The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
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Money. nonds mud stocks

NEW YORK, April l7.--Noncy on call easy NJ 2
20 . per cent last loan 2 closed offered al 2
dull but firm at 4sG14 Tor sixty day bills and
4SSjt for demand.
Gotcrnmcnt bonds were dull but strong. State
bonds have been neglected.
Tho stock market was little more active today
than yesterday, but there were smaller number
Of stocks traded IN aud the increase was confined
10 few Of the leading shares There were no
sign, that any new inicre I was In the market but
the dcallngs presented the same professional char
actor, aud the fluctuations In tho general list were
confined 10 the same narrow Limits aud the imdon.
while bcarish. were content 10 take small profits
for their way few buying orders were executed
by foreign houses aud commission PEOPLE bought
= few Of the better class Of stocks, while The
were buyers later In the day. The foreign
purchases were confined 10 Louisville d
Nashville and 81. Paul, and the former stock
wns the only one showing any strength In the
early dealings. The opening prices were steady,
but there wtH considerable pressure upon the grnn'
gers, and burlington aud Rock Island led irac'
tional downward movement, which occupied al
most all Of the first hour. Philadelphia gns was
the exceptional strong stock the strike Of . new
well on the conpanys property stimulating pur'
Chnsce Pullman nficrwar1 developed strength
upon the announcement that there would be a de.
CisiOn In the case against tue Wagner Company
handed down today, aud as the street expected a
result favorable To the Pullman Company there
was a demand for the stock ut advancing prices
and II touched is6. which n the highest price II
has ever fold NJ cH.right. The OREGON shares con
10 DC WtAk fIioN Nv
standing the dcnials OF 'hc reports there ne.
mains q suspicion that something Il wrong, and
they all sold NJ lower figures than for some time.
The CHANGERS were pressed for sale upon
the pas,are Of the bill reducing rates In Mime.
sofa upon grain, while the decrease the earnings
OF - Paul for the second week In April had also
depressing effect There was better tone 20 the
dealing late IN the day, but no marked recovery
was made except In Navigation and Short Line,
and all the astlVe stocks moved over the same mar.
row range. The close was dull but firm and gen.
enilly at small fractions under the opening figures
In the unlisted department. sugar Trusts were ~
mafkably weak and dropped per cent. 10 pJiS.
but Others were comparatively steady aud Bruns.
wick was quiet, though shade lower. Except for
Pullman, which l. ~ per cent higher tonight all
stocks are only fnotlonally changed, though dc.
clincs are IN large majority.
Railroad bonds were positively dull the sales OF
all issues aggrgatlng only s1ll 900 which was dis.
trihuted among n somewhat smaller number OF
issues THAI usual Of late. The tone of the dealings
was quite mixed. and while the great majority oi
the changes were for fractions, Hooking Valley s.
lost at ", the "a NJ a. and Iron Mountain hTst,
int iOl The advances include Cedar TAILS " Min.
ncnpOlls nrsts Q 20 o. Atchison, Colorado q Pacific
nSts 81 20 ", aud Wabash hnsH TO ia
Tho total saics Of stocks today were i5l $40 sharcs
Closing quotations