Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-03
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks During the Morning Hours Were
Active, But Very Irregular.
After Midday FTrm"r Tone Prevailed. the
Close Being 20 80 Per Cent. Higher
Than Mondays Close.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.


Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Money-Closed
at AZ per cent. lowest rate; highest
Fate, Z.
Steady; posted rates, 81 So
ga IS.
Sugar-Raw and refined continue dull !,
and prices show no decided change.
Silver, 81 .O558.
Whee.-Options dull and irregular at
best prices; closing only slightly changed;
spot lots quiet.
Wool-The market has undergone no
important changes. BUYERS are a~tritie
cautious and do not operate beyond ac-
tual wants. Holders maintain firm
views, and generally refuse 20 accept
lower bids.
Co'ton-Spots steady; midling uplands
S 7-lGc.
Futures closed to points lower for
some months.
Hides-Firm; Buenos Ayres dry I5c,
dry Texas l3c.
Coffee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio, car
goes. 20Lc.
Futures closed to 10 points lower.
Stocks-Fairiy active to-day, 81 1856
shares changing hands during the morn-
inE's dealing; prices irregular, fuctuat-
ing frequently. the evident result of ma.
nipulation. After ~ o'clock frmer
tone prevailed and prices steadily har-
dened to the close. Late IN the day
Western stocks were very strong on re-,
ports from Chicago that favorable action
had been taken at to-day's meeting
there of the Western managers with q
view to advancing rates; closing prices
were IS to q per cent above those of yes
terday.
Atchison. 3l2$.
Dry soods-Steady; prices firmly held;
trade gradually increasing, ard fair
amount of business is going on in all de-
partmrnts. 4
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds-DuIl but steady.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certi6-
Gates 81.
Fort Worth aud Denver rs, 100.
Atchson general mortgage As, s1L.
Atchison incomes, So.
Kansas and Texas rs, "A.
Kansas and Texas 2's. 3sI.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 2's, 3S1I.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rs. IA
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs,
sly.
Texas Pacific e, Sc.
Texas and Pacific 2's. 3IL.
CoTToN-FUTUREs AND SPOTS.
sreeisl to the Gazette.
New ORLEANS. La, Dec. 2. - At
wood, Violet & Co., say:
Futures-It is not at all our disposition
to cultivate apparently information In
regard TO cotton or of an uufavorabIe re-.
port, but when all OF our daily cor
Inv MI hof iro a
New York, as well as what we see, and
our judgment is impressed by that which
goes to show that influences favor lowest
prices, and are more abundant than
those upon which to nope for a better
market, we have nothing to do but to
present the situation as it appears to US.
Until actual cotton is in greater de-
mand, We have no basis for forming an
opinion favorable to the market. We
shall change as soon as we think circum-
stances justify it. Liverpool one to two,
New York and New Orleans close to two
points better. Port receipts to-day are
Sc 300, against SO 900 last year. The
Tennessee agricultural commission esti-
mates the crop Of that state at 344, 900,
against 1G0 900 last year.
Free on board-Demand very light;
offerings from country plentiful, but
grades lower than middlinR. Demand
still continues for good grades. Sales
1900 bales.
Spot$-Demand continues light. Offer
ings poor. few lots sold to-day brought
quotations where the cotton was Of good
color and style, but lots off in color and
of poor style sold at sacrifice. Market
dull and easy. Sales $50 bales.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Tbe stock mar
ket to-day was very active in spots,
while the general list was quiet to dull,
and where there were frequent changes
in the temper Of speculations, the tone
in the main, especially In the afternoon
was strong. and among the active stocks