Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-17

RAILROAD BoNDs-The features Of tire
msrk,t 10 day were Lake Erie and
Western income, which advsnceslio n
from is; Canada Southern 6rsts (yuar.
snteedl 10 1884 from l0li; ChrsalsAke
md Ohio frsts, series Is. to AT from
75i; Milwaukee and 81. Paul, Cnicrgo
AMI Pacific division, 10 l0a4 from lU7;
Cedar Rapids and Northern firsts 10 %
from %; Inland Northeru seconds tin
COM, o. to 50 from So; New Jrrsry Cen.
tral, incomes, to 9ii from 93i; Texas
Pacliic, incomes (land grant,. to 20 from
est; st. Paul and Omaha, cone u, TO
lOS, and Kansas and Texas consols las
sentedl to ll2 from mt. Erie consols.
Q condr. sold up to 9Si. Denver and Rio
Grande tirsts To III. DO cons0ls to ITO.
C.nads Southern firsts werv Ia demand,
and Id up 10 los.
srucEs-Ihe market opened stfnps
and in the early dralings prices sd.
vanced ! to l0t per cent. the latter
Houston and texss, ~. Paul and Omaha
and the Granger stocks being also prom.
inent in the improvement. Ssbse.
auently the general list reacted l TO u
per cent, and Houston and Texas
per cent. Toward noon speculation
again became srong, and. under the
leadership OF Rock lslsnd. an advance
OF | to 7 per cent too place, and MAS fol.
lowed by q reaction OF I to 2 per cent.
Rock Island and Pacific Mail leading.
During the afternoon the general list
vas very firmly held until the rios~,
when prices fell OF n fraction from the
highest point Western Union Mas
nrayily prers,d for SAL. and declined I
ptr cent on tho days transactions.
speculation WAS unususlly active
throughout, aud large blocks OF leadii z
shares changed banis. ani at intervn Q
dealings we're Ht,enustrl with much ex.
element. :. Paul AMI Omaha shares
were the prominent features oi tho day,
and ther. were large purchases Of
shares, the preferred bring taken freely.
n..csuse i, 10 the only stock paying =
quarterly dividend ol ] I pc, cent. that
- now ceiling under par. bt. Paul.
Minnesota and Manitoba earnings
TOR the first we,k OF Drc misv
show an increase al eiO, ,%Bl,
and Denver and Rio Granue
Sj0i, 900 TOR the secOn week 81 the sa'ps
n,uth. The Hom, stake Mining Com.
pany in out with another double divi'
lend. Central Arizona Was prrsssd Tor
sale, and dec ined to b. There WAS
rumor current on tie Street to-day oi
the formation here ol new great rail.
rnad combination, with y captaI ot t2o,'
100 900 o, stock and t2j, ,OtO,UO0 In bondn,
which proposes to extend the Wabash
Pacific sysiem OF roads IN Wisconsin,
MlnnaO,a and DAkots. A dispatch
rom Bo. .ion reports that the ChIrafo.
Burlington aud Quincy peopls are buy.
ny 81 Louis aud San FfanrisaO stock.
The iraDtac,ions on the Stock Ex.
change aggregated 5i3 600 shares, of
which 1900 were Chicago. Burlington
aud Quincy, 5000 Canada southern.
23O0C G. &. & l.. 2.lOO T.. q. 4 !. O..
10000 Delaware, I.ackawanna and West.
ern, 3 400 Delaware and liudton, 100
Denver and Rio Grnnde; $4,000 Erie.
10000 Hannibal and ~. Joseph, 5000
Iron Mountain, 1000 Ksbsas and
Texas, SO 900 Lake Shore, II 90 Lake
Erie and Western. 1900 Michigan Cen
trai, 200OO Northwestern, 800 Nash.
vile and Chattanooga, Is 100 New Jef.
sew Central, $500 New York Central,
2iO)O Northern Pssidr, 1000 Ohio.
o OOO Ontario and Nest. rn, 81 .0nO Pa
cinc Mail, 5000 I,esdinY, 1900 ~.
Paul. 81 900 st. Paul nnI O.nshs, ?,lC0
Texas Pacific, 5000 Union Pacific.
1900 Wabash Pacific, 4 90 Houston and
Iexss, 1000 Central Aris ,ns. 7 0oD ~.
Louis and ssn Fran -isco, and i.00O Rock
island.