Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
ON WALL STREET,
Stocks Were Again Very Dull Yester-
day and Prices Irregular.
Dealings We're without Feature, Operators
Paying More Attention to Christmae
Than Business.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Money-Cioseo
easy at per cent, the lowest rate; the
highest was 5.
Exchange-S4 S0I@4 So.
Sugsr-Raw and refined, show no de-
fined change. ~
siIver-Sl02A. W
Coffee-spot lots quiet; fair Rio car
goes, zoe. Futures closed lower for
some months.
Cotton-spot lots closed steady, mid
ding uplands, 9 3-16c. Futures closed
to Q points lower.
wool-DuI and heavy; prices I'M
changed.
whent-Options moderately active and
firm. closing 14@1a per cent higher.
Hides-Weak; Buenos Ayres, dry,
l21ac; drv Texas, 90.
Stocks-Very dull to-day and prices
irregular, dealing absolutely without
feature, the market was traders one,
and changes insignificant. The after
noon was devoted more to Christmas
pranks, making presents, etc., than to
business. Prices at the close were only
slightly changed from those of yes
terday.
Atchison, 2755c.
Dry goods-The market was dull again
to-day, dealings being almost wholly
confined to small lots.
Bonds dull.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
rs Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certifi-
cafes, 81.
Fort Worth and Denver rs, S91a.
Atohison general mortgage AS, 1873.
Atchison incomes, 4614.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1881.
Kansas and Texas 2's, 36l4.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 2's, 3614.
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas rs, 7234.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs,
7G1a.
Texas and Pacific rs. S414.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 80.
CoTTOE-FUTURES AND SPOTS.
Special tothe Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 24.-At-
wood, Violet s. Co. say:
Futures-There seems to be no conf
dynce in the market and still lower
prices are predicted. There ia little sup
port to the market anywhere. We
rarely give opinions, preferring 10 state
the situation rs we see il and let our
readers judge for themselves, but we
now see no prospect of permanent i'm
pTOvement until prices reach cousid-
erably lower level. Liverpool opened
very well, but at the close showed under
yesterday. i slight rally here and in
New York did not last long. Bonds closed
u; the lowest of the day. Port receipts
for to-day were 43, 900, against 81, 600
last year.
Z. o. b.-There was some demand to-
day. for strict low midiling and mid
ding. Offerings were very light and
held ct high figures. Sales 400 bales.
Spots-We have to report the market
very easy and quiet, offerings still large.
Sales, 5000 bales.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The stock mar
ket to-day presented little of interest in
any way and there wGs more attention
paid to Christmas frivolties than trade,
AID especially during the afternoon.
The bears, however, were the only act
i've brokers in the market, and the same
professional tone and narrow dealing
characterized the trading throughout.
The pressure on few stocks resulted in
2 loss of small fraction in the forenaens
later in the day, but tor no stock on the
regular list was the extreme tiuctuation
for more than of per cent.
The great feature of the day was the
unusual activity and strength in lead
trust, which was bought by insiders, and
principally on the rumor that dividend
will be declared soon. 1t rose from 1884
TO l73f closing Mt its highest point.
Late in the day there was n squirt in
Tennessee coal, but no other feature of
interest. The weakness was most ap-
parent in Union Pacific and St. Paul,
each retiring 3, per cent II early trading,
but failed TO decline further, and late in
the day recovered O fraction. The mar
ket finally closed intensely dull and
steady, at an Improvement.
The business in railroad bonds was
equally limited.
Government bonds have been dull and
steady.
Stale bonds, entirely neglected.