Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-27
Eastern and European Markets.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Noney easy at
SOC per cent. closing at 8 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 1906 per cent. Sterling
exchange, bankers bills at S4.79M.
Sight exchange on New York, 81. S3I.
Produce exports for the week, 81 ,405, 900.
Governments steady for extended 6s and IS
and 1s@H per cent. lower for An and As.
Bonds-In the railroad bond market Rich
mond & Allegheny frsts declined to los from
lOS; Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg firsts
to 81 from So; Denver, South Park & Pacific
| firsts to los from LOT; Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago firsts to 106 from 1911 and Ohio
Central to AZ from 1885 Mobile & Ohio first
debentures advanced to 95ss from 81; Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas seconds to 79H from
| Is, and St. Louis & Iron Mountain fves to So
from 81.
State securities dull.
Stocks-The stock market opened weak and
lower, but in the early dealings an advance of
4 to1N per cent. took place, which was most
| marked in New York Elevated, Union Pacific,
Illinois Central, Northern Pacific preferred,
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, New Jersey
| Central, Michigan Central and Denver & Rio
| Grande. At the first board speculation be-
came weak and prices fell off Is to 1H per
cent, Metropolitan Elevated, Hannibal & ST..
Joe preferred, Union Pacific and Philadelphia
| ( Reading leading in the decline After mid
day an advance of Is to l per cent. was re
corded, which was followed by fractional
reaction, but in the final dealings the markei
again became strong ON purchases to cover
short contracts and closed at an Improvement
of d to 24 per cent from the lowest figures
of the day, Chicago, Columbus &Indiana Gen.
trail, Denver & Rio Grande, Erie, Missouri Pa
cfc, Michigan Central, Illinois Central and
Northern Pacific preferred being most prom
lnent therein. Hannibal & St. Joe preferred
fell off 2s4 per cent. but rallied ~ per cent
| at the close.
The Commercial Bulletin says: Foreign in
! telligence exercised more than its usual in
fluence on the Wall street markets to-day
| The advance in the rate of discount by tn,
, Banks of England and France to 4 per cent
Yesterday, was followed by an advance in tn
discount rate of the Imperial Bank of Ger
many to-day to per cent. and by an advanc,
in the Bank of Belgium rate. although to wha
figure is not stated. This news exercised
depressing effect on this side at the opening
| Wnlle IdGeT InIclllStuct tudt SeSOU,VOV ltu Dtti
withdrawn to-day from the Bank of Englant
for shipment to America and that the crops il
Great Britain had sustained further damage
led to general improvement on our Stool
Exchange towards the close.
The transactions aggregated 217,000 shares
; Canada Southern 200; Central Pacific 2, 400
, Delaware, Lackawanna q Western $4,000
!, Delaware & Hudson 1.70O; Denver Ri
Grande Is, 600; Erie IL, 900; Hannibal q st
|, Joe 1890; Missouri, Kansas & Texas $500
Lake Shore II 900; Louisville & Nashvill
5000; Lake Erie & Western 600; Michigan
!, Central $500; Memphis & Charleston 500
,, Missouri Pacific $500; Chicago & North
: western 6,1O0; New Jersey Central II ,OOC
,, New York Central 2,0O0; Northern Pacii
640O; Ohio & Mississippi 1900; Ontario 1
Western $500; Ohio Central 500: Peoria
Decatur & Evansville 1000; Philadelphia
Reading $500; Chicago, Milwaukee & 81
Paul $4,000; st. Paul & Omaha 900; Texa
Pacific 1850; Union Pacific 32,700; Wabash
D St. Louis & Pacific $4,000; Western Unio
Telegraph $4,000; Illinois Central 1880.