Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-17
WALL STREET ED DAY.
The Stock Room COuftnues

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Post in its financial
article to-day says: At the Stock Exchange u.
;. bonds are strong and "a higher for the As
liaload bonds are strong and l,a2 per cent
higher; the latter Wabash equipment seVens
Jersey central incomes are up per cent, as
are areas also Decatur and Springfield incomes
Kansas and Texas seconds arr up a: Texas
faclllc land grant incomes, l d. alld C.C.&iC
incomes, per cent; the remainder OF the list
belbg up Las. The share speculation contin-
ues sctiye and buoyant The stocks when
nave been special features have adyancsd as
follows: Jersey Central from 10Sb TO i12, Della
aware and Hudson from Il22a to IA, North Pa
clilc from IS 10 4. . and 73a, to .6zs. Wabash
from 40 TO SIS and from So TO 92li. Iron
Mountain from ID = TO G4is, Texas Pacific from
80 todl1., Kansas and Texas from AZ to
5o!6. Pacific Mail from 557s TO 5S, Canada
SCUM nom - = TO s6}. and oregon Navigation
nom 1873 10 lslh. The elevated railroad
stocks are generally lower than yesterday, az
are also Lake Shore, Northwest, Milwaukee, ana
81. Paul and the other stocks which advanced
so much before The low priced fancicS moved
al all The money market is easy and 5 per
cent is the ruling rate for call loans Oh stocks
the exceptional rates being lac per cent OF.
|. ). bonds the quotation Is 5at per cent
lime loans range from } TO per cent. Prime
mercantile paper Is Aa5 per cent, few names
however. passing below 81 per cent. The rate
for short date drafts on London was this GO ,rn-
ing reduced hall a cent.
WHOLESALE PARpoNs. Governor Blackburn
OF kentucky. on Monday, issued I5p pard1ns
Il
The Regulators OF. Carter and Lawrence :1up.
ties. Over SEQ Of these offenders surrendered
themselves to the authorities the condition
being that they would make oath that they
would never again offend against the
piece of the community. out OF this
LumDer go were recommended for pardon
INC lssulDg OF which is now In progress.
Joshua l. Smith committed suicide. at Fond
dl Lac, on his Goth birthday. He had long de.
clared that he did not wish to become cen
tenarian.
Rev. DR.. Mcintosh, q celebrated Preshyter
ian divine from Belfast, Ireland, who has &C.
cepted call from the Second Presbyterian
church OF Philadelphia, arrived In that city
yesterday with his family.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road mas WitndraWn from the Western Trunk
Line Association, and another passenger rate
war is threatened.
The Michigan Greenback State convention
met yesterday at Lansing and nominated state
OliicefS. There was no talk OF coalition with
the Democrats.
khhlS, the pedestrian. woa the hundred mile
skating match, for "A purse of $1,000 In New
YORK yesterday His time was 10 hours and
80 minutes.
A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt. states
that Henri LeZeret, the French explorer or
Africa, and all his suite have been murdered
by the Calais tribes.
The United States international fair counts
Sioners met In New York yesterday GENERAL
Grant presiding, and it was decided to issue
an appeal In behalf OF The project to business
men.
The Palace Hotel, at Buffalo, was totally de-
stroyed by fire yesterday.
The New York Senate has passed the bill TO
incorporate the Mexican Southern railway
At Norwood, N Y, William Whine hung HIM
self In his house just week after his wife died.
ne lett note say Ing that he was too lonesome
to live.
burglar entered miSer's residence at
corpus Christi, Texas. stole trunk supposed
70 contain money, carried it mile away,
opened IL. and found nothing of value Then
be returned to the house In anger, demanded
the mfser's money or life, and received bullet.
The Albanian chiefs have offered 20, 900 men
10 the Porte In case OF war with Greece
Pastor Marsden said to his Methodist congre
cation, at Yarker, Ontario, that il certain
members persisted In attending dancing parties
they must withdraw from the church. SIX
persons instantly stood up and asked for dis
misSal.
The New orleans papers, which bring de-
taiis OF the Mississippi Hood, record a multi
tude OF distressing incidents, but morning
worse than the experience OF the colorad Wo,
man who was found floating around In q
dreDched bed with baby Only few hours Old
in her arms