St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-31
e. r. BARDEN,
GRAIN COMMISSION,
Wheat, Corn. Oats, Barley, Baled Hay,
Il Chamber of Commerce. st. Paul.
j. j. WATSON, BRO. & HYNDMAN,
96 East Fourth Street,
REAL ESTATE AND NOR TcAGE INVEST
KEHTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
FINANCIAL.
New York.

New York, Aug. 3O-Clearings, Ss7, ,O47.-
232; balances, 81, ,125, ,724. Money on call
easy at 1l202 per cent. closed offered at II2.
exchange dull but firm at S4 S6s4 for sixty
day bills, and S4.S74 for demand The
stock market was less active than that of
yesterday, but it was strong while irregular
and somewhat feverish throughout. There
considerable pressure to sell at both ends of
the day, but though the foreigners were
principally responsible for the weak opening
the traders and bears were more prominent
in the last raid The news of the day was
almost uniformly advancing, the crop ad-
vices taking first rank in Importance,
while other influences were powerful for
good. The Northern Pacific stocks and
Transcontinental were the special features
of the day, and by their great strength gave
tone to the entire list Bull points in them
were thick, and they held their advance,
even in the face of the weakness of the rest
of the list The coalers and the grangers
were not so prominent rs yesterday, though
Lackawanna again led the market in point of
activity, and, after the first depression, dis
played marked strength. The trunk lines
and Gould stocks were comparatively quiet
throughout the day, though they shared
i'll the general Improvement with the
more prominent stocks. Among spe-
claltles there were some sharp move
mentS, and Lake Erie & Western,
Consolidated Gas and Peoria, and Decatur &
Evansville were conspicuous. The opening
was weak at declines extending to y per
cent. and after some slight advances the
market settled backward until the list was
generally slight fractions below first prices,
with LackaWanna especially weak. After
the first hour, however, there was general
Improvement all around, and, the Northern
Pacifics taking the lead, prices were soon
brought up above those of the opening. The
market finally closed quiet and weak at
to the opening figures as a rule. The final
changes are irregular, but the advances are
i'll majority. and all the important ones are
in the direction of higher figures. Peoria,
Decatur, and Evansville, and Lake Erie and
Western preferred, each were 11sc, and
Northwestern and Consolidated gas, each 1
per cent, while other changes were for frac-
tional amounts only The railroad bond
market was dull and very unintereeting
to-day, the sales reaching only
S952.O00. out of which the Read
ing second preferred incomes furnished
S10S.000. The list was barely steady with
no feature whatever, and the final changes
are in most cases for insignificant fractions
only, while there was an an advance of pa
Delaware & Hudson registered rs of
1894. to ITO, and 1Ia in Ohio d MISS
issippi consolidated sinking funds rs
to l17. Government bonds were dull and
steady. State bonds were entirely neg
lected.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
1910 shares, including; D. L. W.,
46,420: Erie, 3.1O5; Missouri Pacific,
8, ,465; Northwestern, 5000; Northern Pa
cific peferred, 1850; Oregon Transconti-
mental, 900; Reading, 10000; st. Paul,
5000; Union Pacific, 7,400; Western
Union, $40.