Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-07
Wall street TODAY.

Ngw YoEy. rco. The PoS,S financial
article GAY says: The week opened AZ the
stock Exchange on active and generally strong
markers. United states bonds ar unchanged.
halilOa6 bonds are irregular bat IS a rule
over, the r0taele exceptions being Texas aud
racine ldld grant incomes, which are Up 70
-. and Indiana, Bloom. and Western In
Conts, which are up 8, per cent. TIE open
ing prices a. stocks We're 4. a. - and Including
oregon Nav .ga'ion per cent higher than sat
sIoay SsOsing prices There was sa imme-
was lcs, before the tirst board:
rom ITO rr,d eR 1ror up E,o I5,ro, TO the time that
prices advanced = az .. the latter Northwest
CommCE. y ltCh is up TO l29s. i; Canada Southern
has advanced 20 So: Michigan Central, "a
!. 10 ~ Milwaukee ana ST Paul, : 10 ll4t,:
II nion Pacific. l.. 10 .,9h; Delaware ana HUI
son, 10 leCt: Northern Pacific. / per cent
10 - Tor common. and ?. 20 6S'f Tor the
preferred; Manhattan advanced i. TO -
The advance In the remainder OF tae list has
ranged nom g 10 per cent. The telegraph
stocks are very quiet to-day. AT the stOck eN-
change a majority of the room traders are
bearish. aGd several influential spectators are
on the same side. The result is a consI ant
large short interest on the other side the
speculative pubic Is stiu "buGlsh. an
such speculative capitalists as Vanderbilt
Gould au1 ID. .. Mills are understood 10 be
on the same side. That prices are very
nigh Is as unniStakable as that the sun
wares shares the value OF which lies large
ly 10 the tgture IS also clear. II Congress how
ever, authorizes refunding, which there is now
less doubt OF than few weeks ago speeula.
tion IS Likely 10 become milder than for several
months. The money market is easter with
per cent as the ruling rate for cali loans Sc
cured by stock collateral. and Sai per cent the
quotation where the collateral consists OF L. y
bonds. Time loans are 3a4% per ceat, and
prime mercantile paper is 3a4k per cent few
names. however. passing below AZ per cent.
.Nfr.An nlFf f0r..g oh to- sNNn
The Markets.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 7.-virsinia skies. Old 80
forty eoI,nI ns; sS. hid To- day.
dt@sni vei5 H.tt.HowaTa rf street ct and md vest sae
do. tsmls. s i6s6. O6:' city mills super. 2Ss;
30 % RID G0 tsn1 ehs ps,a1sGo s s%y ys6E
Wheat, southern dull snd lower; western higher
and a rm- southern red. nsl Ia; do. amber. l: Is
red red sTot AID FeSrgaryr ll2saal Is March, lI5
shd Mf feTua o. d" ys2T % Oats wesiern RT mixed sgt
steady0orr;me me 20 choice Pennsylyania snd MARY
PORK. ola u S6 new, Is 25 Bak I'm meatsS ess
i%ose sloalofIs ard clear rib sides. none Offering;
eS Gear f61si 6 se 81 Hans osR Lar@Fehe3
lex. Butter firme: for choice-prlme to choice
western laCked, lSaS4 ro, 2uazt. Eggs guie; and
lower. 50 Petroleum nominal refined. S . Coffee
steady-hi2 caroes, ordinary to fair, HAS. SUGAR
easier snd Guiet soft, ga. Whisky lyIie. and
steady, Al treehts TO Liverpool per steamer
quiet-cott9n, 7-S2s sd; -four. 2ls.31. per ton !;
wheat 81 9Co Srshels; corn, a. 500 bushels oats,
z, ,55S but hels rye l,493 Sushes. Sh:Qmanu-
wheat 26 o61 busbels; corn, G9. .67l bushels
Sales wheat 43l. 700 bushels corn. 80. 900
NEW YORK, Yeb 7-Stocks strong. Money,
5s6 E1cianse-.ons. 4SlA4 snort. 4S5. Govern
NEW YORK. Feb J Flour dul. wheA, acti,e
NEW YORK. Feb. I. lIam.-T'he Stock Market
opened s'rOns and generally hil-her. a.d IN the
early dealings ar advance was recorded in the Ken
Pacific. Late Prize snd Western s. Paul ana Del
aware, 1aCk&wanna and Western being most prom
inert IN the Improvement. subsequently the spec
ulation became sha .e weaker aud fractional
reaction tie Ued.
LONDON, Feb. 2. 80 T. m.-Consols,
90 9 l6 for money and % ll-Isfor the account
Z. b bonds, per cents, ll6S. Atlantic and
Great Neetern FIRST mortgage trustees certificates
Erie, 49a. New YORK Central. 1903. Read
LONDON. Feb. :. 2:30 y m-Aaantic sud Great
Western second mortgage trustees certificates, 81
Illinois Central, ISbR. Reading, 3lH.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERsG1r.
York today at so =. M, SIS reported 10y Lewis
Johnson Co. u. s. per cents, l12's hid, lI2H
asked; u. =. Az per cents III bid. ll2A asked: D.
Of G. .65's, -: New Jersey Central, 92k: Ohio
llsA HsInlba AID st. Joseph, 52's LAke Shore.
,2sh Northwest l29's do; preferred, lllz Iron
". z. TeieSrsph lI54: @. q. and l. O.. 2bs
Pacific Mai, 5j; Union Pacific, ll6A.