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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1889

Page

7

Grain Markets Show Dull Chicago and New York Trade

The trade across New York Chicago and St Louis reveals dull, lower, and mixed activity in corn, wheat, oats, and rye flour. Receipts rise, exports and sales vary, with No 2 red wheat around 85 to 87 cents and No 2 white near 43 to 44 cents, while rye flour and cornmeal hold steady or weaken.

Canada New York Minnesota Chicago St Louis St. Louis Port Huron New Chicago White State Graham Michigan Newark

Market Prices For Fruits In The Region

Prices and supply details for oranges lemons pears peaches and berries from Messina Palermo and Virginia North Carolina markets. Georgia Le Contes and Virginia Bartletts noted, crates and bbl prices given. Watermelons bananas cantaloupes grapes and blueberries priced with current demand described.

Messina Palermo Georgia Delaware North Carolina New York George Florida Virginia Carolina Marthas Agrawains Perkins Moore Delawares

Provisions Market Report Notes Mixed Supplies and Prices

Receipts today show tallow 204 pkgs beef 80 bbls pork 472 bbls lard 2550 pkgs bacon 796 boxes with hams and preserved meats absent. Last year’s figures differ. pork and bacon volumes lower, prices generally steady. New York market shows tallow irregular, pork steady, beef quiet, cut meats active, lard options up then dull, with various tierce deliveries and regional quotes across Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati.

New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Daily receipts and market hints for farm produce

Receipts today show butter 1691 pkgs oleo 266 pres cheese 469 boxes eggs 1664 cases potatoes 3 cars hay 11 cars straw 1 car. Last year butter 5334 pkgs oleo 114 pkgs cheese 872 boxes eggs 2 bbls and 1874 cases beans 132 bbls potatoes 5 cars hay 9 cars straw 6 cars. Butter weak with no improvement, demand quiet, prices buyer-favorable. oleomargarine quiet steady. cheese steady with ample supply. egg market firm for fresh stock with varied regional prices. fruit and vegetable markets show mixed conditions. poultry supply small with mixed prices. hay steady at 18 18.5 per ton. rye straw quiet at 17-18. eat straw steady at 8-10.

Srey New York Chicago Liverpool Vermont New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Canadas Hebrons

Market Report Shows Steady Demand at Old Prices

The market presents no new features to report. Supply is large and a good, fair demand is noted at old prices.

Harris & Co Auction Of Olympia Cargo Sails Friday

Harris and Co announce an auction Friday of the Olympia cargo. Readable items include 300 half boxes Palermo oranges and 1 1 2, 300 boxes Palermo lemons, 1000 boxes Naples oranges and 700 boxes Naples lemons. Beurre Hardy pears and Bartlett pears sold at Snow and Co today. Four cars of fancy peaches set for Thursday.

H !Harris & Co Olympia Naples California Fruit Union Bartlett Snow & Co California

Steamer arrivals and fruit cargo for Seaverns and Noyes

The steamer Tordenskjold is due with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. The steamer Hertha is due with Baracoa bananas to W W & Noyes. Sjofna is done Saturday with Baracoa bananas to W W & Noyes. The Norfolk ice due Suigay carries 330 bags peanuts 100 pkgs cantaloupes 200 pkgs pears 1800 pkgs grapes 100 Boxes sweets and 23000 watermelons.

Tordenskjold Seaverns & Co Hertha W &Cr Noyes Sjofna W & CR Noyes Norfolk Ice Suigay

Apples steady demand for choice lots market well supplied

The market shows steady demand for all choice lots with ample common apples. Choice eating fruit supplies are light, and Jersey apples are quoted at a certain level.

Jersey

Hog and cattle markets and receipts across major markets

Market by market report shows Kansas City cattle receipts 4778 steady with steers 320 to 395 dollars, hogs higher with heavies 405 to 425, sheep steady at 5 to 4 dollars. Cincinnati hogs steady 375 to 460, Chicago cattle receipts 15000 with beeves 420 to 456, steers 350 to 436, hogs 420 to 455, sheep receipts 11000, lambs 475 to 675.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar-Receipts today reach 1 barrel with 35 barrels last year. demand quiet and featureless. Refined sugars steady with varied quotes for Cuba Manila Java and others.Granulated BYR 8i to 9c. confectioners and standard grades listed. Molasses receipts today none. Porto Rico and New Orleans prices shown. market quiet with no new features. New York reports no change.

Cuba Manilas Ayo New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

New York Cotton Prices and Futures Report

In New York cotton is firm with sales of 756 bales across grades from nolands to Gulf ordinary. Futures opened firm and closed steady to dull, with detailed opening and closing quotations for August through February and noted shifts in nearby months. Liverpool and other markets show firm to steady tones, while U S and port stocks, receipts, and exports across Augusta to Consolidated imply steady demand and modest activity.

New York Jruhaly Liverpool Amsg Cs Augusta Galveston Mid Lie New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah C. Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Paltimiore West Point Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France Continent United States

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Summary

New York prices show turpentine closing around 40 to 41 percent with rosin between 105 and 110 dollars and asphalt at 3 dollars. Petroleum closes at 7.60 cents with RS W at 7.40 cents and cases at 9.30 cents. Coffee from New York Rio trend softer with fair cargoes at 134 per bag.

New York Rio

Import list from Liverpool and Mediterranean ports with cattle and merchandise

A detailed shipper list from Liverpool and the Mediterranean ports records steamer cargoes including 40 casks mdse 50 cases cheese and 85 bales wool among numerous consignors. It notes steers and heifers sold at Brighton yards with prices and weights, reflecting market demand and anticipated price shifts for Western cattle.

CATTLE MARKET REPORTS WATER TOWN AND BRIGHTON YARDS

Prices for Western fat cattle goats sheep and veal remain firm with ample supplies at Watertown and Brighton yards. Daily arrivals include cows milch cows and springers with notable sales by Randall Hanson J Melloy & Son and others. export trade to England weakens but local demand sustains values. lambs and sheep sold steadily with mixed lots and small pigs scarce.

Brighton Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Hollis & Co L M Dyer N&g Chamberlain Randall & Hanson Trafton Hall & Son OH Furbush Scollans J S Henry J Melloy & Son J C Libby & Son Remick & Cheney Union Western W H Barnwell SH Jones Lavine I A Gallagher JS Miller Thompson & Jon Whipple Maine Gyoc Union Market Breck & Wood A ‘Trafton I C Libby & Son E R Leach East Cambridge Claremont

Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool

Market brief from London and Liverpool dated August 7 notes steady wheat and corn values offshore with cargoes trading quietly. Prices in Paris and Antwerp show wheat steady or unchanged as English country markets remain quiet. Liverpool spot wheat softer and corn flat. London futures edge and several grain figures are listed, alongside minor shifts for pork bacon lard cheese tallow and revisions.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Fitchburg Railroad Timetable Highlights for June 17 1889

Boston travelers learn of daily departures from Causeway Street for Troy Albany Buffalo and Chicago routes. Frequent express and night trains offer parlor and sleeping cars, with varied services to Concord Fitchburg Greenfield Marlboro Nashua North Adams and Worcester and through tickets west via Hoosac Tunnel. John Adams, general superintendent, notes local offices for tickets.

Boston Auseway Street Troy Albany Binghamton Buffalo Daily Express Chicago Niagara Falls Short Line Erie St. Louis Michigan Central Wabash Niagara Falls Chicago & Grand Frank Railway Marlboro Hudson and Maynard Nashua N. H Ayer Junction North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Saratoga Shelburne Falls Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Ayer Miller’s Falls Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams New York Middletown New Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newbureh Turners N. Y Erie Railway Grand Trunk Railway New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia Fishkill on-Hudson Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Washngton Norwich New London Danielsonville P Nutmain West All Acres Syracuse Mochester Michigan Ft. R Cleveland Toledo Lake Shore Southern H. BM Cincinnati Detroit Soledo Dalby Ars Fitchburg Causeway Street St. Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwill- Ban Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Johns Montreal Ore Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Ae Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont White River Junction Central Vermont Bie Monadnock Wagner Palace Raiiland Ottawa Park Square Fall River Line Stonington Old State House

Local Train Service Update Leaves Boston Station

Local rail service reports trains departing from Boston Station with surrounding schedule and routing notices. Officials urge passengers to check timetables for delays and platform changes.

Western Civil Boston Eeericusions

All aboard time for New England trains corrected

Corrected timetable lists week day departures from Boston Station for Ashcroft Baltimore Dedham and many New England towns. Ongoing daily services include varied morning and afternoon trains with evening options to Norwood Hyde Park Franklin Providence and Woonsocket plus a dedicated Woon socket division schedule. Sunday and weekday notes specify alternative departures and stops.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Wanbury Dedham Dorchester Arwst Street Ellis Endicott Pishkill-on- Hudson Ranklin Forest Avenue Martford Marvard Street Hyde Park Mighland Lake Salington Manchester Mattapan Mileford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London New York Air Line Hartford Norwich Orwich Norwood Son Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Rendville River Street Rockville Coan Southbridge Wiltons Walpole Washington PD. C Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Webster Franklin Woonsocket Division

Eastern Division Train Schedule From Boston Causeway

Timetables listing trains from Boston Causeway Station to Portland Amesbury Biddeford and many coastal towns with multiple daily departures including Great Falls Rochester Lynn Swampscott Newburyport Salem and coastal express services. Also notes via branches and workingmen's train with Haymarket square station reference.

Boston Station Causeway Portland Amesbury Ike Weerly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Lpsawich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Tranch Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Stockport and Gloucester Salem York Harbor & Beach R. ER Swampscott Wolcebors Sangus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square

Lowell System Timetable Across New Hampshire Lines

The schedule lists Lowell to Keene Peterboro Hillsboro and etc with multiple daily departure times from 8.30 am to 11.15 pm and Sunday trains to Nashua Stoneham Woburn and Manchester with Montreal service, detailing via Concord Beaford and Beaford routes and numerous stop times.

Ayer Junction Belmonte and Waverley Naim Prattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Cheshire RK Concord Fitchburg Ardner and Greenfield Hoosick Falls Johnsonville Manchester Franklin, Lebanon White River Junction Bristol Asranch Claremont Branch St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Arlington Montreal White River Boston Air Line Dover Hmaverh Lawrence Lowell Medford Reading and Way Lowell System Boston Causeway Street Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Nashua North Killerica Lawsrence Stoneham Woburn Lam Winchester Mass Beaford Stoneham and Way Woburn and Way Stuations Manchester and Concord Central Division Kneeland Street New York Fall River Brockton Apall Taunton Yarnton Nantasket Anew Bedford Anewport Plymouth Abington Duxbury Providence and Stonington Dedham West Roxbury Readville Sune Wyde Park Obnewport Wickford Junction BNEW

Central Massachusetts bus times from multiple towns listed

Bus schedule fragment lists morning and afternoon departures for towns including Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcner Kandsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hudson Sudbury Mockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont with times such as 7.45 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm and other intervals across various routes. Specifics are partial and irregular across municipalities.

Central Mockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont

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