The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-14
Tnn DAILY MARKrTs.



NRW' YoRE, Dec. ls.-Monsy on cal
active at 8 to 10 percent, closing at y per
cent bid. Prime mercantile paper 4 70 8
Sterling exchange dull and steady q
NEW YoRr, Dec, ls-Goyernmeat
| bonds dull and steady, State bondl
steady, The stock market renewed the
decline Of Friday and Saturday and Losses
during the day were much more general
than on any day OF last week, NoleRdinp
stocks felt the depression throug houE, and
the spsCislties were weak, Reading,
though first on the List in point OF activity,
shows marked decrease in business,
Western Union, Lackawana, Louisville
and Nashville and New York Central were
all conspicuous, their losses at one time
ranging between l1s29 percent, Among
the spscialsies the great feature was tho
drop OF 10 percent In Tennessee coal and
iron, without assignable cause, percent
Of this aiterWRYd being recovered. The
opening was extremely active and near
one-thiEd OF the business Of the entire day
was transacted in the first hour, First
prices generally showed declines from
Saturdays final figures Of ! to
Prices went oil with y rush In early
trading and in the first twenty minutes
declines ranging up to q percent was re.
corded, Canada Southern and Reading
being q principal feature, A fractional
rally followed, but before the end OF hour,
the tone was again heavy aud 90 remained
until towads 2 o'clock, the general market
closing fTaCiious while lew stocks dis.
played decided weakness, The last hour
was marked by general recovery which
ronged up to over percent, The market
finally closed ateady at recovery, Trans,
actions GIL 1922 shares, Railroad bonds
were rather more active. salea Sl6hs,.
900, Petroleum opened strong at B7So,
advanced to 6SbC, reacted to este, rallied
to cole, ond closed at cote. sa!ss $685..
900 barrels.
eTooK Closed bid: 8 per
cent bonds, 1908; United States Ale, llOl;
United States now AZ, l20i Pacific
Ga Of 95, l?4si Adams Express
1856; Alton 4 Terre Hsute, 49,;
do preferred, SO; American Exprosa, 100;
B. b. Il, & N, 90; Canada Pacific, G74;
Canada Southern, G5s Central Pacific, 40 /;
Chesapeake & Ohio, 0; do first preferred
l6i; do seconds, III; Chicago & Alton
l43; do preferred, 100; o, B, & @, 1856;
o, st. L. 4 Pittsburg, 1871 do preferred,
9sa; o. s. 4 O., As; Cleveland Ool., GSl ;
Delaware 4 Hudson, 1929; DEL, Luck, &
West, 1888; Denver i Rio Grande, $751; /;
Erie, 34s; do preferred, ISL; East Tenn.
10; do preferred, 10Y; Fort Wayne,
l47; Harlem, 22O; Houston & Texas, 304
Illinois Central, 1872; Ind, B, 4 West,
1917 Kansas 4 Texas, SS4; Lake Erie &
Western, l0!; Lake Shore, 0js; Louis
vile Il Nashville, 64I; Louisville, New
Albany 4 Chicago, GO; Memphis 4
Charleston, 52!; Michigan Central, 9iS;
Min. 4 st, Louis, l02; do preferred, 45i ;
Missouri Pacific, MI; Mobila& Ohio, lGt ;
Morris 4 Essey, offered, l43; Nashville
4 Chattanooga, o.; Now Jersey Central,
5lt; Norfolk 4 W. preferred, 54t
Northern Pacific, 2Sti do preferred,
82i; Chicago 4 Northwestern, 1881; do
preferred, 1889; New York Central, lisa;
Ohio 4 Misaiesippi, S0I do preferred OOl
Ontario. q Western, lO3; Oregon R'y &
Navigation, lOS3; Oregon Trans. 81
do Improvement Company, A; Pacific
Mail, 52s; Panama rs; Peoria D. & Z.
3l!; Pittsburgh, l4O; Pullman Palace,
Oar l4O; Reading, 44t; Rock Island, 100;
st. Louis & San Francisco 81
do preferred, O5!; do frst preferred,
114l; O., NJ. & ST., Paul, 03k do preferred,
llSi TOxaa & Pacific, 224; Union
Pacific, 62l; United States Express, 69I
W., st. i. & p, 1911 do preferred, 34S
Wells Fargo Express. 12S: Western
In, T., 73!; Colorado Coal, 81; Home.
stake, Is; Iron Silver, $50; Ontario, 22l
Quicksilver, Il do preferred, q; sutro,