Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-22
FINANCE. AND TRADE.

nOney. 1al 1-2 Per Cent-Governments
steady-Stooks DuIl-Flour Unchanged.
wheat Lower.
New YoRK. Decem Der 2l.-Money on call
easy at l1fa2 per cent; last loan per
Cent; closed at 2 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 2$[a41S per cent. Sterling
Exchange steady with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 4SS1Sa4SSsl for
demand. Silver certificates 60c bid.
Steady.
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STATEs-Quiet.
RAILROADS. Firm.
STocKs.-The stock market was very
dull to-day and prices moved irregulariy
as well as sluggiShly. Seldom has tue
share speculation been less interesting IN
the leading stocks, there having been dur
ing the day long periods IN when the
changes In prices were confined TO the
smallest fractions. Sugar, which was
most prominent in the transactions, moved
within a range of per cent, selling down
TO S9ll during the morning and on clique
manipulation being forced up 10 gl4 IN
the late afternoon. There was quite a
brisk selling Of the shares in the final deal
ingS. which caused reaction OF Is, with
rally Of Il at the close, making gain OF g
on the day. Sugar preferred is up 4 per
cent The trading in the rest OF the list
was very narrow. There was small 0us-
mess done in some Of the specialties and
these were the only shares In which the
changes Of the day exceeded fraction.
L. -. 1nMA hn Nrlrn OF oh n
remarkable strength and closed strong.
but in many cases the early
declines had not been fully recovered and
the last prices made are about evenly di-
vided, compared with last nights final
figures. Among the principal losses on
the day are: Wheeling and Lake Erie
preferred l5S and Pittsburg and Western
preferred l. Gains were made in Ameri-
can Tobacco preferred l and do. common
l. The bond market closed in good tone.
There was q fairly active demand, the
sales aggregating Sl,36S, 500. Total sales
Of stocks l64, 4S7 shares. Quotations closed
bid
Atchison, ~, Adams Express, 140;
Alton and Terre Haute, 81; do preferred
1873; American Express 10: Baltimore
and Ohio 6316; Canada Pacifc594 Cana
dian Southern, 500; Central Pacific,
lf59 chesapeake anu OHIOi 4a22 >
Chicago and Altca l46; Chicago. BurlinS-
ton and Quincy, ~; Chicago Gas, ny;
Delaware and HUDSON, 1855; Delaware,
Lackswanna and Western. l59; Denver
and RIO Grande preferred, SSSI; Distil-
ers and Cattle Feeders Co., ~; Erie,
10; 90. preferred. 20; Fort Wayne, l57;
General Electric 3416; Illinois Central. 81;
Lake Shore, 137; Michigan Central, 81;
Missouri Pacific. 1888; National Cordage,
~ do. preferred, 1873 Norfolk and West
ern preferred, 1874; Northern Pacitc, 4;
do. preferred, III; Northwestern 9S; do.
preferred, al; New York Central, $3.50;
New York and New England, 80; Pacific
Mail. 2l5S; Peoria, Decatur and Evans
Vile, 81; Pittsourg. 1856; Pullman Palace.
1874; Reading, l5sI; Rock Island, 62B; st.
Louis and San Francisco first preferred, -;
St. Paul, SIS do. preferred, 1l9SI Tennes-
see Coal ana Iron, l6-E; Texas Pacific, 81;
Union Pacific, ll1s; United States Elk
press, -; Western Union, So; Wheeling
and Lake Erie 1913; do. preferred, 4O15.
Mining Stocks-Bulwer, Oh; Cholor, 40;
Crown Point, 90; Consolidated California
aud Virginia, 800; Desdwood. 40; Gould
and Curry. 80; Hale and Norcross, %;
HomeStake, 1850; Iron Silver -; Mex
lean, 50; Ontario, ESQ; Ophir, 100; Ply
mouth, %; Quicksilver, $50; DO. pre-
ferred, 1900; Sierra Nevada, 80; Standard,
leo; Union Con-. %; Yellow Jacket, so.