New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-08

The sales of State bonds included Tennessee Us al
fl and Alabama class Aat 81 OF city bank stocks
Manhattan sold at 40, Metropolitan at l53, ana
Irving at 40.
The railroad bond market generally was dull but
in a few issues there were exceptional activity ana
sharp declines in prices. Erie second consols came
TO the front in point of activity and the price de-
clined from So to 77G773L with sales as low AZ
seller 90 at 10. West Shore and Buffalo %. WINE
strong. yielded to the general temper ana
after 80 closed at 537s. against dig yes
terlay. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensbnrs os
were OF ,, at II. Missouri, Kansas and Texas gen
eral IS were 10 lower at r. Chesapeake and ONO
rsts series b. declined IS to 1O, but the currency
6s were lo better at 81. Canada Southern first os
were % higher at 1913. Metropolitan Elevated
6rsts declined from 1O5 to 1O0la and recovered TO
1903. East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia consol
- were off 10 at ~ Ncw-York, Chicago and It.
Louis first IS declined a TO 1862 st. Paul con-
soils were p easier at 1235s frsts, southern Mimic
sofa division were per cent lower at III l. Paclhc
and Western 5s were ls higher at 99a4, and Wis
c0nSin and Minnesota Is were i lower al ~ q:
Northwestern debenture D., after an advance or
3, IN Q53 were steady at 95a0J4, and Burning
ton and Quincy debenture d were OF = AT 300
g5L Texas and Pacific incomes were on 2 al ~ -
and rsts Rio Grandc division, were y oWerat % -
Oregon Short Line IS were 4 higher az l4'
Northern Pacific frsts were steady at 1000 1915
Oregon Railway and Navigation were on "a az lOp;
and Oregon Improvement were on - AZ oS; NlutgdI
Union Telegraph sinking fund Gs declined y 10 ~
The Sub-freasury to-day lost on balance 81
900. made up by losses OF $50, III currency ana
S1S3 ssh coin. The days operations covered; he
CENTS Sg46573: payments. 81 90 $50 cur
rencv balance, $lO,2O642O; coin DaIahce' 9I-"-
101 ,294.
Tie general rate for money on call was 3 Lea per
cent. but there were exceptional loans at . and $
per cent; the closing rate was 3 p per cent! e.,
The Clearing House statement C-iA5 va ~
{ IA -.
Tic United States Treasury at Washington TO-
dav received 1897. 600 National bank notes for re-
demption. The customs receipts were 9fio' ~
and the internal revenue receipts S46+ ,223.
The foreign exchanges developed nothing PM
dn!ncss in business and trnness IN rates
e for s7 9n'9 sni e 500 52of for long and short
sterling respectvey 3ll a14 Pc i'i Az fr
guiders. 1890 .o-,o.. for r,o-o,.
1-16 lower at lOl lilo, and Igr acc2uHI ~ III
for 4 per cent, and 1ljlo for liz per cents. Amer
lean railways we're all off from Il 10 g Per cen
At Paris French per cents rose 10 17;S1I 2 aAu
sight exchange on London was up TO Zo'l'i2 IIdAcs
The he Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Company to-day published its annual report LOT
the year ended December 81, 1888 IL diners from
the statement made in THE TRIBUNE Oh March y
which was made mp from quarterly Statements
ONLY in that the deficit shown IN the earnlnGs re-
ouiIed to pay the first charges, SINKING
fund and dividend Of 8 per cent was
only S19432+. instead Of F323 20,
ms we made IL from the fragmentary EXHIBITS ! ne
balance sheet as of December 81, printed IN me
TRIBrNr of March = corresponds exactly with that
now published by the compdnyi both show nel
floating debt on December 81 1858, of -, 622.729.
Besides this. the only item Of interest IN the report
that has not been printed before Is the ANNOUNCE
ment that at the annual meeting of stockholder'
held Nav Q 1883, " a resolution was adopted claS3;'
IfvinG he Board of Directors as follows Five d.
rector, terms TO expire May, 1ss6; four to expire
Nav. 1885, and four to expire MAY, 1854 AZ TO-
ed ns+cad of the full board of thirteen directors
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
PEORIA, DECATUR AND EVANSVILLE.
1922 1888 1854
49,, - a., .,-u S1o242 el75ll 1882
IOuIul NetA ~ P.I------' 0lQhlA 2i-1n.