, 1881-01-11
ET'()CJSE.
GREAT ACTIVITY AND DCoyAECY.
Gukciaf nifu6tsh Ia IhA fihiedno Ifihsirk.

GREAT ACTIVITY AND HG0YAECYs
Spsetai DIspa.eh to Ths Gh3enuo Tribune.
New YonK, Jan. 10.-'The week opened with
great actiyity anl bu0yn'ley on the Stuck
Exchange, md tho special feature Of tho nar-
ket was tho "bull" speculation in tho te1e-
graph shares, on reports that IN understands
inE las been arrived ut between the cnmpa-
uEes. Tho oyerslln,lowlng feature Of the early
stock market was Western Union Telegraph
which opened at g.1G. and steadily but quick
ly advanced. Attcr tho telegraph stocks tho
features wero Union. racIlic, Central
1'aclllc, Lake Shore, Now York Central,
Michigan Central, Erie, Wabash, Read
ing, Hannibal l. st Joseph, Northwestern,
aud Milwaukee j. st. iauf. No "bull"
OF anything like reasonable aspirations
could hayo been dissatisfied with to-day's
stock-market- From tho opening 10 the clos.
Ing hour the dealings were on q lnrge scale,
tho sales tip to noon being nearly 250, COO
shares, md the ntiynrce III values was nla-
tcriaf in several Of
THE LEADING STOCKS.
Western Union was erratic lit Its movements,
antl II, tho morning nude rapid md wilo 1luc-
tuatlons. LII The afternoon, after 1t Ind
scored an adyanco Of ~ cents it settled
down Into steadiness, but before the close
touched nearly 100. Canada Southern was
quiet early, but later 1t becalno afnyorttamong
the spectators and advanced rapidly,
American unior, the rival OF Western
Union. was almost rs crrntIc rs that stock.
1t Is said to bo pretty well pooled, how
ever. and, It tltls bo so, Its tluctl,-
atEols may bc readily accounted for.
New Jersey Central was In go0d
demand. The Sal, Francisco shares were un-
usually active. A slight advance was also.
recorded III Lake Shore. Michigan Gen.
tra!. New York Central, and the Wabash
shares. Perhaps the "bulls" wero Justified
TT claiming TINT
TIE I4OS0-rlsED1crED 1looM HAD Arrived.
Railroad bonds were strong, and generally
higher with tho largest transactions 1t, KILL
sas j. Texas seconds, which advanced III
per cent to 1s1<. Tie largest adya,,co was 5
per cent, ln Minnesota t& st Louis tirsts,
which sold up to 1l3 Tho other cnanges
were rs follows: An advance OF ~ III Colllnl.
bus, CtfcaE1 s. Indiana Central fIrsts;
per cent III I,oston, Hartford e. Eric tirsts; "
iii international Il Great Northern tirsts, u
In Alton Il Terre llaute SECOND iHeo,Ele. Dom
yer & Nfo Gran.le first consols, do tlrsts,
Jersey Central c0nsols nsscntett, Lehfgll Il
Wilkesbarre c0nsols asscntetl, and st.
Panl y Sioux City t!rsts;. " IN .ghesa-
peHko y Ohio trsts. series y 1nd Ka!lsas
bis, Cl1caRo Il lntlalla Central trust eertttt-
gntcs ,asscnted, supplementary. 1ndfaMa,
Bloomington Il Western seconds, HletroINll.
IT,, ,n rsts' It ,,a, ,I,!o%e, MstsEto%,l \ oEdensturs
gnnlc, Trxas y Pacific ,lrsts {l.ln i;rnnu
| Dlyisi0n), and Wabasl. sec0t.tls. There wins
| 0{ ~ In Peoria, DECATUR Il Evansville III
sa''is; lar esi,t IL ilarlI''gto'. I QHlney
u nsM M9l!l!o " Ohio second tebcnt,,
ureH; 9{ In Texas. u Pacific lnc0me lallu
grtlt il; anl r IN Jersey Centrnl income. :.
ot ~ I sto;k Exslanso Il tis sity. a!s! iiEar:
$:R.o0o bII, Tic tstai membership M fcots Is
III. s'u !" t Ea'qa I}.,%s;;;SS! % %sf AstiF sSF mt" to
to the nominal SUN Ut sl0, ,00o. .UO. II now
seems very likely tint seats will haforo
long @ eonn!a,tl % SQUW each; Ilero ,,are
sps iS% @ ess eFsfiss a % of %a asr ST. sss pss ys
t!,eirs for less Thai, 500, AZ IN Investment
there ~ scarcely anything wh!ci, has yielded
| Sucll handsome profits. Ther1 Ia
AN 1MMESsE VOLUME OF SPECULATION
KolnE on u railway stocks a.Al b0nds here
9n 0t.lrrs from. Europe, ailtI ilearly ali tlio
large banking !l0l'sts nbraatl havo corre-
srapllnx over tl's!r ntly1es regar.!!nK their
/
cllnuge, 'rIIu cable companies lre 80 ovorrlln
with messages Ut tlls s0rt that it IL ful.llti
very l!t!cuIE for the hA,,kers to get tllelr a!l.
ytses t;rosl! y. time for opsratiSns t!!e sa,no
IN everything, from Western UMi0Il
down, aiHt thero. las recently beo,l
= larKe b,lylug or tho Wabash stocks I'M. lroll
Mountain. Jny f;Du!tt md Russell Snge aru
sl,ltl t! b6 very "bullisll" Oh tie two latter.
nance! railwAy securities. Alr. Gaild IL
quoted as sayillg that Iron Mountain will
eventually sell Higher tfnn untOn Pacific,
| THE MINING ItOAisD.
At tho first aud second ealla ot tho New
York Mining Donstl to-day tho changes
generally wuro slight. at the first tl,Eeo
calls q sho Alherlcal, alintng Board l,nstnI,
a75, .lii1ernfa to 40, Mextcat, t0 Isl, Call,
forntn IN laA. L!stle Ch!et advanced to is,
and Copper kt1ob toe.
PRODUCE.