Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-13
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAM.
Honey easy At 5 to 6 Pr csat-esvsrs'
ments Quiet and firm-fIeuf Gen.
orally Stronger - wheat
Steady-hogs easiss.
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NEW YoRK, January l2.-MoRus--
At see per cent, closing at pr cent.
Prime mercantile paper S(S5i per cent
Sterling exchange, bsnkers bills steady
at 49Si: demand 499s.
SlLvHR-At London Slid per ouDcei
bar silver here Ill; subsidiary dlver
coin tSl per cent. discount
GovKRsAxNrs-Quiet and frm.
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RAILRoAp BoSDs--The features In u .
market were c. Z. & l. O., which, early
in the dav, advanced TO IA from ut,
then declined TO ~, and later recovered
to 72t. and again declined to 70l; Texas
Pacific income land grants, which Cd.
vanced to 75i from 7ii, and then do.
clined to rs; Iron Mountain seconds pre-
ferrei income, which advanced 10 -
from IS, and fell to ISL: o. 4 NJ. seconds,
which advanced to l?S nom l?2; Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville firsts, which do
clined to ITO from Ill, and Chesapeake
and Ohio tirsts, series b, which declined
to So from 81.
STATS BoNps-Dull.
SroCKs-The stock market was qs'n
characterized by great activity, tele-
grph shares being the features OF specul.
alton, and fluctuating widely and with
much frequency. Western Uaion sold
up from l0l to l04, reacted to l02 and
advanced to l07 at the Gloss. The Amer.N
lean Union from $50 To % fell of 10 W
and recovered to 93l, the last sale beipg
at 93i. The Atlantic and Pacific tell.
graph advanced from 39A 10 43, rescta d
to Ill and sold up to 45i. The consol:.
dstion OF the telegraph companies
seemed to be regarded - an accom-.
plished fact, and IL Is reported the ne~
company thus 10 be formed will have
a capital stock OF sevcnty.dve million
dollars. The general list opened strorR
and advanced I 10 II per cent, subss.
quently reacted ! 10 q per cent. but
during the afternoon became strong
again anu forc . W pet Ccut.s tno tss-
ter, Louisville and New Albany. In
the late dealings prices fell OF and the
market closed at decline OF ! TO q per
cont, Wabash, Reading. ~. Joe and
Erie leading the decline.
The transactions on the Stock Rx.
change aggregated I59, 900 shares, of
which 1900 were A. K p. Telegraph.
900 A. u. Telegraph, $500 q. y. q. 4
l., 4OO0C. &. K !. O.. 1000 Burlington
and Quincy, 1000 Canada Southern.
1900 Central Pacific, $500 Delaware,
Lsckawanna and Western, 6,tO0 Dsla-
ware aud Hudson. 1000 Denver and
Rio Grande, $4,000 Erie, 10000 Iron
Mountain, $500 Kansas and Texas, 90.
600 Lake Shore, 1000 Lake Erie and
Western, $3.50 Louisville and Nashvilie,
$500 Michigan Central, 1900 North.
western, Zoo Nashville and Chattan.
ooga, 1000 New Jersey Central, 10000
New York Central, ! 400 Northern Pa.
cihc, 1900 Ohio and Mississippi, 10000
Ontario and Western, 1900 Pacific
Mail, 5000 Peoria. Decatur and Evans.
vile, 1900 Ieadiny, 1900 81 Paul.
$500 81. Paul and Omaha, 80 Bt.
LOUIS aud San Francisco, 81, 900 Union
Pacific. 10000 Wabash Pacific, l08, 900
Western Union. 1900 81 Joe and $500
Chicago, 81. Louis and New Orleans.