The New York herald., 1876-12-29
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Speculation Still Halt
ing-Prices Irregular.
GOLD 1O7 1-s A 10Y.
Money on Call 7a4a Per Cent-Goyern.
ment and Railway Bonds a
Shade Easier.
WALL STREET,


THURSDAY, Dec. 2S-6 p. NJ
Stock operators to be agreed that the cream
has been pretty well skinned or the market, ior this
year At least and they show little disposition to
hnue even the milking process which has stood for
business during the last few weeks Trade, which is
only kept going by constant proddng Is in the absence
Of prime SPECTATORS lett to take care Of itself, or
moves only in sluggish way under the manipulation
OF two penny ha' penny operators Consequently
transactions few, fluctuations trivial and stock
weak. To-day has been exception, and business
has run as low as the Crolon in summer, pacram-
las purse In the holidays The usual orn!ng lift
given to Lake Snorc which carried 1t up to 5SS tho
intention to bc each morning 10 elevate the
market to such point as will gve It. good send-oT
the downward track when the time comes, somc-
what expert swimmer chooses eievaton from
which to make successful plunge.
Thcre was no plunge away, however, but quiet
lroppng away OF quotations from the best figures into
!he waters OF stagnation and neglect. There
more OF these about the market than OF
positive ceblcness the general scope OF fluctuations
was bounded by limits of "a TO per cent, and even
these confined to few OF the active stocks
Lake Shore, which had given general encouragement
early in the day, found a need Of help, in
alling, as 1t did, to 57 but no help came and
quenty no improvement OF price at the Close AT one
time Illinois Central advanced to 81 under the covering
OF few shorts from Twenty-hrd street. but the i'm
provement ceased with tho demand and half OF the
gain was lost.
In the afternoon there was repetition of the skull
and crossb bones gambler, in which Mr.. vandcrbilts
critical condition was made pretencc for sales OF
Lake Shore, and Central and HUDSON though little e-
iect was produced and occasionod
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
report thcir net earnings for six months ending
November 80 equal to IS upon the preferred Stock
put OF which the two and half per cent dividend
ntey declared will be paid Although the statement
s somewhat better than was expected, the stock
manned unaffected In price.
Some little activity manifested in Marlposa
Mining Company shares at slight ADVANCE under
favorable reports from the mines this property being
considered, by the older members Of tho Board at
cas about safe to touch spitz dog in August,
ls not likely to win many admirers just at present
Money was to bo had, for gold and stock carrying
purposes as low nve per cent and high seven,
coin, the former rate being the closing one.
AS whole the market utterly lcatureless. the
only sign OF excitement being observable when the
price OF gold fell and offered 107, under sales
by the Osborne contingent.
THE SALES TO-DAY.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day ag-
gregatcd 5S, $50 shares:-New York Central and Hud-
son. 1850: Erie, 500; Lake Shore, 90 700: North
western 1,sOO; Rock Island g. 000 Pacific Mail, 200;
st. Paul. 200; ST. Paul preferred, 1900; ohios 600;
Western Union, 1900; Wabash, 100; Union Pacific,
800; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. . 300; New
Jersey Central 1860; Michigan Central, $3.50; ILL.,
nos Central, $500.
OPENING HIGHEST LOWEST PRICES.
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