Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-20
ON WALL STREET.
Stock Market was Strong-Prices Adj
vanced Steadily Throughout the Day.
Tho Marfet Closed at the Best Figures of the
DayARailway Bonds Responded to the
Improvement in Stocks.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. l9.-Railway bonds
to-day sold as follows:
Fort Worth and Denver, ssh.
Texas and Pacific rs, S916.
2's, So.
Houston and Texas Central g, 11615.
Kansas and Texas Is, 9O1a.
6's, 6l4.
5's, 81.
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe rs, 1863.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 5's, 5634
6's, Gl35.
rs, 80.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas 2's, 80.
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass, 92L
Sterling easier owing to higher rates
for money.
Governments firm.
Money. 4@j per cent.
Silver, 92A.
Wheat dull and weak.
Oil, 92I6. -
Cotton, steady at decline.
Coffee firm.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Dec. 19.-The stock
market was quiet but after n temporary
set back in. the early morning it was
strong fer the entire day and everything
is higher. The declines at the opening
extended to 15c and this loss was supple
mented by further losses of small frac-
tons in early trading. There was a re-
action later which carried the list quickly
above the opening figures. Trading was
confined to very few stocks, but the ad-
vance was made by steady though slow
progress, and even Rock Island,
Omaha preferred and Richmond
and West Point preferred, which
had been materially depressed by the raid
covered handsomely. Common stocks
came to the front hter and in the last
hour Delaware and Hudson made an
other squirt while the rest OF the list sym
pathized closely, and the market closed
with moderate degree OF animation and
strong at the best prices of the day. The
principal advance was in Delaware and
Hudson, 233; Richmond and West Point
preferred, IL, and Lackawanna and
Louisville and Nashville each l &
Railroad bonds were dull and weak
early, but improved fraction at the
close.
Government bonds dull but firm.
State bonds dun and steady.
BRITISH COMMERCIAL STATEMENT.
in its commercial article says: There is
no sign of animation anywhere. AL
though in some instances the sales yester-
day reached a fair amount, altogether
the business done did not reach the aver
age of Tuesday s transactions. In some
departments the business transacted was
very small Prices, however, were
steady, and there was no sign of pressure
to sell. Spinners do not abandon their
estimate of 200 900 bales as the mini
mum OF the American cotton crop, not
withstan6ing numerous statements from
the United States favoring 1000 300
bales or hess rs the probable amount of
the crop. The spinners, however, are
reserving their opinion until definite in
formation is obtaiaable. There is mod
crate inquiry for export yarns, and but
few of the orders are practicable. The
business done has not reached the aver
age. Buyers for home consumption have
covered their present orders, and are
holding off in view of the slack orders of
the cloth market. Cloth is quiet but
generally steady. India and China shirt
ings are firm. Productions are pretty well
under contract generally; some makes
are we'll sold The best China qualities
are strong at full prices, which mer-
chants 10 not hesitate TO V, though
they do not take large quantities. ia
comets and dhoots are in fair demand.
Agents find difficulty in putting through
even moderate proportion of business
offered. The best printing and finishing
cloths are unchanged. Sales are moder-
ate. Common, duh, heavy goods are
quiet, with fair demand.