The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-02
THE DAILY MARKETS.


NEW York, Dec. l.-Money on call
sc,ive, ut 8 to l0percsnt, closing at s per
cent asked. Prime mercantile paper 4 to 5
Sterling exchange dull, and weak ut $3.50
a4.SS3,
NEw YoRK, Dec, 1,-Government bonds
were dull sud steady. State bonds dull
and firm. Stocks showed a marked de-
crease in business, and though the morn
ing hours were continuance oil yesteI-
day q movement, the afternoon was gen
eral recovery aud the close waa strong
generally at the best prices Of the day,
The market was decidedly strong at the
Fopgnipg, ths general list showing advances
OF to Hooking Valley up I, Union
Pacific II, New England aud West
Point 49, The opening figures, however,
were not maintained, West Point record
ed q drop Of q in the fret twenty miu-
utea. all the leaders were prominent in
the downward movement, but the market
rallied toward the end oil tho hour. The
early Losses, however were not made up
until we'll into the afternoon, the market
in the meantime having bsen compars-
lively quiet.
In the last two hours Of the Gay
on an active buaineeE, prices continued to
advance under the leadership OF Union
Pacific and the close was Btong at or
about the beat prices reached, Every
thing on the active list Ia higher, Union
Pacific Is up 81 percent Chattanooga and
West Point II percent; Northern Pacific
preferred u percent; Pacific Mail II per-
cent; aud Canada Southern, New England
and Colorado Goal, each percent. TFanC-
actions 5S7, l92 shares,
Railroad bonds were more quiet than
for many days, Sales Sl,s77, 600. Potrol-
cum opened steady 1t 7Slc, weakened to
7Sc, advanced st'ai ! to 70gc, reac cd to
7Sic, rallied aud closed at ~! sales H..
556 900 barrels. Cotton iulures closed
steady, a fraction above last eysning.
sTOCK QUOTATIONs-Closed bid; per
cent bonds, 1909; United States AZ, ll0f;I
United States new "a, 1881; Pacific
"a Of 85, 1881; TX. Int Adams Express
1861 Alton & Tsrre Haute, 374;I
10 preferred, s.; American Express, l07
B, u. Il. d ~, 80; Canada Pacific, GsI
Canada Southern, 6Ba Central Pacific ,5Ol
Chesapeake 4 Ohio, 0; do first preferred,
10; do seconds, Iii Chicago 4 Alton
AZ; DO proIered, LOO; Y. B, so, 1871
@, 81. L. 4 Pittsburg, III do preferred,
30t @. s. & O., 40; Cleveland Got, Isl;
Delaware Il Hudson, lO4l; Del, Lack, 4
West, l4l3; Denver y RIO Grsnde, Sli
Erie, 97b do preferred, 73t; East Tenn
lSb; do preferred, rs; Fort Wayne,
IA; Harlem, go; Houston 4 Texas, 81 |
Illinois Central, 1871 Ind, B, 4 West,
TO- Kansas y Texas, S7si Lake Erie 4 |
Western, 1871 Lake Shore, 90; Louis
vile II Nashville G3ii Louisville, Nov |
Albany 4 Chicago, o.; Memphis 4 |
0has!aaton, 81, Mlnhigsn Central, G03 |
Min. 4 St. Louis, eli do preferred, 4S
Missouri PaclGc, ll53; Mobile 4 Ohio, 10
Morris 4 Essay, offered, Ia; Nashville
!! : Chattanooga, OK New Jelsey Central,
62L;, Norfolk q v. preferred, 81;
NIThern Pacific, 20I; DO preferred,
645i Chlc0So d Northwestern, ll0l; do
preferred, l4l; New York Central, ll4A;
ohio & Mississippi, 9Sl do preferred Of;
Ontario 4 Western, 2lt; Oregon Ry 4
Navigation, lCGl; Oregon Trans. 80;
do Improvement Company, 4Sl; Poetic
Nail, 65l; Panama 08; Peoria u. g. T.
33i; PitiObUIgh, AZ; pullman Palace
St. Loala 4 San Ersncisco S8l
do Protosrod, CS!; do 6tst pteiOtrsl,
10; u, NJ. 4 ~, feul, Oh DO prC!eIsd,
ll0l; Texas 4 Pacific, az; Union
t'Nuldc, G7!; United States Express, 90;
W., 81. l., 4 P. 81; do preferred, IS!
Wells Fargo E1pt6sa, 1901; WOst0rn
In, T., YstI Colorado Goal, '40j Home.
atske, ia; Iron Silver, 225; Ontario, "a!
QaicksilVor, g. do preferred, 24!; Sutro,