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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1883

Page

3

Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston Exchange

Boston markets quiet with banks lending 5 to 6 percent and call loans 4 to 5. New York funds discounted at small rates. foreign exchange lower with London and Paris bills quoted. Local stock market uneasy after Ballou & Co suspension. rail and utility shares show mixed moves while several bonds and mining stocks traded with varied results.

Boston New York London Paris Reichaarks Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street

Boston Stock Exchange to Hold Gaies at Brokers' Board

The Boston Stock Exchange announced a brokers' board event on August 14 featuring Gaies. Expected attendees include prominent brokers and market participants, with discussions on trading practices and regulatory updates.

Gaies At Brokers’ Board

Wall Street Slump Amid Ticker Cut Rumors and Bond Shifts

New York financial notes show money demand improving to 4 5 percent on call while government and state bonds weaken. ASav age attack hit Western Union, shares fell 4 points before rallying later. Missouri Pacific slid to 93 as general list drifted. By close money offered at 1 2 percent and last loan 2 percent as distrust lingered.

Yor U K Prime Mercantile Western Union Missouri Pacific Wall Wall Street Oregon Northern Pacific Bears Central Pacific Northwest St. Paul Louisville Nashville House Texas New York Central Drie New Chicago St. Louis Manitoba Colorado Chesapeake and Ohio First Long Island Manhattan Beach Manhattan Ile Minnesota St Louis Oregon Navigation San Francisco de First The Stock Exchange Iron Mountain Generals Oregon Texas Denver Rio Grande Rio Grande Western Robinson Consolidated Sola Siales del. Lk West Delaware& Hud Denver & Rio G Sascocses Han. & St Lake Erie Michigan Central Western New Jersey New York Milwaukee&st.p Canada Cay N.Y C.& St.l Ill

Trade and Markets figures from August and later

Trade board shows oats and corn prices with bids and sales for August September and October 4734c 4814c 39c to 64c. Receipts of corn oats shorts and meal today. Grain inventories in elevator and car inspections list totals. Cheese butter eggs and flour markets with New York Boston and Chicago pricing and weekly export totals.

Shorts Liverpool Little Falls N. Y Tuca Elgin Lil New York Eee St. Albans Boston Del Bennett, Rand & Co A. & O. Mead and Snow & Co Chicago Green Amos Union

Boston Market Breadstuffs and Produce Review

Boston market reports firmer demand in flour and cornmeal with mixed prices for various flour types. Butter remains weak though some creamery stock holds. Eggs, cheese, beans, peas, potatoes, onions, vegetables, apples, dried fruits, berries, hay, sweet potatoes, watermelons, pears, grass seed, bacon lar d and pork products show varied quotations with general dullness in trading and steady to softer tones across grain and dairy items.

Canada Jersey Rhode Island York State Astrachan Williams Plains Versailles Virginias Baltimores Georgia Norfolk Tony Vinelands

Vast Cargo Ledger of Goods Arriving in Liverpool and Glasgow

Shipping ledger lists steamer Kansas with bales waste indigo and wool, coal, oils, wines, metals, and thousands of cases from firms like Baring Bros, Jere Abbott, and Stone & Downer. Glasgow entries show Nestorian and Swedish iron orders, leather goods, paper stock, and pig iron. Caribbean and Atlantic ports note bananas and coconuts for Baracoa, with Mobile, North Sydney, and Dorchester schooners carrying lumber, coal, and coal-related shipments.

Liverpool Eng Kansas Thomas Groom & Co Brosco Cannel Howard, Snelling & Co F King & Co Boston Dyewood Chemical Co JS Morgan & Co Hooper RH White & Co Boston Atheneum Harvard College Library Warren & Co Fairchild Paper Co Indse Baring Bros & Co Jones Abram French & Co Merchants Seletion Co Jere Abbott & Co Moise Stone & Downer Davies Brown Bros & Co Lane & Hubbard Pray Sons & Co Carleton & Son Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co Phelps, Ge & Co Sherman & Co Talbot, Wilmarth & Co Burgess & Goddard Wetherill Bros Ros & Co Stone & Downer Moise Coleman, Mead & Co Day, Neal & Morse Barclay Sq Dodo Shaw, Applin & Co L C Chase & Co Richard Briggs Kesmdse Stoddard Lovering & Co RH Hite & Co Macallar Matthew Co Glasgow Scot Naylor & Co

Transatlantic Steamship Cargo Summary: 1900s

Cargo list from multiple vessels including Sa maria Aug 10 and New Brunswick, Yarmouth, Cape Coast, Hull and Barbadoes routes. Items include beef, lard, cheese, flour, cotton, copper ore, tobacco, fish, lumber, canned goods, leather, shoes, and machinery. Highlights note baggage and personal effects aboard several consignments and varied quantities by vessel.

Liverpool Eng Queenstown Samaria Yarmouth New Brunswick Cape Coast Hull New York Port LA Tour Zambeze Barbadoes Jos M Lahne

Total Receipts of Staple Products August 14

Total receipts of principal staples at this port shown for August 14 compare with the same day last year. The table lists all commodities in transit and includes figures for all sources and destinations.

Receipts of Staple Products August 14

Lowell Railroad received 160 bales of wool 11 bales cotton 250 bags flour 900 bushels oats 14 bales tallow 1 barrel pork 10 bales tongues 246 boxes bacon 868 packages butter 193 boxes cheese 2 bales 36 cases eggs 16 bushels potatoes 8 bales apples 15 cars lumber 147 rolls 307 bundles 8 casks 1 219 feet leather. Maine Railroad listed 56 bales wool 10 bales tallow 7 cases eggs on car tear hay car lumber 10 bales potatoes 2 cases 63 bags 12 hides.

Lowell Maine Railroad Eastern Railroad Ta. A. Jurction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Id Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Railroads freight ledger reveals vast cargo totals across lines

Freight tallies show Eastern Railroad, Massachusetts routes, and others transporting wool, hides, leather, flour, cornmeal, oats, beef, poultry, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, lumber, and leather hides. Multiple lines report bales, cases, boxes, and cars with hundreds to thousands of units, detailing westward and coastal shipments by railway firms and express services.

The Cattle Market Watertown Union Live Stock Aug 14

Report for the Boston Post by George J. Fox details market figures for cattle swine and lambs, with totals by week and comparison to last year. It lists state-by-state cattle and horse numbers, car counts by railroad, and pricing for beef store cattle hogs calves hides and skins, noting regional market classifications and quality grades.

P& L New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Boston Lowell Maine Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Providence Old Colony Brighton N. B Boston and Albany

Cotton Markets and Grain Prices Across Cities

Market reports from New York to Memphis show cotton steady mid, trading around 11 to 13 cents with varied receipts and sales. Grain and flour futures edge higher on wheat and corn with mixed city receipts and steady to firm prices across Chicago St Louis and Philadelphia.

Palermo Messina Valencia Jamaicas Manila Lloiles Stadard Belmont Porto Rico Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York Eevnee Charleston i Cincinnati Ccceees Ees Eeewene S Sean Obsnins Louisville Vannah ST Louis Galveston Ladelpria Eevee Weccese Ce Memphis Augusta Norfolk Britain New Orleans Ohio Minnesota City Canada State Western Canada City Ugus Ac Nod Sounlat United Ares Chicago ST. Louis Milwaukee Commercial Bulletin Leo Detroit

Maine Central Stockholders Meet Over Lease to Boston and Maine

A special meeting in Augusta addressed blocking the proposed lease of the Eastern railroad to the Boston and Maine line. Stockholders urged the directors to pursue legal steps to prevent the deal, with a substitute proposal to form a committee to seek contract modifications and report at the next adjourned meeting. The vote favored the substitute. meeting adjourned to Granite Hall for 24th inst.

Maine Central Maine Central Railroad Company Augusta Eastern Boston and Maine Road Road George 8. Morrison J. H. French Jackson E. F. Webb Waterville Maine Maine Central Railroad Webb Abner Coburn Skowhegan John Patten Bath John Marshall Brown H. N. Jose Wm. C. Davis Portland F. W. Hill Exeter Darius Alden Agasta Mainer Lysander Strick Stares Drexel, Morgan & Co A. Coburn H. J. Jose Noah Woods Financial World New York Times Villard Syndicate Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacific Oregon and Transcontinental Company Treasury Board of Management

Foreign Markets and Commodities Reported in London and Havana

Financial dispatches from London and Liverpool note quiet but steady cargo movements in wheat and corn, firmer grain prices in Liverpool, and settled weather. London reports mixed futures for cotton with moderate inland demand, while Havana quotes exchange firm against US gold and various premiums.

Loin Beerbohm A Eante Exchange Livpool

Grand N Hotel Carriage Hire Stop in New York City

Fragmentary OCR note mentions visiting New York City and saving carriage hire at Grand N Hotel near Grand Central. References a cost of one million and restoration or upgrade context. Details are unclear due to damaged text.

New York City Grand N Hotel Grand Central Madison Square New York Hitchcock, Darling & CO United States Hotel Portland W. H. McDonald

Court Record in U.S. Commissioners Court August Arraignments

In open session Commissioner Hallett arraigned John Morgen for smuggling sugar and held him for exam in $1,600. Moran, linked to Ryan, previously arrested for stealing sugar from a vessel and smuggling ashore, held for October trial. The judge ruled in Perkins vs Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to divide damages between schooner owner J C Perkins and cargo owner. Wing Chung Lung held in $300 for counterfeit silver dollar trialThursday.

John Morgen Moran Ryan North End J. C. Perkins Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Rogers J.C. Perkins Hercules Wing Chung Lung

The Second Brigade Arrives At Camp For Drills

The First Day's Work at Camp details the arrival and setup of the Second Brigade. Regiments 9th 8th and 1st Battalion Artillery with others pitched tents, guard and drill schedules set, and brigade strength tallied at 122 officers and 1,267 enlisted men. Maj. Pennington arrives to duty. brigade HQ quarters are ornate with rugs curtains and pictures as camp life begins in earnest tomorrow.

Peach Curtis Sears Maj Pennington

Supreme Court injunction over notes in Ward and Shaw case

Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court on Aug 14 granted an injunction restraining Shaw Brothers and Ferdinand A. Wyman from negotiating notes valued at 58537 made by Charles H Ward and endorsed by the complainant. Ward’s involvement and value dispute remain. assignee must sue on the notes. Attorneys include Shattuck Dearborn Morse Hoar.

John Wooldredge Fayette Shaw Shaw Brothers Ferdinand A. Wyman Wyman Charles H. Ward Ward Wooldredge Shaw Bros George C. Shattuck F. A. Dearborn George W. Morse R. Hoar

Superior Court Roundup Smal Local Sentences

In Superior Criminal Court on August 14 Judge Aldrich presided. Defendants including James O Hearn Ambrose Schofield Thomas Kelly and John Thompson faced various charges with sentences ranging from three months to five years. Several others were found not guilty or given fines for offenses such as assault embezzlement arson and larceny.

James O’hearn House of Correction Ambrose Schofield Thomas Kelly John Thompson James Fallon Thomas Baker William Barry Ellen McCarty Jeremiah Sullivan House of Industry Robert McDonald George F. Pearson Nellie Shaw John J. Sheehan Edward Bennett Arthur H. Blaney Alice Jackson Carrie Davis John H. Drew Peter O’brien William Paine Frank Kelley House of Reformation

Central court records show multiple preliminary actions

In the central court Judge McCafferty set Charles Nolan’s $300 bond for examination on a charge of attempting to rescue a prisoner from an officer. John Wallace was fined $10 in city ordinance case, appealed. John McMann waived examination and held to $1,200 for the superior court. Orrin Sanborn held on $300 bail for Roxbury superior court on larceny charge. In East Boston, James Grady arraigned for threatening bodily harm to his wife and bound over in $100 bonds to keep peace for three months.

Central Court McCafferty Charles Nolan John Wallace John McMann Roxbury Orrin Sanborn Boston James Grady

Moonlight Excursions For American Steam Gauge Stockholders

The north shore voyage yesterday included stockholders of the American Steam Gauge company. After a moonlit bay run in the evening, Mr. George L. Damon invited 265 employees to join. This morning a trip to the Isles of Shoals is planned, with a second moonlight excursion tonight.

North Shore American Steam Gauge Company George L. Damon Isles of Shoals

Resignations and Ticket Sale Offer at Baltimore and Ohio

On June 16, Cyres W. Scott, a B and O railroad ticket agent, was allowed to resign. A few days later Herbert W. Adams, a Milk Street broker, offered for sale to Michael Murphy sixty tickets issued by the railroad company.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York Chicago Murphy Adams Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Adams Express Company Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Scott Murphy Fom Cyres W. Scott Herbert W. Adams Milk Street Michael Murphy

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