The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-27
FIRM AND STRONG MARKETS.
Wheat Closes at the Highest Figures
Scored During the Past Six Days,
and Only Three Cents Under the Best Prices
of the Month-Proyisions Fairly
Active and Strong.
HONEY AND STOCKS.
Duh at the Opening, Dull Through the Day,
and Dull at the Close.

and Dull at the Close.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Money on call con-
tnues easy at 101a per cent, closing at per
cent
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent
Bar silver, 08.
Foreign exchange is extremely dull; actual
business is done at 81. sc and 81 86
The sales of stocks to-day aggregated 76 802
shares, including the following: Northwestern,
G, 100; New York Central, $500; Pacific Mail,
6,5OO; St Paul, $500; Union Pacific, 1920;
Oregon & Transcontinental. 5000.
Government bonds have been quiet and steady
with an advance of in the quotations for the
coupon four and-a-half per cents and decline
Of for the fours There were sales of the four
snd-arnalf per cents, registered, at 112a and of
the coupons at 1923.
State bonds have been very quiet, and quota
lions, when made, show no important changes.
The railway bond market was less active.
Prices this evening are generally higher as com
pared with last previous sales The total sales
to-day were $685. O00 decrease Of $4,000
There was one stock on the list to-day in which
the total transaction amounted to about one
fourth of an average days business for
an active stock. The sales of Union Pacific
were 1920 shares, but the business
in no other stock ON the list
amounted to as much as 10000 shares. It was
dull at the opening, dull all day, and dali at the
close. The total sales were los, 600 shares. The
range of fluctuations has been, in most cases.
within small fraction of l per cent, and the
closing prices this evening for the usually
active stocks are about equally divided
between advances and declines of to
per cent. Omaha preferred is down /
per cent, while Oregon Navigation is up
Z; Oregon & Transcontinentai was unusually
active, for that stock, and is / higher this even
ing. II is learned that the suit of the Northern
Pacific against the Oregon 81 Transcontinental,
Is not expected to come up for trial until
October A director Of the Northern Pa
cifc Company says that before Mr.. Wizards
retirement there was an acknowledged debt of
about 5000, 900 owing the Northern Pacific by
the Oregon 81 Trancontinental Company, but
the present managers claim that the books now
show o counter-clam against the Northern Pa
cifc Of about Sc, 100000
An injunction has been issued on the Union
Pacific company, restraining it from leasing the
Oregon Railway 81 Navigation Company's line.
This injunction was granted year ago to a
holder of Oregon Steamship Company stock,
from issuing consolidated bonds, and forbids a
lease of the navigation company to the North
0rn Pacific or any other company,
without filing an indemnity bond to
1he amount of 100000. The injunction
iust served can be set aside, of course. by filing
such bond The total sales for two weeks have
been 1,00G. 900 shares, and prices generally show
only very moderate changes from those of last
Saturday evening. There was drop in the
Omahas, the preferred being At lower and there
was a gain of q in tho Missouri Pacific, these
being the two extremes.
The market closed with the following prices
hid.