, 1880-12-29
Wheat Suffers a Break Of Sd to
1874 Cents a ,Bushel-
Other Produce.
Abe Hewitt Exhibits the soars Of
Democracy Received in Hat.
ties for Liberty.
lio Also Rccites tho Crooked Campaigns
lug Which Won The Country's
Contempt. ..a.,.
Distriot-Attorney Phelps, and Sims, the
Great Surgeon, Very Danger T. ,ta
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WALL STREET.
ANIMATION,
Special Dspateh to The chtcdqo Tribune.
NEW fohK, Dec. as.-Thn stock mnrkct opened
ptrong. With an advance in prices OF u to l,f per
cent, the latter in Central pacIilc and Union PIT
clio. Subsequently the improvement was rar-
tn y lost. hut, atill Inter, tho who1o 1nnrkot Ge-
catno buoyaut, md there wns m alyutco from
tho lowest point of Il 10 a!i. Tho remainder Of
tho list was extremely string, Including Now
York Central st.. Pull, Central pacIf1c, Chicago
O'nahn, Erin stocks and bonds. Wahnah pre-
fcrrcd, Cleveland, columbus, Cnoinnntt & In
dinunpolls, Chicago & Alton, ChicnHo. ihrling-
ion 4 Quincy, ana tho coal stocks,' including
Now Jursey Central, Lackawnnna, DcIawaro s.
Hudson. and Morris l. Esaex.
THE srtf. AMI IMrllUvENENr IN THE CoALEns
Is lnrgely Gc1eftng tho inter olasao Ut securities.
Western Union WIS stronger. lscadiug rose to
81, aud It ws reported that there hal been IUrgo
buying to-day for Lu',tlon account. Just nfter
IL o'clock there WIS little rcacton in tho list,
owing to tight nntoy. which was AgaIn hi up by
tho bears. OH tho second Gull this afternoon tho
cotl stocks wot0 worry Btru,tK, fncknwnnnn, Dbl
aware 4 Hudson. and Now Jersey CcntrAl being
tho leaders.
TIfH yAxnEnllrEr srocKB
roaotol slightly. as .lIsi the Urangers, on fur
thur HtrlnHcncr lit toAs,s The cnnl shares lost Il
purtlon Of their improvement subsequently, mud
tratllng l'ocanio liRslt sgntn. Thu atock 1narkct
In tho lust hollr wlls Eallora1y 0utct md rnther
heavy, md prices further declined 4 to !, and.
Including Chicago 4 Alton, ~. Tho stocks
which wcre exceptionally active Wcre Western
un!ou Telegraph. Union Pacific, Lake Shore,
Eric. Jersey Central, delaware, 1.ackawn.lna &
Western, antl pacItte ataEE. Lake Eric s. Wost-
crn was exceptionally strong.
1lA1lItOAD uoNpa
haye boon quito active, but tho changes In
prices for tho acttve, Issues were unusually
llght Tho rrinctpnl business was In. 1jrte Ches-
apealso u Ohio. Iuxas Pacific, Ennsns &. Toxns,
apd dorsey Central. In all Of which Tho tlucsua-
tons wtro uarrow. Columbus, Chicago i In
dtAuu CGntrnl supplonielltar!os advanced to 100;
Chiqpgn s. Alton sinking funds to liz; Kausas
Pacific No. to 1G,: Lchfgh g. Western incomes
to TO-; Now York Elevated t,rsts to l1u1s; Nnsh-
vlllo l. Chattanooga frsts to 1ao; Jersey Ccntral
coaols 10 1lo; do tnoou,ea tn U.s. Ccntr1ll pncttio
firsts 10 1lT4; while CheHapeako & Ohtu, series
u, declEacl to s0's; CloYol1nd, Columbus. Gill;
clnnutl s. indianapolis tlrsts to III; Eric tlrsts
to III; st. Plul tsauthern Muneaota
1rsts) to 11olS, and Now York, Pennsylvania s
Ohio oincotnos 10 G2h. Thoro was M a.lvanco In
Pcoria, Deeatnr s. Evansville tlrsts to 107, sIi-
waukoo &; Ut. paul H. II. lvlslun) hrats to 1861,
nonyer l. Rio GrAn1e eunsols to l1G!f, Lehtxl &
consols to 100. Jcrsoy Central convertible u.s.
Buntcd to 1l5 International Il Gront Northern
seconds incuno declined to 81, Mobile &c Ohlo
now nlortgaGo to 100. Knnsas & Texas consols
assented to II: from 1l3A, and Kansas pacllo
flrst consoB to 10iE frY,nl l05A.
THE MONEY MARKEr
was stringent aud stook br0ke III many caBes
werP pay'ng a ncsntnissiau 10 Rut snonpy at per
cent The largo private lenders still Euyo con-
trol of rates, although thcro Il good reason for
tho markot b1lhH active, Oil nGoount OF rrenor,4.
uona for dividend md tntoroat payments by va
rlous corporations. Tho Troas.,ry began paying
tRa January tutorcst this morning, but thls will
mt roach tho lonH market before Tomorrow. III
tho laat hour tho tnouoy market was notlsc. Tho
rntes on Gull loans ranged from per cont to
TINT rato, and a commission OF l-1G Of per cent
At THE OPENING or TIN sRw YEAR
n now method Of quoting sterling exchange
will 10 adopted by tho lol,liug bankers. The
United States par OF the English pound stgr-
ling, according to our lnw, ts 4.ea05, and this will
10 represented by 100 por cont. When oxcl,uugo
goes Above Or fRlls bolow par tho premium will
bo adlcd or tho discount deducted. as tho caso
may DO, Say, for INSTANCE, bulkcrs' stxty-tlny
bills OH London aall at 4s0h. Tho now quotA-
ton would DO about osa( per cent, while demand
bills at. eay, 4s3 will ho quoted Mt o9X.
THE "pOsT"
says, "Wo AFRO l,nab!e to ind Quotnblo att
thority for tho rsport Of contemplated union
Of tho Union aud tho Ccutral Pactu Lon.panlos,
although having retiaon to belovc tlnt ttlo ro-
ports aro not wholly graundlesa. y Wcstorn
Union bcnr oporntor olfors to sci! tho SIX
tnnnths dividend oil 10000 ahurcs OF ti,ss stock
for lM por cont Thu Western Union earnings
decreased tho third week In Dccombor $:slHN.
Tho general public opinion continues yery bull
iah oil tho stock nlarkot, md tho upward moyo-
lacnt II lol by tho vau1orbIlt- Is. koeno- o.
Gool.0 0sborn-F -Fluwer-S,nIth people, who bolioyo
In considerably hsghor prices Tor good dEyidpnd-
| paying ntooks. There will probably 10 no quos-
uon about tho cnso III money for n long tlme." /"
At THE MINISQ noANpB
Amfo declined to 81, CLIMAX to Ei, Cherokee to
100, ChryBoltte 10 8;{. Silver Clitt to ms, and
Wiltshire 10 %. ilukt!l advanced to 155, aud
| American FiaY to 20,