New-York tribune., 1879-12-10
" y INNING srooK ExCHA yGg SALES
THIRD CALL-2:30 p. ".

| TUESDAY, Dec. 9-P NJ
| The stock market to-day after a momentary
weakness at the opening, presented the same gem
cral features rs il presented yesterday. with per-
haps more confident feeling concerning tue per-
mauence of the rise of the last few days, which
grows ont of the fact that the is day older
to-day than it was yesterday. The favorites con@
tinue to be the coal shares and Erie, and about the
coal stocks some extravagant talk and predic-
| tions were indulged in. New-Jersey Central
| opened o. per cent lower at SlJ4, and Dela-
ware, Lackawanna and Western a at S47s
but there was an almost immediate recovery to last
nights figures, followed by an advance 10 S4os for
| New-Jersev Central, to S634 for Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, for Delaware and Hudson
| from 77l2 TO 1884, and Reading from 70i2 10 71si.
From these extreme prices the final sales show re-
actions of from a to o per cent Erie only declined g
to 4Ols at the opening after which it 10 AZ and
closed at ITS best figures. The grangers were again
higher, with only moderate amount OF business.
except in st. Paul, which scored transactions or
1880 shares Lake Shore and Michigan
Central were dull but firm; Michigan Cen
tral rising from 94l4 to 957s. The Southwest
list generally was steady Mt small advances. The
shares of the st. LOUIS and San Francisco Company
at one time were from as TO IL per cent higher than
last evening but in final sales lost the advance, and
in the case of the preferred stock lost 7 per cent
more Chicago and Rock Island. Chicago. Bur
Iington and Quincy and the Investment shares
generally, were dull but firm.
Western Union at the opening recovered to
1O9lo but afterward sold at 107l2d lOsss, and At
lantic and Pacific, after rising per cent to 4ssf
again fell to 473i- The dividend of per cent de-
clared to-day by the Atlantic and Pacific Company,
although it is a per cent more than the usual quar-
terly dividend disappointment TO SPECTATORS.
.s.I q fno
stocks. Adams and Wells Fargo d Co. were lower.
Pacific Mail suddenly became speculative favo-
rite and rose from 81 to 34l2 with sales of the
stock amounting to 26. 245 shares. This movement
was somewhat stimulated by the circulation, by
Kieman's Wall Street News Bureau. ofthe following:
"San Francisco, January 9.-S. s. Toxic arrived
here yesterday from Yokohama. The proportion OF
the ships gross freight for the voyage is 1900
leaving a net profit OF sO.OO0.7 cynical stock
operator, upon reading the dispatch, quietly asked,
tWbo is selling the stock nowp
The final changes from yesterdays last prices arc
as follows Advanccs-C., c. and l. c., Central and
Hudson and Wabash each ls; Northwest preferred,
Hannibal and st. Joseph, Morris and Essex, North
ern Pacific, st. Louis and San Francisco, and Amer
lean Express, each d; c.. c.. c. and l., and Lake
Shore, each b ; Canada Southern and Northern Pa
cifc preferred each L.; Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
os; Northwest Iron Mountain. Wabash preferred. and
American District Telegraph, each 4 Ind, Gin.
and LAFAYETTE, 7s; Rock Island, ~; Paul. and
ferred and Delaware and Hudson. each ll4 Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western aud Erie. each
13s; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Man.
haitian Elevated. and Erie preferred. each li2:
Michigan Central and New-Jerscy Central. eacn
los; Alton and Tere Haute, 7s 4; and Pacific Mail.
33s per cent. Declmeslnos Central ana Louis
VILE aud Nashville, each i; Western Union aud
Canton. each l.; 1t. Louis and San Francisco pre-
ferred 7s Adams, and Wells, Fargo Co. Expresses,
each Indianapolis. Bloomington and Western and
Kansas Pacific, eacn per cent.
The market closed excited and strong.
NANCE VI rnE STOCK MAsNkT.
LsrepoYfSd by ths Gold aud Stock 1steJrrDh ccmDanK