New-York tribune., 1880-03-10
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TrrspAY. march Or. NJ


Tho hrs,,css done in stocks to-day-325.Z30
sIor,s-,yas about 80 O00 shares les, than the bust
mess of Yesterday, and the market exhibited great
f.,.rfi shines, from the opening 10 the close. The
n rts 10 sustain price. never were moro apparent
than they were to-day, and yet the final changes are
very evenly balanced. Among the stocks showing
iuportant advances are Houston and Texas which
after rising from S7l2 to oll2 closed at
90. St. Louis and san Francisco first pre-
ferred. which rose from Sllo to o3l2; and
the OHIO and Mississippi stocks, the common rising
from f0li To l1al0I1L, and the preferred from as
20 7Sa 1Glo. 1ae latest gossip concerning these
stocks TO the effect that tie recent purchases have
been made in the interest of an Atlantic and Great
Western connection Is even more absurd than was
the now-cxpiotcd story that tho Louisville and
Nashville Company Was the purchaser. The actual
oupafen. debt Of the company on bcr 81,
1879. WAS about 100000 greater than II was
on November Il, 1876, when 1t went into
the hands of the receiver Bat probably
there should be added TO this amount of
increase nj least S250.0O0 TOR December pay-ros,
etc. making the total increase about 800 600. Yet
the stocks Of the company are selling 30 ana go per
cent higher than they were on November |, 1876,
bon President Torrance issued his extraordinarily
favorable report of tho condition Of the company.
+, tho meantime the railroad has been run in the in
tcreat of the Baltimore and Ohio Company. an
nrcbabIy will continue to be so operated for an in
definite period unless the stockholders put
their hands IN their pockets and pay
OF something like So 100000 of accumulated in
debtedness.
The coal stocks to-day were made feature IN the
dealings and their prices were sharply advanced.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rose from 03a5
70 oll. Delaware and Hudson from S3 TO 81, and
frn, Sgln IN SO5l n SOL, Among
thc trunk line shares Michigan Central was excep-
tionally strong rising from 03's to 949id9il2
,vnile Lake Shore sold between 110ls and lOO9l,
p,,. between 47lt and 467s, and Canada
Soutlern declined from GS3i to 67'sa67 L.
The granger stocks wore both higher and
loyvcr thnn Yesterdays closing figures, Closing with
unimnortant changes. Missouri, Kansas and Texas
,yos fairly active with early advance, followed
hv q decline which left tho stock at The end irac-
tion below yesterdays last ngures. Tho Hannibal
and St Joseph stocks Wcrc little lower while the
Wabashes show small gains Tho Northern Paciiics
nm a small business. lost nearly all OF yes
terday's gains. Persons protesting to be
,ccu Informed rs to Congressional proceed
mos say that tho Committee on Rairoads
Iii rruoTt adversely to extension OF timc Tor
-. Construction OF the Northern PaClhc Road and
thot couscgueutly the companys land grants Will
not be renewed There was less demand tor
gt
,-,,,r and Evansville ST. Paul and Sioux Clty, etc,
we're a shade lower. Among The telegraph stocks
Htiontic aud Pacific mado siarp up-
wafd movement from ~ TO ol, followed
%v later safes at 47a i7ai Western Union
improved only L per cent, Aiter WhIch IL decIihed
| / pcr cent and cloScd at 1I2'2 American DistrSt
| 'r,lr0raph rising from 73l3 To 1ol207ols. Paclhc
Mil oneued strong and rose to COOS. after winch II
Jccinrd To JS roeo to 90 again, and closed at %.
Thc coutiuucd sales o the stock 10y tho persons WHO
| ,ncentlv manipulatcd the advance begin to teach
nntaiders that the monthly stipend guaranteed by
sfocks wcro strong, with little or no stock Offering.
| Tho market closed excited, with rally from the
decline made after . O'Clock.
Tho final changes from the closing prices yester-
dav nre rs follows: Adyaucc>-Chicago, -. Panl
""1 Minneapolis Mobile and Ohio. w-NOrk, Onta-
| fcrrcd each u; Chesapeake and ONO second ana
| fr.t preferred aud st. PaUl preferred, each
| L.. Northwest preferred, 81; Lake Enc and
| Western Ohioand Mississippi preferred, and United
states Express, each l.; Michigan Central, O5 !;
| Morris and Essex and Atlantic and Pacific Ielc-
| ern and Wabash preferred. each .; Delaware and
hudson Louisville and Nashville, Central OF New
Jrr,ey Ohio and Mississippi, and Adams Express
| each /; Wabash, lis; American District
| Telegraph, is; st. LouS aud Sau Francisco
frst preferred. - Wells. Fargo u Co, 2A;
| Ponl Hannibal and St. Joseph. Missouri, Kansas
| and iexns and Reading each Il /; Chesapeake ana
| Ohio Northwest. Peoria Decatur and Evansville,
| and 81. Louis aud san Francisco. each q CentIal
| and Hudson, 80: Chicago 81. Louis and New;
Orleans, G.. e. aud l. Co. Hannibal lnmt1oi and ANA
| Central. Western Unlon, and Montauk,
Gos Coal. each Il; New-York Elevated, %
Central Pacific, Marietta and Cincinnati first, pre-,
ferred, Northern Pacific common aud preferred and