National Republican., 1883-08-23
WHIT Corn, Oats. Pork. Lard
pALrIMoRE srocK MARKRr.
NEW YORK MARKET.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 22.--Vrginla 6s, consolidated,
S6ls past due coupons, AZ; new lo4os Sl}S bid TO-
NEW YORK MARKET
New York, Aug. 22.-Money easy at at 2@3 per
cent. on cali, closing offered ut Q per cent. For.
eign exchange dull at 4s2l4 4G4s21afor long and
ass for short sight. Governments lower Tor 81,
fraction better for As. State bonds dull. In rail
ways Denver and Rio Grande western firsts broke
to 5S and Denver frsis to l03@l0i Stocks were
lower to-day In the first sales prices declined "a
to Us per cent, the latter in Oregon Transconti-
nental This was succeeded by a firm feeling and
an advance of q to 1H, Central Pacific leading.
Oregon Transcontlnental recovered to 65}s Dem
yer, Missouri Pacific. the Wabashes, and Western
Union were also strong. From midday until near
the close speculation was tame and the market ir-
regular. In fact, the sales from noon until p. m
averaged only little over 10000 shares per hour.
Toward the close sharp attack was made on the
Viards, Northern Pacific declining to 40l4, pre-
ferred to 76H, and Oregon Transcontnentl to
639s: Al these figures the shares showed loss OF
"a, 3A and "a for the day. No new reasons were
assigned for the break except that brokers sup
posed to be acting for two leading operators of
ferod these stocks freely, and in the absence of
any special support they yielded easily. The
sharp decline affected the whole mark ct adversely,
and the lowest prices of the day were current in
closing prices are u to 3l5 per cent. lower, North
ern Pactcs oregon TranscOntinentll. New Jersey
Central and Reading being the greatest sufferers.
Denver displayed more strength to-day and rose
from 23Ja to 25l4, but closed lower in sympalh lhy
with the decline i'll the general list. Union Pacific
and Omaha preferred left of 1Sc9lh per cent.
higher at S715 and 10Oh respectively. In the
speciales G. &C. and l. declined "A per cent to 63
East Tennessee preferred "a TO lI1s Colorado Coal
to 20, Houston and Texas IL to 60, and Oregon
Short Line to 25 Memphis and Charleston rose
to 40, Richmond and West Point Terminal to
81 and Bankers and Merchants telegraph to
l4O. In the loan department New Jersey Central
and New York Central lent fat and other active
shares 1@2 per cent. for carrying.
The changes in railway bonds were important
In some instances Denver and Rio Grande west
ern firsts dropped 6 per cent to 5S aud rallied to
60I9; Denver and Rio Grande consols fell off "a
75 with 73 as the best bid at the close; do. frsts
declined to l03 and recovered to 10i. Texas Pa
cihc incomes rose to So.
Transactlons aggregated 2soOOO shares, includ-
ing Central Pacific $500; Delaware, Lackawanua
aud Western. 3O6O0 Denver and Rio Grande
l6i0O Erie, llO Lake Shore, 6,l0O; Louisville and
Nashville, $500; Northern Pacific, 2i65O; Reading
$500; st. Paul, $3.50; Texas Pacific, 6,6O0; Union
Pacific, 1890; Western Union, 7,2iO; Oregon Trans
continental 35,45O; Northern Pacific preferred
$1,000.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, Aug. 22.-Cotton steady; middling
10Hc Flour firm and fair demand; Howard stree
and western superhne, S9 25@3 75 do. extra, 81 OK
@5 Oo do. family, So OO@e 00 city mills supertine
Sc OOp6 25 Patapsco family, Sc rs; do. superative
patent, 81 go Wheat-southern dull and easier
estSn @ @ s%&dd aaa ambsF Sr 3 Na
land, 81 1901 1Sl4 No. western winter red, spot
81 15l3@l 1925; August, 81 1873 asked; September
81 sl5Sg1 zig; December, 81 SsiaGi 28% Corn
Southern steady and quiet western neglected
southern white, 62965c; do. yellow, 62964c; west
ern mixed spot, 60Js@6ll+c August and Septem
Der, 6l14c asked; October. 6l9f@B25ic; November
Gle bid: steamer, 54c bid. Oats about steady
southern. 3O@37c; western white, Si937c do
mixed. 32@S3c; Pennsylvania 33D37c. Rye stead
at 62@64c. Hay loweE prime 70 choice Penn
quiet and easy; mess pork. sl1 90: bulk meats
shoulders and clear rib sides, packed, 79s@sc; ba
con- shoulders, $40; clear NIB sdes sc; hams 1876
1910; lard, refined, 10l4c. Butter firm for bes
grades; western packed, s@l6c creamery 1s@2Sc
Eggs higher at 200. Petroleum lower; refined
79s67l5c. Coffee steady; Rio cargoes. ordinar
to Diir, sI4@919o. Sugar quiet; A soft. $50. Cop
per. refined quiet at at1+4@l41sc. Whisky quie
at 81 ls9l lS1S. Freights TO Liverpool per steame
Receipts-Four, 636 barrels; wheat, 10000 bush
els; CORN 25oO0 bushels; oats, 5000 bushels; rye
sales--Wheat 435 900 bushels; corn. 10 900 bushels