The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-22
APECULArION.
HI Week at ChIcaEo-Bear Attack In
wall ktFeet.

EI Week ut ChieaEO-BeaF Attack In
wall ktFeet.
CHC4Oo, August 2O-The commission
houses Rnd brokers have had a busy
REX, Some oi them declare that in, I
hugeIpshenCs they never knew q time
Vhea they were 80 pressed with work as
b Ihe plSt Dix or eight days. The Keene
tnl and the excitement on the opening
dIhe Turkish war were nothirg 20 com.
nied With The present speculative ctsze.
lhshousts, both great and small, have
beel literally flooded with orders, and II
Ambssn almost impossible 10 execute
many Oi them at anywhere near the
ptitei designated, owing To tho irrsgulari.
VOl The markets aud the inability OF
5Inkind 10 do everything at nnce.
Nearly all Of the firms doing bust.
Is'on the B'ard have been obliged 10
iep Ihelr otlces open nights ss well aS
SIIl and NOT lew have put on a night
btte Of men, the regular day act having
'oiEed I'LL they wprO com ple'ely tired
Wy E'en with lahurlngly gasligh', aud
,NA q double set oil help, lnpnhers OF The
l'gf htmtsAy they are nUwhete near
70 date on their books, and two or
ntH houses were nHmed 10 day whose
1aAte we're 10 such state OF confusion
@NIhey expected II would take several
aH to and out Occasionally Hrms
Nlsu mAfains on men with
NnSn they bad no trAlep, and the
money was put before the mistL ke wRa
aoHtd, 4 single house is said 10 hsve
vaN N Friday To tho pmount ni 8 0O0, ,00C
SoileS Seveial others probably did
SaA much. The commissions on the
SSSsSel SS.lI cited would probably amount Id
nWhd perhaps $4,000. II Ia greatly
.TIIleHedl, Of the members OF the Board
VI Lhte that they have gone through
'aSa ANeek without a single failure.
s,ety day ErlmOrs have been floating
avulu' beCSuse every body expected some
IisssS SsS gla'I y become hOpelesely stuck in tht
S..s Svssa oI despOndsncy, but all wadsd
%%,vuVa and none have aunk on tht
!. ,s'Le, lhouVb some Of The boys are said
W 9.ve been pretty well covered Will
IVY wren they came nnt.
WV loE August W.-ThB stock mar.
SSVpsned btm and advanced q faction
,.it S.i'ae dealings were aiterwArd character
giS,Gy iHGy marked weakness, and prices de.
SST. su M2per cent In the general iist
,,..'. rS.s ID special stOcks the fall was much
S1.'l, s.',s, especially III the case Of The in
,,taa ,'taeal shares. The market was irregu
S...1 ~ ine ilna sales, when some shafel
NM S.tl s,lEllly from the improvement
,Sds IIu E .oOE pIICe jnst previous tU the oil q
nj. TSgN sIoCtE made a iudhet advance
jss.. NV Gepte,sion In the general marke
SSs. NAY !. lne afternoon was due 10 the fe
t%snat Nss,! the President wAs worse, which
S,s.. sss probably originated in The al
NV S.i.'snent from Washington that hlI
t,,i. , vas Up to los, and that another pul
~! oad been opened.
h,,,sN 'uste was an active borrowing demat,t
n ssSAs .sS.l To-day, aud many brokers hSt
Ss,iyIVeasion s,iI to borrow money, ae Inc,
Y. W. readily lend all theft stoukS al d
N.Y. Nv Ine ctltfent rates fot money ID IN
M M ,al market Early in the day the zen
b .uu .s.l o. stocks loaned al 5iB per cen
M. s.tylnE and later on some sbaIea
M" nv /" Illinois Central, MetFopolitSn Els
IS' Northern PaciAc preferred An,
Mug Utnttal, leaned down 10 ilii
iSoW e undoubtedly, A lsrp
SS,sr.n n.y. interest outstanding, which ia
", inuy been increased bv SsmS bps
h ~ selling their cuSiomS sleef
AK S' easiest way Of fGisipS mSnsv @
iIi's S' tIllny b,oke1, who are a I'M
6sS,NVe NVehdets Of stocks, have lime Ioas
pas.dp US,p g., ,nd most Of their secuTiiles a Al
5s,su..out 5S,u out on the street, which aStS1sii
SsIsa,'Se SIsa'e' The Tho tl5Sting supply oi stcSts /
Ns,SSs Ssn tnitEet. In t6is cobpsSiIoh X
ISSSia a.. sS.'99tplion d stocks ~ IoadS
iu iSSu th nHl be lost sight Of
tums5 my 0alI' claim that The ma,kst n,
iII IIS, ss q least iot the ptesenI. Snd N
.s.,l5aa 1 5acPg The brokers and .tsds,S Sp a n y
b1iiSS. hotels last plight was general