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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1883

Page

3

Quiet Exchange Markets and Mixed Rail Securities Movement

Foreign exchange remained quiet with London at 4823 and 60 day bills 486, 4897 per pound. Paris francs 520 short sight, 5224 per dollar 60 day. Reichmarks 948 60 day, 954 short. Stock market shifted from bail to bear amid broader Wall Street decline. Atchison 81% down to 80, C B Q 123, UP weak 89% to 85, Flint and Perre Marquette 24, Toledo etc 1, Cincinnati Northern mortgage foreclose action noted, Marquette 383, C S and Cleveland 19, Wisconsin Central 19, C W Michigan 48, Mexican Central 13%–13{. Maine Central terms proposed to lease Eastern with guaranties. some stockholders seek 7% guaranteed. risk of Maine legislature prohibition if not agreed. Bonds: Mexican Central Is quiet, Atlantic 6s 95, Eastern 6s 410, New York and New England 6s 1065, New Mexico and South Pacific Ts 1144, Denver Extension 4s 23. American Bell Telephone fell to 2383, Mex Cen Telephone weaker at 24, Boston and Northern Telephone 127, Erie Telephone subscribership up 450 July gain total 650.

Wall Street Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Burdington Quincy Union Pacific Sig Flint Perre Marquette Common Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Cincinnati Northern Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Sandusky Cleveland Wisconsin Central Common West Michigan New York New England Fitchburg Boston Providence Maine Central Stockholders Messrs F. A. Brien Bangor E. F. Webb Waterville W. G. Davis Portland Boston and Maine and Eastern Maine Central Maine Mexican Central Is New Mexico Denver Mexcen Telephone Northern Telephone Erie Telephone Company Theouthwestern Bears Northwestern Canada Southern Lake Shore Michigan Central Gould and Villard Omaha Northern Pacific Central Pacific Wabash Texas Pacific Northwest Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Western Union and Lackawanna Colorado Coal Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Long Island Pacific Mail West Point San Francisco The Stock Exchange L& Py Lt. & West Delaware& Hud Denver & Rio G Han St. Jon Annes S Texas Eeesees Louisville& Nash Lake Erie & W Central Manhattan Aig Memphis & W Wirene New Jersey Ohio & Mssisippi Ontario & West Ohio Central Peoria Texas Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Oregon Trans Manitoba Canada

Grain and market notes from Boston to Chicago

Market rundown covers call board oats and corn prices with seller and bid values, steamer exports, No 2 white oats, and No 3 white. Grain receipts at Boston and Canton cheese and butter prices. Chicago wheat and corn futures, oats, and pork prices with stockyard hog receipts and packing totals. Petroleum certificates opened and closed at listed levels.

J. F. Lamson Blaney, Brown Boston Commercial Exchange Shorts Canton New York Mercantile Exchange Eastern Zac Canada Western New York Boston Chicago Lord

Grain and flour market report with mixed prices steadying

The market overall stays steady with little price change for flour and cornmeal. Specifics include western superfine flour at 3 37 5, Minnesota bakers at 7 77 5, various patent grades 6 75, and corn prices around 67 to 69 cents for mixed quality. Oats and rye show softer tones, barley trades lightly, and butter and eggs hold firmer for higher end stock while cheese trends downward. General produce notes list dull beans with small parcels priced around 2 59 to 3 40 for red kidneys and other varieties.

Minnesota Illinois St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan Iiiana New York Western Nougus Port Spain Croix English Island Cienfuegos United Uerces City Continent South America Liverpool Chicago Baéon Milwaukee New Co Commercial Bulletin Toledo Shipig Cspian Eoeeesy Iat & Oes Cincinnati Detroit

Tropical and fruit market and sugar and cotton notices

Market activity shows quiet tropical fruit trade with lemon and orange quotations across Messina Palermos Sorrentes and other sources. Sugar is steady with refined prices firm. molasses and cotton futures and spot quotations listed with futures dates and port receipts and exports detailed.

Messina Palermo Sorrentes Ila Superior Manila Barbadoes Porto Hico

Vast Atlantic Imports Show Lumber Hides and Oils in Pamphlet List

A dense ledger of consignments at Boston and Halifax records steamer and schooner cargoes across multiple firms. Items include hides, wax, domestics, leather, boots, spirits, corn, cotton, lumber, and canned goods as well as numerous bales of hemp and rosins. Names such as Bernd Bros, Chase & co, James Greenough & co, and Massachusetts Cotton mills appear among many others, with destinations spanning Boston, Halifax, Yarmouth, Cape Island, and Havana ports.

Savannah Gate City Hallett & Davis Bernd Bros Wheelwright, A & Co Briggs McKay& Co Puffer & Son Geos Priest James & Abbott Weld & Son Billings & Eaton Merriam & Tyler Hail, Newhall & Co Chase & Co Stetson, Moseley & Co White Bros & Son Friedman Bros Weeks & Potter Austin Waitt & Bond Metcalf Edwards & Brackett James Greenough & Co Hall & Co M Y Henderson Luce & Manning Leonard & Clark George McQuesten & Co Geo E Newhall Poor, Toune & Co Dodo A & L Ting & Co Gould & Co Nash & Co Winslow & Co Richardson & Dennie T Thompson & Co Stevenson, P & Co Bliss & Co Rushback & Bro Lewis Bullock & Co Haskins Harris & Son Halifax Warrell Arthur & Co Beaman Bros Cees FH Bowles & Co Cutler Ellis & Co Jas Greenough & Co Knight Mead Bates Morey Dudley & Co Griffin & Co Wilkins Whitney, Pousland & Co Darling & Hosmer P Hodson & Co Mackerel Burnham & Preston Butler, Breed & Co Amos Keyes & Co A& OW Mead T Russell & Co Yarmouth New Brunswick Adams & Chapman Garland Cape Island Irene Jones & Co Portland Packing Co Georgetown Dem Acadia Havana City of Pueblo New York Samuel Cedar Keys Fla R Flint Cadiz Emilia Byrnes

Value of Imports into the Port of Boston Week Ending Aug 17

Import values across regions include England Cuba and Barbados with dry goods totaling 191 940 dollars and leather and glass products among others. Notable items feature fruits wool textiles chemicals books hides and window glass from multiple territories led by aggregates around 1 143 100 dollars in overall imports for the period.

Boston England Cuba Porto Rico Mic S.scocccs Cece Barbados Tron and Steel Sceseee Monty cc SIACC WTC Surinam Piocaims Igsicccoa Timdiaies Demfrara Gheare Lyosmorert Boestie Bilt i Skscinsesssshs Sdicek PRUE Cic Cau Montevideo Escecces Scotland Sosa En Saan Cnedesede Sens Sewes Belgium TOD Abel BOM Dominion OF Canada Italy Azores Questpon PTOV Rei Nnsun

Ocean Home and Other Vessels Carry Diverse Cargoes

A fragmented cargo list from multiple ships and ports details items loaded and cleared. The schooners Ocean Home, Amos, Iberian, Nestorian, and others at Liverpool, St Pierre, Lunenburg, and Halifax carry goods such as bacon, flour, cotton, canned meats, kerosene, oils, hardware, tobacco, beef, and lumber, with quantities ranging from a few cases to several thousand units.</s>

ST Jouns Ocean Home Liverpool Eng Parthia ST Pierre Mig Lunenburg Yarmouth New Brunswick Glasgow Scot ST John James N .S Halifax

Historic Trade List of Goods by Railroads and Carriers

A dense sanitized ledger-style compilation lists wool flour meal lard grease coffee sugar butter potatoes beans crates apples and various leather hides milks and bales across Peabody Salem New York and New England Albany Old Colony Albany Providence rail lines. It notes multiple carloads bales cases boxes and rolls with quantities alongside railroad names and regions.

Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Albany Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Goods at Port Aug 20

A port receipts table outlines totals for staples from all shipments, comparing 1883 with 1882. Items include cotton bases wool dom cheese butter eggs flour oats cornmeal wheat malt leather tallow lard hides hams tea coffee sugar molasses and more, with notes that 1882 flour sacks were reduced in the column.

Boston Solord Schzinibexves Cena PEI

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Report

New York markets show cotton weak with 1/16 cent decline and 922 bales sold. Grain futures and cash markets mix with wheat rallying and corn steady. Chicago oats and rye little changed as pork and lard move higher in session. Across ports, receipts and gross receipts recorded with mixed price levels and steady to firm tones in several staples.

London Market Briefs Show Mixed Commodities Activity

Atlantic and Great Westerns etc list mixed prices. wheat and corn quiet in London and Mark Lane with steady cargoes. Cotton demand moderate in Rio with 10,000 daily receipts and 32,000 bags weekly U.S. sales. exchange on London at 2 1/14. Provisions prices in London rise. farmers’ wheat deliveries total 40,000 to 45,900 quarters.

Boston New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans London Beerbohm Merchants’ ‘Exchange Mark Lane Syd Svea Rio DE Janeiro United States Exchange

McDonald and Gannon Held on High Way Robbery Charge

In municipal court Monday James H. Mc Donald and John Gannon were held in 2000 dollars for the superior court on highway robbery charges. Warren Fowler arraigned for assault and battery with a loaded pistol on Charles Hayes and held in 500 dollars for examination on Friday. Alexander Desjardins arraigned for the larceny of a watch and held in 800 dollars for trial on Friday. John J. O'Neil charged with breaking and entering the store of John H. Murphy and held in 1200 dollars for trial on Aug. 21.

James H. McDonald John Gannon Superior Court Warren Fowler Charles Hayes Alexander Desjardins John J. O'Neil John H. Murphy

State road sale drive sparks looming transport shift

Atlanta despatch notes pressure on legislators to sell the state road to a syndicate of lessees and capitalists. A Jordan bill argues sale would save interest amid a heavy state debt, with Central Railroad seeking control to dominate southern rail links. Also covers Denver Rio Grande hoax campaign, New York railroad moves under Southern Pacific, and brief earnings gains for several lines.

Atlanta Bullock Jordan Central Railroad Company East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Richmond Danville Central Savannah Denver and Rio Grande Road Chicago Perceval Lowell Burlington Road F. C. Nims Leadville Black Canon New York T. W. Pierce Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Southern Pacific New Orleans Elo Paso Texas Fowler Morgan Company Galvyeston Iron Mountain International Great Northern Omaha Louisville and Nashville

Bellevue Tunnel Mining Plan Faces Three Year Drive

The Sunday Courier reviews the Bellevue Tunnel proposal in Gilpin County. A $3,000,000 capital plan splits into 100,000 preferred shares and 299,000 common, with staged 7 percent dividends and a profit share for promoters if successful. The article notes advances in tunneling and recent mining improvements including new boiler houses and machine tools, while reporting current ore displays at Pewabic and Central mine productivity signals.

Bellevue Colorado The Sunday Courier Sutro Gilpin County Ontario

Court Record of Collision Actions Involving Blenheim and San Carlos

In the United States Circuit Court before Judge Lowell cross libels stem from a collision on or near the Demerara river. The brigantine San Carlos, carrying coal from Glasgow to Georgetown Demarara, and the steamer Blenheim from Georgetown to England, collided. the San Carlos sank. The district court favored the San Carlos owners. the claimant of the Blenheim appealed, with exceptions to the assessor's report valuing the brigantine at 12,000. Judge Lowell affirmed the district court decrees, finding no contributory course change. Attorneys: A. A. Strout for San Carlos, F. Goodwin for Blenheim. In Porter Needle Co. v National Needle Co, plaintiffs succeed to Cook & Porter rights over needle grinding patents and contracts. Dispute centers on a lease versus sale of six machines. court decreed plaintiffs prevail. Attorneys: T. W. Clarke for plaintiffs, J. E. Abbott for defendants.

Blenheim Jacob S. Winslow Edwin Ball San Carlos Lowell A.A. Strout F. Goodwin Porter Needle Company National Needle Company Cook & Porter Needle Company Lewis B. Porter Mallett Cook & Porter T. W. Clarke J. E. Abbott

Mindoro ship keeper faces sugar smuggling charge

John C. Peterson, ship keeper of the Mindoro, was held in 1500 dollars for the district court on alleged complicity with Reagan and Moran in smuggling sugar.

John C. Peterson Mindoro Istrict Reagan Moran

Wills Proved and Administrations Granted in Judge White’s Court

Probate records show wills of Abby C. Thayer Neil Gallagher Charlotte Sheafe Charles Clark William H Delano and Henry H Tuttle admitted to probate. Letters of administration issued for James Coughlan Annie M Wright John J Kielty James Mansfield Reuben M Stackpole Patrick Moriarty Littleberry Smith William P Jones Frederick A Green Thomas E Keating Francis J Mulvey Patrick Condon Ann Bradstreet Carrie M Duggan John Moynehan Hannah McCarty Roxanna Raycroft William Keating Johanna Callahan Lena Harriman Carrie M Duggan and Thomas Ray.

Abby C. Thayer Neil Gallagher Charlotte Sheafe Charles Clark William H.delano Henry H. Tuttle James Coughlan Annie M. Wright John J. Kielty James Mansfield Reuben M. Stackpole Patrick Moriarty Littleberry Smith William P. Jones Frederick A. Green Thomas E. Keating Francis J. Mulvey Patrick Condon

Court summaries of fines and detentions across Boston districts

In central court Judge Adams sentences Ann O Gara third drunk to four months in the house of industry and John Marian vagabond to four months. Juvenile court discharged Eugene Reardon and probation for Michael Carey in a 6246 dollar larceny case involving Terrence Dolan. East Boston fines total 19 dollars and 40 cents for Patrick Mullen. Roxbury includes George P Rogers fined 10 and 15 dollars plus costs for assaulting an organ grinder and abusing his wife. held in 500 dollars for the superior court. South Boston James O Donnald six months in the house of industry for larceny on appeal held in 300 dollars. John Costello fined 10 dollars, William Callahan fined 5 dollars, both appealed and held in 200 dollars.

Central Court Adams Ann O’gara House of Industry John Marian Eugene Reardon Michael Carey Terrence Dolan Reardon Carey Hull Boston Patrick Mullen Roxbury George P. Rogers South Boston James O’donnald John Costello William Callahan

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