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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1883

Page

3

Exchange affects in steady foreign markets and Boston stock

Foreign exchange steadies with London bills around 483 and 485 while Paris rates show 518 and 521 per pound and dollar respectively. U S securities mixed as stocks open dull. Boston seats traded at about 5,000 dollars, with general market pressure and erratic, but firm, closes after midday declines and partial recoveries.

London Paris United States Boston Westdes H. Darling George Williams Ballon & Co Boston Stock Exchange Steadman

Liverpool cheese and grains open higher with steady markets

Liverpool cheese at 695 perent and 230s from last week. April wheat opens at 1111s, closes 111. May opens 112 and closes 112. June at 114 percent, closes 114. July at 115 percent, closes 114. April corn opens 4 at d4t.e, closes same. May 554.5 cents, June 573 cents, July 594 cents, closing 575 cents. April cars start 41 cents, May 4249 cents, June 43 cents, July 42.25 cents. April park Chicago opens 19.07 and closes 19.35, May 19.71 opens, 19.35 closes, June 19.15 opens, 19.5214 closes, July 19.50 opens, 19.70 closes. Aprillard opens 11.65, closes 11.70. May 11.6214 opens, 11.70 closes. June 11.75 opens, 11.85 closes. July 11.85 opens, 11.92 closes. Markets steady with firmer creamery and dairy. other grades nominal. eggs, beans, potatoes stable. provisions firm.

Liverpool Chicago

Stable Prices Hold as Grain and Bread Prices Firm

Market notes show no price changes across breadstuff and flour lines with demand quiet. Wheat rye oats cornmeal and corn steadiest, butter cheese and eggs firm with varied regional quotes. vegetables fruit and meats show steady or modest shifts, with prices for flour, meal, and oils steady amid general market calm.

New York cotton futures ease after steady opening

At port today 2 200 bales all American. New York futures opened steady and closed modestly lower from the session high. Closing prices: April 10.19c May 10.22c June 10.37c July 10.50c August 10.61c September 10.34c October 10.038c November 9.92c December 9.94c January 10.02c. Total sales 60 000 bales. Spot steady to firm at 10 1 2 ckth for middling uplands 934c low middling 89 16c good ordinary 75 16c. Total stock at port 237 930 bales. Domestic receipts today 10 993 bales, 13 830 bales last week, 6 876 bales last year. Week receipts today 20 bales, 22 896 last week, 11 670 last year. Week exports 31 422 bales. Total stock 724 855 bales.

Manilla Belmont Barbadoes Porto Rico Gulf Orleans New York New Orleans Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Prime Canada Rio New Mesa Continent South America Liverpool Chicago Tazic ST. Louis Corp Bacon Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati The Commercial Bulletin

Vast Cargo Lists From Multiple Ports Include Indigo and Wool

A sweeping shipping tally shows imports at Boston and London ports, with steamers Samaria and Brantford City discharging bales of wool indigo cereals and assorted mdse. Entries note diverse consignments from American Net & Twine to H Atkins and Co and 350+casks cement, plus numerous cases of wine, linens, hardware, and oils stacked across ships and brokers from Baring Bros to Otis Clapp.

Liverpool Samaria J. Alderson American Net & Twine Co Ilase Machinery Allan, Lane & Co H Atkins & Co Baring Bros & Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co Brown & Griffiths Burr & Co Bennett & Co F Branstead & Co the City Machine Co Otis Clapp & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Curry & Co Farnum Forsaith & Co Gilbert & Co Grant, Warren & B Greene Mdse Haviland & Co Nadse Hoiwar, Wright & Rich Hovey & Co Haley Isinglass Howe & French Grown & Taylor H&l Hastings Farina Higgins Lloyd & Co Heyer-Eves P Hollander & Co Jackson, Mandell & Daniell Jordan, Marsh & Co Jones China Jones, McDruffee & Stratton James Koopman & Co I* Levin & Co Jameson Mits Despatch Transportation Co H M Poyer & Co Rogers Rollins Robinson Schoenhof Shreve, Crump & Low Norweil & Co Spear & Co Lovering & Co Wilton & Co Tuttle & Co Youne & Sons Wight Bros A Gray Bray & Hayes Horace Partridge & Co Moors & Co Hoxie & Co Fleming & Co Walton Atkins & Co Pierce & Co JD & M Williams Richards & Son Davis & Vinson H & L Chase H Collings & Co Morace Partridge & Co Brigham & Co Ross, Hall & Co Gambier Annapolis Steamer City Point RK Ellis & Son Gay & Co Bowles Fletcher Gay Arthur & Co Ellis & Co Yarmouth New Brunswick Dudley & Co Garland & Co Butler JG Hall & Co Holmes Poole & Co

Value. Land St Martins Dry Goods Imports

A list of imported commodities by origin including HAYTI SURINAM BRAZIL URUGUAY ROSARIO WAUE BELGIUM SPAIN SCOTLAND POLAIOCS SPAIN BAHAY and others shows values for items such as Wool Wares Linen thread Kid gloves Mfg Rubber Molasses Cocoa Iron and steel Machinery Paintings Flax Pape r stock Hides and Dyewood. The document totals final amounts: 108,852 and 272,826 for listed regions with overall totals approaching 799,224 and 2,194 dollars.

ST. Martins Lebecs S OF Seiggie Ividesecccs Viens Actekoa Seem Campos Seer Opocle Ieskockesbues Iron and Steel Teatowatg Brazil Harthenware Uruguay Migs Glass Rosario Eesesee- Contest Oosete Ingizo Esecees Desk Beedas Ncaee Ie Dineiesens EMOR Eerste Teh Rae Belgium Spain Scotland Ledaaain Ieee Rarthenwar Pamntea Dante Esaes Sierra Leone Singapore Ines Cuba Tapioca Paciabocb Mogee Manila TZOM Porto Rico Calcutta Cccec Iloilo Eo Susi

Vast 19th Century Trade Inventory Across Rail Routes

A detailed OCR compiled ledger lists quantities of goods transported by multiple railroads and sea routes. Items include hogs, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, apples, hay, lumber, skins, wool, cotton, flour, and cereals. Diverse shipments appear for Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence lines, with numerous bales, barrels, cases, and cars noted.

Jawell Railroad Maine Railroad Omoha Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Providence Railroad

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Prices April 23

Norfolk New Orleans and other markets show steady to firm cotton with mixed receipts and exports. Upland middling and staple prices are reported, alongside varied grain quotes in New York Chicago and St Louis with flour, corn, oats, and pork values changing modestly amid active trade and coastwise receipts.

Foreign Markets and Commodities Report from London and Liverpool

Market bulletin notes Erie stock prices and midweek levels in New York and Canadian lines while cargoes of wheat and corn rise. English and French wheat markets show firmer tones, with cold English weather. Liverpool reports flour, provisions, and cotton prices, with steady to rising wheat and mixed American corn. Coffee prices in Rio de Janeiro are listed with weekly receipts and US shipments.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane England Liverpool Orleans Rio DE Janeiro United States Exchange

Petitions and appointments at Boston Aldermen meeting

Proceedings describe appointments of public weighers and assistant harbor masters, confirmations of various nominees to boards, peti tions for street improvements and rail and fire alarm poles, and votes on director and commissioner contests. Also notes hearings and orders on public institutions and a July 4 celebration appropriation.

Neous Alderman O’brien Sanford Henry D. Moreland Franklin Winchester Byron F. Bragdon Isi Ase Soneis Aekenees Cone We Saute Nicholas C. Fallon George C. Brennan Pete Smith George F. McCausland New England Weston Electric Light Company Beach Street Cave Federal Streets Suburban Telephone Company Blue Hill Avenue Williams and Howard Streets Fire Commissioners Washington Bellevue Ashmont Howard Avenue Dorchester E. F. Child Clarendon Street St. James Avenue Providence Railroad Joshua Merrill East Chester Park Edwin Wright Huntington Avenue Boylston N. J. Bradlee Company D Ninth Regiment Andrew B. Porter East Boston Iéfrres Edward Pearl Newton Talbot Herbert Carruth Cedar Grove Cemetery Pee Henry W. Longley William W. Greenough Yeas Michael P. Carran Board of Police Commissioners William Taylor Board of Health William A. Simmons Boston Water Board Timothy T. Sawyer George M. Hobbs Leonora R. Cutter John G. Blake Stanwood Alderman Slade Simmons Messrs. G. Morse Blume Parkman,Marley and Finnerty Deer Island Bofton Water Board Common Council Alderman Hall Nstead Alderman Whitten John R. Briggs James Connor Briggs Thomas L. Jenks Patrick Corbett Vorsaith Committee On Police Suffolk Glass Co Milk Street Boston L. Hodsdon Apis Te

Probate of wills and administrations listed in court

Judge McK presided as wills of Elizabeth C K Mendell Jane Rose Tristram S Lewis John L Stanton Mary Ann Sheedy Mary Hall Loring Aaron D Field Carrie E Evans Vesta K E Brown Albert Homer Robert Burnett John M Sterling were admitted to probate and letters of administration were granted to Harriet T Turner Eliza Magoun James Barrett Elizabeth M Lord Amos E Prentiss Mary A Mellen John Tebbitts Philip J Borsh William T McFeely Catherine Donovan Hubert J Bengnies C Brown Snyder and Hugh Lawlor.

Elizabeth C. K Mendell Jane Rose Tristram S. Lewis John L. Stanton Mary Ann Sheedy Mary Hall Loring Aaron D. Field Carrie E. Evans Vesta K E. Brown Albert Homer Robert Burnett John M. Sterling Harriet T.’. Turner Eliza Magoun James Barrett Elizabeth M. Lord Amos E. Pre

Toomey v Kane and Holmes v Bowker legal docket notes

Court sessions Before Judge Aldrich and Judge Knowlton list actions of tort and contract. Entries include Toomey v Kane for malicious prosecution damages with a verdict for defendant and Holmes v Bowker alleging a $300 patent-right charge. Notices announce adjournments and a crowded docket of assorted cases with attorneys named.

Mary A. Toomey Margaret D. Kane Henry Kane W. W. Doherty Paul West Geo. W. Holmes Wm. Bowker Bowker Patent Office A. Maxwell W. W. Dwyer T. H. Niles

Telegraphic Freight and Rail Earnings Report

A Saturday telegram from St Louis to George J. Dockray cites an April 14 ship from Boston delivering oranges after six days twelve hours. Separately the Denver and Rio Grande earnings for the third week of April show Colorado lines earning 137,900 dollars over 1,281 miles, Utah lines 14,500 dollars over 325 miles, totaling 152,760 dollars over 1,606 miles.

St. Louis George J. Dockray New England Erie and Pacific P. D Boston W. W. Hill Denver and Rio Grande Road Colorado Utah

Courtcase index of 980 Oliver et al v Locke and others

A compact docket listing multiple civil actions with case numbers 980 Oliver et al v Locke 1002 Hurley v O Sullivan 10314 Cowen v Hurley et al 1023 Park v McAllister 10382 Lyon vy City of Cambridge 1035 Shannon v Doherty 1006 White v Corcoran.

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