St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-31

grangers remained reasonably steady, with
the bulk of the support coming from
Chicago.
NEW YORK, July 3O.-Government bonds
have been duh and feverish. State bonds
have been very dull and quotations steady.
The sales of railway bonds amounted 10
50, 634 900, of which $2,205, goo were Erie End
consos and S405,00O West Shore lists, leaving
s., 964 900 for the rest of the list. There was
continued strength in the Erie End consols in
the forenoon, the bonds selling up TO 635s,
but later they yielded materially, selling as
low as 6l15 and closing at 6l5s, a net decline
of q per cent. West Shore lists sold between
49, and 42%, closing ut the latter quotation.
decline of - per cent, and the registered
bonds are IA lower at ~. Prices
however, are generally higher. The stock
market has been more OF less unsettled and
irregular all day, although in general il was
strong in the forenoon and weak in the after
noon. There was a large business done be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock. There were trans
actions amounting TO 1885 shares. but the
rest of the day WAS dull. the sales of the next
three hours aggregating only $4,000 shares.
There were no very active stocks. except
Lackawanna, Western Union, st. Paul and
Lake Shore, and Western Union was notably
strong on rumorS of some kind of
an understanding between the Western Union
and Baltimore a Ohio, by which the two lines
are 10 be merged. Nothing definite in regard
the belief is growing daily that settlement
of the telegraph fight is one of the early
things in order. The stock rose in the fore
noon lH per cent. but Missouri Pacific also
gained ia, Union Pacific Us. Lake Shore IL,
Lackawanna rs and others fractional
amounts.
JERSEY CENTRAL,
on the contrary, was weak for time, selling
down = per cent, most of which, however,
was recovered and again all lost before mid
day. While prices were irregular, the down.
ward movement in the afternoon was a slow
one, in many cases stocks for a considerable
time remaining stationary The greatest weak
ness in the last hour was developed in the
grangers, the Nanderbilts and Jersey Central.
The stock last mentioned closed with a de-
cline of per cent. Northwestern is rs per
cent. lower, st. Paul 81. New York Central !,
Manitoba 1, Lackawanna y, Lake
Shore unchanged. The gains, other
than that mentioned, are Pacific Mail
q per cent, Canada Southern l, Union Pa
cifc =, Northern Pacific common 1, and the
preferred Is. With few exceptions, the clos
ing prices were at or within y per cent. OF
the lowest figures of the day, Western Union.
however, being up - per cent from the low
est quotation, Oregon Navigation /, Missouri
Pacific q, and Missouri Pacific common l.
II is said there is danger of some of the
bondholders of the st. Louis, Kansas City a
Northern Railroad company securing posses
sion Of that road for the purpose of estab-
fishing an opposition line TO the Missouri Pa
cific between st. Louis and the far West.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 37S.
597 shares, including Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, 0,730; Erie, 1900; Kansas s.
Texas, 1880; Lake Shore, 1880; Louisville
Il Nashville. 9,975; Missouri Pacific, Is, 800:
Northwestern, $3.50; New Jersey Central,
$3.50; New York Central. u. go; st. Paul,
AZ, 40; Union Pacific, 20,355; Western Union,
80, $50; Northern Pacific, 1850; Oregon
Transcontinental, 1875.
QUOTATIONS OF STOCKS AND BONDS.
Following are the closing prices bid yester-
day and the three preceding DAYS: