National Republican., 1882-12-16
THE MARKETS.
Another Day Of Fairly Active Trading in
Wall Street.
Prices still the Up Grnde-The stock
Bond, and Provision Lists,
THE DAY IN WALL STREET.


Special Dispatch.
New YORK. Dec. 15.-Stocks were gener-
ally strong and improved at the opening, but
at 11:30 the market became little less active
and easier. AT noon the tendency was higher,
but on the second call the business became
light and prices went off u trihe. Vanderbilt
stocks were sitter, and to above yester-
days closing figures. Lake Shore touched 11Ss
this afternoon. The largest buyers were Rob-
inson & Hecksher, Dickinson, Bell & Kirk
ner. r. P. Flower G. Co. were the sellers
Omaha stocks improved but lost the advance
again in the afternoon.
Keene is said to have been large buyer of
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western to-day
Reading improved on local trading in the
board. Erie was strong, and good feeling
exists in this stock, indicating better figures,
1t is intimated that Vanderbilt is buying Erie.
Rockefeller is said to have bought 10000 Erie
today and 1000 yesterday
Loomis l.. White and Flower g. Co. were
buying Erie Union Pacific was flrmer.
S. U. White, Osborn, and Van Emburgh
bought most of the Union Pacific, and it was
reported that Cammack had covered his shorts
Vanderhof, the order broker in this stock,
bought in good deal on stop orders.
st, Paul was easier, and it is reported that
osborn & Co. are selling. This was the idea
of the order broker in St. Paul. Coal shares
were all rather sitter on better advices from
the coal trade.
Money lent at to and stocks to 4.
Government bonds were strong on bids for
small amounts. Early in the last hour the
general stock market was active and stronger,
q q l.. H.. 1 nt
Erie sold at 40, and one of the leading Van
derbilt brokers was buying it. The bulls
claim Erie is earning 3 to per cent. on COM
mon stock. Western Union was steady, and
unaffected by threatened injunction, which
has finally been postponed till Monday
The market closed at the highest prices of
the day. The outside buying has been very
fair to-day, and should the big operators keep
the advance well in hand there is no doubt
that there will be increased speculation and
higher prices. Tho room traders have all
sold out the stocks purchased on the decline
and are waiting for the reaction that does not
seem to come to buy back again their holdings.
The large operators have increased their hold
ings to-day, and will no doubt by their manip-
ulations bring the room traders into the
market as buyers very soon.
Stocks loaning at to A money to 6;
Omaha preferred leading at 2. Governments
strong, but most of the business is in exchang-
ing 34's and 3's. 1t is said on fair authority
that if Vanderbilt wishes to secure control of
the Erie & Western railway he will have
very little difficulty in doing so w. Z. Con-
nor & Co. are circulating a paper to-day for
signatures ofWestern Union stockholders, ap-
proving the purchase of 10000 shares of Nut
ual Union bought by this company some time
ago. 1t is rumored that the attorney-general
has approved the issue of Union Pacific col
lateral trust bonds. The largest buyers of
Union Pacific to-day were White Osborn and
Van Emburgh. .5t
Prominent Windsor bears are said to have
covered up shorts to-day.
A RAILWAY WEDDING.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The agreement betwee n
the Michigan Central and Canada Southern
has just been made public. By it the two
properties are united, so as to make line
from Buffalo and Suspension Bridge to
Chicago, and great system of branches in
Michigan and few in Canada, altogether
forming a system that will compare favorably
with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
but with considerably greater mileage and
much smaller capital. In its effects on the
two corporations this union is one of the most
important recently effected. The Canada
Southern road is to be transferred to and op-
Grated by the Michigan Central for twenty
one years.
STOCKS.
Opening, highest lowest and closing prices of
the principal stocks for the day, us corrected by
special wire reports received By Batemau d Co.,
bankprs.