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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1888
Page
7
Market fragments list prices for Queensland and South Australia batches of bales. Entries mention scoured and greasy lots with assorted weights and prices in old currency, including 1400 bales in Queensland and 900 bales in South Australia, with varied quotational terms and conditions.
The Post presents a comprehensive market outline for April 19 compiling domestic and general market reports. Local reporters and telegraphic dispatches from commercial centers are integrated to avoid cross-column comparisons and place each market in a single accessible section.
Local carload grain prices show a firm flour market with buyers cautious. New York and Chicago receipts and exports listed. quotes for various flour types, oats, corn, and rye range across mills and regions. Prices include Minnesota and Michigan milling products, western and Canadian exports, and spot versus May contracts with steady to firm tone.
Butter demand fair with buyers advantaged as new supply rises. Western creameries scarce above 27c while Eastern firsts fetch 24 25c. Imitation at 23 24c. New York and Vermont dairies at 24 25c. Various Western and Vermont grades listed from 20c to 27c, with jobbing prices 1 2c higher. Eggs market quiet with weak price signals.
Grain and bean prices show limited activity with sales under 15c across grains. Wheat and corn markets hover near steady levels as jobbing quotes rise modestly. Beans and peas demand remains cautious, while timothy and clover seeds command firm prices. Potatoes move slowly with abundant foreign supply and varied regional prices. Poultry markets stay steady, with strong demand for fresh Northern and Eastern stocks and slower frozen lots. Overall, price quotes reflect a cautious market with selective strength in select grains and seeds.
Apple prices hold firm with Baldwins at 3 325 per barrel and russets at 4 6 per barrel. Oranges and lemons show slow closings with Palermo oranges at 4 5 per box and Florida oranges 5 6 for choice. Strawberries steady 30 40 cents for choice, bananas ample with Jamaica fruit 1 2. Baracoa bananas sold by steamer Lorenzo D Baker with No 1s 140, No 2s 65 cents, No 3s 40 cents, 8 hands 85 cents.
The Balder is due Saturday April 21 from Baracoa with bananas for G. H. Harding. The Stofaa is due Saturday April 21 from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Stemford has arrived from Baracoa with bananas for W. W. & C. R Noyes.
Pork and beef quotations show steady to higher movement with varied cuts. Hams move slowly, while long cuts and lard remain firm. New York and Chicago markets report solid, high activity on mess pork and lard with tierces and city steam duties. Cincinnati and St Louis note steady to stronger demand for beef and pork products.
Allan Asher & Co report a dull trading day with limited cotton certificate activity. Liverpool opened 164 lower on arrivals and closed inactive. New York futures opened dull and closed steady. Port receipts reached 5 000 bales with mixed year comparisons. Liverpool spot steady at 55 16d for uplands and 56 1/2d for Orleans. Augusta and Waleston show dull activity with modest sales.
Emily L. Cline files for divorce from William A. Cline alleging desertion starting January 21, 1878 after marriage in Boston on January 18, 1871. She cites one child and seeks custody, with notice ordered to appear in Suffolk Superior Court. Publication in Boston Post required before June.
Consolidated six day net receipts reach 32,987 with exports to Great Britain 19,972 France 2166 and the continent 1179. Stocks at all US ports total 681,960 while markets show a quiet to dull tone with mid nine cent ranges across most ports.
Sugar markets show quiet to firm activity. Cuba refining 413-16 415-16c, centrífugals 96 test 54c, Manila 44%c, Loilos 444 4%sc, Java Nos 10-11 59-16 5%c. Refined goods steady: Pulverized 8c, powdered 7-4c, granulated 6c, specialty grades 6%c. Molasses quiet demand, boiling grades up 50 test to about 20-21c. Porto Rico and other Caribbean lots mixed, new crop Cienfuegos 23-26c, Mayaguez 28-85c, 50 test basis nominal around 20-44c. New York market firmer at 20% for 50% test.
A list of truck market quotations shows steady movement at varied prices. Items include asparagus at 4 5 per dot, green peas 2 3 per crate, Florida tomatoes 4 per crate, cabbage 2 to 2 75 per crate, kale 75c to 1 per barrel, onions 3 40 per crate, spinach 1 per barrel, string beans 150 to 300 per crate, beets 125 per crate, native onions 8 850 per barrel, squash 60 per ton, lettuce 50 to 7 per dozen, carrots 40c per bush, parsnips 1 per bush, turnips bucc per bush, celery 7 8 per box, rhubarb 3 per case, radishes 1 per dozen long and 40c per dozen small.
Market report shows Kansas City hogs 5 to 10 cents lower with 15,000 today and 21,557 yesterday in receipts. Peoria and St. Louis mixed, Chicago cattle strong with steer and stocker values rising. Texas cattle and hogs up with strong week receipts. sheep varied with Western and Texan lambs listed.
Tallow and London New York prices sit steady with slight demand. Pipe Line Certificates show a closing bid and opening times in April 1888. Turpentine rosin and petroleum prices in New York steady, with Rio coffee at 14 4 cents and St Louis and Cincinnati markets steady at 109.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat slow and corn steady as markets stay quiet. Liverpool notes bread stuffs. wheat quiet, corn weaker later. prices for winter and spring wheat range around six shillings. California wheat futures listed. Antwerp Paris reports give No 1 California and flour values, with April and May quotes across grains and products.
Imports and exports across multiple ports listed with vessels names and cargoes. Details include bush potatoes breaded by J H Hubbard in Melbourne, wool bales, pelts, mollasses casks, dress goods, bananas, coconuts, lobsters, turnips, eggs, butter, salmon, and various firms such as J G Hall & co E T Russell & co and Delong & Seaman. Also notes Steamer L D Baker and Steamer Yarmouth and baracoa cargoes.
Shipping list dated April 19 1888 records Hull England exports to New York including 116 bales cotton waste 1 turbine wheel 4 cases rubber goods 70 cases paint 24 cases medicines 1 case soap 25 tierces beef 2 bales duck. Also Guyborough Newfoundland list shows Sch M L Wetherell with 367 bbls flour 8 bbls oatmeal 7 bbls refined oil 1 bbl beef. John New Brunswick reports Nellie Walters with 40 tons pig ueb se tons cottonseed meal 20 bbls pork 5 tons marble. Canning Nova Scotia lists Sarah Glass with 625 bbls flour 6000 feet lumber 7 tons marble 7 carboys acid.
A transcript of 19th century rail freight entries lists Staple goods such as wool, flour, oats, malt, grease, butter, eggs, lumber, leather, cotton, corn, tea, coffee, sugar, cheese, bacon, and other commodities handled by Boston & Albany, Rand Junction, Hoston and Providence, Old Colony, and New York & New England railroads. The entries enumerate bales, barrels, sacks, cases, boxes, and other units, with many quantities and product types across multiple roads.
A compact list of goods moved by rail and ship from multiple lines and regions. Items include wool, flour, oats, grease, tea, butter, eggs, sweet potatoes, bacon, lumber, leather, hides, skins, cotton, corn, beans, apples, hay, potatoes, and bbls across Fitchburg Boston & Maine and Boston Maine networks. The record notes numerous quantities, carloads, bales, and rolls, reflecting a large historic freight manifest.
Francis J. Child seeks probate of last will and codicil and asks to be excused from bonds. Citations require appearance at Cambridge Probate Court on the fourth Tuesday of April at 9 AM to show cause. Public notice to run weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. last publication two days before court.
Probate court notice calls on the heirs at law and all persons interested in the estate of Mary Hasselbroock, late of Boston, to come forward in Suffolk County Massachusetts.
Railroad schedule effective Monday November 28 1887 lists extensive departure and return times from Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express and several intermediate points including Stonington Line steamboat service, Providence Pawtucket Dodgeville Hebronville Attleboro North Attleboro Readville Canton Junction and Sharon with multiple daily trips and returns.
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Station and Haymarket Square to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Dane Vers Exeter Great Falls via Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence Lawrence Malden Medford Melrose Melrose Highlands Merrimac North Maine Newburyport Wakefield Wilmington and other points with Sunday trains including Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way Stations.
A dense list of trains departing from Boston stations to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea and other towns with numerous daily times including mornings afternoons and evenings. The schedule covers lines to Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Newburyport Portsmouth Revere Salem Swampscott and more with multiple daily departures and branch services noted. Includes special Workingmen's train running on certain days.
Boston area train timetable lists frequent connections to Manchester Concord Hillsboro Nashua Lowell Woburn Winchester Lexington and several other towns with multiple daily departures and through service to Montreal.
Timetables list departures from Boston and several stations to Northampton Hadley Amherst So. Amherst Belchertown Bondaville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffersons Quakdale West Boylston with multiple daily times including 7.25 am 12.05 pm 5.25 pm. Also Worcester So. Clinton Bertin Budeon Wayland Weston Waltham Belmont Waverley Hudson to Ware. Full local and through train info available. signed by James T. Furber and Flanders, Genl Manager and Genl Passenger Agent.
A fragmentary timetable lists departures and arrivals for a coastal rail and boat link. It includes city pairs such as Newport New Bedford and Fall River Line connections with times like 7 pm and 6 30 pm, and notes on special applicability Fridays and holidays.
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