Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-18
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks Were Moderately Active and
Strong Yesterday. and Advanced.
There Was Fair Amount o. Buying-Gran-
ger Roads snnouncs an Advances In
Freight Rates.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
special to the Gazette.
NEW YoRK, Oct. 7.-Mouey-Closeo
easy at 2R per cent. the lowest rate; the
highest was 61a per cent.
Silver-Sl l0L.
Exchange-Steady at 81 Sl@4 s61s.
Sugar-Raw quiet but firm; Musco-
vado, SO test, 7-l6c; refined, steady;
cut loaf and crushed, Lice; mould A,
6 ll-lGo.
wheat-Options were fairly active and
strong to-dav to more outside orders,
aud some buying for export; prices
closed 20 higher. Spot lots closed
stronger.
wool-Firmly held with q fair amount
of trading.
Coifee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio car
goes, 201so. Futures closed points
higher.
Cot,on-Spot lots quiet; mlddling,
l0Lc. Futures closed l to points
lower.
Hides-Firm; Buenos Ayres, dry, l5c;
dry Texas, l0@l3c. -,
Stocks were moderately active and
strong to-day; prices were firm through
out and advanced on a fair amount OIL
buving which was celebrated late III the
dav by the announcement that the
Granger roads had decided to advance
freight rates. The closing prices were
1R@3 per cent. higher.
Atohison, $50.
The dry goods market was fairly active
/ in ali departments to-day, ana prices
were steady.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bouds are quiet and have changed but
little.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certih-
Gates, 81
| Fort Worth and Denver rs, l05[2.
! Atchison general mortgage As, SO.
Atchison general incomes. 69A.
Kansas and Texas rs. ll5A.
General SIS, G91s.
General IS, 10.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general
6's, 10.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consolida-
ted rs, ll5A
st Louis Arkansas aud Texas ,S7.
Texas Pacific rs, 81 y.
Texas Pacific 2's, SO Is.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE stock mar
ket to-day was moderately active. A
usual, the out tone displayed was IL
marked contrast to that of the pas
months, being decidedly strong and a.
times buoyant, with conspicuous laci
of pressure to sell, and II became evlden
before the close of the day that liquida
ton had been changed from long to shor
account. The buying in most of the &C
tive stocks was excellent. The openln
of the market was quiet Tut strong
owing to London prices being lower
Prices moved up steadily during tn
forenoon and material gains were score
In leading stocks, the general list, q
usual, being quiet to dull, with sma
fluctuations. Bears were on full run
the afternoon and the upward movement
met with no check from the opening l
the close. Slight concessions were mad
from time to time, and especially In tn
last hour, and were almost wholly fror
realizations OF profits by the room trad
ing element. The close was active an
strong at or about the same prices OF IN
day.
Railroad bonds quiet.
State bonds dull.
COTTON, SPOTS AND FUTURES.
specIal to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. IA
wood, Violet s. Co. say: Futures
Liverpool failed to improve on first al
ticipations, and this, together with IT
ports OF only very light frost this m ri
, ing in few sections, caused free sellin
:, at the opening. The controlling el'
ment in the market is the weather prir
clpalIy, and II will dominate all othe
for the time being. Theirs has been
decided rise in the market to-day.
course the port and interior movement
0 have their influence, which for wee
show as follows: Port exports, 300 ,O0
against 309 900 last year; port stool
47O. 900, against 40, 900 last year; IL
g terror receipts, 100 600, against l25, OF
t last year; interior stocks, lis ,00
{, against ll2 900 last year.
5 The money situation abroad has i'm
h proved, as have stock i'll New YorI
. Money here, however, is still hard
o get, even with cotton as collateral. al
i. this has ore or less effect on the ma
ket. We close points lower than ye
terday, but three points higher than t
? lowest to-day.
n f. U. B.-Good demand, but
3-l6c for middling. Compress
staples and average lots still neglecte
1t Ready cotton from good sections a
y readily taken at premium. Dema
i still good tor even running grades abo
II middllng.
Vt Spots-Sales are $500 bales for Il
% port of October. They ars not larg
l. vet we are astonished at this amour
le for our spot Offering are very light
ID of very poor style. We repeat what "
said yesterday-the same factors mi
be selling f. o. b. for forward delive
and reporting them as spots.
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10 ApAyIC In CHuRCH.