National Republican., 1883-11-01
Cotton Market.
10 following were the opening and closing
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 3l.-Virgnia new 1O-IOs, 3S; do.
new Ss, 5lA bid to-day.
NRw YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Oct 3l.-Money advanced TO 4 per
cent but later declined to 2L Prime mercantile
paper, GOT per cent. Bar silver, 1lO15. Subsidiary
com, a discount buying, selling par. Foreign eX-
change dull at 4Sl@4olA for long and asa Ior short
sight. Governments strong. State bonds quiet
Railway bonds irregular.
The share speculation during the early hours of
business presented little OF interest. Except Can
adian Pacific and Oregon Transcontnental, the
market was dull and changes slight Canadian
Pacific dropped points to 5S., Oregon Transcon.
tnental sold down to Az, rallied 10 1876, fell off
to 4616, and returned to AK Erie in free sup
ply and weak at 27l4@2o}a on the unfivorabie
market weakened and prices declined 4 to ~.
Canada a Southern tell @ Of to52 Northwestern %
be21Ser b1 ri to i2 Lake Shore to e7i5 Mchigaiiii iii
York Central i1 to ii5M, Eric ] to 31, Northern
mental Il to 465k ana Western Union u to rs. Near
p m there was sudden change fOI the better,
and the entire & list moved % esl up RAPIDLY the ad
lation in the last half hour was buoyant anu the
sharp rise in prices was due partly to the fears of
gon Transcontinental led The upward movement,
selling up to 49H. Central Pacific rose "a to 60M,
Northwestern ~ to 9,,2 122IS, St. Paul ~ to 97
Michigan Central "a 10 9lA, Missouri Pacific lIS
to 9596, New York Central lK to III, Northern Pa
Pacific ~ to SS2S, and Western Onion K to 7s5S'
The market closed strong, with an advancing tell
dency.
1t appears the early raid was brought about by
operators identified with the bull side Of the aG
count who were desrous OF increasing the short
interest and at the same time acquire cheap stocks.
This was most plainly Indicated by the course Of
Oregon Transcontinentnl, which until late in the
afternoon was offered down Whenever 1t showed u
tendency to advance. The stock has the support
of tho KeeneMills party as well a. of tho Northern
Pacific syndi icate, The first mentioned turned the
market to higher prices this afternoon. The trunk
/ gDl N %
rates. II was currently reported that large dry
goods house had obtained concession ON west
| bound business TO Buffalo.
| AS compared with last nights close prices are
| "a to l2s higher for oregon Iranscontncntal Can
SdS Sda SHSe ~ rI L81sye @
| souri, Pacific, Kansas aud Texas, New Jersey Cen
trail, Northern Pacific common, Oregon, Naviga
tion, Reading. Manitoba, Union Pacific, Texas Pa
cifc, and Western Uuioli. while Canada Southern
Central Pacific, Rock Island, Denver Illinois Cen
trail, New York Central Eric, omaha, ana the Wa
aud Terre Aaute Iell oirgIa TO ~, g, g, q. & T. u
TO 60 Chesapeake aud Ohio flrst preferred u 10
o hess Saa pf'SssS @essa @ SR
| Vile and Chattanooga 24 10 90, Oregon Navlga-
ITO. z 70 ll5l2 ana bankers ond Merchants Tel
egraph u to i554. Manhattan Elevated advanced
Sales to-day aggregated 4229oi shares. iuclud.
| ing Delaware. Laekawanna and Western l06 800 /;
Denver and Rio Grande, 1900 Erie, $500; lake
shore, 2527l; Louisville and Nashville, 1900 /;
Northwestsrn, $500 New York Central, 2l,OOO;
/
29iOOi Union Pacific, 1900; Western Union, 6000
Oregon Transcontinental, 65,GOO Canadian Pa
cihc, lG,3O0.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE, Oct. 3l,-COton dull middling,
lO1sc. Flour quiet aud steady; Howard street anl
western superine sS 2599 65 do extra, S3 700
4 10 do. family 50 0O@6 90; city mills super1ne,
y OOg8 % do. extra, "a 0O@i rs; do. Rio brands
70 1905 co. Patapsco family, 50 so; do superlatlve
patent, 100 Wheat-soulhern steady and quiel;
western iairly active, closing steady southern red
81 Oi0Dl 90; do. amber, 81 1901 II; No Maryland
VI 1901 l399 No. western winter red, spot aud
October, 81 O5N@l 0513; November 81 05I591 059a;
December 81 6s9l 0SN january, 81 iO95@l lOJ2.
Corn-southern weak and lower western duh and
nominal southern white, G0@63c; do. yellow, 55@9
b7ci western mixed, spot anu October, b6@66l5c (;
November, b5@9664ei year, .5513r Oats dull south
eTn, SoCD3sc western white, 866DS7o do. mixed,
Sl@sSo; Pennsylvania 3j@3ic Rye quiet aJ G56g
&c. Hay dull prime 70 choice Pennsylvania and
Maryland, Sl3 0O@lb 90. Provisions quiet mess
pork, SD 20; bulk meats, shoulders aud clear rib
sides, packed 611@7Ac bacon. shoulders, 7c; clear
rio sides $40 hams, l6@l7o; lard, refined, 9l4c
Butter firm ior choice western packed, lOG920c ;
! creamery, 2O@2sc. Eggs scarce and nrm al 2GD27c