The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
s7heat Active and Buoyant at Higher
Prices than Those of Wednesday.
Corn Active and Strong at Slight Advance
Oats Strong but Practically Unchanged
Unusually Heavy Trading in Pork.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

Continued Activity In Stocks, but the Mar
ket Experiences Weak Closing.
NEW YORK, Dec. Mooney on call was
active at 506 per cent, closing at Per cent
asked.
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent.
Sterling exchange was dull but steady and I'M
changed.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 543, 552
shares, including the following: Canada
Southern, APO Central Pacific, 5,745; Della
ware, LackawAnna & Western. 14.44O; Erie
D,S45; Kansas & Texas. $780, Lake Shore, To-,
757; Louisville s. Nashville, $3.50; Memphis
& Charleston, 8 900; Northwestern. 1920; New
Jersey Central, II $50; Northern Paeffcy 20, 204;
Pacific Mall s,50S; Reading. 5s,240; St. Paul,
400, 700; ST. Paul & Omaha. 4,575; Texas & Pa
eifc, 1920; Union Pacific, 62.320; Western
Union, 1865; Northern Pacific preferred, IA,
g0l; Oregon g Transcontinental, 4,6l0; Colum-
bus 6 Hooking Valley, 1O.O75.
Government bonds dull and firm.
State bonds were dull and steady
The stock market, to-day, while stAl-very
active, showed a small decrease in the amount
of business done, while Reading quieted
down, the speculation in Union Pacific made
into great activity The other features of the
market were the Northern Pacific, Quicksilver
mining and Chattanooga. The extraordinary
activity and strength in St Paul was due to
heavy purchases both for foreign and Chicago
Account Most of the foreign buying was In the
latter stock and in Northern Pacific, which be-
came prominent early In the morning Union
Pacific failed to exhibit the strength OF the past
few days, and heavy selling by very infiuen
tial interest is reported Reading was firm in
Aho hy1e off lS4a in fhA Aav
The trunk lines were ali quiet and remarkably
steady, as were also Western Union and the
grangers. The movement In prices was very
light fluctuations in most of the active stocks
being confined within q range of ! per cent
Quicksilver the feature of the forenoon
trading, and was spurted up 4 per cent, most of
which afterward lost. The opening was
strong, first prices showing advances of to Z,
Though ..E ina .r WAS up n pee' pss
being especially so. Prices auctnatsd
within narrow range, and noon
figures generally showed some improvement
over taose of the opening. The market became
more quiet In the afternoon, and uCder realizing
: sales prices slowly yielded. There was slight
rSllF-in the last hour, but the market closed
generally weak, close to the lowest OF the day.
Bales 543, 552 shares-St. Paul furnished 1922
fbN Union Pacific, 62, 800; Reading SO, 240. The
bet result of the days business is irregular
changes, generally OF small fractions, but
Richmond & West Point lost II, and READING
IA Chattanooga gained 24; Quicksilver pre-
eerred. lei ST. Paul, II; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, II.
Railroad bends were active. Sales, So, 312 000
Atlantic g Pacific incomes contributed 1915 000
Indiana, Bloomington & Western incomes
remarkably strong, closing with an advance of
IT, at $751; after selling at 80, sales of $243 000
Ohio Southern incomes gained 2 per cent, at
464 Prices in the general list were firm in the
morning, but sagged off later in sympathy with
the share market. final prices. in majority of
cases. showing losses. Central Iowa frsts, cou-
non off, lost 6. at S9y Lafayette, Bloomington &
Muncie frsts, q at lo6: Shenandoah Valley
frsts, 2. at 95; Erie incomes, Q. at 70. Closing
quotations were;