New-York tribune., 1875-12-24
sALEs rHoM % o.cLocE 10 CLOSE or BUSINESS.



After the storm Of yesterday came the calm
OF to-day and the shpwreced uariners Tie sea of
lake Shore were enabled 10 get their bearing anew, and
not drift heplesy with the running tide Whether they
vii clap on more sail and make for port of higher
prices OF make a tack toward lower figures remains
mystery as yet unsOycd AT all events. the price to-
day was not permitted sink 10 the level Of yesterday
Tor tie lowest price was 5e3s and this al the opening
loter transactions carrying IL up 20 59l4 while IN the
afternoon il remained AT about 80, and was strongly
supported at that quotation. II bore OF the
honors Of the day by all odds, and among
tie Christmas songs likely 10 be sung IN
the Board after the usual Christmas manner the Stock
Erchan,e Gee Club will doubtless include the
DE gacht am Lake shore Next ia point Of interest was
Western Union Telegraph, which was tie direct anti
podes OF Lake shore It's serenity beng apparently DIS
turbed by vague uIors and hints Of trouble ID t hndn-
c management, though we do not learn Lat as e any
Of the telegraph post poles likely TO Dc sold 10 pay
any isacicd indebtedness of the concern NOT SET
down in the last statement given 70 the
public Be this as may, the price dropped
down 92l2 exdiyidoud and seemed 20 ind few friends
the decline. The wIeckcrs OF Michigan Central seem
b. have found their Waterloo at 5s, for the price holds
nrn when t strikes this figure and was today hall
point hi gAe. The une1 ifed pat privileges iu Pacific
Aa keep Lat STOCK steady H the uelshb0InoJd of 49,
and lis future course IS beyond tic Ken %. tic
street 10 determine. Ere was drm At lJul5ss,
and the North Westerns at 31'A SO Tor com
and O4| Tor preferred. DIo- sfli4AE
II small lots 1911 ICls with st. Paul and Rock Island
practically neglected also the light speculative
Gaucies Panama was I25 BID, and missed the usual
sellers option this specially O, the .nye t euts. ar
lem sold at I3O and SoW-Y0rE Central al 1858. few
hundred Me1pOsa sold ~ sq9+l and odd lots OF
ExVres- shares 81 for American and 81 FOR United
States Tic Holiday may be said 10 hayc fairly
commenced, Tor the stock Exchange viii adjourn
Friday afternoon Al O'Clock, % reopen again Mon
day morning 30 IL, and only nominal business II
likely be dome iu the interim, tomorrow is likely
10 be devoted 10 tie usua. beating Of The tomion
and she sounding Of The hewgaR A. already indicated
TIE course Of the market has been upward and has
perhaps been Influenced N IT'S somewhat by the
trade la LAKE s.or which ia turn has been favorGby
effected by a statement" signed Charles Bur
ret, thai As been freely circulated through street
and which contains nothing importance concerning
the Affairs Of te road which may Dc gathered from
the annual reports OF the Company. Apparently Blr
rett simply ndoses the accuracy OF the reports Of the
Company. The failure " a specuiat0r lon the short
G6e Of Lake Shore VINO is credited having done
large business small capital OF late no doubt also
aided IN advancing tie market price Of the stock The
nctye stocks advanced from tie cosng prices yester
day from L ~ Ia per cent, VIZ Central and Hudson
Rock Island and St Paul, Common and Preferred
each advanced Is PR cent Erie, st and North
each = SOrth-Wost Preferred and " aDesh each 2
Paci0o Nal, .; L~se shore, e. sLG Michigan cenua,