Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-19

oar silver mere III; suDsiuiAry SILVER
coin t(al per cent discount
GovERNnRHn-Steady for is and 5s,
and higher for t!s and Is.
Y. \. Coupons liasiD
NeW w
New fourAnd one hAlA-
New ............llSs
fAilnC SlxVH OF
RAILROAD BoNDs-Ths features OF III
Railroad Bond market were: Ron
Watertown, and oelensbug. hrs.s
which advanced 10 % from 9l!. and
then declined TO 81; Wabash Equip
ment 7s, which advanced TO 30 from
Is st. Paul and Sioux City frsts, which
advanced To ll5 from lll} Iron Noun
tain, seconds, TO ll2 from ll0i; North
western, preferred, to ll3 from ll2;
Mobile and Ohio. second debenture, TO
30 from 40; Lake Erie and Western in
come. TO II from 20; Jersey Central In
come TO l02 from l0i; Great Western,
seconds, TO 10 from lO9; Wabash gen
eral mortgages is, declined 10 l02i
from l0Ii Iron Mount,in, frsts, pre-
ferred income to 95 from 96} Ohio and
Mississippi, firsts, (Springtield dlyisionl
to ll5 from ll6, later recovering 10
ll5I.
STATE BoSDs-Dull.
SroCxs-Opened strong and lG per
cent higher for the general list, and )
per cent higher for American Union,
but soon became weak aud declined
To .! per cent, American L nion, Canada
Southern, Denver and Rio Grandc.
Northwestern and Iron Mountain lead.
ing the downward movement. Toward
noon speculation became strong, AMI Nh
advance Of 10 3 per cent Was recorded,
in which Denver aud Rio Grande, Chi.
cago, St. l,ouis and New Orleans, Canada
Southern, Western Union and Pacific
Mail wns most conspicuous. During
the afternoon prices reacted Ia . I'"r
cent, but in late dealings the market
became buoyant and the highest prices
Of the day were touched, coal shares
being prominent in the improve.
ment, which ranged from 10 ii per cent
from the lawest point, latter In Western
Union. Delaware, Iackawanna and
Western rose 81. Della ware and Hudson
81. and New Jersey Central ri per cent.
Illinois Central rose 81 per cent. In the
morning but closed at reaction Of y
per cent The Commercidi says. II"
points" which We deem not improbabl"
are that the Government will take the
telegraphs and incorporate them ~ q
postal system. and that l.essep's PaHa.
ma Canal will bring q controlling inter
est in the Pacific Mail. The l,essep's
have already an option 70 take the Pan.
anna railroad, but on terms much higher
than the present price of stock. A
meeting OF the directors OF the llanni.
bal and 81. Joseph railroad will
be- held tomorrow, when acton
will be taken on the matter
of refuding the various issues 81 bonds
i'm a consolidation.b bond for sSG0O,OoD.
bearing lower rate OF interest. IL IN un-
derstood that the hslder Of bonds now
outstanding and most Of which have
only a short time 10 run, express their
willingness % take the proposed iSsne
on ecual terms. IL the new issue is
made, q saving oi nearly $4,000
year will be insured, which. oi itself,
will pay q dividend on the preferred
stock. The earnings OF the ~ Paul in.
creased $87 ,b3l the second week al
January, and those Of the North~crt-
ern So, 100 the tane time. The North
ern Pacific earnings Tor the second wock
In Janusry gained f6,CO5. Those 81
Flint and Pere Marquette, Tor the fnt
week, $o,44i, and Atchison. Topeka aud
Santa Fee, same time. sGl 900; Nash.
vile and Chattanooga Tor December,
decrease $9,G5s.
The transactions on the Stock Er.
change aggregated b2I ,0O shares. 81
which 5000 were American Union. H..
900 A. x r. Telegraph, 2,200 Chicayo,
Burlington and Quincy. 0.6O0C.C. d ].
C., 1900 Canada Southern, 2.OO Cen.
trail Pacific, 5000 Delaware, IArkawsn-
ma and Western, 1000 Delaware AMI
Hudson, 900 Denver and Rio Giapde,
81, 600 Erie, 10000 Hannibal and ~. Joe.
5000 Iron Mountain, 500 Illinois Cen.
tral, 500 Kansas and Texas, $40
Lake Shore, 100 Louisville and NWh-
vile, 2,0OO Michigan Central. 1900,
North y estern, 400 Nashville and Chat.
tanooga, 5000 New Jersey Central,
800 New York Central, "a, 900 North.
ern Pacific, II 900 Ohio and Mississippi,
5000 Ontario and Western, 5000 Pacific
Mail, $500 Reading, 1900 st PAM.
1000 ". Paul and Omaha, 1900 Union
Pacific, 2O.OO Wabash Pacific, 1900
Western Union. 2s.000 Marietta AMI
Cincinnati 6pts preferred, 1900 Chi.
cayo, ST. Louis and New Orleans, 800
Morris 4 ESSEX and 200 Ohio Central.