Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-25


Fort Worth, blank.
In dry goods there was nothing doing
to-day and prices we're more OF less nom
inal.
rTLRoAD BOSDs AND CERTIFICATES.
3ouds dull.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certif-
Gates, 1921.
Fort Worth and Denver Is, l0315.
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe rs,
us.
Gold 6's, &c.
Kansas and Texas Is, I1315.
General IS, &C.
General 6's, 76I5.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general
C's, 7Cle.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas consoli-
dated IS, 49,.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Is
Sos.
Texas and Pacific Is, 9ll2.
Texas and Pacific > s, $3.50.
CoTToN-sPoTs AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
GlLyEsroN. Tex, Feb. 24.-CottOn-
St. Louis dropped 90 and closed steady.
All the otherspot markets closed quiet,
steady and unchanged at former quota
tons. The future markets displayed
weakness. and all closed slightly lower.
liverpool futures opened easy a point
of, ruled duII at the decline and closed
steady, q point lower than last closing On
al deliveries.
New York futures opened quiet but
steady, to points lower, ruled quiet
but firm and steady at the decline and
closed easy, to f points lower than last
closing.
New Orleans futures opened steady 2
10 points off. ruled quiet but firm at an
advance of to 3 points over last close,
closed steady g decline from Fridays
closing of 1 to . points on all deliveries.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Wool, secured and unsecured steady
and unchanged with 20 transactions.
Coffee, firm at former quotations.
Sugar, unchanged with fair demand and
SIMPLE stocks.
GOVERNMENTS. STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Feb. 24.-The stock mar
ket to-day was moderately active and
displayed quite q strong tone in COMPARE
son with last Week, and prices this even
ing are generally fractionaIlY better than
At the close Friday. Considerable ir-
regularity existed in early dealings, but
the fractional advance was followed by
reaction which reached only small frac-
tons except II coal stocks, in which the
bears tried to take advantage
Of the weakness of coal TO
depress. The effect was without
conspicuous success, and prices again
rallied, while gTangers we're especially
strong. with the rest Of the list follow
ING. Tennessee coal and iron dropped
from go 4, 70 - and later TO 81. though
IN the final trading Q recovery to 50 was
accomplished. The market was quiet
out hTm 81 the close, with most of the
1T Pr or near the best prices of the day.
Ildai c'oa-es show a large majority of
fractional advances, and Chicago, St.
Louis and Pitts5nrC preferred was up
-, burlington and Quincy is and Rock
Island
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
LoNDoN, Feb. 24.-The Mark Lane
Express, in Its weekly review Of British
grata 'rade, says:
El-l.sh wheats are rather frmer.
Sales of English wheats during the past
week were IS, s27 quarters at 29s sd,
Sganst 81, 162 quarters at 29s sd during
14e corresponding week last year. Prices
are steady, though demand is small.
Foreign "heats are firm at generally
fractional advances.
Torn Is falling under continued heavy
shipments from America. Average de-
clne IS Cd. Barley is Sd higher. Oats
ID higher. Beans have dropped Cd.
Al to-day's market English wheats
Ne'a held firm and India wheat in
sellers favor. California on the special
was drm.
Flour was slow. American corn was
weak. Barley and onts we're steady.
LONDON Wool SALES.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-At the wool sales
To-day there we're offered 10, I47 bales,
comprising fair selections. There was
slim attendance, but the market was
act.ve.
There was keen competition for Aus
"aiian, especially Victoria medium
favor.
iaIly in the series prices declined
: cent, but afterwards were steadiers.
al market closed with better tone.
lF-hve thousand bales are held over
10 ext series, wh,ca begins April 10.
ne series are Iimireti &c 400 900 bales,
I.-1 OF which viii previously be for
R=.ied direct.
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