The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-12

New York Financial Market
NEW YORK, August l0.-Money-On call easy
at per cent
Prime Mercantile Paper-sG5.
Foreign Exchange-Dull and unchanged.
The total stock sales to-day were Ss2,2 PCS
shares, including Delaware, Iaekawanna and
Western, a94C0; Denver and Rio Grandc, $50;
Erie, 800; Kansas aad Texas, 1870; Lake
shore, $3.50: Louisville and Nashville, 10,I10
Missouri Pacific, GOO; Northwestern, 81, 10;
New Jersey Central, $500; New York Central,
7.o45; Pacific Mail 5,fi0 sSt Paul, S5,025; Texas
Pacific, 1870; Union Pacific, $3.50; Western
Union, 5s,e5;. Northern Pacific 7,26l, and Oregon
Transcontinental, $3.50.
f Government bonds have been quiet and strong.
State bonds have been dull and generally
firm.
The railway bond market has been active and
prices generally strong The sales OF Eric second
consols amounted TO $4,000, and the bonds closed
with gain Of e per cent at 6s5s- West shore
frsts are unchanged at IS, the transactions aggre
eating $4,000. The trading IN other Issues
amounted TO q .Sg1 GOO The 6ondholders' com
mittee of this company have issued their second
circular to-day, in which they say that if they can
directly represent three-iourths OF the bond
holders. they assured that they immedi-
ately consuInnlate satisfactory settlement. The
Chesapeake and Ohio series b, coupon, are OF
per cent; Jersey Central cOnsol asSented * per
cent; Denver and Rio Grande hrsts cOnsOls -
per cent; Denver and Rio Grand Westerns hrs1s,
= per cent. Lafayette. Bloomington ana Mulclc
firsts ~ per cent; Kansas and Texas general
Is, IA and the Is y per cent: Fort Wayne rlts
, per cent: Mutual Union Is. lsf per cent.
The Wabash issues were heavy, nOtwith-
standing the report that the foreign hold
ers OF general mortgage bonds have assentctl
10 the Joy plan OF reorganization Toledo. Peoria
and Western firsts are down ST. Paul eighths J..
The new week opened on the stock Exchange
aftera double holiday with an active and strong
market for everything on the active list. The
openings were generally a small fraction higher
than the closing of FRIDAY afternoon. but in the
early dealings there general decline OF q to
y per cent which was checked before noon, ard
between then and 10 o'clock the whole list adj
vanced materially Later the market became less
active and steady AID near the close yielded
fraction. led by IGckawanna and the grangers,
butfnally closed steady for the general list at
prices which are ~ per cent higher for Pacific
Mail, : for st. Paul, Tor Missouri Pacific = for
Union Pacific. and = for Lake Shore and North
western, and ] a lower for Delaware and Hudson,
fractions for the rest Of the list. The only other
active list that shows q decline is Jersey Central,
=. The fact is gradually becoming known that
the LSckawanna Is not disposed TO continue the
policy OF restricting the output OF its mines aa1
the situation OF the anthracite companies il is be-
riOus aspect. The greatest advances have been in
the Changers and in some other stocks that have
not heretofore taken an active par, in the upward
movement. have been weak for special res-
sons such rs Pacific Mail, Union Pacific, Missouri
Pacific and Fort Worth and Denver. The stock
last mentioned rose 21I per cent on sales of 2.Ss0
shares. western mon was strong most OF the
day, but closed unchanged. Mr.. Robert Garrett
has been quoted as cabling to-day that there
not one word OF truth in the stories about an
agreement between the Western Union and Bllti-
more and Ohio Telegraph Companies.