Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31

business in bankers bills at $3.50 afSo24 IOr
demand. Silver certificates 595lc bid.
u. s. IS Registered. ..s............-.-1 IL
u. S. 5sCOuDOns. ....................l IL
U. S. IS Registered. ..................ll 10
u. :. IS Coupons ...-.................Il 49l
u. 5. IS Registered. .................. %
Pacific 6s OF Observation-Disclosures. luJ
SIOCKs.-It was very tame ana unln-
teresting market on the Stock Exchange
to-day. The general feature OF specula-
ton was hrmness, which was due TO the
inauguration Of a covering movement tue
shorts being DESTROYS Of closing out their
contracts. There was some small buying
for the foreign account and some slight
local buving for the lcng account. The
market opened fraction higher and was
held firmly until a renewal OF the war
upon the New Jersey Central forced
that stock, which had advanced 8 IN the
opening trading down per cent 10 of$l.
The rest OF the list was not affected by the
raid and in fact some Of the speciaities
made material gains during its progress,
notably Cordage Guaranteed. Reading
was very scarce in the loan market and
after an early decline OF 4 per cent, rallied
IS, closing Il below the highest. In the
late dealings the market was very decld-
eddy strong a1d closed at or about the best
Of the day the chief gains being Tobacco !,
Changers i{a5I. One of the features of
the trading during the week was the per-
sisteDt drive against the Cordage shares.
The final sales Of last week were: Com
mon ~, preferred 1255, Guaranteed 221s
During the latter part OF the week
these shares were released from
pressure aud made quick re-
covery; LackaWanna regaining q; Della
ware and Hudson and New Jersey IL per
cent. Sugar moved within a narrow range
and the fluctuations were confined with a
radius of Is per cent, the stock showing
loss of only Il per cent. on the week; the
preferred is down ~ per cent. The other
more important changes are Lake Erie and
Western preferred and Cotton Oil prefer
red ~; do. common Is. Advances: To
baccO, 20; Leather, preferred, lS5, and
Western Union l. The total sales for the
week were 463, 427. The trading in bonds
to-day was light, the total sales being only
$3.50, 100. Sales, $1,000 shares. Quotations
closed bid
Atkinson, 49{; Adams Express, 40; Al
ton and Terre Haute, 81; do preferred 1873;
American Express 10; Baltimore and
Ohio SO; Canada Pacific SO; Canada
Southern, 49, Central Pacific, l31S Ches-
apeake and OHIO, ~ Chicago and Altc1
l46; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, III;
Chicago Gas, "A; Delaware and Hudson,
l26; Delaware, LackaWsnna ana West
err, 16l; Denver and Rio Grande pre-
ferred, 322(; Distillers and Cattle Feeders
Co., lO4; Erie, 10; 90. preferred, p;
Fort Wayne, l57; Illinois Central, o215
Lake Shore, 1873; Michigan Central, 20;
Missouri Pacific, y; National Cordage,
~; do. preferred, -; Norfolk and
Western preferred, 1865 Northern Pacific,
30; do. preferred, Il; Northwestern 81;
do. preferred, 1925; New York Central
g9l6 New York and New England, 3lT;
Pacific Mail, 2255: Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville, 81; Pittsburg, l57; Pullman
Palace 1884, Reading, 14s; Rock Island,
6ll5;St. Louis and San Francisco first pre-
ferred, -; ST. Paul 57}s; do, preferred,
117{; Tennessee Coal ana Iron, l5sl;
Texas Pscihc, 98; Union Pacific, II;
United States Express, -; Western Union,
S6%; Wheeling and Lake Erie 9I; do.
preferred, 80.
Mining Stocks-Bulwer, o.: Cholor, 80;
Crown Point, IS; Consolidated California
and Virginia, 345; DeadwoOd, 40; Gould
and Curry, IS; Hale and Norcross, 50;
Homestake, 1850; Iron Silver -; Mex
lean, 80; Ontario, 900; Ophir, 14O; Ply
mouth, %; Quicksilver, $50; 90. pre-
terred, 1870; Sierra Nevada, 40; Standard,
200; Union Con-. 45; Yellow Jacket, IS.