The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-01
PIAANCIAL AND COMmRRCIAL.
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NEW YoRE, February Authoritative
at per cent per annum aud u per cent per
diem, closing at per cent Prime mercantile
paper 4J5aB per cent Sterling Exchange
bankers bills weak at s. n; demand 81 rs,
GOVERNMENT BoNDs-Generally firm and a
shade higher,
United States O. Of 1851,
New FVai coupons
hOW Four and hRla coupons
New FouR eouponl
Faelne % Of 1870
RAILROAD BoSDs-Irregular and generally
lower, with the largest transactions In krie
seconds, New Consolidated, which fell Y 10
97X per cent, The next largest were in Texas
& Pacific income land grant sevens, which de-
clined IL TO 81 u per cent, The largest de-
cline was 81 per cent in Milwaukee 4 st,
Paul Cousols, which sold down to 40, The
other changes are IS follows: A decline OF 5
per cent In Central Iowa debanture rtiiCates,
Jersey Central adjustment sevens and Lake
Erie l. Western tirsts; 2 per cent In Indiana
Decatur d Springfield seconds income / x in
Ohio Central tirsts and Milwaukee 4 ct Paul
hrsts Southern Minnesota DiVlSiOn). lSG in
Kansas 4 Texas second conSols, u in Bur
lington. Cedar Rapids T. Northern tirsts, in
Rome, Watertown & 0gdensburg tiIsts, u in
Union Pacific sinking fund eighths and st,
Paul Il Omaha Consols u in Kansas K Texas
consols assented aud Ohio Central incomes,
and y In Central Pacific hrsts and Oregon
Navigation tirsts. There was u rise Of ! Il per
cent IN Kansas Pacific first consols and c., q,
& |. Q. income, In Alton Il Terre Haute sec
onds income, Y In Denver Il Rio Grande first
COnsolS, and y in Denver South Park Il
Pacific firsts, Texas Il Pacific hrsts Rio
nfuIoinF\ aud ITuinn pantHn Hrata
Canada Southern trsts steady at 1901, and
Mobile & Ohio tirsts dsbentures at 81.
STATE BoNDs-ln light request
Lou!uapa ConsOlur.. 6llyirgIniA SI,.,,,,.,,.,, 30
Missouri 6A-"",',r,-lgShlD 70 no '''"''"''""''" ~
Tennessee e. -....., 6l Deferred .,.,,,,....." 10
20 heW.''""'''''''''''' o.
SToCXs-The market was irregular In the
early dealing, but at the first board the en-.
tire list became weak and decline was
recorded ranging from u to N per cent, the
latter Western Union, which fell on the an
nouncement Of the granting OF an injunction
agaInst the distribution OF scrip Of increased
capital stock. Canada Southern reOeded 81
per cent, Northwestern Delaware Iacka.
wanna & Western and Hannibal Il 1t, Joe
common and preferred 4, Denver Il Rio
Gnnde 81, New Jersey Central 6N, Union
PaClilc 4N anu nashville " Chattanooga IA
About the second board speculation became
hrmer and subsequently fell Off fraction,
but In late dealings the market again became
strong, and closed at an advance from the
lowest p: int OF u TO az per cent, New Jersey
Central Canada Southern, Union Pacific,
" estern Union, Wabash Pacific preferred st
Paul a. Omaha preferred, Louisville & Nash.
vile and Lake Shore leading the upward
movement,
The Treasury to-day paid out for and 0
per cent bonds called and uncalled, only
$28S, 900. Tho reason the amount Is so small
Is that the holders Of bonds can get more for
them in the marb Ut than par and accrued In.
terest, which is the Treasury price. The high
rates for money have tendency 10 draw
loanable funds from the interior, and, in time,
from Europe.
The lawlul money deposited in tho Treas.
ury to-day 10 withdraw bank note circulation
was $6l4,660. The account between the
Treasury and the banks now stands about as
fOllows Drawn from the banks into the
Treasury, $l4,70O,0O returned to the banks
by bond purchases, $5,750.OOO
The operations Of the Clearing House $3.50
Ciated banks to-day; exchanges t27S, SOD, 972i
balances T,286,4Il, These enormous ex.
changes are largely the result Of the great &C.
tiVity In tho stock exchange Saturday last.
Transactions $50 600 shares,