Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-02
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New York.

NRw NORK. December l.-MoSkv-
4 8 per nt per annum and per cent.
per diemI closing at per cent. Prime
mercantiI. paper 5td6 per cent. Sterling
exchang bankers bills steady at 41St:
demand IsJi.
Money'cost stockholders s(Gl of per
cent. per day, in addition to the q per
cent, until the last hall honr oil busl.
ness, and then the rates at the Stock tx
change fell to d per cent.
SrLvER-At London 81 l3.lGd; bar sill.
yer here III; subsidiary silver coin
3(dl per cent. discount.
GoyYRNxENrs-Generally firm. not.
wi,hsianding the liberal offer OF the
Secretary oI the Treasury respecting
United States SKIES, due on the 3lst in.
stant. He was able to day to get only
s26l 200. OF which Sl3S.OO were bought
at 1929, before the price raised. and the
remainder at 1927, after the advance in
price.
4. \. Coupons tlssl)
New Fives....... .v
sew fourand one halls. ........... iio.
New
Pacific Skies OF
RAILROAD BoNDs-Irregular, but in
the main weak and lower.
STATE BoyDs-Dull.
SrocKs-The market opened weak and
in the early dealings prices declined |
to 81 per cent, Northwestern, st. Paul,
Western Union and coal shares being
the lead in the decline. Towards noon
speculation assumed decided strong
tone and under heavy purchases to
cover short contracts, and for long ac-
counts, prices advanced sharply. During
the afternoon the dealings were charac.
terized by much frmness and although
there we're occasional reactions the gen
eral tendency was toward a higher range
of values. A very rapid improvement
took pace in the late dealings when the
highest prices OF the day were reached.
| The buoyancy was caused by easier
money, the price falling - o per cent.
on the belief that the amour cement
that the government would ~ cept three
| millions Of skies Of 1880 at an advance
OF 4 per cent. over the former price paid
| bv the treasurer wouhl relieve the
stringency in the money market The
advance IN prices Il the close ranged
from ! TO ct per cent, the latter North.
western commo", Northwestern pre-.
ferred selling up 3 per mt. st. Paul -
per cent, New York Central 81 per cent +,
| Western 'nion s per cent Delaware,
Lackawanna AMI Western per cent +,
Lake Shore 81 per cen. aud Nashville
and Chatsno' ga3 per cent. ChiTgp'
Burlington and Quincy rose per cent,
fell off 5 per cent. and recovered 1t per
cent. Tie rot says the market IL in
condition TO 20 either way with violence
again 20 morrow, the pivot OF specuis.
ton at the moment being the money
market,
The transactions on the Stock Ex.
change aggregated $4,000 shsres, of
which 500 we're Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, 5000 G., G. Il ]. c.. ZOO
chesapeake and Ohio, 1900 Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western, 800 Dels.
ware and Hudson Canal 5000 Ere.
$500 Hannibal and 81. Joseph, 5000
iron Mountain, I 200 kansas and Texas,
II ODO Lake Shore, 4 30 Lake Erie and
Western. 800 Louisville and Nashville.
400 Michigan Central, 5000 North.
western, 500 Nashville and Chatta.
noopa. Is. go New Jersey Central, 49,
OOO New York Central, $500 Northern
Pacific, 1000 Ohio and NIssissirpi. "a,
900 Ontario AMI Western, 400 PacIbc
Mail, 500 Reading, 3.l0o ~ Paul.
.. 400 -. Paul and Omaha, $1,000 Union
Pacific, 10000 Wabash Pacific, 81 ,Oo
Western Union and 1900 G.. 9. 9. x ].