Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-09
Yesterdays Sales Of Railway Bonds
Widely Distributed Business
Reported.
Rumors Again Prevalent Of an Alliance
Between Western Union s Bnlti-
more & ohio.
The Balls Merely Trying TO Hold Their
o,sn in ihe stock Market WITH Only
Moderate success.


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TEXAS RAILWAY BoNDa.
NEw YuRK. Jan s.--The railway bonds
sales to-day were as follows COCO Mis-
souri,, Kansas Texas general mortgage
G's at W: 5000 Missouri, Kansas g Texas
general mortgage SIS at glg; 1000 Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas general mortgage
G's az 9is: 1900 Missouri, Kansas s..
Texas general mortgage G's at gl4; 5000
Missouri Kansas s. Texas consolidated
7's a. ilGI; 5000 Texas & Pacific Rio
Grande division NJ fG3; 5000 Texas & PA
ciac Rio Grande division at 4Gl ll,000'
Texas & Pacific Rio Grande division nc
fGl. 10000 Texas & Pacific Rio Grande
division at 4Gl % 600 Texas & Pacific
II. G. div. at 81. COCO Galveston. Harris
burg san Antonio ~ at 92i; 5000
Galveston, Harrisburg & san Antonio rs
at 98; 5000 Hon -ton Texas Central iirst
western division at 100, 10000 Houston
& Texas Central 2's at s84; 10000 Kansas
g Texas 5s at 7G4; 10000 Texas Pacific
Rio Graudc division cX-cDupOn at i5b
1000 ditto at iG; II 900 ditto at iGI;
$4,000 Texas & Pacific incomes at 800
1000 az 8G3 10000 Fort Worth 6
Denver rs at 82}; 200O Gal
weston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
first western division at s0i $1,000
Galveston. Harrisburg & San Antonio
rs, western division, al ~; 10000 Texas
Pacific NJ 48; 5000 Texas & Pacific, Rio
Grande division, at ~ 1000 Galveston,
Harrisburg e san Antonio $ at 100; 5000
Texas & Pacific income at 800; 10000
Texas 4 Pacific, Rio Grande division, eX-
coupon, 10 i7i; 1000 Fort Worth & Dem
yer City rs at s3i; 10000 Kansas 8
Texas ~ az III; 5000 Louisiana, New
Orleans& Texas rs at 9li
Wheat advanced slightly at the opening,
but in The afternoon broke on rumors that
the French government would increase
the already large duty on wheat. Several
commission houses sold quite freely on
the report Cash wheat was again dull,
and only one load was reported for cx-
port
OIL opened at s9lc, and closed at ssc.
Cotton was steady az an advance Of 4
points
Special TO the Gazette.
THE WOOL. MARlCET.
BosToN, MASS, Jan. S.-Wuo is in
good request. The market was noted TO |
be rather quiet for three or four days early
in the week, the wcat az having probably |
much 90 do In keeping buyers at home
but within couple ofdays trade has been .
good with more inquiry, and prices are /
fully maintained. IL Is noted that there /
ia better demand for fine, uuwashed |
woods, which begin TO be thor
ougbly picked up with the mar
ket nrmcr Buyers are paying |
from 20 10 % cents for good lots OF lnc |
unwashed with lighter springers held |
higher The demand for woods in grade /
continues 20 improve, with considerable |
selling. The actual sales are about I
2,i4O 600 pounds domestic, and 10000 1
pounds foreign For the same week |
last year the sales were 1871 900 I
pounds domestic, and G85 600 for /
eigu The receipts show an Improvement /
over the previous week aud are now con-
sderably larger than at the same time |
last gear, aud for the week they have /
been 5i75 pounds domestic and l73 |
pounds foreign, total OF 56ts pounds. /
The selling prices for the past week are /
quoted Ms follows: Texas spring me. |
dun, - months, "a TO 2Gc; Texas |
sprlhg, tnc - 10 pc; do fall, |
lne, II to 29c; fall medium, 10 20 28c |
Texas spring fine, 6 to 8 months, s to /,
2lc; ditto spring medium, to months, |
~ 20 Csc, pulled and combng woods |
strong, There Is little demand for fall
Texas. The sales Of Texas and Southern
woods include 10000 pounds OF medium
spring.
GOVERNMENTS, srocRs ANn poNps.
NEw York, Jan. S,--Goyernmont bonds
duh and steady.
state bonds dull and steady
There was again widely distributed
business In railway bonds for small
amounts The changes IN quotations are
cvcnlv divided between gains aud losses
a.
confined to room-tradipg. The result Of
the days operations is net loss OF I
20 / for the general list, with a decline OF
per cent, in Lackawauua and some OF
The inactive shares. The only OK.
ception TO this rule X Western Union,
which was strong throughout and shows
an advance OF 4 There Is prevalent
belief that some kind of an alliance Is
being formed between the Western Union !
and Baltimore & Ohio, which will result |
ultimately Ia the harmonious working of |
the two companies, and the strength to- |
day 10 this stock was due 20 the circula- |
tlon Of these reports.
The coal trade Is admit. 1
teddy In very unsatisfactory 7
condition, and Lackawanna yielded [
this afternoon to I2a and closed better, /
With net loss OF II. The total sales |
were only 40. 500 shares, of which nearly
50 per cent was in Lackawanna, Erie st.
Paul aud Western Union, Erie common
Is lower ana preferred H. Manitoba is
down and Missouri Pacific per cent.
There Is manitestly no disposition on the
part Of the leading bull operators to do
morn than prevent any material declines,
which they succeeded IN doing ON small /
transactions. The market closed barely .
steady and generally little better than .
the lowest figures Of the day.