New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-21

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the decline pices sbroed kesps mn Nj, q. ~
In our own market. and tlifre d no areateS e.
for shipments thn there was two ssm,tbs aro. 4 -
response to the decline yestepday a or ppsa,1-
Exchange, Liverpool to-day sends !. frsadstuGL O.
small business at lower prices decline ranging a..
I'd. to 6d- per ewkn 80 = = ~
Inc stock speculation to-day showed a cbea,s.s'
revival. The rally which occurred YESTERDAY &C..
noon proved to have better staying powera q.
was generally suspected, although after the g..
burst of enthusiasm. at the opening ts..,.v
matters looked "shakyS for half hoar a. =,
The days business was evenly divided. ~ 3.
as the average operators were concerned between
those who were buying for longn account
and those who were buying to cover "shortss asa
either were limiting losses securing such profits
as renamed. Who did the principal business on tina
selling side, particularly late In the day, may or
may not be developed by the transactions Of the
next twenty-four or forty-eight hours. But there
seems to be no difference Of opinion on the propos.
ton that the buyers yesterday were not the sanse
as this afternoon.
The business of the day amounted to $50, l7i
shares against 293. 1888 shares yesterday. aud the
transactions were unusually well distributed. Ths
stocks that recorded the greatest number of trans
actions, ranging from $1,000 shares 10 10O00
shares each, IN the order named, were Delaware
Lackawanna and Western. Erie, ST. Paul, Ontario
and Western. Manhattan Elevated, Iron Mountain,
Ohio and Mississippi Missouri. Kansas and Texas,
Pacific Mail, w abash preferred, New-Jersey Cen.
tral, Lake Shore, and Wabash. The gains vera
more uneyenly distributed, and were not governed
BY classes OF the trunk line shares the gains of Gems
tral and Hudson and Erie were only factions while
Lake Shore gained q per cent. Similar differences
are noted In the coal stocks the grangers and the
Southwestern list of railways. just before the
close there was sharp reaction in prices amount
ing to az much as per cent in the prices of some Of
the stocks which had made the greatest advances
Yet it would be incorrect to quote the market as
weak at the close.
The final changes from the closing prices yester'
day are as follows: Advauces-Rock Island and
Wells Fargo g. Co.. each 4 Chicago st. Panl and
and Erie, each So; Canada Southern,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
Mobile and Ohio, Central and Hudson, and Amexi.
can Express. each z; Michigan Central and Read
ing each 30 c., C. and l. c., Northwest prefer red
Missouri Kansas and Texas, Northern Pacific, Ohio
and Mississippi IT. Louis and San Fran cisco pres
ferred, Wabash, and Western Union, each "a Dsl-
aware and Hudson, Hannibal and st. Joseph, and
New Central Coal each 7s; Illinois Central Metro
pohtan Elevated, New-YOrk Elevated, Wabash pre-
ferred, and New-YOrk and Straitsville. each /;
Union Pacific. liz, C., g, G. and I. and
ST. Louis and San Francisco. each Ia; Hous.
ton and Texas Lake Shore, Manhattan
Elevated and Erie preferred, each liz; st. Paul and
Pacific Mail each 1Ss; Hannibal and st. Joseph pre-
ferred and New Jersey Central, each ia; Chesa,
peake and Ohio and Atlantic and Pacific telegraph,
each 17s; Boston Air Line, Q: Ohio ana Mississippi
preferred, 2ls; Iron Mountain, 2ss, Chicago. st.
Louis and Newt Orleans and Nashville. Chattanooga
and St. Louis each Gig and Louisville and Nash|
Vile, per cent. Declincs-Ontario and Western,
ls; Northern Pacific preferred, IS and Central Pa
ciic, per cent.
The business done In Government bonds was not
large. but t was unusually well distributed among
the different issues. There Also some improves
ment in the prices, the advances being equal to g
Der cent. The transactions at the Boards covered
81 L 900 coupon 6y of 1881 at 106, and $4,000
registered at.1o57sG10 6ls; 1925 900 coupon % az
1O3lat0 1O35s aud S28 600 registered at 1928 and
93O 900 reg lstered Is at 1918. Az the close tho
market was firm at the annexed quotations: