Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-05
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy at 3 to 6 Per Cent-GOver-
ments-Actiye and firm-flosr Quiet
and Unchanged-Wheat Lower
hogs Easier.
ANCt.
Nlw AL

Sac per cent, closing at 3 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper sac per cent.
Sterling exchange, bankers bills 1881
demand 4G9!, equal 20 iS0:G iS3 under
the Old system. PrOiuce cXi OTIS for the
week, S7,Gi9,O10.
SILvEE-At London 5! Il PER ounce;
bar silver here llls; subsidiary silver
coin iGl per cent. discount.
GoyRRSAESTs-Fair,y active and gen.
orally firm.
L. 5. Coupons UsSll lClt,
New ........... .......... lNlA.
New FOursni one III
New l2is
Pacinc skies OF iO
RAILROAD BoSps In this market Lake
| Erie and Western income fell 10 6S from
| 16, Milwaukee and II. Paul tirsls La.
crosse divisipnl to l23 from l2i., Rome.
Watertown and OgienSuurg irSts 10 ~
from 81 Kansas ami Texas seconds 81
al from 1Gi and late; recovered 10 15.,
! Erie seconds, new consolidated, 10 ltcs
| from l0l and later ryc9vrrei t. lO.,
Chesapeake and Omodrs, series "B" 10
81 from S2i and Boston, Hartford ard
Erie iirs,S 10 - from 55. {. G. * |. {.
! tirsts advanced To- 100. nom io1, do.
tract certificates as,eui"i supplementary
advanced 10 los from lei and then DE-.
cl,rci 10 1919 aal i'oTs'on ami Texas
Central lmaiu !.neI seconds io." 20 ll9,
from llg.
STATE BoNDs-Moi"rltciy active iur
Louisiana cOnsois arG i,nHrsseCs.
STOCKs-Thc stock market Was ioNtI.
ish and unsettled throughout tie greater
portion Of the day, and the dealings
were AZ times attended with CONSIDER.
able excitement. Prices opened grnrI
ally weak, and before tie close ot the
frs. bOari a decline oi tp > per cent.
cnsucd, The latter in tie {, {. ca /.
Subsequently, however, an advance oi
to- per cent took place, ~ which iur
Western Union WaS 'lC most pIOwi-
nent. Toward noon SUrcr'''.00 a"An
became weak, and q utrIlu" yi 10 :
per cent. was rccuTIgu' l'o N"W loIE
Central, Puu,tpu au! lv..E, Michigan
Central. Lake ~l'... weston sllUl
AMI -, Paul leading in a." downward
movement. During The alicrHuou the
maI Set assGmcia slr1IH 'Da',a ,aEd prices
continued to oa.SHr,' Lp iH Tie dose
pi business, the improvement -'1rlug
from / to = per cert, Mon AMI lrre
llaGtc, Michigan Cent? Western
Union, thr uu.a ..' sB.r's a.I tae
coal und .rIH.,r STOCKS ..ln1 90" m's,
culrsgIruCv- IN iI. advance. '..' earn
imss OF the -. Pa. Railroad tHmpsn"
the fourth week IU December were
SuG,OO0 against S|J,i. .J,, v..r, II-
creafe 81. .G>j. 1Ny tu:ai canning !'r
tine entire mouth oi prc"wb"r v.''
81, 426Cs7. against $4,000. i#s. ,,..i
increase S3jj,l2g.
Inr transactions on tie S.ork EN-
change aggregated 81 ,OJJ share. %!
which =, 900 were {. &. G.. * l., 200
Canada Southern. 4.OCh Central Pacific.
1900 Delaware, i.ac.awauEa and
Western. 200 Delaware and Hudson,
i 900 Denver and Rio Gmndc, 900
Erie. 1900 Hannibal aad - Joseph.
( 600 Iron Mountain, G.G0) Kansas and
Texas, 5000 Lake Shore, 300 Lake
Etie and Western, 1,OoO Lnuiayi.lc and
Naehvile, 5000 Nilrhi,an Central, ~
900 Northeastern, 5000 Nashville and
Chattanoo "a, 1900 New jersey Cen.
'ral, 27COO New York Central, 1900
Northern pa,,G'. 1900 Oh" and Mis-.
sissippi, 5000 Ontai - amt Western, 49,
600 Pacific Mail, 1900 Reading, 5000
II. Paul. 1900 -. Paul and Omaha.
10000 Union Pacific, 2luDu Wabash
Pacific, $1,000 Weston Union, 300 AZ
ton and 1rrrc llautr, and 700 Morris
ana Essex.