New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-09
CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.

Thurs lay, December S-p N.
further shriniaue IN the volume OF business
AZ the Stock Exchange was attended WIN src''
rregularity To illustrate The extreme uncertainty
il may re noted that AtchSon declined ana NlH'-
souri, Pacific a lvanccd nearly per cent; that
Northern paCific preferred and Illinois central
among stocks which are dealt IN abroad. were
conspcuouslv str9lg, while Erie, Louisville" ana
Nashville and Union PaCilc were rather hc"'!
that the Granger stocks were weak ailhoueH
Rock Island was not much lower iian others' III
sptc of the reported strike 10y the telegraphcs On
the line and, finally, that even 'he lh'us'ii'i
stocks did not move in urison, Dis'llilhe an"
Cation Dill losing ga and rs anG General Electric
Id per cent, while Sugar Refining cameo 49,
Lead IL and Cordacc IA per cent These
movements may have been entirely RATIONAL ou.
there was no news to affect the general course OF
nrice. Atchison was pressed for sale because
the annual report was Disappointing, ana large
sales for Boston account were made The rise III
Missouri Pacific was regarded merely as RENT
70 discover the extent Of IN" short interest III the
stock OF the industrial stocks Distilline WAS
depressed By realizing sales, and the reconnehua-
ton of higher tax on spirits by thc >ccie,aH
of the Treasury probably ii.fd 10 Ine nii! 'ii
az those who are charged with me nafKct care
of the stock. The further rally in sugar kenhhs
was not unnatural, Ill view OF tlr .cir.o
Tho advance in COrdage was on assurances tlat
the share capital would be doubled before the cnd
of the year. . ,., On ,,,,t i
usnellv an of" day was not encouraging, ana
it would be surprising if further shipments ~
gold were not mad on SS'u ,In market i bow
over unless II helped 10 IcS;llcf busln"-s Europe
has ccased again TO be- factor IN specuaiipl,
hmt IL If Is not buying it Is also not selling
y
cue from this market ana speculative s"Gha'o'i
in both countries seems 70 be the only result oil
the general hesitation Whle inc maj cnans;,T
many respects highly significant in most OF the
beading stocks there i an nnSatSIed "noit
interest which may easily De frightened mo
covering its contracts
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET
Co,srnnoont bonds remained neglected, and for
the gold issues the market was not specially
strong Tho closing quotations were as follows
,s., con- Bid Asked yscuro. i ios '
tInucd at . per r ~ G iSg2 10 no "
s.: ;;53 i is i:
There were no transactions in State issue; or
city bank stocks Southern National sofa va a'
The general bond market was strong. and IN
snitc of continued irrcgularity generally MINER.
The most conspicuous exception was luihdInoT f W
the Atcbison issues winch y,rlqcu = N .Ln stnck
uon III =; iarocr losses were suffered by General
Electric debcnture IS. Metropolitan Elevated HIST
and Tcxas and Pacific seconds BE Ilal ~ J
were numerous and Significant. fhiIauehoii.i,' ni'
Readnc incomes rose about per cent, aiunusn
the thirds were less buoyant than the otncr
classes and gained only J.: per- Go rn.f
~ 76' Gain Of ! per cent. Missouri, Kansas
and Texas issues closed IA ana ~ per G ~n.
higher Toledo. 81 Louis ana Nd ts ,,inc1 "nly
me fraction. Reference is made TO our inll re-
port OF bond sales. . .
Tho cytrcme range WIS from > 10 per cent, ana
th,. lower nchre was the final rate u
The Clearing House statement was As io dnN
Exchange, STAB, 003, 1872; balances, -. 790,oEE
The SubIrcasury was dcbtor 10 me ,Ira, ,,.,s
House SG23,22S It's net less on bainnc' WI"
S357 ,422, made up by loss Of sos'i ~ IN a eur
rencv less n gain Of Sl91,721 in com. ne uaN
oncratons included: Receipts, S2,"2,1@o' pay
mcnts, S3,l59042 resulting in a general pa ;
of SliA.31o,l45, consisting OF Sio''4'-'''' CON"
ard "a S514SG currency.
I1c Mercantile Safe Deposit Company reported
silver bullion on hand, against outstanding GER
tilcatcs. at l,3l5,3l5 ounces. an increase oil W.
$ stas: rr Ssyna E %"in nS5Ss S
Tr customs receipts were SGjG,45 the inter
nal revenue receipts $iO2,0ls, and the misceln-
ncous receipt, SsoJ44 49,
Gosh on hand and deposits In banks compares
with the dsnrcs OF the last previous statement
as follows: ,
Net gold OF hand 54I Do sI@l'Soi INT H-''o'
~ y i. hand 49, s ss &3ss!$5 BE- Be-; G2i
Actual cash In the
Treasury Nnults
over outstanding $3.50. 900 -. 80. - ,oo ,,, 81. ooo
certificates Isl - sp 80 10 20, "a NJ -, o1-
Dcposts IN bank ll'soi 90 I,'V'.foo NV ---
NJ, nah bal sI40,77c.o5 siiG,jI3 - DC. s2asoes
Tho foreign exchanges were quiet but ilIm,
,.ithnut other feature. The supply Of both MGR
.han6ise and security bills was scant. and further
cXuorts of gold will BE- necessary Unless onerlnss
ara NOR. liberal While the murkct was strong,
,hcra WAS no material change in quotations log
JncIc, VIC -. u.n,,,r., bills 81 SIS IL and