The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-04
Quite a Lively Selling Movement
Started.
GRANGER STOCKS HEAVY.
10000 Shares of ST. Paul Sold to a
Big Bear Trader. Rock Island
Officials Very Gloomy. Chi
cago Gas Was Another
Weak Spot.
BY Southern Associated Press


was more bearlBh than FOR n long time.
Fri es BIO e hal to tire Quarters PEE
cent the latter in Jersey Central. which
fell to 50 IL. Certificates in the names
of old time holders made their appear
ence IN TIE Street. and 1t was arg ucd
from this that a change i'll the dividend
rate vas imminent.
The Grsnsers were decidedly heavy,
st. aul falling to 30, Northwest to 94t,
Book lsland to 81, and burlington 10 G9i,
shown made by the ST. Eau FOR the
fourth week and month of Decent or And
that Of the Ro, X Island Tor december
created n very bear sh feeling OIL these
issues. Besides. of1ic ais OF the 10 k
Island and st. Paul were out with gloomy
inter Jews regard II; the outlook for tie
co ing six months. and this helped
along the de ,liue.
,h'ca, nss was another weak spot and
fell to Il c. OH the revival oil the talk
about cutting the diyid nd III dire,-
tors met tod y and it was given out but
not officially that no action vii be taken
on the dividend for e fortnight.
Lonlon was the seller OF the lnterna-
tional stocks. an a rumor came from
there that tie Illinois Central would re-
duce it, dividend rate. n the afternoon
q mouse identified vi b the big bear
trader bought about 10000 shares Of st.
Paul and t il turned the market.
The rally in prices ranged rom {, 10
II per cent, sugar leaiing with sales up
TO SSt. The buying OF tn 9 stock was
psrti ularly good, and Wash ngton ad-
vi es that the Free sugar bill will DO
taken up i'll the Senats was ignored.
The market closed strong and to /!
higher on the day. Canadian tactic
decl ned 2 to g.; Consolidate Gas l9i \.
and Jersey Centrol Ii per cent Sal s
were 1890 shares. of which 5000
we've listed stocks.
Nov YnuK. January 3,-Money on
call easy. at LAP per cent: last loan at ! ,
per cent. and closing offered at /! per
cent. Sterling exchange firm. with
actual business in bankers bills NJ
SSH for sixty days aud 4Ssia4as; for
demand. Posted rates. 4Ssiais9I. COM
mercial bills. 4s6 .a4s7t. Government
bonds closed dull.
TEX STOCK MtnKEr-oLostSa BtDs.
American Cotton Oil. 90; American
Cotton Oil. preferred. 67a6s!: American
sugar hehneries. ssh, american
Sugar Nehneries, preferred, sol; Amer
Jean Tobacco, 9S!; American To-
bacco preferred, l07: Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe. al: baltimore and
Ohio. 63.; Canada Pacific. 81; Chesa.
peak. and 0hio. l7t; Chicago anu Alton,
LAG; Chicago, burlington and Quincy,
90; chicago 'daa Trust, ISL: Delaware.
Iacknwanna AMI Western. 1854, e1 div.
Distillers and Cattle Feeders. o.. East
Tennessee. Virginia aud Georgia. -: East
tennessee. Virginia an Georgia. pre-
tcrred, -; Erie. 81; Erie. pref, 81;
General Electric, 34i; Illinois Central, so !;
Lake Erie N Western. l6: Lake Err.
and western, preferred, f0i: Lake shore,
1895: louisvilie AMI Nashville. b3l;
Louisville. New ALBANY All CHICAGO. 6I:
~hanhattan Consolidated. l04: Memphis
and CharleDton. 10; Michigan Central,
10; Missouri Pacific. 26g: Mobile ami
ohio. IL; Nashville. Chattanooga
and st: Louis. 65: niteL states Cor
aage. g.; Unitei States Uordgge. pre-.
Ierred. ISL; New JERSEY Central. 81;
New York Central. SO: New York
anu New England. 80: Norfolk AMI Vest
ern. nrsferred. III; Northern Pacific. 81:
Northern paoino. preferred. l6,: North
Western. 80 Southwestern. preterrei,
ia2: Paoiho Mail. Il ; leading. I2i; Rlch.
mond and West Point. -: Rock Isl4nn.
81; b. Paul. 55!; 1t. Pau pre-
Ierrei, III; Silver Certificates. So;
tennessee GOAL an Iron. i5t; Tennessee
Goa, anu IRON. preterrsi. 10 asked: exas
racine. 81; Union Pacific. IL; Wabash.
o.; Wabash. preferred. 1877; Western
Union. So: Wheeling and Lake hrie. 10.
wheeling and Lake Erie, preferred. 40:
n'apema. Glass A. l0l; Alabama GLASS
u Iva; Alabama, clRss G. 80 bid;
louisiana stamped As. 100; North
carolina IS. 90; North Carolinas. ia,
zee New Settlem nj IS. =: Ten
nessee New settlement SIS. =: New r.n.
nessee settlement SIS, SO: Virginia is.
Psr'erred, &; Virginia Irust iieeelpts.
10; virginia Funding Debt. 90:
Sniteh states itegisterei. lIs; United
STATES coupons, As. liS; Unitel states
coupons rs. 81 southern Halfway SIS.
6'; southern Hallway Common. IN,
Sontherh galway, preferred. 50; S. o..
communicable, lOli y @ New Issue
lineage uarkcts
OHIoido. January 3.-Ihe leading