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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1882

Page

3

Quiet Foreign Exchange and Market Rally Report

Foreign exchange steady with London 60 day bills at 4851 2, short sight 4881 2, and commercial 4831 2 per pound. Paris francs 513 3 4 to 518 1 2. Reichmarks 60 day 945 8 to 95, short sight 955 8 to 953 4. New York money 2 percent, prime mercantile paper 5 6 percent. Stocks closed irregular but generally firm with notable gains in Northwest preferred and common, Rochester and Pittsburg, and Louisville and Nashville. Mining stocks robust with Bonanza Development and Huron strong. Marquette area rise. concerns over Oregon Transcontinental dividend timing. Bond activity mixed. Mexican Central bonds firm. Total trading volume 420,000 shares.

London Paris United States Atlantic Boston Grivk Western Railroads Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Dillon Union Pacific Perkins Wheeler Atchison New York Issi State Lines Oriental and Miller Robinson Decatur Empire of Utah Northwest Rochester Pittsburg Omaha Louisville Nashville Memphis Charleston St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba St Louis Northwest Common Denver Rio Grande Preferred Nastville Tennessee Oregon Colorado Boston Itig Union Pacific Company Chicago, Burlmangton and Quincy Company Northwestern Preferred Wss Rock Island The Stock Exchange Chicago Alton Flint Pere Marquette Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Diowa Falls Sioux City Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Eastern Maine Lowell Albany Clinton Fitchburg New Bedford Connecticut River Massachusetts Central New England Revere Beach Road Sonora Delphos Burlington Securities Boston Land Mutual Union Washington Bonanza Development Harshaw San Pedro Catalpa Quincy National Huron

Livestock Prices Lull in New England Week End Aug 2

Report from Boston Post by George J. Fox notes higher livestock receipts indicate potential price declines in cattle. Sheep and lamb market seen as weakened with the bottom described as fallen out. Calves and cows hold steady though, with poultry prices weak except for some chicks.

Boston Post George J. Fox Lée

Dividends Declared by Rail and Placer Companies

The Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroad declares a 3.12 percent dividend on its preferred stock. The Rye Valley Placer company declares a 5 percent dividend on par value, payable Aug. 10 from mine earnings to stockholders of record Aug. 5.

Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad Rye Valley Placer Company

Stock orders executed at Boston and New York boards

Richard son Hill & Co reports empty execution of orders 1) stocks and Donas at the Boston and New York stock boards via private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily quotations of all markets available at No. 40 Water Street.

Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelia Baltimore Water Street John A. Dodge & CO Wall Street T Brigham Bishop & CO Devonshire Street Tremont Street Lynn Lawrence New York House East Fourteenth Street

Shipping Goods and Quantities from Liverpool Trade Ledger

A ledger style list from Liverpool shows numerous consignments and quantities across many firms. Boxes, casks, and cases include tin plates, marble, earthware, glassware, and carpets. Multiple merchants such as Phelps Dodge, Rice Starkweather, Burgess Goddard, and Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. appear with varied lots and destinations.

Lovering & Co Medtibilrangan Scandinavia Jeghorn Torrey & Co Webb L. Dannell Everett Totley Case Fine Arts Pkas Willow Ware Kerehi Oil Brown Bros Fine Arts Pierso Beebe Larine Bros & Co Malaga Brown Bros & Co Palermo S& J Brown & Co Franklin Rolfe & Co H.tully & Co Eng Hessians Patrick Ashton Sains Booth & Co Naylor, Benson & Co Hollings &Lco Baring Bros & Co Worcester Ree Institute Co China Polace Partridge & Co Gay & Wolf Dales Castie Annapolis Hunter Delong & Seaman Nash Ellis & Son Fietccher Holmes Hale Goonwin, Oe & Co McPherson & Kendall Parker Baldwin & George Clark &Co A & O W Mead Cape Haytien Lizzie W Matheson Lyon, Dupuy & Co Inagua Walter Armington, Jr Liverpool Kansas Phelps, Dodge & Co Bros & Co Starkweather & Co Destch Transportation Co L & DS Riker Holden & Herrick Dana & Fitz Jere Abbott & Co Haley & Co Jones & Co Dame & Co Burbank & Co Aguayo Thairiwail Goodall Bros Pkas Bradford & Anthony Kendall, Barrows & Co Malion Little Cloth Pacific Mills Houghton & Dutton Nicholson, Frost & Co Sayles Moors & Co Stoddard Haberdashery Brown, Durell & Co— Co Woollens Jordan H White & Co Ron Co China Abram French & Co Optic Instruments Jacobs, Rogers John Hall H A Gould H & Vis

Foreign ExXperts list of goods and cargos by region

A fragmented inventory from multiple regions lists quantities of tobacco, kerosene, pork, furniture, nails, cheese, butter, beef, poultry, corn, chairs, machinery, leather, glassware, lumber, and other goods. Entries include Demerara Western Islands Cape Coast Mahone Bay Saint John Fredericton with vessel names and assorted cargo tallies.

Demerara Islands Cape Coast Wcaa Mahone Bay N S Windsor Fredericton N B Mary Pickard

Receipts of Stapie Products Aug 2

A ledger style record lists shipments by railroads and boats to Boston area lines. Entries show Wool, flour, corn, malt, canned meat, butter, cheese, lumber, hides, tea, coffee, eggs, potatoes, beans, leather, and other goods with quantities across Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York and New England, Eastern, Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg lines, plus Merritt & Co Salem Express, Munroe & Arnola's and J H Moulton Salem Express services and a sea delivery of coffee sugar butter eggs potatoes.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Merritt & Co Salem Express Munroe & Arnola Peabody Express J H Moulton Saveue Bates

Norfolk and Cincinnati Grain Prices and Receipts Report

Norfolk net receipts and exports show steady market conditions with prices around middling 12 to 13 cents and local totals, while Cincinnati reports middling at 12 1/2 cents. New Orleans notes 9 initial receipts and exports, with stock at 153,616 across ports, and Augusta lists domestic markets with muted gains.

Savannah Piladelphia Sulock Dagce cc Venado Wacetedes Starket United States Great Britain Voesse

Grain and commodity markets across major cities Aug 2

Across St Louis Milwaukee Toledo Chicago New York Detroit and Cleveland the day’s markets showed mixed movement. Flour and wheat fluctuated with higher wheat in several zones. pork lard and bacon values rose in Chicago and Cincinnati while whiskey held firm in several markets. Receipts and shipments varied by city, with notable price quotes in flour, pork, lard, and rye.

Chicago Lee Corm Barney Sic Park Sac Tye Corp ST. Louis Milwaukee Rye—market jJower Toledo Ted Wabash Uorn Cali Wheat Way Cincinnati New York Daily Commercial Bulletin Detroit Michigan Sen Cleveland

Railroad Earnings and Lines Across the Nation in July

Reports show New Jersey Central July earnings near 1.26 million dollars while Chicago and Grand Trunk weekly July figures rise to 30 922 and 25 069 in 1881. Chesapeake and Ohio weekly July gains 22 080 and three weeks total 63 574. Pullmans Palace Car adds about 10 cars monthly for own use. Buffalo tolls July 27 836 94 vs 55 541 92 in 1681. Season totals drop to 127 855 64 from 150 151 52. Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific July weekly gains 557 463 versus 457 935, up 69 478. Year to date 14 433 544 in 1881 vs 13 465 009, up 965 533. Milwaukee and Northern lease to Wisconsin Central expires, Milwaukee line service to Lake Winnebago continues until new Wisconsin Central line opens. Tucson despatch notes Southern Pacific right of way through Papago reservation seen as favorable. Northern Pacific track now 211 miles in Yellowstone valley near Billings, Montana, laying 1.5 to 2 miles daily. Stockholders of New Orleans and Mississippi Valley Railway to meet Sept 14 1882 in New Orleans to consider consolidations with Memphis and Vicksburg, Tennessee, and Mississippi Valley and Ship Island railroads.

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Marital Notices From Boston Clergy

July weddings listed by Rev. C A Brown Rev D W Waldron and Rev T F Fales record marriages in Boston with couples including N A Keene and Sarah E Sargent Louisa M Pease and Daniel Barrus Frank H Lawrence and Eudora E Stewart George Cohen and Laura Isabella Kingsbury all noted in Waltham and Boston areas Aug 1 dates included.

Ae Keene—Sargent C A Brown N A Keene Sarah E Sargent Barrus—Pease D W Waldron Daniel Barrus Louisa M Pease Boston Lawrence—Stewart Frank H Lawrence Eudora E Stewart Bosich Cohen—Kingsbury Waltham T F Fales George Cohen Laura Isabella Kingsbury

Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages in Boston Area 1882

Notices of property sales and mortgage dealings across Brighton, Marlborough, Hanover, Park, Dartmouth and other streets. Transactions include parcels on Marlborough Street, Huntington Avenue, B Street Dorchester and Back Bay lands. Notable entries include MIT and Museum of Fine Arts transfers, and an auction at Camden Place.

Warren Avenue Gray Street John P. Rudolphson Jonas G. Smith Brighton Street Susan F. Davis Patrick Shea Marlborough Street Susan B. Jewell Horace Duvee Hanover Street Freeborn F. Raymond Harriet M. Cotter Park Street Josiah P. Quincy Eliza Quincy Broadway William Vaughen City of Boston Dartmouth Street Back Bay Commonwealth of Massachusetts Rosiston Street Huntington Avenue Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cty of Trustees Cty. Museum of Fine Arts City of Boston South Boston Iowa John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire Street Albert Howe & CO Market Street Brighton Lecrednesday & Salesroom iWarren Revere Winthrop Shore Lynn Chelsea Somerville Commonwealth

Ex-Policeman Nott Held For Bacon Theft Trial

Before Judge Forsaith ex policeman James J Nott held in 100 for trial Aug 8 on stealing five pounds of bacon. He previously faced a case where hams were taken from a store along his route.

Forsaith James J. Nott Philip Jackson Joseph Mann Charles Vossler Roxbury Court Winnifred Gallagher Charlestown Court Eliza Flannagan East Boston Court William Allen House of Industry

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