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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1884

Page

3

Money Matters Shows Quiet Money Market

On Saturday evening April 19 the money market was quiet with rates largely steady. Banks report ample loanable funds and quotations for mercantile, miscellaneous, and corporation paper remain in narrow ranges. Gold shipments to England reach about $3 million. New York funds stay at 10 to 12 cents discount on $1000. clearing house figures for today and the week are listed, with weekly totals across major cities showing varied gains and declines in different markets.

Boston New York England United States Philadelphia Pricario St. Louis Baltimore Inc New Orleans San Francisco Cincinnati Pittsburg Louisville Milwaukee Kansas City Providence Cleveland Indianapolis Dee Wmartiora Mewhaven Columbus Memphis Portland Worchester Springfield Lowcil Pressue Sytacuse Cues N.Y Bradstreet’s Canada Chicago Detroit Hartford New Haven Syracuse Custom House Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe New Mexico Silver City Zross D. & Bob Hoe Toledo Cincinnati and Cincinnati and St. Louis Dayton Murray Mexican Central Connotton Valley Iown Nebraska Flint Marquette Albany Old Colony Central Massachusetts New England Framingham and Lowell Boston Post Drak Framingham and Lowell Framingham and Lowell Company South Framingham West Medway Mexican Central Railroad Company Atlantic and Pacific Oregon Short Line Arlington Hamilton Laconia Lancaster Lowell Machine Shop Lyman Ths Otis Pacific Sandwich Glass York Bates Cabot Chicopee Great Falls Hill Nashua Stark Mills Norway Plains Clinton Mills Norwich Woollen Vassalboro Mills Winthrop Cocheco Merrimack Fall River Davol Laurel Lake Merchants Blackstone Exchange Farneil Hall Globe Mechanics Mount Vernon Rockland Second National Shawmut Tremont North Old Boston State Prime Mercantile Paper West Shore Union Pacific Burlington and Quincy Granda Island Reading Pennsylvania Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Vanderbilt Missouri Pacific Canada Southern Burlington and Quincy Road Grand Island Canadiana Pacific Jersey Central Lackawanna Northwest Paul, I United States Circuit Court Samuel J. Anderson Portland and Ogdensburg Mercantile Trust Company of Mexico Western Trunk Line Association Colorado Burlington Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Houston George W. Dilley Galveston Harrisburg Grand Trunk Road Canadian Pacific Railroad East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad

Flour market firm with price rises and higher hopes

Flour prices edged higher as holders pushed for gains while buyers kept to immediate needs. Western superfine at 2.00 per barrel. common extras 3.25 to 3.50. choice 4.00 to 4.25. Michigan and Illinois tones higher with several patent grades up. New York and Minnesota figures quoted. Chicago reports firm demand and large receipts. St Louis mixed with some higher top grades and fair demand.

Michigan Minnesota Bakers New York Roller Illinois Southern St. Louis New York Ohio Minnesota City Mills Chicago Milwaukee Canada Vermont

Favorable outlook for British wheat and steady world demand

The British wheat crop market remains favorable with expectations for above average yields in Britain France and Spain. Next three months demand in Britain is about 6 million quarters while ports hold 4 million quarters and in transit 2 million. Current stock is 50 percent higher than 1883 and double 1882. Prices not expected to rise sharply. fall sown wheat in the US and Canada also viewed favorably.

Great Britain France Spain United States Canada Boston Commercial Exchange Cotten Liverpool New York New York Mercantile Exchange Astern Boston Ay Park Chicago Union Hamburg Norfolk Financial Chronicle Denver Union Pacific Burlington and Quincy Iss Utah Burlington and Quincy

Tropical and Foreign Fruits and Nuts Market Report

Trade is active with liberal receipts and strong demand for tropical and foreign fruits. Lemons and oranges show varied quotes in cases and boxes, while peanuts, pecans, and hickory nuts trade steady. Sugar markets remain steady with refined grades unchanged and molasses firm. New York prices show mixed movement across granulated and confectioners’ sugars.

Baracoas Jamaicas Nuyts Wilmington New York

Cotton Markets April 19 Receipts and Stocks Table

Net receipts at United States ports total 2,652 with concurrent exports to Britain 2,666 and to the Continent 2,000. Consolidated American stock stands at 605,961 as the market shows quiet, steady activity in Baltimore Wilmington Augusta Charleston Louisville Philadelphia and other points while New Orleans remains dull and easier.

United States St L's Great Britain France Voce Baltimore Wilmington Augusta Charleston Louisville Philadelphia Finm Infair New Orleans New York Savannah St. Louis Norfolk

Vast Shipments of Goods Across European Ports

A sweeping inventory from Liverpool Hull and Antwerp lists hundreds of items. Includes steel, tin plates, leather hides, wool, hardware, machinery, and glass. Numerous firms like Baring Bros & co, Shreve Crump & Low, Jordan Marsh & co, and Hogg Brown & Taylor appear. Notable totals feature 101 bills sheets, 1710 tins plates, 1500 sacks salt, and 7668 boxes window glass among many consignments.

Liverpool Eng Catalonia Sanderson Ros Steel Co Sodaash Jl&ds Riker Shepard & Co Graves & Sons Tillotson & Powers Converse & Stanwood Baring Bros & Co Davis & Forbes Manus Co Ipswich Millco Hl Jones & Co Tilton & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Co Dupee Forbes Co Cuter Bros & Co Taylor, Symonds & Co Wadsworth Howling & Co Dodo Shepard Norwell & Co Dodo Hogg Brown & Taylor Dodo Cumner Jones & Co Day, Neale & Morns Moors & Co de Ciccks Kirk Lewis & Bass Jordan, Marsh & Co Collins & Fairbanks Soule & Lughee Bains Bros & Co Wright Bros Mackintire, Lawrie & Co S& P Cresswell & Co Jackson & Co Cottons Chipman Bros Jacob Whitcomb & Co Kennedy & Murphy Stowell & Co Hall & Co Lewis White & Co Morgat & Co Moise LE White & Co Tewkes Simmacons Lafarme & Frothingham Mackintire, Lawne & Co Horswell & French Day, Neale & Morse Wadleigh du Verinet Hovey & Co Ewing Bres & Co Ordway, Blodgett & H Hogg, Brown & Taylor Box Hadley Thread Co Grout Warren & Blanchard JD & M Williams Wright & Moody Moise Frost & Adams Bradford, Thomas & Co Hull Gorham, Rogers & Co Baring Bros & Ec Lars Bjorslund Brown Bros & Co Hyer Bros Gay & Wolf Parsons & Co Morey & Co Barlow Holbrook Fisher & Coleman Smith & Co Hollings & Co Antwerp Pieter de Corminck de Kidder, Peabody & Co Boston and Providence Railroad Co Hills Turner & Co John Hope & Co Geneva John Miller & Co Sherburne Jere Abbott & Co Jacob Wirth Witlough Kidder, Peabody & Co Thompson, Fessenden & Co Stone & Downer

Fragmented 19th Century Freight Totals Across Rail Lines

A long OCR list details freight shipments by Eastern Lowell and Maine Railroads, Pea and Salem Expresses, and Sy Sea routes. Totals include flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, malt, barley, millfeed, peas, hams, butter, lard, hides, leather, cattle, pork, eggs, and numerous bales and cases of goods. Named lines reference regional rails and express services with extensive tonnage and itemized counts.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Pea Salem

Potal Receipts of Staple Products April 19

A table lists total receipts of principal staples from all shipment points for April 19, comparing 1884 with 1883. Items include cotton bases molasses butter oats meal corn beans lard beef and more with numerous quantities, units, and partial notes. The 1883 column shows reduced flour sacks and various figures for that year.

Economic Market Summary from London and Havana Notes

London reports dull business with American rail stocks weak while Gould holdings slump. English colonial bonds drift downward and a minor late-week revival appears. In Havana, sugar prices rise slightly on better US reports, with steady molasses, firm exchange and strong stock levels. freight rates and shipments to the United States show mixed activity.

London AEG New Jersey Central Erie New York Central St Paul Common Denver Rio Grance Ohio Mississippi Oregon California

Insolvency Proceedings Invade Boston Creditors

An insolvency wave hits Boston area as Walter Emerson and Louis A. Tinkham face secured debts, with assets limited and unsecured creditors left with nothing. Multiple firms from lumber to retail report failures, large and small, while rail disputes in New Haven and Hartford intrigue creditors and regulators amid pending court actions and proposed reorganizations.

Walter Emerson Boston Emerson Louis A. Tinkham South Market Street Clinton Street Winkham Joseph F. Paul Albany Street Bay State Moulding Albany and Dover Streets Dean & Conney Erie Avenue Dorchester Sanger, Hood & Co Peabody and Danversport Danvers Bank Peabody Apley Danvers Thomas H. Mills & Co New Bedford Seth L. Crowell Cornville James Robertson Hamilton Ont Alvah H. Comforth Pittsfield J.T. Beers & Son Southville Conn James H. Golding Syracuse N. Y T. Robert Jenkins & Sons Baltimore Conley, Searcy & Co Columbia Suffolk County James G. Leary Joseph W. Collins M. Doherty & Co Michael Callahan John May Globe Chemical Company Charles Roberts William Washburn Sullivan Bros Hannah Dower

Nine makes a poor showing for 1583 mining results

The record shows a deficiency in mining operations of 1801 79 dollars. It outlines net value of products and operating expenses as key figures, indicating a weak performance for the year 1583.

Legal Notices docket of cases listed for appeal

A sequence of case entries appears including numbers 3214 Cassier v Fales, 3228 Wheeler v Conlan, 3230 Wolfe v Porter, 3232 Mason v McKay, 3236 Howard National Bank v Fisher, 3238 Cole v Bilandell and others with references to Speoni and Walack. The fragment suggests a court docket or appellate listings with party names and docket numbers.

Cassier Fales City of Boson Wheeler Conlan Wolfe Porter Mason McKay Howard National Bank Fisher Cole Bilandell Se Speoni

Sermon memory and clergy loss mark religious pages

The Religious Herald notes Rev Dr Gage delivered a communion sermon from memory at Pearl Street church before 29 admissions, with attendees comparing it to the written text. It also reports the death of Rev Dr John C Backus in Baltimore, long pastor emeritus of First Church, Baltimore. It cites church music standards and moral education views from several periodicals, and reflections on home life and restraint.

Religious Herald Gage Pearl Street Morocco Presbyterian Church Baltimore John C. Backus Connecticut Westfield Harvard First Church of General Assembly Christ Congregationalist

Equity Bill Notice in Knight Estate Dispute

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court orders guardians and heirs to answer a bill in equity concerning the Daniel Knight estate. Defendants reside outside Massachusetts. notice must appear via publication in Newburyport Herald and Boston Post within thirty days. Attest: Clerk Alfred A. Abbott.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex Supreme Judicial Court Florence Osgood Newburyport John Osgood Stephen Collins Daniel Knight Elizabeth Foster Maiden Middlesex New York Sarah A. Hurley Elizabeth K. Cherry Louisville Kentucky Marian A. Titcomb Montgomery Alabama Vna Bill In Equity John Ostood Elizabeth D. Knight United States Mississippi River Salem Newburyport Herald Boston Post Boston Suffolk Alfred A. Abbott Maria L. Abbott Silas H. Haskell Cambridge Grorce M. Brooks WSU Massachusetts Ann D. Rhodes Edward G. Rhodes Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Register

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