Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-24
Yesterdays Sales Of Railway Bonds
BETTER Distribution Of Bust
ness than Usual,
Gold to be Shipped to Europe To-Day
Wheat Weak Cotton from I
70 4 Points Lower.
The Result OF the Days transactions In
Stocks Fractional Decline Tor
tho General List.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
TEXAS RAILWAY BONDS.
NEW York, Dec. 23.-The sales OF rail-
road bonds to-day were as follows Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas general IS, 1900
at &c Missouri, Kansas & Texas general
G's, 10, 900 at So; 5000 ditto at 90; lIous-
ton & Texas Central IS, main line, cou-
pons of, 10000 at 1903; Texas &
Pacific income land grants, 1900 at 90;
$4,000 do at 34k; Texas & Pacific rs, Rio
Grandc division, coupons off, ll,000
at l2t; $4,000 ditto at i24; Texas Pa
cifc incomes, 5000 at 8ii; Houston &
Texas Central 2's, 1000 at 81; Houston
Texas Central l's,eX-coupon, 1000 ut 1903;
Kansas & Texas general mortgage, 10000
at 500 Kansas s. Texas IS, 10000 at
764; 10000 ditto at 7G; 5000 ditto at 7Gt;
Houston & Texas Central general
mortgage 5000 at 5s; Texas s Pacific
Rios, cx-coupon, 5000 ut i28; 5000 ditto
at l2l; Texas 6 Pacific Incomes 5000 at
3ii; Texas Is Pacific terminals, 200O at
i2l; Missouri, Kansas Texas SIS, 5000
at 7Gi.
Wheat excited and weak.
Cotton declined to ( points.
OIL opened at'S7c and closed at SS5c
Coffee dull.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEw YORK, Dec. 23-GOycrnmcnt
bonds duh and steady, except the 3's,
which were active and strong.
There was better distributed business
IN railway bonds than for some time, but
the total sales were less than usual. The
scare caused by the reports OF heavy
shipments of specie to Europe proved to
be cphemeral. The sudden advance made
tfggiapIuvJ maintained nd
business was done.
Quotations for sterling bills this even
ing are below the price Mt which ship
mcnts can be made without loss. 1t is
probable, however, that $500, 900 will be
sent on steamer tomorrow, arrange
ments having been made for that amount
by Brown Bros. & Co., who state, how
ever, that it is still possible for the
hipmcnt to be deferred or abandoned
Another shipment OF $780, 900, IL is stated,
will be made on Tuesday next by another
banking house.
Great interest was felt in stocks this
morning, Operators sought through the
opening quotations to discover the effect
OF yesterdays rumors. The opening tlg-
ures were generally TO 4 below the final
quotations of yesterday but the lowest
prices were made either at or soon after
the opening. There was some dizziness
Tor short time and then the more active
stocks started upward, advancing through
out the forenoon, during which time
nearly AL the really active stocks rose
from TO a. per cent. During this
advance the market was active, but after
midday II became quiet and slowly de-
clined losing the greater part OF the fore
Moons advances before o'clock. At
about the beginning of the last hour there
was Slight rally and then an irregular
movement set in, considerable fcgerlsh-
ness being developed In Lackawanna and
Texas & Pacific, with small declines also
Ia the Changers. The market closed
generally weak at only slight changes
from last evenings figures, the advances
and declines being about equally divided,
except In few instances where there were
losses OF to ( per cent.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE ANb GOLD SHIPMENTS.
NEW York, Dec. 2G.--The Post says
wcll.iniormed men on Wall street to-day
express the opinion that the recent adj
vance in rates of foreign exchange was
but partly legitimate, and that shipments
OF gold TO Europe, which it had been
rumorcd would be heavy, would probably
not prove 10 be very extensive. There
were good reasons to believe, il was said,
that the advance In rates and the agitation
about shipping gold had been created In a
large degree by persons who were trying
to depross the stock market.
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