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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1889

Page

7

Market summary of grain and provisions in multiple cities

Prices for wheat corn oats rye and flour across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee New York Detroit and Pittsburgh. receipts and shipments cited. Market dull to firm with No 2 red and spring wheat quoted. corn steady to dull with steamer yellow trading. oats and barley steady. rye quiet. millfeed, bran, middlings, and potato markets show stable to steady tones amid varied regional receipts.

City Minnesota St Louis Chicago Yelow Shi Lake New York Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Peoria Jane State Graham Canada Michigan

Butter and Cheese Prices and Market Snapshot

Butter receipts today total 4844 pkgs, with 3088 pkgs last year. Prices range from 16c to 25c for various creameries and grades, with Western extras at 25c and Vermont at 25c. Cheese receipts 324 boxes, prices steady with Northern and Western grades around 10 to 12c. butter markets show steady or quiet demand across New York, Baltimore, and Chicago. Oleomargarine and eggs also reported with steady to light activity and mixed regional prices. Grass seeds remain quiet with unchanged prices.

Timothy North Jersey Weauote Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Vermont Hebrons Burbanks Bush New York Rose Hebrons Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Havana Bermudas Floridas Ile Eastern Baltimore Chicago Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Southern Island California Lima West

Market Report Reflects Steady Demand Across Produce

The Boston market lists molasses, leather, and other goods with steady demand and firm prices. Vegetables show mixed signals from cabbage and onions in supply to squash and beets with varying sales. large lots and crates command different prices across items. Export and livestock markets show declines in beef but steady hogs and maturing cattle trade. Brighton arrivals reflect slow but steady activity in dairy cattle and milch cows.

Bermudas Hubbard St Andrews Norfolk Baltimore Chicago Maine

Pork and Pork Products Receipts and Prices

Receipts today include pork 10 bbls, 75 tierces lard, 110 cases and 750 pails, 307 bbls pork, 680 tierces, 1679 boxes bacon, 1413 boxes preserved meats. Prices hold firm. lard and hams steady, hogs quiet. New York and Chicago markets show mixed pork and lard movements with several price points listed.

Meteghan Acara Havana Cuba Maggie G Hart Liverpool Eng Kansas London Borderer Hull New York Martello City Extra India Western Steam City Continent Chicago Pork Tower St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Market Summary by City for Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Stock Yards Kansas City and other major markets report mixed cattle hog and sheep receipts. Cattle receipts total around 4615 with lower prices for shipper and native cows, plus stockers. Hogs receipts about 10 491 with heavies and mids down, pigs mixed. sheep receipts 848 steady to firm.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Steamer North Angela Sails From Palermo With Oranges and Lemons

The steamer North Angela departed Palermo April 10 bound for Boston and passed Gibraltar April 16. She carries 1900 boxes and 900 half boxes Messina oranges and 1600 boxes Messina lemons. Total cargo includes 12,250 boxes oranges and 11,250 boxes lemons. The Lorenzo D Baker is due April.

North Angela Palermo Boston Gibraltar Messina Lorenzo D Baker Antigua Parthenia Whitney Pousland & Co Baracoa Dana U KR Noyes Cienfuegos Belle O’neill Atkins & Co Diz Spain Clark & Co Glasgow Scot Corean Boors & Co H & L Chase S Morgan & Co Baring Bros & Co McKay Farley & Sons Batchelder & Linoln Webster Blandell & Horan John Whitney & Sons Thos Leyland & Co Shayer & Lincoln Leigh & Co Kiley & Gray Stoddard, Lovering & Co Phelps, Dodge & Co King & Co Lsaeder, Adamson & Co Norton Fessenden & Soule Neal Morse & Co T Hardy & Co T Hardy & Co—115 Pkgs Earthenware Abram French & Co Pierce & Roberson R H White & Co Deblois & Co Stannard Rober Co Moise Broderson & Day Lorraine Manus Co Dennison Manuf Co R B Storer & Co C & Murphy & Co Ford Houdlete & Co Wetherell Bros Waldo Bros Moors & Co Higgins Brown, Durrell & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Washburn & Moon Mig Co Chage & Co Spiegeleison Batlett & Co Seaverns & Co Tully & Co Nickerson Wilson & Co Nragoane Brig

Shipping cargoes and steamers load for Boston trade

25 with Jamaica bananas for the ton Fruit Company, who also have the steamer Marmion, due the 26th. The steamer Cervin has loaded at Messina 2000 boxes, 1800 half-boxes Messina oranges and 1200 boxes Messina lemons to Boston. The steamer Caledonia has loaded at Naples 2400 boxes oranges for Boston. The steamer Frutera has loaded at Valencia 3000 boxes oranges for Boston.

Jamaica Ton Fruit Company Marmion Cervin Messina Boston Caledonia Naples Frutera Valencia

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Shows Firm Prices

Sugar receipts total 519 barrels 99 birds and 7450 bags versus last year 201 barrels 4800 bags and 54576 mats. Prices are firm with strong refined sugar. Cuba Javas and Manila grades listed with various cents per pound. Refined sugars advanced. wholesale granulated 8 1/2 to 9 cents. New York raw sugar stronger. refined prices steady. Mosses receipts 120 bbls 85 birds 259 puncheons. market remains firm and quiet. Ponce Porto Rico Fancy to common grades listed with cent per gallon ranges.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Cotton market steady with varied futures and world prices

New York spot cotton steady with 863 bales sold and different grades priced from 8 3-16c to 11 3-16c. Futures opened quiet and closed barely steady. Liverpool and U S ports show firm markets with comprehensive regional receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Memphis, Savannah, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, and Louisville.

New York Uplands Yesteray Aoee Speenaees Eeoe Tenteas Ea Eeee Ccaveee Cccciresse Oikia's Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Charleston Wimington Norfolk Memphis Savannah Mid West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Britain Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Markets and receipts steady across commodities today

Tal ow receipts report 34 brls sold today versus 44 last year. Prices quoted include 4c for city, 44c for country, and 24e for grease with mixed accuracy. New York tallow lower with 100 bids at 4c. Coffee New York Rio quiet, 18c. Whiskey Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati steady around 102 to 1038. Turpentine closed 46c with resin 11242 115 and tar 210, petroleum 7.06c with RSW 6.75c and cases 8.75c.

New York Rio Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Turpentine and Petroeum

The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown 1889

Reported for the Boston Post by Lore J. Fox for the week ending April 24 1889 detailing live stock totals by category including sheep cattle and swine at Brighton and Watertown yards arrivals by yard and prices for store cattle working oxen cows and calves western and northern hogs and sheep with market changes from the previous week and year

Boston Brighton W H Monroe Hollis & Corde LM Dyer Hosmer & Taft Secollans A Williamson Ayrshire Durham JS Tenry Taylor & Dennison I C Libby & Son CH Merrill Maine W W Hall H Merrill I C Libby J H Gilman Merrill New York Hkrighton Cherrill Libby Brighton and Watertown Boston Post Lore J. Fox Sheen Veals

London and Liverpool Wheat and Corn Markets April Report

London and Liverpool market notes show wheat dull and corn steady with slow wheat inquiry. spot demand weak at Liverpool with price firmness in some grains. Futures quiet. prices for California wheat and corn listed. Manchester reports slow market yet firm tone amid holidays and unsettled export demand.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Great Britain California Paris Manchester The Guardian Europe Tropics Continent India

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