Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-16
The Bear Movement in Stocks
Brought to Sudden Check
ACTIVITY Of the Bulls
Vanderbilt Heirs Determine to Boost
In Their Securiiies-Cotton
on the Decline.
Ycstsrdny's sales of Railway Bonds- Jh-
u,nniiy Heavy Dealings ia some
Texas Securities


TEXAS RAILWAY BON b0.
NEW YoPK, Dec lj.-I The railway bond
sales to-day were as follows: Niue
thousand Houston s. Texas Central lirsis
Mainline coupons offered OF l00i; 1000
Houston g. Texas Central ilrsts west
division coupons offered at 95i 5000
Louisiana, New Orleans s Texas ilrsts at
go POGO Missouri, Kansas & Texas gen
cral SIS at 7t5: COCO ditto at 7li; 1000
ditto at 74E; 5000 Missouri, Kansas &
Texas general G's al Ssi; 1000 Missouri,
Kansas & Texas consolidated rs at ll83 4;
3d. 600 Texas & Pacific lrsts Rio Grandc
division coupons offered at IA 1000 ditto
at ~. 5000 ditto at ga 5000 ditto at
l5l;i5,000 ditto ut a.; 10000 ditto 474;
$4,000 ditto at i7ii $4,000 ditto
al az; 83, 600 ditto at IA;
$4,000 ditto at 47i; 5000 Texas IS Pacific
terminal G's AZ 4O; 1000 Texas & Pacific
income land grants, at 8Gi; 100000 ditto
at 8G. 10000 ditto at 35t. 1000 Fort
Worth & Denver CITY rs at SO; 5000
ditto at So; 5000 ditto at sgt; 5000 ditto
at s2d; 1000 ditloat s2}; 1000 ditto ut SO;
1000 Houston & Texas Central IS eN.divi-
deud at l0l 5000 Kansas q Texas as at
a.; GOU0 ditto at 1li; 1000 ditto at ~
600 Kansas s. Texas genera mortgage at
S3l; 2QOD ditto at -; 1000 Kansas Sc
Texas rs at ia; 1000 Texas s Pacific
trust 90 ~; $4,000 Texas &
Pacific incomes at 35li 5000 ditto
at 35i; 5000 ditto at 35l;
1000 Texas & Pacific, Rio Grande cX-divi-
dcud, at l75; 1000 ditto at AZ $4,000 ditto
at VA; 1000 ditto at Az; $4,000 ditto at
~; 10000 ditto at 474 $1,000 ditto at
VA; 10000 Texas & Pacific, Rio Grande,
cx-diyidcnd, at "a 5000 ditto at IA;
5000 Texas & Pacific, Rio Grandc division,
eX-diyidcnd at Az 5000 ditto at IA;
$4,000 ditto at ~; 10000 ditto at i74
5000 ditto at AZ; 5000 ditto at
"a; 1000 Texas & Pacific incomes
at 86t 5000 Houston & Texas Central
seconds at s3l 1000 Texas 4 Pacific in
comes at 3Ga; 10000 ditto mt $685. 5000
ditto 3Gi; 300 Texas & Pacific, Rio
Grandc division cN.dlyidend at i7f; 1000
ditto IS.
Wheat lower.
Cotton steady.
oil opened at 90i and closed at 9ll.
Coffee steady.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Dee. l5.-Goycrnmcnt
bonds active and strong.
There was less activity in some spccu-
lutiye railway bonds to-day.
The persistent decline IN stocks, which
was the most conspicuous feature of the
dealings on Saturday and Monday received
a decided check this morning. The bears
were on hand at the opening in force 10
press the advantage already gained, but
they were met by "A free buying which
made the opening prices somewhat irreg-
ular, and the early dealings showed con
siderable fCyerishncss. The excitement,
however, and the extreme activity were
confined TO the first hour and any appear
ancc Of weakness was dispellcd long
before the end OF the hour
With less active market prices continued
To move upward until after midday, dur
ing which time there were advances for
the active list Of aud per cent, Union
Pacific, Jersey Central and Lake Shore
were the most conspicuous for gains
made. Later there was a decline of a
fractional amount except in a few in
stances, where the losses amounted To /
to IA, notably Northern Paci-
nc preferred and Union Pacific.
This was again followed by good buying
that continued until the close. The final
prices were at or within small fractions
Of the best OF the day and ranged from
to . per cent, higher than the closing quo
tHtions last evening. The average adj
vance to-day is considerably greater than
the average loss yesterday. Among the
many rumOrs aioGt was statement that
the Nanderblts had come to an agree
mCnt to protect the price of stocks left by
their father and to-day's buying was
largely for thCil account