, 1879-02-02

Corrcspo nding week
last year. .--.s.....:. is, oe2, ee5 1,s35, o6a
A quarterly dividend OF So per share from
net earnings has been declared by Pul]man's
Palace-Car Company, payable On and after Feb.
Is, to stockholders OF record at close Of busi-
Eess Feb. !.
Stocks were dull and weak, The closing
prices were at or near the lowest figures Of the
day. Dealings were restricted, and the fcyerish
animation OF the preceding days yielded to q
natural luliness.
The Inequality in the prices OF investment
stocks is worth attention. New York, New
Haven &, Hartford is 10 per cent stock,
and sells at 1G0. . Harlem {warrantcd
BY the New York Central g. Audson) earns
IL Der cent annually and sells at 147@l5o. Bur-
1ineton q Quincy, which pays per cent at 100,
sells ut 1171|. New York Central pays7 per
cent at l00 aud sells now at 115@116- Rock
lsland is understood to be earning 16 per cent
and dividing 10 Der cent, and sells for only 136
t9127. >.
The opening, highest, lowest, and closing prices
OF stocks for the day arc given below.
New York Central declined from the close OF
Friday from 11G21 to l15ss<, Michigan Central
from Ss}{ to 6s5S6, Lake Shore from TX to =,
Northwest common from 6o1a to SO, the pre-
ferred from SIS to SAX, the st. Paul common
from 426 to 4O3s, the preferred from S3 to 82166,
Rock Island from 121]5 to 12G35,Alton from
s6N 10 SC, Eric IRON Is to 25111, Wabash from q
to :271, Ohio s. Mississippi from 10 to 81, c.,
C., {. d 1. from Is to Az c., c. s. L c., 5s6 to
51, st. Joe preferred 3Ss< to 3s11<, Delaware d
Hudson ~ to 4l3S, Lackawanna 5119 to 51143,
Jersey Central, 1871 to 42T, Western Union
101M to 1o1H.
There WAS an advance in Illinois Central from
S7s@ to s77s, in Union Pacific from 65 to 81, in
Canada Southern from ssh to 56L, in Kansas
& Texas from 61f to 64, aud in Kansas City g.
Northern from to SA.
In railroad bonds, in New York on Thursday,
prices, with few exceptions, wcrc again higher
New Jersey Central adjustment advanced TO
9lA; do consolidated frsts, assented, to SIX;
do concertibles, assepted, to S14; Lehigh s.
Wilkesoarre consolidated, assented, to 45A; St.
Paul consolidated sinking funds to 1857; Chi
cage. Burlington & Quincy SIS to Ill; St.
Paul hrsts to- 125A; Pacific & Mis-
souri, tEsts to 10S>z; Denver q Rio
Graude frsts to 9216;' hannibal & St.
Joseph convertibles to 107]z; Canada Southern
6rsts to 18s<; Ohio e. Mississippi seconds to S.;
Union Pacific land-grants to u11z; Alton s.
Tcrrf Haute incomes to A; Great Western
firsts, ex-coupon, to 1895; Missouri, Kansas &
ie1as 1, sonso1lua.eo sssenteo 10 oiS' al'emsan
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4r1 has ,herc been so So ereat an amount Of acenmn-
laed capital ut tins Centre SEEKING investment as
today; cal leans zrs and s per cert on stocks
1nsns are made AZ : ner cent on stoera @ Ind at1
and . per cent on Government bonds. f11me mcr-
camille paper is discounted At saeks pss CENT &C,
Scw NY Yors banka at rate which Is any,nin. but
to the abilities OF is The
deposits m o. tss 1o n oan o. ahaa 81 aaow