, 1881-03-24
BUSINESS.
Stocks Open Steady, but Decline
All Day.
Break Of Twenty.four Points In
Nashville C Chattanooga,
Local Finances Vulet-Thc Currency
Movement-Forclgn Exchange.
The Produce Markets Active and Feverish
Wheat Lower-Corn aud Oats
Easier.
Provisions Very Weak and Unsettled, with
Anxious Seters-CIos'ng HoayY.
TINANCIAL.

FINANCIAL.
Stocks opened steady, and In few cnscs, 1l0tas
bly, Luckawaunn nud Jersey Centrni, thore was
At, Improvement. This saun disappeared, and a
drizzling dcclIno sut in which went OH ali day,
with no rallies worth noticing. In Wnll street
the opinion was Expressed at an carly hour that
tho market would bo splendid sau on my
sharp r1.ly. 1t proved to be 80 for some stocks
without tho rnily. Nashville s. Chattanooga
supplied tho fireworks Of tho dny by dropping
from 100 IL 10. This wNs safd to bo due
TO IL disagreement In tho pool handling II.
Thu course Of prices indicated TINT anme
other pools wero III an tnharnlDnious u0ndl uun.
Jersey Central soon ortor tho opening turned
very wenk. and WIS fruoly sold un tho Erou nd
TINT the settlement between tho baltimore l.
Ohio und tho Pennsylvania would reduce Its
through buaIness. There WIS reported TO ba
good buying By Vanderbilt md Gould 10 sup
port the market. At ono timo thore was Utmost
pnn!cky fecling. but It disappeared townrd tho
clusc. kuenc nnd Eamunach appeared rs bears,
nnd raided stocks IN all directions.
John N. Douglas s. Co, or London, In tholr
latest fUrtulght1y report. dated Mareh 0. auy
TINT on tho AinprieAn railroads ''nn exceptions
ally scrcrs Wftttr has hlndercd trnu}o nnd acss-
cncd business In everything but cUals, lnd has
Increased expenses seriously. Those nrc tcnl.
pornry causcs, And 1t Is III depressions from
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Euve tho former tho market for II wtUk to cotOr
Up NJ snnrts' anu prepare Tor W! snihpaRh
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ai,uiinrjy doubtful rcl,urt thAt Mr. Keeno hu,i
bgun h,ying Lake Shnre. There WIS sotnc buy
inK ot ths stock for tho uivldend tllis woelx Mr.
1n1st' yIii s,,n rrva, Si IL tnst tv"nd n t
Mnrkrt Mr, Dsxu1I suys tho rtl,ilors that hq
haB sold nut his DeIKwnrc. Lncknwnttliu &
Western stock nre no trier tinw thnn t1oy hnrs
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tho Laeka%1..ttlM m0et!nR which WIS to hnyN
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lust slut clncnt Wus 1ra'ie IN january. nnu q
latfG suEplna u,slHs, hiteF Tny!uR " Ivy Aofrls