The New York herald., 1875-11-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL:
Stocks Barely Firm-The Market Dull, with
Few Signs Of Outside Buyers.
GOLD OPENED AND CLOSED At III "a.
Rag Paper Worth S7.l4-MOney on Call 1-2
and Per Cent-Goyernment and Good
Investment Securities Strong.
WALL STREET.

FRIDAY, Nov. lO-0 r. III.
General Dulness who assumed command Of the stock
exchange 1T the beginning of the week, controlled the
operators to-day with the exception OF Union Pacific
Lake Shore and Michigan Central there has not been
stir enough TO disturb sleeping party Of vcdettcs
Mr. d. Morgan early in the day made his appearance
in Lake Shore with his usual " Here again =
and hipn pped the fancy up half per cent So
This exhibition OF grand and lofty tumbling did not
meet with us customary reward OF coppers, for
the side show OF Michigan Central proved more
attractive to speculators who ran to see its chief
holders get black eye, which duly administered
by scientific one, two, three per cent hammer and
four per cent tumble. Brokers have great faith the
expression 'pooling their earnings" and will almost
always take hundred two" the strength Of it.
without at all understanding the meaning OF the
phrase they have hazy impression that there is
close reference that other pool Of Sloan and that
the financial waters named above will be equally eca
cious in cleansing them Of mpecunosty. There
seemed TO be something wrong about the
"pooling" business Central Michigan to-
day, and If the waters were not troubled
holders Of the stock at higher figures The prop
the pea and the professional all at work to-day in
Union Pacific. The 'fttle joker' passed merry from
thimbo TO thimbe, and Mr. Gould was at the close
two per cent richer Ton paper than the commence
ment OF the market OF course, the Justices of the
Supreme Court had leaked again, and the 'decision
dodge was eagain played with the above results In
Western Union there scarcely ripple of excite
ment Operators touch it gingerly if the spice
might make IL shot i the MOUTH If they touched il
too freely. Beyond the stocks above referred the
market was roT ct preterea nihI a glance quota
tions will show. The following of the fgures-
New York Central and Hudson, which yesterday was
advanced to l06ls TO day retired into the background
with sales OF but 25 shares at 1861. Pacific Mail sold
at 40 39ES 1914 Lake Shore opened at 61%
advanced to els, declined to 61h and
closed at 61k Erie receded from 15az to
14T Tho decline abroad since yesterday
amounts to u OF per Western Union sold at
76k rs 76k 10. Missouri Pacific ended at 12k
after sales at l27s l24 Ohio and Mississippi ranged
between 1Sh and 1S with close at 1Sl. Hannibal
and st. Joseph closed at 23z, after opening "a
the preferred stock sold at 29A a 2Sh. ST. Paul pre-
ferred ended at 351S after opening at 35M Michi
gan Central began at 63, sold down to GA and ended
at o2K. Union Pacific opened at 721s advanced to
74K and closed at "a Delaware and Lackawanna
closed at 10. Northwest common sold at 3sx sSH
the preferred stock ut 524 c. c. and c. was quoted
at 5a4k, Wabash at 6s O. Panama was steadily
held at 12S a 12sk.
amounted to SO, 600 shares which we're distributed
among active securities Erie, 13 600; Lake
Shore 16 40; Cleveland and Pittsburg 100; North.
. western $780, Northwestern preferred, 100: Rock
Island, 800; Pacific Mail, H. 800; St Paul. 4,50o; ST.
Paul preferred 2,400; ohios 1850; Western Union,
IL 900; Wsbash, 700; Union Pacific $500; Panama
COO Missouri Pacific 900.
orENISG, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
Tho following table shows the opening highest and
lowest prices OF the day