Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-14
ON WALL STREET,
The Tone OF the Stock Market was q
Surprise to Operators.
Strong. Steady Undertons was Displayed,
With Moderate Volume OF Business.
Few Changes.
COMMERCIAL RESUME

Special to the Gazette.
New YORK. Oct. l3.-Money closed easy al
3 per cent. the lowest rate; the highest was
A..
Exchange-s4 s2e4s 81.
silver-sl 1OA.
sugars-Raw and refined. dull and unchanged.
Coffee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio cargoes,
2o'sc. Futures closed steady.
Cotton-Spot lots closed steady. futures steady
and point higher for some months.
Wool continues steady at unchanged prices.
Wheat-Optious were moderately actIve to-
day and prices were firm on a good covering,
closing 10 GlAc higher. Spot lots steady.
HideS-Firm, Buenos Ayres, dry, l5c;- dry
Texas, l0d lOch.
Stocks were dull to-day and prices were irreg-
ular and unsettled. The uafavorabe bank
statement OF Saturday was the disturbing fac
tor, prices sea-sawed considerably, but in most
cases the changes were confined to fractions.
The final figures were irregularly changed.
Atchison, Siis.
The dry goods situation has undergone but
little change. There was limited buying in
some departments and prices not decidedly
changed. The uane In cotton, however, Is quite
large.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds dull.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates 81.
Fort Worth and Denver Is. lC4k.
Atchiscn general NOR gage, AS s2a.
Atchison incomes, 51E.
Kansas and Texas rs, lis.
General SIS, SO.
General 6's s0i5.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general 6's, 1872
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consolidated IS,
lii5s.
ST. Louis. Arkansas and Texas rs. Sc.
Texas and Pacific rs, 9l2s.
Texas and Pacific as. 3Sl.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BoNps.
NEW YORK, Oct. l3.-Ihe sock market to-day
was somewhat of surprise on account OF its
steadiness and strong undertone in view of the
showing of the unf4vorable bank statement of
Saturday, and with q very moderate volume OF
business. In only two three stocks were there
material changes for the day. The opening was
hesItating, and weakness in sugar encouraged
the putting out of further short lines in the reg
Lackawanna was the supporting influence in the
market. and decline of l34 per cent. in sugar
was sufficient 10 induce only slight losses in
railroad stocks. In the afternoon, when Lack
awanna made its great advance attack upon
North American. and the others were made.
Final dealings saw an Improvement in the gen.
eral market, but no movement OF impo rtance
re 'ulted. and the market closed dull but firm a.
insignificant changes as rule.
Railroad bonds about steady.
Government bonds dull
State bonds entirely neglected.
coTToN-sPoTs AND FUTURES.
srecial to the Gazette
NEW ORLEANS. LA Oct. ls.-Atwood, Violet
& Co. say lower Liverpool to 3 l-G4 caused
easier American markets and the closing here
is 1 to points below these of Saturday. The
and very nervous.
Port and int trior receipts have of course
important bearing, and the former to-day
Ga, 900 bales. Tlere seems TO be no less strIn-
gency in money demand and with no immedi-
ate indication of easiness. These very
bearIsh features and are apparently not Offset
by sufficient number of bulli5h kind to
equaize the other influences. We have re-
ports of heavy rains to-day at Brennan, Tex,
and its vicinity but the weather map generally
was fair this morning.
+. o. b. still in demand though at Lie less
than Saturday. The principal inquiry is
for December delivery and for good grades of
strict midding and good middling. If interns-
tional sellers are in position to hold back drafts
for . few DAYS .iier cottoIs have been shipped
we think that larger bus ness would result,
for the scarcity of money here binders sales,
and whatever IS sold is DISPOSED of at con-
cession unless brokers agree to advance funds to
meet drafts. Spots are neglected, and lilo low
er lists offered are too much. Average in grade.
staple and color. Sales. E32JO bales. Middling,
= SIG.