Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-26
ON WALL STREET.
stack Market To-Day was Quiet, with
Little Change.
:, ,bs last Hour stOcks were Fractionslly Bet
for than Last EvenIng-RailrOads
Dull and Featureiess.
corrox-sPoTs AND FUTURES.

sneciaI to the Gazette.
C,1vrsToN, TEX. Feb. 25.-Cotton-
Tho snot markets are stationary with an
o,,erent Iuu in transactions, operators
,oiog in a ouandary as to whether the
.,o,1a will advance or decline. This
eoa,fnr makes transactions light in all
markets. The only change to-day is in
Ct Louis, which advanced &c, thereby
rsgaining the decline of yesterday. All
other markets closing quiet, steady and
firm.
The future markets were about sta
tIonarv. Liverpool futures opened dull
and easier. slightly lower, ruled dull at
decline of point and closed at about yes
+o-5av's close. New York futures
orened quiet but firm, early months I'M
changed while later months were l to 2
higher. ruled barely steady, closed
barely steady at second call at opening,
duIl Int steady at third call at an adj
vance Of point and closed quiet but
steady l to points higher on some
months and unchanged as to others,
New Orleans futures opened steady
If an advance Of ] to points over yes
terIav's close, ruled quiet at the adj
vance and closed dull l to 5 points
higher on all deliveries.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Wool. secured and unsecured. steady
and unchanged with no transactions.
Coffee firm and active at former quo
tations.
Sugar steady aud unchanged with good
demand and ample stocks.
STOCK MARKET FIRM.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-II a. m.-The
stock market showed increasing narrow
ness this morning, the trading being re-
stricted to few stocks. and after the
transactions in Rock Island, Burlington
ami Quincy, New England, Louisville
aud Nashville and sugar refueries were
taken out there remained little for the
rest Of the list. The first prices were
materially higher than the closing figures
Of last evening, Chicago gas being up
IA Louisville and Nashville - and the
others generally from 4 to q. The
9pening prices however were seldom ex-
ceeded and the market saGged, though
only for small fractions.
New England was an exception to the
general list, and after opening down -
per cent. at Az it further retired to
1873, but Inter reacted sharply and re-
gained all of its losses.
The only really weak points in the
market were sugar refinery and Ten
nessee coal. The former dropping from
t6 to $40 with only a slight reaction,
and the latter from 80 TO 90, raIIying TO
81. Even the active stocks were quoted
down toward the end of the hour and at
II 0 CLOCK the market was dull but firm
generally at about the opening prices.
The wheat market opened firm "a
higher aud quiet.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds quiet and irregular.
Denver, Texas aud Fort Worth certif-
Gates, 32l4.
Fort Worth and Denver rs, 10415.
Cult, Colorado and Santa Fe rs,
lis.
Gold 6's, &c.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1l81I.
General 5's, 6535.
General G's, 753I.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general
6's. 1881.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consOli-
dated rs, 49,.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs,
6G3I.
Texas and Pacific rs, 9115.
Texas and Pacific 2's. 1885.
PETROLEUM.
PITTsBURG, PA. Feb 24.-Petroleum
strong. opened 81 O415, rose to 81 0515
and at noon 81 O5 was bid.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Silver, 95ss.
Sterling unchanged.
CoHee-Spot lots closed firm; fair Rio futures
closed to . points lower for some months.
Sugar-Raw dull and nominal; refined Arm;
ont-ioaf and crushed, ne; granulated. e.sl;
yellow, A69a5. 100.
Cotton-Spot lots closed steady; middling up
lands, II Size, futures closed steady.
Wool-Quiet. Buyers are not purchasing more
Than they need. Fau Texas range in price from
&c ITO pic.
Hides-Firm, with fair demand; Buenos Ayres
dry l5i4c; dry Texas, 12c.
Stocks were dull and irregular to-day. Ten
End 1t fell points in the early dealings and
recovered the declines, closing ia
per cent. higher. The changes in the rest of the
sI were confined within narrow range, except
ID a lev instances the closing figures were ir-
e. uisrly and slightly changed.
Fort Worth, blank.
Atchison, 3Ss4.
IN dry goods cirles there is still no trading OF
moment and prices are nominally unchanged.
PHILADELPHIA WOOL MARKET.
PHLADELP ETA, Pa, Feb. 25.-Wool quiet
nth prices rather in buyers favor except 70
taple Geeces.
BOSTON WOOL NARKEE.
BOSTON, Mass, Feb 25.-Denand for wool
continues steady, but manufacturers do not buy
auch beyond their immediate wants which are
'ecomlng larger however as orders for goods are
icing placed more freely. Prices remain about
ne same but weak.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Feb. 25.-The stock market was
uiet to-day with little change in quotations
utside Of few leading shares, but strong tone
vas apparent, and Notwithstanding the raid
pom gTaugers in the last hour the stocks are
nationally better tonight than last evening.
Railroad bonds dull ard featuTeless.
Government and state bonds duh.