The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-16
GRAVE AND GAY.
THE DAILY 0olNas OF THE WORLD.
Graphic Pea Pictures of the Light. ana shadow.
OrEury.DAy Ilrs-Ths InanltO Variety OfSOts.
worthy Incidents Continually Occurring
Among all Cla,a,s and la All Localities.

CHICAGO, February l5.-There was very
active trading on Change to-day, and The
condition afforded was simply panicky
Wheat declined heavily, the closing prices
being 4a5 cents below yesterday, and the
lowest price for the day being 9 cents below
yesterdays highest. Corn was about .
cents lower, oats we've cent of and pro.
visions were irregular, with decline dur.
ing the day Of about 81 % for pork and 90
cents on lard. There has not been so ex.
citing day on Change for over a wear.
The cause Of the panic was the announce.
ment Of the failure ot. II. G. Kenyon ( Co.,
u commission firm which has very exten.
sive trade. The extent Of the failure can.
not be ascertained Us yet, but It has captur.
ed large number Of operators and is
doubtless for heavy amount. +. w.
Fisher, dealer in oats, also suspended,
with liabilities probably from $4,000 70
$4,000.
There is good deal Of uncertainty as TO
the amount involved in Kenyons failure,
even among members OF the firm. One Of
them says country customers who were
slow to respond to the call for margins are
expected to come in shortly, and that the
firm will then pay dollar for dollar and re.
sumo. Another member is quoted us say.
ing the failure will probably involve a
quarter OF n million OF dollars, and they
cannot continue business. The deals were
chiefly in wheat, but there were some in
corn and few in provisions. Mr.. KENYON
himself is absent from the city. The un.
certainty as to the amount involved arises
from lack Of information about the price
ut which the deals were closed out. ken.
yon & Co. and their friends have been per.
sistent bulls on the market. They failed
once before some years since.
THE FEELING IN GOTHAM.
New YoRE, February l5.-The feeling in
Wall street is rather bearish, though lew
say the majority is usually wrong, and II
would not be surprising to see the short in
terest make an effort to rally the market.
The constitutional bulls were much dis.
couraged yesterday, and n good deal oflong
stock was thrown overheard. Some took
the ground that fresh liQuidations had set
in, while others said that the decline in
grain and cotton was depressing stocks and
would continue to hurt the market. The
report OF foreign troubles circulated ycster-
day appear to be unfounded, as none Of the
foreign bankers had uniavorable news On
the contrary, they said tho American gold
arriving at London had produced a good
effect. Money was easy, and the settlement
to-day would be made without difficulty
A London house bought considerable Eric
in this market yesterday. German houses
reported nothing doing in stocks, but said
Amsterdam was buying bonds. Sage is
selling ninety day calls on Western Union.
1t is reported that the Union Pacific Com
pany has signiiied its willingness 10 con-
solidatc with the Central Pacific on Il basis
Of l25 to 100. There are intimations that
both Central and Union Pacific are
being manipulated to bring about the con-
sDlidatiOn.