Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-15
LOCAL MARKETS.

Vest crday was n lovely day. The sun TO .
clear and bright in the morning and sho' e
with respl endent luster till II sank 10 rest in
Its o can bed be- oud the western horizon.
| Business men moved W tn IA lighter step and
| their faces heamed with brighter ,milCs.
| The saw and hammer were heard where II
lence had reigned supreme for the past ten
days, an the hurrying throng Pedestrian
| passing TO and 70 II the principal streets 81
| the city, made . pi iture that c,utrasted won
deifully with the gloomy asp at of Affairs
| during the past week The cotton market
| unlike the weather. is without CHI ng", and
the cotton yards are again v thout receipts.
our cotton quotations might he consider Il
nominal, rs the cotton season for IN $
part OF the country is virtually
over, and the little that remains TO be sold IL
in sca terng lots, and nnds ITS way to mark
ct in dotachments.
The dry goods market is much the same as
shown in our last report. JobbiIg business
OF course continues little irregular as the
spring trade has not fully opened, and the
hn d-to-mouth policy on the part of retail
dealers is being kept up for tue present. he
Marlin.Brown Co. made some good sales Of
boots and shoes, and filed several fair orders
for plato and checked cottons, ginghams,
light wooden goods, hosiery, etc.
Thegrocery market presents no new fla
lures outside the advance on -four. Quota.
tons this morning ON flour are
marked up 10 cents per hundred
for sacks and dealers anticipate a sti!l
further ad vanco, as the mills refuse 10 quote
for delivery. Meat continues cranky, and
this mornings report shows another 0d-
vance orc In country roiuce, we note
the decline ON Northern po,ntoes aud onions
IN sacks. Cheese, full cream, Is register d lc
up. Chickens arc very scarce aud finn at
the advanced figures 'hown in this morn
ing's report, and anything like an average
lot would sell In round numbers at 10 per
dozen with ut ceremony. ges find ready
sale and are scarce ut ls@i20c
LITTLE CAUSE FOR DISTRESS.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says ON
FIRST thought, this gigantic depreciation APP
pears to be disastrous. But, when We come
TO consider TINT the pro ..erty hasn't changed
aierially that the bulk OF II lies precisely
where II did when IL ruled hlghest-that, IN
point of fact. there Is great deal more oft
more Ini.es of railway, more houses, more oil
everything in the shape of actual wealth.
there isn't, after ali, great deal OF cause Tor
distress. our worst fault has al,
ways been that, In fourishing Tunes
we mark up our goods too high. The water
ine process, 30 extensively pracliced by inc
railway managers, has ben initiated on
minor scale by great many people In DINER
walks OF life. But when we do get started on
the down grade, the momentum usually car
rles us under so Tar III II there IN some fe-
bound after we have reached the lowest
d. pth. We have been moving downward
with comparative CELEBRITY for Two years ana
a half, with scarcely an Interval OF hating or
slscSe ming ofspeed. We ought by this Time
10 have reached the netbermost limit OF the
decllvily, and To be slowly turning towards
the opposite direction.
MILLIONS i.lsr.
Millions OF money, says an exchange, nave
the past few months been lost by the mer-
chants OF san Francisco In tho neigpiing OF
vessels TO carry wheat forward. Engage
ments were made as high ~ 6Os
a ton, and on arrival Of the Yes-
sells they had 10 be recuarted as low as 2bs.
IN present rate IL aboui a0. A few days ago
there were In the harbor OF san Francisco lSI
ships, ll5 of which were disengagei, 3 char
tered foi wheat and 10 Tor other business. The
total engaged tonnage for wheat IL b',0SB
The average ,ss on all vessels licariered the
past season Is about twenty per cent yer ton,
the quality thus lar shipped OF wheat and
flour agg, egating i75,0n IONS. The enormous
lisses nave. asa matter OF course resulted In
SO eral heavy failures.s
MAKING EMPLOYEES REsroSsInlE.
A tlll IL now before the senateat Albany 70
prevent the employment OF boys In factories
under sixteen years of age. Among the pro
visions OF the bin Is one making II mis,e'
meanor for any person having the CUSTODY