Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-01
COMMERCIAL.

ST. PAUL. Oct. 81, 1880.
Business on Gail yesterday was firm in all
limos. with no disposition to yeiid from estab-
lished prices. Wheat was firm at quotations
as follows: No. hard, 95c; No. 2 92c; No. 5
63c; No October, 90; No. November; So, and
No. 2, the year IS cents per bushel.
Corn was stronger than tho day before and
demanded. Quotations rated, 42c bid for No.
2 spot cash, and one car was sold at that rate,
No. November, was bid at 80, held at 80 and
sold one car at that figure.
Rye-Nominal, at Csc.
Barley-Strong and in request, at TIC, for
No 2, cash; $40 for No. 8; Zoo for No. Octo-
Der, and 52c per bushel for No. 8.
Ground feed was bid at $ls25 no
offerings. Parties who hold are stiff in their
views and disposed to stand on top.
Corn mesl very firm and in some request at
Sl475
Bran quoted steady AT $780,
Baled and timothy hay were not mentioned
as quotable on the board, although both we're
in fair demand and deals were looked after
with some urgency.
New York dispatch Of last evening says {:
The tone of the cotton goods market was
very strong and prices have an advancing ten
dency, many fabrics being held at value by
manufacturers agents. Low grade prints in
fair demand with light supply. Ginghams
and dress goods in light request and steady.
Mems wear woolens in moderate demand.
Foreign goods remain quiet
Eastern and European Markets.
Nsw YORK, Oct.!30.-Boney easy at 21&@S
per cent. Prime mercantile paper 45S@51s
Der cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
steady at $A.SlA. Sight exchange on New
York Ss.S3&,
BANK STATEMENT.
The following is the weekly statement of the
New York associated banks:
GoaDs, Increase. ..........-.........S $50, 800
Specie increase. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 75S, $40
Legal tenders, decrease. .......... 142 900
Deposits, increase. EXPERIMENTATION. 100
circulation, decrease. ............... 81, 100
reserve. Increase. .................. 17S, las
The banks now hold $3,743,575 in excess of
legal requirements.
Governments fairly active and generally
firm. Railroad bonds active and irregular.
State securities dull and nominal.
Stocks-The stock market opened strong and
TO ~ per cent. higher for Philadelphia q
Reading, Central Pacific and Cleveland, Column
bus Cincinnati & Indianapolis and q to per
cent lower for the rest of the list. Suisse
quentiy there was general decline of a to
per cent, but at the first board strong tone
prevailed and an advance of u tc per cent.
was recorded. Philadelphia & Reading and
Central Pacific leading. This was folio wed by
slight reaction, but during the afternoon the
speculation again took and the market closed
generally strong at an advance of d 10 az
per cent, the latter in Chicago & Alton.
The transactions Aggregated $4,000 shares, OF
winch 1908 we're Chicago, Burlington & Quincy;
1000 Chicago Alton; $4,000 Delaware, Laoks-
wanna s " esteru; 4, 300 Delaware Hudson; $4,000
Erie; AGO Hannibal 4 st Joe; 1880 st. Louis L
Iron Mountain; $3.50 Missouri, Kansas & Texas;
1850 Lake Shore; 6,200 Michigan Central; So 600
Chicago Northwestern LOCO Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga st. Louis; 9,S0J New Jersey GENITAL; IL coo
New York Central 100 Ohio & Mississippi; $4,000
Pacific Mail; $4,000 Philadelphia Reading; $4,000
Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul; 800 81. Paul &
Omaha; 10000 Union Pacific; Ii, 900 Western Union;
5000 Central Pacific; $500 Cleveland, Columbus
Cincinnati s. indianapolis and 22,O00 Northern
Pacific.