Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-23
ON WALL STREET.
First Mortgage Trustees Of Texas
Central File Bills Of Fore
closure.
Stocks Exhibited Series Of Narrow
Fluctuations, Closing at Frac.
tional Decline.
Special % Inc Ciazotte.


TEXAS RAILWAY BoNDs,
NEW York, Jan. ~ 1.-The following
were among the railway bonds sold to-
day: 5000 Fort Worth & Denver City =
at S53 5000 DO at s2A 10000 Houston &
Texas Central irst mortgage, coupons of,
at 1881 1000 Houston & Texas Central
l's, Western division, coupons fiat 991i
1000 Hannibal & st. Joe G's, consolidated,
at l20; 10000 Louisiana New Orleans &
Texas rs at 9ia 5000 Missouri Kansas
& Texas general SIS at 7Gd 10000 do at
7Ga; 5000 Missouri, Kansas & Texas gem
eral 6'e at 81 10000 Texas Pacific In
come land grants at S7b; 10000 Texas &
Pacific rs, Rio Grapde division, coupons
off, % 4aA; 25,000 do at 49i; 10000 Fort
Worth & Denver City rs at S24; 10000
do at So; 10000 Galveston, Harrisburg &
San Antonio 2's at 10s; 1000 Gulf, Colora-
do & Santa He 2's at S7l; 10000 Calves
ton, Harrisburg & Sau Antonio 2's, West
division Mt 98d; 10000 Fort Worth Dem
yer City rs at s29; $4,000 do. at 83i 1000
dc. at 925; 10 900 Gulf, Colorado & Santa
&c 2's at s7b; 10000 Kansas Texas gen
eral mortgage at 9ls.
The first mortgage trustees OF the Hous'
ton s Texas Central have filed bills OF
foreclosure in the United States circuit
court on mortgage amounting to So.
100, 900 on the main line and western di-
vision. Ia the bills filed the trustees al
lege that since their first suits the road has
dtfaulted In all about So, 100000 interest
that thn road ~ totally insolYent, that II
owes large floating debt and that there
Is no possibility Of its ever paying the
same.
There was less uneasiness among the
spectators on the produce exchange to.
day. Breadstuffs were fairly active, es-
pecially In wheat.
Cotton futures declined about -four
points for the principal months,
OIL opened at $50 and closed at $50.
GOLD FOR EUROPE.
NEW YORK, Jan 22.--Brown Bros. &
Co. to-day engaged 5000, coo in gold bars
for shipment Tomorrow by the steaIrer
Oregon.
Special TO the Gazette.
THE WOOL NiARKET.
BOSTON, MASS, Jan. % Selling prices
OF wool are quoted as follows. Texas
spring, medium, l2 months q 20 25c
Texas spring, fine, - 20 24c; Texas
spring, fine & 10 months Ia TO pc
Texas spring, medium, 70 months ~
to 28c; Texas fall, fine, II TO 22i Texas
fall, medium, ~ TO 28c. The receipts
during the past week We're 1876 bales do
mestic, GIT foreign. The sales were l :
900, ZOO pounds domestic fleece aud pulled,
10000 pounds foreign. The demand for
line iieeces continues. Pulled grades are
In good request. Tic general market Is
quiet but STEADY.
GOVERNMENTS, sroCg5 AID BOSDs.
NEW YoRR, Jan. Government
bonds dull ana lrni,
Railroad n0nds--PT,css generally hrm
in the forenoon, steady later IN the day,
resulting in small advegess for most 81
the securities dealt Ia.
With the exception Of tHo stocks, bus!
ness was very dun and Geciiedig feature
less The street was well supplied with
reports regeriing the proposed issue Of
additional bonds aud stocks By toe ST
Paul company, bnt nothing u an Official
character was obtained, aHd The meeting
Of the directors was still ~ session after
the close of the exchange The extreme
fluctuations Throughout the day showed o
range of only /, closing wl.h ret loss O
4. Lackawanna continued 70 excite {
good deal Of interest, but is wides
range WAS er cent and closed | lower
There was somewhat Irregular Openin.
for the general list followed BY q Sigh
advance during which the highest price
Of the day wee generally made. Tbi
was the only time In which there was au
show OF activity. There was a slOV
Yielding Of prices for fractional amount
between / and 2 o'clock, followed b
d small upward movement and the
downward tendency which CONTINUES
until the close, leaving prices general
from, ! IN 4 lovypr than last EVENING