Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-31
CANNON BALLS.
The Fort Worth & Denver Bonds the
Feature on Wall Street
Yesterday
stocks We're Strong and Mere Active
Than for Some Days
Past.
Uncle samuers Promises to Fay are
Active and Firm as the
Government.


TEXAS RAILWAY bonds.
Naw YORK. Dec 80--Tho sales OF rail-
mad bonds today were as follows Kan
sas K Texas SIS, 1000 ut rs; Kansas Tex
~ General mortgage, 1000 at 9lg; Fort
worth & Denver City fTsts, 10000 at 80,
sooo do al sOB. 5000 do at 500, 10000 do
otgt. pr. 600 do at 500, 10000 do at ~,
5oo0 do AZ sll, 5000 at sll, 5000 do at 81,
5000 do AZ gi4, 10000 do at sol, 10000 do
at soi. 5000 do at 81 Fort Worth & Den
yer City arsts, 10000 at 500, 10000
oat I'll. Houston & Texas Central LIST
ex.coupon 5000 at 1921 1000 do at 1929
Texas q Pacific Rios eX-coupon 1000 at
I71. 1000 do at l7a 5000 do at Az; l5i-
400 do Mt IS; 10000 do at 4s4 10000 do
M asa Texas & Pacific incomes, 5000
al 87t. Texas & Pacific incomes, land
grants 5000 at 824 Texas Pacific lst,
Rio Grande division coupon off COCO at
IS: 10, 600 do at l7l; 5000 do at a.
Wheat stronger and steady on opened
at $50, closed s1S
Cotton advanced points at opening,
but declined In the afternoon.
Coffee firm.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 80.--Goyernment bonds
active and firm to-day; railway bonds
unusually actiye brisk trading at times
I'm Fort Worth & Denver trsts, TeXas q
Pacific, Rio Grandc division coupon on.
There was also very widely distributed
business in others in the list, winch OK
captions prices are higher; Texas & Pa
clhc, Rios. coupon off, are up II MIS-
souri, Kansas & Texas Issues show
fractional gains, Houston Texas 2's
are up "a, New Orleans & Pacific l's,
Gtnclra NyaVp again
strong Mt opening and somewhat more
active First prices were generally 4 TO
higher than last evening A some
what irregular moyementin early trading
resulted in decline OF to per cent,
bnt this was soon checked, and the mar
ket was strong throughout the forenoon,
reaching highest quotations before noon.
Throughout most OF the afternoon the
tendency was slowly downward. The
decline, however, was only small on
limited business, and during the
last especially the latter part OF the
hour, renewed hrnness was the feature
of the market, closing generally ut an
advance Of to over last evening. IN
IRENE fluctuations with very few eXcep-
lions did not exceed per cent. There
has been unusual trading Tor the past two
or three days in st. Paul preferred aud
this stock shows gain this evening OF
ta the common, which was most active
on the list, was J. Northwestern ls un-
changed. Vanderbilts were conspicuous
for their iirmness aud Lake
Shore tonight Is up aud
New York Central }. Considerable spec
ulation has been INDUCED in to-day as to
the amount vi the next New York Cen
tral dividend, aud dividend on several
thousand shares of stock WAS sold this
afternoon at i per cent, the purchasers
confidently expecting a per cent. diyi-
conspicuous for their strength, The
of ia, and the preferred
is up per cent. There was a good busi-
ness IN Erie common, but fluctuations
were within range of per cent; the
stock is 1 higher than yesterday Lncka-
wanna sold eX-diVldends for II per cent,
and is mp 5. The total sales for the day
We're 37l ,i52 shares. The recent strength
in Lake Shore is attributed, at least in
part, to IN impression more
or less prevalent that the d.
rectors would declare Il dividend
tomorrow 1t Is stated this evening,
however, that the Nanderblts and their
associates are opposed TO any dividend
at present, and IL is thought none will be
declared.
Large shipments OF New York Central
stock and Erie second consols made this
week to Europe by prominent German
house, aud another German firm yester-
day bought 100000 Erie second consols,
1t is understood, all for shipment.