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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1883
Page
3
April markets show United States securities weak with lower bids across bonds. Boston stock market active with gains in western railroads led by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Chicago Burlington and Quincy. various rails and mining shares strengthened while other bonds remained firm. Exchange rates show stronger foreign currencies with London and Paris bills quoted and Reichsmarks mixed.
Stock listings from Wilson W Pay and Co show varied items including copperopolis, Crescent, Twin Lead, Norton Door, Brunswick, Mass and New, Wesserite, MeXiCO, Tropical and Empire. The fragmentary text lists quantities and prices such as 1,000 Copperopolis and 500 Twin Lead with prices around 14 50.
The dispatch notes money on call at 5 to 7 percent with mercantile paper at 5 16 and exchange rising to 484 for 60 days and 48644 for demand. Government and state issues weaken. railroad stocks show strength while mining stocks are dull. A broad stock market advance opens the day with Northwest and Chicago lines leading, followed by a broad rally and a later pullback near close. overall closing prices show gains of about 14 to 14 percent from Saturday. Transactions total 563,000 shares with many leading names quoted across railroads and utilities.
Market wires show butter steady and cheese strong in New York and Ohio flats at 14c with eggs firm in the western markets. Chicago April wheat opened at 1 and closed around 98 3 4c, oats near 37½c, corn around 47½c, with a generally quiet trade and a downward tilt in western marts. The Ohio board of agriculture warns a gloomier wheat outlook than in eight years.
The market remains dull with steady prices across breadstuffs and flours. Western sarine rests at 350 per 4 bbl, Minnesota and New York lines show varied figures, while Minnesota patents and winter patents sit around 6.25 to 6.50. Oatmeal shows steady demand with quoted prices.
The issue compiles wholesale quotations across produce and commodities. Beans and peas show steady pricing with slight variations. potatoes and onions firm with regional marks. apples dried fruit and maple products noted. meats and poultry steady with firm hog and loin prices. tropical fruits, sugars, molasses, flaxseed, and cotton futures cited with regional rates, ports receipts and stock levels.
A detailed list of cargo receipts dated April 9 shows shipments by Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, By Sea, Peabody and Salem Expresses, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, and Providence Railroads. Items include cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, tallow, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, butter, eggs, apples, hay, lumber, hides, skins, pelts, leather, and various bales and boxes, with quantities ranging from single boxes to thousands of bushels and bales.
A fragmentary list records shipments and consignments by steamer and brig across multiple ports. It names ships such as City of Columbus and City Point, with cargos including cotton, rice, flour, potatoes, rosin, spirits, hides, leather, and various groceries, along with quantities and partner firms like Leonard & Clark, J W Tufts, Wilder & Co, and Gurney.
A fragmented OCR ledger lists numerous goods such as lubricants, pictures, provisions, butter, coffee, pork, cotton, sewing machines, earthenware, sugar, and timber. It includes itemized values by category and a grand total of 1,332,125 with country figures like MURIANGs and British possessions, interspersed with irregular punctuation.
Cotton markets across cities show steady to firm tones with middling around 9 1 16 to 9 3 4 cents. New York reports steady demand, while New Orleans and Savannah show firm middling prices. receipts and shipments vary by port with price stability noted amid mixed activity in grains and flour. Major exchanges list coastwise and foreign trade, with Great Britain and Continent figures cited.
London price quotations list Atlantic and Great Western firsts Erie Illinois Central Reading Pennsylvania Sentral Mexican Central Ontario and Western Milwaukee and St Paul common and related do seconds and percentages with decimal figures and percentages for various railway stocks and rail lines as of 12:30 PM local time.
Alexander of Lowell sues for about 65 dollars for hardware sold to the defendant. The defendant denies contracting the bill or owning the goods. Plaintiffs claim delivery to the defendant's agent overseeing repairs under a verbal order. Attorneys G and G H Stevens for plaintiffs and Reed and Hunt for defendant. Four cases remain for jury this term at Lowell.
On April 9 in Superior Court Judge Bacon guided a series of pleas and verdicts. Josephine Carr admitted larceny and received one year in a reformatory prison. Joseph Keenan was convicted of breaking and entering with larceny and got two years in the house of correction. Other actions includedJo J. Shea pleading guilty to larceny and placed on probation. Morris Hickey’s larceny case not pressed. Peter Joyce found not guilty of assault. Mary Kelley’s larceny case placed on file. Robert McCabe convicted of attempting to rescue a prisoner, six months in the house of correction. Edward C. Hurley pleaded guilty to attempted break and enter and placed on probation. William E. Howard admitted to three counts of breaking and entering and larceny, night-time, five years. Charles A. Drennan pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, 18 months. John Lynch, Morris Hayes, and William Mitchell on trial for larceny of money. Daniel McDonald found not guilty of drunkenness. William Shea discharged in receiving stolen goods case.
Before Judge Churchill John Sullivan and Annie Locke were fined $20 each for fornication and ordered to pay half the costs. Albert Spooner waived examination on larceny and held $300 for trial. Morris Mansfield fined $10 for larceny plus costs. Jacob Andrew fined $10 for assault. Rachel Kellogg held $300 for trial April 12. William Craven held $500 for appearance April 13. John Williams fined $10 for larceny. Daniel Mahony held $500 for superior court felonious assault. Patrick Kern fined $15 for assault. John Kinsela held $200 for superior court. Dorchester court James Barry sent to house of industry for one year as common drunkard. South Boston William O Brien fined $10 and costs, appealed, held $100. East Boston John McGrath held $100 bonds for examination. Patrick Welch held $50 bonds for juvenile court examination Wednesday.
Advices from Williams Arizona report the Atlantic and Pacific track now seven miles west of Kingman and 38 miles from the Colorado river with a connection to Southern Pacific. Tulsa division of the line advances toward a bridge over the Arkansas river, stock yards beyond, and a temporary 1500 foot bridge to shave about 200 miles from Texas cattle drives. The St Louis and San Francisco railroad expects 1500 stock cars to St. Louis from Tulsa next season. The Denver and Rio Grande annual meeting in Colorado Springs re elected three directors with strong 1883 financials. Utah line reaches Salt Lake and Ogden by May 1, linking with Central Pacific. overall mileage rises to 1649 with leased lines. Nantasket Beach trains expected next week. Panama railroad directors elected. 1882 net earnings and dividends noted.
The Century will replace three departments with a new Open Letters feature. Henry James Jr writes on Du Maurier and London society with portraits and sketches. Biographies of famous women by women continue, including Margaret Fuller. New editions and popular titles by Roberts Brothers and Murray Hill updates noted.
The noon stroke on fire bells was not struck on Monday because the officer in charge was tied up until a second and a half past the appointed time. One hundred lamp department employees attended at the Sherman house to present ex Superintendent George H Allen with a French mantel clock and bronze vases. The police station two accommodations are deemed inadequate and the Boston Gaslight contract may be renewed in the coming season. A first assistant assessor in South Boston was reported elected and qualified but did not receive the required votes.
Several Maine items dominate the page. E Cousine announces a near completion of a new hotel in Oldtown while a Biddeford firm, Hardy Machine, proclaims a 5 percent quarterly dividend payable April 16. A large migration westward, prison and grange matters, a Bangor robbery confession, and a grim tally of aged deaths after March 1 fill the column.
Charles T. Huntoon is re elected tax collector of Concord for the ensuing year. Jewelry stolen from the Gibson house in Portsmouth by a female guest. Mrs. Carrie Evans of Boston wills $8 000 to the Episcopal society of Claremont for a new rectory. Frederic Kelsey appointed Nashua schools superintendent for the remainder of the year. Concord halts plans to extend Capitol and Park streets toward Green street pending possible federal land purchase for a new public building up to 15000. Charles Voux, a Montreal doctor, injured by an east bound train near Natick, taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. he is 50. March was the windiest month on Mount Washington with a 150 mile per hour gale and total wind movement of 34 800 miles. In Concord, a motion to quash the manslaughter charge against Charles W Ordway for shooting his stepmother is to be decided next week.
An unknown man was killed by a Fall River freight train at dawn on Sunday while on railroad tracks. George Whitman of Rockland hanged himself Saturday morning. George W. Poor of Lawrence, a baggage master, was badly bruised at Reading when his head struck a water tank. Kate Parsons, arrested for barn arson, was discharged for lack of evidence. Over a thousand Springfield residents have learned mechanical drawing in a city program over the past decade. Orville D. Harrington was arrested for highway robbery in North Adams and awaits grand jury action. he previously pleaded guilty to stealing a horse and gear from Adams and will face July jury. Police searched Ellen Dunn’s Worthington street home and found a hidden trapdoor with a Bible stand, shells, and multiple lager bottles. An attempted midnight arson on Mrs. A. Bryant’s Main Street home in Malden failed after timely discovery. Dr. L. W. Cole, a young physician, was charged with procuring an abortion from a German girl staying in the city. the girl was taken to Springfield hospital to recover. Frank Kunz and William Donovan were arrested over complicity. Fall River aldermen’s move to raise liquor licenses and close back doors sparked dealer opposition, with a heated public hearing at city hall. A strong temperance current in the board persists as high-license advocates push closing back doors.
The Providence typhoid fever outbreak has reemerged with 75 cases since March 1 and 3 current cases in the city. In Cumberland Dexter Clark Republican won Senate by 27 votes. In East Greenwich Samuel M Knowles and Thomas Wilhace Republicans won Senate and House seats. Henry Williams, a Keach Johnston employee, attacked Mrs Keach. she escaped as he tried to ravish her. Williams was arrested and pled guilty and remains in custody awaiting grand jury action.
The Society for Ethical Culture of New York has run a five year educational effort for poor children, orphans and outcasts, providing food, clothes, and instruction. The Free Kinderarten and Workingmen's School now serves over 200 scholars, and on Monday its new building, costing 380000 dollars, was dedicated. Instruction aims to equip each child with a trade or profession aligned to its talents.
Ansel Arnold & Co wholesale flour and feed store at Willimantic was entered Friday night. The safe was blown open and robbed of a small amount of cash and from 25 000 to 40 000 in bonds. No gang has been identified. Also the coal office of Charles F Setchell in Norwich was broken into Saturday night with the safe opened and contents taken. About 40 dollars disappeared. Sunday morning the office doors and safe were found locked but contents scattered on the floor, implying the safe was opened by someone familiar with the combination.
Capt George F Gould of division 9 resigns as president of the Police Relief Association and as division 8 director. His letter was read at roll call and sent to secretary Geo Walker to take effect today. Other officers’ resignations expected soon. division 8 voted Monday night not to accept the resignation as director. A special meeting will be needed to fill vacancies.
In Boston and nearby towns on April 4 and 5, 1900s era rites were conducted by various reverends as listed: Claflin and Miller unite in Boston Highlands. Flagg and Segar wed in Worcester to Boston. Gaves and Peach announce marriage to Marblehead. Olson and Anderson join in Newton. Ray and Russell pair in Boston. Russell and Blake wed in New York. Sewall and Adams solemnize in Castine, Maine. Names include S B Sweetser, Rev Cruft, Rev Henry Morgan, Rev ne Cooke, Rev DIAK Potter, Rev William Forsyth.
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