Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-26
Eastern and European Markets.


NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Money stringent at 6 per
cent. per annum and 14@1a per cent. per day,
closing easier at 6per cent. per annum. Prime
mercantile paper 1906 per cent. Sterling ex-
change, bankers bills weak at S4.sO4. Sight
exchange on New York at .s2%.
Dry goods imports for the week, 81, 633 600.
Governments weak for all issues except IS,
which advanced Is per cent, Is declined Il
per cent, AS three-eights per cent, and As
5S@% per cent.
Bonds-Railroad bonds weak and lower es-
pecially for speculative issues.
State securities dull.
Stocks-The stock market opened weak and
lower and in the early dealings prices fell off
sharply under the severe strain of hardening
money market. Toward midday the deal
ings became somewhat firm in tone and a
partial recovery ensued. Speculation, how
ever, was feverish and unsettled and prices
gradually declined. In the last half-hour spec
ulation became wild and under the most in
tense excitement prices broke rapidly through
out the entire list. Quotations dropped from
1 to points at time and the downward
movement was continued until the decline
ranged from 2 to II, Philadelphia g. Reading
being most prominent therein. Canada South
ern fell off 161S, Western Union Telegraph
16, Union Pacific 1874, st. Paul & Omaha pre-
ferred 1914, Louisville Il Nashville 115s, Wa
bash, st. Louis & Pacific preferred II, COM
mon N, Denver & Rio Grande 104, Chicago
& Northwestern, Lake Shore, New Jersey Gen.
trail, Hannibal & st. ice common and Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis each OK, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul SR, Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western SO, st. Louis & Iron
Mountain TX, Pacific Mail, New York Central
and Michigan Central each OK, Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, Central Pacific, Cleveland, Colum-
bus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis, st. Louis &
Missouri River each 61S, Chicago, Burlington
g. Quincy SO, common 4336. In the final sales
easier money brought in buyers whose pur-
chases resulted in recoEery of a to 81, the
latter in Western Union Telegraph-New Jer-
sew Central, Canada Southern, Lake Shore, Wa
bash, ST. Louis d Pacific and st. Louis q Iron
Mountain being also conspicuous therein.
The transactions aggregated 10000 shares;
1000 Chicago, Columbus 81 Indiana Central,
1900 Canada Southern; 5000 Central Pacific;
10000 Chicago, st. Louis s. New Orleans;
10000 Delaware, Lackawanna q Western;
1900 Delaware & Hudson; II 900 Denver &
Rio Grande; $4,000 Erie; 1900 Hannibal &
ST. Joe: $4,000 st. Louis & Iron Mountain;
$1,000 Missouri, Kansas & Texas; $4,000
Lake Shore; 1900 Lake Erie & Western; 5000
Louisville s. Nashville; 5000 Michigan Cen
trail; 1000 Manhattan Elevated; $4,000 Chi
cago & Northwestern; $4,000 Nashville, Chat
tanooga & St. Louis; $4,000 New Jersey Cen
trail; 10000 New York Central; 1000 North
ern Pacific; 1900 Ohio & Mississippi; $4,000
Ontario & Western; 5000 Ohio Central; $4,000
Pacific Mail; 5000 Peoria, Decatur & Evans
vile; II 900 Philadelphia & Reading; $1,000
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; 5000 st. Paul
s. Omaha; 1900 Texas & Pacific; $4,000 Union
Pacific; $4,000 Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific;
f., 600 Western Union Telegraph.