Directors 1T tho lonn s. Improves
1ncnt Co,npnIly Is Blyen by tho Euw York 1r!t
Nlsc:
The dcscut 1T tho aI,n,ial election Ut tho Lou,
Improvement Cosnt,auy On TlcS'lty Ut ueGrK,
llnrncn Porter AMI WllliIE Albums. dr.. win ra
{duntiiicd With thp iu.il tIlttrt,at wlis Tho n.