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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1888

Page

7

Market report shows mixed grain bids and sales activity

The report records closing bids and offers for No 2 white and No 1 mixed oats and oats futures, with April to July price ranges, a settling price of 48e, and few sales of No 2 white oats on the second call. It also lists receipts and price levels across New York, Detroit, Toledo, St Louis, and commodity sections for corn meal, oat meal, rye, flour, and millfeed, noting a generally firmer or steady tone in some grains and a dull or easier market in others.

New York Detroit Toledo St Louis St. Louis

Butter and dairy prices hold firm across markets in Chicago

Chicago reports no market on account of election while butter prices remain steady. Western and New York creamery and dairy quotes show firm levels with varying grades in demand. Eggs and beans trade slowly, grass seeds firm, and potatoes see mixed shipments from Canada and Manitoba to the United States, with regional prices noted.

Chicago New York Vermont Elgin Creamery Extra Western Creamery Elgin St. Louis Cincinnati Eastern Western Dairy Ohio Liverpool New Hampshire California West Red Top Jersey Canada United States Prince Edward Island Maritime Winnipeg Manitoba Houlton Rose Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Rose Aroostook Hebrons Northern Rose Burbanks Northern Peerless White Brooks Prolifics Champion Regents York Jerseys

Fruit Trade and Prices in U S Canada Cross Border

The article reports US fruit imports from Canada totaling 210000 dollars with apples dominating 56912 bbis from Ontario and 42161 bbis from Nova Scotia. It lists auction prices on Florida oranges 150 dollars per box, Valencias 412 dollars per case, Bavarian 425 dollars per case, Mandarina 112 dollars per package, and grapefruit 5 dollars per barrel. It notes steady apple prices, smaller receipts, firm Florida orange prices, and quotes for various citrus including Palermo and Messina varieties with volume and price ranges. Strawberries show slower movement with prices 30 to 40 cents and some higher lots. Supanas prices for Aspinwall Port Limon Jamaica and Baracoa are given with ranges.

United States Canada Ontario Nova Scotia H Harris & Co Florida Baldwins Valencia Aspinwall Port Limon Jamaica Baracoa

Banana Steamers Arrive On Jamaica and Baracoa Runs

The steamer Hondo from Jamaica with bananas is due Wednesday April 4. The steamer Vidula from Baracoa with bananas is due Thursday April 5.

Hondo Jamaica Iue Vidula Baracoa

Provisions stocks in Chicago show steady pork and lard prices

March month end stocks report pork and lard levels with notes of steady demand. Prices for long cuts, mess and prime items quoted at ranges up to 18 dollars for pork and 8 to 9 dollars for lard depending on tierce or pail. Market in New York and Cincinnati described as firm to quiet with varying beef and mutton prices.

Chicago New York Eity Extra India Western Steam Tierces City Steam Cincinnati St. Louis Brighton

Sugar and Molasses Market Summary

Sugar and molasses report a quiet market with cautious buyers and no sales. Cuba refined and raw sugar prices listed. refineds steady at old levels with moderate demand, pul- vyerized and powdered near 7 to 7.5 cents. New York dull for raw sugar, refined steady, coffee Rio around 14 to 14.5 cents. St Louis quotes at 109.0 for a price reference.

Canada New York St Louis Bush Choice Cuba Manilas Uoilos Javas Nolasaes Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Beiling

Truck Market Prices on Southern Lots and Veggies

A market report notes fair movement for trucks today with Southern lots selling vegetables at listed prices. Items include asparagus six dollars per crate, green peas two dollars, tomatoes two dollars for ripe fruit canners, cabbage two dollars seventy five per crate, Bermuda onions three dollars sixty per crate, Norfolk kale fifty cents per barrel, Florida string beans three dollars thirty seven fives per crate, beets one dollar twenty five per crate, and other items such as native dandelions two dollars per bush and squash Hubbard s forty five per ton.

Bermuda Florida St Andrews

Cotton market steadies amid mixed bids in New York and Liverpool

New York prices show middling uplands at 9 1 16 cents and lows around 9 3 4 cents with futures opening weak and closing steady. Liverpool spot cotton flat at 68 6d for uplands and 67 1 16d for Orleans. futures decline with varied spreads through March to October. US ports report wide receipts and exports with mixed stock levels and quiet to dull market tones across Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Norfolk and others.

New York Civic Cs UOEC Wong Sss Daly Vook Ee Bane Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Galveston Continent New Orleans Great Britain Brance Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltiimore Vie France Cincinnati C. St. Louis Louisville Prim United States

Fallow Market Movements Across Regions and Certificates

Miscellaneous notes show steady price movement with quotes for 4 percent Yap at 344 41/40 and other rough figures. New York rates hold at 4 percent, London prices steady at 35s. Pipe Line Certificates closed 3 pm April 2 and opened April 3 with figures 114c asked, 8134¢ highest, 75140 lowest, closing 8 pm April 8, 1888. Turpentine and petroleum markets in New York show turpentine at 40c, rosin 12 2 1 4, tar nominal, petroleum at 0 s 0 5 5 ec, and RSW 74e0 with cases at 90 ec.

New York London Turpentine and Etroleum Osas

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities in Latest Trade

Hogs and cattle prices shift by city with steady or firmer tones. Saint Louis hogs steady with Yorkers at 5 5 25, packers 5 20 5 40, butchers 6 40 6 58. Cincinnati hogs quiet, cattle receipts strong in Chicago, hogs active with mixed sizes 5 20 5 60. Sheep receipts 3000, natives 42 6 56, Western 95 6 Ub, lambs 6 60 6 50.

St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas Fed

Imports April 8 1888 Mayaguez sugar cargo list

A maritime import report from April 8 1888 lists schooner Muriel at Mayaguez with 327 casks and 30 tierces molasses from Whitney Poussana & Co. Emma at Port Morant Jamaica with 248 tons 16 cwt logwood and 226 tons 17 cwt roots for Henry & Son. Cydonia steamer 2078 holds sugar for Standard Sugar Refinery. Bark Grid 315 holds 8 tierces 2328 bags sugar for C O Foster in Trinidad Cuba.

Mayaguez Muriel Molasses Whitney, Poussana & Co Port Morant Emma

Exports, April 8 1888 Digby to Annapolis

Shipping list from Digby to Annapolis shows Cleopatra carrying 125 bbls oil and various goods including 14 boxes marble and 200 bbls oil. Yarmouth to Annapolis lists 101 bales cotton and 500 bbls flour among other cargo. Annapolis brig Myrtle carries 100 bags flour and 1000 feet black walnut lumber.

Digby Annapolis Cleopatra Yarmouth

Receipts in April 1888 for Boston and Grand Junction railroads

Receipts list freight and cargo across multiple railroads including Boston and Maine, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Boston, Hartford lines, with counts of cotton, wool, flour, meal, oats, corn, hay, lumber, leather, hides, butter, eggs, potatoes, and other goods. The document also notes boot and shoe buyers in numerous U.S. cities and lists agents or firms in major markets such as Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Dallas, Galveston, Philadelphia, St Louis, and more.

Boston Sh Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell Fitchburg By Express Atlanta E Kingsbery Edwin Bates & Co Baltimore Adler Frank & Adler D Nixon Alinutt, Nixon & Goldsborough Columbus O Jones Reed, Jones & Co Chicago F Prouty G P Gore & Co G Leonard Leonard & Co Chicago, L1—J'm Schnadig Schnadig Bros & Co Greensfelder Greensfelder, Florsheimer & Co Cincinnati H Meis C Melis & Co Detroit Mich O E Smith H S Robinson & Bultenshaw Dallas Tex T Buford Buford, Porter & Co Tre Davenport P Doe Knoxville Tenn S C Rooney Briscoe, Swepson & Co Keokuk, Ia H W Hulskamp Hulskamp Bros. Co BosTon & Providence Railroad Corporation Chickering Hall Tremont Street Boston Old Colony Railroad Company Winslow Warren Boston & Providence R. R. Corp

Foreign Markets Wheat and corn prices in London and Liverpool

Reports from London and Liverpool note steady or dull wheat prices with quiet markets in wheat and flour, corn firm in demand, and spot and futures quotes for April to July. Prices listed for Paris Antwerp and various wheat types, with related pork, bacon, cheese and fat clearance prices in Liverpool.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Boston Probate Court Writs Name Change For Alfred Bean

Alfred Bean of Boston seeks to change his name to Alfred Cobb Bean. Citations call all persons to appear April 9, 1888, at ten in the forenoon to show cause in Suffolk County Probate Court. Publication required weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post.

Mary C. Taylor Boston Suffolk Boston Post Joan W. McKin, Squire Elwah George Commonwealth OF Massachius Setts Catherine Hayes Rosscarbery County of Cork Ireland George A, Lawyier Joan W. McKim Esquire Register Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Olive Woodbury Elizabeth Cundy Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Riassaocehd Setis Mary Ann Murphy Honora FF. Murphy Joan W. McKin Elwah Georges Commonwealth OF Massacaiusetts Norifolk Caroline L. Bayley Milton William Minot Harriet K. Bayley Dedham Norfolk Guerar Waller Jonathan Cobb Commonwealth OF Mass Alfred Bean Alfred Cobb Bean Josephine Andrews Charles H. Andriws Adamr Diassa Asther B. Beale Alilion Matthew v, Pierce Georgia Whitt Toreoe Edward LB. Sellers George A. Smythe Admr Milk Street Joston Samuel Mildram Nancy E. Mildram Otich John J Frances Johnson Oston Massachund Setts Sun Polk Charles H. Jackson Arthur Je, Jackson Commonwealth OF Massachu Thomlas H. Fuller Robert M. Morse, Jr Maquire Ee Elijah George Commonwealth OF Bassacheu Washington Street Roxbury David A. Simmons Cornelia B. Moses Horace H. Moses Hutchinson Chelsea Oston Post Joan W. McK Lijah George Michael Collins John A. Collins Oviceh Michael Coleman Frank Coleman Lev Hayden Anna W. Hayden George A, Dary Ees Coeree Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Sufsolk Court OF Insolvenc Gheorge W. Floyd Aéd Charles F, Paige Otice Pre.natice & CO Baan Ise Ee Joslah H. Quincy Mill Street Massach Richard W. Pratt Pratt Edwards Winchester Frank E. Fitz

Historic Boston and Lowell Railway Timetable Changes May 39 87

The notice outlines new May 39 87 timetable changes for trains to New York Newark Providence Stonington Providence routes and connections from Boston to Albany via various branches. It lists departure and return times, service notes for Sundays and holiday trains, and mentions local stops including Attleboro North Attleboro Sharon Stoughton Canton Warren and Bristol along with connections to Montreal and Quebec lines.

Boston & Providence Railroad Boston New York Shore Line Wam Newark Providence Pawtucket Lowell Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Sherough Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville Jainland Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Lilians Montreal NEW Stonington York State Street Boston & Providence R. R J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence RB. R

Boston and Maine Railroads March Timetables Detailed

Rail timetable notes list through trains on western and eastern divisions with multiple departures from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations. Fares and connections include Augusta Haymarket to St. John Kalifax Prov in Provinces and Maine routes to Eastport Calais Liverpool Portland and more, with several daily departures and steamer links.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St St. John Kalifax Provinces Eastport Calais St. Joan N. H Halifax Portland Kheckland Castine Harbors Manchester Concord North—Haymarket Sg North Conway Rhine Central Grand Beank Knox& Lincoln Brailway Pearce Montreal West Vermont Suiahand Pullman Boston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Pal

Boston and Eastern Division Train Schedule Extract

Western and Eastern divisions list numerous daily and Sunday trains from Boston and various stations. Includes departures from Haymarket, Dover, Lawrence, Maiden, Medford, Lynn, Salem, Gloucester, Rockport and more with myriad times and via routes to Amesbury, Beverly, Newburyport, Portland and beyond.

Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Malifax Ikm Salem Viasaugus South Reading Ranch Boston Haymarket Square

Central Massachusetts Division Train Schedules

Inland railroad timetable for routes from Boston Causeway Street to Northampton and surrounding towns. Listed departure times include 7.25 am 12.05 pm and 5.25 pm from Boston, with stops at Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffersons Oakdale West Boylston and others. Additional services run from Se. Clinton Berlin Budson South Sudbury Wayland Weeton Weymouth Belmont and Waverley with varying morning and afternoon departures.

New Gper Northampton Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Badiey Amherst Belchertown Meadsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rhutland Jefferson’s Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Budson Sudbury Reckbottom Wayland Weeteon Wynaitham Sur Waverley Belmont

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