National Republican., 1883-08-28
PACIFIC COAST AND MINING STOCKS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.--.The following were
the closing prices of mining stocks to-day:
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-Virginia 6s, past due cou
pons, 42lS bid to-day.

NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27-Money fairly easy at 2@3
per cent on call, closing at per cent Foreign
1856 for short sight. Governments firm State bonds
dull. Railway mortgages quiet. The stock mar
ket was active throughout the day, with frequent
and sharp fluctuations in prices. Rumors OF i'm
pending failures created an unsettled feeling and
during the greater part of the day there Yves
pressure to sell under which prices declined u 70
35s per cent. The Northern Pacifics, Oregon Trans
continental, the coal shares, and the Vanderbilt
stocks led the downward movement. The depr =
sion during the afternoon was increased by q re-
port that the Maverick National Bank of Boston
had suspended. When this report wds pronounced
| ridiculous by leading bank authorities here the
temper Of speculation changed and in the closing
dealings Reading advanced 22S per cent. and the
remainder of the list "a to 15s from The lowest fig
operator who has been heavily long of Lacka-
wanna and Lake Shore for some time past sold out
to-day. AS compared with saturdays closing
prices are generally "A to 2A per GENT. lower, the
latter In Lake Shore. Oregon Transcontinental
declined 2ls, Northern Pacific preferred Q, Canada
Southern ~, Central Pacific "A, Northwestern II
and Lackawanna and Michigan Central per cent.
The net changes in the other leading shares were
slight, except in Denver and Reading, which rose
lA aud es per cent respectively. In the special
| ties Memphis and Charleston broke 4 per cent.
and Manitoba 2ss per cent, but the latter after
ward recovered ia per cent.
Transactions aggregated 400 900 shares, includ-
| ing Genital Pacific, 1902: Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, rs, $3.50; Denver and Rio Grande, H.
Nashville, 1880; Michigan Central, 1850; Memphis
| and Charleston, 1000; Northwestern. 1900; New
Northern Pacific, 1856 Reading, 19,7OO st. Paul,
80, l00 Texas Pacific, $780, Union Pacific, 1905
Western Union, 7,4o0: Oregon Transcontinental,
Pacific, 5,l5G; Manitoba 1O,9OO; Chicago, Burling-
| ton and Quincy 2,45O.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.-Cotton steady; middling,
| 10Hc. Flour quiet and steady; Howard street and
western superiue, IS 1908 rs do extra, 81 OO95 co.
do: family, s. 2696 oo city mills snperfine. ss 26@
Do szt S do Rio brands sS %
ent. u So Wheat-southern dull and lower; west
ern firm and higher; southern red. 81 1901 l5 do.
amber,S 81 l46D1 IS: No. Maryland, 81 l7491 171H
No. western winter red, spot and August, 81 1494
@l 14Zs; September, 81 l5ss9l 1875 October, 81 17
Sl 171s; November; 81 2O4@1 2lIa oorn-sopth:
| and yellow, 60962c; western mixed. spot and Au-
gust 6l@6la4c; September, 6Oh@6OAc; October,
VIaih %esssFn Thite do mixed ss PeSn
sylvania. 3i@87c. Rye firm and higher at 65966c.
Hay quiet; prime to choice Pennsylvania and
pork, SIS 90; bulk meats shoulders and clear RIB
Sides packed, 7SsDso bacon, shoulders. SIC; clear
NIB sides. sc; hams l5NSlSle lard. refined, lCI4e,
23c. Eggs firm at 26c. Petroleum dull and nom
inal; refined. 7%@7l9c; Coffee firm; Rio oargoes,
S5Snesy So Copper pc % isansd sd sSs at aFss S WHISKY
quiet and steady at 81 1901 is1s Frelahts to Iiv-
erpool per steamer dull; cotton, 8-l6d flour, Is.
wheat, 5000 bushels; corn, 5000 bushels; oats,
5000 bushels rye, 5000 bushels Shipments
Wheat S5 900 bushels: corn 1000 bushels Sales.
| Wheat 590O 900 bushels; corn, 900 bushels.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE, MD, Aug. 27.-Beef cattle-market
very slow and prices H9l4c lower; very best, 81
| @6c; first quality 4l5g5%c: medium, 334C049Ec;
ordinary, 2LsD3ISc most OF the sales were from Az
! to 54c receipts, 3o4l head; sales, 1000 head.
| Swine-Fair supply and moderate to good demand;
receipts 4,072 head; quotations, 7CDSl4c. The re.
ceipts of sheep aud lambs were 1873 head; quota
| tions-sheep 3C95c; lambs, 4GDGc.