The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-19
ACTIVITY IN THE MARKETS.
Nheat and Other Cereals Very Active
and Strong ON the Crop Outlook.
The Prospect of War in Europe Is Not Lost
Sight of, and Still Has Power TO In
huence Prices of Grains.
MONEY AND STOCKS.

khs New York Market Active and Strong
Railway Bonds the Leading Feature.
New YORK. April 1S,--Money on call con-
tinues easy at 101l per cent, closing at l per
cent
Prime mercantile paper, "A per cent
Bar silver, $l.07s
Foreign exchange is dull at UNCHANGED quota
Eons. Actual business is done at $4.S5a and
eAS7s.
The sales of stocks to-day aggregated 200, ia
shares, including the following: Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, 9, 100 Kansas & Texas,
7,7OO Lake Shore, L, 1000; Northwestern, $4,000;
Pacific Mail, IL, 600; St Paul, $4,000; Union
Pacific, $4,000
Government bonds have been quiet and strong,
with gain of ! per cent bid for the threes and
Fours
State securities we're neglected.
Railroad bonds were moderately active and
prices were strong until late in the afternoon,
when they yielded a fraction in some cases.
With the exception of one or two
stocks, the stock market has been dull
to-day, the total sales being 200, ia shares.
The Gould stocks were prominent for their
strength while the grangers were weak, the lat
ter on reports that the settlement of the troubles
between the roads IN the Northwest had again
been postponed, with little prospect of reaching
an adjustment The Gould following is talking
very confidently of higher prices The
impression is growing that the recent
meeting of Messrs Gould, Woerishoeffer and
Cammack probably had more significance than
appeared at the time. Late this afternoon there
was decided break in the Omahas occasioned
Ivy further yielding of prices in ST Paul and
Northwest and the whole list, the weakness con-
tinuing till just before. the close.
when there was slight rally in
some of the most active stocks In
some cases, this evening, the prices are the low
est for the day. but in the active stocks there
an advance of to from the lowestquotations,
With only two or three exceptions they are from
to Il per cent lower than at the close yester.
day. There was some trading in Omaha COM
mon in the forenoon, but the price
suddenly broke in the afternoon, and closed
at decline OF 2 per cent, while the preferred
closed at a loss OF 81 per cent Chicago, Bur
ington 81 Quincy is down Ii; Lake Erie e. West
ern, IL Michigan Central. 1; all on limited trans
actions. Union Pacific persstently ad-
vanced throughout the forenoon. and re-
manned steady until l o'clock, when it
yielded and closed at 47s gain of per
cent. The other Gould stocks were quiet
and strong until near the close, when they
gained small fractions, and closed shade off
from yesterdays prices. except Missouri Pacific,
which is still higher. Sales of Pacific
mail were limited to Is, 600 shares, the price
rising in the forenoon, but declining later and
closing at loss of per cent The Vanderbilts
were very dull and steady.
Comparing prices this evening with those of a
week ago. the changes vary from decline of 4
per cent to an advance Of 81, the latter in Man
haitian consolidated. But Union Pacific is UP
80 and Pacific Mail q. Omaha preferred
is down 4, the common 3; c., B. &
O., 81; ST. Paul 2, and Northwestern,
IL The total sales of the week were l 1864, 007
shares, but of that amount six stocks-Union
Pacific, Pacific Mail, Lackawanna, st. Paul,
Northwest and Lake Shore--contributed 926, 400
shares, leaving only 100000 shares for the re-
mainder of the list.
The market closed with the following prices
bid: