Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-29
LOCAL MARKETS..
OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,

Jan. 2S 1856. !
Cotton took an upward turn to-day In the
East, from speculate iniluen os, but there
was no perceptible effect ON prices here, which
for good many days have been almost sta
tionary. There is but little doing since receipts
are only nominal, aud nearly all buyers have
Grain was trne nrmer, but
quota Ions go over. In the hide mars ct
there Is some activity, tolerably large OF,
fcrings coming lu from the West, but mostly OF
an inferior grade.
There are NJ changes In the produce market,
chi.kens, butter and eggs selling rs per quota
tons, all being in fair demand.
Fruits are IN tolerably good supply, butmost
~ of moor quality. The Louisiana orange crop
Is oNhau ted, and good many dealers are
shippiug in california fruit. Lemons are
steady, with good shipping demand,
There was fair business transacted In lead
ing lines TO day, provisions perhaps taking the
lead Though prices are not changer, there y
a weakness in hog products, notably lard,
which has had downward tendency Tor some
time. Tho wheat markets continue firm IN the
West, and flour Ia stronger in sympathy. Local
prices are also firmcr. owing TO the advancing
tendency and to the improved weather, the de,
mand has improved, ana loDpers are takih1g
hold more freely, the demand running mostly
on extra fancy ilOurs.
A CINCINNATI EsT1MATH.
At this season of the year, says the Olhcln-
natl Price Cur ent, there are no developments
TO be expected which bear upon the extent OF
the cotton crop, except the movement TO mar
ket and This is 80 much affected by the varying
any one week is of not much Significance, Dur
ing the uast week the weather in the south was
unusually Indictment, cold enough to form zee
four Inches thick on the shores of the Gnlt, and
six inches of snow fell at Galveston. OF course
the movement of cotton was much restricted,
and the weather influence will doubtless be i'm
pressed upon t. G receipts for the current week
The seasons movement, however, has hetn thc
largest of any on record for the CORE
spending time for while the port re-
ceipts are less than last year and less than
in the exceptionally large crop year OF
1852 there have been much larger amp
ments by rail to Northern consumers, making
tho aggregate amount which has come INTO
sight about 325 OOn bales more than year ago,
and about 100, 600 more than IN the year OF thc
| largest crop on record. IL does not follow that
This crop will exceed that, for the facilities OF
movement have increased with each eucceeu-
| ing wear, and IL Is fair 10 assume that larger
proportion OF this crop has left tn planta IONS,
\ because the picking season was cut snort Ny
| earlier frosis. In the thirty one weeks yer 70
4 malning OF the cotton year the average recclpt
| OF 40 OOU bales per week would make an agsre-
/ gate crop OF about $780, 900 bales In 1888 lne
| receipts for the corresponding time were over
\ 1000 900 and even on the small cop year OF
! lss3 4 the amount which came into sleht was
/ / no, 900 bales u happy medium between IN, ,hc
| two would seem TO be u fair estimate lot lh y,
! season and that would result as ABOVE ihu''
| cated