The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-05

NEW YORK. January 3,-Aoney mafket easy
a i3Ssa2iH per cent: closed offered at per Gems
Prime mercantile paper 6aGS per cent. Sterling Ex.
SiSSh. > ~ f,20-4iS - - = 81 : - :
GovERsMES1s-weak.
y. s. Ss.............leo ls. P. IS. O. nsts..-l1is
y. s; e. coupons....l 23h U. +. Land Grants..lUSE
Pacific Gs Of '95........l2S T. sinking fund LILY
Central Pacific Ins.lllk Tex. PAc land girls. IS {
Eric seconds."........ 9l5 do Rio Gnndo div: 73k
RAILROAD BoSps-Stroug- -
brATE sEcuRIrIEs-steady. saT n
Lchis ,aSa Wikesles Tennessee ds. ncw: ss
Missouri 6s......."....los Virginia consols. CT.
81. Jossph tru mat. coupons. 81
Tennessee old......... IS Virginia prcfcrred-... s
sIocSs-speca'aslon at the Stock Excnanse In
o Sa sec sn TSf g. FaS Sfu MeIe ensn
While Northern Pacific and Oregon were sttopg and
the general list firm. Union Pacific declined from
2h t9 q aud St Paul from s3,1 to a2,s on reports
70 accept the terms offered by the allied roads.
sharp attack was made on Missouri Pacific, which
was offered In blocks from s9A down 10 SIX. The
tccnne IN tie stocks named made. very lille i'm
one O'Clock the whole lit turned In the direction
OF higher prices. % 81 81 TiI'7t,'7I : = -
During the last hour n marked advance was es.
tsfpahthed, nnsins from TO ~ per cent, outs!ds
TO lui Northern Pacific o. cgon l. Transcontinental
ana Heauing Started the upward movement. but
iater features OF the market wera Missouri IacIHc
l.oulsSille & Nashville, Western Union and Unioa
Pad1c -LirSe amounts Of ihcse were tatcn for
bota long and short accounts, and dealings were
attended With considerable animation Tho co,,rse
Of prices the past few days afforded unmi,iafablc
slsna Oh gradual but certain advance In both bonds
aud stncss. The bear!sh element no longer repre-.
Sns me wealth aud brains Of the street, Is CON
fined 20 the room traders. gs5.t LIS ~
Abont SO 700 Interest and dividends WILL be
oSoutsed IN THIS city the coming mouth, aud the
belief Tint 1t viii be reiuvc.ted In railway bonds
aud stocks hiss produced a msrfcd Change In ZEN.
tilnent among prominent operators. n he rise In
shorts during the afternoon was stfanulstcd by n.
ports from thu West tnnt representatives OF all roads
Weie IN sesslon, and that n harmonious outcome
Is expected Coal stocks participated freely iu Tho
auvance, and Reading was strong Throughout on
me prospects OF dirtdend and the report that the
company had negotiated for per ceat, trust loan
based OF ils holdings In New jersey Central stock.
thereby eilseting saving Of 2pcr cent on such
The resignation OF Willard from the Northern
Facitc company was Immediately followed by a
general adyancein shares partly on account OF The
PROBABILITY that wcll.known railroad man will
succeed 10 Inc presidency. Outstanding short In,
fsfcst Is large and deliveries made With much
iuesulaItty. Oregon Navigation lent at 1laX Der
aud Union Pacific, Northern Pacisc preferred and
jersey Central fiat 10 LEA per cent. for use. As
compared with l,st nights closing nrices arc Kasi%
per cent higher In speclslttes Alton Ter,e fiaute
declined per cent. 10 Il, and preferred rose her
cent 10 VI. Chicago d Northwestern earnings for
Sl14O.y26 ,slI., -, : - 90 %