Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-22
FINANCE AND TRADE.
noDey. 1 IL Per Cent-GOvernnents,
Strong - stocks, Dull Flour, Doll and
URcnang sd Whsat, Higher.

money. IL Per Cent -GOvernments,
strong stocks. Dull Flour, Dull and
URchang sd- Vhsat, Higher.
NEW York. February 2I.-Money on call
easy at Ia per cent; last loan Ia
per cent; closing at y per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 3 .a5lz per cent Sterling
Exchange firm at 1854 a4oS1S. Silver GER
tihcates 90 &C..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and = per cent
higher for tours.
L. =. IS Registered. .................ll6
L. -. Coupons. Observation-Disclosures no
u. =. IS Registered. Observation-Disclosures. ll259
\. y. IS Coupons ....................I IZ5a
L. =. IS Registered ................... %
Pacific IS of'9 .,................-..l OO
SrATEs-Steady.
RALHOArs-F Firm.
SrucKs-This was dull and uuinterest-
in- day on the Stock Exchange. The
volume of business in the railway list was
extremely light, the industrial stocks &C
cUpyiug the chief attention OF the specula-
tive fraternity. Tobacco opened at an al
vance of per cent, but the I'M
provemeut was short lived. At the
lower figures there was much cover
ing of shorts which resulted in a
rally Of3is per cent. TO S1$4 the decline on
the day being only y per cent Tobacco
preferred fell or on sales OF 200 shares.
Lead was strong ia the early dealings and
advanced per cent, but on the puOllca-
ZION OF an official statement that no dlVl-
deud on the common stock would
be declared, there was sharp
raactionary movement which was not
checked until loss had been
made of - per cent. with recovery OF
only at tue close, the net decline being
IL, per cent The rest OF the market was
irregular, but the fluctuations were merely
fractional except in Quicksilver preferred,
which advanced 3,s per cent The bond
market ruled active and higher throughout
The day. Total sales 81 ,322, 800 Total
sales of stocks l25, Sol shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atkinson, 4; Adams Express, l42; Al
ton anu Terre Haute, 3515 do preferred, -;
American Express no: Baltimore and
OHIO 63it; Canada Pacific 49, Canada
Southern, 4Sit Central Pacific, 1873 ;Ches-
aueake and Ohio 1874 Chicago anu Altcl,
1f5}5; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
1dil. Chicago Gas, as; Delaware and
HUDSON, l2i; Delaware, Lackawanna ana
Western. l5S; Denver aud RIO Grande
preferred, 3d., Distiilers and Cattle Feed
Fort Wayne l56; General Electric, 2959
Illinois Contra, So; Lake Shore, 10;
Michigan Central, 81 Missouri Pacific,
2Ots: National Cordage A do, preferred,
&; Norfolk and Western preferred, ll1s;
Northern Pacific rs do. preferred, lo24 )
/ Northwesteru, 9023; do. preferred, l3S;
I New York Central, 99is New York and
New England, ID; Pacific Mail, 229s;
/ Peoria. Decatur and Evansville. - Pitts
| burg, l5i. Pullman Palace l554 Read
ing. gsl Rock Island, 62 ST. Louis and
San Francisco hrst preferred, -; st.
/ Paul, % 20. preferred, IFS; Tennessee
Coal ana Iron, IA; Texas Pacihc, ~:
Union Pacific, 81; United States Elk
press, 70; Western Union, S.; Wheeling
and Lake Erie, SIS; do. preferred, 354.
Mining Stocks-Bulwer, $; Cholcr, 90;
Grown P0int, 30; Consolidated California
and Virginia, 22j; Deadwood, 40; Gould
aud Curry. 35; Hale and Norcross, y;
/ HomestaSe, 1850; Iron Silver, -; Mex
/ lean, IS; Ontario 500; OpGir, 1876; Plym-
| oujh, %; Quicksilver, 300; do. preferred,
1850; Sierra Nevada, so; Standard, 265;
| Union Con, 40; Yellow Jacket. 40.