St. Paul daily globe., 1884-08-01
EVENING REPORT.


Money easy at 11k@l2 per cent, closed offered
~. Prime mercantile paper 5h06H per
cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills weak at
$4.S1H do. ex demand, S4.o3A.
Government s-Weak.
Bonds-Raroad bonds strong and higher.
State Securities-Quiet.
Stocks-Speculation at the Stock Exchange
was active and buoyant and there was general
and sharp advance in prices. The attempt OF
the larger bears to cover was unsuccessful yes
terday and had the effect of bringing in orders
from the smaller class of traders operating for a
decline, and this in connection with the buying
for long account, brought about almost unin-
terrupted advance in prices except near the
close, when the embarrassment of q tea house
was used to raid the market. When it became
known that the assets Of the firm in question
were double their liabilities q rally took place
and the market left off firm. The advance in
prices was based on favorable advices from the
west concerning cereals and on cables from Lon
don that the weather in England was against the
crops. There was a notable increase in the or
ders for foreign and home account After bust
ness hours 1t was announced that the steamship
America, from Queenstown for New York, had
e1O0, ,OOO IN specie. The advance ranged from
1am5 per cent. Chicago 81 Northwestern rose 5
per cent to 104%, preferred to 1874, Canada
Southenf3po 80, Canadian Pacific 2h to AZ. Cen
tral Pacific ga to A. Chicago, Burlington 81
Quincy u to 121, Chicago, Milwaukee u st.
Paul 33a to S6H, preferred 24 to 40, Delaware,
Lackawanna 81 Western pa to 1164, Louisville
d Nashville 1S to 37h, Lake Shore 31l to SO,
Missouri Pacific 2sG to 90, Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Ia to 19A, New York Central 2h to
111%, New York Lake Erie & Western g to
17lb, Northern Pacific e to %, preferred 2a to
80, Oregon Transcontinental = to 14%, Phadel-
phia & Reading pa to 291G, Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis S Omaha ? to 33, preferred 2% to
96, Union Pacific 2S to 4S and Western Union
Telegraph I q to 62. In the afternoon there was
a reaction and nion Pacific sold down to 45,
Chicago S Northwestern to 1928, Lake Shore to
S5h and Northern Pacific preferred to 81 e The
final transactions were at a recovery of A01H
per cent. from these figures. Compared with
last night the closing prices are la@l39s per cent.
higher. Among the inactive shares American
Cable rose per cent. to 53h, Chicago & Alton
3 to 1888, Houston & Texas Central to 81, IL
liuois Central 4 to 1870, Indiana Bloomington &
Western to 1914, Nashville, Chattanooga Il st.
Louis to 43, New York, Lake Erie Il Western
preferred u to 341l, Ohio & Mississippi to 21,
Pullman Palace Car to no. st. Louis & San Fran
cisco preferred to So and Wells S Fargo Ex-
press to 1903. Oregon improvement advanced
Is per cent. TO 20 and fell or to 1914.
The transactions aggregated 592, 900 shares {:
Delaware, Lackawanna Il Western 10000
New York, Lake Erie & Western Il, 900
Missouri, Kansas & Texas $1,000; Lake Shore
81, 1000; Louisville s Nashville 10000; Missouri
Pacific 1o, 900; Chicago & Northwestern Il, 200
Il = IA, Mail mn
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul III, 900; Union
Pacific III 900; Texas Pacific $4,000; Western
Union Telegraph 81, 600; Northern Pacific 35 900
Oregon Transcoutinentsl 10000.
MINING STOCKS.
Little of interest in the mining market. The
transactions were on small scale and prices
ruled firm. The sales included Consolidated Pa
cdc at 5S054, Oriental s Miller II, Bulwer 60,
Chrysolte SO, Horn Silver 5A05S, Standard
lI0 and Union Consolidated 210.
BosroS RAILROAD AND MINING.
Following are the closing prices at the Stock
Exchange to-day: