Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-11
me Cotton Receipts Compared With
Those Of Last Year-The Market
Well Supplied.
iS"ilrnnd Bonds In Good Demand--s'Aiuss
insp'red With More Confidence
Wheat Irregular.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

] On was unchanged, closing al i3I.
| Colton STEADY at about two points nd /
vance. The receipts at all ports TO-DAY 1
were 1000 bales against 44g9 bales last
year. According to the Chronicle there
are on shipboard but not Vet CLEARED |
50,970 bales for Great Britain, 47.b4s /
bales for France and the other
foreign countries and 1896 bales for
coastwise, leaving the stock at the ports
6eC,dl0 bales against 51S,7ll bales last
! year Spot cotton IS easy at 9fc for mid. |
ding upland with sales OF 2s5 bales to
! spiuuers aud COO bales on contracts for
! future delivery
heat remains very quiet, hut sellers
are quite firm and the market closed after
sales Of $4,000 bushels to 3-l0Oc
higher.
There is no change in the price Of
coffee, which was again duh
Money per cent.
Governments were firm.
Foreign exchange dull aud without
change.
While there was no special activity in
the Wall street market for securities
during the week the dealings
we're characterized by strong under.
tone and gradual improvement in prices
TOOK place The harmonious trunk line
meeting, the change in the New Jersey
Central directors, the progress made to-
ward an adjustment of the transconti
mental troubles, the easier feeling in the
money market and the probable increase
in the banks reserves all tended TO in.
spire more confidence in values The
Northwestern railway difficulty had al
ternately favorable and an adverse in
fiuence, according to the tenor Of the adj
FitaH Naas, gl,.,
general list the advances in
prices were equal to l@7 per
cent, the latter in New Jersey Central
Oregon Navigation rose {, Lackawanna
81, Pacific Mail 81, Lake Shore %, North
west Oregon Transcontiuental "a and
Northern acitc preferred per cent.
he reactions, although frequent, were
slight Among the speciaties St. Paul
Duluth advanced 8, Richmond DanWle
z, do terminal A., NJ, l.. ) & w pre-
terred AZ do common 1, Gni Evansville 4
Terre Haute per cent
Railroad bonds We're in good demand
throughout, and round amounts were
taken by financial institutions. There
was an advancein prices ranging from 10
- per cent. The greatest rise has been IN
the Peoria, Rome & WatertowD, 0gdens-
berg ~, Lake Shore & Western, Virginia
Midland, Indianapolis, Decatur IS Spring
deld and st Paul issues.
Governments were in the main firm,
and near the close the market was strong
ly affected by the defeat Of the free-coin-
age bill
The foreign exchanges were reduced
slightly, but rates were afterwards re-
stored and the market ruled steady.
The monetary situation was decidedly
easy, and call loans ranged from 81 to Ii
per cent, with the bulk of the business
at 2@24 per cent. The large disburse-
ments tor interest and called bonds by
the treasurer and the influx of currency
from the interior increased the supply OF
available funds at this point to both call
and time borrowers.
ATCHIsoN HIGHER.
Special 70 the Gazette.
BosroN, MASS, April l0.-The market
to-day is quiet, but generally firm. Atch-
son, which was depressed yesterday,
opened at $50 and advszced to 80. The
s's sold from 100 up to 1874.
THE WOOL MARKET.
Special 10 the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April lo>-The demand in
the New York wool market mas been care
full, and business during the past week
has been exceedingly light. No important
/ changes nave occurred. Sales included
5000 lbs secured Texas at 45@5Us; 1000
/ do Xxx Ohio at 33@34c; 5000 DO x do at
S2C7924c; C000 do fun Texas at l6@20c,
ana 1900 do line secured Texas, 1000 do
foreign, 5000 do China, 2000 do camrl's
/ hair Nolts, 10 600 DO domestic, 1000 me-
. .um washed fleece, $500 do Monteyldeo,
: 25, 600 do spring Texas, l2,o00 do pulled,
, ON private terms.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BoNDs.
NEW YORK, April 10 Government
z bonds dull and steady.
5 Railway bonds in moderate demand.
= ESStocks duller than at any time Tor
: several months past. The sales were
, l65,547 shares The early news indicat-
) ing the possibility of iurth trouble at
East st. Louis led to a weak opening.
; The market was duh but firm until to-
; ward midday, when there was small de-
!. cline followed by renewed strength that
continued to the close. The extreme
fluctuations were generally under ] per
cent, aud In some Of the old active stocks
It not over } The final ligures were gem
n erally at or near the best of the day.
Il Dispatches from the Southwest indicated
further trouble, and at one time IL was
said the fremen on the North
western railway had threatened
to strike, but later reports coniradicted
:, lhis statement. The changes this even
= ing 80 compared with those OF yesterday
= are generally infsvor OF higher pric IS by
y fractions + To } per cent, but some OF
! the usually inactive stocks show greater
!. changes, including 81. Paul and DUN, b,
u which i 8bc higher, and Milwaukee, Lake
], shore & Western preferred. On tue
, other hand Jersey Central lost 70, Erie
preferred &c ami Texas & Pacific Sc, 81
Paul, Notwithstanding the statemel'
n for the first week OF Apr
r showing loss compared with the same
! week Of last year Of S62 ,727, closed I'M
a changed The result Of the weeks oper
y ations is small advance for the genera
y list, the gains being In nearly every u
:. stance less than per cent, but Paciii'
Is Mail and New York & New England cr'
q 10 ~. Central OF New Jersey apd ~
n. Paul ava Duluth II, The total sales TO
the week are Sl,490,l90 shares.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
special 70 the Gazette
MN ORLEANS, April lo.-Sugar-
steady; refining 6ae; standard granulate'
Is le T. tG096bc; coniectioners "a" 63c.
On Molasses-Qulet and unchanged
Coffee-Quiet at previous prices.
Rice--Unehanged.