Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-14
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy at 3 to 6 Per Cent-Goyern-
ments Steady and Higheg-FISur
Generally Steady - Wheat
fim-Hogs Slow.
FINANCE.
Now York.

NRw YORK, January lS.-MoSsv--
Easy at 3G6 per cent, closing at 3 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5(s5I per
cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
steady at 1851; demand 4gn!
SILyER-Al London SLID per ounce:
bar silver here III; subsidiary silver
coin sol per cent discount.
GovERNNENrs-Steady for Gs and 5s
and TIA! per cenl. higher for Is and AIS.
y. :. Coupons ussll iOls
New -Four and d-one hR ll2A
New ......-ll2E
Pacific siNts Of
RAILRoAD BoNDs-ln railroad bonds
the Milwaukee and ~. Paul iirsts IL. &
ID. divisionl advanced 10 1921 from l2I,
Minneapolis and ~. Lonis tiists 10 lI5
from ll3, Iron Mountain seconds pre-.
ferred income 10 20! from 7Si, C., G.. &
|. &. first mortgage extended 1s 10 1921
from l26.
STATE BOSDs-Quiet at the opening.
STOCKS AT the Stock exchange the
great feature was tue unusual activity
and buoyancy IN telegraph shares. In
early dealings the business MAS enor-
nous, and was attended with great eI-
element. Western Union opened at
lUg and rosr To ll4!. American Union
opened at gG, declined To 9it aud rallied
to 20. Atlantic and Pacific rose from
i6l TO i9!. The immediate occasion Of
this further enhancement in values wss
the more definite shape of the reports
about the consolidation. There was
sympathetic rise in American District
10 II. After the second board
the activity in telegraph shares
subsidized somewhat, and there wasx
decline 10 10! for Western Union,
80! for American Union and ISl Iur Al
lantic and Pacific. The general list Was
iavoiabIy affected by buoyancy in tel.
graph stOrks, and the action OF the
HOnSe q! Representatives on the fund
ing bill. The feature early in the day
was ~. Paul, which rose 10 1871 for COM
mon and l27 for preferred on largely
increased dealings, especially in com
mon stock Later on. the Union Pacific
was the most prominent stock and al
vanccd to llG! Amid the enor-
nous dealings and great excitement
il was freely reported that Vanderbilt
Was Il large buyer, and that the deal ia
Western Union had some bearing Indi-
rrctly on Union Pacific. Central Pacific
followed with increased activity, and rose
tO 95g. On consid, rablc buying tor for
eigu account, Reading advanced per
cent Lac in the afternoon rather
Tree selling movement caused reaction
n ! 10 : per cent from the highest
figures OF the day, the latter in AmeIi-
cln Union, Western Union selling of I
per cent, Atlantic and Pacific 81, Read.
ny !, and ~ Paul per cent. The vol
umr of business was very large, especially
IN I, lrgraph stocks, ~. Paul, Erie, Wa
bash Pacific, mon Pacific, Ontario and
Western and Reading. At n meeting Of
the directors ui the American Exchange
IN Europe, limited, Leld to-day. it WAS
resolved that an interim dividend Of s
per cent lb'lhg III tie rate of u per cent
per annum tor the first hali.year) he
u.tid on. Ui the net roiits of the first
SIX months working. \ resolution Was
also adopted anth"uHIng SljO,0o0 addi-
rlDnal capital. The directors OF tie
Iir,at Western Insurance Company de-
riarrd a scnII-anuual dividend of per
cent.
The transactions on the Stock TX.
change aggregated $50 900 shares, of
Shicn II 900 were \. & +. Telegraph,
100 o \. L. Telegraph, 900 G. G. G. &
/ I O0J G. G.. x |. C., 1000 Canada
S"uihrrn, T. OaO Central Pacific. 22,OoO
Drawarr, lUckawauna aud Western,
1000 Delaware aud Hudson, 5000 Den
yer and Rio Grande, $1,000 ErIc, 2O,OO
u. joe, 5000 iron Mountain, 10000
Kansas and Texas, 5000 lak" shore,
On Louisville and Nashville, 200
Nirhirau Central. 10000 Northwestern,
800 Nashville and Chattanooga, 5000
New jersey Central, 5000 New York
Central, 5000 Northern Pacific, l2,OOO
Ohio and Mississippi, 5000 Ontario aud
Western, u WO Pacific Mail, 1900 Read
ing, 90, 900 ST. Paul, 500 1t. Paul and
Omaha, $1,000 Union Pacific, 4@,OUD
Wabash Paclic, $1,000 Western Union,
300 Alton aud Tcrr" IIaute, 5000
Chicago. ~ Louis and New Orleans and