The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13


NEW YORK. May 11.-Money-On call easy at
per cent.
Prime Mercantile Paper-@5 per cent.
Foreign Exchange-Fimer at 1867 for sixty
days. and 4sS1S for short sight.
The sales of stocks to-day aggregated 257, $50
shares, including; Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western, 1880; Delaware and Hudson, 1000 Lake
Shore, $3.50; Northwestern, 1880; New York Gen.
tral, 25 zoos St. Paul. 69eS5; Union Pacific % 800:
Western Union, 200 sha-es.
Government bonds have been steady at IN
changed quotations for everything except the As,
which are &c lower, while the currency 6's OF 80
have advanced &c, to 12s.
The market for State bonds is quiet, and quota.
tons in some shade off, especially for some
of the Alabama ard Missouri issues. There were
sales OF North California frsts al 51a, and North
Carolina S a. 81 l.
Railroad bonds have been comparatively quiet
and prices in some leases weak and in others about
steady.
The stock market hes been fairly setive to-day,
snd as rule strong in the morning and weaker In
the afternoon, but the market has been more than
irregular all day, certain stocks showing little dis
position TO follow the remainder OF the active
lis.
Prices this morning were strong during the fore
S anu @ havances were made In al
OF Ia in Omaha preferred, rs in s.. Paul I per
cent in Lackawanna and x IN Union Pacific.
These were the strongest stocks OF the day and il
was curing tols time that the highest prices were
realized for the whole list The advance was the
result ola better feeling egarong the railroads in
the west and northwest. and disposition on the
part OF the besrs, who failed last week TO
close their account After midday the market be-
came oult eno teavy ana IN many cases prices
yielded Ircm = 10 DER cent before O'clock but
IN the last horr there was an increased
trading AGAIN following reports that the
Western railroads in 10 tta
serious cutting had broken out anew on some OF
The line There was also further yielding In pr.css
close OF the board. The final sales were accompa-
MED by Slight rally in some cases. hut ouOia-
lions this evening are generally from u 10 per
cent. lower than they closed on SATURDAY. the
weakest stocks being Delaware and Hudson Lake
shore and New York Central, while the Gould
stocks, 81 Paul and Lackawsnua were sell sup
ported, and generally show declines OF only small
fractions. The market closed weak a. o. near
the lowest prices OF the day The total sale,
were 25 AGO shares, of which 81 Paul Contributed
90 500 shares, while over 81 per cent consisted OF
trading in this stock: Lake shore, LacSawana
Jnlon racine. North western and New York Cen
tTsl. ST.. Paul was prominent for us strength az
the opening on the general belief that the freight
war In the West had been settled, and the lisst
price showed gain OF per ceni. at 69f4, from
which IL rose curing the forenoon 20 7G5s destined
before o. lock to 90 rallied 70I4, aud IN the
last hour fell to 6e4 but closed with net gaia OF
= per cent II e95s The feature Of the ira lin
throughout tie day was The great weakness i'm
New York Central shortly alter midday 1t tell
in the last hour, when il declined rapidly,
crop OF SIS much as ! per cent being made
on sales Of only 500 shares. The lowest reached
was Co. nom which IL rallied 10 S5}S aud clo at
,5% The Gould stocks We all firmly held bit
especially Union Pacific which in the early ali.
vance rose 10 81 The bulls t3-ni yht Insist that
there is good authority for saying that the IA 4
lead war is equally tctiled and it only remains
Low to carry cut the dtt4ils. They say the Vau-
derbilt STOCKS viii cut loose from the remainder Of
he market
Transactions to-day sggIe ;ated 257, 900 shares rs
follows: Delaware LscsaRauna and Western
$4,000; Lake shore. IS 600: Northwestern. 27.t0i:
New York Central, % O10i - Paul, 10000; Union
Pacific 29,00o.