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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1885

Page

3

Railroad and stock market notes from early April

Flint and Pere Marquette common sold at 18 with first week earnings 336,165, down 15 percent from last year’s 44,034. Since New Year, decline totals 72,596 or 11 percent. Various railway stocks moved, including Boston and Lowell up to 108, Old Colony at 1543, New York and New England down to 173, Mexican Central 7s up to 59, and Atlantic and Pacific incomes 16. Rumor of a State Street house covering short sales after large acquisitions. Sonora 7s up to 7, Kansas City line construction near Raymore, Missouri, may reach Clinton by mid-May. Track laying and junction work progress at Ash Grove with rail materials accumulating for the new line to Kansas City.

Atchison, Topka Santa Fe Atlantic and Pacific Messrs. Putnam, Messervy & Co Atchison Atlantic and Pacific Securities Frisco Dilenma Atolisen Ind Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Aid Pacific San Francisco Atchion Mohave Aitchison Chicago Burlington Quincey Union Pacific Washington Lamar Treasury Department Union Pacific Railroad Company Interior Department Mexican Central Summit Branch Flint Pere Marquette Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company Boston Lowell Albany Old Colony New York New England State Street Sonora Kansas City Springfield Memphis Clinton Raymore Ash Grove Green County Lackawanna Pacific Mail Company Pacific Railroads Central Pacific Company Adams Union 1. c Huntington Northwestern St. Paul Pacific Mail Western Union New York Central Central of New Jersey Delaware and Hudson Lake Erie and Western Lafayette Bloomington Muncie Manhattan Consolidated Southern Pacific New Jersey Central Firsts Eastern Ilinois Indianapolis Bloomngton Western Firsts New York City Nothern Midland New Jersey Kanas Pacific Firsts Utah Southern General Gly Missousise Texas VP Pacific Incomes Western Pacific Toledo

Market Signals and Open Prices in Grain and Wheat

First call shows weakness with oats bid at 43 and asked at 43 4c, June settlement 43 4c. New York wheat opens low amid Europe news, recovers slightly, corn closes strong on May over June premium. Curb telegrams from Boston report mixed futures sentiment and bear pressure easing.

New York Europe A. E. Ayer Congress Street Boston Messrs. McDermid & Co Chicago

Mixed Market Notes on Farm Produce and Commodities

The report covers hay and straw prices, beans, cabbage, spinach, and citrus as well as nuts, coffee, sugar and molasses. It notes Florida fruit arrivals, Norfolk truck demand, and steady cotton futures in New York and Liverpool with varied local prices for eggs, oils, and whiskey.

Florida Norfolk Bermuda Cape St. Andrews Virginia New York

Judge Pitman Session Docket Reports and Trials

In this session before Judge Pitman the docket lists case No. 1666 John M. Goodnow v Walpole Emery Mills for personal injuries with a jury out and lawyers Bragg for plaintiff Brooks and Nichols for defendant. Multiple cases are scheduled, including Nos 2122 2268 2212 2238 and more across sessions. Judge Rockwell presides over other matters such as No 2568 Prang Educational Co v George A Smith a note suit with a hung jury. A later entry notes verdict for plaintiff in No 2625 Fanny Chorok v Richard Roach for $100 after disputes over rent and premises condition. adjournment to Tuesday follows.

Walpole Emery Mills Rockwell Prang Educational Company George A. Smith William Gaston Ands J. Elder R. Stone Fanny Chorok Richard Roach Salem and Sullivan Street W.G. Waite O. A. Galvin

Maritime Trade Cargoes From Coastal Sloops and Schooners

Yarmouth Nova Scotia and Halifax shipments list schooners Dexter Willie Freemap Edith J W Raymond with cargoes including cornmeal flour beans meat beef pork and related provisions and goods. fleets from Lockeport Liverpool and Halifax listed with quantities and items such as lumber kerosene oil glassware bottles and rags facilitating regional trade. The fragment notes multiple ports and vessels delivering varied cargoes across 1000 to 759 barrels of cornmeal and other staples.

Yarmouth Dexter Lockeport Liverpool Willie Halifax Edith Tceet Lumber J W Raymond Neal

Receipts of Stavie Products April 17

Detailed tally of commodities and quantities from Stavie Products and rail lines. Items include cotton, oats, corn, meal, beef, pork, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, lumber, hides, skins, flour, wool, and other goods. Railroads Boston and Albany, Providence, New York and New England, Fichburg, Maine Kaiiruac, Skilrold, and orders by Wexbody, Baiem and other Expresses are listed with dozens to thousands of units.

Boston Albany Prvidence Rail Isd Uohony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fichburg Railroad Maine Kaiiruac— Astern Skilrold Wexbody Baiem Ky Sea London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Pacific California Paris Liverpool Michigan Corp

Unclear 1885 Trade Totals From Incomplete Ledger

Fragmentary 1885 commodity table lists numerous goods with quantities such as cotton, sugar, molasses, corn, wheat, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, hay, bacon, hides, and fish. Multiple line items show per year and prior year figures, plus variations in units like barrels, bushels, and bags, without coherent narrative or dates beyond the year.

Supreme Judicial Court Action to Recover Insurance Policy

Supreme Judicial Court April 17 before Judge Holmes Charles W Clement versus British North American Assurance Company and others for recovery on ore insurance policies. Case resumed and unfinished EF R Hoar Moorfield Story and Samuel Hoar for plaintiff E D Sobier J D Bryant and F C Welch for defendants.

Supreme Judiceal Court Holmes Charles W. Clement British North American Assurance Company, Et al EF. R. Hoar Moorfield Story Samuel Hoar E. D. Sobier J. D. Bryant F. C. Welch

Roxbury Court Indicts Men For Theft And Disorderly Conduct

George McCarthy and James Fuller with others face charges including larceny and assault. Sentences include fines up to £19 and costs 14 in one case and hundreds of dollars in others. Several youths, Cornboy Fay Keefe and Barns, receive varying punishments from fines to house of industry terms.

Central Court Parmenter James H. Griffin Superior Court Jeremiah Sennor House of Industry Johannah Sweeney Reformatory George McCarthy James Fuller Patrick Savage John McCullough McConnell Hubert D. Leonard John Moore Roxbury Charles W. Monte John Hi. Maloney Edward W. Kerr Alia George Brown Parker Bryant Cornboy Fay Keefe Barns Mary Doyle Burns

Union Pacific Report Shows Surplus and Coast Traffic

The Union Pacific directors issued a full 192 page report to stockholders detailing net income additions, surplus carried to income, and the effect on share capital for the year. It notes Pacific coast traffic income, miles operated, and the distribution of stock among Massachusetts towns, with a legal notice on a bill in equity involving the New York and New England and related trusts.

Union Pacific Railway Company Bey United States Dee Union Pacitie Anion Pacific Pacifig Pacific Coast Winnemucca Union Pacific Government Directors Adams Hoyt Union Pacific Board of Government Directors Massachusetts

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