Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-25

U. 3. Coupons ussl
New Fiyes icl
New toursnd one IL.
Pacific skies OF ~.
RAILROAD BoNDs-New York. LAX"
Erie and Western, income advanced 10
Gle from Sc; Texas and Pacific frsts,
RIO Grande divisionj, 10 81 % from
gSic; Ohio Central firsts, tofl Oh from
lOll; Metropolitan hrsis, - 81 o. from
81 05i; Boston, Hartford and Erie tirs,s,
10 81 OOi from 99c: &. &. & |. {. income
SIC from 55c; San Francisco, class II, &
S9c from sSc; Jersey Central income To
Ole from y3:: Milwaukee and 81. Pau
firs,s, Lacrosse and Davenport, to- 81 o.!
from 81 Oll; and do Southern Mime
sofa division. to :, 10 from 81 Oot
STATE BoSDs-Wtre remarkably ac.
tive The sales at the boards tar ex'
ceeJipy anv that have taken place for
wears. The feature being changing
hands of l6o 900 dollars o! North Caro-
lima issues at the advance of = to Il per
cent. The South Carolina nonfundsbc
SKIES advanced from Sic 10 g.. The
Tennessee new SKIES were per cent.
lower and new series 4 fraction higher.
SroCks-The market openel strong
and higher and prices immediately took
a sharp upward turn. Transactions in
the leading shares were ona very large
scale, aud dealings were characterized
by an extremely buoyant tone. Specu-
lation, with the exception oil an 'c@
sonsl slight reaction, continued strong
throughout the entire day, and at the
close an Improvement in prices was 's'
lablishci. ranging from TOD per cent.
A. compared with yesterdays closing
quotations. Tn. socks most prominent
IN the advance were Ohio AMI MIssis-
sippi preferred, which rose d per cent,
Chicago, Burlington AMI Quincy per
cent and Central Pacific q per cent
Reading was exceptionally weak and
fell 81 per cent. TITO advance in prices
ior the week ranged from Ia II pr
cent, ami nearly the whole lisishHredin
improvement. The New York Genital,
Michign Central, Northwestern. CHI
cago d Alton, Chirago, Burlington Il
Quincy, Elevated Railroad shares, Union
Pacific, Central Pacific and Chesapeake
and Ohio werc tho most prominent,
however. and closed at about the high
est figures oi tine week and in aom" cai-s
OF the year. The rise in Central Pacific
attracted special attention, and WAS due
TO purchases !or foreign account hiscd
on the fact that the earnings "i the roai.
which have shown u steady increase ipr
wears, will DO over go. .000,0D and the
fact that it's kindrcd stccx, the Union
Pacific, is selling some . Per cent. high.
or. The sharp advance IN Rock lslani
at the close, when the highest iiIures
were attained, vas due Ia the growing
belief that the dividend Of tn" company
wil, be Inct easei in the future. thirag)
and Alton made n grp,. advance on the
prospcc. of scrip dividend. ~ d!i s'ro
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. on the
belief that tie stock will vol" Ia
favor OF the proposed scrip dividend oi
G6. per cent
Fo7 the third week Of December il"
earnings Of -. Paul increased SO Oh
Northwestern $6S.OO0, ~. Pan aud
Omaha S3J 900, ahd Northern Paciiir,
eastern division, So coo. The earning
OF Lake w. and Western increased
slI 600 the second week of December.
The Transactions on the SOCK Tx.
change aggregated 3Sl ,HoO shares, oi
which 2,VOO were G.. D. 4 q. 1000
Canada southern. $500 g.. e., &. &
LOO C., & * ! C.. 100 Chicago and
Alton, 1000 Delaware, Iackawanna and
Western, 100 Dcnvcr and lio Grsnd',
IS. 900 Erie. 1900 Hannibal anil ~
Joseph, 100 Iron Mountain, 800
Kansas and Texas, "SnW Lake Shore,
N \ i al
Louisyi!Ia ID Nashville, 5000 Michigan
Central, 10000 Northwestern, 5000
Nashville aud Chattanooga, 1000 New
Jersey Central, 5000 New York Cen
tral, 500 Northern Pacific. 5000 OHIO
and Mississippi. 200 Pacific Mail, H.
600 Reading, 1900 II. Paul. $500 ~.
Paul and Omaha. 1900 Union Pacific,
1900 Western Union, II 1000 Central
Pacific. 1000 Chcsapeake and Onio and
1900 Morris and Essix.