Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-29
ON WALL STREET.
A Better Distribution OF Business
Shown In the Stock Market-Prices
Materially Higher.
Everything the Active List Shows =
Marked mprovement--3overn-
ment Bonds Higher.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-Railroad bonds
to-day sold as follows; Fort Worth
& Denver at GO; Texas & Pacific
incomes at so; Rios at 6s4; st. Louis,
Arkansas & Texas at 9s4 Kansas &
Texas Us at 1854; SIS at S4i; scrip at
7Si; 6's at 965; Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe, gold, 6's at 1861; rs at 1874.
Money 4@6 per cent.
Governments strong and higher.
Foreign exchange flrmer.
Wheat weaker.
Cotton declined points.
Oil closed at 62ac.
One of the "pointers" on change Is
that Kansas & Texas will sell at 40 this
week.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.--Government
bonds dull, but Arm.
The stock market showed somewhat
better distribution of business. The
prices were materially higher throughout
the day than at the close last night New
England continued To be the feature, and
its fluctuations were wide, and at times
violent, but 1t reached a higher figure
than has yet been attained on any previous
day, and showed handsome gain at the
close. The movement Is as much, II not
more of an enigma than it has been
at any time, but several new
stories were put In circulation, all OF
which seem to be hopelessly conflicting.
Western Union, Pacific Mail and Central
Pacific were also features In to-day's
trading, all being strong and active. St
Paul was the only one among the grang
Ia, al linz nnu lffn Of thn IN M
being credited to Chicago people. Prices
at the opening were very irregu
lar, LackawannA being down
and New England and UnioI
} Pacific up like amount, the othe
changes being for smaller fractions
, Prices hesitated somewhat In the earl,
, dealings, but the market soon becam
strong throughout, New York & New
I England gaining 20. The advance culm.
mated shortly before noon, and some heav
I mess was displayed, while the advanc
I In New England was nearly all lost
:, but II soon Joined the remainder Of tn
{ list, and with the exception OF sma
s reaction toward the close, the marke
j was firm all the way up, finally closin
(. steady to Arm. Everything on the activ
o list Is higher, New York & New Englan
y showing gain OF "a; Central Pacific
10 Louisville 4 Nashville and Union Pacif
n ID each, aud Western Union H.
l. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
N NEw YORK, Sept. 2S.-C. l.. Greene
A. Co.'s report on cotton futures say
70 Some disappointment over Liverpool, b.
- more particularly on the growing NOV
va ment OF supplies and the somewhat fore
ID BILE efforts to realize from the South, CT
r. ated little fright among the "longs
rs aud a splitting out of contracts followe
al with the cost reduced 2 to points.
Of the close the tone was steadier, with
n partial recovery on values OF all month
tn DRY GOODS.
he NEW YORK, Sept. 2s,--Dry goods--F
sr. all styles OF cotton fabrics there mas be
ie- a very good business through orders a
y selections, and the tone Of the market
II very steady TO strong. For wool goo
Die the new business has been moderate,
an the weather Is too hot
'nt BosToN WOOL MARKET.
~ BosToN, MASS. Sept. 2s.--The firmn
~ in prices OF wool continue to be susta
.on ed and the demand has been good. o.
~ X and Pennsylvania X, S8Ac; Xxx, 81
~ Michigan X wool offered at S24c.