, 1880-02-08
Stocks Dull, and Up and Down by
Turns-A Break in Elevated
Railroad Stocks. t.
Large Sales of Railroad Bonds
in Chicago-Othor Sc
curihes.
The Produce Markets Active and Irregular
Wheat Primer.
Provisions and Other Grain Lower-Purk qef
Weak.
FINANCIAL.

With few exceptions prices OF stocks hoKed
no important changes Ihcrc "as a oreak IN
elevated railroad stocks Manhattan opened
i Lower and sold down to 49,, closing at ~.
The Metropolitan went from III to Ill, and New
York elevated sold down to 10, hut ut the close
1.l was bid. The decline in Manhattan was
caused by internecine difficulties between the
different Interests In the Company The other
elevnted stocks went down In sympathy with it.
The health Of Gould was considered to be Of
enough importance TO call for disputchcs stating
that he had been able to be at his office,
whercupon the country brcathed easily
once more Business at Chicago and
Now York was not active Lake Erie g.
Western was not traded In so extensively as On
the preceding day, but was steady in price, open
ing Mt 81, selling up to 345 and closing at 81 T..
Pacific Mall sold down to 40s1, and closed at IL,
and indianapolis, Bloomington g. Western was
neglected at 1874. Canada Southern partly re-
covered, as had been expected by those familiar
with the Vanderbilt plan of manipulation. The
opening was 6sss, and the close 6.1f.
The gains were New York Central, & to 1s1S; :;
Lake Shore 1s, to 1Cl; Erie Il, to 4S,1; Iron
Mountain i, to SIS: c., c. l. I. C. II, to 25*i;
st. Joe Il, to 40; tho preferred 4, to 20; Morris
s. Essex i, to 1n5H; Canada Southern /, to 6135:
Wabash i, to 45i; Western Union Il, to l041x;
Lake Erie Western 4, to J4H; Central Pacific
!, 10 3e4; Alton T. Terrc Hnute 4, to AZ.
The losses were Michigan Central *. to 90A;
Northwestern i. to ssn; St Paul Il, to III;
Louisville e. Nashville i to u97s; Ohio & Mis-
6issppi Il, TO 30T: Delaware & Hudson y, to
.4I; Lackawanna =, to 655s; Jersey Central Il,
to slsl; Kansas s Texas 4. to 4oh; Wabash pre-
ferred y, to 69a;; Atlantic s. Pacific i, to T.;
Northern Pacific preferred ~, to 56; Pacific
Mail i, to IL; Manhattan IL, to ~; Central
Arizona ;5, to 11H; Chesapeake g. Ohio u, to
e1i:; Indianapolis. Bloomington g. Western l, to
3aK.
Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque T. Minnesota sold
at 5sA and 80; Flint T. Pcrc Marquette at IS;
Iowa Central ut 1874; Houston g. Texas, Is; In
tAanapolis, Bloomington g. Western incomes,
s4E; Iron Mountain first incomes, 81; seconds,
Tx.
There was q point about Lake Erie and West
ern to the eject that the largest holder had
arreed not to sell. and that the pool were going
to push it to 10.
Erie second Gs openct1 at 90H and closed ut 81.
lu raI1toad bonds in New York on Thursday
the dealings were we'll distributed. Erie con-
solidated seconds and do funded IS were in act
i've demand, the former advancing from teo1s to
qoE. and the hitter from 64X to 85.H Like Erie
g. western frsts rose from OK to 94z; St. Louis
e. Sa,, Francisco seconds c1sss from II. to
III: Chicago Burlington &. Quincy -s from 1884,,
10 laQh: Wabash new IS from g.ss to
ost1. do seconds from 1r3k to 104 Kan
eas g. Texas f1rsts fell OFT from JOSH to
1o4s: do seeopdsffrom 68 to 6,4, but the latter
after,xard rose to 6s,1 Iron Mountain second
preferred incomes rose from 6sg to 1K. reacted
In r0,k and ndranced fo .ox C. GEL C. sup-