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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1883

Page

3

Money Matters and Market Notes from Boston

The April 19 Boston report details money rates with mercantile paper at 6 1 2 percent, call loans 5 7 percent, country banks higher, and New York funds at 25 30 cents discount. Exchange quiet with bills on London at 48 3 4, Paris francs and Reichmarks quotes, and government securities mostly unchanged. Railroad shares show Atchison to Santa Fe strength, Union Pacific weak, and wide coverage of bank organization notices, dividend declarations, and a long stock market commentary asserting healthy long-term railroad value and rising earnings.

Boston Mercantile New York London Paris United States Treasury Department Cincinnati National Bank Ohio Joseph F. Larkin Edgar Stark Swedesboro National Bank N.J John Ss. Partridge Edgar M. Johnson The First National Bank of Paxton Ill Capital Sherill P. Bushnell John 3B. Shaw Georgetown H. PP. Montgomery N. Spears First Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Kansas Oliver Ames Dea Touzalin Issa Union Pacific Union Pacific Railroad Teller Kustrong Sidney Dillon Utah Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Western Union Hannibal and St. Joseph Road Mexican Centrals Massa~uneetts Central Railroad Aldrich Messrs Henry Clews & Co Atlantic Seaboard W. Hig At& SE Denver Tincome A.T Bos & Albany Wiers Lou & Mo Mar Hon & Gut Land Companire Boewp Boston Land Am. Bell Tel Y Bay St Tel Co E - Tropical Orceo Ass Sullivan DOV Fa Catalpa Boston Mining Mook Exchange Ami Bell Tel Tighiacce Arch Top Santa Pesee Boston Water Power Catalpa Mining Crescent Mining Siex Veneo Maze, & N. M N.Y N. Ee Orcedia Tropical Telephone Gin. & St Acre Columbus Chicago Indiana Central Income Trust East Tennessee Texas Hig New York City Northern Northwest Morris and Essex Pacific Hannibal St. Joseph Northwests Burlington and Quincy Louisville Nashville Lackawanna St. Paul New Jersey Minneapolis Manitoba Sonora Consolidated Hall Anderson Alice Horn Sierra Grande Sloce Exchange o--Prict Eee St. Lo Cabata Sathern Central Pacific Tl Whig Jey C. & FT. Os Han St. Jon Kansas & Texas Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Lake Erie&w Michigan Central Manhattan Memphis & O Missouri Pacific Northwestern Northern Pacific Fiat Ohio &M Baha Ontario & West Ohio Centra United Kingdom

Liverpool cheese and Chicago markets report steady grains

Special from the New York exchange notes butter Elgin and other cheeses firm. Hog receipts at Union Stock Yards total 12,500 official yesterday 9,520 shipments 3,805 light hogs price ranges. Chicago grain futures show April wheat around 109 with upward tone. corn oats and lard also listed with closing prices. Visible grain stocks at Chicago April 14 nation’s western markets strong, especially wheat.

Liverpool New York Micrcantie Exchange Elgin Sic Union Chicago Park Chicago Stige Boston Philadelphia Porto Rico Uplands, Ltd Orleans New York New Orleans Ohio St Juan City Minnesota Wale Iniach Canada State Barney Dull Gxige S&a Siige Rio Trinidad United Continent South America Gloucester New Western Bank Haddock Roundshore Choice Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy Labrador California Cape and Advertiser Corr ST. Louis Commercial Bulletin Milwaukee Toledo Jane Ats Cincinnati Detroit

Grain and produce market report shows steady prices across staples

The report notes firmer tone in flour with higher wheat options and steady corn meal at 3 3 10. Oats, butter, cheese, eggs, and various vegetables hold steady or ease slightly amid quiet markets. Demand remains dull for beans and dried apples while hay and flaxseed hold firm with moderate activity and many items quoted in exact regional prices.

Minnesota St. Louis Ida Tochina Ohio Michizen New York Ilinois Indiana Good Western Canala West Choice Western Creamery Eastern Creamery Vermont Choice Canada BOSC Brooks Bernudas Western Red Top Canada and Western

Imports at Boston and distant ports listed in detail

A long OCR filled with cargo entries from Boston, Glasgow, Mediterranean ports, Singapore, Surinam, Bear River, and Grand Menan. Items include casks, boxes, bales, and crates of oil, tin foil, machinery, iron, copper, paper stock, soap, bleaching powders, salt, hides, and fruit. Numerous firms and shippers are named alongside quantities, vessels, and destinations.

Boston Liverpool Eng Virginia Dupee Sherburne Moors & Co G Hail & Co Murdock Knowles & Co Hinds Soda Ash JL & LS Kiker Linder & Meyer Earle & Co Jere Abbott & Co Sumac Beach & Co Dodo Rice, Starkweather & Co Carter, D & Co Soda and Merimack Printing Co Jl& DS Riker Cabonate Soda Linder & Meyer Thayer & J Baris Bros & Co Davis & Co Shepard, Norweil & Co Indse Phayer & Lincoln Abram French & Co Studdard, Lovering & Co Baring Bros & Co RK Lingham Ted Muse Orde DH Taily & Co Glasgow Gorham Rogers & Co Hogg, Brown & Jaylor Clark & Picker Ailan & Co Clark & Carruth Laring Bros & Co J & Moors & Co D & M Wiliams Rathbun Leeson & Coo Mediterranean Franklin Rolfe & Co J Robinson & Co Palermo Tully & Co Valencia DH Taily & Cu Bating Bros & Co S Jacobs & Co Phelps Bros Singapore Alice Reed Cyrus Wakefield Wakefield, Rattan Co K Fay Surinam George Welker J van Praag & Co Bear River Sandelphon Grand Menan

Shipping clearances list for York City and Canadian vessels

London based York City clears with mixed cargo including bed stock leather apples sugar and bacon. Barrington schooner Trene clears with tou meal turpentine and kerosene. Port Musgrave schooner Edmund carries four meal oil and four. Beaver River schooner Benj Killam clears with meat and flour. Church schooner Mary R Smith clears with four and meat.

London Eng York City Barrington Port Musgrave Edmund Beaver River Benj Killam Church Mary R Smith

Receipts of Staple Products and Freight Totals Across Railroads

A fragmented ledger lists April 19 receipts across railroads detailing quantities of wool, flour, cornmeal, corn, oats, tallow, lard, hams, tongues, bacon, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, hides, leather, and other staples. Entries cover Maine, Fitchburg, Exeter, Greud Junction, Peabody and Salem, New York and New England lines with numerous bales, bbls, cars, and cases, reflecting extensive freight activity and commodity movement.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Greud Junction Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad

Weathered Inventory Ledger Items From 19th Century Trade Ledger

A dense OCR style list catalogues varied goods and quantities by railroad firms Providence and Boston and Albany including wool bales tea coffee flour oats pig meat and hides with numerous misread units and numbers. It reflects a mid 1800s trade record showing goods like bales wool bbls butter cornmeal and leather alongside car counts and timber measures.

Cotton Markets Across Cities Report April Prices

Market reports from Philadelphia Cincinnati Savannah Baltimore Wilmington Memphis Charleston New York and other hubs show steady to firm cotton tones with middling ranges around 10 to 11 cents. Net receipts exports and stock figures are detailed for each port alongside general price directions and market activity.

Philadelphia Britain Snes Rene Cincinnati Lge Seema Cereobes Savannah Baltimors Grogs Tceipis Snes Middlin Wilmington Ehac Memphis Charleston AEW Orleans Great Britain Lée New York Ececs Askin Louisville United States France Continent

London and Paris bullion and commodity report brief

London reports a weekly bullion decrease of 240000 pounds with reserve ratio improving to 87 7-16 percent. Today bullion outflow 60000 pounds. Paris notes a 4825000 franc drop in specie and 2800 francs rise in silver. Liverpool and London market updates cite grain prices, futures, and payrolls with muted activity and pricing signals.

London Erie New York Central Tinos Central Pennsylvania Central Hietna and Western Bank of England Paris Bank of France

Obituaries and death notices from region city area

Death notices list numerous individuals with ages and locations such as Adams, Curtin, Fogg, Foster, Hilliard, Hosmel, Kelcher, Locke, Rosen, Nostrom, Palmer, Ramsey, and Thiros. Entries provide dates in April and February, with ages ranging from mid teens to eighties, including spouses and family notes.

Ant Arlingum Marian Nelson Opgest Walter Lizzie P Hilliard Een Mary Cheney West Boylston Cambridgeport Wiliam J Kelcher Locke Cambridge Sarah J Charles A Locke David Thatcher Boston Clinton Street Rosen Sdee John Mooney Nostrom Apol Mary Isibell Nostrom F Palmer Calle Awil MA S Palmer

Superior Court Session Dockets and Noted Cases

A historical court record lists cases before Judge Aldrich and Judge Knowlton, detailing replevy actions, assault verdicts, and miscellaneous docket entries. Notable names include Magdalena Hellbach, Siegfried Wolfshon, Isabella Lloyd, and William Hall, with multiple adjourning or ongoing matters across First Second and Third Sessions.

Superior Court Aldrich Perme Parmenter Coleman F. Adams House of Industry Sauine Gee Frank Austin Aborn Mason Brunswick South Boston Daniel Reardon William C. Nugent

Land possession suit in Natick seeks lease-based remedy

A complaint seeks recovery of a Natick land parcel held under a lease to Clara M Fleas, with the suit brought by complainant C J Tirrell. The record lists multiple case numbers and names including McGonagle v Lave and several others across pages 1014 to 1097, indicating a courtroom docket of varied civil actions.

Charles Mills William D. Preston Natick Clara M. Fleas C.J. Tirrell P. H. Cooney

Mayo vs Edwards resumed as testimony ends

Supreme Judicial Court on April 19 before Judge Devens heard Mayo versus Edwards case. today Friday 20th is the final day to set down libels for divorce and related matters for hearing at the April term.

Supreme Judicial Court Devens Mayo

Railroad Earnings and Prospects Across the West and Northeast

The report details Denver and Rio Grande Western earnings for mid April 1883, notes construction deductions, and compares year to year totals. It mentions Chicago and Alton’s potential St Louis Jacksonville Chicago swap, Plymouth’s proposed railway restaurant, and Milford Hopkinton leasing news. It also lists New York Stock Exchange listings for Union Pacific collateral bonds Oregon Short Line and Chicago St Louis and Pittsburg securities with large mortgage bonds and bank notes.

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Utah Chicago and Alton St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Boston, Concord Pemigewasset House Plymouth N. H Milford Journal Hopkinton George Draper Hopedale Franklin Ashland Boston Providence Milford New York New England Denver and Rio Grande Railway New York Stock Exchange Union Pacific Railway Company Oregon Short Line Railway Company Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg Railroad Company First Consolidated Garfield” National Bank

Gypsum as Fertilizer for Farm and Garden Use

Advice and observations on gypsum or plaster as a soil top-dressing. Experiments show gypsum can boost clover and timothy yield to over three tons per acre in some cases, while other soils show no response. The author urges farmers to test gypsum on their land, note variability, and consider it alongside stable manure and other fertilizers, citing Prof. Lothrop’s long-term use and the role of gypsum in pastures and crops.

Lothrop South Hadley Boston Plymouth Rocks Dakota M. Louis Fignier M. Fignier Lydia FE. Pintsham Lynn Mass Philadelphia

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