, 1881-05-19

Quincy 4s ~; mt NIL: Chic,oo. 1}lIr,iuaton (
uu,,lcy ia At0.tAo. Mt 1unt.. tluriinutnn T. Mis-.
sDurI it, Blown Mt Dli{: Wn1,nst, NJ Lo1,is & PA.
clt.o ia, s5.tAN. Mt p71f.
ny TEr,Ea,tAp1I.
NEW Youx.
5pttta, DttrattA to me cAteaoo Tribune.
New Youx. Muy tH.-Tho shnro spccntntton
was irregular and unsettled In tone, aud tho
iluctuatious In prices were both wide and fro.
uuent r.E,a E1cvnfn,l 1,ntI,ynv atncts rot,rttc1
tho most Impurtunt changes. Manhattan sold
IN 4 In tl,o morning, but subsequently t,e-
came wcuk, and closed at a renc.
tlon Of vic, Metropolitan rose 4as, rcuctcI
~, md rullicd /. Nuw York advanced IL,
declined .l:. aud recovered \. Tho pcnernl list
! was extremely foyerts,, IN tho cnrly deut.uxs,
at,d prices moved with much irrcgularity, somo
shurrs recording a sIluht advance and otbors n
fractional dpcllue, ruwnr,l noon tho market ns-
sumel a steudier tone, md, un,lor xoul buytttp,
thu epccuIntfor took an uuwnrl tnr,,. tina
advance ranging from !, to 2t<, Louisville
& Nashville C[nc,1nnt!l, Shud,,sky & Cleveland,
Louisionu {, Missouri tstycr. Mfssourf pnolfln.
Coxns pneltYc. Houston X Tnxna. anh tn,t,nno.
bloomington s Western, being noat prominent
| ,horei,. During tito orternoon tho market Wis
nsutt,c, with III, upwur,l trpt]oury us tn prtres.
md II decline or II tu 2 tpo, p,ncr. wh,ch wna
most markad M CIuonnatt. san4tuskv 4
cleveland. Western 1Inion. LuulsviIio {: Nush-
Vile, In tho tlnnl sntcs tir,ner touu nrcvn1m1.
and tboro wus u recovery OF Il tol. Among tho
,nIscoIInnso,1s stocks. Co,orn,,o Coni (. 1ron
| ,yns eonsptc,,ous for mn nfvnncn Of IA: IN tho
dav's transactions. Alton II Tturrr tTol1to sns
exceptionally wenk, tho cotn1nun stock
selling down alk nn,1 Tim nrnfrrrc,1 kaf
rs compared with yesterdays .closur uuotu.
TONS Tho fluctuations In tho Orunvcr trunk
lines unll coal properties wcro contInrd within
range OF Il to III. Tho general murkct closed
Tho money narkot worked smoothly tt,rouRh-
| out the pn.ire tlny. The urcat bulk OF tho bust
uess In cult loans on plcduo of stock collateral
,yas o[yeetud ut ~; per cent the extromo
rates being 3fl4 nor cont, and tho cur.
rent uuotuttons at tho oloso i nor cont.
Tho goycrnment- hnni ,lcafors sunni,c1 thoIr
ruo,tirc,ne,,ts nj nto,t q NOR crut trtne lonns
wcre quoted ut 36ti pcr cent. ACCORDING tn tbo
| length Of tttpo und tho collateral. In tbo dis.
count market. prjme morcant1io nunor r,,lot, at
4ablt, nor cont.
Tho sterIIup oxcaRnxo market was bpayy. and
tho nominal asking quotations wero reduced Xo
by ali tho leading drawers with one exception,
| TO 4s5H for 6u-4!uy bills md 4s7.; for demand.
| There was considerable pressure to elect sales
| by bankers as well Us by shippers, and towcr
rates aro igatl predicted.
lsu,,rua,I mortgages were irro4ttlar an mol.
ornto yolumo ue business. Eric consolidated
seconds t,tlctuatcd between 1Q7H and 10s,i, and
closed Mt luz, Denver & lilo G raudc coustruc.
tion o. fell OF from, llO to llYX, and
ruuutsd to llBE, international l. Great
Northern second incomes sold down from
l001i 10 DD1S, and recovered to lOo Karsas CITY
s. Northern, st, Charles bridge tlrsts, roso from,
tG.!s to lH3M uu4 reacted 10 100.
Toxus PaoiEo land Rraus jocomcs .le-
clIucd from 10 10 Sy}f, advanced to DOtx, and
reacted to Ov; do f,rsts lilo Grae Division, ross
from ln0s. to lUl u,1u recoded to IuUIt 1t. pau]
to lss1 i.ostou, 1turtfonl & Eric arsts roso
from, gtto Gpt: Cleveland. Columbus. C1ne,nnntt
4 lndtnnapoIis slnkIna funds from ie5 to jasr::
Cairo & Fulton arsts from ll4E To li5A: Clcyo-
| land l. pjttsburR sinking funds from II to 1.8:
1srIo cnDsnli,1nte,l ~ frt,m III To init. indonn
bloomington l. Western tlrsts from 30 to ook
Kuusas Pacific Qrsts tDonycr division, fruu,
| III to 11iA. M0bii1 4 t)hto now IL from
| 1lak to i14x: do fourth d t,clontnrls.
| frnn AZ IN ri: Morrls 4 Hsscx n,,nruntcoG
eo,,so.s from l:sA to lsa4; Notrooo',an Flo.
| Ehtod lrsts from loJ to l0t; New York Elevated
nrs.s from 1is to lia!i; Northwest gold coupons
trn cnnso,a os,a,,tnd rrnun ,ta % ~ ,,sm
aa tra. conso!s assen.ea rum 10 ~ 1issas
ssi; st. Louis san . Fraue,sco U Seconds oias, H. t.
FROM o.! 10 V5,;: s,. Paul. Miuuoapuis 4 Miunn'
sota nrs.s froa, ii: to lisH; 1t. raui Assts.
| !. D. ExtcnstoI1. lr0m l.S to l@6Hs Wa
bash tlrsts. st. LonIs Dlvislon, from lo9h to
80 su..I ss.,rs' W,,, !. ,,.,c ~ .. NM. "'s .oa
10 lH:s; Atch'aoil. Colotaao u tnclllc hrsts from
m to eee.aosska oba fsts
n "s'n9a Mnrtao from ~ %', 10 eam ~,
Iron Mountain secoua preferred Incomes
from OF to VII; Kausaa and Texas titsts from
a.u:a osv; 4u'ueo ,,t 4Sapnos nuaus.un IT.
comes from @ si,s 70 W; naa Wnoash seconds
,.res MI vnnr fran n.3f IN ~ ant fat ,fr IN NJ