New-York tribune., 1879-12-06
N. T. MINING SroCK ExCHAgGB SALES
THIRD cALL-2.30 p. NJ
FRIDAY. Dec. 5-P. NJ.

FRIDAY. Dec. 5-P. n.
The stock market to-day. as compared with that
Of prece Ling days and weeks was almost painfully
dnil The transactions amounted cnly to 100000
shares. and with few exceptions the fluctuations
were unimporfant. At the opening Of business there
seemed to be a more confident tone. and prices gen.
orally showed a small improvement over the last
figures Of Yesterday. But the disposition on the
part of the smaller operators toward advance not
being supported by the great dealers. who
for the time seem to leave the market 70 its own
vohtion, q decline followed. which. although
immatclal as to its extent. was significant ihe
coal stocks opened from l. to q per cent above
last nighss prices. and for short time were livey
but afterward the dealings became dnll. ana eN-
cepting New-Jersey Central the last figures show
declines from those of yesterday New-Jersey Cen
tral however. after an advance Of Ii per cent TO
76. closed at 75is. Erie-an exception TO the gen
eral narket-opened - DER cent lower at 3614- and
later sold at 39osa39QS9l4. Hopeful persons re-
gard the late statement of the company
a. favorable to the prospect that 1T will
he able 20 meet ITS first charges Of the
current year. But 10 do this the net earnings
Of this year must be S625. 900 greater than they
were last year Lake Shore and Michigan Central
were dull but the former stock at tim was l.
per cent higher than yesterday closing price.
The grargers were higher. excepting st. Paul pre-
ferred. and at the close maintained a portion Of
their advances. Lake Erie and Western and Ind.
Bloomington and Western were in better re-
ouest aud improved their figures from to IL per
cent Among the South western shares, those OF 81
Louis and san Francisco. after small advance in
the morning. were weak. but recovered about one
half of their extreme declines. which range from
10 per cent Missouri Kansas and Texas advances
/ per cent, later declining 1Ss and hnaiIv
rallying 0s per cent. During the last lew uays
IndlanapOliS Cincinnati and lafayette has declined
from about q TO without attracting anv attention
except from those particularly, interested 10 the
stock When the stock selling at u. ana be-
fore II rose 10 1917 TIE TRIBUNE called atten-
ton to the terms of the truction scheme and
to the position in which the scheme placed holders
of the stock. The miscellaneous stocks were dull
and the trading in them was without feature;
Western Union sold at 1O4 ia 100 ga lJ'' anu
Pacific Mah N 3O144 SO$4d 504.
The final changes from the last prices oi
Yesterday are as follows: DeclInes-Mlchl-
Kan Central. Mobile and Ohio. and Wabash
Southern Hannibal and st. joseph. Morris and Is
sex. Ohio and Mississippi and Pacific Mail each
fayette Northern Pacific preferred, and Western
Union, each Ss Delaware. Lackawanna anu West
ern Nashye CharaneogS s ana 81 L0ss bs as
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph. each L; Iron
Mountain, -: c.. c. and ]. c., 3 Manhattan Ele-
Vated u: Ouicks preferred, l; s. Lonis and san
Francisco first preferred a ST. Paul pre- erred. and
Hannibal and 1t. Joseph preferred. each 1os; and
ST. Lonis aud San Francisco preferred ! "a and COM
Lake Shore. and OHIO and NJ lssssippi nreteirei
each Is Missouri, Kansas and lexaS and Northern
Pacific, each 4 Erie. 3s Cleveland and fittsbu e.
ST. Paul and Louisville ana Nashville, each = !;
New-Jersey Central and Union Pacific, each d !;
Quicksilver. Indianapolis, Bloomington ana
Lake Erie and Western, Ia per cent;
short time before the hour of closing the mar
ket was weak but IN the final dealings there vas
rally of ls1 9s per cent
HAk0K VI STOCK uAEKRr.
Asrepo5fsa sy the Gold and S''es TsisdTusA c'msans