New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-17
THIRD cAU-2'9 o'cLoCS
WEDNESDAY,. July l6-P. n.

,r,,o receipts Of all grains at NeN-ioiN "' -
-, ,vbicb ended yesterday make a rneaeIe sno"'
having been only 1.37s769 bushels Aeains. 80
hao'ue received az Baltimore and 2,1ll,6OS
Irsbels received at the three ports oil baltimore
.,',nlo,,b,a and Boston. Bat it should be
sto,ed that the reason for the sinai Io0oip'o d.
-, was n break in the canal, so tnat
-. +broe DAYS of the week the canals made no
s,.--ri.e and for the whole week only 26o'6|O
-, ogainst l. 1913 1913 bushels for the CORE
-, seven DAYS of last year. The receipts III
lts;, NV r,i were nearly three times as great as
- limits nv rail during the same week IN 1875,
Saving been 1,ll3,O99 bushels. agalhst ffO'4II
hshaIs The total receipts at NeW-1otk since
Tsnuarv / 1870 are 26OO,OOO Dusnels less lhah me
1S.s for Inc same time IN 1873, while the receipts
fbree ports OF Baltimore, Philadelphia ana Dos
- ars rms year l. 6OO.OOO bJsnels greater imam
~ v,ere last wear At Buffalo the receipts by lake
IT, obout 90 900 bushels less than the receipts
If the preceding week, while the ralroads ea.ne4
I "a 600 bushels; bat compared Win the same wee
iast year the lake delivered 4OOVOO OuShei5 hoio'
L -oss ~. railroads 81. 900 bushels MORE buJ the
canal took a larger proportion or the shlplhenLs
STom Buffalo than 1t has done tor any preceding "eeA
fbis wear the shipments having Oeen 80, .dO
Insbes Inv canal and 1,037.364 bushels Dy tne
railroads At the lake ports OF ChlcagO anu MI
Yankee the receipts show c0nslueraoie uVOLino
from the Immediately preceding Weeks OF WIS ca
80 49, . decline from the corresponding week Oi
1875 but the shipments eastward continue heaNy
and much larger than they were at the same 'Aino
Tb sneculation at the Stock Exchange to-day de-
veoped a strong tone, which TO greater OF les gA
tent pervaded nearly the entre nse vi eooI rs 40,
although the business done was l1VVo sna 90 n09
than that of Yesterday, amounting TO only 129'VVo
shares The Wisconsin stocks continued TO ue tno
chief features of the market, the prices IoI no
common shares of which were rapidly auNanceu t III
Tuediately after the opening OF business anu a.'oi
some immateTial fluctuations, cioseu 'he OTSs -
the day. Northwest at 6J's. ana 81 duI az 81 rs 2,
being an adva1 ce of IL per cent lot each. Ine
transactions III the two stocks were very neattlSS
alike being 2S,300 shares tor one ana -f'fOV
shares for tbe other The preferred stocks were less
active; Northwest advancing only u per cent
aud ST. PAU IS per cont. each losing aPoub one
half of the advance IN maj sales ILeIe Wa ~
n sudden and unexpected movement lu the STOCKS
nj Hannibal and 81. Joseph, the common rising
from Isl. TO pos G20l2. aud the preferred rom
375s 10 As The transactions IN the latter amounting
10 Il 500 shares. This movement was due 10 the
edvantage "a ken of a report that the Hannibal and
St. Joseph Company has Informed the ~. LOUIS,
Kansas City and Northern. Company that u VIII
not be permitted TO use the Hannibal ana
81 Josepn Company's bridge at Kansas City
after August Is. To this report rather
forced interpretation was gwen, 10 the ,. eaeIi
that the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Company WouId
be benefited by the movement ana because Oh IN Is
Interpretation there was scramble 1y the
hears TO cover tBeir " shorts" PRESENT
odv1ces indicate that the notice of the Hann-
bal and ST. Joseph Company viii not prevent tne
S. Louis, Kansas CITY and Northern Company from
continuance Of the enOy Of ITS privileges upon
the bridge. AT all events the ann0uneemeht t05eay
had no effect upon the stocks OF the CT LOUIS Nan
sas City and NOrtheTn-the common, atter an au-
vance TO 10 closing at Il. the same as last night
aud the preferred stock. after an advance OF Is
per cent TO 477s. closing az 47l2; ana the STOCK OF
Wabash (which company, IN INSISTING upon making
its own rates, and managing It's own business, -
the alleged cause of the troubled recovered 2 pei
cent from yesterdays prlce, ana hnaIy eIoseu WIN
a gain of 4 pei cent, - 4. h.,
The Michigan stocks also were strong to-day
Lake Shore rising to 70 and Michigan Central TO
FS6s-paius OF g and lis per cent respectively.
louisville and Nashville was g per cent hlgher
with sales at SO, aud Manhattan recovered 10 Al \
OF the investment shares Rock Island was . per
cent higher, Burlington and Quincy ana Illinois
Central each d and Cleveland and PlttsDurg q
Der cent. Erie was dull, but IN hnal sales
Established an advance of y per cent. the preferred
stock rising q per cent The business IN the cOal
stocks was hght but Delaware and Hudson gained
Is Central OF New-JeTsey =, and Delaware, Lacka-
wana and Western IS per cent Morris and Essex
yielding L per cent. The telegraph stocks contln-
ned feversh Western Union selling L per cent lower
than il did Yesterday, but finally closing with gain
of b per cent; and American District Iele
graph after declining to ssh, recovered TO 90.
Concerning Pacific Mall, there were some
rumOrS current IN the morning that caused II TO
sell at e. but final sales at l4os, and the
total transactions amounted to only 300 shares.
which shows that the rumOrs mentioned failed To
excite any interest IN the stock
In the bullion mining stocks there was some little
recovery Tor that class the prices of which are
quoted by cents, while the others were dull ana
barely steady.
The general market closed excited and strong.
RASGK OF THR STOCK MARKET.
as reported b the cold and stock IsLs5raph Company