The New York herald., 1875-12-16
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular and Fever
iSh---Sales UnSuggeStive.
GOLD ia 3-s AND STEADY.
Honey on Call and s Per Cent-GOVernment
and Investment Securities Unchanged.
W ALL SrRREr,
WEDNESDAY. Dec. l5-6 z. II. I

WEDNESDAY, Dec lo--o r. III. y
There was the usual ''lay our to.day--the green
cloth with the painted cards. the dealing box oursneu
10 look like silver and perfection Of equipment that
would have satisfied tho critical taste OF state sena-
tor. There was little more. rho game was scarcely
worth tho candle so scdulously did the usual stock
xambers decline the Invitation try their luck"
In fact they have been down upon this moral lido
yncrasy for weeks past and IL requires an entertain
ment something more than the usual daily spread TO
either nnocents professionals to take hand
There WAS some swapping OF jackets in Lake Shore
but the exchanges that were made so lacking in
profit that Chatham street sold Clo'n would havc
scorned the transaction.
Union Pacific dropped OF from 10 to a. with sppar-
emily other than that somc holders OF the
stock desired TO reazoa most natural result consid
sring that jay Goulds hand is temporarily on the
brake and that the grade Is downward generally.
To this it may be added that Boston holders are be-
romng uneasy that declared dividend has not i'm
parted more decided flip to the stock and in view
II this fact there Is good deal Of squirming at the
.Hub" with marked inclination on the part of hold
rs get OF their bargain and pass their good
hing to the s'periphery" of New York instead.
There a rally OF per cent from the lowest price,
Jay Gould coming to the at the critical moment
when things began to look blue There was absolutely
nothing worthy OF comment stirring in other stocks
and the whole Board like wilkins Micawber is waiting
for something turn up The outlook for improve
ment quickly to come is poor indeed and harassed
brokers while hoping on with pucky hearts, are learn
ing day by day the bitter truth that 1t is "hope de-
ferred which maketh the heart sick"
The fluctuations in stocks to-day, which have been
generally trhing follows Western Union,
75I rs u 75sS 75I Pacific Mail, 4o1s 4osS 4o3s
Erie, l6a tx 171S; Lake Shore 6l14 6l2I 6l',
n y North.
vest 40 40h 39sl do preferred 56l4 562i sos
81. Paul. 80 35s4 do preferred, GO 65s 60 657s
ohio and Mississippi, II 1917, and Union Pacific 70 a
IA 74J6 IA 751s Tho remainder of the list showed
sither no changes no sales
ADVANCE AND DECLINE
ADVANCE Erie ~; New Jersey Central, u; District
Of Columbia s. G5 bonds, a.
DEcilNE-Atlantc and Pacific Telegraph, Ia; Cen
trai and Hudson, Il Harlem, n ; Lake Shore, Il +;
Northwest u do preferred "a Ohio and Mississippi,
rs; Pacific Mail Is; Rock Island, u St Paul, "a; do
preferred u Toledo, Wabash and Western, u Union
Pacific, 81 Western Union, ss.
STATIONARY. Michigan Central; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Hannibal and st. Joseph; Panama;
Quicksilver; gold.
SALES
amounted 600 shares which distributed among
l3o5o; Northwestern, 1885, do. preferred 400; Rock
Island, 500; Pacific Mall 400 St. Paul, l2o0 do. pre-
ferred $50; Ohio, 700; Western Union, $3.50; Wabash
100; Union Pacific, $500
OPENING HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the opening, highest and
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