, 1880-03-21
c.octs Moderately Active and
Quite Strong Yester.
day.
M. Produce Markets Fairly Active
49, and Generally Lower-Corn
and Oats Weak.
.pbeat Irregular, and Closed
Heayy-Another Decline
III Provisions.

r.,ots vcre quiet and strong. Tho feyerish
nof The Inst few days seems to have disap-
Nsarcd. The feature OF business was further
F,.,cc ri o.: in Rock Island, to I1:.H7. This is
~. - a)4 in one week. There are enthusiastic
..,overs in it, who talk Of 40 us its destination.
=. pou1 and Northwest were active and very firm
- pa,l advanced frutn &s.as to sh, and closed
ri m advance Of II. The preferred made
rroro5z. Northwest ranged between 95E and
a.. closing with gain Of =, at 93s;- Michigan
oa1fysl made 4, to 92A. Illinois Central was up
t,to1m. Erie looked better. Opening ut 44si, it
"a down to AZ. and rose to 45t, closing s45h,
.ssiu Of u. The preferred made Z, to 7o14.
i'm Mountain advanced Is, to 591s. &C. SIG.
= to17S; St. Joe Il, to 37aa; Kansas s. Texas 4,
- 4.;: Wabash =, TO 44ss; tho preferred u,
n @I: Minneapolis *. to 56si. The only
s,sI stock that showed special activity
-ss Readng, which opened at 70li went up to
~. down to COS. and closed mt 70as. Delaware
IT1dson fuctuated between 81 : and SIX, clos
NJ Il better, at s3s: Lackawana sold at 94i4@
ca;ae4: Jersey Central lost y, to S5E. San
francisco and Northern Pacific both recovered
frrn the break Of the day before. San Francisco
common made =, to 42A; the preferred 1,s,
tox.; Northern Pacific ss, to 32,s: and the pro-
{errsd i, to 5tss. Lake Erie s. Western was
.err dull, and was quoted only once or twice. It
md closed with an improvement Of az, Mt 96,z.
cnesspeake g. Ohio exhibited more life, and ad-
yaaced i, TO .4ss. Other gains were Alton s.
rss7e Haute 9, to q; the preferred !, to o.; and
Chicago, St. Louis s. New Orleans ~, to 40sl.
Manhattan was weak. though active. and de-
eaaed Il, to :::Sss. PAciic Mali sold ut 47s;t AK,
md 45,3;, closing Ut the latter figure with loss
de4
Erie second Gs opened at 91l5, sold as high as
PIX, as low as ~. and closed Ut 0lai.
In railroad bonds in New York on Thursday
fhe business was comparatively small In volume,
but prizes were higher for many issues. Erie
consolidated seconds rose to 81; do funded is
toSak; New Jersey Central consolidated tirsts to
l0G4; Columbus, Chicago 6; Indiana Central in
Genes to Az. do supplementary to Sl,s; Ohio &
Mississippi seconds to 1l9.4; Kansas s. Texas
d,sfs to ll1l; do seconds to 81; Lafayette,
Bloomington s. Muncic tirsts to 100; Texas Pa
cite incomes to 793M; Lake Erie s. Western in-
comes to 65,:; Rome. Wutersown & Ogdcnsburg
frs1s to G9tz; and Iron Mountain second prefer |
red incomes to S.. |
Business in Government bonds WIS quiet. The |
District of Columbia 3.65s were ~ hid and IS |
asked, The Is were 100a: bid and lO8s1 asked. |
The 4s we're 10TH and l07 Il, the IS l07s and 10.a,
and the 6s 1041s and 1865 Chicago banks report |
moderate country orders for currency and anin- |
creasn2 difficulty in selling New York exchange. |
The quotation between banks was Sic and 81 |
per 81 OO0 discount Loans are in good demand. |
Rates arc 6Gts per cent.
Chicago bank clearings for the week are re-
ported as follows BY 31anagcr D. Il. Hale, Of the
hicapn Glen rinr-HOuSe