New-York tribune., 1885-03-30

continuance of cold weather has contributed toward
psee. other sSs see or
Weak under the composition o. tne as scs Scs
s @ SSs 81 tons tons s'i IN 1884, and
5,616.217 tons In 1883.
The principal factor In the speculation at tho Stock
Exchange last week the threatening European csn
pcatons. Among spcculsors IL generally was an se-
Of al AneSieaa e % secnrtes. on the other hand
were several disturbing influences such the contin
pens sess the s Ss
and therefore, reducing the amount LEFT TO be
should be made the reduction OF ST. Paul dividend
from gig to b cent for the six months ended Decem
to put the hands of receiver Gt done yester
day, and finally, the probability that the West Shore
road will be reorganzed and thoroughly equipped ON
basis requiring net earnings of only to meet
its first charges and therefore, 1t will be more power
u competitor than II has been in its crippled position
moved both up and down lore By the viii OF the cdues
Government bonds more than usually dull. but
they strong and the bids were advanced;
y the 4s and per cent for the 3s and The small
dealings In State bonds without significance Rail
road bonds generally ruled inactive but with wide ct
uatons for few OF the speculative kinds West Shore
frsts declined from 1873 to3ia q 932's New-YorR Chi
cago and st. Louis f. ieelined from 7s4 to "a,
second sss asan sonsos with sTate show
final gain of s per cent All of the Jersey Central IS
cent The Chesapeake and Ohios ruled weak the rsts,
series B. being down 2is per cent Kansss % Gy ana
Kansas and Texas issues all strong and show I'm
provements from Il to per cent East Tennessee VIZ
gina and Georgas are down i9 per cent st. Paui
Northwestern aud Burlington aud Quincy -junor Issues
show small gains. Omaha Short Line Us with small
dealings improved le per cent. ~ oo
The transactions In stocks amounted TO 1,6oo, oSs
shares against 1,515914 for the proceeding week or
last weeks busness1 six stocks THAT recorded over
100000 shares each contributed and four other
stocks that recorded 10000 shares and upward FUR
nIshed 234,3OO shares leaving for the other
eighty-two stocks that were dealt in only 1533OO
shares The week opened with depression in prices for
a majority of the active stocks, while Pacific Mail and
Union Pacific the two stocks which suffered the hesvy
declines OF the preceding week. exhibited An Inclination
toward improvement from the start, and In inal
gains week Pacific Mail shows tho largest But after
the reception OF the news followed by the sharp
decline In the price for British consOls the whole mar
ket under the leadership Of Delaware Lackawanna and
Western made good recoveres, and In instances
went higher figures than at the opening win the
subsidence OF the agitation the general market be-
dull and gravated toward lower figures SO that
at the close leaving out Pacific Mall with
gain Of Az Delaware, Lackawanna and western of 3s
and of Union Pacific of 2la per cent, there are more
stocks that declines than there that show adj
vances but generally both they small and In
significant.
The suboined tablet is OF more than usual interest In
that addition to the highest lowest and hnaI prices
and the sales Of Al stocks last week. 1t gives the final
prices of February % and March 81;