, 1880-12-31
DUSIN ESs5.
Stocks Active, Closing Strong
Money Plump s Per Gent.
Repetition Of the Cautionary Ad-
vices from. New, York.
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Foreign Exchange Firmer-Currenoy
Flowing from the Country to
Chicngo. d,
Tho Produce Markets. Generally rirmcr,
with Strong Closing All
Round.
Provisions Moderately Activa-1ess
Doing In Breadstuffs.
FINANCIAL,

Stocks opened strong and nctire. and so con-
tlned I'LL tho close, all tho lenns SECURITIES
shnwtg Ettsa. Money was kept nj riltes A1l ,lny.
which I'LL mt tntErfero with tho purchase of
stocks. At tho cfuse Tho rate In New York WIS
nlnlnpG Thcrn we,n Operations whn he|cSct
tlltIt this cnse Of inunty was artificial, and III
tended 10 help tho marketing of lo,,g stock.
Certain II Ia tint thu caIcnlntions of light M,Mey
this wcrls have Al far been completely Gisnp.
rnlntrtl. Warnings wcru ntrRin sent mt from
Ntw iurk, md tho brokers nl.tl Professional
nlrrhtnrR there nto apparently bears. These
Notes Of disaster llavc l,cen promulgated 81 fro
l1scnty In tho Inst t,,onsl ttat they seem now to
seryr nnly tu f,lstcn tic faith Of tho bul!s and
thcro arc persons low 10 be tn.sid hol,l enough
to hclleve TINT tho January btroln, which every
orc 'ias said was anticipated, will nutually
cnne.
Western Union lt1 not obey tho holm Of tho
lcHrs. Although immense blocks of tho stoGit
were sohl, tile street took II with only moment.
nry rcrnll, and tic net result OF tho tny's nperR-
tlons wis gin OF Il, to S1ss, nfser sulcR Mt S{.
II This stock toes not sell ell seriously, u heavy
shnrt interest will be severe losers.
Lake Shore. Michigan Central, Now York Ccn-
tra and tho conl stocks woro tho lenders uf tl.o
tlny. New York Central made ., to 15ssi: Mich
iHnn Central III. to III, ex..liyidcnd4 per cent:
Lake Shore sia, to 1864, cx-tl!vidcnd Der cent
Tho coal STOCKS wcro strong. and moro lurrcl"
dealt IN than usuu., Laokawas,nn sold ut l,Di{,
cl0sng nt 1p1ss. Kalu Of III: Hudson sold Mt
'Ssi. closing With II Ratn of :: 1T Ri; Jersey
Central nude Il, to ~, Closiug ut B3af. North
west took Il now start: opening ut iai!a, IL sold
Zip IL III. chasing ut I.siI, an Nt1vance OF ~.
Tho preferred nat1c Il. to ll0ai. st. lnui gui.icd
=. to 114H.
Ohiu preferred scored tho lnrgcst ndvnucc, rs.
Ins FROM NJ to 1N. settling lHck 10 81, nrld closing
ut NO. IL Gutn Of i. Other notnbc gnins were
Dcuvtr & lilo Brande a!a, to a5I; Houston ~,
to T1{: Chattanooga |, 10 70; Luke Eric s. Wcst-
crn i. In I'm: Atlnuto s. Pacil!c ., 10 81; Ohio
common III, 10 as:s: Burlington T. Quincy l. TO
$50: Rock lslaud l., 10 ln!1. >
Thorc werc no losses OF Importance. TITO
largest WIS tna,lo by San Francisco preferred,
which declined IL. to G.; Alton loat H. to lal,i
Wal,nsli p. to I59i; the preferred Il. to A]E:
knnsas S Texas II, TO 4i!4; Union Pacific Il, to
l1.at: Ontario & Western r. to ;O1a.
Tho weakness bf what arc luputRrls' known
ns tho Gould stocks excited remark. Points nrc
being given away to stand out from under WIZ
bash stuck.
1.ucknwunna net earnings for tho ycnr nre TO
. per cent. A quarterly dividend Of II per cent
Ia expected to-tlay.
The Northwestern, 1lnlroad ensncd not In Oc-
toher and November. aiter dcfluctiMg otc-sixth
af tho nt.nutl chAbEus Tor Interest, rentals, etc.,
~ per cent on both common nnd prGrnrrcl
stock. This wna enormously atatpl tho other
day at 5per cent.
For tho FIRST ttlno In months BOSTON Wnter-
pnwcr wns quoted III Now York. It ran up from
u tu t.. a,ll ut tho cl0ae WIS held irsu nt II.
The following shows tho fluctuations OF tho
activo stocks: