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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1884

Page

3

Money Market Steady in Boston with Mixed Bond Activity

Boston money market shows steady firmness with lending slower in banks and higher rates for some paper. New York funds ease margins at discounts, and broker failures reflect cautious trading. Union Pacific dominates headlines amid rumors of through-line deals and market manipulation discussions.

Boston Corporation New York

Market News From New York On Rail and Stock Activity

New York markets showed mixed tone with money easy on call and prime paper firm. Stocks fell early on tariff fears but recovered with Union Pacific and Western Union especially strong. rumors of Oregon Railroad and Navigation bond sales and potential dividends influenced prices amid talk of Gould driven market manipulation.

New York Brokers’ Board Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe St. Louis San Francisco Union Pacific Boston the Herald Gould Broadway Central Pacific Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Pacific Bell Telephone Crawbaugh Syracuse Wallace Chicago Burlington and Quincy Connorton Valley Iowa Falls Ogdensburg Boston and Albany Old Colony New England Oregon Oregon Railway and Navigation Road Northern Pacific Mexican Central Mexico Gonzales Diaz National Bank Dunkin Mining Company Prime Mercantile Tennessee Western Union Louisville Nashville Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Baker City Oregon Shore Line Amsterdam Canada Southern Lackawanna Louisville and Nashville Pacific Mail L Ist Messrs

Commercial exchange inspection report summary

Inspection recorded 42 cars with shipments including 12 cars No 2 red wheat, 4 cars steamer yellow corn, 4 cars steamer mixed, 6 cars No 2 white oats, 1 car No 3 12, and 3 cars rejected mixed and white.

Commercial Exchange

Digest of the Markets Local and Telegraphic FLOUR AND GRAIN

Digest of the markets lists flour and grain figures from local and telegraphic reports with prices and changes. Includes notes on supply, demand, and freight considerations affecting mills and traders.

Soulful Market Summary of Receipts and Prices Across Cities

Receipts and prices for commodities across New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Toledo, and other markets. Corn, oats, rye, barley, malt, meals, and canned goods show mixed demand. hogs, cattle, and pork are steady in Cincinnati and Chicago. cotton futures hold steady in New York and Liverpool with varied weekly movements. egg, butter, cheese, and sugar markets reflect hot weather and light trade. petroleum oils and byproducts trade with steady to firm tones amid shifting exports and imports.

Ohio Ind St L Ill St.Louis Milwaukee New York City Uilis Minnesota St. Louis Chicago Toledo Steadier Western St Louis Canada West Canada York State Sige Liverpool Boston Cincinnati New Mess Tierce Lord Western Steam Tierces City Continent South America Union Stock Yards Vineland Norfolk Java Maracaibo Laguira Iliec Rio Jamaica St. Domingo Rio de Janeiro United States London Virginia Wilmington Porto Rico English Islands Carolina Patna Rangoon Naples Messina Palermo Baracoa Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Pittsburg New Orleans Liverpool—Cotton Dull, With A Downward Tendency; Uplands Orleans UAC Great Britain Philadelphia Mobile Savannah Augusta Baltimore Charleston

Market Summary from London and Liverpool Notes Aug 22

Financial reports show Consols and major U S rails with mixed gains. Wheat cargoes remain in low demand as Liverpool prices for No 2 and red wheat decline. corn is steady to dull. Provisions edge lower with pork and bacon prices down. receipts indicate strong American wheat supply. Wool market in London firm with active sales across New Zealand Australia and Port Phillip.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool California New Zealand Australia Port Phillip

Trade Goods and Cargoes From Ports Across the Atlantic

A catalog of consignments from multiple ports listing crates and drums of blueberries turnips codfish eggs and other goods carried by several ships and firms. Entries include Boston Yarmouth Nova Scotia and numerous schooners brig and bark cargoes such as molasses nitrate logs sugar wool skins iron old iron and salt with firms like Adams Chapman J Bigelow Crowel Pettengill Dudley Greenwood Hall Russell Rogers Seymour Hall and Dana Bros among others.

Yarmouth Adams, Chapman & Co Bigelow & Co Crowel & Pettengill Dudley & Co John B Drake & Co Aodo Delong & Seaman R Ellis & Son Greenwood Bros G Hall & Co Hiland, Chessman & Co Charles Loring Sugar Brown Bros & Co Gonaives Herman and Clara Logwood Thackray & Co Fajardo Nellie Shaw Baring Bros & Co French Cross Elizabeth Forrest PONCE P R Brig Energy Dana Bros Port Elizabeth Efraim Ram Cay Bahamas Elsie Fay Wwe&cr

Foreign Exports. Atlantic Trade Summary of Commodities

MONTEVIDEO orders include Bark Albuera with 585,522 feet lumber and a range of goods. ZANZIBAR trade lists brown cottons, bleached goods, kerosene oil, soap, shooks, clocks, biscuit, ivory tusks. TIGNISH PEI shows Schooner S G Irwin with molasses, flour, carboys acid. ANNAPOLIS via DIGBY NS Steamer Secret with dry goods boxes fruit vegetables straw hats gear. PORT LORNE NS Schooner Anna with flour. SHELBURNE NS Schooner Jamie R reports four and meal, lard, fruit, hardware, kerosene oil.

Montevideo Albuera Zanzibar Tignish Pei Shelburne Jamie R

Railroad Freight Totals by Various Lines in Dense Listings

A long OCR sum lists freight by railroad lines including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England ee Easter Maine Lowell and others. Items include bales wool flour oats butter cheese eggs lumber hides and many other goods with quantities such as 272 bales wool 2030 bbls flour 2000 bus oats and 523 bales wool across lines.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Easter Railroad Bates Oppa Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Peabody Salem Sea

Marriages in Boston and Newton Lower Falls

At Boston on August 19 the Rev LG Walden joined William Chamberlin to Mary Gordon. At Newton Lower Falls on August 20 the Rev Joshua Gill united George T Clatworthy of Newton Lower Falls with Mary Eila Sargeson of St John.

Chamberlin—Gordon Boston LG Walden William Chamberlin Mary Gordon Clatworthy—Sargeson Newton Lower Falls Joshua Gill George T Clatworthy Mary Eila Sargeson St John

Obituaries from Roxbury to West Roxbury, Aug dates

Obituary notices list names and ages from multiple Boston area locales including Roxbury, Boston Highlands, Somerville, Newburyport, East and South Boston, East Dedham, Cambridgeport, Revere, and East Boston. Notables include Frances Appleton 80, Lydia B Foster 81, Sarah Conway 84, Mary Shannon 84, and Eben Whittemore 71.

Appleton Roxbury Frances Appleton Boston Mary F Burns Julia Visall Beck Acton Lizzie E Shirley Beck Conway Boston Highlands Sarah Conway Foster Somerville Lydia B Foster Nashua N H Kelly Mary Shannon Stilfpin East Boston Sarah F Stilfin Sullivan South Boston Mary SuLlivan Osman Elisha Tolman Cambridgeport E A Welch Matthew Welch Whittemore West Roxbury Eben W Whittemore

Boston North to West through Line Now or Never

The article argues New England must seize control of a Boston to Buffalo through line, including the West Shore, Hoosac Tunnel, and Boston Hoosac route, to defend home industry and win Midwest and European export traffic. It warns against delay, cites costs, and urges Boston bankers to organize and fund a $25,000,000 stake to secure a strong through route.

Boston West Shore New England New York Massachusetts New York Central New York City Hoosac Hudson and Mohawk New York, Lake Erie and Western Newburg Albany Fitchburg Hoosac Tunnel Grand Trunk Concord Montreal Lowell Canadian Pacific Vermont Pennsylvania Central Portland Great Lakes Colorado Montana Arizona Mexico Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Northern Pacific Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Eastern Atlantic Pacific Pacific Ocean Europe Baltimore Ohio Philadelphia Tom Scott Erie West Vanderbilt the Central Liverpool

Mutiny Charge Arraigns Joseph Jacobs in Court

U S commissioners court session on August 22 before Commissioner Hallett relations note Joseph Jacobs of the brig Lucy W Snow was arraigned and held in 300 dollars for trial on the mutiny charge.

U. S Hallett Joseph Jacobs Lucy W. Snow

Mason vs Nantasket Beach railroad case ruling injunction timing

The court held that unless the land damages awarded to Lyman Mason by the county commissioners are paid in full with costs by September 1, the injunction to restrain the Nantasket Beach railroad from running further trains will be issued.

Lyman Mason Nantasket Beach Railroad Company Charles H. Leach Parker Curbank Oliver Smith Suffolk Buttonwood Court Boston Ward 16 Ward 24 Buttonwood Street Cook’s Hill L. Briggs & Co John W. Shaw & Co Washington Street

Municipal Court Briefs Aug 22

In the central court Judge Adam Thomas Dolan arraigned a 15 year old on indecent assault and held him for $800 bail. Robert Stanley was fined $10 and costs for allowing his team to stand in a public street over 20 minutes. William Sanford charged with larceny held in $500 bond. John Grafe fined $10 and costs in East Boston court.

Central Court Adam Thomas Dolan

Boots and brawl at city depot over Sunday fee

A tall stranger at the Boston and Albany depot had his boots blac ked for 5 cents but was charged 10 on Sunday. He refused the extra nickel and drove off in a horse car where mud daubed his pedal while a bootblack taunted him with a slur.

Boston and Albany Cctaneee Gamin

Mood of the week shows U.S. business failures dip slightly

National week's failures total 219 with Canada 22, down from 220 last week. Morgan's Sons assets $515,000 liabilties about $2.6 million. West Point iron foundry debts $92,000. assets $22,000. Warner & Merritt feared liabilities under $350,000. Randolph Furniture Co. Cleveland? (sheriff) executions. Crover Bros. stock attachments $25,000 on hand. debts about $12,500. Suffolk County real estate attachments listed for various contract actions.

R. G. Dun & Co United States Canada Morgan’s Sons of New York C. H. Skinner General Merchandise Hartland West Point Iron Foundry Warner & Merritt Philadelphia Randolph N. Y Randolph Furniture Company, Limited T. Stickney & Co Hardware Toledo L. A. Crim Crover Bros Chicago Suffolk County Heal Estate Frank C. Bill International Trust Company Charles H. Holman Oliver S. French Charles G. Owen

Daniel F Beatty organ business revived by creditor company

The Washington N J instrument maker Daniel F Beatty, famed for organs and pianos, sold his business after a 1881 fire and capital woes. A creditor-led company now owns it, prioritizing undelivered orders and promising weekly shipments of high quality instruments at moderate prices with no agents commissions.

Frank Leslie Daniel F. Beatty Washington, N. J United States Beatty Ws England New York W. P. Hadwen

Board orders vacating three South Boston houses on cleanliness grounds

A health board order vacates 22 Athens Street 25 Boston Street and 1 Granite Street South Boston for general uncleanliness. A Friday aldermen meeting drew jurors only. a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph petition to erect poles near Sixth Street was deferred. The water board cited an unsatisfactory New York trisat for the filtering unit. A Barney dumping boat trial, open eight minutes, impressed observers as its barge unloaded 600 cartloads near the Graves.

Athens Street Boston Street Granite Street South Boston Board of Health Board of Aldermen Alderman Slade Traverse Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Sixth Street The Water Board New York Ce Ee City Barney Eastern Avenue J. Putnam Bradlee

Berkeley school opens in YMCA building with broad curriculum

The Berkeley school in the YMCA building begins a thorough program for boys and girls, preparing for the Institute of Technology or colleges. James B. Taylor leads the literary department, Edwin De Meritte the mathematics, and Walter E. Hagar the classical studies. The school emphasizes physical culture, a special business course, and other advanced classes with over 50 scholars booked this summer, including 10 preparing for the Institute of Technology.

Starr King Woman’s Department Institute Berkeley Young Men’s Christian Association Institute of Technology James B. Taylor Edwin de Meritte Walter E. Hagar

Lynn Children to Attend Picnic Funded by Read Legacy

Nearly 2306 children from Lynn will receive tickets for Salem Willows picnic funded by late C A Read of Newton. Taxpayers lists for Woburn and Lynn name top contributors, including Hon John B Alley and heirs of Tapley and Lamper, with various large sums. A Salem Essex county agricultural fair committee met to appoint subcommittees and superintendents for grounds, pens, tents, drawing, halls, police, music, and fair facilities.

Lynn C.A. Read Newton Salem Willows Woburn Bryant & King John Cummings & Co John Cummings Stephen Dow & Co Boston and Lowell Railroad Company John B. Alley Samuel M. Bubier John Wooldredge Stephen F. Breed Keene Bros Joe P. Tapley Joseph B. Lamper Edward H. Ashcroft B. F. Spin Salem C. C. Blunt Andover J. P. King Hall M. Whipple B. P. Ware P. Preston Mayor Hill R.S. Rantoul Hon George B. Loring Hart G. M.whippie T. F. Hunt Maj. Lowe

Notable Deaths and Anecdote About Dr Fell Reference

Obituaries note Prof A Muller Neuhof born in Germany dies in Cleveland of paralysis on Aug 21. Also death of Zore Scott of Coleraine Mass at 91, long church and community leader. Whitman M Thayer Bangor hotelier, linked to Mansion House Augusta and Penobscot Exchange. Christopher C Magraw of Co D 13th Massachusetts died Aug 20 at 47. veteran of Civil War. A quip about Dr Fell leads to mention of Dr R V Pierce and his Pleasant Purgative Pellets as quick liver and bowel remedy.

A. Muller Neuhof Germany Cleveland Zore Scott Father Scott Coleraine Mass Methodist Church Whitman M. Thayer Bangor New England Augusta Penobscot Exchange Christopher C. Magraw Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Fourth Battalion Rifles Army of the Potomac

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