The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-24
THE DAILY MARKETS,
TAE LArEsr rELEeRApAIo REPORTS
or the Condition Of the Markets a. the Leading
Trade CSutsn Of the COuntry-rhS RullaS
Prices for the Principal Staples s-TInal.
Slal aHd Commercial AtfalrI.

: Trade CsntSrs OF the COuatry-ThS Rullag
Prices for the Principal Staples II Tlnal.
'ld And Commercial AhalrI.
NEW YoRK, December 2l-MoNRY-4aG peF Gent,
closing Al 0per cent Prime mrnpnlllI pApCl 6af
psf cent, sIsTlinE E1nhNnRe bAnseR ilb weak
" - 'B4 demand 9 k3k, Bar silver IL,
Dry goods Imports for tile week S!,47LBS6.
4H'L % - ' WV ~
y =. Is, extended. lOO994 Lehish & NilkS..,..OT
y T. os, ,e&tended",rlos sI, I, &sx, Ily lslAgg
" coupons',.',,',,,.l liiAlu paGihcb'nd llS-ll7
~ G0uH H. .,,,,,...-. ~, I, Land Grans-,ll3
Pacific .. Of ~ ,,,,,l.G u.P. S. y, BoAds. i2Sk
enttAl Pacific, lStD, l5G Texas Pacific I'd thA y
0UhpFed.
RAILROAD BoNba-Moderatelya active.
STATE SEcURtTlEs-DulL
Louisiana. COlsOIA,,r Nh Virginia Ss.,,,..,. %
Missouri Gs...."..".ll2 Virginia cOuAulS, ex
Tennessee q, new" s6SSseS. SS'S'i'a"" M
,sTocHS-shRte speculation opened weak and Y 10
pe. cent lower lgF the general marx lna,lihO
Memphis 4 CharirSon, P,Cidu Mall aid No ihSSst,
GTn preferred beinG nloAt prominent In lh dpsll.
y4lced p'F reat u the early dea ings, The gene
or, change except Tor Northern Pltis, Irs
$500, w.. :. Leullnuu ". pyI ,.HI, val III. -.
lyly recovered per cent, and RlChnUnu a Dun-
VI ~ bdNaLo q ~ per cent ~ IL "a, In tho
carly partOl the afternoon the general uHtket iell
on " ~ per cent the latter iur AI,s Uri ttCIic
Nv.tle u Pacific phieried Slld down iro n T2S 10
tiG dcCllLe o, 3 ptr coat In III, Ia Ica III, 8 lilo
market nIyIugq sIundlv tilhr ClUv, H. LIlrssullnR
uPN to sSpGFCont Denver & Ri! Gfgd,, LOUii;
con'pICuous in the upward move Cnt; ioai is ",
est pIinl y TihvIh f..'NU ~ ltTTvu AdNal.Cgdltf
percent to TlM, aud the cutie niurkgl, with igW
exc ption ! ,ed lrm. sYme tt.GOf The uctNity
mny "a goa ga lhnI iHG ih lnAl up lu l,Ull tang
,CS,o aggravated nearly $4,000 shares.
From the COMMERCIAL bululiJ shurc OF Icculn.
Ilon was iSr the most part ieveIlsh aud ugielt,in
~ tune dun u the Gully part Vi the day. lihs rh
there were llmes when lnu shc. IN rIet was d.
yl4v4ly weak ulteL lle, appear.l!t' ~ Itat
nenls Of bu ineAs VI uGh vi the VdLdo III Gu,n.
pInyu Us hnd dlICClOrs meetings " uHy. These
statements show TINT III Htlrnd " FhsIS-tlDliSly
isducel the not e,rnings even OF the blttf thpll.
These damaging hlCls have, however, byuIl kuoNn
for long limu 10 inAldGFN VI these vOnaiils pnd
u CxplalnS why they huyO lCGn ~ ready d tpil
Them down Oh decline Of ~ 70 ~ per Ceei, which
stocks these conp,nirs have had biqcc early Last
summer. thee lrG now indications that these h.
sdem are prepared to buy thOm buck II tho
public chOISj TO sell tnCn. Among these indiV
fOuS nrp lJaEs from banks aud othrn made Ou
United sttIrs bonds held by NanuCrDlIs the
money being borrUwo !, presumably, iU buy these
stocks. In TACT one D oker, who dues little, except
iOE vanderbilt, bought lO,WU hHlIs u Lake shUle,
aud there ne Othtrsgls pointing ~ The MnO d.
fectiOn. Aside from this Rild Oi buying, to-day,
the cOInlni,siUn III uses lad more OIaGn liUin out
Ideis, who lSy III iull iIr WI al they buy, ihan
they have hAd on my day for mFlly q month and
i Is evident that the recent downward movement
has for The inst time since Its Inception struck O6
staers which may Iuln the movement 10 tho other
direction, IIl.i
The ynlei sellers oittocEs to-day were the weaker
class Uf margin holders and SCalpGz OF "kOUm buy.
els'' for small towns TO Ge kaid ihal OUTSIDE
0rders were mostly iOr substantial pr0perIirs With
pay dlyldends,and that GHloUnspC spCtialits were not
wAnte'i ut any price, while the net result VI the
fluctuations ~ the general list was advanced Aa2N
per CGnt, Will the market closing Stnng. Special.
ties show u decline Of llSH per cent and we0 weak
at the close, United states bonds weTo bfln
throughout, the only decline having been n tOF
cent IN ~ ThglTeaSury lsgetling yer! lew lOiiqs,
shrnkngc IN prices al the stock exchange and lie
diminished demand ior money, was alone
sufficient to keel, money tasy Within two weeks
1t known the January disbursements will btklh
and thep will probably be from tGO lUyOCO 10 siN.
900 OOO Of the january Incomes 10 be tpInVSttd III
!he seenrliie. dealt ii!at The soCk exCha within
the neat six week" Fo Iign exchange touChtdihe
eau b. imported, viii b indicates that ItCckt aid
bonds wele to-day bought for foreign account in-
slead Ot being sold for tic EAme.
From the Commercial AdteriScT. "ThlB has been
another very active Hnd ieVtIlEl day III Tie tItIu-
Mtiye list, but the excl Cmtht was vi iO tlmv equal
to that Ol yesterdays closing when matters lti0k,
ures, no TnnoN Of anybody III trouble, and rood
many prominent brokers finn, reported irue outside
Ofdtn good Dividend pA!iIg Gltck. OH tic
whole much better support hbs LeGn utGhlded the
mnfket 10 day thnl could lRvG betl Cx y, CttdtNtn.
ty.iour hours ago. AltiOuth many btocEs have SUI.
iered severely and lover piCtS IRE predicted Itr
nIxt week The Hyeie ei! CT o. the trunk war, ,ls
shown ~ TIN rel OTIS Of Ntw YOrI ttItpl, Lake
Shore, Michigan Genital aud CunndR s. utheni ll
largely reduced surplus though II Ii not unlikely
that tho facts have been known IL Gutkideig i0r
soniC time and In pArL discounted. Tie general
InA ikGt closed strong"
From the Post. There were two classes Of buy
e,s Of stocks to-day, one clats mndc upOf outlden
Of means who have b on diEtlstiul oi the mAiktt
OF late, but who have been tempted ~ the lICeit
sharp decline IL CIInG In aud take the better u
stocks paying In full for what tn buy md tTlns-
lrTrllig the stocks bought 10 their Nltng loXes.
The other cluN Is made up Of professional Epptua-
part Of the small bull" sptCulhtOis and attendant
decline IN ptlEGs principal sellers fstGtkStp.
day were tuR holder, whit y mnipi shave nearly
run out and small DrOit ssiOnHl tndCrs VI BCalteS
who make tho most Of their money by selling
stocks abort" Short interest IN several Ct
tly leading stocks Is larIr, Us high 10 i.S1
Of per cent PEI day having btgil paid Iy borrowers
ernment bonds COrInYCs In ample supply lt
aRl per cent, and W. hear OF oLe lHtge Il an On
U y bond the bOIrDWe er having bialneI Il omtnty
{ buI lug one Of the leading Vanderbilt BiLllS
All the rpOrI0f The vRIlderl Ill CON paiiiS LhGw
the hvHgts which the railroad wnr iIhh made On
InCmlertd. however, thai Ail this has lNtil known
10 insiders for months past during Will, II ine tlVse
stocks have fallen In inHket Price IRON " 10 10
points. hire are Indications lllAt, now that The
facts are spread before the public, g ihbldtis ale
prepared y buy 4 The public wish loSell. W.