The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-04
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Ths Features of The Money and Steel
Markets,

8 percent asked. Prime mercantile pape
4a5 percent. Sterling exchange quiG
but firm and unchanged.
GOVERNMENT BoNps-Haye been du.
with 44s percent lower
US IS 1901; U, S, AIS, 1903; US. nsv
Is 1885, Pacific " Of '95, 1851,
STATE BoNDs-Dull and steady,
RAILROAD BoSDs-Qulet and general,
firm sales 81, l0S, 100.
SToCRs-Phe stock market to-day, e1
cept for the first few minutes, was decided
ly strong, aud the volume Of business, 4
compared with the previous days Of tn
week, was about doubled. The granger
were decidedly the feature Of the day
The opening was very tame, but price
showed advances Of from | to I percen
generally. There were some slight re
cesHious in the early trading from thu
opening figures, but these were afterwsrd
recovered, anda dumb but generally firm
market existed until noon.
In the afternoon, however, under thu
leadership Of st. Paul, the market became
more active and stronger, and without {
reaction continued to advance until thu
last hall hour, when realizatious caused
some slight recesslons from the bes
prices, The market, however, closed
lirm at about the best figures reached
Everything on the active list Is higher to-
night, and st. Paul and Union Pacific
ara up percent each, Lake Shore Il
New York Central It, Louisville 4 Nash
vile, Northern Pacific preferred, omaha
and Oregon & FrsnsContinental percent
each, and others fractional amounts.
Transactions 200, l7S shares,
Stock ouorATIoNs-CIosed bid; Adams
Express, lao; American Express, 1885,
Canada southern, 40; Central Pacific, AZ;
chesapeake & Ohio, s; do first preferred,
l5S; do seconds, 0; o., O., @, & l., So;
beaver & Rio Grande, 30; Erie, set do
preferred, "A; Fort Wayne, lat; Kansas
& Texas, Sls; Lake Erie 4 Western, Ill
Lake Shore, SIT Louisville d Nashville,
Al; LouisvilIe, New Albany & Chicago,
81; Memphis 4 Charleston, SO; Michigan
Central, 81; Missouri Pacific, 100 !; Nash.
vile 4 Chattanooga, Co., New jersey Cen.
tral, 55ii Northern Pacific, 27j do prefer
rcd, 5OS; Chicago & Northwestern, ll5t /;
do preferred, l42; New York Central,
llOI; Ohio Central, =; Ohio < Mississippi,
24l do preferred, 90; Pacific Mail, 57!;
Pittsburgh, 1911; Reading, 25s; ST Louis
4 San Francisco, 20s do preferred, 80! do
drst preferred, 1861 O., NJ. 4 st. Paul,
O3!; 10 preferred, l2l4; Texas 4 Pacific,
l4s; Union Pacific, 81; United States
Express, so; W, st. L, 4 p, l9a; do pre-.
iersd, S4S; Wells.Fsrgo Express, i25;
Western Union, 669.
BreR1lstufS and Provisions.
New YoRK, Sept, 3-Flour, receipts
22,035 barrels; exports 1885 barrels
and 8 $50 sacks; low grades Ann; medium
and choice brands dull and In buyers
tavori sales 1880 barrels; common to
good extra western and Stale So 70a3 20;
common to good extra to choice ST GOA
i 70; common to choice extra st. Louis
y 70l5 90. Wheat, reCeipta 901, 800 bush.
ella; exports l8,40l bushels; spot lots a
shade lower, With less doing; options do.
pressed and s4jO lower, cio3ing heavy at
bottom rates; sales 2,l0i,000 bushels OF
futures; 2GS, 900 hushels Of spot; No 2
spring 61ri ungraded spring Sic; un.
graded red So SStci No. 8 red SIC; No. /
red 03ei No. white 500; mixed winter
sGc; ungrsded white IS Doc; No. 2 red
September SGT S74C, closing at sole;
October $50 ,S0t', closing at SSlc; Novtm.
Der O,OO:C, closing at v0c; December OH
a92bi, C.osing at 0l!c; January % 93! j,
closing ct O3cj February 94ic,
closing at 04Ac; May 0St ,0Ogc,
closing at oslo; June O0sC. Corn, spot
iots a shade aud options &c lower, clos.
ing heavy; receipts Gi,050 bushels; ex.
ports 1883 bushels; sales $4,000 bushels
VI futures; $4,000 bushels OF spot; nm
graded d. 62lC; No. 9 September 03a5l tC,
closed al 609 0Ctpbs' 5lta5lSc, closed at
SHE; NuvGmber 52ls523,, closed at SHE;
DECEMBER 523s53ll, closed at 623c. Oats
irm; reCripts $4,000 bushels; exports
20 0OO bushels; sales POS 600 bushels OF
futures 1855 600 bushels Of spot; mixed SEA
SAC; white do 35A4lc. Hay firm and in
fair inquiry. Coffee, spot fair; Rio firm
At 1925; options 64l0c higher and active;
aales 65,bO0 bays; September 8 05,0 l0c !;
October 0.05r; November sos zoos; De.
cember S95 8 0Oc; January N00l0 05c ;
FEBRUARY 005' o loo; March 8 10a0 loo |;
April 0l5 . zoe. Sugar dull; Trinidad
4 Dc; refined quiet and steady; yellow Alta
43a; standard A go; mould A Q 1.lGs
Gic: cutloaf and crushed Q 5.l0s6lc; DOW.
dUred 0 5.15s6!C; graduated &c; cubes
Q 3.lGG. Molasses steady. Rice in fair de.
tnand and steady. TaGow weak. Rosin
steady. Turpenline steady at 500. EHVs
firm and in good demand receipts 237G
packages western lb4sl0C. Pork steady
but quiet Gales 200 barrels; mess quoted
at $40 60Al0 rs for old; $l1 26a1l so for
new. Gut meats stoRdy; picked bellies
6bJO!C. Lard ulgetLled; September open.
Ell 8 p0lnts higher, closed with the ad.
vance LOST later deliveries 547 points
loweri weNtsrn steam spot 7.76o; septem.
her I 7Oa7 70; October I. 13A7. lSc; Noyem.
ner 0 81 - 90c; December 0 SSc; city steam
Zoo. Butter firm and In fair inquiry.
Cheese drmer and In good demand; west
ern fat SIC,
CHICAGO, I'LL, Sept. 3.-There was a
firm openingin wheat today, but the tone
VI the market was downward. The start.
ing priCs was 7Ssc for October, and I'D.
vanoed quickly to 7sIG, but fell of slowly
to 7SsC, and closed on the regular board at
inside prices. The feeling was again
heavy on the afternoon board, with free
selling and closed Tor the day at 77sc un.
der the top figures Of the day. Corn mar.
ket heavy: October started al 43c and fell
oil to AZ 5'l0j, closing at that figure at
O'Clock, and fell of 10 al 8 loo in the alter.
noon. Oats easy and closed u shade lower.
Pork ruled strong early; October touching
$40 IS early, but daClinsd 10 $40 20 Ii
latest trading. Flour steady and un.
changed. Wheat opened strong, hut closed
weak at 10 lower than yesterday; sales
ranged, september 76ta76lc, closed at
7GlG; October 7Sta7SIc, closed at rs! :;
November 7sta7Sic, closed at 7Stc
May S76s7!C, closed at ste;
No. 2 spring 7GHGlC; No.
red III 7SC Corn weaker and sc lower
cash 4O!a4OSc; September 40 | l6a4ll c,
closed az Al l.10C; October AZ 8 lBa43C
closed at AZ 6.l6c; November 433a44tc,
closed at 43!ci May All ,4Sc, closed at 47sC,
Oa's dull aud easy; cash 25ig; September
25i 26lc, closed at 26lc; October 27ir;
May S2s 1890, closed at S2Ic. Rye stea1yi