, 1880-12-24

Spfe{at pispdeth to Ihs Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoltK. Dec. 23.-Tho stock market opened
strong, at about Inst nights closing prices, but
Afterwards doulined u to Il. After midday bus!-
uess became tnoro uckfve. and, under n brlak
purchasing movement, there was m advance Of
y to 8. Central and Union FaclAc were tho
fcnturcs In tito upward movement. On tho Bcp-
onl call stocks were moderately actfvo and very
strong. Tho Contral and Union pnclno shnrca
advanced. md wore bupynnt, tho former rising
s.s mid tho inter ~ fr0m tho eAsly quotations
Of tho morning OH tho rutnoTs OF consolidation.
Tho 'grangcrs, tho coalcrs. tho Yanlerbllts, tho
Southwestern stocks. aud ErIos wcre nll a1mor
and hiXhur.
WESTERN UNION TELEQnArH
was exceptionally heavy, anl sold oK fraotion-
nIly IN tho closng dealings. Thu market WIS
very strung, nnd In many nstancoa prices wcro
Mt tho highest point Of tho stny. Thero was In
cronsed autfylty III Chesapeake & Ohio, Tho
Hannibal s. Ut. Joseph sh9rcs wero nlso strong.
ChcAgo, Burlington s. Quincy advanced, and
CheaYo s. Alton Railroad bonds wuro buoyant
on n largu and woll.sustainoi business. There
WAS part1u,,sarly brisk Aen,And FOR tho Cheaa-
paakc s. Ohio, Toxins pncttlc, Erlo, Boston, TIart.
f0rll & Eric, aud Denver l. Ito Gralde 'isaucs.
Tcxas Pacific tll!o Gran.Io) llrsts roso to D0ii{;
Chesapeake & Ohio nrsts, acrles D, TO 10; do cur
rGncy o. to 48; Eric now secOnds tn lott do
funded ~ to 07; BOSTON. Hartford Il Eric tIrats
~ 1oi ~ AtA~ V4A%tA2 A44to AAA Eptl1DH IL
ito: Alton s. ,rcrre 1lautc tIrsts TO LIZ; Donwaro
s. Hudson n'nclflo Dlvislon) coupons to IL;
llarienl coupon Rrsts to I'LL; kansae Fact0o
ctnsos tn 10JA Lehfgh &; Wilkcshnrrc incomes to
81; Northwestern gold coupons to l.8l&; do tlrsta
10 III; Ohio Central t!sBta to 1oI1s: DO Incomes
to cot; 1t. TAul s Sioux City lrsts to 10; Mfl.
wnrkco & vt. Paul gold 7s to 1e7; to LII Crosse s.
Davenport Division itrats to 10lt;; Now York,
Pennsylvania & Dh!o Incomes to Go.t.
THERE WAS \ DECLINE
Of Y In 1ron Moantnn tlrsts. pruforred income,
susl II IN Columbus, Chicngo 4, Intann Central
!lrst certificates nssoNted supplementary, Ohl0
l. Mississippi scconds, 10 mud lirsts lsprngtoll
pyfs'on, City bank shares woto neglected. 4
bly, Upward n'ofon,cnt III uni0n Pueblo Ia pro-
1lutctl bofore lonR, und iusttlo parties in tho
Vanderbilt Interest nre quietly picking up stuck
~ about 1oT or below. Tho poop'o who now own
tho controlling ihtcrest In tho property proposo
Important changes "a BOON Us thoy obtain full
possession OF tho road.
THE MA1KEr REVIEWED,
To thu 1rtsftrn Assoctatsd I'Fsss.
New YonE. Dec. aJ.--Tho Erenin0 poss, In Its
Etnlnctal nrticlo To-day, aaya: "Th0 United
States Assistant Treasurer this morning ro-
cetrch Instructions hy null from, Washington to
begin OH tho 18TH the payment, Without rebate
0f tho January Interest," which amounts to abnl.t
$1b,701 000. Ths sotnninlag "a Of lSS0-botwecn
E100U coo and $40 COZ, ,000-wili not bo pntd until
maturity. Wo bare to-day fair pot cont
money market. All tho money which IL to oo.na
out Of tho Treasury will 10 new money Ia tho
1narkct. Tho profits Of all kinds OF corpora
tlona hayo boon vcFy largo during tho lust aix
mouths, and dividends Oil these prptlta will rrnb-
nbly excecd In amount anything known. Tho
Monoy to pay theso, howovcr. IL already, TO y
largo extent. lont In tho tlarket, and must to
caIlod In before dividends Gun bo handed to
those entitled to receive thou. Tho stock mar