National Republican., 1881-10-21
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WALL STREET GOSSIP.
NEw York, Oct. 20, 10 q. m.-The windsor Hotel
bear party In ecSaces Of delight last night over
the latest press advces from Paris quoting funds as
high as l56g20 per cent? but this announcement was
explained by Mr. James sellgmnn, who said the ex-
ccssive extortlon applied only to conddnOo, which
expression means rates for nfleen days upon fancy
stocks whcreon the loAner In the meantime cannot
call mp additional margins. The British Bank people
here say that their special advces say that money s
obtanable In large amounts for all ordinary financial
and commercial uses. both in London and Paris at
and per cent usual but the Bank OF England has
for some time past been endeavorng To induce the
has Declined alleging there was no legitimate occs.-
sion for IT, some Of the most otservant brokers IN
yesterday were probably for the short account That
the short interest had become uncommonly
Sns Snse crowd s uSisa %ers Lake shoe MehIsnn ans
Nsw NOW Y0ss SSsfS ne insS se
bulls TO work upon. IL was further asserted thai but
SnS H% ~ 5 Sn II lev we're
the market, Mr.: Keenes brokers were said TO be
pioyed to buy largely Keene talks So Tor Erie 10
thirty days. The sharpest brokers In tho room yes
town for good and has moved iEtS his new FINN
TaS afns sScs at hs ss @
stem of tho current was telnporarlly downwsrd he
He talked very, buIllsh on Western Union, which
oYeasnIsss rom The Iat quarter sismens. the Ber,
lin eecrcni aud engineer, Is here arranging
with Dould, Is said Tor the use OF his electrical loco
TINT there will be no more business conferences
called between tho Elevated railroad managers until
Mr. Field returns from Yorktown The bears on the
general market still assert TINT the market is good
sale every rally, and say there Is no rise on out
side business n stocks This party especially belig
against the Vanderbilt stocks and declare that
the street is fairly flooded with New York Central
and Lake Shore certificates In the names OF the di-
reclors, Several thousand shares OF Central were
all the q. G, C. \ /. which Is bought comes from
Qpderhll and Barton, James Tillinghast tells
Central road is now bringing Into this city large
number Of empty freight cars from Bnhalo which y
an unusual occurrence ~ W. was n aIso reported ore 9y
Company had stopped bringing grain East from Chi.
cago, the rates being below paying prices Sage said
Gouid.Feld terms offered the Metropolitan Elevated
Company, Washington dispatch hl,i,s at prob
able purchase OF sl5,0C0WO more OF bonds Receipts
are rapidly hccumuialng IN the treasury Depart
ii3i H. MA Chicago dispatch says that Gault aud
HoDklns are arranging with the Milwaukee and st.
Paul Company to take Wabash Pacific business 10 the
Northwest irom Peoria. Ledyard, OF the Michigan
Central says the prospect OF hny selilement of The
say The great rainfall has stopped IN the Northwest
but the damages from the floods have been greater
than announced. Flowing Is impossible, aud corn
Madison and Portage division Of the st. Paul road is
| many places. The Prairie du Chlen division has suf
fered severely from the overflow Of the Wisconsin
River, no trains have run meyer oyer tier jor week % IN,
River, and no trains are running. Freghls are re
fused Connection between Quincy ana Keokuk
iIiso d, m-PresIdent Porter, OF tho Chicago ant
| Omaha Railway Company telegraphs that rain ha'
again set In In TIE Northwest, with indications of.nn
.,er cable adyces to-day state that money Is closer
| all European centres.