Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
ON CHANGE.
spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures from
to ! Points Higher Money
Market Easy.
Whent Opened Weak, Declined steadily
and Closed Lower--Liv stock Trans.
actions Were Drisk.
FORT WORTH mARKErs-pAILY RK
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oFFTcE or THE GAZETTE,

OFFICE or THE GAZETTE
FORT WORTH, TEX. Oct 20, 1854
Trade in retail lines wis very good
part OF to-day owing to the number Of
country people in the city.
A prominent cotton buyer received ad-
vices to-day from Berlin to the effect that
unless there was change for the better
in Liverpool 1t was believed the price of
cotton would still further decline Mr.
Henry Barrett, the gentleman Ia question,
there will be further decline, he thinks
the market has touch d bot ON.
CALIFORNIA WHEAT.
The enormous wheat crop of California
is being sold and shipped freely 10 the
United Kingdom, TO France aud to the
Hawaiian Islands. The price OF Califor-
mia wheat IN Liverpool advanced schil.
llngs per quarter during August, but re-
ceded some during September. At the
San Francisco Produce Exchange, the
sales Of wheat for the first two month 8
OF the present cereal year, July and
August, were GAS 400 tons, valued at
Sl7 s66, $50, against 1853, 800 tons, valued
at 81, 947 ,SS5, for the same months 10
1885. For the same months In 1884 the
sales were 202, 200 tons, valued at g..
452, SAC.
COTTON PICKING.
The South annually raises about G, $780,
600 bales, or 1900 600, 900 pounds OF cot.
ton, and more than $500 900 900 pounds
OF cotton.seed. The seed aud cotton to.
gether annually picked from the Southern
fields weigh In the neighhorhood OF ,000,-
600, 600 pounds. Putting the cost OF pick.
ing this at the low figure OF half cent
per pound, 1t will be seen that to pick the
Southern cotton crop by hand costs at
least $40, 100000 annually.
| BUTTER -1Oalbc per pound; creamery 700
! OOrION-Good middling I7b0s 4Oc.
/ ,oOFFEE--Rio, fair llci prime llK@l2c;
choice l3Gl3kc; Laguyra l4Tc; Java 25c
Golden Rio lac: Pea Berry l4k9l5c.
| 100 l0kc; full cream twins l6c
! CABBAGE-S2 % per crate.
| CANNED GOODS--Prlces per dozen: Pine
apples standard, 81 So; peaches, standard, ,
| MS, 81 80; 8 lbs 50 Is; seconds 2 ms 81 25; bs
81 10; tomatoes, standard. ms 81 20 seconds,
, lbs S.; 3 he 81 40; green co 81 lOal 90 /;
green peas Dol 90; gooseberrIcss 81 25j rasp
berries 81 30; oysters, full weight, l n 81 %; 2
lbs 81 50; light weight d S-.2 lbs s.; salmon
n 81 65i lbs s., mack, rel 10 90dS1 90; sar
dlnes, American, Sc SO case imported sl2 50@
s 81 s's'A sAs'' A"s'' 'OD'"'0U "'iA
DRY GOODS Prints: Albion, solid colors
7 OpaGg AAitnb lhHN1s utRCg Ilnhd, Ofatt hODtk
$40; American fancy, SIC; Anchor, lkc; Ar
| mold fancy, So; Berwick fancy, 4c; Charter Oak,
ihc; "unnel. 5kc; Eddystone, &c; Gloucester
silver gray, 6hc; Hartel, bkc; simpsons, &c
Steel River, 51Sc; Windsor fancy, DC
Ginghams Amoskeag, Ike; Union. 7Hci
Caledonia, 73ic; Rentrew, sAci Jacquard'e, sci
Nubian. Sc; Westbrook &c; Zephyr $40.
Brown Cottons: Clifton o 90, Go; Constitu-
ton, exc; Dwight, &c; Glendale, exc; New
berry, exc; Empire IA, 6&c; Beaver Dam
bkc; Argyle, exc; Busy Bee, &c; Bangor +
lBhC.
Cotton Paids: oonestoga eH; Cumberland
&c; Black arrior, 10; southern, 7ko.
Kentucky Jeans: Klnyver &c; Marion, l0c
Antwerp, loo; Beekley, lSc; Columbus, 24c
Avondale, 2lc; Irvington, CSC; Kaiser, 27c
Laurei ttlenn, a6Ac; Anchor. s6c.
BleHched Cottons; Lonsdale, Skc; Forest
exc, Peabody ii, 6Ac; Pho Ger OF the Market
exc; Clinton, 7sc; Congress, Go; Cumberland
ne; Great Republic, &c,
EGG5--l59 6e per dozen,
FRUITS AND vEsErABLEs-orang SO o.
33 so per 100; lemons, So oOa6 81 per box
grapes, 10 n baske 8, Concord, 75c; Uatawba 75c
cranberrtes, 50 so per Dbl; apples per Dbl, s. "
G3 25 Irish potatoes, new 81. Louis, 90c pei
buehel; onions. 2k92A cent? neI pound
navy beans, SIC hand picked In bbls, medium
bbls SIC; large Lima 4cj oeets, per bushelsl OO0
/ 90; bananas, 81 b0a3 " per bunch; sweet pc
tatoes hO97bc per ou.
| FLOUR-Best patents 81 80 per 100 lbsi hall
patents 81 65; third grade So 40.
GRAIN AND Quotations be
low are on grain from store. In carload lot
corn and oats are &c per buthel lower thar
quoted.
Wheat $4,000
Corn--Bu shelled, GOO; sack sheled, ESQ.
Oats-Rulk, Ate; sacked, SOC.
Bran 81 90 per hundred.
Hay-IOose local, 81 U03s 90; johnson An(
Hill county sll o09iS co. best SIS oO@le 90,
Barley, e5c per bu'
Amber cane, 40 market.
johnson grass 81 90 per bu.
HIDES AND SKIN mo. heavy ID hide
lac per 10; No. heavy lie; No. light lie; no
81 light 7kc.
Dry salted lie; bull hides &c; glue Sc; greer
sailed SIC; butchers green 6ci sheepskins zoo
MoLA sEs-Choice Louisiana $50; fair t,
good }3c; corn syrup $50.
| NAILS--S3 rs per beg, basis l0d-Burdei
horseshoe per kcg s.; Perkins do, s. SO; Wake
do, IS 80; burden mule 50; Northwestern horse
shoe nails. No. boci No 5 26ci No 23c; No
6 22c; No. zoe; No. 8 100 Ausablo do No. 4 Abc
No 8 2ioi No d2lc; No, 1907 No. lsc,
EUT5-Peanuts, choice 7@sc; pecsns 6Hc
Brazil nuts l0la8llc; hlberts l2T @l3c; En-
glish walnuts l49lhc; almonds ls@2Oc yer d.
PRovI ,IoNs-We quote on the basis of car
lots
Fish-AIackereI, 10. u kits No. l, 81 90: No. 2
SOC; MALT bbls No, i, IS 80; No. 2, s. 90; drie'
behring's per box, 4oc; Goldfish. 60.
Meat sugar cured hams lSkc; sugar cnre'
breakfast bacon lokc; short clear bacon oAc
Iard-TieTce, 71Ic, 50 n cans TJEc 20. y cans
7Hc; 10 u cans, 71lc; 8 h cans, Sc; s'b cans
Hominy ana grits--Per bbl, 81 80.
Kraut--HRlf- barrels, 81 20.
Oaimeal-Per half Dbl, 81 co.
Cracked wheat Per 10, &c.
CraCkers--A soda, bAci XXX coda, &C. cream
sNc; ginger spAos sc; lemon creams So,
sundries-starch, sXc; candles, full boxes
l2ko; halves, - quarters, -; stick candy,et
1910; fancy, lU@l6c; rope, 9Aoi do cot
ton, l6c; herring, imported, 81 20 per reg
raisins, layer, $3.50; cider, crab oole tOc
Missouri, SOC; vinegar, l5G l5ci concentrated
lye, s. 1894 90; jugs. glazed lOc per gall crooks
gs ssd,lOH per gallon dried geaohes,Bo; indigo
75c Der D blueing, 80 @S1 90 per dozens Cole
mans mustard 81 309l 90 per dozeni macaroni
imported, lbo per American. 7bc per DO I
buckets. two hoops. 81 90 per dozen brllllAn
So 10. brilliant 80 cases, 81 l0i do X cases
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