Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
THE MARKETS.
Steady Going All Around--Slight Tluctua-
tions in Grain, and Tendency of Stocks

Steady Going All Around--Slight Tluctua
tions in Grain, and Tendency of Stock
| Upward.
| ST. PAUL, May s.
On the board of trade yesterday prices ant
transactions were as follows: SEQ
Wheat-No. hard, 80 bid No. Q, 96c
No. 8, SEC, No. 4, 75c. e
| Corn-No. 2 /, Is bid, 46c asked.
| Oats-No. 3 white 37xc bid; 3SHc asked
No. 5 do. 36Kc bid, 3T1c asked; No. !.
mixed, 36Hc bid, SIX C asked; No. 8 do So
bid, $500 asked. Sale, three cars No.
mixed, sacks included, at sec. -
Barley-No. 2, 81. 90 bid; No. 8, extra, CSC
No. 8, Sc.
Rye-No. 2, Csc bid.
Ground Feed-$1S bid, $40 asked. Sale, one
car at $3.50. -
Bran-S6.00 bid.
Timothy Seed-Offered at So. 65. &
Glover Seed-Offered at So. 10.
Potatoes-SSc bid.
Eastern and European Markets.
NEW YORK, May Money easy at 3@4
per cent. Prime mercantile paper AZ per
cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills steady
at S4.S5. Sight exchange on New York S4.S7.
BANK STATEMENT.
The following is the weekly statement Of
the New York associated banks:
Loans, increase. ..........-......S 6,414, 800
Specie, increase. ............. 4,057, 100
Legal tenders, increase. .......s... 239,9O0
Deposits, increase .....,.. 10,497, 900
Circulation, increase. 64,100
The banks now hold S13,1 12, 625 in excess of
legal requirements.
Governments unchanged.
Bonds-Railroad bonds nominally strong
and higher.
State securities moderately active.
Stocks-The stock market opened strong
and generally higher, but in early dealings
there was fractional decline. At first board
buoyancy prevailed and an advance was re-
corded ranging from q to per cent, the
latter in Metropolitan Elevated and New York
Elevated, Manhattan Elevated selling up
~ per cent, Memphis & Charleston, as per
cent. and Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati &
~. Western Union Telegraph
was excepted and fell off 2as. Towards noon
Vic 2eucTdl uSG USCdLuC wan duu q lCdCu1Ou VI
4 to per cent. took place, in which elevated
.ailroad shares were most prominent. During
.he afternoon speculation again became strong,
md there was a recovery of a to Q per cent,
most marked in elevated stocks. In late deal |
ngs there was reaction of \ tops per cent,
he latter in Memphis & Charleston, but in |
inal sales firm tone prevailed, and the market !
losed at a recovery Of q to 1as per cent.
The transactions aggregated 46S,000 shares;
canada Southern 1,700; Chesapeake & Ohio
900; Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati &
Central $500; Chicago,
Columbus & Indiana Central $500;
Delaware, Lackawanna 81 Western,
/ 900; Denver& Rio Grande 4, 400; Erie 800;
hannibal & St. 10 1850; St. Louis q Iron
fountain 10000; Indiana, Bloomington &
Western 5000; Missouri, Kansas & Texas
8, 900; Lake Shore $4,000; Louisville & Nash
lille $500; Michigan Central 1880; Mobile &
,hio 1900; Memphis & Charleston 1900;
hicago 81 Northwestern $500; Nashville,
chattanooga & St. Louis 5000; New Jersey
entral 5000; New York. Central 2, 100; Ohio d
Mississippi 5000; Ontario & Western 6, 600;
hio Central IL, 600, Pacific Mail %, 600; Phila-
elphia & Reading 2,700; Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul 1000; st. Paul q Omaha 1890;
exas Pacific 10000; Union Pacific $500;
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific $500; Western
MON Telegraph 10000; Peoria, Decatur &
Evansville . S00. Northern Pacific 41OO-