, 1881-05-11
Old News About Manhattan and
Trunk-Ltne Cutting.
Active Demand In Chicago for Scot.
rities-Finances Generally.
Tho rrolnee Markt!s t1asettItd-Graln Weakened
by l1ot Weather, and DILL ID
Liverpool.
Provisions Declined aud Then Advauoed-:
Pork Dull-Lard Active.


Stocks wero active and strong In tho morning,
with n reaction toward tho caso. .. -,
sunlo old etortcs about a dclluit Of S17b,000 In
tho at,oi,nt 10 10 paid by Manhattan July and
atout cutting OF rates by tho trunk lines on cut
Ito wcro put into circulation. but tho slight do
clin0 that WRs tnRtla seems tn have beon |
nothing more than a natural roactlon IN mn h1-
vanolng market.
Tho rising quotations Tor 0ovarnn,ont bonds |
md tho growing demand from Investors for
securities sutslogntly Indicate tho drift OF oar-
Itat. s.... ".....-..
Thero wcro buyers Of 1.ako Shore at tho Wind.
sor Hptcl Mondny night Rt lAl:s. fcsteruny tno
prlco sank to l41H, nua olosea at ta6. Tho Park.
MN.s.Bnlth. ChmHiRok Clique admit thnt they
nre short Of Lake Shore, and profess to be'!orc
It will never again do such bustt,chs M III lHs.
Among now rcasnrs on whiph this md s0ille
uthor stoeks arc bang toaratt down Ia tho hppro.
hal,aon Ut general rntlrnatl striko lkn that OF
1s77, to 10 snauguratel by the unitod Ilrotllos.
hood uf Iocomottve Engineers. who. It Is said,
nru ready nt,co moro tn loud tho rovolt.
II s,1ch Inhor disturbance CUNTS, It Will TO
remarkable fuinllmont Of tho prediction OF tue
| massachusetts lsGilroAt1 Commissioners, who, III
treating OF tho Eroat outhronk OF lS13. Bai It wss
| likely to be ropoatol probably In connection
! With demand for IN ndvanco In wages, aud
not. as then, In resisting tec'thc.
Gould u said by tho bears to 10 taking aavau'
tnRu Ur tho enthusiasm Of tho innrket to urlond
II lurgo amount OF Kansas + Texas and otlor
| southwestern fAunles. . s.-..--....
PRESIDENT Jewrtt, Ut tho Erie, Is udvlHiuN ns
| friends to buy Cleveland, Columbus. Cincinnati
t. indianapolis. The road will pay Il :,f PR oeat
dividend In August, aud aftor TINT regular
| pcr cent dividends will bo dls0ursud every half
year. Tic Eric Road owns sl,50,0o0 Of tho
stock. ....
4 landing bunker of st. Paul, who has Just re-
turned from trip through tho southwestern
nj, lnf,n nf fha tlmNtn
load, decaros tho t1atnago tsone by flood to tho
rnlso4,1ss ant, tho country has hcen greatly OVER
| estimated. Tho rDAd Will DO more business
during tho noxt Btx months than cver before.
!. Tho prospect fur largo crpp wRs mover better,
In splits Of nil tho reports to the contrary. ~
this snay bo adde1 tho tcstl1ntlt,y o. ono OF sho
hixh officials Of tho ChlenEo Northwestern
Iltlnd, who bus Inst boon upon tour VI inspcc-
ton ovor tho lii,0 Or tho road. ThEs Eent,eEnn'
says ttHt tllurp ls nlroHsly assured business
thnt will employ ali tho facilities of tho c'}tnpa-
: ny for yenr, whothor thurs Is uny orpp ur not
Tho ro,l u absolutely ttnabtb to handle the
truillc olterct 1t now, and whom tho sesunty.t're
> nuw engines pnl 1000 now freight cars orslored
last yuur arc delivered, as they will bp ny Ai1X. /
jtu facilities will Htill be bchind ita requirements
At this ratio tho present atrku must be eoatlnl
tito ruad hu,,drcds Of tl,nes as much as It costl
tho mon. ...........
Manhattan earnings on Saturday woro $4,000
Il tho largest yet ma4o In OTTO day. THO road It y
declared, will positively 10 bchlndhund In IT
q July paymonts, Hut it may bo rcgnrdutl a
= settled that tho money will bc pr0tiuul to mce
J. tneso liabilities. II IN no other why. 1t will
t,oue by tho issue Of pFoforrel stock ur moon,
!, lsIntls. Az II nero mattor Ut speculation, !
would pny tho kings Of tho sttoot hil II woal
= cost to keep 80 you'd a fout-ball Ia Manhatta
going. ...,...
~ ". II. Vanderbilt has tho credit of hRvln
!, bec, tho buyer Of Or tkM out OF tho ~ N sharu