, 1880-01-24
The Stock Market Alternately
Strong and Weak.
Government Bonds. Foreign Ex-
change, and Discounts.
Light Country Demand for Currency
The Mining Board.
Tho Produce Markets fRather Unsteady, with Les
DOng, Except in What,
But All Close at Nearly the sams Prices
ss the Previous Afternoon.
FINANCIAL.

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Stocks wcro Irregular md fcrcriah. Tho mar
ket was very much influenced by tho atlvtccs re-
cciycd cyory fcv minutes from ChtcnRo about
tho ncrot1at)ons With rcxNsd to tho so,,thYyc1t
pooj, Tho disruption or tho ppot would tio a
eoo, t.ent "a unsettIo Tho goncrll market, while
,tA maintenance would huyc fnvornhie effect
on stock yulucs Tho most contradictory reports
wero given out nbout II. On the orc ,And, IL
was usscs,cd that the pool could not be ,nniM-
tasncd, ard on the ether IA confidently that 1t
would 10 kept up, md wna likcly to be perna-
nent-
One Of tho features Of tho day was the advance
In Texas Pacific income bonds from 60 to ss.i.
This rond hns grant from the United. States of
1a0o,oo0 ncre' and from Texas Of 4,S5l.SGs acrcs,
1ts capital is 81 thoo funded debt, III,
length Of road, IA miles: income hont's, per
cent, f9,4se,oo which arn plrt Of tho funded
dcbt- Its earnings nro Increasing nt tho iatc OF
co per cent; tts net earnings for tho past seven
months, to Jun. !, aro sssa,t7l, md ut this rhto
for tho year there would he &l,hso'oS4; hScd
charges on first fnortgngo and consolidated mort-
gage, &Go6,o0o. They Will pny buck interest on
income bonds to July In scrip, which
can bo EXCHANGED for land Or stock.
Tho stock yesterday was Selling at 10. A
conspicuous movement In the opposlt direction
wns made By Now York Cenfrnf, which soil
down from lS3 to 10et, bnck TO tf1, down ngain
to 13lA. closing Mt lalh, Tho rcnson assigned
for this was disbelief In tho gcnt,ncncss Of nll
tho subscriptions reported to tho ayudicatch
stock. Tho extreme range Of prices Tor tho day
IS shown IN tho tnhlo below. Iho close waa
nrm, owing TO tho favorable reports received
about tho Southwestern pool meotins.
Tho gains Tor the day, comparing c!oatng
prices, wcrc: Lake shoro y. to l0l:s; North.
west preferred II, 10 l05M; st. Paul Il. TO III;
Burlington Quincy =, to l44M; Erie r, TO AN;
Ohio & Mississippi 4, to COX; Iron Mountain 4,
to- nS; c., @. & !. c. y, to aA; st.
1oo preferred Y, to IS: Jersey Central
y, to s0N; Cnnadn Southorn X, to IN:
Kansas Texas \, 10 4dH; Wabash
u, 10 Az; ttinncnpo'!s y, to 41f; Western
Union ], to 1A; Rentling Il, 10 GO; San Francisco
Y, to 4aA; Pacific Mail u, 10 ;'oH: Lake Eric &
Western Il, To AN; Ohio & Mississippi preferred
VI, to cay.
Tie iosscs we're 6fou1 City Il, to 40A: tho pre-
forrcd y. to 70; Central Arizonn n, TO 1@M;
Michigan Central u, to 10; st. PAul'preforrcd u,
10l4; Illinois Central 1as, to 103i; Union Pacific
4, to oA: Eric preferred 4. 10 6s1z; st. Joe Il,
to 8'A' Delaware q Hudson Il, to ~; Lacka-
wanna 4, 10 8f1t: San Francisco preferred y, to
65h; Northern Pacific Y, to3 34A; tho preferred
Il, to 67h; louisville & Nashville ~, to 22.i;
indianapolis, bloomington Western Il, to n;
Chesapeake & Ohio s, to e. ..
Erlo second 6s opened at 874. md closed Mt e8al.
natlrond bonds, In Now York on Wednesday,,
woro activo and buoyant- a honvy buslncsa
was transacted In tho Knnsas 4 Texas Issues,
E5T.,o0 Of the frsts solling Mt 1Gs1l0f!1, and
sla's,ooo Of tho seconds ut esh9oaA1a7,;1s
Tic Iron Mountain issues wcro In brisk demand,
especially tho preferred incomes, lrsta selling at
5000, and seconds at Tn7pA. Romc, Water
:ss IS ~: ss9sssss sss :s To- sn ':sG e . !:
inaianapos % J ntoomtuaton loon Western @ fists H. rosc
from - h Fast scconds from n In n1. nnt IN.
eomcs frnn, hsH tn 67s.. columhna chtrnro 4
Infltnnn Central flrsts sold m to 40. chn.nnnake
4 rh,n nrrta IN e1lL. 1.chtoh + WI1to.harrn <,o,.
tnli,lnted nsaontcd to n;,f: Erlo consolidated "a
tn ia: do do scooods tn ISL conaGa sn,thorn
s,,ua too,.. oh,o 4 MIas,as;nnI aocnnJa ra,i ~
N T1ou ncnvor T. pio Grnnfc nr.ts WAS 1ro, naa
nj, n nnE '~ N'o'
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