National Republican., 1883-08-29
BALTIMORE srocK MARK

BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2S.-Virginia 6s, consolidated,
36l9; past due coupons, 40; new IS, 50 North Car
olina 6s old, l0Sla bid today.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW York, Aug. 2S.-Money easy at 2 per cent
on call, closing ut per cent. Foreign exchange
quiet at 4Sl9l0iS2 for long and 4S516 for short
sight. Governments a fraction lower. State bonds
quiet. Railway bonds firm. The West Shore
frsts were heavy aud dropped to 70. Later the
bonds rallied TO 7l5l. the share speculation
opened exceedingly irregular, but in the first half
carried prices down 4 TO per cent, the Yillsrds,
coal, and trunk line Shares suffering most. Sub
sequently tiImer tone set in and the DECLINE was
recovered. This however, was again followed by
considerable irregularlty in prices. In the fore
noon 1t WAS rumored that leading operator for q
long ZINE bearish on the situation had turned
round. At the same time the market hardened
and there were indications of good buying. Later
On 1t was announced that the operator in question
was Mr.. James X. Keene. Mr.. Keene in ain inter-
view expressed himself as being quite bullsh and
considered that stocks had touched bottom In
the afternoon the bears made vigorous attack
upon Lake Shore, carrying the price down from
1919 to 992s. The decline in the general list was
fractional. Afer p. m. n fresh buying movement
set In and the market advanced ~ tho top OF the
day. The Improvement was general and ranged
from u to 29s pei. cent. AS compared with yester-
days closing, prices are up n to 20, except for
Canadian Pacific and Lake Shore, which are A@
declined to 81, do. preferred to SO, Memphis
aud Charleston to 81, Milwaukee, Lake Shore
@ and sSsUn 20 ana Wss PaTEo
~ TO l1s Harlem dropped per cent. to 100 aud
Evansville and Terre Haute II to 45, as COM
pared with the last recorded sales.
Transactions aggregated 100000 shares, includ-
ing Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 92, 800
Denver and Rio Grande 1920; Lake Shore, 36.565
4,S0Oi Memphis and Charleston, 500; Northwest
ern, 1900; New Jersey Central, l4,7O0; New York
Central. 1890; Northern Pacific, ll,7ib; Reading
14,S00; st. Paul, 29, ,l50 Texas Pacific, 1885, Union
Pacific, 1852; Western Union, 1880: Northern
Pacific preferred, 39,497; st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba, 5000; Oregon Transcontinental, A.
100.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET - %
BALTIMORE, Aug 2s.--Cotton dull middling,
1o1c. Flour unchanged and dull Howard street
and western superane sS 25@s 75; do: extra, 81 0C
50 2bGp3 75; do. extra, 81 oOs5 90; do Rio brands
IS 0O@6 %; Patapsco family, Sc 7b do. superativd
patent, 81 So wheat-southern steady and quiet
@i i6; do amber, 81 iS@iis: No. Maryland 81 i7it
@l l7S4; No. western winter red, spot and Au-
bS sp s'ets%oss u S Ss9
dui southern white, 6o@62c do. yellow, 63@e6ic;
western mixed, spot, 6lAc asked August, CLIO
November, 6ic asked; steamer, $50 asked Oats
higher; southern, 32@3Sc western white. 35@3Sc
do. mixed, 33@S5e; Pennsylvania. 3503sc. Rye
eadyat 65@66c. Hay unchanged: prime to choice
Pennsylvania and Maryland, si8 5O@l5 90. Proyi-
sions unchanged aud lair jobbing trade demand;
RIB sides. packed. 7sssC; % Bacon % saouIders % sec: SIs
clear RIB Sides 9c hams, i5S4@iSyic lard. reh6ed,
1OAc Butter steady; western packed, s@l6c
creamery. ls@23c. Eggs steady at zoe. Petroleum
unchanged and quiet refined, 79s@715c: Coffee
steady; Rio cargoes. ordinary TO fair. 83z@D931c.
14L411l11c Whisky steady at Oh 1901 ls]S Freghts
TO Liverpool per steamer unchanged; cotton, Sled;
-four. 1s. 3D.; grain, 3D. Receipts-Flour, 395S
barrels wheat, 202 900 bushels; corn, 1900 bush
els oats, 5000 bushels rye, 5000 bushels Ship
ments-Wheat $1,000 bushels corn, 10000 bushels.
saes-Wheat, 47lOOo bushels; corn, 1900 bushels.
QUEENSTOWN CATTLE MARKET.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Cattle -266 head were
all sold TO butchers at 4lS95l<c. Sheep and lambs
j, 400 head were sold as follows Sheep, 31S@o5c;
lambs. 5136D61&c. Cows and calyes-l2 brought
S25 00@70 co. The state of the market was brisk.