Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-03

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At 40s per cant, closing at4 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4i0Si per osnI
Startling exchange banksrs' bills steady
at est; demand asst.
SILvnA-At London Slid pr ounoe;
bar silvsr here lll}; subsidiaxy silver
coin t01 per cant discount
Govnxnnm-Steady for q and b.
and fc lower for ~ and -.
9. Oonpoes
New IourSnd oosSsis
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racno 6ixo OF -
RAILROAD BeNDs In the railroad
bond market Texas Pacific income land
grant 70 advanced to sS from ~, Kaneas
and Texas seconds to IS from S2S, Lake
Erie and Western income 10 19t from
IA, Lafayette, Bloomington and xuncie
income to SO from s0i. Central Paddc
1rsts 10 llSt from list, ChesapeAks and
Ohio hrsts, series B, declined 10 Ss tron
IS, Iron Mountain seconds 10 liz from
llI
SrArl BoHps-In fair demand.
Srocfs-Ths market opened strong
and higher, and in early dealisgs ad.
vanced ! to It per cent, the lsttW Texas
Pacific, but subsequently, reacted ! 70
II per cent, Western Union leading the
downward movement. Towards noon
speculation became strong. and prices
again took an upward turn. and an ad.
vanced OF / TO II per cent wAs rsoonted,
in which the Elevated railroad shsres.
Texas Pacific, Alton and Tsrrs Hauts
preferred, and Kansas and Texas were
the most prominent. During the after
noon the market became irregular. aud
toward the close prices fell OIL, fnsl ssles
showing decline Of to 81 per osnt,
Manhattan and Metropolitan elevated,
Ontario and Western, Lake Shore, New
York Central, the granger shares, Cana
da Southern, and Lake Erie and West.
ern being the most conspicuous in tho
decline. The decline wa in some
measuas due to the talk sf loaSs
to railroads by the storms recently ex.
perienced throughout the country ssd
. rumor OF another injunction 10 pre-
vent the telegraph consolidation. The
earnings of the Kansas and Texas road
decreased $500 the third week Of Jan.
uary. The earnings OF the Denver and
RE Grande railroad for January incrcas-
cd Sls?.Ssi; Increased mileage. 1l4
miles. The Commercial says in reisrcnce
to rsiunding at Washington: We have
reasons ~ believe that proposition Will
he made TO from this city to sItead
500, ,O00, 900 of 8 per cents OF 81 for 10
years at per cent. without the cost u
printing new bonds or commission fot
- L. IL
funding that will be wanted by the new
administration OF the the Treasury aiia
the 9Th OF March. There 10 or will be
money In tho TLrasury 10 pay sH the
remainder OF the bonds OF 81 bearing 3
or 8 per cent. interest.
The transactions on the Stock Ex-
change Aggregated $4,000 sharos. a
vhish 1000 were Altoa and T~rs
Hauts, ii 900 Chicaeo, Burlington and
Quincy, 10000 @. q. 4 I. O., 100 Ches-
apeaks and Ohio, 1900 Canada South.
ern, 1000 Central Pacific. 5000 Dds.
ware, LAckawanna and WestaSa. b,OOs
Delaware and Hudson, 400 Denver
and Rio Grands. 5000 Erie, 8,sOO Han.
nibsl and n. Joseph, 5000 Iron Moun-
tain, 5000 Kansas snd TeI1, 1900
Lake Shore, 1000 Lake Eris and West.
e<n. 700 Louisville and Nsnhvillc, 2,l00
Michigan Central, 5000 North western,
1000 Nashville and Chattanooga, II 900
New Jersey Central, 10000 New York
Central, 1000 Northern Pacific, 1000
Ohio and Misaissippi, 81 900 Ontario and
Western, d. 40 Ohio Central, 1000 Paci-
Hc Mail, 400 Reading, 1900 NJ Paul.
) 90 81 Paui and Omaha, 800 Union
Pacific, 5000 Texas Pacific. II, 900
Wabash Pacific, 1900 Western Union.
l2,o0 Little Pittsburgh. 5000 Marietta
and Cincinnati frsis preferred. and 2, 90
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville.