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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1884

Page

3

Market Report Shows Mixed Activity On New York Exchange

New York April 23 activity mixed with gains in some issues and losses in others. Canadian Pacific dropped on insider-disposal rumors while Manitoba briefly fell then recovered, and Missouri Pacific, Oregon Navigation, and Union Pacific posted notable declines. Trading volume reached 407,700 shares with a broad list of issues showing weakness and a late minor rally in select stocks.

New York Boney Prime Mercantile Canadian Pacific Missouri Pacific Oregon Navigation Oregon Transcontinental Manitoba Union Pacific Quincy Northwest St. Paul Lackawanna Lake Shore Kansas Texas Erie Northern Pacific Pacific Mail Reading Pullman Palace Texas Pacific Wabash Western Union Chicago Chicago, Burlington and Quincy

Grain and commodity prices and trade notes in early market report

A dense market summary lists grain prices for corn, wheat, flour, oats, and rye, with steam shipments to London and Glasgow and assorted cargos. It includes butter, cheese, provisions, leather, cotton, tobacco, and various raw goods, plus fluctuating prices for hogs, timber, metals, oils, and naval stores, reflecting a broad commodity market snapshot.

Maritime Loadings and Cargoes Across Ports Listed

Glasgows Hibernian cleared with lard beams and beef tallow and wheat. At Philadelphia and Boston lard and cattle taken aboard. St Pierre Marques Bark Marie B carried codfish mackerel sugar and heads. Pelotas Bark Bonito carried petroleum rosin. Wood Point Wood schooner Active freight and fly wheels. St John NB schooner Bertha Maud carried corn meal kerosene and acid.

Glasgow Scot Hibernian Philadelphia Boston ST Pierre Mart Pelotas Brazil Richmond Wood Point

Receipts of Staple Commodities by Several Railroads

A detailed list of shipments received by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Eastern Lowell Maine and Peabody lines. Items include bales of cotton wool flour corn oats malt butter oleomargarine eggs potatoes hay lumber leather hides and various boxes and cases with numerous quantities. The record preserves a snapshot of early commerce by rail and steamship expresses.

National Bank of A Seeegeseseseee Exchange National Bank Salem Fitchburg Bee Chicago, Erie & Quincy Wansegssesedeth Boston Gaslight Goa Chelsea Gaslight Rua Phen Ecuneatee Connorton Valley Connor Boston North Chicago Holling Mills Union Switch and Signal Co Lowell City St Joseph Cook County Iozig Neptune Eastern Onion Pacific Kansas City Lawrence Southern Nion Pacific Sinking Fund Seabbaehies Boston & Maine Jackson Lansing & Sag Maine Woipise Fremont Elk Mo. Valley Soston and Lowell Topeka Santa Fe BING New York New England Leyte von Railroad of Vermont Francis Henshaw & Co Massachusetts National Bank First Nat Bank of Danvers Par Blackstone National Bank New England National Bank T.cather National Revere National Ban Naumkeag S Oat Cotton Co Washington Cocheco “Manufacturing Co Boston Belting Co Pekesaues Oseeas Neseciens Sens Msrounta Ces Lyman Aestaee Salmon Falls Manufacturi Ing Stark Mills Hamilton Lancaster Mills Otis Manufacturing CO Cic Chicago, Iowa& Nebraska Bogensiaee Metropolitan Railray Bridge Concord Railroad Old Colony Ailroad Northern Prahberg Swssioetieus Seca Smics Boston & Albany Ra Amer Watch Co Walthan Hartford United States Louw County Spee Vane Toston St. Paul Ccs Isco Topeka & W Union Pacific Link Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Peabody and Sea

Total Receipts of Staple Products April 23

Totals for principal staples from all shipment points compared with last year. Items include cotton, butter, wool, flour, cheese, eggs, oats, corn, wheat, apples, potatoes, hay, barley, peas, lumber, leather, beef, hides, bacon, tea, skins, coffee, sugar, molasses. Note sacks of flour in 1883 column reduced to barrels.

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Bright Stock Market Report From Brighton and Watertown

Brighton and Watertown Live Stock for April 23 reports totals for cattle, lambs, swine and calves with regional origins Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts New York Canada plus arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. Prices cover beef, store cattle veal calves hogs and sheep with export demand noted and numerous car counts by railroad and by road.

V& L'mbs Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts New York Canada Watertown Liverpool Glasgow Assyria A N Monroe Hibernian J A Hathaway Kansas J Black Tigham&Oisrine Waldensian N Kennedy JD Kosmer Glines & Weston B. F. Wilder Brick & Wood Union Stock Market BF Wilter MG K Flanders JB Sargent JS Henry Tlge Breck & Wood atSc New England Jace Cou By & P Pollara Isrighton Monroe Hollis & Co Hollis SH Wardwell JH Fogg Ad Piper A Williamson Abby & Son Boston Albany KB Farrell J F Stetson Wardwell Fogg Libby & Son H Coolidge & Son Gines and Weston ES Appen F Savary Foss Esterbrook & Co Adams & Jones E Winn WS Abbott M Pike G D Hooper Aldrich & Johnson O Brine EF Adden O F Bothell Dow & Moulton J B Sargent & Co H A Wilcox Vermont J B Remick B Hastings B R Fields G W Brownell R E French & Son A J Piper B F Wilder Taylor & Jarpin W G Flanders R P Pollard Stocker Bros Tl Frazier NH Dutton H Ingerson W _C Brown Sargent Turner Hall & Seaver F S Kimball J Carroll P Morrison J D Hosmer F Williams JI S Renry W H Bardwell Stranger A A Smith

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Receipts and Prices April 23

Cotton market report shows receipts, shipments, stocks, and prices across major ports led by New York and Baltimore with upland mid dling at 11 3 4 to 12 cents. Domestic markets note quiet steady tone in New Orleans and Cincinnati, with price movements in flour, wheat, corn, oats, and pork across Chicago St Louis and Detroit as shipments and exports shift.

Boston Cumberland Franklin Rio Jaya Maracaibo Jamaica Gambier Eloc Cole SPP Shellac Easler St. Domingo Nova Scotia Hake Haddock New York Labrador Valencia Turkey Wilnington Norfolk Palermo Messina Sicily Calcutta Chicago Timothy Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan New Hampshire Territory Eastern Oregon Missouri California Canifornia Georgia Catly St. Louis Cincinnati Baltimore Milwaukee Wis Louisville St L's Sdaya United States Great Britain France Continent Baltimore St. Louis New Orleans Mobile Memphis Uplands Orleans Minnesota Southern Canada Petroleum United City Extra India Western Steam South America Eigin Creamery Liverpool Albany Brighton CormaArm Detroit

Wheat and grain prices drift in Atlantic markets

London reports mixed firsts and futures across U S and Canadian staples with gains in some stocks. Wheat and corn prices steady to firmer with No 2 Ireland and California shipments cited, while Liverpool and Paris show quiet to stiff activity amid late April markets. Currency and commodity notes accompany daily cargo and provisions tallies from Merk Lane and Liverpool exchanges.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Merk Lane California Paris Liverpool America

Oregon Transcontinental stock finances clarified in Boston letter

William Endicott Jr reports to Brayton Ives Co. that Oregon Transcontinental officers will share proper information with stockholders though unsettled construction accounts hinder accuracy. He notes a $20 million market value shrinkage in related stocks, contemplates a funding plan unlikely before year end, and cites an $8 million loan maturing December 31 with collateral needing Northwestern growth to strengthen security.

New York William Endicott, Jr Boston Messrs. Brayton, Ives & Co Oregon Transcontinental Company Endicott Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Oregon Transcon Oregon Railroad and Navigation Companies efMcers West Shore Buffalo New York, West Shore and Buffalo Ger. Winstow Porter Welland Grand Trunk Toronto Globe London Grand Trunk Railway Welland Railway Company Grand Trank Dominion Canadian Pacific

Boston Ward Dwellings and Structures Listed in City Record

Ward by ward, multiple property entries are recorded including S W Merrill two three story mansard dwellings at 164 and 166 Newbury street in ward 11 and a three story flat roof dwelling at 162 Newbury street. Other listings cover dwellings, sheds, and a poultry house across wards 1 11 14 21 22 23 and 24 with owners such as Francis James P Coffey J W Ordway David Simonds and Christiana Brown among others.

Big’st Ratlroads -T 5.F Jin San Ulev P. M Ee Ieee Fs Scesses Bivkvee Ip& Te i W P Cece Boston Mining Stock Exchange Rican E & 1. Co Banta Fe Powiston Street Powston Btl Martin Imgess Giees TEL Ncsemeesees Cweses Amman Aude Aces Svi Ican Central New Hampshire I “Ie Gy Sullivan Cipiaees Putro Tunneigion Wi Standard Con M Rin Ec Delana Vais Pacific Co S. W. Merrill Newbury Street Francis James Silver Street Boston Union Athletic Exhibition Company Livington Street Mathew Ard Heath Place T. J. Keley West Fourth Street B. Grasiana Maxwell Street Tremont Street Pembroke Street George W. Pope

Suffolk County Real Estate Attachments and Failures

A survey of Suffolk County business distress lists Davis & Taylor with about 100000 dollars in liabilities and 300000 dollars in assets, McCarthy Bros at 25 cents on the dollar, and Cassels, Stimson & Co. with roughly 550000 dollars in obligations. Also noted are suspensions at Simpson, Stuart & Co. in Hamilton and Windsor Coffin Co. in Windsor, with wider concerns across New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal creditors. Attachments and assignments involve several firms, including Union Electric Manufacturing, Lowry Brown & Addinsell, and Owen Smith, all signaling broad financial strain and anticipated losses.

Suffolk County Davis & Taylor Boston Lawrence McCarthy Bros Marlboro Algernon James Cracker Baker Waltham Cassels, Stimson & Co Montreal Que Bank of Commerce Merchants’ Bank Molson’s Bank Union of Lower Canada Simpson, Stuart & Co Hamilton Ont Windsor Coffin Company Windsor Waterhouse & Craig Mahegan R. I New York City Geo. H. Krause Union Electric Manufacturing Company Bond Street Broadway Nicholas & Mills Albany N. Y Oscar W. Rosenberg Meyer Stern Lowry, Brown & Addinsell East Fourteenth Street Edwin S. Harris New York Philadelphia Corn Exchange National Bank Cochran & Young Erie Troxler & Co Dorseyville J.5 Davis Austin Tex Kitredge Schember & Petites St. Louis Josephine M. Gwynne Sarah A. Raddin Superior Court Sarah L Frederick L Helen A. Ames Cyrus Lothrop Euston Mary A. C. Holmes Newport

Court Record in U S Circuit Court April 23

Judge Lowell reviews Fosdick's petition for interest on two dividends paid to creditors of Parker & Co. The court finds no basis to award interest beyond the dividend, noting bankruptcy rules and prior rulings. Petition dismissed. Avery, Thompson for assignees. Myers for Fosdick.

Chas. W. Hersey Et al Wm. R. Fosdick Fosdick Chas. F. Parker & Co District Court Kitzinger England Kuzinger Ubi Supra Edward Avery J. B. Thompson J. B. Myers

Legal proceedings and adverse possession ruling in Boston case

Judge Finno and Judge Colburn preside as Globe National Bank v Ferdinand A Wyman and Mary Leary v William F Duff are discussed. The court orders asset distribution under assignment and directs counsel to draft a decree. The petition under public statutes seeks to compel action on a house lot at 85 Oak Street Boston.

Colburn Globe National Bank Ferdinand A.wyman Mary Leary William F. Duff Oak Street Boston John Duff A. Maxwell C. Y. Keyes

Wills and Estates and Municipal Court Proceedings

Wills approved for Phineas H. Glover of Quincy and Calvin Phipps of Medway with various legacies and executors named. Administration granted for multiple estates including Sarah E. Gilpatric Hyde Park and George N. Evereson Mary E. Leach Weymouth. Municipal courts report fines and sentences from Central Dorchester Highlands and South Boston courts for offenses from obstructing crossings to drunkenness and truancy.

Phineas H. Glover Quincy Unitarian Sunday School Society of Boston Calvin Sdopee Medway Sarah E. Gilpatric Hyde Park George N. Evereson Mary E. Leach Weymouth Ezra M. Leach George W. Noyes Sarah Noyes Calvin Phipps Willis Kingsbury Anna P. Morse Milton M. Fisher Central Court McCafferty Kendall Brown Anne White House of Industry Sandy’ Walker House of Correction Dennis Donovan Dorchester William Gilligan Highlands Court Daniel McKinnon John W. Etheredge Reform School South Boston John Smith Jack the Bunker House of Ccorrection Bridget Burke

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