Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-03
ON WALL STREET.
Dizziness and Stagnation Prevailed in
the Stock Market.
The Bears Made an Attack Upon Changers
and the General List Railroads
Slightly Animated.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special TO the Gazette.
NEW York, Oct. 2.-Money was easy through
out the day. The closing rate was slzc; tn
highest rate was 5, and the lowest8.
Ezchange-s6 S21aG6 S74.
| Silver-Sl 1871 bid.
sugar-Raw and refined. dull at unchanged
prices.
| Cotfee-spot lots, steady. Fair Rio cargoes
2024c. Futures closed firm. 10 to Is points
| higher,
Wool-Steady and prices unchanged.
Wheat-Options were fairly active to-day and
| closed gale higher. Spot lots closed weak.
Cotton-Spot lots closed steady, mi ldlings
io3sc. Futures strong closed strong, 2G6 points
higher.
-, Hides-Firm. Buenos Ayres, dry, l5c; dry
Texas. l06l3c
stocks-Very dull to-day. Prices fuctuated
but slightly. In early trading there slight
show of strength, but the day wore on, if
soon disappeared and at the close values were
Is to per cent lower than on yesterday.
Atchison, IS.
In dry goods there is nothing of Importance
to chronicle. Trading Is on limited scale and
prices not materially changed.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds quiet.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates 371a
Fort Worth and Denver is. lO5.
Atchison general mortgage, AS, S33t
Atchison incomes, 5934.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1853.
General SIS 90.
General G. s sou.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general SIS, sOla
sIs s5,.'Oori' Kansas and Texas CONSOLIDATED IS
St. Louis. Arkansas and Texas rs, S7a.
Texas and Pacific is. 9I$t.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 4JA.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-The stock market to-day
DAY since before the monetary stringency, and
as far as the course of prices is an indication,
both sides are again waiting for developments
with the usual accompaniment of dulne4s an
Its alterna c of bear attacks upon the PRO
tected' spot in the list. The opinion is gener-
ally expressed that we have not begun to feel
the real effects of the heavy treasury dsburse-
ments OF the past months, and when that
money really seeks inv sstmsnt, q large proper
ton OF it must go into railroad stocks and
bonds. The bears made the loss in the earn
lngs on the Burlington occasion of an attack
upon grangers in general and incidentally upon
the general list, but while Burlington lost IL
from its best prices, Rock Island suffered as
much, while sugar, which had been very weak
in the forenoon, showed considerable recuper-
wheat were without special feature of interest.
and the close was very dun and heavy to weak
at about lowest prices OF the day.
Railroad bonds slightly more active.
Government and state bonds dull and steady
LARGEST COTTON MOVEMENT sINCE THE WAR.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 1.-THE September
crop statement issued to-day by Secretary
Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange
shows the largest movement of cotton for the
lrSL nonln OF the season since the war, If not in
the history of the cotton trade. The amount
brought into sight for the month was S5I, 62i
bales, against 66S. 9SS in September 1889 and
43S, SIS In September 1888. The increase over
last year was 49,, $50, and over the year before
OF Ala, 645. The early crop of ISIS brought into
sight in september that year S2i 900 bales, the
nearest to this seasons movement on record
The statement shows receipts at ports for the
month of az, 779 bales, against 574 Isl last year
coTroN-sPoTs AND FUTURES.
Special 10 the Gazette.
& Co. says; After the encouraging opening of
this morning there was every appearance of.
early market. New YorkS>ssHSs
listless, and little encouragement would have
heen needed to start free selling here. New
York, however, suddenly stiffened up and i'm
better feeling here, due largely to
the growing conviction that the crop
damages have been rather under estimated than
otherwise up to the present time Spots are
firm in sympathy and good bus
mess was done at yesterdays prices.
good request for grades above middling.
French importers began active buying, and
offers on basis OF midding where grades
We're not specified went a begging
However, as the large supply of indie
scribable cotton at interior points makes
grades on such purchases. The demand was
limited for extra staple, but at 1IsaIAc. The
staplsfs taken readily from shippers; who are
kaSsftsto handle their shipments carefully.
s.TRhe monthly report of thu New Orleans cotton
exchange gives the following official figures for
largest ever known for that month"; against
ga, 10 last year; overland, IS 9OS, against 10,
55S Total in sight October l, SOL, 62i, against
Cts, sss.