Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-18
Wall Street TODAY,
MARKED DEPRESSION OF PRICES.

MARKED DEPRESSION OF PRICES.
New YORK, August 1S-The Posts financial
article GAO p. IN. edition. says: At the stock
exchange the depression is more marked than
for several days. So far as the speculation in
railroad shares is concerned this is attributed
chiefly to reports about trunk line railroad af-
fairs, the tenor of these reports being that the
prospect of an early settlement is not so good as
few days ago, and that the whole matter has
been postponed. The condition Of the President
has been less prominent in the reasons assigned
to-day. The advance in the rates of money. al
though largely artificial, has been generally
depressing influence. US. bonds are "A lower
for the AZ 6, but otherwise unchanged. State
bonds are inactive. Railroad bonds are a 4a3 per
cent lower, the chief decline being in speculative
issues. The net result Of the fluctuations i'm the
stock market up to the time We write when
prices are about the lowest of the
yesterdays closing. The stocks which have
fallen most have been Bloomington and West
ern per cent, Missouri Pacific 2s4. Kansas and
Texas Ia, burlington and Quincy. IA. Mobile
and Ohio ~, Wabash 1al54, Texas and Pacific
II. Denver and Rio Grande IL Milwaukee and
st. Paul rs, Northern Pacific preferred lss
Jersey Central 1ss. Hannibal and St. Joseph u
Illinois Central and Delaware. Lackawana and
Western Is. and n. Y. Central Union Pacific
Pacific Mail, and Northwest / per cent each
Lake Shore has fallen 3. The Elevated stocks
are notably steady. The rates for call loans to
the stock brokers are to 6 per cent, to U. S.
bond dealers s. aa4 per cent. Time loans are 81 s
to per cent, with few below 4 per cent on any
cOllaterals. Prime mercantile paper is 5a6 per
cent.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, August Is-virginia6 6's deferred,
15 do. cOnsOls, SOL; do. second series. Aa: do.
past due coupons, SO; new ten-forties, So bid
BAtTIMoRE. August 1s-Cottou steadv-mia-
ding, IL: Flour higher and strong-Howard
street and western super, co. do extra. SIS
ssSS 81 do family Ss9a6.s Is; city mills super. asa
Rio brands 7.s7a7.5G Patapsco family. 500.
Wheat, southern higher and strong; western
l.3sa1. g; do. amber. lssaI43; No. Maryland
LEY; Nc. western winter red spot and August
assHsi ai! SoSa%Bss sspsspbss ssI; "a g oSfcssr
western mixed. spot and August. sssaSs; Sep.
8 bid; steamer, e. Oats highes"i5a4s Isa for new
Maryland; none other in market. Rye higher.
not qnotaby higher. Butter hiSherLWeetern " @ eu,
grass, l4a2I: Eggs higher and firm, l6al7. Petro-
ieum nominal. Coffee steady--Rio cargoes.
sN. whisky strong and higher. f.so. Freish,s: sSa:
unchanged. Receipts-nour, 3 t454 bushels wheat,
bSssss rSs @ Sas @
81, ,l3o bushels corn, none. Sales-wheat, 73s ,ls6
bushels; corn, 5ss, Ito bushels
NEW YORK, August l8.-StOcks irregular
Money. 3a4. Exchange-long, 4Sl4; short. 4s3L.
governments steady, except As's. which are y
lower.
LONDON. August 1s, 1880 p. m.-U S. bonds,
fs, Il9A; 4hs, ll64; SIS extended, 104l. Erie.
H.; do. second consols, l04x. Illinois Central
l35H. Pennsylvania Central, 66. Reading, 32.
New York, Ontario and Western. 3lx.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations were current in New
York to-day at ESQ p.m., as reported by III. H.
Dodge. Of $50 18th street. by special wire:-
Western Union. 84a; New York Central. l42A;
Lake Shore, 12lx; Michigan Central a3; New
York, Lake Erie and Western, ~; do. pre-
ferred, 50; do. seconds. 100k; Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western LII: New Jersey
Central. 90X; Delaware and Hudson. l07H:
Reading, 61A; Northwestern. 122H; St. Paul.
MlN; Wabash and Pacific, a. do. preferred.
Mh: Onion Pacific. l2lh: NJ: X. and T., 3SA;
Hannibal and st. JO.. 934; do. preferred. 1l3
Ohio and Mississippi 364: Pacific Mail. 4s1s; c.
{. and /. c.. IN: Northern Pacific CON-. Ssk:
Island, l331: Chesapeake and Ohio, 25 Louis
vile and Nashville. So Nashville and
Chattanooga, 66k: Ontario and Western. 29x:
Manhattan Elevated, 1s1s: Illinois Central. l2sx
Canada Southern. 631x: Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, 154K; Denver and Rio Grande
SIX; St Paul and Omaha, So " do. preferred lOOss
g. c, c; and I. 81; Erie and Western. 5s: Col.
Coal IN: Ohio Central: 25A; Texas Pacific,
50x; Texas Pacific L. G. s4k.
Closing Government Bonds-6s. 10lt tsal0l,k; SIS
,.s.z re 1Ga zss,Oix &c: reg; l,sxsiis coupon,
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