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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1883

Page

3

Wall Street Mixed as Stocks Rally and Bonds Drift

In New York on April 20 trading shifted with money on call rising to 9 percent and some securities moving. Stocks closed strong and active led by St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba and Northwest though gains were uneven. Bond issues showed mixed moves with Central Pacific and Texas Pacific land grant incomes among notable shifts.

New York Prime Mercantile Coin St. Paul Minneapolis Mianitoba Central Pacific Fort Worth Denver City Kansas Pacific Texas Pacific Kansas Texas Oregon Stock Exchange Jersey Central Leckawanda Northwest Northwest Common St St Paul Lackawanna Manitoba Sonora Hall Anderson Horn Harlem Bodie

Liverpool cheese at 70s and grain futures report

Special from the New York mercantile exchange shows butter weak with varied quotes for Elgin creamery and eastern, western, and dairy products. Cheese firm state varieties and eggs prices appear, while April wheat opens at 109 and closes around 1019 to 104, with June and July futures noted. Chicago corn and oats futures are listed for April May June and July with initial quotes and closing ranges.

Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Creamery Eastern Western Chicago Sige

Provisions Prices Hold Steady Across Meats and Grains

Market reports firm with solid demand for pork and lard. Prices shown include extra prime at 16.50 to 17 per barrel and various cuts. beef demand good with western prices around 1250 to 13 per QB barrel. dressed hogs at 9 3/4 to 10 cents. Fresh meats steady with beef hindquarters and veal prices listed. poultry and game trade steady with turkey and chicken quotations. Tropical fruits and sugar markets quoted with multiple regional prices. cotton futures and port receipts noted, including New York and Philadelphia activity and domestic port stocks.

Minnesota Illinois St. Louis Ohio Michigan New York Indiana Good Western Choice Western Creamery Eastern Creamery Choice Vermont Old Western Creamery Vérmont Choice Canada Brooks Chenangoes Bermudas Western Timothy Red Top Canada Boston Philadelphia Malaga Manilla Belmont Lye Barbadoes Porto Rico Gulf New Orleans City T&c Cuba United Continent South America Creamery Liverpool Tim Chicago Milwaukee Albany Cincinnati Detroit

Import cargoes and orders listed from multiple ports

A long list of imports and shipments across Boston Annapolis and ports globally including potatoes eggs halibut sugar lumber cypress lobster and numerous bales of wool hides and more. VesselsSteamer schooner brig and bark entries cite quantities ports and buyers such as Dudley co Delong Seaman G W Gay Co Seaverns Co and Johnson Young across PASCAGOULA MOBILE YARMOUTH NL DEMERARA CIENFUEGOS PONCE BARACOA RUSTICO PEI HAVANA MATANZAS CALCUTTA PORT ELIZABETH MONTEVIDEO ARACAGU SAGUA PARRINGTON NL MEJILLONES MATANZAS TAMPICO MEJILLONES PARRINGTON NL and Meilones.

Annapolis, N Steamer Hunter Forrest Tobey Dudley & Co Bowles & Co Gay & Co A& O Mead Hale Cleveland Dudley Co Clark & Co Ellis & Co Pascagoula Ada A Kennedy Geo H Peters Mobile Rosa Mueller Cypress Lumber Yarmouth Dominion Delong & Seaman Poole Butler Demerara Carrie D Allen Seaverns & Co Rustico Pei Darling Chapin Bros Sandy Cove Rosalia Havana British Empire New York Clara Leavitt Gonaives Clifford Logwood Lyon, Dupuy & Co Miragoane Carleton David Heald & Son ST Martins Lottie E Pierce & Co Calcutta India Port Elizabeth Charles McGilvery Geo G Granger Montevideo Gessler & Co Aracagu Iortland Sagua Gwalia Tierce Parrington Minnie Davis Marston Arachan Brazil Addie Shortland Matanzas Robbie Tampico DW McGraw Justic Thebaud Bros Mejillones Supreme Hemmenway & Brown

Maritime cargo clearances and item lists full of goods

YARMOUTH Newfoundland Steamer Dominion cleared April 20 reports one case boots and shoes two cases sewing machines six bed springs one case rubbers one anchor twenty bed springs phosphate. WEYMOUTH Nova Scotia Schooner Eureka cleared April 20 lists sixty bushels meal two bushels pork. GLASGOW Steamer Nestorian cleared April 18 shows fifteen 698 sacks hour two hundred fifty barrels sugar two hundred boxes bacon thirteen bids to tobacco eight thousand six hundred fifty nine bushels wheat forty five tierces buttocks six hundred fifty sacks oat meal three thousand six hundred pieces slaves three hundred thirty head cattle.

Yarmouth Dominion Weymouth Eureka Glasgow Nestorian

Receipts of Staple Products From Major Railroads

A detailed ledger lists April 20 receipts by Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Gund Junction, sea shipments, Peabody and Salem Expresses, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boon and Albany, and Providence Railroads. Entries cover flour, cornmeal, corn, oats, barley, peas, tallow, coffee, sugar, butter, eggs, apples, hay, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, and other staples with quantities in bales, bushels, boxes, cars, rolls, and cases.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Gund Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Boon and Albany Providence Railroad

Cotton Market Mixed Across Ports With Steady Midlands

The week’s market report shows coastwise and inland ports sustaining steady to dull conditions. Prices for middling cotton hold near previous levels in New Orleans, Charleston, and New York, with receipts and stocks varying across regions and weeks ending April 20, 1883.

Cscs Aikiins Ae Arket Farming Galveston C Mobile New York Great Britain Stotkescot New Orleans Charleston Ocean Cekatseccuess OO Entebece Iocscotseesseages Wilmington Oulivalluin United States France Norfolk Liverpool

London and Liverpool Wheat Cotton Market Summaries

Market reports from London and Liverpool detail wheat and corn prices and movements, with cargoes strong on passage and prices rising for No 2 red and spring wheats. Cotton markets show mid Upland quotations, steady demand, and extensive weekly sales and stock figures for American and exported bales.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Michigan England Liverpool de Orleans

Consolidation expands control of United States railways

The final settlement of the Wabash lease to Iron Mountain gives the Southwestern System about 10 000 miles under one control and the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia adds nearly 1 300 miles. Negotiations may bring Erlanger into a unified southern network. Kansas proposes advisory counsel for quo warranto suits against Union Pacific. Local counsel named to assist Supreme Court actions. The case challenges consolidation of Union Pacific Kansas Pacific and Denver and Pacific railways as illegal, affecting state control.

Iron Mountain Company East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Erlanger South United States Atlantic Seaboard Kansas Union Pacific Railroad Company Jeremiah 8. Black Pennsylvania Supreme Court George S. Green Manhattan W. H. Rossington Topeka A. A. Harris Fort Scott Ucon Black United States Supreme Court Union Pacific Kansas Pacific Denver and Pacific State of Kansas

Suffolk County Transfers and Mortgages 1883

Property transfers across Boston areas include Nashua Street and Albany Street parcels, with buyers Rollin H Allen George H Stearns Martha R Treat, and sums from 1 to 150,000 dollars. Mortgages and transfers cover Roxbury Dorchester Charlestown and Revere sites, with banks and savings institutions listed and dates in 1883.

Nashua Street Parker C. Richardson Rollin H.allen Said Street George H. Stearns Et al Same Martha R. Treat Northampton Street George H. Dupee Etux George Hyde Mayfield Street Ezra H. Baker Elizabeth HH. Jackson Alexander Jackson Dorchester Avenue Alfred B. Wilton Catherine E. Nagle Chelsea Street Sarah H. Dee Boston Five Cents Savings Bank

Superior Court first session suits up for April decisions

In the April 20 session before Judge Aldrich the court resumed the Trubee versus Bigelow damages suit with verdict for the defendant. In Toomey versus Kane the plaintiff seeks 1000 dollars for malicious prosecution after a March 4 municipal court discharge for alleged larceny of a closet. W W Doherty and Paul West argued. Also Martin Hillbrow versus Batchelder ended with a 250 dollar verdict for the plaintiff for injuries on a gale. Moses Colby versus City of Boston seeks drainage damages but the court directed a pro forma verdict for defendants. IN ORDER FOR MONDAY.

Superior Court Aldrich L. Curtis Trubee Chester A. Bigelow Geo. F. Williams Thos. E. Barry Mary A. Toomey Margaret D. Kane Henry Kane W. W. Doherty Paul West Knowlton Martin Hillbrow Charles Batchelder Moses Colby City of Boston Northampton Street N. B. Bryant T. M. Babson Middlesex County Barker Charles Millis William Preston Natick Clara M. Hildreth Gertrude L. Kimball Pro Ami Anson H. Kelsey Leman Kimball Same Gertrude Lemans S Dudley & Dudley Richardson & Hale

Multiple defendants arraigned in Boston area courts

A sequence of cases from halls of justice shows William Connelley held in 1200 dollars for trial on breaking and entering. John J O’Brien William Stankwood Thomas Stone and Daniel Kennedy each held in 500 dollars for larceny. Augustus Gregor case continued four weeks. Allen B George held 200 dollars for trial April 26. Nellie Flay drunk six months in house of industry. John Gillespee fined ten dollars and costs for receiving stolen iron. Joseph Whalen case continued until next Monday. Ellen Florney common drunkard sentenced to six months in house of industry. John English liquor law violator fined 50 dollars and costs. George H Friel arraigned on two counts breaking and entering and stealing held in 200 dollars bonds on each. Ryan larceny fined fifteen dollars without costs.

George H. Friel Ryan

Midnight Visits to the Dead A Father's Undying Love

In East Hartford a grieving father keeps his deceased 16 year old daughter's body at home for months. Each night after midnight he sits with the corpse, speaks tenderly, and refuses burial. An undertaker preserves the remains while a vault is planned in the yard to allow ongoing nightly communion while honoring the daughter's dying wish to avoid being buried.

Hartford Times East Hartford Brewer

Insolvencies and Creditors Meet in Boston and beyond

The era of business failures continues as creditors in Baker & Cutler accord 25 cents on the dollar after a Boston meeting. Other insolvents include Cummings assignment in Worcester, Marrs failure in Worcester, Potter strike in New Bedford, and Dodge in Salem with about 3,000 liabilities. New York iron pipe makers Hunter, Keller & Co. suspend payments. total liabilities around 150,000 with assets surpassing that. First meetings in Suffolk court list E A Cowan & Co and others, with assignees named. Discharges go to several individuals. additional callee meetings and insolvency petitions are noted.

C. A. Cummings Worcester Augustus Marrs C. W. Potter, Jr New Bedford L. J. Cote & Co Waterville C. T. Dodge Teamster Salem Baker & Cutler, Grocers Clarendon Street Boston Hunter, Keller & Co Iron Pipe Mannufacturers Centre Street New York Suffolk County E. A.cowan & Co Lewis Myers Albert Mellen James R. Pockray Charles J. Eastman Bellevue Medical College A. O. Brewster Michael M. Barry David J. Kelley George H. Jones Barnes & Moses Charlestown Chemical Works Sarah A. Murphy Parker, Durfee & Co Edwin A. Ormsby James Walsh Patrick H. McGlynn Lawrence Adams & Co William Mitchel William J. Phillips Benjamin Bradley David Ae Luce Andrew P. Newman James H. McAllister Peak Brothers Call

Engineer Merrill’s self leveling sea berth innovation

Mr B F Merrill of this city an engineer of note has devised a self leveling berth to keep level on a pitching ship. It uses sectional rockers and a light counterweight system to adjust suspension points above the mattress. Tested on the Worcester between Boston and Halifax and two berths to be installed on the Celphalonia.

B. F. Merrill Merrill

Militia Officer Rosters Change This Week

Changes in the militia officers include commissions and rank takes effect April 9 1878 with Joseph Head reappointed assistant surgeon. Harry C Gardner becomes captain of company D 1st infantry. Joseph H Frothingham promoted to 1st lieutenant company D. Howard K Blair becomes 2d lieutenant. Resignations and discharges include Walerouse Sayward John Stacker John M Doherty and Edward OBrien.

Militia Joseph 5. Head Cavalry Harry C. Gardner Rockwell Joseph H. Frothingham Gardner Howard K. Blair Infantry Frothingham Walerouse QO. Sayward 1St Infantry John Stacker John M. Doherty 9Th Infantry Edward O’brien Sth Infantry

Temperance and lecture notices in Tremont and Auburndale

Lieut. Gov. Ames to preside at Tremont temple temperance meeting with Rev. E. S. Potter delivering the address. A supplementary cooking lecture at Lasell seminary Auburndale set for Monday afternoon April 23 on Marketing. Brian Boru association plans Clontarf battle anniversary event at Emmethall Kneeland St. next Monday night. Also notes on electric lighting attachments for gas, burglar alarms, and the Boston Electric Co office at 550 Washington St. plus investment guidance from T. Brigham Bishop & Co. and new Remington typewriter, with property offerings from Mr. Co. G. Fox and insurance notices from Jordan Lovett & Co.

Gov Ames Tremont Temple Potter Lasell Seminary Auburndale Brian Borumha Clontarf Ireland Emmethall Kneeland Street Boston Electric Company Washington Street

Extraordinary Chicago divorce trial reveals tangled past

Mary Brigham sues Daniel Brigham in circuit court alleging cruelty and abandonment after a Boston marriage to her late husband Charles Waters. He counters that she sought his money, and the couple wed seven months after Waters died. The case features contested finances, public altercations, and a will demand. The complainant’s testimony cites an estate worth fifty to sixty thousand dollars.

Chicago Chicago Times Mary &. Brigham River Forest Boston Daniel S. Brigham Charles Waters Brigham

Cleveland and Tilden Compared by the Tribune

The Springfield Republican cites the New York Tribune comparing Cleveland with Tilden. It notes Tilden halted gross state abuses and prefigures reform, while Cleveland is seen as potentially matching that reform claim if opportunity and ability align.

Springfield Republican The New York Tribune Cleveland Tilden Tribune New York

Poisoned elephant at Schoenbrunn dies within minutes

A gigantic elephant at the Schoenbrunn Imperial menagerie near Vienna was poisoned by command. Fifty grammes of prussic acid were given after which the animal died in under eight minutes.

Schoenbrunn Imperial Menagerie Vienna

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