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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1883

Page

3

Stocks Drift Amid Mixed Rail Shares and Gains

The market was dull with some gains in western rails. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rose from 804 to 803, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy steady near 1234 to 122, and Union Pacific quiet around 87. Earnings for 18 days in August fell $73,000 versus last year. Rumors linked Denver and Rio Grande to Union Pacific. Denver likely to be tied to Chicago, Burlington and Quincy if ever controlled. Other notes cover Little Rock and Fort Smith, Little Rock Mississippi River and Texas railways, and various bonds and misc shares.

Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Colorado Pool Atchison Union Pacific Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Denver and Rio Grande Road Denver Onion Pacific Little Rock and Fort Smith Little Rock Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway Chicago West Michigan Flint Pere Marquette Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Marquette Houghton Ontonagon New York New England Rutland Metropolitan Old Colony Eastern Augusta Maine Central Boston Maine Mexican Central Senora Atlantic and Pacific American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Calumet Hecla Sullivan Prime Mercantile Rio Grande Western Oregon and Transcontinental Central Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Missouri Pacific Wabashes Western Union Villard Northern Pacific Oregon Ngth Omaha Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis East Tennessee Colorado Coal Houston Texas Memphis Charleston Richmond West Point New Jersey Central New York Central Rio Grande Western Texas Pacific Robinson Consolidated Grand Vet Little Pittsburg The Stock Exchange Se PT Crey. i Neme Hist Canaga Sonthem St.l Hon. & St. Jon Kansas & Texaz Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Leake Erie& W Michigan Central Ttan Anka Missouri Pacific Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey Ohio & Mississppi Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Bec. & E Phila. & Read Milwaukee &St.p St. P St.l.& Pa Canada Manitoba

Mining Stocks Snapshot for Sierra Grande Northern Belle and More

Preferred mining stocks listed include Sierra Grande at 105, Northern Belle at 675, and Hall and Anderson at 105. Market note shows small price levels for these issues with no extra context or dates.

Sierra Grande Northern Belle Hall & Anderson

Grain and market notes from Beaman Bros auction sale

Bid activity covers No 2 white oats No 2 mixed local No 2 mixed export and steamer lots with bids ranging from 61 to 69 cents. Car inspection shows corn high mixed No 2 mixed steamer yellow and other grades, totals 60 cars. Receipts today include corn 28150 bus wheat 1400 oats 14475 shorts 15300 oatmeal 250. Liverpool cheese butter eggs and Chicago grain round out today’s market snapshot.

Beaman Bros Blaney, Brown & Co Boston Commercial Exchange Shorts Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Canadas Chicago

Market Report of Laundry List Commodities and Prices

A dense price digest notes alcohol, beeswax, coal, coffee, cotton, dry goods, drugs, fish, freights, fruits, flour, grain, gunny bagging and gunpowder markets. Prices are quoted for numerous grades and regions including Nova Scotia coals, Rio coffee, Liverpool and New York cotton, and steamer freight rates to London and Antwerp. Trade remains steady or quiet with low demand in several lines and some increases in specific items such as refined wax and castor oil.

Nova Scotia Cumberland Clearfield Rio Java Maracaibo Liverpool Boston New York Uplands Orleans Sicily Shellac Gambier Cassia Cape Aloes St Domingo Nova Scota Hake Haddock Nova Scotia Plain P. EH Halifax Ocean London Glasgow West Antwerp Australasia Mebourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane New Zealand California India Baltimore Portland Fall River Salem New Haven New London Portsmouth N.H Valencia Smyrna Turkey Palermo Messina St. Louis Illinois Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana Ilinois Warren Powder Mills Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont powder—Sporting Boston Post Canton Little Falls Utica St Albans Montreal Vermont New Brunswick Prince Edward's Island Canada Rhode Island Portlands Reds Virginias Baltimores Astrachan Williams Norfolk Versailles N. B N. S Jersey Georgia Texas Teese Erie Carolina Rangoon Patna Sal Turks Island St. Martin’s Trapani Cadiz Bond Eimothy New Jersey Singapore Chicago Commercial Bulletin Toledo Angus Sarge

Prices and trade notes from the commodity markets

The report covers petroleum, pork, beef and butter markets with price ranges for refined fuels and high test brands. It notes steady butter exports and home consumption, shifting cheese and egg prices, and overall firm but cautious trends in meat, produce, and grain items across multiple regional boards.

Trade activity soars as manufacturers meet demand in peak season

Strong signals from major centers show brisk wholesale trade with high order backlogs. Duplicates swell as retailers and jobbers rush to fulfill contracts with heavy boot and light goods shipments rising. Regional destinations include San Francisco Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Nashville Memphis and many others.

San Francisco Cal Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Nashville Tenn Memphis Boomenie Ky Baltimore New York City Philadelphia Atlanta Galveston Tex New Orleans Burl St. Joseph St. Paul Minn Minnealis Kansas City Buffalo Hester Toledo Cleveland Columbus Port Wayne Ind Indianapolis Benver Evansville Omaha Columbus,Miss Selma Ala Chattanooga Houston Waco York Aberdeen Miss Birmingham Pg Pashop Huntsville Monroe Mich Natchez Ottumwa Starkville Unionee Ae In Grand Rapids Dubuque Des Moines

Fragmentary Trade Totals From Port Listings

A garbled inventory from multiple ports lists items such as canned oysters ice chests ice cream freezers lumber cartridges and stationery in quantities plus notes of ships and crates. Mentions Guantanamo Annapolis Digby and a schooner with bbls of four.

Florida Guantanamo Cuba American Lloyds Annapolis Digby

Receipts of Staple Products by Major Rail Lines

A lengthy ledger style list details receipts by railways and routes including Lowell, Fitchburg, Maine, Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence and sea deliveries. Entries enumerate bales wool flour sacks oats corn meal butter eggs lard cheese hides leather and other goods by bale ton or car, with numerous quantities and vessel shipments indicated.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Producits Aug 22

A historic table shows total receipts of principal staples at call from all shipment points compared with last year. Items include Wool, Cheese, Flour, Eggs, Oats, Beans, Corn, Wheat, Hay, Malt, Millfeed, Lumber, Tallow, Leather, Beef, Pork, Lard, Hams, Tongues, Hides, Grease, Coffee, Sugar, Pelts, Molasses. The 1882 column notes flour in sacks converted to barrels.

Dom Seale Owen

Cattle Market Report from Brighton and Watertown Live Stock

The Boston Post summary by George J. Fox details market totals for cattle swine sheep and calves at Brighton and Watertown including arrivals by road and yard totals across states Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Western States Canada and export activity. It notes price ranges for beef cattle store cattle hogs hides and lambs along with remarks on market conditions and ongoing declines in sheep and lamb values.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Maine Cescee N.hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Boston Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern New Old Colony Providence N. B Howe Libby & Elwell Libby & Gilman Mr Brookhouse New Hampshire B J Shaw J © Marshall Atherton & Marshall Dow & Moulton Aldrich & Johnson Geo Harris Wood & Breck H L A Wilcox O F Bothell N E Winn B Sargent J Gordon Sanborn W JF A'S Armstrong Hall & Seaver W G Townsend J B Remick M Gilfillan J C Barrett Scattering G McBride O C. Robinson D Fisher B Hurlbert W Fisher W Dempsey A N Monroe Hollis & Go J B Thomas Farrel & Stetson Hathaway & Jackson Leavitt, Jr Fitch & Eames G A Sawyer Canada Hastings & Morse F Gosselin Cl Patten M Fournier R Parquett Liverpool London A N Monroe Lingham & O Francis Jewett & Co Nestonan Glasgow J Black D McIntosh J Piper Cornell Brothers C McBride RG Kimball Yeals O Howe Libby & Ellwell B F Shaw J C Marshall Aldach & Johnson H_A Wilcox C F Bothell J B’ Sargent J O Sanborn J Flags H Ingerson A J Piper LT Mallory B S Hastings A A Williamson R E French Sargent & Turner M G Flanders W Ricker FS Kimball J S Henry O C Robinson G M Bride Brighton H. Bird & Co JO Sanborn George Harris Adam J H Fogg Libby & Co C. C. Howe J D Hosmer J Dimon JS Henry

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Report

Cotton markets show quiet, steady receipts across New Orleans, Savannah, and Boston with mid and unsigned figures. Grain markets in New York and Chicago stay steady to firm on wheat, corn, and oats while pork, lard, and bulk meats show varied movements across St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit.

Louisville ST Louis New York Great Britain Lmington- Net Galveston Philadelphia Ulmin Nat. LE SOCOM Ceus Osee Ccs Ee Eens BROCK Ccecceeerasens LD Mid Oke Baltimore Augusta

Financial. London and Liverpool market snapshot

United States bonds cited with varied prices while English wheat and corn trade shows slow to steady movement. Liverpool reports flour and grain prices, futures quotes by month, and heavy weather affecting crops. Weather in England heavy but not damaging.

Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool England California London Orleans Tember Tober Aleaney Liebig Company Medical Press Lance British Medical Journal Baron Liebig United States C. David & Co Fenchurch Avenue Bray & Hayes Collamore

New England Railroad Consolidation Spurs Monopoly Debate

An Economist editorial praises consolidation as beneficial for customers and state interests, citing the Old Colony system as evidence of reduced fares and regional gains. Other items note rail ventures, earnings gains, and management changes across Pacific routes and Northern lines.

Old Colony Massachusetts

Court Record U S Commissioners Court Beat Crewmen Cruelty Charge

Lewis E Remby second mate of the bark Florence waived examination on a cruelty beating three crew members and was held in 400 dollars bail for the September term of the district court.

U.S. Commissioners Court Hallett Lewis E. Remby Florence District Court

Boston court defendants held on various bails for trial

In South Boston and related courts several defendants face trials or detentions. Gatterie held on malicious mischief at $100. Perry on assault at $100. Woods arraigned for larceny at $0 bail. McManus and Murphy on liquor law violations at $500 each. Gezolo for assault at $300. Jefferson for larceny held for Aug 29. Flynn held at $400 for re appearance after prisoner rescue. Martin Flynn at $50. Kenney and Hennessey for larceny at $600. Mosely fined $50. Camovan fined $10 for assault. Donahue for larceny fined $10. Denny tied to two counts of assault and battery bail set at $100. Fitzpatrick second drunkenness offence held for superior court at $100.

Nah Gatterie Joseph Perry Frank L. Woods Patrick McManus William Murphy John Gezolo Joseph FE. Jefferson Patrick Flynn Ache Martin Flynn William Kenney Michael Hennessey William Mosely James Camovan John Donahue Boston Peter Denny Thomas Fitzpatrick

Be a Sparrow Enemy or Friend in Farm News

A long survey of farm advice and anecdotes covers quack grass control, beet and sorghum trials, and beet sugar incentives. It notes English sparrows as controversial but argues they aid pest control, cites Canada and Maine cases, and urges cautious coexistence rather than eradication.

Rio Grande N. J Sorghum Sugar Co England Was London Live Stock Journal France T. 8 Gold Connecticut State Board of Agriculture California John Boggs Glenn King Ordre du Merite Agricole Prince of Wales Nesbit Canada West Farnham Quebec Alvarado Company Cal Massachusetts Kansas Nebraska Indiana Agricultural Colleges Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst Boston Post Maj. Lydecker Washington, D. C Elliott Coues Natural History Society of Toronto Routledge & Co London Maine Auxerre Washington Boston Europe Horticultural Society Toronto Montreal Warwickshire

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