, 1880-05-13
Governments Quiet-Foreign Ex-
change Steady.
The froduto Markets slart Aetlft, and Decidedly
Stsonger-la tIool Demand for Corn.
Some Nervousness Over lhe Situation In Wheat
Tho Shorts Filling Freely.


bulk OF tho opinion scun1ul 10 be that another
downward move would bn made In n tlRy Or two,
as tho public had 1ittln disposition to buy, and
tho spectators wcro still tliepnsud to hammer
tho nlnrkot. Some. operators hero received tcte-
graphic recommendations FROM correspondents
III Now York to sell. Thosu bear points hnvo
recently NIL COME trtrc, bit there must bo tllno
when tho market will turI1, to the great damugD
Of thoso who kccp selltng stocks aftcr thoy have
gone down. \.
cnicugo brokers ftftport business dull. This Is
mt n constituency that likes tO sell short, and
tho decline h,ls bcon go ecvcre and long that 1t
hns talken tho pluck ont Of tho bults There Is
EtcAdy buying pr Investment st0c1ta, md tho de-
1nand for thoso Is likely to Increase.
Most Of tho changes II. quotations werc l1r-
wnrl. burlington j. Quincy made 4, to 1.l4:
Rock fsiaud ~, tn 1SN!f: Illinois Contr.Il /, to
100; New York Central v, to 1sS:z, selling rs low
na III: Michigan Central 1, to Blh, selling ut BlK
and TO-; Lako shore Y, to lG1H; Eric n, to q,
selling at B7!t nnd 357: tho preferred III to 00A,
ranglng between G1 md lTh; Northwestern Il,
to 0ol: tho preferred af, to 100; st. Pnul Y, to
TAX. nfter selling at T4A and 73K; tho preferred
!, to 10l; Wabash x, to ;9t, selling Mt 81 and
3li; the preferred Il, to Gsai, selling nt G.i and
0o1i; Oho1 tos; st. Joo II, to :1S: tho preferred
IL, to 6ga, selling ut 10 and 6S!s; Kansas Texas
Il, to S'!f; pac'ilc Mail 2h, to ~, selling mt q
md hi; Lacknwnnna Il, to T0as,, Rfter selling
ut 7TA: Reading 81, to 4sS; O., C. & !. c. X, to
10ai; Union Pacific 14S, to 84A; Iron MountAinM u,
to 43H, After selling Mt AN md Az; Western
Union u, to lois, solnE Mt l0s and 100!s: Louis
villo i: Nashville 3ai, ia IN: Chattanooga Q, to
Go4; Luke Eric T. WEstern VI, to s4h; Canada
southern !, to 5GH: Northorn Taci!ic 1tt, to =;
the preferred J1l, to 45,4; San Francisco IT. to
~; tho preferred &, to "; md ManhattAu ~,
to IN.
, Erie second Ga opened at 80 sold ns high as
695Ss, as low ns SB}&. and closed ut ssh.
In railroad. bonds, In New York on Monday,
the fcature Of the dealings was tho large trans-
actions In Eric consolidated seconds, which sold
down FROM t0s. to BS!{, and recovered to 88af.
Doston, Hartford & Eric t'rsss wcro also prom.
tnent In the lenlngs, mud advanced from 38tf to
40, but declined to a7H. There wore heavy sa1cs
of tho kansas s. TexAs lsslles. tho irets nsscntcd
declining from 10l to l00h, and tho seconds from
61 to Gsti. Tho pthor changes woro n decline OF
~ per cont III Ohio Central incomcs; 3 In Mo-
bile s. Ohio first dchenturcs; ~ In Chesapeake
& Ohio currency Gs; * In do surles d; = in
Home, Watcrtown & Uglcnsburg consolidated
flrsts; In Iron Mountain second preferred TN
comes; 15s III do first incomes; IL in Kcokuk s.
Dc8 Moines tlrsts; * In burlington, Ccdar
Rapids & Northern ftrsts ind Tcxus paciflo III
co.nes; and 4 per cent III Sun Frnncisco class u,
Now York Elevated ilrsts, Now York CentrHl liz
of 1853, and indianapolis, bloomington & Vest
ur1l f!rsts; and mn advance OF per cent In Co-
4.'iauus, Sn'c.Ao q !uu'""s Heats" supptulueh1-
ary flrsts, md Flttsburg, Fort Wayne Chlcago
thirds; 1por cont In pcorta. Decatur & Evnns-
vllle hrsts; and Il per cent IN liaflom foRBtofod
fl.ats.
Government oonda wcro IN falr demand. Iho
District OF Coiambla a'o1s wore III aotlve demand
at VIZ p!d anu ooA Asketls tho untted STATES ~
wero l07 bid md l07,4 nsked; tho 41ss wers 1OsF
and 1oo4 I; tho Is 1os,; aud 1904; and tho Gs looS
"'1a 3s.Ne' sooss. ,,.,.,. . ,.-~.,,,.
ohnnoce IN rntos 1uiis ,vnr n, ,nodcrntn Elm.
ply. Sterling postc,l advanced to 1905 and 4ss,f