Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-13


carried 20 sea last SATURDAY causes a sensation
Nj Powell had project In hand 10 cross the A.
lantic In balloon.
RoPgh Voyage oG Ihe steamer Mshers
HALIFAX. December is-fne H,pern,an. wh,ct
aa arrived Irom Liverpool last night, had long and
very oosterous passage. She left Liverpool on the
which she commenced the voyage. Increased on
the 18th TO hurricane. and work on deck was
MADE very dangerous The boatswsin was caught
IN heavy sea and In an instant was swept out al
slght The storm continued until last tuesday,
me captain and several OF the officers have
81 years service on the Atlantic, but they saw they
have never before been through such ytolept
weather as they encountered on this trip After
Baltimore.
Railroad Agreement Ratteted.
PoRT HoPE, ONT, December ia-The bond ana
shareholders OF the Midland railway have held a
special meeting and Ratified the agreement lately
entered into 10y the directors for the amalgama-
ton OF the Midland railway with the Toronto ana
Nipissing, Victoria, Whitoy, Port Perry, Lindsay
and Grand junction railway.
Telegraphic News Of To-day I'm ssrses
meeting was held in Westminster Abbey. in
London, England, to-day, 10 consider the subject
OF creating fund for memorial OF the late Dean
Stanley. The Prince OF Wales moved resolutions
which were seconded by Lord Granville and sun,
ported by Mr. Lowell, the American minister.
Yellow leveris assuming alarming proportions
cases in one week.
Wall Strect To-day.
NEW YORK, December 1S-The Post In its finan-
clal article :40 p m editionl says: In the Stock
tended SIS and 4h's,and otherwise unchanged The
feature OF the Transactions in L. :. bonds II the
extended SIS or long bonds southern state bonds
are dull and firm. Railroad bonds irregular,
but generally are firm, the exceptionally weak
bonds are Boston, Hartford and Erie firsts,
which are down IL 70 6ek. The C. c. q
l. C. incomes, which are down per cent,
and Peoria, Decatur and Evansville firsas
fnek ma ief to-
day is extremely dull partly a result OF the
bewilderment respecting Trunk line railroad
pears to be deducible is, first that two at least OF
the Trunk lines have reduced east bound rates
at an tag trunk to aRe nes ts W P9 N AND
rates In January, not 10 the figures OF year ago.
out something above present rates The re-
general stoGS market is decline OF =
4. The exceptionally strong stock ha&
vanced TO 1852, and Richmond and West Point 6
per cent TO l35 eX-privilege- Richmond and Dan
Vile early declined 4 per cent Ia lbs. Americas
District telegraph fell 10 40 from ~, and Manhat
tan Beach 10 27k from %, being 2sS as We wrtA
Thus far to-day $50 OF the bonds Included IN
The general impression seems to be that amount
OF bonds included in the 106th call which will be pre-
sented for prepayment tomorrow without rebate
Will run up into the millions. The ruling rate for
call loans on ordinary stock exchange collateral
to-day is per cent. and on United States bonds
4a4k per cent Is the rate. Time money is in good
DAYS Ia nine months There Is now no per cent
money In the market on what Is classed stock
exchange collateral Prime mercantile paper Is
quoted at 6a7 per cent
The Markets,
BALTIMORE Deeember l3.-yirgina &c deferred.
past due coupons, "a; do. ten-for1les, q
BALTIMORE. December ls-Cotton steady-md-
ding In. Flour unchanged. Wheat southern scarce
and dull; western dull and lower-southern red
Lao do amber, 1. 43al. IS; No. western winter red,
spot lSasal 3s; December, l:3ss asked; january.
GGs9s&l.S!s February, l42,sal. 42A March 1.4sS.
Corn, southern easier for white and yellow steady:
western dull and lower-southern white, 81 sa's do.
yellow, 6ss; western mixed spot, 6ss; December,
6st; january, 6sls February, fIsa7l5.. Oats dull
southern 50a54; western white 50a53 do. mixed 49a
DO pennsylvana. 5os5s Rye quiet, i.oOal ;O2. Hay
hrnowestern firm packed, lsa40; roll. 23aSO. Eees hrm,
2sa29; lined % Petroleum nominal Coffee hrm-
Rio cargoes, ordinary 10 fair sasal0h sugar dull
soft. 81. Whisky quiet lily. Frsights unchanged.
Receipts dour 35S barrels: wheat, "a CAT busels:
corn 49, ~ bushels: oats, s72 bushels: rye. Is0
bushels. Shpments-wheat, COO bushels corn, none.
sales wheat $40 lbs bushels corn, ss l9o bushels.
NEW YORK, December 13.-Stoc&s firm until near
noon. Money, 6. Exchange-long, $50; short 4s3a.
state bonds inactive Governments unchanged. Cotton