Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-25
After Fiercely Fighting on Change
Tor Year, the Brokers
Celebrate.
The Bulls Feel Slightly Weak, but
Say january VIII Make
IL All Right. -
The Markets show Only Slight Cbunge,
with Eair Demand For Pro
ducts of All Kinds.



TEXAS RAILWAY BoNDs.
NEW YORK, Dec. ~ The railway bond
sales to-day were as followsi Fort
Worth & Denver rs, 5000 at SD; 5000
ditto at sll; Texas & Pacific Rios,
ex-coupon, 10000 at ~; Louis.
vile, New Orleans Texas rs, 5000 at
90l Missouri, Kansas & Texas general
5's, 5000 at 76i; Missouri, Kansas & Texas
general 6's, 10000 at 30; Texas & Pacific
terminal G's, 1000 at ~; Texas & Pacific
income land grants, 10000 ut 8l3; 10000
ditto at 8ib; 5000 ditto at 34i; Texas &
Pacific rs Rio Grande division, coupon
off, 10000 at i3d Texas & New Orleans
Sabine division, 5000 at 100; Fort Worth
s. Denver City rs, 5000 at 500; Texas &
Pacific Rios, cx-coupon, 2000 at 4iI.
Wheat firm but quiet.
Oil opened at SSl, closed at 90i.
Cotton declined one point.
Coffee Inactive
Brokers are creditors with breaking
Texas & Pacific and deliveries of the stock
were ready in the new certificates In the
name OF w, Il. Conner & Co., dated Feb
ruary, 1896
Bulls look for period of dullness but
hope the market will respond
when the new Investment demand
incidental TO the LIST of January disDurse
ments finds Its way TO the street.
After considerable discussion IL was
decided to-day to keep the stock ex.
change open Saturday.
There was great fun on the exchanges
to-day, the brokers indulging in their
customary antics and Christmas FRANKS |
with vim which showed that they had |
merry hearts, even II many of them had |
lost their margins by being caught on the
40 he. u,el...
recent fluctuations. Although the fun
to-day was of the most boisterous kind
The participants declared they intended TO
have still noisIer time next week In
honor OF the advent Of the new year
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND bonds.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24--Govcrnment
bonds duh and steady Business I'm rail.
way ponds was OF Il retail character
Prices are generally higher. Stocks were
extremely dull, sales amounting to only
"a 900 shares, OF which Missouri, Kansas
" Texas, st, Paul and Lake Shore
contributed over 100000. During
nearly the whole day the market was
strong with very slight fluctuations, ex-
IRENE range being generally less than !
per cent Opening prices showed gains
% 10 ., with exceptional advance on
louisville x Nashville of 4, and during
| ,
al ABOVE ,,,, nrst hgures After midday there was
. q small feactt0n, nat Inc, WIS SSdrccfy
business enough to establish quotations,
except for few stocks. Inc market
again became firm during the afternoon
and closed strong at prices from slnail
fractions To | per cent. above laSJ hisnt .
closing figures, although Pacihc Mail
shows IL gain of ID and New YORK Nc"
England 4 most conspicuous.
The feature of the market was trading III
Missouri. Kansas & Texas, which opened
at 8lG. sold early ut 3li, then declined 10
90I. and was back TO 3lb at midday. Sales
In the afternoon were made between 81
and 9oi. closing at 800 bid. Northwest
ern, Missouri Pacific, Ohio Mississippi
and ST Paul 4 Duluth each closed WIN
uain of per cent Lake Shore Is up 4,
New York Central 4, and Lackawahna
Nor cent. The Lackawanna dl-
rectors to-day declared the usual
ounrterly dividend OF II per cent
Texas 4 Pacific was very quiet, aud clos,
Ing prices show gain OF /. II Is stated
that income bondholders have decided 10
take scrip Instead OF cash In payment Oh
their interest for the years 1857 ana 1900,
and suits against the company to coihpeI
payment OF cash TO such Oohdholders aro
TO be withdrawn. The furry on account
of the advance in exchange has enurely
subsidized. Six hundred thousand dollars
in gold bars were shipped to-day by Eu
ropean steamers, and exchange Is agar
below shipping point.
Bonds aud stocks closed at the follow
ing prices bid; l04s, ll23, 1874, 100, llo
86{, 81, llGA, l2l, Ala, 1880, 100, 1850 0oi
1864, 10, 23b, lsa, 2l2, 80 1864, SOs, S6s
48a, 70, l07, asa, 27l, 50a, 1904, lSS, IVY
81, GA, 2oA, i2T4, 92k, llS, 500, W. IVY
53s, l0s, ls4, ~, 72s,