Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-24

SroCKs.-The volume Of business on the
Stock Exchange to-day was fairly good
and the dealings were well distributed. 1t
WAS a bull market and at the close suostan-
tial gains had been established on the days
transactions, in which but f5w shares
failed 10 participate. A feature or the spec
Ylation was the brisk demand for the Van
derOilt shares, chiefly Lake Shore. The up
ward movement in Lake Shore was started
bv an attempt 10 I'LL a large order TO buy
the stock for short interest. Sufficient
stock was not Obtained 10 complete the or
der but the stock was Did up by the trad
ers and before noon touched l39, an ad-
vance Of ~ per cent. on yesterdays clos
ing sale. The closing price was 39s per
cent. advance on the day. In
the Changers there was very
GOOD buying, notably in Burlington aud
Quincy. in which it is said a bull pool has
been formed. Burlington opened q higher
and closed 4 from the top al an advance OF
2L on Yesterday. The Coal stocks were
unusually strong. The other prominent
advances on the days transactions were
New York, Chicago and ST. Louis frsts
preferred s. United States Leather pre-
ferred 20, Consolidated Gas pa, Man
haitian ~, G.. Z. Q. and St. Louis IA,
and Erie aud Richmond Terminal = per
cent. Sugar was comparatively neglected,
fuctuating between ll4}s and 11555. and
closing but Il up on the day. The only de-
clines of moment recorded were Ia per
cent. in Pittsburg and Western preferred
and u in Pullman and Oregon Navigation.
The market closed strong. The railway
and miscellaneous bond market was strong
aud very active the days transactions ag-
gregating 81. 9O3, 900. Total sales OF stocks
2SS, 900 shares. Quotations closed bid:
Atchisou. 6 <; Adams Express, las; Amer
can Express ll3; Baltimore and Ohio,
~: Canada Pacific. GA; Central Pacific,
1885 Chesapeake and Ohio, 1871; Chicago
anu Alton, $40; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 7S16; Chicago Gas, 175s Delaware
anu HUDSON, 1861; Delaware, Lackawanna
anu Western. 1866; Denver and RIO
Grande preferred, 81. DistilIers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 2lis; Erie, l55S; DO.
preferred, 30; Fort Wayne, 1853; General
Electric 42as Illinois Central, g21S; Lake
Shore. l3S; Michigan Central, 1914 Mis-
do. preferred. "a; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 24as; Northern Pacific, "a;
do. preferred. l73S; Northwestern 1919;
do. preferred, al; New York Central,
1917: New York and New England,
~; Pacific Mail, lGi+; Peoria, Decatur
and Evansville, 6ls; Pittsburg, ISL; Pull
mau Palace, 1914; Reading, 2lSs Rock
Island, 6S'-; st. Louis and San Francisco
IRIS, preferred, -; St. Paul, 653s; do. pre-
ferred. 1909; Tennessee Coal sno Iron,
1917: Texas Pacinc, l0%; Union Pacific,
l9ll; United States Express, 5216; Western
Union. SO; Wheeling ana Lake Erie,
ll5I; do preferred, 42}9.
Mining Stocks-Band. B., -: Cholor, 90;
Crown Point, Is; Consolidated California
ana Virginia, 40; Deadwood, 80; Gould
and Curry. 50; Hale and Norcross, GO;
Homestake, 1850; Independence, -; Mex
can. 10: North Star, -; Ontario, $50;
Opnir 200; Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
80: STANDARD, l25; Union Con-. go; Yel
low Jacket, 40; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver. -; DO preferred. 1900; Bulwer, 20.