New-York tribune., 1876-12-22

,.Aona ~ PHILADELPHIA 3 largest firms TO deliver
ccnAO' oDts from Chicago instead Of the compact
- o. cents TO philadelphia. Il proper TO remark
- ~ nature Of the 1rmb business, that large pro
80 of fts receipts will find their way on ooaio ior
po.sei We also hear-but not so wen authentcated
ssu .. rates have been made many cents below the
-sDIs - On West-bouna freixhts from This city.
,cI market to-day treated to diversion by
IL. rise in the coal railway shares. The fact that
. oai sale to-day OF the Delaware, Laokawanna
ta osern Company resulted in prices higher than its
.Ohsr SALE 80 "a to make difference on the 10000
Ia NJ about 5000. made the prctext for ad
the market price Of the capital stock half
nso of dollars that is, from 7oto ~ per cent. Cen
:, Jersey at the same time rose from 34is to
- ,aie Delaware and Hudson sold only In small
7olsa7Ola. Later there was reaction, Della
" = Yackawauua and Western declining to 71l4 and
tal of New-Jersey 10 351s It seems that with the
val Of the breaking Of Lease story, there was in
-..oaration startling movement In Michigan Cen
- ~ certificates were to be scarce, and the price
b1a [ oa,rad up until the bears" would cry for the
80 Heuce to-day IN the face Of otherwise stupid
h.ovv market for the railways this stock advanced
q. A67s 20 47@, van transactions sggregating TO
yav the same amount of yesterdays but as the story
- there ives want OF fair dealing on the part OF some
- r two Of the parties in interest so that the load OF
- stock at the close Of delivery hour was becoming
.rvenjenty heavy, and the price quickly yielded to
~ rear the close, when 1t sold at 59A059ss
-hs 81 Paul movement received q check from
- unknown source, the common declining to 1888 and
~ nrsierred to Is after having sold at 20 and %
ss,ss,iyely Northwestern common wRs duh, selling
sa but the preferred after sales Of 200shares at 56
Us offered at 561e Erie was active at 9997s99%,
he Central and Hudson pressed for sale down TO
7osasaIO3lo Illinois Central, which two days since
yaned to 70 on assurances Of dividend dropped to
s5ls ON the announcement that the dividend declared
,us but per cent. Rock Island first strong at l02
aad then weak at 1914 Western Union rose from lie
10 72ss and closed at T2ls. Reports nom inside OF
his company indicate, that the business OF the
last six weeks Of the current quarter Ia likely
= fall considerably short Of the estimate" )"
me nonappearanee of the expected Pacific Mail state
ent affected the stock unfavorably, and its price de;
clned IRON 25l2 to 242 Tie market closed btaVy ana
unsettled with the last prices comparing vita those o
Yesterday as follows: Decli8es-NOrth-He western abg
Wabash, each II; Lake Shore Si Ctldra ana
HndsCn Missouri Pacific and Ohio and MIS-
eissippi each 10; NorthernNesterp preferred, ~.
Panl, q; u. s. Express, Peeilic NAL MAJ ,I ana st.
Paul preferred each Is, and Illinois CentIsi SAs ao
iebigan Central and Western Union each g
TJayare and Hudson and ADAMS Express, each Il
hannibal and ST. Joseph and Rock Island IS Ere 2
Hannibal and 81 joseph preferred, 81 Delaware Iaet-
wanna ana Western 7s and Central of New-Jersry rs
ner cent The following table shows the
RANGE OF THE STOCK MARKET: