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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1884

Page

3

Wall Street Near Close Sees Mixed Gains and Declines

New York August 20 heavy activity in bonds and stocks with Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific leading moves. Prices fluctuated as bears pressured Missouri Pacific to 92 1 2 and several leaders slipped, then a late rally kept overall market steady with 415 800 shares traded.

New York Western Union Missouri Pacific Stock Exchange Union Pacific Mls Boston Burlington and Quincy Denver and Rio Grande Rio Grande Western New Jersey Central Omaha Northwest St. Paul Bears Lackawanna Lake Shore New York Central Erie Northern Pacific Pacific Mail National Exchange Bank Peabody Mills Newburyport Washington Mills Fitchburg R R Co Northen RR Old Colony RR Burlington and Missouri River RR Nebraska Northern Pacific ——S Co North National Bank Orner

Grain and livestock markets mixed across multiple cities

Wheat and rye prices steady to firm while corn and oats move mildly lower or mixed. Receipts and exports vary by region with Chicago, St Louis, Albany and Detroit showing varied hog and cattle demand. Notable actions include sales of cattle and cattle weights near 1200 pounds and milch cow trades, with pork and lard markets firm to higher and butter weak.

New York Vermont New Western Canada Boston Western Carolina Rangoon Patna Java Cadiz Liverpool Turks Island Chicago Calcutta Canton Cassia Batavia Cassia Otard, Dupuy Hennessey Pellevoisin Martell St Croix Jamaica Bay Rum New England Surinam St Johns Cuba Ponce Arroyo Guayanilla Mayaguez Barbadoes New Orleans Sicily Pajero Imperial Flysen Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Souchong Oolong Japans Glasgow Melbourne Connecticut New York State Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Havana Madeira Ivison Malaga Graham Burgundy Michigan Tbs Kentucky Texas California New Zealand Minnesota United Tierce City Extra India Mess Tierces City South America Wyoming St, Louis Albany Brighton Cincinnati Toledo Detroit Uplands Orleans St Louis City Mills

Cotton market receipts and prices for August 20

The table lists receipts including gross and net figures, sales, coastwise movement, shipments and stocks at principal U S cotton markets with middling upland prices for August 20. It names receipts in bales and reflects market activity and price levels across regions and ports.

United States

London and Liverpool Financial Summary of August Markets

London and Liverpool report August price quotes for bonds and commodities, including Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 39 4 9, Erie 19 percent, New York Central 12 1 percent, and Canadian Pacific 47 44. Wheat, corn, and provisions in Liverpool show mixed movements and dull breadstuffs retail. Cotton prices ease in Liverpool with futures and spot levels listed.

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Cattle Market Report From Brighton and Watertown

The Brighton and Watertown live stock market dated August 20 shows totals of 2,566 cattle 17,659 sheep and lambs and 3,396 swine. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards, road-car counts, and price ranges for market beef, store cattle, swine, sheep and hides are listed with per-item figures by state and district.

RG Kimball M G Flanders Taylor & Harpin RR. Pollard TJ. Courser Sige H. A. Wilcox Maine Whitton Bros & Co F H Sae? & Son Glines & Weston J H Fogg Libby & Son W S Weiler Sargent & Turner R G Kimball Coolidge Meine R. W. Brown Libby & Weiler Weiler Coolidge & Son New Hampshire Dow & Moulton Breck & Wood J O Sanborn E F Adden IB Sargent O F. Bothell Aldrich & Johnson H. A. Weiler Vermont Martin & Squier A Williamson A J Piper W A Farnham J Walker H F Gilbert Combs & Farrar Taylor & Harpins N K Campbell G H Sprigg W Ricker Hall & Seaver J Ingerson BS Hasting Savage Larrabee Lake Champlain Watertown Whitten Bros & Co Daniel Sanborn Sanbornton W H Smith I. J Courier C W Adams Newburyport Mass J © Marshall M P Whalen Brighton Boston Albany E H Eames Farrell & McFlynn Glee J F Stetson Glue Monroe Hollis AN Monre JS Henry Libby & Co W W Hall Brighton and Boston Post George J. Fox Cove Owes Hampshire Massachusetts New York Sea Western Lowell Fitchburg Eastern New England J G Littlefield W Hall G H Reynolds C E Libby D P Burton R W Brown C H Merrill Weiler & Son H Coolidge & Son Harriman & Trask N E J E Marshall H A Wilcox J B Remick W G Townsend G E Rowell A Williamson Ll C P_ Buffum H N Jenne Gilfillan & Co A Farnham Stocker Bros N K Campbells G A Sprigg H Whipple Hull & Seaver H Ingerson Britton & Savage BS Hastings C P Burke LC Moody G E Moody A Edwards J H Thomas J S Kimball R P Pollard H H Howe Sargent MG Flanders F Kenfield J S Henry G W Wears Hurlburt D Fisher W Fisher George Berry H G Cummings L Morse O C Roinson W Dempsey J McBride Hathaway & Jackson A N Monroe Hollis & Co EH Eames E Farrell G A Sawyer J B Thomas JH McCarthy J J Donnelly Canada J N Morse B S Hastings Liver Glasgow Hibernian J A Hathaway & Co J O Brine Itenburg City London Kansas Liverpool J A Hathaway AN Monroe JO Brine G H Hammond

Massive Atlantic cargo list from Liverpool and Yarmouth voyage

A detailed cargo manifest from the steamer Borderer at Liverpool lists 200 tons pig iron and 50 boxes tin taggers among hundreds of items from various firms such as Naylor & co and Baring Bros co, including 241 dodo, 50 cases brandy, 423 boxes lemons, and 112 packages earthenware. The companion entry for Yarmouth, NS records Dominion with codfish, eggs, mackerel, and berries among dozens of consignments from J G Hall, Greenough Bros, and E T Russell & co, reflecting a sprawling, multi-merchant bulk shipment system.

Liverpool Eng Naylor & Co Baring Bros & Co Morey & Co Bois Steel Fulier, Dana & Fitz Dodo H B Jackson Meriden Flint Glass Co Fairchild Paper Co Burt, Bridgham & Snow Dame Stoddard & Kendall Jas Percival HE & F King & Co Phelps, Dodge & Co Fuller, Dana & Fitz Moors & Co Storer & Co Horswell & French Woollens Talbot Wilmarth & Co Kendall Barrows & Co Grout Warren & Blanchard White & Co Leigh & Co Jose & Co Stoddard, Lovering & Co Clatlin Larabee & Co Haley & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Morrison & Co Jaggers Bond, Parsons & Co John S Poigen & Co Jos Breck & Son Shepard & Co Case Woollens L P Hollander & Co Yarmouth Dominion

Foreign Exports From ST JOHNS and Nearby Ports

The list records shipments from ST JOHNS NF and nearby ports including YARMOUTH NL and SACKVILLE NB. Goods include flour kerosene oil furniture dories oars bales domestics rubber tarred paper dry paper sash doors soap feathers matches wool cards candles pepper copper carriage material beans peas rubber and hair goods patent medicine barber material mirrors varnish hardware oil crockery ware carpets hops shoe tools ice creepers glue sand and baking powder for schooner Annie N O Leary the Dominion steamer and schooner Endeavor with corn meal buffalo as noted.

ST Johns Annie N O’leary Yarmouth Steamer Dominion Sackville N B Schooner Endeavor

Bondholders plan reorganization of Central Massachusetts road

A Boston committee for Massachusetts Central railroad bondholders reports it bought the company's property at foreclosure. It estimates $1.5 million is needed to finish the line to Northampton and service interest, with a $1,000 per bond bonus secured by mortgage and 6 percent interest. The road, 104 miles, aims for completion and revenue to support preferred stock, encouraging substantial subscription by stockholders.

Boston New York Brokers’ Board Atlantic and Pacific San Francisco California al- Duquerque Mohave Needles Southern Pacific Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe St. Louis Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe the Land Department Arkansas Valley Kansas Union Pacific Bull Liars S. R. Callaway Clark Gould Erie and Wabash George Putnam Alexander Agassiz Channing Clapp C. W. Seabury Cambridge Quincy A. Shaw George Higginson H. H. Hunnewell James N. Wright Michigan Central Massachusetts Railroad Central Massachusetts Railroad Company Massachusetts Central Railroad Company Jonathan Dwight Northampton Massachusetts N. Aldrich Washington Street Mass Thomas N. Perkins Henry Woods New England New England Passenger Agents’ Association Pathfinder Railway Guide Lovering Brown Concord Railroand W. M. Anthony Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad Waite Frank Owen Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad National Association Albany New Haven Hartford Worcester Wason Brightwood Boston and Albany Boston Hoosac Tunnel Western New York City Boston Hoosacc Tunnel and Western Railroad Company Daniel B. Hatch William H. Hollister Augustus Konurlze

Numerous Firms Fail In Northeastern Business Setback

Grants Ward insolvency news covers cashier Dickinson property attached and Ward arrest. Failures span Philadelphia fruit dealer Warner Merritt and Co. in Philadelphia, William Stone & Co. coal operators Pittsburgh, Sanger Washington boot dealer and Selma druzers, with liabilities ranging from tens of thousands to millions.

Grant & Ward Dickinson Philadelphia Thomas Barrett Needham Mass James E. Trefry New York Eshelman & Co General Commission Merchants Warner & Merritt Meritt James A. Stone & Co Pittsburg Jacob Sanger Boots and Washington, D. C Julius Baumgarten H. Cockins Mansfield S. & H. Davis M. Meyer & Co Selma Ala Graham, Loder & Co Ke, L. Mintzer, Jr Warner Merritt

Butler v Shaw patent dispute over milk can improvements

Court records a bill in equity filed Aug 16 1882 by Francis G Butler and Vermont Farm Machine Co assignee against Betsey H Shaw to obtain a patent adjudication for milk can improvements. Judge rules Butler entitled to patent on first claim and costs after finding no patent on third claim. solicitor arguments by Simonds Hartford for complainants and Coombs Washington for defendant.

Francis G. Butler Betsey H. Shaw Connecticut Vermont Farm Machine Company Vermont Massachusetts Philander Shaw Butler Commissioner of Patents W. E. Simonds Hartford Conn J.J. Coombs Washington

Obituary notices from New England death records August entries

The list records multiple Aug 16 to Aug 20 obituaries and funeral notices across Boston Charlestown Natick Newtonville Portland Me and Hyde Park. Names include Margaret Brown Mary Barnes Ariel Blodgett Sarah Bacon Bridget Fox Mary B Gould Albert Gray Willis J Howard Mortimer Liston Janet G McCandlish Louise Martha Overell Charles W Safford Joseph M Thomas among others with ages from 32 to 81 and burial details or funeral times.

Albert Gray Gage Amherst Anna A Gage B W Gage Charlestown Mass Howard Willis J Howard Lincoln Street Nashua Liston Portland Mortimer Liston McCandlish Boston Highlands Janet G Thomas McCandlish Overell Hyde Park Louise Martha William D Overell Safford Newtonville Charles W Safford Een Dak Eponset Joseph M Thomas

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Pref Cambridge RR K Co South Boston Gas Light Co National Tube Works Saco Portsmouth Scott, Kan Ogdensburg Topeka Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Fremont Elkhorn Iowa Falls Sioux City National Exchange Bank of Eastern R Rin Providence R R Co Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Boston and Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR Cedar Rapids Missouri River Gons Michigan Central Man Air Line Connecticut & Passumpsic River Francis Henshaw& CO Shawmut National Bank Boston Chair Manufacturing Co Douglas Axe Mfg Colorado Telephone Co Wakefield Rattan Co Boston and Maine RR Boston Gas Light Co American Electric and Illuminating Co First National Bank Para Globe National Bank Blackstone National Bank Naumseag SC Saco Water Power and Machine Shop Oregon So. Improvement Co Lake Champlain & R Con mi Gs Hares First Nee Bank Woburn Essex Do Lynas Gas Light Co Lancaster Mills Stark Mills Cocheco Manufacturing Co Laconia Manatees Co Hamilton Woollen Mills Merchandise National Bank LU Hmallloiu Isy Order of Northern RR R Co N H Do Shoe and Leather National Bank Quincy RR Bridge Co All Nares American Electric and Illuminating Co American Electric and Dluminating Co South Boston Horse K BR Co Highland Street Railway Co Framingham National Bank Tron Railway Co Pacific Guano Co Vermont and Mass R & Co Maine Central Collateral Trust Sares Globe Nail Co Plymouth National Bank Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation Essex Co Colateral Boston, Revere Bon & Lynn R R Co Fairchild Paper S. BR. Knights & Co Wasmingson Street Main St Cambridgeport John J. Henry & Fegan Devonshire Streets Boots and Shoes A. S. Richards & Co., Boots and Shoes Reade Street Bedford Street A. P. Taber Fall River Line Samuel Bunting’s Market Street Sar Aes Stree Ubsdaxs Blossom Street West End Wiles & Smith School Street James Cah Evelyn K. ‘Arker S. R. Knights & Co Evelyn K. Parker Albert Howe& CO Warren Avenue Gustavus W. Hall Devonshire Street Rialto Cook Tree Protector Company, & Corporation J.B. F. Thomas Cook Tree Protector Co Supreme Judicial Court Horatio Harris & C Co. Auctioneers and Commiss State Sincek C.A. Shaw Court At Boston Weekly Fest Liberal Educementa Boston Weekly Post Weusly Post
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