, 1880-02-29
COOK COUNTY AND wEsr CHICAGO 5PEn CENT
i. BOSDS.
MILWAUKEE d 81. PAUL FIRST MORTGAGE
7PER CENT BONDS. due In 1aB-
INVESTMENT BONDS OF ALL KINDS
CHARLES HENRoT1N
TN Wnahfrpcfnn.xt


Special D4pdtch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2e.-If the market has to-day :
been wholly left to the bull operators. as II
unlikely Gould, On the eve Of his departure 1os
the West, woh1d endeavor to deprcss It, thes
cannot bc said to have achieved much success
Leading stocks have maintained themselves
but to sustain them has required constant ehort'
and as they close tonight their course ne1e
week is perp1exing. It ,vas anticipated tnaI tno
banks would show uufnvorabiy, but re" e1-
pectcd to see nearly three and thrce-quarte nht0
ions loss In the reserve. Nevertheless A1te1 euo
statement made its appearance the hst was AMY
maintained, although there was no disposition ~
buy for further rise. This, with inc grauual
hardening Of money going On. creates iee,.ns
Of anxiety il not uneasiness*. Not"athslt'to!ae
the great increase shown in the earnings OF Inc
tr1,n1x lines. they fa;I to show q very decided ad-
vance. Like Shore on the conclusion Oh 1no
Directors to make quarterly dividends ns!eaa @ oa
haif-ycary hereafter. rose per cent 9urang ~ ~
week, but Michigan Central; New a9ra Len' nnr-
withstandng heavy anq unon
has a.+ def''qsd fsa fae9 sssy stocks 5Ss a fallen
nff. It is pretty certain that before tnero np
can be much further advance the market nnss ,ass
expesicnce Tsae1oa +. lsnstanecs n,Gs me s. ~
russell shge to-day expressed the ,td opinion
thnt next week will witness heavy decnnet ho ,
,6.S.
naen nfrn1iisi by the coal stocks aud Pacific
Mail. which. as was Unlimited enrly tn the week
in this column have made sharp thoaa stocs @
nsy hay ilese es9 buuxht Ills Week With in
eventually much higher grade pr1ees As s. lof OF
the arket It csanN ., ong re rcmnan mare rs vii
De snarp II 5Gas1a tae sfst<r,. Associated Press
Nrw YORK Feb. 113.-G0ycrnments generait$
str"ns, nnS '9d' and 1s5A per cent higher for 4As
Haiiroad bonds generally firm.
State securities ncglecteu anu no,. Ky. trearo1
to to- ~ Der cent, the latter Pacific Mall. After
tnok nihce. hut the decline was recovered dur
tng tic afternoon. ind many stoSks reacnca ia tne
highest figures OF the week Inc nla1 satss
exception exec to the general list. telegraph shares ,s
declined per cent in the carly dcaltngs' ou1
Western Union afterwards ] rose r Pc, Per Gs;'tt IT.
gnlu and q ralcd to H. r. Chicago, St Louis s Now
orlcans declined from 4o.z 10 y, and rallied ed to
AZ Nashville Chaft9ga g'1s s5. h1!1as ~ rose
Transactions, 38303D shares: s,'Oo :atl0ntlc =
Pacific Telegraph, Soy COLUMBUS, ChicasN% q a.: y
nrieans, 5i.oW Lacknwa,ara, 5000 pelaware s
Houston Texas f5t3 s9 4d1.a afon sInra M"ntta ss
Northwestern as.o09 Nashyille Chattanooga, attn
10000 New Jersey centra a2 NV ~ iSrK ntsr;e Gei, +
@ Meo1ia. Reading, S 75o1 St Paul 100 uaion Paciic
1.1O Wabash s Pacific, and s4'oo Western
The following is the usual weekly bank state-
ment: Loans, increase, 50. III, ,00; specie, de-
crease esalfesasF ! cecreaSG; ciSeaso $l
III The e's bnnks now hold sas2s,1oo in excess of
their legal requirements. ou
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