Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-24
ON WALL STREET.
The Stock Market Still in the Rut of
Dizziness and Stagnation.
Everything of a Retail Character and Room
Traders Had the Making of Prices to
Themselves-Bonds Dull.
COMMERCIAL RESUME. :.


srecieI 10 the Gazette.
new YORK, Sept. 23.-Ranroad bonds
Today closed as follows:
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certif-
Gates, 2538.
Fort Worth and Denver bonds, 9915.
texas and Pacific rs, 81.
Is, 8775.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rs,
1913.
san Antonio and Arkansas Pass, $50.
Kansas and Texas SIS, 5919.
IS, sos.
sterling, quick.
silver, 50.
Money, 5@5la per cent.
Governments, steady.
Cotton, 4 points higher.
Oil, l0o18.
Coffee, . points lower.
Wheat, strong and active.
BRITISH GRAIN MARKET.
LONDON, Sept. 23.-Mark Lane Ex-
press in lis weekly review of the gram
trade says:
There is a better demand for English
wheat, and prices are stiffening. Sales
Of English wheat for the week were
s-Sg quarters, at 29s sd per quarter;
against 30 GA quarters, ut 34s Id per
7uarter for corresponding week last
year There is an improved inquiry for
foreign wheats. Californian and Russian
have advanced Sd. Flour and oats are
firm Corn is weak. Linseed is Is
learer. At to-day's market the tone
was stronger. English wheats were III
sellers favor, fine new crops selling at
Sos per quarter. California, Russian
and Indian were Sd higher. Flour was
against buyers. Corn was Sd cheaper
Peas and beans declined Sd.
COTTON SPOTS AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette
GALVESTON, Ten, Sept. 23.-The spot
market to-day showed decided evidences
of weakening. Liverpool closed quiet
with moderate inquiry. New York
closed easy at a decline of Lie. New
Orleans revised quotations and advanced
low ordinary. ordinary and good ordi-
nary 18c. Other grades unchanged.
galveston revised quotations reducing
midding, good middIing and midding
lair, Lice. Charleston reduced quota
tons l-l6c, while st. Louis advanced
them l-lGc.
Futures about held their own. Liver
pool futures opened quiet but steady, at
a slight decline from Saturdays close,
raIed quiet but steady aud unchanged;
closed barely steady at a point lower than
last quotations.
New York futures opened firm at a
slight advance. ruled barely steady l to
points higher on early months, closed
dull at I point advance on first months,
with 6 decline of the same ratio on the
others.
New Orleans futures opened steady
and tiuctuating, ruled steady l to ,
points lower, closed steady at the. de-
cline. -
Wool and coffee are unchanged at
former quotations. Sugar has declined
!, on all grades, the market closing
firm with fair demand.
CONVENIENT STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The stock mar
aet to-day showed no signs of coming
ont Of the rut of dizziness and stagua-
ton into which it has fallen, and trad
ing to-day, outside OF Louisville and
Nashville trusts. was of a decided re-
tail character, while, except in d few
of the leading stocks the extreme range
of the day seldom exceeded y per cent.
Room traders as usual had the making OF
prices III the general list almost entirely
TO themselves. The close was quiet and
fairly firm ct near opening figures; gains
are almost entirely for small fractions.
Railroad bonds were somewhat more
active than usual of late. ThRSone of
The market was rather heavy especially
in the afternoon, and final changes in 9.
majority of cases were IN the .directionss8
lower figures.
Government bonds dull ana weak%
State bonds dun and steady.