National Republican., 1883-09-27
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26.-Nirginia 6s, past due cou-
pons, 49, new 1040s, SO; new 3s, 51H bid to-day.

BALTIMORE. Sept. 26.-Virglnia Gs past due cou-
pons, 40; new lO.4Os, $751; new 3s, 5l4 bid to-day.
NEW YORK MARKET.
| New YORK, Sept. 2G.-Money easy at 2@2lS per
cent. on call, closing at per cent. Foreign eX-
change firm at 4S2l5@4S234 for long and $500
4S51l for short sight. Governments strong and
higher for the long date issues and weak for the
| IS. State bonds steady. Railway bonds firm. the
demand fair. Stocks opened a fraction lower, but
yaneed 4 70 "a per cent, Northern Pacific and
| Oregon TranscJntinental being especially promi-
nent in the improvement Northern PACIFIC sold
up TO "a, do. preferred to 6i4 and Oregon Trans
continental to 533I. After the first call report
| was circulated that leading builder had failed
for 81 100000 ana the market declined rapidly u
to 15s per cent, the Wizards, Western Union, ana
| Missouri Pacific being the weakest feature. Be-
fore noon the declaration of the usual Lake Shore
| dividend OF per cent. was announced, and this
sIihened the market, as 1t refuted the statements
| made recently by the bears to the effect that the
ports Of the failure were also denied o at this time
and tho course of the market changed from weak
ness to buoyancy. From noon until the close
prices moved up without any reaction of impor-
taucc. The advance ranged from to "a per cent,
the latter in oregon Transcontinental, which sold
up to 55Ts, Northern Pacific rose ~ to 35 pre-
| ferred to 66, Denver 23s to 2S]A Lackawanna ~
10 l2ll4, Manitoba IL TO ITO, Louisville and Nash.
vile l@s to sos, Lake Shore ~ to 1925 Missouri
York Central ia TO ll5lI, Reading IA 70 81 Texas
Pacific TO 2719 Union Pacific 15A 10 Sgl5, Wabash
preferred u 20 81, and Western Union "a to 79}S
The market closed strong at or near the best fig
ures of the day, which were y to 3js higher than
| last nights closing. Tho Improvement in the
market was due to the continued favorable rail
| way returns, covering of short contracts and to
| the fact that the Generalization in the woocn
trade has not extended as predicted. In the spe-
| cialtes Richmond and Danville declined to co.
| while Oregon improvement was bid up TO 81
| against 10 on Monday last. There have been no
sales In the interim. Railway bonds were. firm
| and higher on an increased volume of business
| Bond dealers report more inquiry on account of
the steady appreciation in United states bonds
which yield small return at current figures
| Richmond and Danville debenturos wore excep.
| tionaly heavy and per cent. lower at 81 on re-
| ports that the direction of tho company will vote
tomorrow not 10 pay the interest OH the bonds due
| oct |.
The operations of Erie, including leased lines
| for the month Of June shows gross earnings of
S2O57 5i7.2 .2a an increase of $500 S62S1; working
expenses, slIl S2l03, increase OF 1871 OO2 81;
net earnings, s6l5, 72236, decrease OF NO,l397O.
The gross earnings from oct. TO June 20 wCro
sl54O6, 0O9i an Increase of ,05i, ,6H02; working
expenses S0S03 2S6gS an increase of 81 00l 1888 9J
and net earnings, Sl6Osil306 an increase Of
Tho governing committee of the stock exchange
hold their first meeting to-day since May last and
listed 5000 GoO second mortgage per @ cent bonds
mortgage 7 per cents, S6,2l2,000 general g., and
s:,25OOOO income bonds OF the shenandoah Valley
Railway company Tho committee also placed
upon the list Norfolk Southern railway stock,
which is to take the place Of Elizabeth City and
Norfolk stock
Transactions aggregated 100000 shares, mclud.
ing Delaware Laokawanna and Western, $1,000
Denver and Rio Grande 19425 Erie $500; Lake
s"lJJOt l4OulhNllle hHu NusHNllle, io,iUOi
Missouri Pacific, l6,02j; Memphis and Charleston,
l,9OG Northwestern, 50OO New Jersey Central,
bo,O00 New York Central, 1900 Northern Pacific,
10000 Reading, 9,ll2i st. Paul, 2l,3OO; Texas Pa
ellie, 5,4l5i Union Pacific, 1880; Western Union,
1900; Northern Pacific preferred 1850; Oregon
Tanscontinental, ls,200; ST. Paul, OK dividend,
7OOO Canada Pacific 5,510
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26-Cotton quiet; middling,
l0l2c. Flour steady, with moderate demand;
Howard street S and western. supernne 90 25@3 65;
do extra, 81 75Wi 20; do family 80 OOGD6 Oh; city
mills superine, So COOS 75 do extra "a OUGG IL;
DO. Rio brands, So 7j@6 OO Patapsco family, 60 80
DO. superlative pntent, 81 co. Wheat-Soutnem
higher western western irregular and active, closing
lower; southern red 81 OSGl 49, do. amber, 81 10
al To- No Maryland, 81 1901 li9Ii No. 2 west.
ern winter red spot, ~ 0SA@l 90 September
u 0SE@l 001s October, 81 O9lIcpI O9jS; November,
q il9Ee9l l21. Decem6er, 81 1901 49, january,
~ II bld Corn-Southern steady; western steady
and quiet; southern white, Gl6dGgc do yellow
62gOle western mixed, spot aud September $3.50
bidi October 59AG50Hc; November, 5a1z9dgAG;
steamer 09Le big, oaIs steady; snulhern 8GalUc;
western white, 3s939c: do. mixed 3i6GS7o; Penn.
sylyania 3j@ilc. Rye quiet at 6B@6Ic. Hay
sLeadywlth active demand; prime to choice Penn
steady with fair lobbi9g trade Inquiry mess pork,