Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-06
Dull Day I'm Wall Street.

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NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-The Posts financial
article Gao pm. edition. says:-The market for
foreign exchange is steady for short date and
heavy for long date bills. The money market is
fairly easy, with and 6 per cent the extreme
rates for call loans on stocks Time loans are
dull and nominal. Prime mercantile paper is 5a
6 per cent. All the markets which center at the
Stock Exchange have been very dull this morn
ing. United States bonds are unchanged. State
bonds are neglected. Railroad bonds are gen.
orally firm at rather higher prices. Rome and
Watertown firsts have been exceptionally strong,
the price having advanced TO 9S from 96. The
stock market opened at a decline of 14a1 =. then
fell 1sa1 per cent. but became steady little af-
ter noon, and prices have advanced hsaT. andas
We write the market is steady. The net result
of all the fluctuations is a decline of lsaE. The
weakest stocks have been the Elevated railroad
stocks and excepting Missouri Pacifc) the gov
ernment stocks. The trunk line and the coal
shares have been comparatively steady.
The Markets
BALTIMORE. Sept. 5-virginia 6s consola.
,sx; do ,., past s;s due coupons. a: do. new ten
,ina SEPT Flour sGSssp S,sssT 5
$50: do extra. 625a7 90. do. family. 7Ssas00: city
mills super, 5.OOs.5.75 do. extra 6..s5a7 60. do
family family s..saS W %i DO Rio brands. 500 Patapsco
al 80; do amber, l.45aI.5O; No. Maryland. lie;
eordins to location; september, 80: ocfo-
Der. lA1sal.Ak; November. I4sAal4sA: De-
yellow and
mixed; spot and sepseg6er. s;as:S: October;
steady e:ousseTn. ssass Western west & white ssaas dS.
mixed. 49a50 Pennsylvania 5Oasa; Rye dun.
and aaS xa4yand sH sh01se
firm-mess pork, 1875. Bulk meats-shoulden
and clear rib sides. packed: s.al9x. Bacon.
iSSai4I. Lard-renned. lex. Butter frm-west-.
ern grass, I4ase Eggs quiet, leal7. Petroleum
ordinary 70 fair, Iosal2s. Sugar firm-A soft,
81. whisky. nominayl.s0 Freights to Liverpool
Barrel: si grain. 4a4kd Receipts Hour, ss.a bar
rels; wheat 1850 bushels corn. 42gse bushelss
oats, 2.5co bushels rye goo bushels aa shippents-
wheat 3a2 l0s bushels corn. lo6.sss bushels.
NEW YORK, Sept 5-Stocks frmer. Money.
ernmcnts quiet and unchanged.
NEW YORK. Sept; SsFIour quiet and un-
LONDON, Sept S. 1880 pm.-Consois-for
money. IS BIC for the account, IS 1916. U. g.
bonds, As. ls1E. Atlantic and Great Western
first mortgage trustees certificates. h2k. Erie
AZ. New York Central. l4s Illinois Central
lEk. Pennsylvania Central, 66k. Reading. q.
Milwaukee and st. Paul common, ll9
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations were current in New
York to-day at 2:3o p.m., as reported by H. n.
Dodge. Of $50 18th street. by special wire:-
Western Union, SIX; New York Central
eE New York. Lake Erie emo" and wesssrn. w
42k; do seconds, l0lH; Delaware, LackswannS
and Western. lS5x: New Jersey Central GRk;
Northwestern, la4S: St. Paul. lisK; &abass
and Pacific. ,Et; do: preferred e4k:
sas:,e 'HG sa lss S and Ss1I sso e. s: sSe Sassss
Pacihc common. SksSek: do. prsfer.sd
Pacific. Dx; Rock Island. l3k L0ui1-
Vile and Nashville, 81: Ontario and WeooFn
Chicago, Buriington and Quincy. 10Y; Dsa1Gf
and Rio 0rande, eek: st. Paul and Omaha -
oa 6o:t o. Gx; Tszs hssisS ss; "a DO. L
0o1.g oovss.neat Donds--g % ll3falnx: .