Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07
The Past Week Marked by Wide
Fluctuations in Stocks Cen
eraI Advance Recorded.
Gotten Futures Take Another Upward
Turn, RegalnIng the Ground
Lost Friday.
Ysst4sdRy's sales OF hallway bondg-Se'
sur,uss Hold Their own-Hevlew
OF tho wool Market.
ON WALL srnrET .


way bonds sold to-day were $4,000 For
Worth 4 Denver City rs at 90si 1000 d.
al 90; 81 900 do at 90i 1000 do at 20
$1,000 Gulf, Colorado & Santa re gold 81
at 1906; % 900 do at 1861 10000 do a
l06; 70, 900 do ut 1864 $4,000 do at l06
10000 Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa 10 l's a
M; 10000 do at 1854; 1000 Galveston
Harrisburg r San Antonio. Waco division
~ NJ g6; 1000 do at ali 1000 Galveston
Harrisburg H. San Antouio, Waco division
~ at 50; $4,000 do at ll8i 10000 Texaf
Pacific Income land grants at 39Ai 5000
Texas & Pacific ~, RIO GraDde division
coupons on, seller GO days, at oil
5000 Houston & Texas Central l's
Waco division, at 99Ai 10000 Kansas 8
Texas SIS NJ sla $4,000 do at S2i 10000
Kansas Pacific coupons at i0ld, 1000 do
10 l0g, 10000 do at 1904; 10000 Kansas
q Texas, general mortgage, At g54 200Q
Fort Worth Denver City l'satg 05 700C
Gulf Colorado g. Santa Fe rs AZ 1914
5000 do at l0i3; 1000 Galveston, Harris
burg &. San Antonio "a az 81; 1000 do
at ileAi 10000 Houston & Texas Central
~, cx-coupon, at lOb 5000 Houston &
Texas Central general mortgage at b0i
900 Texas Pacific incomes at 3si 1000
Texas 4 New Orleans, Sabine division, at
0il 5000 Texas & Pacific, Rio Grande
ex-coup0n, at 52l 10000 Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Nc ga at l0i1i 1000 Texas Pa
cldc, Rio Grando cx-coupon, ut 62l 1000
Fort Worth & Denver City rs at 90i 5000
do at 00I; 20, 900 Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Ne 2'S at i0ih.
Wheat was stronger than yesterday.
on vas weak, opening nt 400 and clos
ing AT 7DA
Cotton advanced I or points
The week IN Wall street has been i'm.
portant in some respects, and Ia special
cases the market for securities has passed
through wide fluctuations. The share
list after tame opening became buoyant
and advanced under the leadership OF the
coalers, which rose "A To N per cent on
the announcement that Mr. Austin Cor
bin had Joined the Drexel.Morgan syn
dlcato. Tho Improvement In the
other prominent stocks ranged from
4 TO ~ per cent, and tile
highest figures were generally made on
Wednesday and Thursday Liberal real
cations and repeated raids by the bears
subsequently carried prices down and
part Of the advance was lost. Tho fur
Their sharp outs by the transcontlnental
lines had but little effect, except when IL
was rnmored that one OF the Eastern roads
had agreed To pro rate with the
Atchlson The fact that the trunk
lines decided TO keep out OF
the fight and through the mediation
OF Commissioner Fink were trying TO
bring about h settlement led TO belief
that tho war might be adjusted about as
quickly AS Il was started. But for this
fhnVa a nn IN plyo ha,
been moro seriously affected. Some OF
the usually inactive shares doomed into
prominence and recorded large nd
vance.
There was Increased activity in railroad
bonds which for the most part were strong
throughout and rose anywhere from | TO
~ per cent. with the Denver & Rio
drande, Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe, Erie
and Jersey Central issues particularly
conspicuous In tho upward movement.
Government bonds lost some OF their
previous buoyancy aud declined fraction.
ally. The rates for foreign exchange re-
NAMED almost stationery. Although the
posted tlguro for loag sterling was re-
duced 4 cent the demand has been light,
and the exports OF gold fell below the
estimates made at the opening Of the
week.
Money at one time was bid up TO 4 per
cent, but IA rule call loans were easy az
u 70 2 per cent
THE WOOL MARKET.
= eeiai to the Gazette
NEw YORK, March 6.--Tho wool trade
in New York IL dull aud ieatureless. Con
siderable stock IL being sent to the mills
ON previous contracts. Fair quantities OF
fleece wool are reported here. The sales
embraced 10000 pounds OF TALL Texas at
IS 10 20 cents, 1000 pounds of Texas aud
$4,000 pounds secured at the same fg.
ures
COTTON MOVING ur AGAIN.
special 10 tho Gazette,
GALVESTON, Tx, March G,--Cotton
tntnres took another upward turn to-day,
rogaining much lost ground. At New
YORK the market opened 2 TO points
higher than yesterday; next hour forcing
quotations points below the opening,
About noon the market grew urmer and
the Improvement continued until the close
with general gain over yesterday Of lol
80 ~ points. At New Orleans this market
opened > 10 points below yesterday,
hut began az III o'clock TO improve
and advanced steadily 90 the close. April |
options, which opened at s,6bc TO S.6Gc, |
closed 80 $500 TO s,sio, galu Of ~ |
points Liverpool futures were quiet but |
ilrm at q decline of points The spot
markets We not materially changed, LlN. |
urpool showing decline while Galveston
advances l-lOc, with intermediate points |
Brokers regard the present |
market exceedingly uncertain Monday |
may Witness very Important advance or |
q ruinous decline. Dealers will not bo
surprised az anything cotton does az
present,
GOVERNMENTS, srocHs AND noNDs.
NEW YoRg, March G.--Govemmcnt
bonds active and steady,
Railroad bonds active,
Prices were higher,
The feature In etocks was the sale Of |
70, $50 shares OF Reading with a net gain
Of lio. This result is attributed to the
Of Reading certificates,
which. In the name of w X, Vanderbilt |
i,ttestel by hls brokers, were delivered
on the street, Ever since "Wednesday the /
market has been growing duller and less
aud to-day's business
ranks among the extremely duh days Of
iull periods. Lackawanna gained l. |
Delaware 4 Hudson aud Jersey Central
aru up I each, aud the remainder of tho
usually active list shows slight gains, OK.