Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-13

Houston IeAuH tehllW ~ lVV'
AZ 9ai.
Kansas q Texas IS, II, 900 at ~ 5000
,lo. az IA, 1000 do. AZ n 1909 do. ~
f7t; 1000 do. at IN.
Kansas & Texas 6,A, 10000 az 81 zoos
do. VI 9ll; 5000 %. az ~ 1000 do. nj
90i; G00O do. at 81; 10000 do. at 9l5i
5000 do ut o.
Fort Worth & Dcnycr City rs, 1000 at
SO, 10000 do, ~ So
Kansas & ToIaI l's, 5000 at li2k
Kansas g. l1xus b's, 10000 at 77l.
Galveston lMrisburg s. San Antonio
Western l's/800O at0li
\ ncw pool has been advancing Kansas
s Texas To-day. The movement la.
seemed %, have some help from insiders
although apparently not originating viii
them.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas income scrlr
52l old, 6i asked
Ty6 rs X Pacific srrip 1885, ~ bid.
Texas st. Ions. Missouri river diyis-
lop FIRST mortgage, asa bid, { asked.
Cotton futures advanced slightly
I Coffee was uclive.
I Oh was moderately active.
Wheat opened ut u decline Of of a
cent.
The hide market was strong in tone.
Dry Texas, 20 to 20 pounds, - to 30,
prices n to li9; wet sailed Texas pulled,
pounds 50 20 60, price ~ TO III; Texas
knife, pounds 80 10 60, price NJ TO o.
DECREASING SURPLUS.
Tho surplus Of the banks IL now S2j,-
100000 aud the gradual diminutlou Of
the fund win probably continue. Even at
this time II snOt impossible to make u
sudden squeeze In money.
: DEMAND FOR AMERICAN STOCKS,
The craze to buy "Amcricans" ~ rag
Ing with great violence over In London,
rs we learn from the papers there as wen
Il, the daily quotations.
IMPROVEMENT or TRADE.
Il becomes more and moro evident that
the forces outside OF manipulation have
been greatly undercs,imated. Confidence
IN railroad management aud the abllily@oi
the railroadmen to stem the tide OF com
petition has run to such II low cbb that
very few have had much faith In the ne
gotiatious for restoration Of harmony
among the trunk Illness but II outward
signs can be trusted, there has not been
break of any consequence in the ncgo-
liationa from the first md there Is every
prospect that they will be carried TO a
successful contamination. The statistics
oi Improvement IN general trade, too,
have been steadily maintained through
the fall, There has been less reaction
thus far thnn during the years 1879 and
1890 The bank clcurlngs come out with
an Increase every week and the gain Is nj
together too large To be accounted Tor by
incrcaso In prices
Contracts for the spring business are
now being made freely in some Of the spe-
caltius. The Minneapolis mlllcrs are
still grumbllng about "slack dcmaudn
and low prices, but 1t Is to be noted that
they did not shut down their mills The st
~ Che month, as thoy said they would,
and the production OF -four Is now much
larger thin II was last year Mt this time
The export demand for -four is fair, and
better movement N expected later on The
statistics for the ilrst three quarters Of
thlS year show that the exports OF mcr.
chandiSo from this country We're ISL, =
H5G less than for the corresponding period
OF last year aud the Imports S50,G4I1i0
less Business In the Old World II bc-
giunlng to respond 60 the Improvement
hero, though enterprise there Is retarded
somewhat 10y the fear OF an Eastern war.
Ns.ociatod Press.
GOVERNMENTS, sruCKS ANp BoNDs,
NEW YORK, Nov IL, -- Government
bonds dull and steady.
Tho railroad bond market was again
very active, the total sales to-day amount
ing 60 S8,906, 900.
The stock market to-day was very
active, the sales for the forenoon amount
Ing 10 SOS, 100 shares. During the after
noon there was a somewhat less active
market, The total sales for the day foot
up az shares, As usual very large
proportion of the business was confined
10 few stocks The sales OF Erie com.
mon alone were l0l 900 shares, st. Paul
Missouri, Kansas & Texas and Reading
with transactions ranging between ~, 500
and li,7O0 shares each, aud Northwestern,
Lake Shore, Northern Pacific aud Texas
4 Pacific, each with sales between 25,O00
and 10000 shares, together with the
business IN Erie, make a total for
The eleven stocks OF 400 600 shares
The market was strong during the most
of the day, aud yet the advances In many
eases were only fractional The most
active stocks, however, made galuS OF IA
TO J per cent. and for those stocks the
highest prices were reached late in the
day Eric opened with an advance OF I
at 25t, aud on very small transactions,
rose by ? O'Clock TO 2Gs. gain of a.
me preferred advanced "a TO 5l1. ST.
lAui made an equal gain, closing at %
after = p. M, the highest quotations Il
has reached this year The preferred
rose |, TO ll9l,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas rose and
Reading n per cent. The other seven
moderately active stocks gained only
fractional amounts, except Northern Pa
eltic, which was e per cent, Texas 4
Pdcilc rose | and Pacific Mail "a, After
O'Clock the market was comparatively
steady for half IN hour, but during the
last twenty minutes decided weakness
was developed In the most active issues.
aud prices declined from \ 10 over
per cent The market closed excited,
weak aud irregular.