Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-04
Money At to 9 Pr csat-esyssa0ts
Generally Firm and higssr-fIssr
steady-whsat Generally Lover
Hogs Steady.
PIMAMU1

RAILROAD BoxDs-In the railroad
bond marA 1t the features we're vasash
equipment sevens which advanced 10 66
from 50. Indiana, Bloomington and
Western income TO "a from 75t, Texas
and Pacific income land grant sevens
which declined to 50 from s2a and later
recovered to Sli, Iron Mountain nrsts
which fell to lbs from HI, New York.
Pennsylvania aud Ohio income TO 81
from Ga, {. &. & ]. &. income TO ~ from
IA, Texas and Pacific firsts RIO Grande
division) TO 81! from ~, Indiana, De-
cstur and Springfield seconds income 70
66 from 67i, and Boston. Hartford and
Erie iirsts To % from 59!.
STATE BoNDs-Dull.
SruCss-Ths market Was irregular at
the opening, but in the main weak and
lower. Alton and Terre Haute prefer
ed showing decline OF ii per cent, and
common 4 per cent, subsequently,
prices fell to per cent, but at the first
board Speculation assumed = strong
tone, and an to 3 per cent, Was re-
cordedthe latter in Western Union.
This MAS followed by decline OF 20 ~
pr cent, in which Western Union,
Union Pacific, Texas Pacific, New
Jersey Central Lake Erie and West.
ern. and Canada Southern, were most
prominent. In the late dealings firm
rrtonc prevailed and at the clote prices
sho~ed 4 recovery OF | TO 81 per cent.
Western Union. Manhattan Ee.
waited, American Union, Union
Pacific, Texas Pacific, and coal
shares leading the improvement.
The late advance WAS caused by Q report
which verified something alter the coss
OF business that the three telegraph
companies had consolidated. The Erprcss
saws there 10 a marked increase In our
foreign trade in provisions this year.
since Jsbusry lst the exports Of rnt
meats from New York alone can be no
less than 81, 6,OO0, 900 pounds, against 60..
OOO. 900 pounds for the same time last
year; and OF lard, 5000, 900 pounds
against only l9,o00, 100 pounds Tor . like
period in lss0. The sudden ratification
OF telegraph consolidation scheme was
evidently for the object OF forcstalling
any action by the state Senate
on the bill passed by the 40.
sembly Yesterday. The decline In
Alton and Terre HAute preferred shares
was caused by dlsappoi ntment with ths
dividend. The Graphic remarks that
careful inquiry among the leading COM
mission houses to-day, elicits the TACT
that the borrowing demand Tor stocks 10
greater than for many months past
sui scriptiops 10 the Tehuantepec Inter
O,sa sailsosd7 per cent gold bonds are
coming in npidly. II 10 STATED
the offering Is already at . pre-
n:u n, md the success of the loan 10
assured The earnings ol the ~. Paul
road Increased $4,000 the fourth week
in January and for the mouth SIG 0O0.
Northeastern gained So 900 for Jan
uary; Northern Pacific road shows Q
gain for January OF $2ss,2il, and for
even months OF the fiscal year S3s5. .02i,
Indiana, bloomington and Western
road, after paying all the interest and
rhsr,es, shows . net surplus for 80 Of
f2Ij .:jjj.
The transactions on the Stock EI.
change aggregated Cos 900 sbaScs, Of
vhioh 800 were Alton and T~rre
Hsute, 1000 Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 800 G. q. 4 ]. g., 1900 Can.
ada southern, 800 Central Pacific.
2, 800 Delaware, l>ackawanna and west
esn, II 600 Delaware and Hudson. 2cD0
Denver and Rio Grande. 900 Erie.
5000 Hannibal and ~. Joseph, 1000
Iron Mountain, $1,000 Kansas and
Texas, 1900 lake shore, $500 Lake
Yris and Western, $500 Louisville and
Nashville, {, 900 Michigan Central, 1900
North western, !, no Nashville and Chat.
tsDoog., II 900 New jersey Central, H..
Pacific, $500 Ohio and Mi..i..ippi. g..
600 Ontario and Western, 600 Ohio
Central, 5000 Pacific Mail, 400 Rnsd.
ing, 1000 ~. Paul. II 90 b. faul and
Omaha, 1900 Texas Pacific. 27,OO0
Wabash Pacific, 1000 Union Pacific.
5000 Western Union. 2,tD0 Atlantic
and Pacific, 1900 linyis Central, and
| g5O) Little Pituburgh.