The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-18
DALLAs, Tuesday Afternoon,
February W, 1850,

improvement on Monday, But on
Tuesday there was moro life wish
bic, with some leading articles show
Ing real animation. The week under review
closes with u satisfactory trade In progress
Cotton continued buoyant and 10 advance
untll Saturday whom II took y downwar d
turn, going of AN \ that day pnd losing M.
other on Monday, The situation In actual
values Ia about the saue upon tho week.
operations, but tho feeling Ia not 80 good
Receipts, sales and shipments foot up M ny
erage for corresponding weeks In tho month
Corn has shown moro backbone than was
expected. Western markets being more
steady had the same effect here. Tho trade
In Il has increased rather than dimln-
iahod, weekly aales being much larger than
the preceding time. Dallas dealers nro con-
adent that tho pr sent demand will not
diminish for 0vo or ak weeks yet 10 come
Tho stock In town is fair though by no means
excessive.
Wheat Is In small supply with the best
offering not commanding oversize aud the
lowest grade ST.
Flour Is not quito so armas II has been,
with some types Zoe, per hundred lower than
last woek.
Seed oats have declined Zoe. por bushol, tho
planting roason drawing to u close md tho
demand for them fast playing out, But the
trade In seed Irish potatoes, held and garden
seeds continues 10 be on the order Of tho OK
,raordinary.
The growing green grass crop of Texas Is
forcing down the price of hay, which Is from
81 TO So per ton cheaper,
Meats have steadil y run in tho old groove
bacon olear-sides 81 and dry salt do 3,
Tho demand has been good throughout and
larger from consumers. They us well ns n
great many other standard articles
of food, are not keeping pace with
the general boom in almost every
other d roction. IL seems dill
cult To force present quotations higher, and
they have stoo with little change for four or
five weeks past.
Tier lard is of, with cans the same, and
the demand rather light.
In green apples and other fruits the supply
is small and rates below firm. Trade is
nearly limited 10 home consumption
The town is flooded with eggs aud the
market demoraized. From 10, they, on
Monday, dropped to 10 cents in lots, and
went down from 25 to Ia from counter.
The ma ket will scarcely rally until tho
spring receipts begin to fall of.
Butter has been steady ani is to-day at
previous quotations.
Minor articles for table use have shown no
material changes. Chickens and gamenoted
scarce and ready sale.
Dry goods merchants are beginning to
display spring prints upon their counters,
but che demand for them thus early in the
season is of @ urse small. The heaviest stock
Of dry goods ever consigned TO Dallas are
being purchased in New York, as it is CON
hdeBtly believed, if not positive conviction,
that the spring and summer trade Will be
Atty per cent. larger than ever known IN the
history of the city.
FINANCIAL.
The demand for money from bank for the
purchase or improvement of real estate con-
tinues to constitute the bulk OF the loan bus
iness Owners of blocks, houses and lots
are expanding a great deal upon their i'm
movement, and hence disbursing large sums
Tor building material and to mechanics and
laboren. II is difficult, indeed impossible,
70 even make respectable guess how much
will be thus expended in the city during
1880. At all events, there is work of this
kind going on in almost every direction. In
this respect this town looks something like
ante l873)- panic days.
In other things the local money market has
ruled quiet. The price ranges from |, II and
3 per cent. per month, wholly determined by
she risk upon the paper offered. Exchange
upon all points is still at J premium.
FREIGHTS.
Oh cotton, all-rail to New York, 81 AL
20 Boston, 81 as; by rail and water to New
York, 81 &c. Boston, 81 Al. On produce
from St. Louis to Dallas, $l20 per car. Kan
ias City, 800 per car.
Following are the rates from all points in
Kansas south of Kansas City;
10 Dallas-Corn ard oats, per hid 81 lie
Potatoes, per hid, SOC.
To Hutchins-C and oats, 43, -four 55
To Ferris-Corn and oats, As; flour 81.
To Palmer-Flour. So; corn and oats, 46.
To Ennis-Flour, 81; corn and oats, Al.
To Rice-Flour G4c corn and oats 49c
Corscana, Mexia, Groesbeck, kosse, Wa
co, Marlin, Bremond, Hearne and Bryan
Flour 65c; corn and oats Doc.
To Calvert. Flour, &c; corn and oats,
10 cents.
RAILROAD MATTERS
Have presented little news. The chief Off
GERS of the Pacific construction company
passed through town and to Fort Worth
during the week. Thirty miles of iron and
one locomotive for the Texas Trunk have
been bought. The officers of the Dallas
& Ceburne have been arranging
some preliminary unfinished details,
and it is thought the actual work of building
will begin at once. 1t is also telegrsphed
from New YorA that Jay Gould will visit
Texas in March and personally inspect the
giant railway improvements he has under
taken here.
COTTON.
Folio wing are the closing quotations to-
day:
Low Ordinary. ".........."......"....9 VI
Good Ordinary. .".......,.,..",...lOS
Low Middling. .................'.'""lli
Middling..
Good Middling.. ........................'."lz
Kidding Fair......" .....".."..."..."..l2s
(NerE.-7Re quotations JolIo,oi,'g, unless
sa6erIcisc stated, are for wholesale spot cash
gets. When time Is asked or small amounts
ysvchased, higher rates are demanded.
FLOUR, GRAIN AND HAY.
Flour = Imported Xxx. SO %; XXX,
50 50; xxx, or family, So 10: Fancy,
81 per hundred Patent brands, IS 90
70 $40 per barrel. Quotations OF Dallas
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