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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1883

Page

3

Money Matters Bucking the Market Amid Quiet Trade

Closing bids show mixed activity with assorted bonds and coupon notes. Trades reference registrations and varying yields, including a 195 value note and several instances of marked prices. Markets remain cautious as investors weigh Pacific issues and utility exposures.

Anu Petsmevies Pacific Sorees Aseniy

Market News From New York Declines Amid Bank Failure Rumors

New York on August 6 reports money at 2 percent on call and firm foreign exchange. Stocks fluctuate with a late rally led by New York Central, but Vermont bank failure dampens sentiment. Wabash, Western Union, and several railroads fall, while bonds show mixed moves. Reported leather trade troubles and telegraph operator strikes weigh on shares. total day sales reach 41,275 shares.

Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Uincy Ross Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis State Street Marquette Oughton Ontonagon Mexican Central Union New England Litle Rock Fort Smith Bell Teléphone Mexican Telephone American Electric and Tiluiminating Ortland Consolidated Eleric Light Comp New York Prime Mercantile West Shore New York Central Vermont Western Union Buffalo Texas and Pacific Law Kansas Pacific Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Vermont National Bank of St. Albans Bears Wabash Common Lackawanna Kansas Texas Texas Pacific Alton and Terre Haute Chesapeake and Ohio Memphis and Danville Boint Terminal Lly Oregon We Stock Exchange

Prices on fruits vegetables and staples in regional market

Market notes report steady demand and steady to rising prices across a wide range of goods including peas onions sweet potatoes and apples. Beans nuts grapes and berries show varied receipts while provisions pork beef and lard move with a cautious firm tone and cotton futures ease after a holiday.

Choice Canada Rose and Beauty Hebron Nice Seliows New Hampshire Versailles Norfolk Timothy New Jersey Lees North Carolina Boston Chicago Palermo Messina Valencia Manilla Tlo- Los Java Belmont Arbadoes Porto Rico

Imports at Boston and Atlantic ports show vast cargo of goods

The list records Steamer Gate City with 169 bales cotton and many items from Boston including paper stock hides leather boots and shoes and rosin. Also ships at Charlottetown Halifax and Liverpool bring eggs mackerel lobsters and fish products among other commodities with extensive cargo details and firm names such as Hill and Cutler J Davis and George S Priest.

Boston Savannah Gate City Columbian Co Hill & Cutler Bernd Bros Martin, Daniel & Co F Hovey & Co George S Priest Davis Carwick & Co Medford T Metcalf & Co Medford T Metcalf & Co—1 Cs Dry Roe Weir, Dreyfus & Co Douglas Axe Mans.co Moise Chase & Co Mf Company Wheelwright Anderson Co Priest Brigham Wright, Wooster & Co Edwards& Brackett Meyers & Bro Edwards & Brackett Leonard& Clark Hall & Co Lewis Charlottetown Pei Halifax L. Arthur & Co Ellis & Co Greenough & Co Smith Bsarborn & Co H Tobey Winsor & Co Hodsdon Edward Kent Maxwell Butler, Breed & Co E Cutler Ees Dudley & Co Griffin & Co Amos Keyes & Co A & O W Mead McPherson & Kendall Salmon T Ruasell & Co Read, Jones & Co Winsor Charles Bonafans Delong & Seaman Sprigs Fank Taskins & Montague Holmes Idhols Jon & Co Palestine Marble Works Upham, Tucker & Co Pierce, Hardy & Co Moise Cain Drexel Organ Baring Bros & Co Stone & Downer Linch & Collins R H White & Co Hogg Brown Yarmouth New Brunswick J & Hartwell Adams & Chapman Bigelow Butler Greenwood Bros Hilton Bros Garland & Co G Hall & Co Jones & Co Russell & Co Whitney, Pousland & Co Matilda Beaman Bros TJ Jones & Co Catrarien Jeanne Demerara Republic Stgar RC Cushman & Co East Harbor George BE Downes Fort William

Value of Exports from the Port of Boston Week Ending Aug 3

The report lists weekly export values by commodity and destination. Total value for all exports reaches 1,747,162, with detailed figures for meats, grains, provisions, manufactures, and raw materials such as iron, leather, glassware, and naval stores. Destinations include England, Nova Scotia, French West Indies, and British West Indies.

Boston BOK Cre Seevne England Nova Scotia French West Indies Seopa

Receipts of Staple Products by Multiple Railroads

A list of freight receipts across several railroads including Maine Fitchburg Grand Junction New York and New England Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence and others. Items include wool bales flour corn oats beef butter cheese eggs lard leather hides skins and related commodities with quantities such as 1,900 bushels flour 8,078 bushels corn 12,046 tons milifeed and numerous bales and cases.

G. Jowell Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Veltz Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products August 6 Port Report

A port receipts table compares August 6 totals with a year earlier for staples including cotton, wheat, corn, oats, flour, butter, cheese, lard, pork, tallow, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugars, molasses, and more. Figures show large year over year shifts across many commodities, with several items reported in bulk units such as bales, bushels, and barrels.

New York Uplands New Orleans Minnesota Canada State Chicago United Western Steam South America Conto Buffalo ST. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati

Cotton and Market Rows Across Cities Aug 6

Markets show mixed tone with cotton steady in New York and New Orleans around 10 14c for uplands while flour and wheat shift modestly. Reports cover Philadelphia Mobile Wilmington Galveston New Orleans and Chicago commodity activity including corn oats and pork with varied gains and declines.

Minnesota Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Ilinois St. Louis Good Western Seereee Mag Philadelphia Tochiben Ccc Ieee Odesaassencsre Mobile Wilmington Galveston Cossvegee Co

Ex-President Phillips on Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis

Ex-president E B Phillips explains funds promised for 1883 to develop the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis railway. He notes only about 59 percent of the $450000 for improvements was used, cites labor claims and rail costs, and argues additional money could have saved the road from receivership. Also reports rail earnings and extensions news from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Alabama and Great Southern, Northern Pacific, Omaha, and Louisville and Nashville.

Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Phillips E. B. Phillips Delphos Trust Ironton Peneiae Dwight Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company Jamestown Bismarck Kings and Dakota Division Aberdeen Alabama and Great Southern Railroad Erlanger Syndicate Cincinnati, Salinea and Mobile Railway Northern Louisville and Nashville

Majesties Court Report Aug. 6 Grand Jury and Sentences

In SU Superior Criminal Court Judge Aldrich presided. The August term opened with a grand jury report anticipated Saturday. Charles Milliken pleaded to larceny in a building with no sentence. James Doherty pleaded guilty to drunkenness and fined. Charlie England was surrendered on an old larceny complaint and sent to the Sherborn reformatory for women for two years. Charles street jail housed 161 prisoners, 93 held for trial, 35 for fines and costs, 21 for sentence, 8 as witnesses, 3 for examination, and 1 judgment debtor.

SU Superior Criminal Court Aldrich Grand Charles ¥. Milliken James Doherty Charlie England Savage Reformatory Union For Women Sherborn Charles Street

Municipal Court Proceedings and Bail Figures

Autg 6 session before Judge Adams saw William Adams held in 1500 for robbery trial upstairs. Andrew Finnegan faces 300 for assault. John Crowley held for assault on an officer. Andrew Young held 300 for lar ceny with appearance Aug 9. Ellen Fagan and Emma J Coffin charged with assault held 100 for superior court. Margaret Desmond Annie Casey arraigned for assault and battery held for today. Brighton court James Ring drunkenness third offence three months in house of industry appealed and held 100. East Boston Caroline Jackson arraigned as common drunkard case continued one week under 200 bonds.

Adams William Adams Andrew Finnegan John Crowley Andrew Young Ellen Fagan Emma J. Coffin Margaret Desmond Annie Casey Brighton James Ring House of Industry East Boston Caroline Jackson

Insolvencies and debts across several states reported

The record lists numerous individuals and firms facing liabilities from a few thousand to forty thousand dollars. Names include Lysander Blackman of Barkhamsted, Alexander Latailie of Southbridge, I. I. Plummer & Co. of Danielsonville, Walter H. Howe of Hudson, and John C. Barrett of Revere. Other debtors include W. C. Clisby of Boothbay, G. Burgess of Lynn, Aaron E. Clapp of Walpole, W. H. Co. & Co. of Yonkers, Arthur N. Hull & Greenfield, E. E. Clark of Biddeford, Cockroft & Black of Philadelphia, Cincinnati Sulky and Buggy Co., Gilbert K. Eliot of Norwood, Unthank Plough Co. of Indianapolis, Henry G. Hall of Woburn, and John L. Greenleaf of Malden.

Lysander Blackman Barkhamsted Conn Alexander Latailie Baker Southbridge I. Plummer & Co Danielsonville Walter H. Howe Hudson John C. Barrett Revere W. C. Clisby Boothbay G. Burgess Lynn Edward Gamble Enoch Brood Philadelphia Aaron E. Clapp Walpole Yonkers N. Y Arthur N. Hull Greenfield Mass E. E. Clark Biddeford Cockroft & Black Cincinnati Sulky and Buggy Company Cincinnati Gilbert K. Eliot Norwood Eliott Pneumatic Unthank Plough Company Indianapolis, Inc Malden No. 17 Hanover Street Boston Monitor Oil Stove Company of Cleveland

Investigations of Pluto Theology and Piute Traditions

A Reno Gazette excerpt surveys Piute culture and myth, noting language, literacy, family law, and marriage customs. It recounts tribal beliefs about origins and the afterlife, including tales of creation, animals as rulers, and the fate of good and bad Indians.

Pluto Reno. Nev Johnson Owl Stillwater

British naval decline warned by Lord Lennox speech

Lord H Lennox told an audience at the Junior Conservative Club of Liverpool that Britain must not accept a weaker navy than France. He cited 37 French battle ships versus 41 British, 23,000 French dockyard workers to 18,000, and French marines numbering 36,393 against 12,400, noting Tonquin events as context.

Liverpool Courier Liverpool Lord H. Lennox England Tonquin

North Shore Pleasure Trip Offers Memorable Voyage

The north shore trip will be made today for voyagers to enjoy a pleasant season. The steamer sails Wednesday for the Isles of Shoals and Thursday to Provincetown. In yesterday's fishing excursion H F Whitcomb and Corey Sturdy of Boston won first and second prize money, while Jason Brown of Reading earned third.

Isles of Shoals Provincetown H. F. Whitcomb Corey Sturdy Bos- 2 Jason Brown Reading

Mallory Line Announces Regular New York to Galveston Sailings

Starting August 1 the Mallory line will ship first class iron steamers from New York to Galveston every Wednesday and Saturday. The fleet includes 10 iron steamships with four new, offering through bills of lading from Boston. Shippers receive special inducements and travelers enjoy hotel quality appointments aboard these luxury vessels. General eastern agent is Seth eens at No 3 Old State House.

Mallory Line New York Galveston Texas New Mexico Arizona California Mexico Boston Setheens Old State Oase

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