St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21
GERMANIA BANK,
Corner Fifth and Wabasha streets, opposite Post.
CAPITAL 100000.
E. ALBRIGHT Prest. ALEX. RAMSEY, Vice Pr.
WM. BICKE L Cashier p. II. KERsr. Asst. Cash.


CAPITAL $500. 600.
E. ALBRIGHT, Prest. ALEX. RAMSEY, Vice Pr.
WIN. BIcKE L Cashier. P. Al. KERsr Asst. Cash.
NEW YORK, NJ ay 20 Money on call easy at
~ per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4@l5
Sterling exchange unchanged. Government
bonds were quiet and heavy, the As being
a shade lower. State bonds were dull and
steady. There was an increased business in
railroad bonds as well as an increase in
strength. Houston s. Texas were conspicuous
in the advance, while ST. Paul, Central & Pa
cifc divisions 5s and TRINIDAD, Erie 2ds ex-
coupon and New Jersey Central were con-
spicuous for activity. The latter are being
bought it is reported, by people having
private information that back coupons will
be paid, Houston Texas general mortgages
advanced 81 too, 2ds 31s to 500. the West
ern division lists coupon off 35s to 995s, and
main lipe 1st coupon Off IA to 1917, and
Green Bay 1sta 2 to 103. The only feature in
stocks thfs morning was a temporary weak
ness in New York Central, following the pub
lication of its Quarterly statement. In the
afternoon, however, there was conspicuous
buying of St. Paul, and the rumor quickly
gained credence that Mr.. Armour was buying
the stock. There was then rush to cover,
and the price responded quickly. The re-
mainder of the market sympathized with this
movement and prices moved all along the
line. The inquiry for stocks was said to be
in excess Of the offerings. The market
opened rather heavy, with Reading down "a
and New York Central 3s per cent. The gen
eral market In the early dealings was firm,
too dull to have any character. New York
Central drained "a, but had regained most
of this loss by noon. After IL o'clock there
was noticeable increase in activity in stock
and the market was no more than moderate
business. Throughout the afternoon prices
continued strong, without , any i'm
portant reaction, and the market closed firm
at or near best figures Of the day. st. Paul
was the most active with sales aggregatng
aggregating $1,000 shares. There were only
three other stock, New York Central Lake
Shore and Laokawanna, In which sales were
over 100000 shares. and these four stocks
furnished a little over one-half of the total
days business. Consolidated gas, Western
Union, New jersey Central and Oregon s.
Transcontinental sold 10000 shares and over,
each. Consolidated gas rose from 81 to "a,
and closed q lower, with a net gain of 2%
per cent. Jersey Central and Lackawanna
are each up 11s, st. Paul IA, Louisville g.
Nashville, Northwestern and Western Union
each 13H, and the other active stocks frac-
tional amounts. The total saIes OF stocks to-
day were 256, ,450 shares, including:
Del, ,Lack&Wes 20, o,96eIN. Y. Central. =. 25. 1885,
Erie. ..... s,045 st. Paul SO. 800
Lake Shore..... "a, ,010 St. Paul & o.. 3,T16
Louisville 81 N. $500 Western Union. Ia. 63O
Memphis s. c.. 5.220|N. Pacific, pfd. 5, 500
N. Y. Central. IA, ,450 Oregon Trans. II, ,12O
Quotations of Stocks and Bonds,
NEW YORK. May 2O.-Following are the
closing prices bid to-day and the three pre-
ceding business days: