National Republican., 1883-12-03
DAIrrMonr STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 1.-Virgina Os, deferred, 0, do.
consolidated, 49,; now 10-lQg, Wlf bid to-day.


consolidated, 49, new 10-ios, 9lE bid to-day.
NEW YORK MARKEr
NEW YORK, Dee. 1.-Moncy easy at 2@2lS per
cent. on call Prime mercantile paper, 5@oGl5 per
for long and is4A for short sight. Governments
strong. Railway mortgages firm. State bonds
steady.
The stock market day was strong aud higher
throughout From the opening n good demand
prevailed and as rule the lowest prices Of the
day were mado In the first fifteen minutes Of busi
ness. The improvement ranged from ls 10 25I per
cent, the latter in Michigan Central, which sold
up to 03H; Canada southern advanced l96 per
; shore IL e sg iS & SorthwesicTn to iS @ pre-.
ferred "a to 1857 st. Paul IA to 905s, Omaha x
to s6a. preferred Ito 9sB, Chicago, Burlington ana
to Sll, Manitoba to loOJs, Union Pacific to so,
Wabash preierrcd "A to S0l4 and Western Union
S @cn oSsoS mYiH cSinns
per cent. to dSls Northern Pacific " 10 29A and
preferred y to GlM subsequently, Oregon Trans
295z and The preferred to az. The weakness was
due TO rumors that tho Oregon Transcontnental
would pass its January dividend and no statement
would be issued. Northern Pacific preferred was
heavy on reports that block of the stock would
be thrown on the market In regard 10 ihe Ore
gon Transcontinental dividend 1t was stated In
some quarters that IL would bo paid when due,
and in others that the question OF paying or pass
lug 1t had not been discussed MS yet. There wero
large purchases of Eric, Louisville aud Nashville,
New York Central, Lake Shore and other stocks
for London account Speculation showed more
life than ut any timo for fully two weeks past, and
the TACT that round amounts of all the leading
stocks found ready market caused no little com
ment in view of the recent dullnpss. The closing
prices were generally the highest Of the week and
were x TO "a per cent. above Friday closing sales.
In the specialties Boston Air Line preferred rose
per cent. 10 s2, c. Q, e, l. TO 794, Lake Erie
York, Chicago and 81 Louis preferred to 2i, Ore.
gon Improvement 10 73, New Central Coal TO
10, and snsquehanna and Western preferred to
49,. Bankers and Merchants Telegraph sold at
llSL dividend and privilege
The total sales Of stocks for the past four busi-
ness days amounted TO S27092 shares.
The exports of specie IRON the port of New York
for the week ended to-day were S338, 500 making a
total since Jan. of 997 against s44 40l
for the corresponding period Inst year.
Sales to-day aggregated $40, ,T20 shares, including
Canada Southern, lO,60o; Delaware, Lackawanna
aud aud Western i26 so9 Erie Al 9OO Lake shore 80
Central, $500; Memphis and charleston, 200
Northwestern, 5000; New York Central, II, 700
Reading, 1900; 81. Paul $500; Union Pacific q,
9OO Western Union, 6 500; Canadian Pacific. {, 800
Oregon Transcontinental, ID, 100. c .sisfrgss
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE Dec. 1.-Cotton steady; fniddling
10A@lO3sc. Flour steady without change; How
extra, SO 1904 75 do. family, IS 00@5 75; city mill
supernne, 50 00@S 75 do; extra "a 0o@6 %; do Rio
W SSesao sy DO
western about steady southern red, 81 1901 ID
do. amber, 81 ll@l 10; No. Maryland, 81 10 asked
February, 81 f8l4@l 1S5S March, 81 1901 i45S
Corn-Southern steady; western dull southern
white and yellow, $4,000; western mixed, Jan
nary, 6l2s@6l24c; February, 6lA@6214c stenmer
sec bid. Oats firm and active; southern, 3S9iic
western white, 8994lc; do. mixed, 37@39c; Penn
sylyania, 37@42c, Rye steady and unchanged al
6G@6Sc. Hay unchanged: prime to choice Penn.
sylvania and Maryland SIS 00@i5 co. Provisions
firm andunchanged, except that mess pork was
advanced to Sl4 so bulk meats, shoulders and
clear rib sides. packed, 61S@sc; bacon shoulders
&c; clear rib sides. &c; hams 14l89lbc. Lard. re
fined, gl1c. Butter firm and unchanged western
29@3Oc; pickled, 2O@22c. Petroleum unchanged
refined, s2249sHe. Coffee dull: Rio cargoes ordi.
nary TO fair n1a@l2lac. Sugar quiet and un
changed; A soft, SIC. Copper, refined quiet al
14%c Whisky unchanged at 81 1901 1915 Frelghts
to Liverpool per steamer unchanged; cotton
Flour. 6,3i4 barrels; wheat 4. 900 bushels corn
u, 900 bushes oats, 5000 bushels rye, 1000 bush
els. Shipments-Corn. 500 bushels. Sales-Wheat
$4,000 bushels; corn, So 600 bushels.