Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-22
LOCAL Markets.

FORT WORTH, February II.
The general market is much the same as
shown in yesterdays report.
Cotton continues TO find its way to market |
In ,etachmcnts. and but little interest is
manifested among buyers. Quotations are
without change, and yesterdays receipts
We're very light,
he dry goods trade is increasing daily and
gives evidence of an unusually heavy busi-
ress the coming season, Already orders for
spring goous are being received aud the
stocks of wholesale dealers are rapidly accu-
mulat ng. Cotton goods, both heavy and
light, continue firm at the advanced quota
tions shown in yeste days report, and the
tendency in the price Is upward on Ions
dale and some other popular
brands of bleaching.
Groceries are without change. W. f. Lake,
prominent hardware dealer of the city, re-
ports trade emincntly satisfactory, especial
~ In the line OF building material. Yester-
days sales exceede that of any day since
the openin. OF the new year and orders were
Individually larger Than common Nails are
erser thoueh present quotations are ruling
rates. shelf goods are firm.
AS drug market Fort Worth 10 surpassed
by no city in he state, and dealers who have
ew Orleans are realizing that
IL is TO their interest to avail
themselves Of the exceptional advantages
our dealers are prep tre.i ~ of r, Two stock
orders were filled yesterday by l.. n. nruns-
wig, making seven in all during the past
three weeks. Quinine is shade frmer
though not quotably.hlghera AN advance how
ever in the near future would oe no surprise
| to dealers Heavy oils continue firm.
Country produce is but little changed.
Potatoes In barrels are n little of, but sacks
are unchanged. The demand for poul ny
| continues good, and anyili ing like n fair
average LOT sells at full market rat Eggs
droppei down yesterday TO ten cents aud
continued SO throughout the day.
COTTON RECEIPTS.
| In the table below, from the New York
| Commercial and Financial Chronicle. IS
eiven the re"eip from plhhtaton- 10 whlch
are added the net overland movement 10
| February l. aud also the taking' by southern
| summers 10 the came daie % as 10 give sub
| stantlally the am, uni Of cotton now In sight;
1851 1879 IS. issl.s2:
Re TITS al the ports
TO Feb, is, baies.i.I9S,7s 4,6Sl,oi5 3,9i6.8i'
| Iptr ST. KS on Feb. 70 ~
| inexcess of opt. |. 2!Ss'S Slo.Hil 327og
pIantntions',' 4, AZ 6si 4,9i2,256 i,273377
Net overl'dto Feb. /. 4H,67l 1901 1919
to to I Feb -" =, 700 10000 l25rO'
Tot.in sight Febl5 5Ol23O2 bS74,570 1855,
IL viii be seen by the above that he de
crease In amount in ighi. rs compared with
last year is 669 - bales; the Increase as com
pared with lssl-s2 is 1864 bales aud the de
crease from 1850 81 II 1879 bales.
DRY GOODS
Tho United States Economist and Dry
Goods RepOr,ersays
The duh weather and serious floods In the
Ohio valley have considerably lessepcd the
volume of business during the week. The
lmpro> ed tone, however, continues, and the
| market still has an upward tendency. The
| free movement OF the past month has 30
lessened supplies ofmapy cotton fsbrics that
holders fe more confde"c e in the main
tenance ofprces, and bnves realize that an
| advance is possible. while there IL not the
activity of many former seasons, there Ia
enough business doing 10 insure at least
steady market, aud as the basis OF prices at
| tho opening of the season was unusually low,
| all feel confidence In future values, and are
| disposed to operate more freely. The con-
| seryatlye mode Of dealing, however, Is too
1 ingram TO allow any feeling OF speculation.
| MANY goods. even now, with the improved
| tapline. ARE offered at rates which are far
/
| from remuneratiye TO the manufacturer but
the supply. even allowing for reasonable
| curtailment of production. is too ample yet
| I'm most cases TO permit any very marked
| ADVANCE Such changes as have been
made are all higher, but except In some
makes of bleached cott0ns. they are mostly
| made so by the Withdrawal OF discounts
| heretofore allowed Where goods, however,
are selling freely orders FOR future delivery
are In most instances taken only at value.
| Indicating a confidence on the part OF
ers that any changes are most likely to be
upward.
The number Of package buyers In market
| Ia large but many from the sections Affected
nv the inundntiuns, or whose route OF ship
ment is through that section OF country, have
during the past week held up I'm their pnr-
chases. and thus somewhat lessened the de-
mand. The weather, too. has been depress-
ing in lis effect, for seldom have We seen al
this season so long spell OF dull, fogsy, |
gloomy weather as we have experienced for
The past week with all these drawbacks
tho distribution OF spring fanrics has been
fair in amount, aud all descriptions OF goods
nave shared In IL excepting mems wear
woolens. which stii continue only In mod
crate reoue.t. compared with former sea
CONS. But even In these n better feeling Is
very appat emit, aud the indication OF greater
are observed In many directions
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