The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-16
FINANCE AND TRADE,
The Features OF the Money aud STOCK
Markets,


The Features Of the Money aud Stool
Markets,
NV YoRE, August l4,--Money on call
easy, ranging from 8 to 5! percent, closlnl
at 4 percent. Prime mercantile pspeI
4s5 percent, Sterling Exchange quiet a
s. 1874 sat,
GOVERNMENT BoSDs-Dull and steady
U, s. s. 1901; y. s, AIS, iii; U. s. 4!
1851 Pacific % of'95, l20.
STATE BoNps-Dnll aud steady.
RAILROAD BoNDs-Dull and generally
heavy; sales only 1921 900.
SToCEs-Ehe conspicuous feature OF to,
days stock market was It's extreme dull,
meas, due in some measure to the uncer.
tainly Of the immediate future, Prices at
the opening were generally within
percent Of last evenings final figures,
The opening was tame and uEinteresting,
which may also be said Of the succeeding
transactions. PrlCes were generally firm
and slight advances were established, but
we're ltst before noon, and afterwards q
dull and rather heavy market succeeded,
which lasted until tho close and which
was dull and steady at quotations. Peo-
ria, Decatur 4 Evansville is up ! I percent,
while advances and declines in the rest
oil the list are Tor small fractions only,
transactions 067lG shares.
Stock QuoTATIoNs-Closed bid: Adams
Express, 1888; American Express, los;
Canada Southern, Az Central Pacific, 49, ;
Chesapeake 4 Ohio, 81; do first pre- ierred,
lGl; do seconds, 10; o, O., q. 4 l., 574
beaver 4 Rio Grande, 81; Erie, SS! DO
preferred, as; Fort Wayne, l4S; Kansas 4
Texas, S2I; Lake Erie 4 Western, o.;
Lake Shore, SIT; Loulsyille 4 Nashville,
45l; Louisville, New Albany & Chicago,
81 Memphis 1 Charleston, S7i Michigan
Centrs, so; Missouri Pacific, 1909; Nash
vile \ Chattanooga, o.; New Jersey
Central, 90; Northern Pacific, 27I; do
preferred, 604; Chicago 4 Northwestern,
1881; do preferred, l424; New York Cen,
trial, ll04; Ohio Central, :; Ohio & Mis-
alssippl, 2ifi do preferred, 0Oi Pacific
Mail. DIT; Pittsburgh, l6l Reading, 2OSi
st, Louis & San Francisco, 27l; do pre-.
fsrrsd, 81 do Hrst preferred, 1909 o., NJ,
4 st. Paul, 02s; do preferred, l2l! Texas
( Pacific, l5s Union Pacific, sol; United
States Express, o.; W., st, l., d p,
1871; do preferred, S3s; Wells.Fargo Ex.
press, 1917 Western Union, 6G!.
Brondstufrs and Provisions.
NEw YoRK, August II Flour, receipts
10000 barrels; exports 1881 barrels;
market fro, but less active; sales $4,000
barrels, Wheat, receipts 2B,230 bushels
exports 1851 bushels; spot lots laSC
higher and fairly active; options opened
strong, advanced Gale, declined Halo,
closing steady; sales 0,72S,000 bushels Of
futures; 100000 bushels Of spot; No, 2
spring sac; ungraded red S2aS0lei No, 3
red S5aS5sc steamer No 2 red Sole; No, !
red 02!c; No white Ole; No. 2 red
S7aS7l 30; No e red August nominal at SGlC /;
September S7aaSOG, closing at S7sS; 0Cto-
Der SSj4OOse, closing at 00Bc; November
DOS ole, closing at 003o; December O2a
D3sc, closing at 02lc; January 03s ,04SC,
closing at 033c; February 0ja95lc, CIosIng
at O5sc; May 0SscS$l 00l, closing at
DSsi; June 00sca$l OF, closing at 0Osc.
Corn, spot lots lt!c and options lal.c
lower and dull, closing heavy receipts
IS, 700 bushels; exporta 1870 bushels
sales 4O4 900 bushels Of futures and $1,000
bushels Of spot; ungraded 5la59c; No. 9,
52G delivered; No. 9 August 50!c, GlOsing
ut sole; September 5la62c, closing at Ole;
October 5lsG63Bc, closing at 52c; Novelu-
her 523a5Sic, closing at $3.50; May 55!c
Oats lower and less active ;,reCeipts ", $50
bushels; exporis $4,000 busheIs; mixed
western Slt3GC; white do 37a44c, Hops
quiet. Coffee, spot fair; Rio dull at 03c;
options less active; sales 5000 bags; Au.
gust, October and November s Doc; Sep.
TENDER s 00As.05C; December s Csc; Jan.
uary S05C; February l0c. Sugar quiet;
refined dull. RiCa steady, demand fair.
Tallow firm at l6c. Resin dull. Turpen.
tine steady at S43 Pork dull and barely
steady; old mess $40 50Al0 rs. Cut meats
firm; picked bellies G!c, Lard lower and
very dull; western steam spot Z 25s7 27!c
September 1850; October u 03C; NovGm.
Der Csc; December GS0c; city uteRm
. 90c. Butter firm and in fair demand;
western l2l2lC, Cheese quiet but firm
western Nat 7la7!C. Eggs steady, fair de.
mand ; receipts 1850 paCkagesi western
fresh l3!al39c.
CHICAGO, It'll, August 1.-THE wheat
market opened up extremely buoyant this
morning with sales from ISL to 70Bc. The
were soon found to be unusually
large. and there was drop to 7Olc, rallied
a tfitle and fell back again to77!, and clos.
ed for the session az 77Be. Corn was dull
and dragging, closing at decline Of lie.
Oats ruled q shade easier. Provisions
were weak and lower. Trading In pork
was fair, bat In other articles light. Lard
was GLOW, September closing at 1900.
Flour steady and unchanged. Wheat
opened strong, but closed weak sale rang.
ell: August 70ta7SIc, closed at 7Glc; Sep.
ember 774a70bC, closed at 77Ac; October
704a8lc; closed at 7S4c; No. 9 spring 78aC.
Corn weaker; cash 42c; August 42a42jC,
closed at 42C; September 43la434c, closed
at 43lC; October 4l9a45lC, closed at 44lc.
Oats dull and a shade weaker; cash &c;
September 2Sa2S4c, closed at $50; October
20!a20!c, closed at cole Rye dull; No
9, Ole. Barley steady; No. 2, GOOGLE. Flax.
seed easier No. |, 81 14t, Mess pork weak
err; cash 50 42l; September $047iaO 02i,
Cloaed at 50 so; October 50 81 % 50,
closed at s067!. Lard steady; cash l1.5Oc;
August 7l6I7 200, closed at I 15c; Sep.
temher 7 20a7.25c, closed at 1900; 0Cto.
Der Q 6Oa0 zoe, closed OF 060c. Bacon,
short rib sides steady; cash Gl7lC. Box
meats unchanged, Whisky steady al
81 l9, Sugars unchanged. Butter ruled
firm; creamery 12a23c; dairy l0Al5c.
Eggs olalOc.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 14.-Floul
quiet. Wheat opened firm, closed Armer;
ungraded red SIC; No. 2 rod August S5Ia
500; September S8laS6lC; October S7sa
s73c; November SSlaSOC. Corn, spot In
fair demand; futures dull but firm; No. 9
mixed, on track, 62c; No. 2 mixed August
60A6lci September 6la6l 10; October 52Sa
62tc; November 62a63C. Oats, spot quiet;
rejected white 4la42C; No. 8 mixed $50:
No. 2 mixed 34lc; new No. 8 white SOC;