The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-21
TINANCrAL AND conarRvlaL.


NEw YoRK February l9-AosET--Markst
easy at ia6, closing ut las per cent. PTlme mar,
camille paper 4a5 per cent Sterling EGchangl
bankers bills steady at 81 S3jai deman'
a s6h.
GoyERENEST Enthusiastically for 6s and . 8
and haI per cent lower for As and 4'ss
United srAtss q OF 1881, coupons
New ftVal nou loa
SsW EulT Agd halls
SgN Fours iIS
faenr % Of 1880 '''@'
Total imports for the week SS,s20,9OO o
which $j,7B3937 consisted OF general meE
Chandiss, and the remainder dry goods.
RAILROAD BONDs-ln this market the Texa!
& Pacific income lana grant rs declined u 81
from SO, Lake Erie l. Western income 10 IN
from T0H, Peoria, Decatur q Evansville II
| Evansville division mooney 10 81 from So
Iron Mountain rs preferred income TO 81
FROM 81 aud later recovered To SGN, Ohio Cen
trail income To Gih from S5H, Q. q Il |. 0, in
come to 7ljs from 1874, New York, Penn
sylyania Il Ohio income TO O2 from $50,
Ksnas II Texas Is to SSss from W and later
recovering TO san, Decatur IL Springfield rs
income TO 62 from G3A, Iron Mountain Is
preferred income 10 " from %, Chesaps AXE x
Ohio currency IS TO o. FROM 63 aud Union
Pacific Is 10 lliM from ll5.
STATE BONps,-lhe marEet for State bonds
was dull, except for Indiana COnsoIs, which
declined from " to W, rallied to u aud closed
ut GA.
Louisiana ConbolL..., 6OS Virginia 6s,,,,,,".,, %
Missouri 6s-"..,-r,"ll0ilD Do 1eN,.,'',.,'..... ~
IT, JOlOp n,........,...-!075i Cons0ls"-, ,,.".ll2
TCnnUlOs Go -,"r.,,,-. ~! DeierTeI'' l3i
10 heW''''''r''''.'''''' oval
The exports OF specie for the week amounted
To Si05, 900 in silver,
STOCKS The market was irregular aud UNI
settled in the early portion OF the Gay, but be.
came strong at the clOse Prices opened =
to 2 per cent lower, and subsequent y de-
clineG a to- per cent, tie latter for 81. Joe
common. Al the first board an advance of 4
to 8 per cent was recorded, the latt'r for
Louisiana and Missouri River, Reading sell
ing up AZ, Pacific Mail ~, and New
Jerley Central ~ per cent, Before noon,
however, the market became depressed, and
Il decline ranging from 4 ~ b per cent took
place, in which New Jersev Central, Uni Il
Pacific, Reading, Northwestern, And North
rrn Pacific were the most prominent, In late
dealings speculation became buOyantr and
under vigorous buying the entire list roe the
closing prices showing IN advance from the
lowest point Of Il TO "a, the latter for Nash.
vile, Chattanooga, Reading, New Jersey Cen
trail, Northern Pacific Union Pacific Nnd st..
Joseph being also COnspIcuOusin the Improve
mCut Chattanooga rose on IheIepOrt I'd set
Element with the lessee Of the road u " n.
CO.) guaranteeing per cent dividGRdstO the
stock not held Ly the lessee. Marietta aud
Cincinnati stocks have been admitted to the
Boston stock Exchange. According to Wash
ingt0n RdviCes u movement was nude to-day
fol the reference IT the Funding bill TO u
conference COMMITTEES Of the two houses,
Tho Commercial says; The furry about the
three percent funding bill, which some Of our
wise banking people attempted u yet up This
morning, hUsAbOut passed over There Is not
tue slightest doubt but that the Government
will get all the money wanted tn pay the
bonds Of 1881 ut three per cent. The whole
$50, 900, 600 one year Treasury notes could be
subscribed in the New York Stock Exchange
next week II the notes were ready and offered
at face value This with the 500, 20 coo cash
balance IN the Treasury continually increas-
INK, would settle all the bonds without dol.
lar of rsiunding and II We are not greatly de.
ceived, this will be the policy OF the new nd.
ministmtion. There will be no $40 bonds
Issued under the bill II there is any sort Of
hesitation manifested 10 exchange them for
tie yer cents.
At the closc Of the day the firm OF II, W.
Mason IL Co. was announced rs having sul-
pended.
Transactions 0iG,O0O shares.