Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-23
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, August 22.-The Drovers' Journal
reports: Hogs-Receipts $500 head; ship
ments 4, 700 head. Demand fair end moder-
erately active at 5@1Oc higher; nmmon to
good mixed 81 75@S As; heavy s. i5@S 90;
ight 81 75@s SO; skips s. OO97 81. Supply
well cleared.
Cattle-Receipts $500 head; shipments
$500 head. Market dull and slow on
common to fair; Others steady; sales Of ex-
ports at 81 1907 Is; good to fair choice
shipping So 5O(u7 20; common to fair very
weak at 81 45GI5 49, native butchers
stronger; common and mixed 81 5O@S IS
for common medium. and ST. 0Ol5i 80 for
choice; Texans So 50@5 90; ha breeds
and Americans 81 50@5 90; stOckers 81 %
IA 40.
shecp-Receipts OOhead; shipments 200
head. General demand fair and stronger
inferior to medium natives and Texans
So 50(a4 90; good fat mutton 81 2O@4 80;
choice 81 50@4 IS.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, August 22.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1854 head; market slow; prime
81 OO@7 25; good 81 50@6 So common
IS 00@6 %.
Hogs-Receipts 600 head; market firm;
Philadelpbias s. 5O(99 90; Baltimores s. 40
as so; Workers 81 75@S 25.
Sheep-Receipts 5 600 head; market slow;
prime 81 5O@4 IS; good 81 00@4 50; COM
mon 50 25@3 IS.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, August 22.-Live TToSg-
Quiet; common and light, Sc 0OGyS %;
packing and butchers s. 75@S 49, Receipts
800 head; shipments none.
NEW YORK. August 22.-MoNEY-At 2X
Gt6 per cent closing at 2T per cent.
Prime mercantile paper at 5l2@6H per
cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
steady at 4s5I demand 4S9. Produce ex-
ports for the week $6,932,OOO.
Pacific Skies OF 1895
Fours coupons.
Fours end-a-half
Skies extended
Elves
GovERNMENTS-lrreguIa
RAILROAD BoNDS-Firm.
STATE SECURITIES-Dull.
SToCKs-Share speculation on the stock
exchange opened weak and prices in the
main were fraction lower than at the close
yesterday. During the first half hour of bus
mess dealings were characterized by de-
cline of k@x per cent.-the latter for
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. North
ern Pacific, st. Paul, and Texas Pacific
were also conspicuous in the decline. After
this the market generally became firm, and
an advance TOOK place, ranging from Is+9l
per cent, Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, New Jersey Central, North
ern Pacific preferred and Lake
Shore leading in the upward move.
After II o'clock speculation became dull,
and prices fell off 1s@1 per cent, latter st.
Joe, preferred, Denver and Rio GrInde,
Northwest Lake Shore and St. Paul were
exceptions, the former two rising q per
cent. and the two latter q per cent. st.
Paul and Manitoba and Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western were also prominent in
the downward movement. After midday
dealings became irregular, st. Joseph selling
up 18 per cent. TO 9i25 per cent, while
Denver and RIO Grande went down e
per cent. This was followed by down.
ward movement of Is to q per cent, the
latter for Lake Shore, st. Joe preferred,
however, advanced Il per cent, and specu
lation became dull, the market closing gen
orally weak, showing decline on the day S
business Of H@B per cent, Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, Kansas and Texas,
and Hannibal and st. Joe preferred being
most prominent in the decline.
Transactions, 2l5, 900 shares.