Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-20
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy At 5 to 6 Per Csnt-Govsrn.
msnts Quist-flOur Unchanged
Wheat Active and High.
G-HOgs Dull.
FIN AN CE.


Nsw YoRK, February lS.-Mossv-
Easy ut 6CS6 per cent, closing at D per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5(s5i
per cent. Sterling exchange strong at
lsi; sight exchange on New York +S6i.
SiLvKR-At London b2 1-l6 pence; bar
silver here ll3; subsidiary silver coin
i@l per cent discount
GovKRNAESrs-tluie and per cent.
lower for Ii's, and per cent lower
for i's.
u. Coupons ussl
s ,,,, '''''
rev Four,
rscllc Skies oi w.
RAILKoAD BoSps-Strong and In most
instances slight advance was recorded.
Chesapeake and Ohio issues wero the
layoritcs.
STATS BoNps-Dull.
SrocEs-Thc market was buoyant
during tho greater portion of the day,
with MI advance ranging from to
per cent. The features were Lake Shore.
Michigan Central, the telegraph
shares and Southwestern stocks. Han
nibal and st. Joe advanced lESll per
cent under large purchases. based on
reports OF the Increased earnings. Tow.
ard tho close there was re-
action oi ! to per cent. in 81. Paul
aud Sioux City. st. Paul aud
Minneapolis aud Wabash, Kansas and
Texas. Iron Mountain declined in the
early dealings from ~ To o. but sub
Bequcntly recovered 10 63i Tho Van.
dcrbilt shares were the most prominent
IN the dealings at the close. Mil
waukcc aud ST. Paul, upon the report Of
continued increased earnings and
the rumorud near declaration
of II dividend on the common
stock from lhc earnings of last
year, rose to ~. Lake shore aud
Michigan Central were in actiyc demand
on ilattcring reports oi the earnings Oi
the New York Central. IL began Ia
lCnk as II the syndicate were at
work in advancing lis price. II
was stated on good authority
that the Erie road " earning
its bonded interest and one per cent. 0n
the common stock. The earnings Of the
Lake Shore road are said 10 bc equal to
Is per cent per annunl on the stock,
aud quarterly dividends will probably
he commenced in April. The earnings
oi the Chicago and Alton road for the
second week in February show gaia oi
S53,2i7; the earnings oi the Louisville
and Nashville road, for the first week In
February, an increase al so, ,5ig, tho
earnings oi the Milwaukee aud II. Paul
road, for thr second week IN February,
an increase ol s,G, ,2si. the earnings of
the Northwestern ruad, Tor the second
week in February, an increase ui go.
0oO, the earnings ol the Missouri, Kan.
sas and Texas railway company, for the
second week III February, an increase oi
400 \ telegram from Washington
iny -, ,bc li ,,,,Is ,as iiaqss, p'r,o gomnIt'cpnpS
Pittsburgh Mining Company have dc.
clarrd dividend Oi 30 cents per share.
The general manager Oi the Little Pitts.
burgh reports, ior the week ending the
lith instant, that ho has shipped
400 tons, settled for G03 tons,
resolved s23 900 and u tons unsettled
Tor. Arizona Central was In more nc.
tive demand opening ut adyandced
10 III and closing ut l0s. Tho Father
DcSmit Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany declared dividend of 30 cents per
share, payable on the Ath inst. The
IicraM says Of tho Arizona Central:
"This stock is held by strong parties.
and the prospects are more than lair
that the company will be In shape TO pay
dividends before the LIST OF July
The transactions on the Stock EI-
change aggregated $4,000 shares, Of
which 1900 were 4. K y. telegraph,
4, 100 Chesapeake and Ohio, 1000 Cen
tral Arizona, g,OOO Delaware, Iacka
wanna aud Western, "a, 900 Erie, 5000
Hannibal aud ~. Joseph, 5000 Houston
and Texas, 1000 Iron Mountain, 1000
Illinois Central, 5000 Kansas and
Texas, 5000 Lake shore, 100 Louis.
vile aud Nashville, 1900 lake Erie and
Western, II 900 Michigan Central, H.
0n0 Northwestern, 1000 Nashville,
Chattanooga aud ST Louis, which closed
at aii, 1900 New Jersey Central, b,W
New York Central, $500 Northern Pa
cifc, 1000 Ohio and Mississippi. d,
600 Ontario and Western, 10000 Pa
cite Mail, 500 81, Paul. 2,tOo st
Louis and san Francisco, 900 81 Pau
and Minnesota, 5000 II. Paul and siOuI
City, 1000 Wabash and Pacific, l6,W
Western Union aud 1000 Little Pitts
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