The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-23
Unsettled And WEAK.
At the Opening Lower Prices
Prevailed.
BEARS WERE IN CONTROL.
Southern Railway, Reading, the
Changers, Jersey Central.
Cordage and Sugar Were
Especially Weak. The
Eond Market Weak.
BY Southern Associated Press.

NH" iohh' Jauu1ry ZZ.-MOuey on call
has been easy at per cent; last loan ut
! per cent. and closing oAerod at / per
cent. Sterling exchange wns strong,
with actual business in bankers bills ~
1866 for sixty days. Posted rates, $500
a90. Commercial bills. ASST !aiS7k. Gov
eminent bonds closed steady.
THE STOCK MAWKHr-GI.o4ING 8Ips.
New YORK. January 22.-The stock
mark OF to-day was unsettled ami weak.
A. tho opening lower prices prevaile d.
There wasa genera! decline to 10 u
New Jersey Central. Heading. Delaware
and lIu son an Cana la southern being
most pr ON nent in tho downward move
ment. In the Afternoon. however. the
bears were in control once more and the
nntro market WAN weak. southern Rail-
way, the Graugers, Jersey Central. Cor
d"Re and Sugar were especially weak at
times. southern Hallway sold down to
~, preferred 10 33i, Reading to TO-. ST.
Paul to 55b, Rock Island to So. North
western to 95I. illinois tentrnl to So
Cordage 10 81. preferred to s; ami tue
guaranteed to iS.. lie first mortgage
Ooudp of the nsr namel cold at 81, the
lowest price on record:
Chicago Gas ranged between .2i and
L3i and closed at 755 gain for the day
The securities OF the Brooklyn Railway
Company llstoi at the Stock Exchange
show cry little chsnge notwii hatauding
the stri and stand st Il of the road.
Speculation closed weak, prices show
ing doclin. of l-S to = Is per cent
Suhnlo. Rochester and Pistsburg re-
ferred jumped to to s.. Total sales
were 136,057 shares including ia 90
listed an 2l.0O0 unl sted. Tho bond
market was weak.
Atneriuun cotton Oil. 23,. American
Cotton OIL, preferred, 69a10l: American
sugar Refneries, S99; American
Sugar Redneries, p, terred. sI!; Amer
icsn Tobacco, s5!; Anerican To-
tacco prererre,i, 10 Atch son. Topeka
and Santa Fe. A.: baltimore and
OHIO Ca Canada Pacific, Is; Chesn-
neHke and Oslo, III; g., II. amt A. :,
las; Chicago, Burlington and Quin,y,
ri; Chicago Gas trust. 73i: Delaware.
AMI l'ackawanna, 1908; ristillsrs snd Cat
tie Feeders. l6a. Erie. 81: Erie. pref, IS;
General Electric, 333 Illinois Central,
Oh; lake Erie and Western. l6i; LAX Q
Err. and Western. pref, ~: Lake shore
l9Hi LouiaviIle AMI Nashville. h3i; louis
Manhattan Consolidated. 1917; Memphis
and Charleston. 10; Michigan Central,
W; Missouri Pacific. PSI: Mobile anu
Ohio. 10; Nashville. Chattanooga.
% Uni'od States Cor 'sQe. 81. United
STATE Nordage. pre- erred. 81: New Jer-
sey CeutrAl. $50; New York Central. g91:
Now fori and New England. 80: Norfolk
ana Western. preferred. II; Northern
pacihe. -. Northern Pacific, preferred,
III; Northwssterp. 95S: Northwestern,
preiorrei. li3i: Pacific Mail. 22s; tend
ing, lO!; Rock IRlsnd, 62t; ~. Paul. 55s;
81 Paul preterroL. lis; Silver Certin-
Gates. 55.; Tennessee Goa; Kni Iron. rs
IeEnessee CoEi am Iron. preferrei. 20
aske eIas Pacific. s.: Union tactic,
=; WABASH. 81; Wabash, preferred. 49, :;
Western unlon. SIT; Wheeling and Lake
trie. IL Wheeling and Lake Erie, pre-
ferrei. $st; Alsbsme. class A, 1881; Ala
bapa class q. loi; AlsLamt. clasJ q. "a
bid; l.ouisiRna As. 100; North Carolina
So w; North Oarolinas, IS l24i: leu,
rec New Sett.em, ut IS. oit; Virginia 6's,
90 irrei. 81; Virginia Trust llece pts,
10; Virginia. Funding Dubt. 5.s:
United states IA, registered. lis; United
states Is. coupons. ll3,; United >Iat-s
Is. "; Southern hallway SIS, IS; South
eern Hallway Common, q. southern
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