, 1880-05-01
Notable Strength In Eric - The
Coal Stocks Active.
Good Demand for Government Bonds
Local Finances.
The Rrodut. Markets Moderately Attirt and Steader
Provisions ilather Tame.
Wheat slrongar-corn In Good Demand-Ho
Pressure IN May Contracts.



tho vsscst Arr tho leust rcn,ly with their op!n-
ions. Tint stronger hnt1is thHn cv1r before nro
pulling tho wires seems beyond question. anr.
1ucc Indications 20 TO el,ow TINT tho contest be-
tween. Gould and Kcono is Mt It's hottest-
Keene's brokers haze been reported to bo heavy
buyers for the last two dnyR. BROKERS' aro atl-
vislu9 only short turns, whether on tho bull or
hear sidc.
Most Of yesterdays changes were toward higher
prices. Illinois Central nnincd u, 10 1U':t; Now
York Central Il. to 1901, Michigan Central u, to
svN; Iako Shore Il. to 107.i; Erie III, 10 434;
tho preferred ss& TO 67!t; Northwest n, to tkts,
after selling ut M!si; st, Pnnl X, to TN, Aftcr
srIling Mt 18A; Wnbush u, to GDsi; tho preferred
Il. to 05I: Ohio III, to JAN; tho preferred d to
10; st. Joe preferred II; to 72sss; pac[tEc Mail IL,
to 40E; Delaware e. Hudson IN. tn s0's: Lackn-
wanna 1si, 10 sO1t; Jersey Central IL, to t87l;
Heading II, to G0ss; Union Pncltlc III, to ";
Iron Mountain lai, to 5DA: Western Union r. to
l0sN; Atlantic + Pacific *, 10 4Ts: Northern
Pacific preferred Il, to 5,1i; Sun Frnucisco ., to
81; the preferred l. to 10.
BTho 1osses were, Northern Pacitlo 4, to Is;
LouisvlIc i Nashville ~, TO l:sl; Kansas s.
Te1us 4, to 3i:s: st, Joe Il, to IIA; aud llur-
l!ngton g. Quincy 4, to 1.3.i.
Eric Recund Gs opened 1T 0l7i, sold UP to o2ts,
and closed ut E3a;.
Railroad bonds. In New York on Wednesday,
were unusually nctive, md In tho curly ttcnlinys
thorc was II sharp decline in prices, but towards
the close tho market became tr,lcr, md /. mr.
tini recovery cns.1cd. Eric consolidated seconds
declined from S1.s to 81, md recovered to olA;
do flndlngs fell of from Y5s; to E5A. Kunsus &
Texas Ilrsts sold down from 10J.& 10 10l1f, at,d
do seconds from ~ 10 Gl,-the former
recovering to 1G., and tho hitter to a.,
Denver Iljo Grapic i!ysts declined from lo,Y
to 1864; Now Jersey Ccntrnl t,rsts consolidated
asscutel from I05A To 1ut.5: do INCOMES from 30
to Is: Luhxh l. wuknsbnrre nsseutcl from DY.;
to rs; New York Elevated Brsts from lllA TO
INK; Kansas Pacific os assentcd Denver Dl-
vlson) from 1854 to los; Iron Mountain sccouds
from 1u3E to lnH<; do second preferred incomes
from 7u.1 to 74,i; Indianapolis, Bloomington &
Western incomes fruu 5l to 6D: Dcn.
ware, Lncknwu,,un 4 Wcatcr,, seconds from III,
ITO 1o1,s: Luke sboro first cousoltntcd rcu.
istercd fro1n lgl tn 1A,H. Romc. Wnter.
town & Opt]ensh,Irp cousplJ1ntc,, Ursts frn,n m
IL c,n: Michlunn t.nutra r. rr,,n 1a1t: m 1oiit,
Mobile T. 1hin tlnhnnt,rrs from sls. To "a. r1,,inY,
pncif,e t,rsts rrnm ,tats IN 11a1:. nn, nostun
Hartford Eric II, sts from Kl; to h5ts. n. PM
Il Stt,,r CItv t,xts ntlvnnrrd rr,,u 1oi IN 1ni,t,
Buffalo Er[o new mort xnu,,s from 1t7l: IN tiH
New York Ceutr,l u fro,n ln,,: tn loa; Ohio
Central .rsts from no 10 Ha5.; aud Wabash sec.
onls from Iul,s to ip,5. Northwestern glnknv-
funds rose fr,,n 100 To in: nn,1 ,o cnnsn,h1ntnd
registered gs,!d declined from, lt7,; 10 III.
There wis III active demand for (ioyrrnmnnt
bonds District Of Columbia ;lG5s wer. 81 MD
aud NJ asked; tho United stntes A. 10,,; hid md
10TH usked; tho AIS, 1us1, au,i 1uaii: tho e.,
l0JE and lolti; nnd lilo ", la,; and loDl:,
Foreign exchange WIS IN Hight sunpy, with n
tendency to Weakness in Continental rntos
Sterling nost c,I rnt,4 ,.,,ro in nnI ,s1. ,t,,
-n.os ,r,..e srs,. an,, ,u,,, ~ ~. .o .o.' "e.1.
ac .n.cs ~cso ts1s .s, ana 4st, a',d docn1ncuary
were 6ao md 511.:, and 0crmun bnnkcrs' bills
s and Gi,s. French com,ncrcial, Ssls6as.,,
No1''netc'ha 'HhTks werc "49It4:sa Inc domestic