The sun., 1878-04-23
FINANCIAL 4ND COuuERCTAL

MONDAY, April 22-P M-Thc sudden
death of Mr.. Oron. the highly respected Prcsi-
dent Of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
east gloom over Stock Exchange circles. aud
caused IL restricted speculation with a heavy
tone charatcrzing the dealings in the Leading
shares up TO midday Lake Shore led the spec
uative list and declined from GG'. to G5 D. be-
fore the first call. but from this point it gr;,du-
ally advanced to &C. buyer 3. although yielding
in the final transactions to 66'4 seller 3. ST.
Paul common was also active hut maintained "A
steady 10 strong tono ut 90 ni9'sm 81 near the
close sos md the preferred. after Welding
from "a to 73A. closed firm NJ 74l, Northwest
ern common Hlso before III" first board. dropped
from 52' 10 81 .. hut hecame strong in the late
transactions at 30 2'.@52A while the preferred
throughout the day maintained good degren
Of strength at m advance from 1874 To "A a, with
final sales nj 74a.
cont. from s2's 10 SIN was checked at the carly
call, and from this, point this stock assumed
strong tone nj rally to 80. and closing at S24.
IN" volnme OF business. however, was light.
Delaware, LackawannH aud Western command
cd eli@nii9n n ne morning specuaton at 5d
lral At 7OtG7l '.@7O's@7l: Wabash ii is 4a
TO-, buyer s. s. Union PPao'i6c a, 7oS%7oS.
seller 2. @7O's and Delaware and Hudson Al
55a55's but the changes IN the other shares
There were no specially prominent features
presented, ana aside from n better feeling in
the afternoon, nothing Ol importance transptrrd.
The total number of shares dealt m was H.
S9i, of which Lake Shore represented 59.9l5;
81. Paul, ls.AOO; do. preferred. 1850: North
western 1880; do preferred. $500 Delaware
Iackawannn and Western. 1900: Erie 3 l5u :
Michigan Central. | .O37 Ohios 1000; Wabash
1900: Rock Island. $50; Union Pacif', SOO +:
New York Central, 47O New Jersey Contral
$40 Delaware and Hudson Canal 400; Pacific
Mail. 800; Ontario Silver. 800: st. L.. X. G. aud
y, 300; do. preferred. 400; Hannibal and 81.
Joseph, 200 do. preferred. 100; Kansas Pacific
200; Clrv'land and Pittsburgh, 2l7: Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph. 300; g., &. aud l. C.. l5n :
g., C., C.and l., lO0; United States Express, ld3
American Express. no. and Illinois Central, g.
The gold market ruled firm at 1905, h'ciluse
Of anticipated shipments Of spc-'ia on Wednes-
day, and some OF the foreign bankers were roe
ogni2ed as purchasers.
In loans the rates paid for having balances carried
were a, H' :. 4. and "a q cent
The total crnrinv- ~ the G0i Department ~ 'hc stock
Exchange were ti.l7iUp. gud balances 81 istI t3ii
ami rurtnry balances, - 7pi A1 rr sub Treasury
rwecm'd sl"u ~ called hmd and paid ont IN com
interest On the public debt SlitHn
lhr imports nt secie at ts rurt during the past week
anuuntrd u $50 S3, Of WnlVll AAi1+tI ~ sihrr
bars Tue butannr, which arnNed yesterday, brought
Tho earnings ri tIr Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
fnr che srVunl week in April showed an mCrsHSi VI
dN No. as compared with the CORES spending period N
last wear.
rhr produce receipts at Chicago to day amounted to
2S 27l usos against ~ IS Mt the CORE sponllng
date IN 1871 i2l,ODin lSb and 22o, 200 IN 1873
The receipt. produce at Milwaukee to-day looted mp
1880 bushels a. eonnircd with ao,iiO in iH77, 405
IN ls1U and ~. l.n IN 1873.
In the New YORK. Mining stock Exchanse Dahlonega
the Conspicuous feature at 2OsA seer 3 ee27 buyer
10 ss1des2T lhyor ~, and LACROSSE Was also active AZ
+1G sdGSi2tai -. mayer ~. Gtl9t2 PlunAS continued
very uons at4 buyer @Ri2O buyer 80 SSAOo, buyer