, 1880-02-17
Prices Going Up, and the Public
Buying Freely.
Firmness In Government Bonds
Local Securities.
Tho Produce Markets Less Aotive-Grain
Averages Better, but Closes
Easy.
Provisions Tamo-They Weaken In the Ailor.
noon, with Larger Offerings.
FINANCIAL.

4u1A NENl OI CbHNuGHt luD uV-
ward movement In Ohio l. Mississippi, At
lanttc l. rncifc, md Iron Mountain co,l-
timlct1, and several oihor strung advances
followed cloeo after. Why Ohio T. Mia-
slssippt rises SO vigorously Is n conlnt1tam fnr
which few persons hnvo m answer. Tho hopes
OF getting rid OF tho elnbarrasstncnta nf the
connection with the Springfield Division still
hangs in nheyanco On tho decision Of Judge
Drummond, which has not yot been mado, and
which It ls not to bo supposed anyone hns sccr-
talned In advance. Tho Ohio 4 Mississippi IA
mentioned hs ono Of tho links In Mr.. T''1on's
new trunk-ltnu; beyond Tint no point hus
boon vouchsafcd to explain tho rise. Tho
1tccclvcr of tho road al1itms t'o!'ictai,y"
that thero IS no rcRson for It. still
1t risca. Tho advance yesterday was from 70 to
sDh, closing at TsS. Iron Mountain opened ut
an advance Of n. at GIN, advanced 10 G'A, AMI
closed Mt G5as. Its 9atns III enrnlngs aro sALd 10
bo explanation enough Of It's activity. Mobile
l. Ohio, which II l. said will ho lcuscd t0 tho 1rUn
Mountain. with which It already hns i colnce-
ton, showed some now ltfo. opening NJ mn ad-
vanco Of u. and Inaking Y moro, To %. Sioux
City on fow transactions gained for the ooM-
mon, to ~, and 2A for tho preferred, to 81.
been for mouths. The e1t0uslou by Congress Of
1ts laud-grant Ia regarded aa certain, and tho
simultaneous ndvAnco In It and st. Patti l. Min
ncarolla calls now attention to tho reported
project for connection between these
roads. Northern paciAo common wont up
1X, to aaH. and tho preferred 1A, to 6sai,
aud Minneapolis ~, 10 t4A. Northwest WIS not
active, but mado n gain Of n, 10 Dl.s, nnd the
preferred III, to l0G4. Louiavillo & Nashville
apparently keeps going up from farce Of
hablt. It opened at higher, and made l tnorc,
to 1N. but toactod =, to IA. Atlantic T. Pacific
Wns lively enough 70 please tho t1lost Metcurtnl
operator. 1t went III II few easy glidcs aftcr tho
opening of 40 10 60 ad then WIS quoted In r1,pi.l
succession ut 49, 4S, 47, md 40, recovering from
this point. aud c'Osng ut 47A. Tha Company
syinpnthiscs to sou,o degroc III tho prosperity Ut
Western Union, tho cummings OF which nro said
to bo very largo. Western Union gn!ned u, to
1o6H. Tho coal stocks wcro not "a strong III
they promised On Saturday to be. Delaware &
Hudson 1nade u, to 7B4. I.nckawnnnu lost y,
TO e0h; jersey Central Il, to AS. Ncudlng n,nde
y. to 9o st. Joo started nIo,,g ns II another
pool had taken hold OF it,-tho common Il. to
40l aid tho preferred 4, to TtA.
Computing opening and eosfug prices, Mschl-
gun Centrnl lost Il, to 6oE: 14n.o Shore Il, to
10iH: Illinois Contrnl advanced Il, to l0t Union
Pac!fo declined x, to VIZ Eric Il, to HI; c., c,
& |. c. 4, to 2lA; Canada Southern Il, tO Gs:
Knnsns 4 Toxus Il, tn 46H; Wabash Il, tn IL; tho
preferred =, TO t91s; san Francisco preferred Il,
to 57!t. racitlo Null went up u, to 4l14: Lnku
Erie & Wcsscrn Il, to 3iT; Chicago, 81 Louis &
New Orlcnus declined !, to ~; Chcsupcaka l.
Ohio advanced Il, to :ssi; Ceutrni PnciIlo Y, tt,
BY; Manhattan ~, ~ 50.<; and tho m'Iell-
abused Con,rnl Arizona Il, tou!s.
ChicnK0, Clinton, Dubuque & NlInnosotu wns
81, Ana Flint l. Pdru Marquette a5it bid.
Eric second 0s opened ntE,ss ind cosetl ut Nl:s.
In rMilroa1 honda. III Now York on saturday,
tho lnrKcst trlnSactl0ns were II, ErIc, Irun
Mountain, Mobile & Oh[o, n,nl Home, Watertown
g. 0R'iensbtirg lsstlcs. l'recs I.lvAncet Il To ,
per cant-tho utter IN Rome, WAtcrtown & OK.
densturg, ~.
Government bends were aga,n higher. Tim
District of Columbia 3.G5a w0ro d bid nnd Ut
asked III Chieago. The Is III Now York wcro
106st bid and 106A asked, and IN Ch1cuKo wore
1odH md 1UIS fnr largo bonds ard lUG1s md
1904 for small Tho AS wcro 1Gih and I0s1t, p,
tho 6s lGJA nnd l934 and tho Us 1U5A And 1051k.
Foreign exchRngo WIS quiet. III aterllug tho
posted Entcs wnro AL and 4R0}4. New York net
uni rates wore 4Gslt4s3M a1tl 4s5dD4s6A. In Chi.
cago actual r1tcs wero 481ti all.l 4BbH. 6torltng
commercial bills worp 4SlA1islh. Parts bills
6e3hdsa$lA; Antwerp, 525; nnu lIavrc, 6.4a..
Gcrmap commercial bills were u.
ChcnK0 brokers reP0rtct tho country orders
for currency ratlor lnrKer, Now York oxchuuyc
w.ls woak 1t par betwcen bAt,ks. Discounts we're
satisfactory. 1lnnk-n0tos wcrp GQe3 per cont,
and street rites G17 per cent. Bank clenriugs
were 81 ,sD0,W0.
Cook County 7s Of 1H0 sere sold ut 11tls, and
those OF 1856 ut los; 5000 Chtcago, milwaukee,
Il st. Paul 7s sold at $ll0 and thoro w,ls Il good
demand for tho BG5s at !H bid aud nH aakcd,
On the ChtcNgo Mining Nourt! thoro wcrn sRles
OF Loviathnn, 100 ut a7h; Chicago l. Silver
CtiG, LOO at %7}i, 1000 at ;.:}, l,O at 20, 1860
at9 soller 10; Silver Clitr, 1000 ut II, 1000 Ut
2eH seller 10. Tho following quotations wcro
mado: