, 1880-01-22
Governments Quiet-Forcign Ex-
change in Light Supply.
Currency Receipts and Shipments at
Chicago About Equal.
Fhs Produce natkt', Attlye and Cnsettltd-Dread.
stul1s Vert Weak.
Provisions Decline Early, but Close
Stronger,
FINANCIAL.

Stocks wefG Irregular anH HoI 80 ACt1f U 10 Inc5
hnru bce1 but at the close the list showed snpro
decided untns thuu losses Illinois Central 1na'le
., to lo5s; Altun l, 10 los; Iron Mountain 33. 10
taK: C. i l. recovered It's dividend Of ~, which
wa, Quoted "oIY" yesterday; Wnbash proferrcu
ndvnnrcd 1A, to 6sh; suti francisco preferred
=, to bi}t: Huntsville & Nashville ", tn lls; In
tlsnnapolls, Bloomington 4 Western ", to MA;
Chicago, ST. Louis & New Orleans after eelihR
rs h!4t ns az, closed ut 4b. The Otflor xli's
wcrr Northwest preferred u. to 101; Union m
clio u, Il, ,ti; St. Juc preferred ~ to Nsss: Des-
uwRrr l. IInlsun u, to 'd34: kNnsAA i 'rexas u,
to 4gs; Wabash Y, to fth; san Francisco ~ 10
a3.f; Chesapeake & Ohio y, to assas!s: the second
preferred 4, to 4N: Sioux CITY y, to an; the
preferred y, TO 30.
New York Central lost ", 10 lF]A: Michigan
Ccntrnl 4, to 94; Lake Shorc u, to lOl: North
western u, to gNh: st. Pant u, To IN; Erie i,
to 49,; Columbus Chicago 4 1udsann Central i,
to q: LncknwAnnn Il. to 85!i; Jersey Central y,
To YlH; CarAda Southern H. to M; Western
Union v, to l03h; Atlantic & Fncllo lh't 10
AK; Reading u, to 6aA: ssn Francisco 4, TO
AK; puc!tlc Mutl 4, to III; Ktnsns Pacific =, h
e8: sutro ruunpl N, to OK; aud Central ArIzonn
n, to t4h.
The temper Of outside operations is ungafta'n.
Thcrr !s confident buying Of tho strict invest
ineut securities, and insiders nre quietly picking
up alt they want u certain minor stocks belnilg-
linz TO rtMds collateral tn tho great lines, Hut
apart from this tho body Of buyers appear to bc
waiting for some one to give tho !ead.
Erie srccnd Is opened at Ssl, dcclinca 10 NJ
md closed at 88H.
Rnllr,ad bonds, In New York on Monaay, wcru
pottyc and tho dealings were we'll distributed.
The chief interest centcrcd In KntlsnB Tc1ns,
G., c. & /, e., Erlu, aud Chesapeake Ohio is-
sues. Kansas & Tex us tlrsts were ir1n ut Nec
trD,i, hut do seconds wero irregular, fising
to o., declining to cox. and 'lnaI,y SILL
n n T. I
rpsp from n to I0l, and closed Mt u; dn flrsts
and supplementary rosc to S8h9s8si. Chcsea-
pcakc s. Ohio itrsts scrtca Il sold ut 65siGss: do
currency o. fell Oft from ~ to -. Erie CONSOLE
dated 7s roso 10 lis: do 10 scconls tu NJ, anu
funded 5s to e3 tho ast named closed ut e. In
tcrnntional scuouds, Purchasing Committee re-
cclpts, rDse fro!n ~ to 40A. Texas ihclho lil'
comes fell or fr,ln 70I 10 10.
Government bonds wero quiet. Tho Is were
1041I bid md 1Os4f asked III New York, ind lo4:i
bid md 1O4.l asked In Chicago. Thore Is about
X difference III tho price Of l,srge md s,lA'l 4s.
Tho 43ts wero lo7,t anl 101at; tho 5s lojn nnd
le)G, and the Bs l04}4 a,id l0iS.
Foreign cxchanKe was dull, with llght supply
of bills. Posted sterling rttcs were |S3 md 4Rs.
New York nc,ual rates weru 4a.A Mnd AY4i<db
tMX. In Chicago Metua rites wuru 4S.l4 llsi1
tNHQ14B4A. Sterling yrnln.bla wcro 4s0AGD
4so1. Documentary bills on Pnris were
Gesloae3a, Oh Antwerp h9d.4. md "''
1Iayrc 5a5x. German bankers marks
were Of md O5A, and commercial wcru VIZ.
. The exports Of domestic produce FROM New
York during tho week ended Jan. Il
amounted to Il, ,eis lit. agulnst &, ,4@v,S IN tho
corresponding week Of last yeAr. Tho imports
Of dry goods and general merchandise for Tho
week endpl Saturday amount to $0084.i:n
md tho totnl sinuo Jan. Ia $laF0o0,ss'
ngninst $ll,ts7,7l5 In tho same pcrlod Of 1910
anil sic, ,ts3i 800 In 1878,
oHi utr1v anita s3fR R1trrR "a