National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-26
MONETARY MATTERS.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Wall Street Transaetions-The Latest Quotations
in Stocks and BoRds-New York and Bal.
tim0re Produce Markets-The Lon
don Money and Stock Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25-The imports of dry goods at
this port for the week ending to-day 81 ,634 4O7,
and the amount marketed 81 ,99S 3i2. Money was
stringent throughout the day, and call loans ruled
between u and per cent per diem in addition to the
legal interest," but at the close was somewhat easier at
6per cent. There has been great excitement in Wall
street caused by the extreme sringency in the money
market. Stocks declined from to IL per cent but at
the date of writing closed at recovery of l93 per
cent Exchange was weak and the nominal asking
quotations were reduced IA per cent to ISL for 60 days
and 1891 for demand with actual business 4SUz for
long, 4S21s@iS21 for short sight. Governments
weak for all theissues except ves which advanced q
per cent, skies declined q per cent, four and halls
9S per cent, and fours 7s@54 per cent State bonds
dull and nominal Railroad bonds continued weak
this afternoon Erie new seconds fell off to $50, Kan
sas and Texas seconds to 7S979 Chesapeake and Ohio
currency skies to So Lake Erie and Western incomes
to 55 Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western in
gold coupons TO l2 Kansas and Texas cOnsols to I0
and Denver and Rio Grande eonsols to H.
The stock market opened weak and lower, and in
the early dealings prices fell off sharply under the Sc
midday the dealings became somewhat firmer in tone
and partial recovery ensued The speculation, how
noon prices gradually declined In the half hour
the speculation became wild, and under the most in
entire list. The quotations dropped from to per
cent: at time, and the downward movement was
continued until decline ranging from to IL per cent
had taken place, Reading being most prominent
therein Canada Southern fell off Iels Per cent West
Paul and Omaha preferred :2A per cent, Louisville
and Nashville us per cent Wabash Pacific preferred
II per cent. do common ~, Denver and Rio Grande
10h Northwest Lake Shore, New Jersey Central Han
nbal and st. 10 common. and Nashville and Chatta-
noOga each so, St Paul So, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western So, Iron Mountain 76, Pacific Mail =
New York Central and Michigan Central each 81,
Kansas and Texas Central Pacific. c. G. & l. c. and
Louisiana and Missouri River each 81, Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy g. Erie preferred So, do common
43 In the final sales easier money brought in buyers,
whose purchases resulted in recovery of 3s@53 per
cent. the latter in Western Union, New Jersey Cen
trial, Canada Southern, Lake Shore Wabash Pacific,
and Iron Mountain being also conspicuous therein.
Total sales 10000 shares including Canada Southern,
1900 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 600 Del
aware and Hudson, 1880; Denver and Rio Grande.
1000 Erie, 779O0 Hannibal and ST. 10, 1890; Iron
Mountain 1880; Kansas and Texas, 1880 Lake
Shore $780, Lake Erie and Western, 400 Louisville
and Nashville, 900; Manhattan Elevated, 1850;
Northwest, 1880; New Jersey Central, a 400 New
York Central, 201O0 Northern Pacific, 10sOG Ohio
and Mississippi, 1900; Ontario and Western, % l0G
Reading: 11,l0G Pacific Mail 81 400 ST Paul; 80 6Oo st.
Paul and Omaha $3.50; Texas Pacific $500; Union Pa
citic, 65,5OG Wabash Pacific, $4,000; Western Union,
1900, Michigan Central, 9,100.
The following observations the transactions in
the financial market yesterday, together with highest,
lowest and closing stock quotations. furnished by
the banking house of Fl. d. Cooke jr & Co., 1872
street, Washington, ID. c.