New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
BID. Asked Bid. Ask ed.
T. Abs 1891 reg I1fii It4Ia rs tnr Sc 1896 l31
3 4lslsll c,u lt4it ll4 ). vs. 1897 1873 .....
T. y u B17. reg 1894 ~ US. SIS 1893 13j
4 s. fs 1871. con 1874 i2t u. scar Gs 1889 1B7 ..-.
U < cents .l0O2 lOI Dist Col. 30js...ll3
[ = curs s's ISD,

= $. ls 1871 col...l2i4 ~ U.Scar Gs 1899 q -.
Us cur. ~. 1875 .is9 ......'
Dealings in State bonds were confined % to "a e.
Of Tennessee compromise bonds at 43i2- City banl
stocks were unusually active Merchants EXchang'
sold at 80, Metropolitan at 100, American Tx
change at 160, and Commerce at 155.
The general bond market was dull with az
| inclination toward better prices: but the Wes
Shore and Buffalo IS and Northern Pacific iirsti
We're the features of the market The opinion giver
yesterday byeX-Judge EmOtt relative to the statues
Of the West Shore 5s, confirms the opinion before
expressed in this column and by many good lawyers
to-day has been pronounced to be good law, to wit
81 No lien ran in any way be created under mechan-
c' lien laws upon truck or slpersrlciure eneray OF
the railroad the land which they rest nor for work
or materials furnished In building the same.
40. No lien can be Established except for work done
upon materials expressly supplied for some particular
structure btuhG, Dilge o. uestle WGtf, anu theh upon
that structure only and not upon the whole any other
portion Of property OF company.
"3 No lien can be established by subc0ntIaetOr I'M
less some payment IN money or property Is due TO him
and to all persons between him and owner and OF
r0m owner 10 principal contractor object and efect OF
lien law being 10 take from the owner money actually
owing by him on his contract and apply t In payment OF
aD0ips ana others VINO nave contributed TO its per-
Nevertheless the bonds to-day after an advance
of ls to 1884 declined TO 52ls and closed y lower
than last evening; the sales amounted TO 81 ,400,-
OOO Northern Pacific firgts Opened ND 10 Der cent at
30 100000. The seconds were up q at St'2. New
York, Chicago aud st. Louis firsts Is higher at
lUO@i0l lOJos. Northwestern debentuTe 5s were
Il higher at 93l2 and Chicago, Burlington aud
Quincy debentuTes were at steady at 93li. Wabash
general IS rose l2 to 80. Texas and Pacific IN
comes were per cent up at IL l2, and tirsts, Rio
Gr8nde division, per cent to 73. Oregon
improvement frsts rose u per cent to ~. Oregon
Railroad and Navigation hrsts were p off atlO3l2
and Fort Worth and Denver hrsts were up per
cent at 81.
The business of the Sub-Treasury for the week
ended tonight includes receipts ot lO 1854 636 and
payments OF $7,624024, leaving the general bal
ance at $l25, ,27904l, against Sl22,73S, ,529, jan
qary23, Sh0wingan apparent gam dS2540,5l2. Bnt
aeauctlng lS9Ia % tne % TeGei ana from the
fers which only affect the Sub-1reasury's account
with the General Treasury its true gain, affecting
the banks is $279,J92. To-day's operations >
covered: Receipts, 81 ,J47, S0j: payments 3 406-
ss25 currency balance, +5,359,O73; coin balance,
$115,9219 96S.
There is no change in the monetary situation.
Money on call ruled nearer q per cent than per
The Clearing House statement today was as
follows Exchanges, $114,412,Gi4; balances,
Sf,057,44S.
The United States Treasury at Washington to-day
received PJ5S,0OO ''atiOnal bank notes for redemp-
ton. The customs receipts were @j333Sl, and tae
internal revenue receipts 1891 400.
The foreign exchanges were stronger and rates
were higher. We revise quotations for business as
follows: Bankers bills - S5 and 81 S73i for long
and snort sterling respectively; , 1919 and 1914
iOr francs; - y and 95l4 for reichmarks; 10 and
In London British consols were steady aud un-
changed at 101 GIG for money and at 10l 11-l6
tor account. United States bonds also were un-
changed at 1864 aud 1l63i respectively for the Is
and tAe 4l2s. The quotations for American rail- !
ways were all higher after the fashion Of yester
days prices IN the home markets. Bar silver was
l-IJd. dearcr ut 30 1J-lGd. per ounce At Paris,
French per cents were weak and lower at 1925, !
against 5737 I2 francs yesterday.
The coupons on the irst mortgage bonds Of To-
iedO and Illinois, Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis,
GI n Western Illinois ald southern Iowa, Decatur
rrft min lodi, AfsfAl
c0Asol mortgage and St. Louis Kansas City and
Northern, Caruua tlr5 mort gage also interest on
scrip certificates amt funded DEBT bonds, VIII be paid
by tGe metropolitan National Bank on ana after
tebrraTv /.
fja liBr >E is the only paper that this morning
DIRECTLY ported the earnings Of the Chicago and
NortuWpsJcrl Railroad Tor the third week in Janu
AIRY. ~o4; they were 349 4G7 instead OF So 100
rs was generally rcpor,ed
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
81 PAIL MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA
1872 1888. IsN
25 n s2355 ssee3i s.93 lJ.s3 ,3 ..S
IoSG I-LiND.
Farf E3a ;o .s 5 'si' 1866 s55gss55 iiaf}.4 iiasf2.!44
So. PAUL Ayo Drlurn
~ S.9 e !. IN $.8. ., ,jl5 ,jIl5 WIN i4 459; i5s;
LoCI,vLLg ASD SNsIWILLE.
f5@'s.. f5 N @i' . .' .5 5i 52 +a,as$ aS$ S$
CASNDINN PACIFIC.
1883. lSs4
ss.' E "a a. f3S f555 i4: As: s$$ $
Imports oI dry goods al New-Yor<:.
R3ss ass9 St St q. ai5 3as4 's.t'; 's5i: s55
ss s..s :.54s 54 E4sot3 ?&Stt3 iS5g5 iS2?8S93
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Ian n m lgnti .ndC Craqt
First Mortgage rrustees Vertdcaes, Il - Erie 257,; New
YORK central, ll5,; iIu03 Central, Iia; Reading, p 81
,fcX Ordinary, ~; 4. PlIl !Ol,
y. n.-Atsutc and Great Western FIRST Mortgage Irus
ceI certificates - a. 10. second Mortgage, lu, lie, 20lf
Ses-l ok Central, llG9 Reading z7- Mexican Ou!naly
jUat Nannlian Pacific, 81.
40 D. m.-Paris aiyces quote Three Per at
% cennes for the account and Exchsng London
It - francs - y contiAe3 for checks.
NLNLS AND NINIYG.