The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-17
and Commercial.
Money 5 Per csn.-eessrunsnis Strong
and Higher Stocks BuOyant.
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settled and HIgher-Provlsions
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NEW Yogk, February lG-MoSEY-Easy Of
baB per cent closing at D. Prime mercantile
paper 6a5z per cent. Sterling exchangeftm-
or at 81 ssh sight exchange 81 SO,
GovRRNMEHT Bosps-Strong Snd u TO H
higher. The feature was the large purchases
Of the new foufs, over s., 100000 being taken
I'm United States fours, aud the strong de-
mand as the price goes up reflects the pre-
yatling belief that there will be no further
|refunding Of the debt at q higher rate than
three per cent per annum.
United s.atea O ot1Ssi, coupons.....-..-....-.-.losH
koW Elves eoupoFS .l0gA
New -Four and 4 halls eouponA.,,...,...................1o9k
heg Fol1rs coupon, .....
Faethc % otl69o.
RAnaoADs BosDs-Generally higher, with
chief inquiry for Erie, Iron Mountain and
Chesapeake and Ohio issues.
STATE SEcuAIrns-steady.
Louisiana ........,.,.. 5llflDo new ......-.......... Sax
HSEnsSla ;:.+.....-,- NJ y%irginta eaa.+........--
8 Joseph .a.....4..-lo5 lCopsols ............... IS
Tennessee 6s.........- 81 IDefeIud.........-........ 8
srocks-Market has been more buoyantto-
day than on any day fer some time and
'rumors OF railroad consultations, andi other
movements calculated to affect values, have
been plentiful. Prices advanced 4 TOT per
cent the latter Louisville and Nashville
which sold upto 14B and closed at 143. At
lantic andP Pacific Telegraph reese 5k per cent
to6o and reacted to 4B96 and finally closed
at 417s. Iron Mountain, ohios, Chicago st.
Paul and Minneapolis, Northern Pacific,
Houston aud Texas. 81, Paul and Sioux City,
and the Elevated railroad shares were con-
'spicuoris In the upward movement and closed
at about the highest prices made. Nashville,
Chattanooga and St Louis rose l per cent 10
'95, felloff 70 92k recovered to o5, and reacted
took. Iron Mountain and the ohios I'D.
yanced under large purchases, and coal shares
were strong because of an agreement for a
partial suspension OF mining by the COM
panies, an advance in prices of coal Of
% cents per ton.
Thu telegraph shares were conspicuously
active and trunk line stocks were firm on
slight fluctuations. Central Arizona was weak
and excited, and fell to ~ under q report
that q prominent bull operator in the stock
had turned bear, aud was selling the market
down, when 1t was ascertained that the story
was %nnfounded, and the, stock reacted and
closed strong at 9a9H. Caribbean declares o
monthly dividend OF l per cent. Chicago and
Alton earnings increased $83, 900 the first
week in Fobru ary, and those Of Wabash and
Pacific $4,000. IN;
The transactions, aggregated $4,000 shares,
Telegraph, 1000 Canada Southern, 1000
Chesapeake and Ohio, 1000 @. {. g. ]. 10,
1000 Central Arizona, 5000 Delaware and
Lackawanna, $500 Delaware and Hudson,
$1,000 Erie, 9,400 81 Joseph, 1000 Houston
and Texas. $4,000 Iron Mountain, 1850 Kan
sas and Texas, $500 Lake Shore, 5000 Lou.
isyllle and Nashville. 5000, Lake Erie and
Western, 4,400 Michigan Central, G,000 Mari
eta and Cincinnati LIST preferred, which
closed at AK; 1900 Northwestern, 1900
Nashville Chattanooga and 81. Louis, 1900
New Jersey Central, 23,e0O Northern Pacific,
10000 0hios 7,40o Pacific Mail, 1000 st. Paul,
5000 st. Louis and San Francisco. 10000 st.
Paul and Sioux City, 5,200s st. Paul and Min.
nesota, 800 Union Pacific, 1900 Wabash