, 1880-01-13
Cheap Stocks Taking the Lead
Again.
Government and Local Securities Strong
Foreign Exchange Higher.
Tho Produce Markets More Active, and
All Lower.
4 Dttak In Grain and PEosis'ons-Corn Dting
Stored In Vessels.
FINANCIAL.

Htocks wcro nctivc and b,s0yant. md after
dcclun ut tho opening tho whole lst closed with
lnrge gnins. Tho aonl at0cks wero tho only In
portant exceptions. The chnnp stocks hnvo MP
rarontly nHntn taken tho itAtl they hn'l Inst
s,itI1tnor, nnl tho Investment stocks left be-
hind in nctivisy.' Chicago, st. I.uals & New
Orienns opc1.ctl ut :s!!f, as,A nivnnccd 10 II:
Houston s. TexNs ntlynMcctl frDm 81 10 hAn;
Mobile 4 Ohio opened at c5is, snlh up to y, NnA
closed nt 29is; AltGn l. Tcrru Ilnutc preferred,
which on saturtlny Mivanced from Dto G!H,
opened yesterday ut 57!i. and snla finally ut
IS; Knnsas g. Tcxns enltl rs high hs 4OA,
rcacting In 40!s; Chcanpcnke & Ohio mndo 9,
to -; md the !irst preferred n. to ElA. ThcsC
quotations ehnw thit the Impulse given by tho
advance In tho Investment securities hns
reached tho general list, with apparently
special tendency In .nvorof tho Southern anil
Southwestern stocks. Chlcngn operators nro
doing moderate amount Of business, though
they are not going In with tho abandon Of laat
1nll.
Tho stocks mt atrcn.ly mentioned that nd
vllncct1 were Ncw York Central II, III lx}H:
Michigan Ccntrul .t. to tD7;; II. Paul preferred
VI, to 1o; Alton Il, to 10,4; Ohio md Mississippi
II, to 31,s: Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati &
indianapolis ", 10 70!4; Columbus. Chicago e.
InlInnn Ccnsru1 y. to III: CnnNsla Southern u,
tn 1Dt: Wnbnsh preferred Il, tn fal; Western
UnlDn ., to 10i,l; Atlantic s. Pacific X, To 4:a5;
Northern Paeftlc preferred H. tn 67A; Louisville
& Nashville II, to as!l; Ohio 4 a1isslss!pA
preferred ~, To Gl!s; Knnsns paclflc IL, tn Us;
Sioux City y. To asA.
The losses wcrc Manhattan !, to S3A; Pacific
Mail II, To 3oa;; l.ako Eric 4! Western Il, to ;N;
Northern Pacific II, to s}A; SIM Francisco pre-
forred 4. tn4s: tho preferred n, to 5sA: nehtl-
Ing 2, to Gs1s: Minneapolis Y, IL 40!s; Morris s.
Essex 4. t" 1oail; Jersey Central 4. to E,s;
Lackuwnnnn Il, to eG!4; Delaware & Hudson u,
to 70N; st. loo prcfet1cG II, to Oh; tho COM
k.~p fN,S- -Httt, ~ IL
u, to 43is; burlington & Quincy 2 to 1lai4; Hi
nos Central RI, to 10l1: st. Paul y, to 7s!4; tho
preferred 4, to 1O7H; and Lake Shore te, to
l01H.
Ono ut tho now featl1rcs Of business wns tho
downward ngtlrlty III the Ccntrnl AriznnM Nfiil-
ing Company stock, which sold down from 1s1i
to l8A.
Erie second Ga opened Mt sa, sold ms high ns
B8.f, and ns low us S'!i. closing vt Rsss.
1tntlront1 lIontls, In New Inrk on Saturday,
wcro hiloyart, with MI ntynncc IN prices rnny-
Ing from to ~ per cent. Tho Kut,aus & 'rcxns,
Chesapeake {; Ohio, Mobile & Ohio tlebontMrcs,
international, and Columbus, Chicago & lndi-
Rna Contrnl Issues wore most prominent III tho
dealings. OF tho laRt nnffed tho incomes wuru
IN active demand, und ndvahced nearly j per
cent.
Government bonds were Rtrnng with higher
quotations. Tho locnl supply is arnin running
short, The Is opened IN New York ut l0l bid
antI 104A1 nskcl; In Chicnx0 they wero 1Gla lid
nnl 104Ai asktHl. Thu 4Ms wcrc 107tt and 107N,
tho Is l.z md 1dlsi, md tho o. 1lA md 104s
1lusincss WIS reported actlvp ny tho local tlcAl-
crs.
Foreign cxctnugo was higher. Posted rites
for sterling wtrc Aft for sixty days and 4st fns
sight. Sterling grntn bills were hGe+el. Actual
bN1kcrx rNtes In New Ynrk wcrp 4se-,dlltc,11a md
ASK, md tho sumo In Chicago, French Rr,in
Hills wero ha5s;Gl!5s4ss for Pnrs, 6.6A fnr Ant.
wcrp, and G25s.lT.0 for IGnyrc Gcrnut conl-
merctal marks wcrc ol,l. The supply Of bills
was light.
Chicago receipts of currency were not 80 lnrRe
as they hnvo t,ccll, md Country orlerH for Nov
York cxchunHo were liberal. II In selling l,c-
tween bnnks Mt 76o per si,000 premium. Cur
rrncy 1a gning forward To New York. Nu,,k
rntca nro quoted Mt 1GlA rrr cent, and street
rtes GOT per cent. Hunk clcarinxs wcrc 81 zoo,
Co.,
West Town r. wcro sold Mt 1olh Cook County d
arc quoted between dealers Mt 1R.S. Holders Of
Cook County Is or 1ssI Il fuvorit Rccurityin the
EaHt, itak ITO, Mt which preo tho totld yields 1T
tlo more thun ~ per cent.
On tho Chicago morning 1}oard thero wor.
snlcs OF AN0 Leylnthnn ut :E scllcr to, 100 Svcl
cr ut %, zoo ut and 1,;o0 Mt II, and lol Bos
ton Consolidated Mt l40. Ch!caKo md Silver Gilt
which npet,cd ut 11 nn Saturday, rluscd ut 4aa15
bin, nnl 10 nskcd. Thu following tluotatoItl
WCrc IntllD;