National Republican., 1883-10-19

BALTIMORE PRODuCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE Oct 1S-Cotton quiet; middling, 10L
@lO5sc. Flour steady and moderately active:
Howard street and western slpertlne. So 25@3 Co.,
do extra. SO 75604 70 do. family, 50 OO@G 90; city
do Rio brauds, So 75@6 90; Patapsco family, &c So
do superlative patent. $780, Wheat-Southern
@l 10; do. amber, 81 l29l TO- No. western winter
red, spot and October, 81 05AG1 0G; November,
81 06zS@l07; December, 81 OOA@l O9l5; January,
81 1lA@l ". Corn-Southern quiet aud steady;
western dull and nominal southern white 6jC967c;
do yellow, GOG62c; western mixed, spot and OG-
toher, 5s@5Sl9c; November, 57l4@j7Iac; year, 56l%
changed; southern, 3bG39c; western white, 37939c;
do. mixed, 3j@3jo; Pennsylvania, 36@S0c. Rye
quiet at 6lg65c. Hay unchanged; prime to choice
Pennsylvania and Maryland, Sl4 j0@1600 Pro'
visions quiet and about slenay mess pork, SIS 90;
bulk meats, shoulders and clear rib sides, packed,
hams. l6@l7c; lard, refined, CSC. Butter firm Tor
choice; western packed, l0Q2Oc; creamery, 200
SsS GsEs GuSa ad s. as o%s aS
unchanged; Rio cargoes, ordinary tn fair, 1l@12c.
Sugar quiet , A soft, SIC. Copper, refined quiet @ at
l 1s%. Freights to Liverpool per steamer quiet
and unchanged; cotton, ll6id.; -four, Is 3D.; grain,
516d. .Receipts-Flour, 1924 barrels wheat. $1,000
rye, 700 bushels. Shipments-Wheat. $4,000 BUSH
els. Sales-Wheat, 2S5,OOO bushels; corn, 5000
bushels.
NEW YORK MARKET
New YORK, Oct. 1S.-Money was in better de-
mand in the afternoon and rates advanced TO SO
"a. Near close the rate WINS 2lsD3, closed at 3td,
4 per cent Foreign exchange weak and dull al
lSl for long aud lsI for short sight. government
closed somewhat irregular, but in tho main firm
State bonds. quiet, Railway bonds frmer The
squeeze in New Jersey Central The stock opened
| NJ SO regular. rose TO SS4 and reacted TO SiN1
S59s. The cash transactions were at S1@9o@S5@SG
| As nigh us 4@5 per cent. was paid for the use OF
the stock until tomorrow, with most transactions
| NJ 2@3. Before the close of delivery hour there
was reaction to per cent. The bears practically
cOrnered themselves. Within the past week the
stock has commanded almost any rate the leaders
desired to ask; Yesterday the larger owners
called their stock and the bears compelled to
go in the open market with the result already
noted.
strength of Jersey Central had favorable infu :
ence on the list and an advance OfM 10 Q per
cent. took place, the latter in Oregon TFansconu-
mental. which sold up to 3724. Tho bears then Of
| fered stocks freely and the improvement was not
only lost but many shares sold below Yesterdays
closing Near midday the temper Of Speculation
turned for the better large amounts of stock being
taken for both long aud short accounts. London
was also buyer. This resulted in an advance OF
lto per cent. The he laLier IN Oregon NaygaStEon
to 70, Lake Shore to 05A ST. Paul 2i5 TO 90, Chi.
vile and Nashville ~ to Az, Northwestern ~ to
liS, Missouri Pacific 2% TO 92N, Omaha "a to 321I
preferred 2A 10 9iH Central Pacific to 65t Read
lug 2 to 81, Lackawannn 2 to 1lilI, Western Uuion
~ to 77Ss, Kansas and Texas Is % 22l Texas Pa.
enc IA 10 2lM New York Central rs 70 ia Union
| Pncinc IA 10 oII2, WABASH preferred Ia TO 81
Denver i15 to 253s Canada Pacific Ia to 81, Michi
| gan Central las u 10, Wabash l& 10 49, Manitoba
IA TO 1864, Canada Southern IA To ~, aud Erie
to 2S2 There were reactions ut intervals OF - 10
13s per CENT but the market finally left off strong
at or near the highest figures Of the day. The
I success of the movement in New Jersey Central,
it is reported, has induced some OF the large hold.
| ers of other stocks to combine for similar pur-
pose, and the beliefobai credit that some stocks
| will shortly be singled out and movedup sharply
| to force the bears to coverESOme OF the latter
| have employed Vanderbilt and Gould brokers tn
sell stocks with view OF creating an impression
that those operators were unloading This fact
was brought to light this afternoon, and had IFS
influence in stimulating the rally near the close.
| IL was reported that an additional amount of GlO0-
900 gold has been shipped from the other side. As
compared with last nights closing. prices are 10
higher, the latter Oregon Navigation. Manitoba,
however, is Il lower at 1854 In the speCialties
| Oregon Improvement dropped 10 66 and rallied tO
20. American Cable sold down ~ TO 6OH, c. @. q,
and l. to 55l&, Manhattan Beach To 1914 st. Louis
and San Francisco preferred TO 43, do. first pre-
ferred TO 81, and Boston Air Line preferred TO
1914. East Tennessee rose TO 6A preferred ~ to
13, illinois Central leased lines Il to SO, Memlhis
and Charleston to 4OS and Colorado Coal u to
| IN. Northern Pacific preferred lent AZ "a per
| cent and Reading, New York Central, Northern
| Pacific common, and Union Pacific at 1-Gi for use
Transactions aggregated $4,000 shares, includ-
ing Central Pacific, 5OGOi Delaware, Lackawannu
200; Erie, l7,OOO Kansas and Texas, 1900; Lake
Shore, 10000 Louisville and Nashville, 1880
Missouri Pacific, l4O0Oi Michigan Central, 100
Memphis and Charleston, l,sJ0 Northwestern, ls,
400 New Jersey Central 1900; New York Ccu'
tral, 26,sOO; Northern Pacific, 1900 Reading
l9,OOOi ST. Paul, 52.g0Oi Texas Pacific, 1000
Union Pacific. 49,7iO; Northern Pacific preferred
| l6,600 Oregon TranscontinentGl, 6I705; Canadl
| Pacific 5000; Western Union, 23OO0,