New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-10
Total number Of shares for the week.........


The stock market to-day has been irregular, and
subject to some very adroit manipulations. The
movement mentioned yesterday in Central and Hud
son stock was continued to-day and the price still
further advanced nearly per cent. 1t would now
seem as if the movement had been part Of an or
ganized plan for sharp quick turn upon the
shorts" in Lake Shore, for the buyer of Central
Yesterday was the buyer and "whOOper' of Lake
Shore to-day up to 71i2, at which point the move
ment seemed to threaten disaster until suddenly the
report was circulated that the great Railroad war
had come TO an end by the unconditional sur
render of the Baltimore and Ohio Company
which report caused the price of Lake Shore to
10 advance l per cent more under the scrabble of
the shorts TO get out from under In view of the
facts related in the fore part of this article, IT Is
needless to say that the report was probably with
ont the slightest foundation in fact. Erie and
Wabash were exceptionally weak and sold down III
the face OF the iTmness of the general market, lie
business of the day has been III excess OF the aver
age of the week. having been 171,G00 shares.
Western Union, with sales of IL, 100 shares. pre-
scented no feature bat steadiness opening At 1912 II
sold at 1875 795s u 797s G79 gain of i per cent
from last night. Only 30 shares of Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph were sold at 25l2. Pacific Mail
uctuated only b per cent, with sales Of GOO shares
at IL a 1851 4414G44, no change; Union Pacihc
was dealt in only to the extent of 10000 shares at
76l40 76lsG IA 763o a 67s@7G's, a gain OF Il
per cent 900 shares of Panama sold
at 15441j2l2G155, no change. Kansas
Pacific was Giraffe. Opening at 22l2, 1t
sold at 2Ja243,, and then at ,225lO, decline OF
per cent on sales of 200 shares; 500 shares OF
Atlantic and Pacific preferred sold at l6'sa l6"i@
165 gain of Il per cent, and 300 shares OF racine
of Missouri at 53i,a "a, gain of per cent; 1000
L NJ al- NJ
a98s49. a decline of Is; 7,4OO shares of North
Western sold at 413ia424 1ala 42ls~+2' a gam
Of !. per cent and 500 shares of preferred at %
547s also gain of Il per cent. The ST. Paul stocks
developed much greater activity than OF late, prop
ably owing to the prospect of holly contested cleo
ton: g. 400 shares of the common sold AT 36's03|f
1865. 373sa37ls a gain of % per cent ana Z.Zoo
shares preferred at j6l2 j10 j634 GJ1 with oS2
bid at the close gain of per cent; 4,NOO shares
of Rock Island sold at 1854 u 1055sa 1858, gam
of 81 per cent Wabash, with no special reason other
than that there were sellers than buyers, was
heavy: 6400 shares sold at 1874 1883 IZ's Is
decline of s. per cent Three Thousand shares ONO
and Mississippi sold at 27G27
loss of Il per cent Lake Shore the card Oh the day
was traded in 70 the extent of 300 shares at 7Os
677l5sQ 1913 D72 072ls, gain OF L per cent
In regard TO Erie, its price affected by rumors
which forbear TO repeat until verified and declined
sharply under free sales of long stock the transac
tions having been 47,400 shares at 3O1s@3o's~
29l2Q 29s4 a 29l4 029lo, which marks loss OF q
per cent; g. 900 Central and Hudson at lO6l2 1918
Q1O7ls, shows a gain of 81 per cent; LOCO Del,
Lac. and Western sold at 0l2G 1880 1o's
gain of 1 156 shares of Central of New Jersey sold
in odd lots at 1O9l2a1100109l4; 800 shares OF
Harlem at 1877 is rise of per cent; 2,OOO Cleve.
and Pitts. at 9312Q937s, shows no change; ana
200 shares of Han. and st. Joseph at 24@i Is de-
cline of Il per cent. The market closed mixed anu
without feature. The opening, highest, lowest and
clos;ro nrices of active stocks sold to-day Will
l,o fnnnd in the following table: