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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1883

Page

3

Irregular yet active stock market notes and rail talk

Boston market charts show uneven but steady trading with Western railroad shares uneven. Chicago Burlington and Quincy eyed Hannibal and St. Joseph purchase with bonds issued. Union Pacific weaker as 16 days April earnings lag. Carrier Telephone Bell company to meet on April 25 to discuss capital increase.

Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Hannibal and St. Joseph Chicago Perkins Fred L. Ames Transcript John K. Dutt Union Pacific Atlantic and Pacific Flint Pere Marquette Mexican Central Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Louisiana Missouri River Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis East St. Louis Eastern Albany Old Colony New York New England Oregon American Bell Telephone Northern Telephone Tropical Telephone Mexican Telephone Carrier Telephone Bell Company Lowell Mass Carrier Telephone Bell Currier Telephone Bell Company Jacob B. Currier D. Hall Rice Massachusetts Calumet Hecla Osceola Bonanza Development Quincy Sullivan Adl Peston and Albany RR Lowell Gas Light Co Boston Water Power Co National City Bank Middlesex Horse Railroad Co Fronter National Bank of Eastport National Bank of Commerce Rights National Tube Works Lowell Manufacturing Co de Ceeana Passumpsic Whitney, Howl & Sibley Exchange Place

Stocks and bonds trade report from Fay & Co listings

A dense listing of securities and stocks traded by Wilson W Fay & Co at No 7 State Street. The document enumerates numerous bonds and shares including Brunswick Ships, National Bank issues, rail and utility stocks, and municipal and railroad bonds with varied quantities and rights. It reflects large volume of miscellaneous mining and industrial securities, with prices and special items such as preferred issues and mortgage bonds.

Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street RK. L. Day & Co Manufacturers National Bank Massachusetts National Bank National Bagk of Republic Nation Bank of Commerce Market Settanst Bank Lancoln Nat Teenant Nathan Hamilton Manufact Andrescoggim Iil Mie. Co Arlington Man Coweeree Cedar Rapids Missour River Port Saco Portsmouth Concord Montreal National Tube Works Cain Malden and Melrose Gas National Fell Telephone Co Maine Internat Pal Trust Co Boston Ciicnatt Chicago Burl. & Quincy Oyd'g & Lake St Paul Sioux City Topeka As Fe Rutland Railroad Northern Pacific Francis Henshaw & Sevseed Calais Nat BR Poerges OO Elwt National Bank Tremont National Bank Eeell Metropolitan National BR Acond Hide and Leather National Br State National Bank Naumkeag Manu Hi Man Co Mamylton Woollen Highland Street Rd Coun, & Pass Pemixewasset Valley Old Colony American Loan & ‘Trust Oe Manufacturers’ Fire and Marine Insurance Co Howard Watch and Clock Co American Watch Co Wal Pacific Guanoco Boston Wharf Co St. Paul Boston City St. Lous Belfast Cambridge Kutland Rd Beaton Vermont & Mass Little Rock Ft. Smith Roperty Albany Street Reet Horatio Harris & CO Merchants Nations Bank Howard National Bank Wachusett National Bank Fitchburg Framimetam National Bank Merchandise National Bank New Oe Mortgage Security Company Jackson, Lansing and Washington Mills Arlington Mills Androscoggin Mills Merchants National Bank Tudhian Queen Mining Co Hamilton Woolen Mills Lide and Leather National Bank Carolina Queen Mining Co Glass Veneer Co Weston Electric Light Co Mexican Telephone Co Boston and Mexican Oil Co Merchanaise National Bank City of

Wall Street Notes from New York April 18 1900

Despatch to the Boston Post reports the New York money market easing from 6 percent to 3 percent on call funds with a 4 percent close. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 5 6 1 2 percent, various government and railroad bonds move irregularly, and stock trading shows a volatile day with overall firm finish after a midday dip. Transactions totaling about 434000 shares show notable activity in Canada Southern and Denver & Rio Grande among others.

Boston New York London Paris United States Boston Post Prime Mercantile Hannibal and St. Joseph Canada Southern Denver and Rio Grande Erie Missouri Pacic Richmond and Danville Iron Mountain Arkansas West Shore Buffalo Chesapeake and Ohio East Tennessee Louisville Nashville Northwest Union Pacific Vanderbilts New Jersey Central Ontario Western Hannibal Chicago Burlington and Quincy Central Pacific Burlington and Uincy Northwestern St. Paul and Omuja The Stock Exchange Salee Canada Southern Central+ Pacific Peoria Phila Reading St Milwaukee &St.p St. P Omaha Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Oregon Trans.Co Big Roch. & Pitts Rich & Dan Rich Mutual Union Bur & Q

Liverpool cheese and farm market quotations today

Special from St Albans Vermont April 17 butter active, shipments 900 tubs. New York Mercantile Exchange quotes butter steady, eggs weak, wheat and corn futures at Chicago with April and May contracts, oats and oats prices mixed. Chicago park April bid around 18.12, hogs receipts 9,500 with varied packer prices and cattle receipts 4,000.

Liverpool St. Albans New York Mercantile Exchange Eastern Chicago Ste Chicago Park Tuly New York New Orleans Minnesota Tim Canada Jersey Ben Oer Tree August Stans Inne Sa Rio Cuba Petroleum United SueBe Tierces City Continent South America State ST. Louis Sélec Milwaukee Sestra Spring Lodge Toledo Cotte Cincinnati Detroit

Coal and commodity prices in late 19th century market notes

Prices show declines in coal with stove coal at 550 and broken at 575 per ton, with wharf costs 510 receiver price and net 480. Coffee and wax products cited with varied regional quotes, cotton market steady with New York spot 10 3/16 to 10 1/6 cents, Liverpool markets easing with multiple futures windows for April through September deliveries.

Java Pase Maracaibo Rio Janeiro Boston New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Bales and commodities report mixed with Dyes and Turpentine

The week’s market notes show fluctuating receipts and sales across bales, drugs and chemicals, and diverse commodities. Cotton and wool trends are steady, with large Liverpool exports and varying weekly bales. Prices for chemical goods, dried fruits, seeds, sugar and meat remain largely unchanged, while torpid demand in some items contrasts with firmer prices in others.

Market Purchases Surge as Buyers Adhere to Prices

About 70 buyers mainly from major houses place sizable orders on staple goods while salesmen push in force. Prices are largely settled, easing market uncertainty. Shipments this spring outpace last year with 823,148 cases since January, and 41,699 cases in the past week across cities including Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis, and others.

Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Toledo Baltimore New Orleans Syracuse Albany Elmira Savannah Galveston Tex Atlanta Richmond Norfolk Binghamton, NY Louisville Pittsburg Milwaukee Wis Detroit Mich

Fragmentary place list from historic postal index

A dense string of city and state fragments appears, listing hundreds of place names with scattered numbers and abbreviations. The sequence includes Nashville Tennessee Des Moines Indianapolis Cleveland Buffalo Minneapolis St Paul San Francisco Denver Montgomery Wheeling Charleston Charlotte Fort Wayne Towanda Troy and more with inconsistent formatting.

Eee Nashville Gomery Wheeling W Va Charleston Iatta Charlotte’ NC

Trade cargoes and crews listed across ports

Imports at Boston RIO GRANDE Brig Success 5000 hides J S Morgan Co 11776 hides Thompson Co ROSARIO Bark Lapland 878 bales moise 15 bales skins 6250 hides 349 kips order BAHIA Brig Peeress 5662 bags sugar A Winsor Son CIENFUEGOS Bark Clotilde 530 holds 54 tierces sugar E Atkins Co 150 birds do Benj Burgess Son MANILA Bark Papillon 28310 bags sugar Standard Sugar Refinery GRAND MENAN Schooner A J Franklin 9000 boxes herring 15 bbls potatoes 224 bbls codfish order

Boston Rio Grande Success J S$ Morgan & Co Thompson & Co Rosario Lapland Bahia Peeress Winsor & Son Cienfuegos Clotilde Atkins & Co

Foreign Exports from Caribbean and Canadian Ports

List of ships and cargoes cleared between April 1 and April 18 including Thetford from Cuba with car materials molasses and sugar. Lady Franklin and Busius with pork beef butter etc. Clara Rogers with agricultural goods and hardware. Ringleader with fleur and pork. Promenader with four and oatmeal. Nathan Cleves with flour and lumber. Sophia with goods from Carbonear. Lottie W Merrill with machinery.

Cienfuegos Cuba Thetford Guysboro Lady Franklin Shulee Busius ST Johns N F Clara Rogers Cardenas Alice St Jaques Sydney Governor's Harbor Bahamas Nathan Cleves Carbonear Sophia Bes Bay OF Bulls Nfp Schoener Lottie W Merrill

Receipts of Staple Products Across Railroads

A dated ledger lists April receipts by multiple railroads including Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Old Colony, Beaton and Albany, Providence, and sea routes. Items cover flour, cornmeal, corn, oats, barley, tallow, lard, grease, butter, eggs, cheese, sugar, coffee, tea, leather, hides, skins, hay, lumber, and various bales, crates, and cases with quantities in bales, bushels, barrels, boxes, and cars. Distribution shows widespread trade activity across regions with numerous named consignors and commodities.

Tober Igee New York York Peture” Weliverice Siwane Liverpool Stdoka Yorte Gambier Assafotida Bana Cassia Otto Rose St. Domingo Gloucester Nova Scotia Sbbis Eastport St Louis Andllinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota Malagas Valencia Sultana Smyrna Turkey Frail Persan At &E Ford Palermo Messina Oxuts Turley Canada Canada West Oriental Powder Mills Falcon Sporting du Pont Eagle Manila India Rockland Porto Rico New Orleans Les Turpentifu Rosin Wilmington Oakum Calcutta Boston Maguires Labrador Halifax Straits Do Nenhaden Neatsfoot Sapomifed Oriental Centennial Pew Mess Beston Vermont Franklin County de Vermont Choice Maine Central Pre Rifles Aroostook Burbank Brooks Soc Chenangees Ao Hubbards Bermudas Worcester Philadelphia Carolinas Carolinas at 6@ Tec; 200 bags Rangoon, Ha@digee BH. We quote Carolins Louisiana Patna Sig Rangoon St Martins Turks Island Mbond Cadiz Trapani Loigloea Western Red Top SUMAC Sicily Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Delaine Kentucky Territory Oregon California Australia Cape Lowell Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Pea and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Beaton and Albany Ralroad Providence Railroad

Brighton and Watertown Live Stock Market Report Apr 18

Market data from Brighton and Watertown with arrivals, prices, and stockmen listings. Cattle sheep and hogs from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and western states noted with prices by grade and car counts, plus remarks on market conditions and selling pace.

Livestock and cattle sale listings from a historic market page

The notice lists sales of 16 western steers averaging 1225 pounds with varied prices and several pairs of working oxen and cows. Names include A N Monroe, H M raft, J D Hosmer, Libby & Brown, and J Weiler. Prices range from 26 to 710 dollars per head, with weights from 2,400 to 8,200 pounds and pair dimensions noted.

Finland le Bb Maine J B Curtis & Co H J Mamlin E Winn H J Coolidge Ghas Day Livvy & J Son Libby & Brown W Hall New Hampshire H W Snow J Miller C Hooper W_W Austin Geo Harris J O Sanders Dow & Moulton C P Brock Seeattle J Carroll A Williamson J H Thomas Hall & Seaver Kidder & Robinson L Y Mallory Sargent & Turner Masachusetts W Hi Bardwell JS Henry A A Smith E W Sears JD Hosmer George Tucker J Dimon Scattering J McFlynn Fitch & Eames Parrell & Stetson C Leavitt & Son Canada P Bonner N Kennedy Waldensian AN Monroe Francis Jewets & Coe Livenof Glassow Thad Glasgow Watertown Molhs & Co TI Cowser F Wood Mereford Nebraska JB Curtis & Co Glamourgan Hale Libby & Son C_O Howe J Weiler & Son Coolidge & Son W Sears L T Mallory H Jenne Hall & Seaver, 47 Do; A Wilhans N G Townsend A Ingergan W Ricker Drover Taylor & Harpin K E French & Son Kimball Entrem W Brownel A J Piper G H Spige MG Flanders Martin Squier N Campbell T J Courier Larment Aldrich & Johnson H A Wilcox Ptreek Sauma Ido New Unicow W W Austin F H Coolidge & Son Nice JG Littlefield Thaway & Jackson Brighton Landing Boston Albany Farrell & Stetson Lige Hollis & Co A N Monroe H M Raft J D Hosmer J Weiler

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Markets April 18

The report covers multiple markets across Wilmington Augusta Philadelphia New Orleans New York Galveston St Louis Nashville Savannah and more. It lists prices for cotton middling and low middling with receipts and gross and net figures, plus brief notes on market steadiness and demand across cities. Major hubs include New York Philadelphia New Orleans and Chicago with flour, wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, and hog prices and receipts.

Wilmington Inia Augusta Adelphia New Orleans Continent New York Galveston France ST Louis Ile Riel United States Savannah Pblanstni

London and Liverpool Market Report on Wheat Corn and Provisions

The report shows firmer prices for wheat and corn in London and Liverpool with firmer country markets. It lists Nos 2 to 1 standard wheat and red American wheat prices, flour and wheat figures, and commodities such as corn and peas. Cotton at Liverpool eases with mid upland prices and futures quoted for several months. Havana sugar and coffee markets noted with exchange rates to London.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool Calfornia Cottom de Orleans Bates Anal Pond

Multiple Local Bankruptcies and a Creditors Meeting

Jeremiah O Leary undertaker Salem has failed Samuel Pillsbury lime dealer Rockland has been attached Therom Hayward hardware dealer Keene NH suspended A M Galpin dealer Springfield ME has failed He owes about 3200 A O Swett auctioneer Boston called creditors meeting Daniel E Pope livery stable Hudson has failed Creditors offered 20 cents on the dollar The Dr Bull s Cough Syrup brand is cited as a known remedy for coughs and colds

Jeremiah O'Leary Salem Samuel Pillsbury Rockland Therom Hayward Keene N.H A.M. Galpin Springfield A. O. Swett Court Street Boston Daniel E. Pope Hudson

Marriages Reformatted from Boston Area Notices

In April and April 17 ceremonies, Horace P Morton of Pullman Illinois wed Jua B Cammett of Belfast Maine. Joseph A Mildrum wed Sarah McKinnon, both of Boston, on April 13. John D Robinson married Emily Nichols in Chelsea on April 7. Arthur K Smith wed Herena Sampson in Boston on April 17.

Morton Cammett Boston D T Walker Horace P Morton Pullman Ill Jua B Cammett Belfast Mildrum Jenkins Henry Jenkins Kittredge M G Kittredge Alvab Kittredge Ehew Salem Martha Charles Kehew Lotarop Watertown Ann H Loth- Top Cambridge Sarah J Chance A Locke Avid Thatcher Afton Levi Emma R William G Levi TS Norton Hannah Norton Oenet Boston Highlands Marty A Sopuell Page Oruadenty Joseph W Page Mary William E Ryan Robinson Springfield Mass Sarah Whittemore Bes Julius B Robinson Milford Sarah Ann Webste Mighlands Georgiana John H Webster Ale Mary Weeks

Case notes from Second and Third Sessions before Knowlton

Proceedings list numerous cases with juries unable to agree in Hardy administrator vs New England Mutual Aid and verdicts including 2000 for William Caswell vs Boston and Revere Beach RR. Other entries cover Hillebronn vs Batcheller injury aboard Cheshire, multiple docketed suits, and trials in Superior Court and Municipal Court with various verdicts and fines.

Trubee Bigelow Holmes Bowker Toomey Kane Johnson Boston Greely Dyer Colby Old Colony RR Storey Lond Karcher Sup. Lodge Carpenter James Tof Knights of Honor Knowlton Hardy New England Mutual Aid Society William Caswell Boston and Revere Beach Railroad Company Pavilion Station Revere Martin Hillebronn Charles Batcheller Honolulu China J. M. Browne Lord and Emmons

Northwest Bond Issue and railroad news

The Chicago and Northwestern company authorized 310,000,000 five percent sinking fund debenture bonds to fund the St. Paul and Omaha property, with Kuhn, Lee & Co. leading the deal and a syndicate including Winslow Lanier Seligman August Belmont Drexel and others. Bangor extension bonds are issued. grading contracts likely by mid May. double tracking and rail acquisitions announced. ticket agents met at Hotel Vendome with officers named Liscombe Pierce and Waite.

Northwest London Baltimore and Ohio Road Chicago and Northwestern Company Messrs. Kuhn, Lee & Co Northwest Road Messrs. Winslow, Lanier & Co Seligman & Co August Belmont & Co von Hofman & Co United States Trust Co Drexel of Piniadelia Rendon St. Paul and Omaha Vanderbilt Bangor and Piscataquis Bangor New York and New England Franklin Mass Willimantic Vernon Hartford New England General Ticket Hotel Vendome J. W. Liscombe Portland Steam Packet Company M. Walter Pierce Hartford, Connecticut and Western Railroad C.8. Waite Worcester and Nashua

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