Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-16
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks were Moderately Active Yester-
day, with Irregular Prices.
Early Dealings were Weak, Later Strength
ened and Closed at Higher Figures
Railroad Bonds Stagnant
COMMERCIAL RESUME,


Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, Aug. 15.-Money was more strin-
gent to day, loaning as high as 10 per cent; the
lowest rate was g. and that was also the closing
rate.
Exchange Steady. posted rates, S4.84iA@
4.ssi4.
Silver-S1 1881 per ounce.
sugar-Raw and refined dull but steady.
Wheat-Options were weak in the early deal
ings and declined sharply, but later on upon re-
ceipt of advices of the quarantining Of Russian
ports there was an advance of lac.
Spot lots closed stronger.
Hides-Firm. BuenoS AyreS, uryt 44c' uIy
Texas, l00l3c.
wool-Demand small with prices about the
'I Cotton - spot lots closed steady; middling-
uplands l2l.c. Futures closed to 2 points
higher, except for September, which was point
lower.
cargoes, 2OI.c. Futures closed 10 IL points
Stocks were moderately active to-day. Prices
were irregular during the early part, ou I
sharply until the final half hour, when a RAD on
Burlington and Quincy, together with hl9ner
money, caused some reaction; Inc closing
figures however, were generally "a to l per
cent. higher.
Atchison, 1885.
There are some signs of a revival of business in
the dry goods trade. There considerable
jobbing in some of the departments to- day.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Railway bonds contiaue dull.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates,
875s. .,
Fort Worth and Denver rs, 1O4sI.
Atchison general mortgage, As, s41s.
Atchison incomes, 10.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1l534.
General SIS, 81.
General 6's, bS.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general SIS, So
z :.
ST. Louis Arkansas and Texas is, s9la.
Texas and Pacific rs, Jl1s.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 40.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
Special TO the Gazette.
BOSTON. Mass, Aug. l5.-wool-Good de-
mand steady. Michigan y rules at 2SG29c;
Ohio K, 8IG32c; Ohio Xxx, 32IaGS4ci Texas,
2OG2lc: territory, 1GS23c.
coTToN-sPors AND FUTURES.
Special TO the Gazette.
GALVESTON Tex, Aug. 15.-The closing tone
| of he spot market is generally nominal. quie.
| and firm. The only change to-day was Norfolk
which dropped y. cent. The aggregate sales IN
| all m arkets amounted to 439l bales.
Futures continue to decline, the market to-
| day closing quiet, and dull.
| Liverpool futures opened quiet. ruled duh al
| a decline and closed quiet and unchanged
New York futures opened quiet but steady al
| a decline OF to 4 points ruled quiet and STEADY
at second call, dull but steady at third call at
| Yesterdays close of to points.
| New Orleans futures opened quiet at decline
of I to points. ruled quiet at advance ovel
opening of ! to 3 points, closed quiet to
points lower than last closing.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
wool-Firm and unchanged without transac
| tions.
| Coffee-steady at yesterdays decline.
Sugar-StI ong and unchanged with tendency
to higher prices.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Movements in the stool
| market were almost entirely void of interest
| though the demand was sufficient, in view o
| the lack of offerings, to keep prices moving
slowly in an upward direction. violent attacl
was made in the last hour upon Burlington an'
! Quincy and Rock Island, but while the forme
broke pa per cent to l0l it recovered rs rapid!
to IO2Is its final less being only q per cent
Rock Island was specially strong until the las
hour, when it lost all of its early advance, clos
| ing unchanged. Missouri Pacific displayed tn
| most even strength, its gain being per cent
| The close was rather heavy, but still at frac
tional adva nee over last evenings figures.
Railroad bonds stagnant.
| Government bonds dull.
State bonds neglected.