Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-03


much As for an Eastern war. there n mueh
lees fear Of that at least TN next snripr IN
England than among the spectators Of tho
United States.
GOOD DEMAND ron MONEY.
| Special TO the Gazette
CHicA AGO, lLt.., Nov. In spite of the re.
cent reports Of a decrease In trade. some r., Tho
largest hanks In the city give evidence Of an
active business, and their officials say that the
demand for money is very satisfactory. There
were good offerings of paper for discount to.
day The Board OF Trade people have not vet
called for heavy loans. They win get little. II
any at less than per cent some Of the bank
ors say they are by noincans anxious to lend
oven at mat rate, as they already have falrllnes
GU and eNpectthe market 10 grow drner as
thc season advances. Tho country hanks are
sun iroc borrowers. The demand for currency
1 Is. however. smuil
Ia the afternoon wheat cased OF, and was
qulct. The deliveries were 10000 bushels of
winch walsh Hack man delivered about 4sn.-
OH bushels. Cash wheat was dun, aud export
ers took only ono load.
Corn aud oats we're dun but firm, partially I'm
sympathy with whcat, but mainly because the
carly deliveries at Chicago were small aud re
ceipts were light Cash corn was strong, sell
ing as high as ste. ENportsers took sO, 900 bush
els, mostly special delivery. There were no dc.
liyerles,
Deliveries OF oats were about $4,000 bushels.
unchanged with no sales. The market al RIO
TO day was frm quotations aud exchange un.
changed; two days receipts, %, 600 bags stock,
2g6UO0.
The petroleum market opened today at
Slllh, aud remained ut about these ngnres
Very little was doing throughout the day,
transactions being unusually light, with an ali
sencc of wei ncws or other adyices OF nature
calculated to influence operations.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS
NEW YORK. NOV. achievements dull and
steady.
/ In the railway bond market Erie seconds con
| soils were comparatively quiet, the sales
amounting to only sG27 ,OOO There was consid-
cradle activity, especially in the after,
noon, in the Texas & Pacific issues
4 Pacifcs and the East Tennessee, Virginia Il
/ Gcorgias most OF the day. The stock market
| was feverish, active and Irregular at the open.
1 ing. The first prices varied from n
small decline TO an advance OF
per cent over Saturdays closing figures
Lackawana, Union Pacific and Reading being
| while Missouri Pacific and New York CcntrJu
| were weak. The market was extremely active
IN the early dealings, but the total safes for the
dhy, aggregaunl 5S2 COO shares, We're about
the same a. on saturday. OF this
amount seven stocks contributed 24o. OOu shares
the stocks referred TO being Lake score. West.
ern Union. Missouri, Kansas ~ Texas, Northern
Pacific preferred, Erie, 81 Paul aud Reading,
In the order named. While the market was
more orlcss Irregular during the forenoon, the
general tendency for time was upward foi
! lowed by reaction in which the
early gains were lost, and then another strong
market that with irregular and moderate fuc
tuutlons continued until nearly O'Clock, the
gains by that time ranging from fractions TO ;
per cent However, there were u
good many exceptions TO this rule.
The strong stocks included Western Union,
Missouri, kansas \ Texas, Pacific Mail, St
Paul, Omaha, Northern Pacific preferred, ore
gOn Iranscontnental. Canada southern, Ca
NADIA Pacific, Lake shore n Lackawunna. The
New York Central was prominent for
It's comparative weakness and this was
also true of Northwestern. Jersey Central,
Reading and Missouri Pacific. Erie y Lack
awana touched the highest quo.
ta'ions before midday The an.
nouucement that the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad had declared n dividend of only > per
cent. instead Of the usual per cent? was the
signal for selling movement that continued
uuti the close of the board. The declines al
times were quito rapid, especially for Western
Union, which fell per cent. In the last three
quarters OF an hour.
The market closed irregular and decidedly
, ! feverish, with only changes OF small
fractions In most cases, from saturday
! evenings final figures, The greatest losses
were in Missouri Pacific, Central of New Jersey
, Manitoba and New York Central, the decline
being from TO J. 1t Is understood that the Pa
cihC Mall steamship company VIII WithdruW
} it's Australian line at once its contract
with the colonies having expired to-day. II is
said that a London syndicate has recently pur
chased 100000 shares OF Union Pacific for snip
| ment abroad.
day in this state, all exchanges and banks VII
be closed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Moncy on call active an'
firm at 2a3I per cent prime mercantile paper
. 4la6l. Foreign exchange quiet at sly for d
Z days and 50 for demand.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.--1he following were thu
a Official closing quotations at the New lorl
stock exchange this afternoon
United States threes ....,.....,...'..,.'.' iG5