The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-10
THE DAILY MARKETS.
Money Market.

New Yong, Dec. 0.-Money on call
active at 6to IL percent, closing at Q per-
cent asked Prime mercantile pSper4 to 5
Sterling exchange dull aud steady at
81 00Sa4 sSt.
New YoRK, Dec. 0.-Government bonds
were dali but firm.
State bonds dull and steady.
Stocks were trille more active, but i'm,
proyement vas confined 10 d or s issues,
which monopolized tho interest taken In
the speculation. Tho opening was decld-
eddy strong, advances over last evenings
figures ranging up to percent, Texas Pa.
CiilC, however was percent lower.
There was the usual decrease In activity
towards noon, In everything except Read
ing, but prices held atrong throughout.
There was q fractional reCesaion after IL
o'clock which was followed by further ad-
vances. The bidding up Of money late In
the afternoon had the effect OF depressing
prices in the lAst hour and the market
CLOSED generally heavy to weak.
Chattanooga ia "a higher, New England
| Il, Louisville and Nashville II, Milwau.
keo, L. 8, & W., and Rendipg / percent
each. Transactions. 40l OSs. Railroad
bonds active; sales, 100000.
Petroleum opened steady at 70, but
after first transactions became very weak
under heavy sales and dropped 40 In the
frat half hour. Dsfore II q. m. support.
Ing orders rallied the market to 88, and
remained steady nearly at that price until
near the close when 8 sudden squirt took
place, carrying tho price to 6S}, but the
market again broke, and closed weak al
6sI. Sales, 6,999,0OO.
STOCK QuoTATIoSB-Olosed bid: 8 per
cent bonds, 1908; United States 4Is, 1l0I;
United States new 4s, 1901 Pacific
| 6s Of 95, 124s; AdanS Express
do preferred, 81; American Express, 1OS;
3. 3. R. 4 NJ, 30; Canada Pacific, 90;
Canada Southern, 70; Central Pacific, All; ;
Ohesspeaked Ohio, % DO first preferred
10; do seconds, II; Chicago 4 Alton
143s; do preferred, 100; O. B. 4 G., 1871;
O. 81. l. y Pitt9burg, 1e; do preferred,
40; o. s. & O.. N; Cleveland Col, 72i;
Delaware 4 Hudson, l06; Del, Lack. 4
West, 1927; Denver 4 Rio Grande, 35i /;
Erie, 20i; do'prsterred, 7G3; East Tenn.
l17i; do preferred, Sl1; FoSt WEvEe,
147; Harlem, 2Sg; Houston 4 TT;axss, $751; ;
Illinois Central 1873; Ind, B, & West,
llsl; KANSAS & Texas, 30t; Lake Erie 4
Western, 19i Lake Shore, OSi; Louis
vile & Nashville, 6S; Louisville, New
Albany 4 Chicago, 65; Memphis &
Charleston, 60; Michigan Central, 0Si
| Min. 4 st. Louie, 2l3; do preferred, 4s3
Missouri Pacific, ll4l Mobile & Ohio, l0t
Morris & Essex, offered, l43; Nashville
& Chattanooga, l04; New jersey Central
1914; Norfolk Il W. preferred, 57l
Northern Pacific, 2OS; do preferred
l84a; Chicago 4 Northwestern, ll0I; dc
preferred, 40; New York Central, l16t
Ohio & Mississippi, 32s do preferred 00i
Ontario & Wentern, 81; Oregon R'y q
Navigation, 1C0S; Oregon TrAus. 36l
do Improvement. Company, Az PaCiAt
Mail, 5it; Panama 0s; Peoria y. 4 4
, 33l; Pittsburgh, 14Si Pullman Palace
Oar 142; Reading, 4SI Rock Island, 1871
st. Louis & San FranolSCo 33l
: do preferred, GA; do first preferred
116; D., N. & 81, Paul, IS; do preferred
lll0; Texas & Pacific, 25; Unici
Pacific, 85i; United stRteO Express, Bgt
! W.. st. L. ( T., 20t; do preferred, 81
Wells Fargo Express. 100. WeStefl
0 I'm, T., IN; Colorado Goal, 500 Home
stake, 10; Iron Silver, 2lb; Ontario, %
QuiCkailver, 8; do preferred, Is; sutrc