The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-29
The Stock Market Very Dull and With
out Any Feature Of Interest.
GOLD 1O1 SO A 1O1 "a.
Government Bonds Steady, States Dull and
Railroads Irregular.
WALL STREET,
MONDAY, Jan. 2S-6 +. N.

WALL STREET,
MONDAY, Jan. 2S-6P. N.
As In comparison with many week back, We have
reached the OF duIness IN to-day's Stock Ex-
change business. 1t literally jour ma~e so far
as commission orders went, and tho pad-shoving
feshpots babe fair TO be meagrsly supplied than
.ver Tho capitalist operators who have Land up an hon.
penny two against rainy gay wore themselves
better of in respect to adding to their store and
stood with tncr hands in their pockets I'm default oil
finding other peoples pockets to put them in) while
they contemplated the situation without knowing
how to act vcnturing to do Recent occurrences
at home and abroad have knocked speculation LOT the
time being into financial cccked hat The uncer-
tanty as 10 whether peace to prevail In Eu
rope has rendered doubtful the future disposition OF
our products and the equal uncertainty what map
grow OF the railroad sud limited dealings in
railroad shares. SO the great gamblers, their small
initators aud the diaphanous pubc-which, SO far
speculation goes. has more substance than a
ghost-are suspended in their opinions as 10 an ap-
proximate fall eifectually was Mohammedi
ccfnn between earths aud heaven. There was mol
diversity of sentiment enough to-day to bridge the
market more than cent either one way or the
other. In iacs, Lake Shore, which absorbed moety
at least Of the days transactions was crcumscribed
by the limits of half point and the rest OF the list
was even less active. Some little ATTENDED deal
ings in Delaware and Lackawanna before midday,
takng the shape OF demard for cash stock and
strengthening the price tor time. II stated that
stock loans had been called In, which forced
the bears to purchase cash shares Tor do
livory but even II this the impres.
u transient one, and the stock quickly tell
back iato entire apathy. Tho granger shares might
as well have been Off the list It, and the miscc
laneous properties little In demand as suba'
queous out of town lots The Gold Room people had,
OF the advance in the premium from 1Ol y "a
1919. There less confidence that the Presidents
veto will be sufficient 10 give quetus TO the Silver
BILL and gold has started upon It's psr cent journey
upward be followed later by corresponding inda.
ton all OF property, real and personal
with, probably, the exception OF government bonds,
which wo propose more cheaply to acquire through
tho thief process OF cheating the holders thereof
OPENING
Tho opening prices OF stocks at the Board to-day
werc:-New York Central. 1051; Erie, OK; Lake
Shore, 6lX; Wabash, 1917; Northwestern, 361a;
do. preferred. 62X; Fort Wayne, 90; Miiwau.
kee and St. Paul, $50; do. preferred, 69H
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, sos; New
Jersey Central 1917; Delaware and Hudson
Canal, 40; Morris Essex, TAX; Michigan Gen.
trail COZ; Illinois central. 7416; Union Pacific, 6s%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. 1854; Chicago and
Alton, 7slk c., c. and l. c.. 8; Hannibal and St
Joseph, ll5s; do. preferred, PAN; Western Union
711l; Pacific Mail, 23M.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS..
The closing quotations a. three r N. were as fol-