St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-11
to be a trifle heavy, until just at the finish,
when there was enough of rally to close the
list moderately firm.

NEW YORK, June 10.-Government bonds
have been very strong on u limited business,
with sales of the 3s at 1037a. There is little
business doing in state bonds, but quotations
are generally stronger. The railway bond
market was again more active as measured
by the amount of sales reported-S1, 695, 800
but of this amount Erie End conSolS contrib
uted $925, 800, leaving only $4,000 to be
divided among the rest of the list. The
changes in many cases were only small frac-
TONS There was heavy selling of Erie ends
in the morning, some of which were under
stood to be for London account The stock
market has not developed a single new feature.
The total sales, 1861 shares, were about
1000 greater than yesterday, and to-day s
business was somewhat better distributed,
with less than p, 900 shares for the most ac-
tive stocks on the list. 1t required seven
stocks to make up a little over SO per cent. OF
the trading. Prices were strong, with slight
reactions, until about o'clock, when the best
figures OF the day were generally reached,
the gains amounting to $40l per cent, with
an advance i'll the price of Lackawanna OF
Ia per cent. In the next hour there was a
moderate reaction, during which one
half OF the prices gained were lost. Between
z and 3 O'Clock extreme dizziness was the
feature, the most prominent prices remaining
steady until the close, with fluctuations OF q
to q per cent. The closing prices, however,
Indicated heaviness in most of the active
stocks. The final sales were generally made
at advances of q to IS per cent. over last
evening, while Lackawanna, Northwestern
and Jersey Central are up q and st. Paul u
per cent. There was a sale of 100 shares of
Oregon Navigation at II, q recovery OF most
of yesterdays decline. Union Pacific was
prominent for its weakness in the afternoon,
declining e per cent. from the highest price
reached and closing unchanged, as compared
with last evenings, at 52$4. For several
days past it has been maintained that the
bears would
RAID NORTHWESTERN
as soon as the books closed and the break of
"a per cent in the last hour yesterday, during
which it first sold eX-dividend, led to the be-
lief last night that the stock would develop
increased weakness to-day, 1t was taken i'm
mediately in hand, however, at the opening,
by its friends and quickly rallied to 80. Later
it rose to 903s, declined "a aud closed at 9Oss.
st. Paul made as great an advance, but lost
more late in the day. The quarterly report
OF the Western Union Telegraph company
made public to-day was generally regarded as
favorable for the company. but the trading
in stock was light. 1t closed, however, at the
highest price of the day. The regular quar-
terly dividend of IL was declared payable
July Is.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 49,
337 shares, including Delaware, Lackawanna
s. Western, Is, 600; Lake Shore, 1926; North
western, 21,700; New York Central, 11,345;
Pacific Mail, $40; St. Paul, 1885; Union Pa
cific, 10000; Western Union, 1851.
QUOTATIONS OF STOCKS AND BONDS.
Following are the closing prices bid yester-
day and the three preceding days: