Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
ON CHANGE.
Yesterdays Business Operations in
the Country's Commercial
Centrrs.
Cotton Remains in statu QUO Grain on
the III orade-F Fluctuations in Rail.
way shares.
FINANCIAL.

IkNAS STOCKS AND BoNps.
special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-IIouston 4 Texas Cen
trail, 80 bid, 50 asked Denver Il Rio Grande. i2l
bid, l2s asked; Texas 4 Pacific. liz bid, Is asked
Bond sales from 10 O'Clock 70 noon 1000 Mis-
souri,, Kansas y Texas general IS at II; 1000
Missouri Kansas Texas general 0s nj 81 1900
at sili 1900 Missouri, kansas X Texas
coupon Is at liOi; 5000 Texas q Pa.
cic Income land grants at an.
1000 at i7i; 1000 Texas 4 Pacific hrsts Eio
Grande and coupons at 81; 5000 Texas & Pacific
Rio Grando division coupons offered at ~, 1000
e2l, 5000 62ii 10000 Galveston, Harrisburg Il san
Antonio west division nrsts 9as 1900 s2i he.
tween II and > O'Clock 1000 Houston 4 Texas
Central iirs;s main line coupons offered at s9l,
10000 Texas y PaciAc income land
grants at As, 1900 at lil; 10000
Texas Il Pacific Rio Graude division coupons
offered Gel 5000 Missouri, Kansas X Texas gen.
eral G's s4l, 5000 "a. From O'Clock to closing
5000 Denver n Rio Grandc iirsts eOs li5i, 5000
Missouri, Kansas Is Texas general SIS 5Ol, 10000
! 7ol; 1000 Texas y Pacific income Hand grants
Az, q, 900 47a. 5000 Texas u Pacific Rio Grande
division coupons offered at G2l 5000 Texas x
Pacific term gs 60, 1000 Texas and No. LIST sa
bino division g6l.
/ The following shows the extreme fluctuations
for the week In the leading shares NHnnoapo-
/ lis y ST. Paul preferred, highest iOl lowest S9l
Houston X Texas Central, highest aud lowest
81; Texas \ Pacific, highest Sel, lowest 3s.
oN TnE SEW YORK BoAIp.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2g-Governmcnt bonds du
and strong. In railroad bonds the market is
I quiet for everything except Erie seconds. but
business was well distributed. Prices gencr-
ally fraction higher. ST. Paul occupied
the center of interest on stock exchange to day
Specializing orders In early dealings resulted in
an advance from isl TO 7gl, which It reached a
little before this afternoon The advance was
slow ana with only slight reactions. The an.
nouncement that p per cent dividend was
declared on common stock was followed by
that of another that the directors had issued
S5OO0O,00O additional preferred stock, which
was 60 be offered to stockholders at
par, but II was not until after the close of the
board that the street was fully Informed in re.
| gard to the matter. After the FIRST announce.
mcnt OF dividend there was rapid decline-7Dl
! 67Slc. During the balance OF the day itwas firm
at TSlCunti Just up at close 1000 shares were sold
ut ISLE. There was break with 1900 shares al
7sic, at which 1t closed, decline from highest
price of day at lie, and only behlgher than last
evening. The preferred sold yesterday ut llli
aud closed al ll2. Following the announce
mcnt OF proposed issue OF new stock
1t broke to-day TO H. but closed un-
changed at ll2; tho total sales
were 244, 500 shares, an increase over yesterday
of 20,OOO shares, but 30 per. cent Of to-day
business was done in ST. Paul and Lake shore
The total sales for the week were l,3lGc2
shares, OF which nearly so per cent was con
trlbuted by Lake shore. st. Paul lackawmhni
and Western Union.
MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK, sept, 2d-AlOney on call easy ~ i"
II per cent. prime mercantile paper, 4dac ;for
elgn exchange dull at u o33 for siNly days
aid 81 s5l for demand.
STOCKS.
NEW YORK, Sept 98,-The following were III,
official closing quotations at the New ION
IL NN