St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-28

NEW YORK, July 27.-Government bonds
have been dull and strong. State bonds have
been dull and steady. The railroad bond market
has again been dull to-day, with exception of
West Shore lists, the transactions in which
were Sl,0fl. 900. The bonds were rather heavy
At the opening, ut 4&3s, bat late in the day, on
reports of settlement with New York Central
they rose to II and closed at 435z. a net ad-
vance of only y The sales of Erie I'd con-
soils were S692,0G0, leaving $3.50, 900
10 be divided among other issues.
In many cases prices are lower, but the de-
clines are generally FOR only fractional
amounts. The stock market has been mod
erately active to-day, the total sales amount
ing TO S45.2s4 shares. But seven stocks. with
sales ranging from 400 10 IS, 200 shares
each. contributed nearly So per cent. of the
days business. The most active stocks, in
the order mentioned, were ST. Paul, Union
Pacific Lake Shore, New York Central West
ern Union, Lackawanna and Northwestern.
AT the opening prices were weak, and in the
early dealing there We're further declines
in some stocks, notably Lackawanna.
Union Pacific and Central OF New jersey,
while the the Vanderbilt and Northwestern
were prominent for their strength. There
was a reaction in the general list, followed
by another decline and then i'm the last hour
decided upward movement, which FOR some
stocks were feyerish and irregular. The re-
suit Of the days operation is "A net advance Of
rs for New York Central, l3S for Lake Shore
and Louisville & Nashville. and IL for Lack
awanna, while others rose less than per
cent. a decline in Western Union OF -
Union Pacific y, ST. Paul q, Michigan Cen
trail ] =, and Omaha preferred 21t. Chicago,
Burlington X Quincy is also down -. Lacka-
awanna was
EXCEPTIONALLY FEVERISH
all day. After opening Is lower, at %, it de-
clined quickly TO asl{. rallied TO 99lZ, sold
.atS 81, arn 90 md h..-1 Il.
hour. In the afternoon, before , o'clock, it
was comparatively quiet. but sold from 90
down TO IS and back 10 9s54. soon after
o'clock it jumped, without any Intervening
sales, from 9S5s to 100. broke quickly again 10
99l 4. rallied to 100, sold ut 9gs1. and in the
final dealings was decidedly strong, closing AT
the highest price of the day-l0Olx, Union
Pacific was - lower at the opening. nj 45st.
sold down 10 49,, and back to 463s. and after
midday reached its lowest point, -. In the
last hour it sold from 50 TO 451s, back TO s6is,
and again at 46 and then UP to AZ.
closing ~ 1875. Lake Shore was strong nearly
all day. touching its lowest point in the after
noon. but advancing from that 80 per cent.
To 693s. and closing - lower, at 90. North
western was also notably strong in the fore
noon, selling up Is per cent, but il declined
IL per cent. after midday, most of which
was recovered in the last hour. 1t was known
shortly before O'Clock that one OF the lead
ing banking houses of the city had circular
TO the holders Of West Shore bonds. making
proposal for the lease OF the West Shore 10
the New York Central road. and this ma,
have had some eject upon the strength dis
played later in the day.
The total sales of stocks to-day
were 345,2S4 shares. including Dela-
ware, Lackawanna s. Western $3.50
shares. Kansas & Texas 400, Louis,
vile X Nashville 1885, Lake Shore 40. 80.
Northwestern25.3IS New Jersey Central ,56i-
rg1 II Ia
st. Paul GS,G19. Union Pacific 81. 500. West.
ern Union 26,395. Northern Pacific preferred
1850, Oregon Transcontinental 5,g35.
QUOTATIONS. or STOCKS AND BONDS.
Following are the closing prices bid yester-
day and the three preceding days: