The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-18
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
HONEY AND STOCKS.
So vorE rtuans,.i z.rs-s.


NEW YORK. Feb l7.-Noney -Essy al g. per
cent; closed a. Ia per cent.
Prime Mercantile Psper-s95 per cent.
eoveTnmen1-Dull out strong, with al advance
Of = per cent IN per cents to 1917 bid. and = per
en- IN * coupons % lII4
state securities-stesdy AID quiet
Al TIE stock Exchange dealers continue % re-
port good business over the country. There were
chsnges o. only rscdons In the opening Of the
stock market this morning, tie majority OF active
stocks showing gains OF 4 to = per cent. but
IN early dealings decline of = 20 - per cent
tOokplace. Alter quarter OF an hour a decline
VS. s1opped however, and the whole list became
strong win Leeka vsnna Leading both ia the ed-
vaBse and IN the amount OF business done. Dur
ing the forenoon the sales OF Lsckawsnns slOoe
Ii0ns. and the price rose to s953, the highest at
when IL hss sold since Decemoe D. 1851 Alter
midday this stock was neglected while special at
shore, although considerable business was done
also ID Northwestern. 81. Paul and Western Union.
lowest price OF the morning Of re per cent: Lake
shore advanced Ia per cent, and northwestern
IRENE advances were not. however. fully main
tanned 10 the close OF the Board. a decline IN
prices OF the most aclVe STOCKS Deug = 20 "a Der
cent. Closing quotations left everything o. he
active list higher than last evening, New N0rk
Central making Gain OF l1s per cent, at 9i1s;
Lake shore - per cent LackaWanna = percent,
at s9tS: Delaware and Hudson 4 per cent, at
7514: Chicago. BURLINGTON and Quincy ! q per
cent. al l22Z: Central Pacific "a per cent, at
81: Louisville and Nashville = y r csrt at ~
and Northwestern at "a, and New Jersey Central
at 3d. each per cent. me Only exception 10
the above mentioned rule was Union Pacific
which is lower at 48. but the sO-callsd Gould
stocks were comparatively dull after midday.
and Western Union was only "a per cent higher
than yesterday at 5S -. During the afternoon the
advance was accompanied by flood -umors among
them. and the oft-repeated statement that Wess
Shore and New YORK Central differences were
sUout settled, aud that the coal companies had
asain advanced the price Of coal. n regard to
and Lenigh Valley companies have added 10 per
cent. to their schedule price for :stoye
no change in quotations. The other rumor men
toned was semi.Othcially denied.
The bond market was duh. with the exception
of trading in Erie seconds, new, and late IN the
afternoon there was some buying OF West Shore
fFsts. The former opened at 5454 and dropped
strong, in the afternoon advancing, on large
transactions, 10 56h. but declined however, to
5sz- and closed a. that price q net sala Of Il
leeied in the forenoon, except the
between the company and New York Central,
above referred TO, bonds became more active aud
advanced 70 37s but decln d later, and closed at
SO. Northern Pacific Fl rsts were also strong. and
after opening AZ LOB. and selling early at lO21S.
Trey rose in the afternoon TO 1882 and closed st
10 gain oil 3 per cent Other changes, but on
hmIted business, are sn advance from last previ-
ous transactions OF "a per cent New York aud
Ohio Ohio soutnern "a income 0'" gained II
per cent. at y, and frsts l per cent.
al IS. There was q sale OF Texas Pacific terminal
Is 81 49, an advance OF percent, and Louisville
End Nashville trust bonds rose per cent. TO %.
AMONG Northwestern issues, sinking fund deb
entuTe IS and twenty hvp-y year debentUres are up
y per cent. At 9S1S and 95s1 respectively. Chesa-
peake and Ohio frsts, series 3. gaiued an equal
amount at73%. Bonds lower include Green Bay
aad 81. Peters frsts Al iS decline OF per cent,
ohio anu Missk ippi consSls at liz and 81 Louis,
Kansas City ana Northern, Omaha diyisiOg,
frsts al 100. loss in eacn case 4 per- cent Rich
nOnd and DaDville dedentures a. SO. Colorado
Coat and Iron 6's at 50, and Michigan Central
al i26 are per cent. lower in each case.
Transactions on Stock Exchange aggregated
293 COO shares of which sS.OOO were LsckaWsnna;
n COO Lake Shore p 00D Louisville and Nashville;
8 COO Northwestern; g, 600 New York Central; s..
oCo 81. Paul; $4,000 Union Pacific 81, COO Western
Union.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
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ling. stzht.......4S6f New y. ). 4s...-..-lls
ssf cent. honda..--.l0lh