The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-17

nent Nassau strt ct banking firm Is said 70 nave
already subSCriptionS.in advance for the new
per cent bonds TO the extent OF $20OVOO,VO
A prominent foreign legation has alone SUB
scribed for $5000,000 Of the bonds am the
whole loan promises to be steadily taken
within short tims after the bonds are
ready for delivery.
United states O. Of 1851,
New Ves coupons.
New Four and halls 81.
EeE FouIb coupons
PAchc @ Of 1895 0nsTtd ''lEs
RAILROAD BoNDs-The features Of the rail
road bond market to-day were the Lake Ere
and v estern income which advanced TO II
from 6s, Canada Southern frsts.guarant'e Cd &c
IO3X from lOlX, Chesapeake and Ohio hrsts
series b, to T79E irom76k, Milwaukee and 81
Paul, Chicago and Pacific division, TO lO9h
from lO7, Cedar Rapid and Northern hrsts u
80 from 9S, Inland Northern seconds income.
to SO from IS, Jersey Central incomes TO 9iH
from 93h. Texas Pacific income land grant to
70 from 7ok, st, Paul and Omaha consols To
1903, pnd Kansas and texas consols as,ented To
liz from INK. Erie cOnsols seconds sold up
TO 9s<, Denver aud Rio Grande tirsts to III
do consolS to Ito, Canada Southern tints were
In demand and sold up to l0S.
STATE SECURITIES.
Missouri sS-..........lll Virginia 6a............ g
st. 20 az
louIAAnA ConSOls. ON ........,lVo
Tennessee &c ,,,,,,. 4Sk UeterTtd,,,...... ....ll0
DO neW."."............- +IH'
STocXs-The market opened strong and 10
the early dealings prices advanced kalO9s pei
cent, the latter Houston and Texas, the st.
Paul aud Omaha and Granger sto ks being also
prominent In the Improvement sutsk
auently the general list reacted halh pei
rent and the Houston and Texas Z Il per cent
Toward noon speculation again became strong
and under the leadership ( the Rock island
an advance Of ka7 per cent took place and
was followed by reaction OF 1SaZ per cent,
the Rock Island and Pacific Mail leading. Dur
ing the afternoon the general list was very
firmly held until the close, when prices I'll
off fraction from the highest point The
Western Union was heavily pressed fort sale
and declined per cent on the days transac.
tons Speculation was unusually active
throughout and large blocks Of leading
shares changed hands at intervals. The deal.
ings were attended with much excitement
The ST. Paul and Omaha shares W re the
prominent features OF the day. There were
large purchases # shares, tue preferred being
taken freely because II Is the only stock pay.
ing Quartely dividend Of ~ per cent that Is
now selling under par. The st, Paul, Min.
ne.ota and Manitoba earnings the first week
OF December show an increase of $l0,46l. and
the Denver and Rio !Grande S5U4 ,0O0 the sec.
oud week OF the same month. The Home
stake Mining Company Is out with anothtr
double dividend Central Arizona was pressed
for a sale and declined to s.
There was rumOr current on the street to-
day OF a formation here Of new great railway
combination with a capital OF S25 ,000, 600 Of
stock and S26 Que. 900 bonds, which pr 'poses
to extend the WABASH Pacific system Of roads
In Wisconsin, Minnesota and dakota.
A dispatch from Boston reports that the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy people are
buying 81 Louis and San francisco stock.
The Evening Pest saws the stock market is
strong with the exception OF Telegraph stocks,
which have sold to-day at or near the lowest
prices yet made for them. Western Union
Telegraph having fallen to S0h. Ofthestrong
stocks the features have teen Rock lSlanr,
which has advanced to 1888, equivalent 10 21G
per cent for share Of capital Of wear
ago. The st raul and Omaha has ad-
vauCed to ASK and 9j on the reports, which
identify the company In the early future with
tn Chicsgo and >orthwestern; Lake Erie and
Western to 4OH from SS% Pacific Mail to "a
from 5gx; Hannibal and st. Joe 10 i6h from
AK for the Common, TO 9sH from
98N for pref rred. Milwaukee and St. Paul TO
il3k from liz, Northwestern 10 1874 from
l2OM, Lake Shore to l2SH from l25X,
Michigan Central TO l20sG from ll9M and
New York Central TO l46sS from l4ih. lIous.
ton aud ieXas closed yesterday at 65$, opened
to-day at rs, advanced to 78H and since de.
clined 1910 St Lou and Iron Mountain
hiss been very quiet ut 6lS TO 52x. Wabash
and Kansas and Texas has been very quiet.
Union Pacific has been active and at times
strong and again weak. nrexel \ Co. Of
Philadelphia, haYe concluded the negOtiatian
with the PennsylYania Railroad Company for
the purchase from that company Of IS WOW, 100
Of s per cent consolidated mortgage bonds VI
the Philadelphia aud Erie railroad, which is
leased 10 and bonds guaranteed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The exchanges at New York last week were
only 1910, t0l ,Si2, nearly 20 per Get less than
those OF the previous week. Outside OF New
York the exchanges were s279, 10. 2sa, against
SS2l, o !2,6l6 for the previous week.
The Express says OF the Stock market Al.
ter o'clock there we're considerable sales TO
realize the inyiling profits OF the advance
which caused some reaction In the stocks
from the highest point OF the day, but subse.
quently the market became firm again and
prices advanced.
The Post says Western Union Telegraph
has fallen to 79i79k on the report that the
Rates were reduced and the general list fell
Y per cent the latter Pacific Mail, and Rock
Island ccclined per cent, Since then West
ern Union Telegraph advanced to Sok and
declined 10 79A.
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