The New York herald., 1875-12-23


who have suffered for "opposte opinions sake"
refrain from expressing IL. We simply intimate to
those who have followed and have been benefited by our
suggestions that In the approaching Christmastde, at
feast tithe OF their gains should be devoted
olent ends and thus prove the poet when he
mo sings,
Alasl for the rarity
Ot Christian charity
Under the
Lake Shore was still the top sawyer in the Board
room oday, the extreme prices being 59lz and So
with closing quotation about midway between the
..wo At the very commencement the contendIng par
ties 'et slip the dogs OF war;" but the light OF
canine contest the result satisfactory to the bulls
Bears called "Havoc,n the name OF their favorite
hound, who responded with will while the kennel OF
their opponents turned out but NANCY cur without
bite in him, but strong inclination reabsorb the
"dt0ectd mem6r1n Of an elected previous meal How
ever there life in the old dog yet and the contest
was carried during the day with varying success
matters winding up at the close somewhat favor OF
the dsbelevers but with decided result either way
bold offer for II, 900 shares OF Lake Shore at 5Sk
made by prominent broker but looked upon
as a trap to catch sunbeams of which article there
happened to be none the at the time, SO the
bidder was all at sea, he often is in summer.
The absence OF Jay Gould from the market is very
conspicuous, from the iethargy which marks his ia
vorites The perambulatng lavatory being slowed
away for the present, and the little joker without
OPERATOR in the absence Of the professor the sick
us neither Pacific Mail nor Union Pacific is much OF
an attraction to the 0obemouches Of the Stock Ex-
change As recently wrote, Pacific Mail will be
held where IL is thereabouts until existing puts
become due, after which there will probably be new
departure and deal all around Union Pacific
dead cock in the pit some 800 400 shares being
lhe extent or the transactions This apathy fully
Mr.. Gould and how artificial the market really is when
transactions numbered by thousands of shares
The present strngency OF money would deter the
enthusiastic of buyers margin from touching the
stock, from the sheer iinpossibility OF borrowing
money on IL as a collateral Yet Union Pacific sells
r. pays eight per cent dividends only suffers
the evil eye of the money lender
Part of the decline on railroad stocks to-day was
due TO the cutting down process Western
bound freight the great trunk lines, but
the effect Of this is apparent
than real 1t is probable that increase of traffic
nnder the schedule of prices will about make up
Sor the decnaton in previous rates, that tho
ganies' monthly statements viii not show material
tGcrencc in the extra cost OF running expenses
nseparable from an increased service
About the only stock on the list which improved In
price Michigan Central, closing il did, fair
me per aSove opening prices Possibly the leak
tas been found, all hands have been sent to the
pumpa
Western Union became very weak kneed toward the
close Of business, though poles and wires and
holes IN the ground might not be the most OF
Investments after all though eight per per
annum paid dividends and said to be earned
eALKs TODAY
The transactions the Stock Exchange to-day
aggregated l6l 900 shares distributed foows:-New
York Central and Hudson, 700; Erie, 1o,6o0; Lake
Shore se,497; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 151; North
western, 45oo; DO preferred, 6Oo Rock Island 200;
Pacific Mail Is 1907 St Paul. 8, ,1oo do preferred 600;
Ohio $780, Western Union 90 ss5 Wabash, $50 Union
Pacific 400; Michigan Central 3,91o
OPENING, HIGHEST PRICES
The following table shows the opening highest and I