, 1880-01-30


throwing nbout fivc. .carat diamonds by the hand
f,l. The brokers hRt tholr coata torn, and wcro
in dnnger Of having ttlefr bones broken; In faCt.
tho tttsnult vns extraordinary, oven for tho
Stock Exchange, whero excitement Is tho rule.
Tho first Aale WIS Mt alA. There WIS then a
rapid advance to 57.s Inside Of ths tlrnt fifteen
minutes. This wns followed by decline to Mit,
and ut l0:a With tho price ut u, tho ve brokers
had eNcf executed hfR orcr, and the W,000
shnrcs Ind been disposed Of"
Tho COMMITTEES hhtl refused private bids for u
largo nlhnint of stuck. and as one ot tho rur-
tlarixo tho stock In this mnrket, 1t wns thui,Kht
best to put tvory one seeking to lAiy on the
around tho sellers WIS 80 thick and 81 lnrEo thnt
tho pressure was tenlly tlAnRcroits. oMc mum
VIII whe p resea Sps hs Frsy bce1
cy,salcd In tho stnrmy annnls Of tho Exchange.
Tho ayaraRe prfce wis " md u frnction. Tho
stood, II M avcr.lKe Of " md been obtained.
Tho whole transaction L. nniuo In the history
of ,he stock market md Ia s''escssfa Sst =
Tho transaction IL remarkable IN mnny ways.
Never before bus public notice hcc!t given By
.s Sss I q b ensn ss % Tff 1sa s % ct shsfss eee0 0
ayornEe received wr.s i,lIy : per cent above
seRs @ Rassss t. II L hrhss Ss se e
cause tho statnpcqo Of buyers carrcd It up.
Az to ths BUYERS It y to be remembered thlt
chiefly for tho accaunt q dern,%n i'm Nv whiet
ted Il for e1R9 Ths oT nSs t9 DO led
snsaass axxEsf.inss ~ s.s sT s 5S' ssssss s
naae sad from TO hs sody was known ds e
S,sesipers," who nuy Hnythins whieh" thoy ~
think ,ythsr there chanfo ,to,ons t. sell d
there viii remain IN tho market only tho stuck
which these "scalpurs" hive bousht, and, rs
5,.0oo Or oven 1m, QUO shnres urs now not enough
speculative p,irpuacs, 1t IL evident thut, il tlo
st9sk is to no rTpnlasIzc the fox original large
ndsrs ms n distribute I'll mere s%a they haye
50 short was thosHatico Of sale that tile buying
thus fur has been chiefly local. Tho remainder
Il s '9s aeae e.
per cent. tho latter IInnnibai 4 1T. Joe common.
Thls was M t9l!o.cd =. u BY bnoyant @ feeling and NJ
It. Louis and coal shares oadlng in tho ,IaySnco.
nsor G g. &c. fS"sfa @ n o f. na ;aes teS
l'all & Sioux City lallroud Coinpnny declurod i
,yl'snd S, of X per cont In preferred stock pay-
.Thore was II more general trado in mining
shares to-day. Little ritts1urg. WIS strnng and
Central Arlzona steady. Tue Commerclat saya:
ay to ss By nsscrs i Gcfore tic coso rose to
which thoro was q rls9 e s;15 bld. When Car
soliatS ~ thq sady!lls Gopan T. shoM bo
clnnat rsts prcforrcd clnsrst at 1871, plld NASH
willie. ChuttutsooKa s Ut, IA,uIs at s6.
Transactions, 41N, ,000 shnrcs: 1,l00 Atlantic l.
Pacific Telegraph, l,SQp Cnnnda Southern, 1000
Central Arlz0nh. 1,60o Chesapeake 6 Ohio. Leo
Columbus, ChUhHo e. IullMna Centr1Ii, 5000
Centr1!l p9elne, SI:oo LaekAwannae, 1000 Dcla-
waru & Hudson. 0l,U00 Erie, ul,0U st. Joseph,
1,Ot1 Houston & TcxnA, 40 ln1n Mountain, ,bD0
lnalamHpoiis, ClIein'latl Lafayette :, ,0u0 han-
Western, 7,5N MlchIHNn Centrai, 900 Mar!etta
cns!s4ti !s Int preicrrSsaM r. H. 5M Mnfrls 4 r.
nooga : 1t. Louis, 800 New Jersey Csntral,
Hfni 1000 Quicksilver. 3,0CD lteudtnK, 41xN Ht.
pntll, 600 1t. Louis SAn FranclAcD, liGO UnDn
rac!c, :W,O0 Wabash & Pacific, and 3,aoo Vest
crn Union.
In tho excitement OF tho first hour, only pnrt
OF tho ActuAl transactions nude In CONT al Pa
clio wuro reported uyer tho stock telegraph or
pr!ntel Til the 0.licIat list.
Money market easy Mt Lla Per cent, closing nt
d; prime mercantile rHpor, Mt8.
Sterling Gxehange strung; 60 days. As3; sight,
1855,