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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1883

Page

3

Stock Clears and Bank Statements Show Mixed Results

The week’s clearing house totals fall sharply from last week and last year amid tame stock markets and Western bottlenecks. New York bank figures dip while foreign exchange remains dull. Memphis and Syracuse lead gains among cities. Market notes cover stocks, print cloths, and broad farm commodities with mixed signals.

Boston New York Clearing House Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburg New Orleans Louisville Milwaukee Kansas City New Haven Worcester Syracuse Memphis St. Joseph Indianapolis Sub-Treasury

Dividend News From The Chicago Burlington And Quincy

The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad declares a dividend of two dollars per share. Notices of stock orders and related matters are handled by the New York office with daily market summaries available at No 40 Water Street.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad New York U York Hlailebyhie Baltimore Water Street

Mining Stock Listings From the Ledger

Preferred mining stocks include Col. Coal with 19 and Standard with 500. Deadwood access and Bassionk access show notable values. Homestake at 50, Sierra Grande at 105, Chrysolite at 1.00, Sierra Nevada at 4.00.

Col Cscccess & OO BassioKs Sierra Grande Sierra Nevada

Vast Liverpool shipment ledger lists varied goods and cargoes

A detailed ledger from a Liverpool agent records numerous consignments including machinery cases, pig iron, glassware, soda ash, bleaching powders, rope, tin plates, woollen goods, carpets, anchors, and various cases and bales. Items are tied to firms such as Simpson & Co, Leigh & Co, Beach & Co, and Brown Shipley, with quantities noted in cases, bales, casks, tons, and boxes across ships Iowa and Steeman & Fuller.

Iery Simpson & Co M . Moses & Coo Lawrence Leigh & Co Howard, Bullough & Riley Ee & Co Linder & Meyer Vaughn & Bros Congdon Carpenter & Co Lovering & Co Stee Jere Abbott & Co Henry C Davis Geneva Pierce & Co Henry S Ball Steel Dolge, Hally & Co Morey & Co Henry Winsor Jr American Screw Co Th ‘Transportation Co Thayer & Lincoln Liverpool Eng Iowa Stone & Downer Steeman & Fuller Stone & Powner Palon, Heckle & Co Earthenware & Goddard Moors & Co Brown, Shipley & Co Baring Bros & Co Patrick Donnelly Croker Burbank & Co Abram French & Co Were Transportation Co McKesso & Milnler Despatch Transportation Co

Vast Atlantic Freight List From Multiple Ports

Foreign exports through Halifax and Charlottetown show steamer cargoes including hardware, linings, dry goods, tobacco, lard, flour, and canned goods. Harbor Grace schooners carry farm implements, bread, coal, and dry goods with many cases and bales. St Pierre and Pember Mig vessels load flour, sugar, and butter. Barrington, Glasgow, Funchal, Parsboro, and Yarmouth entries list varied consignments of foodstuffs, clothing, and hardware.

Halifax Charlottetown Carroll Harbor Grace N F ST Pierre Lillian Mig Barrington Glasgow Funchal Meadows Parsboro N S A J Yarmouth R Leach

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroads and Sea

A detailed list records shipments August 25 across multiple lines. Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and Newland, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence, and Peabody and Salem Expresses plus sea shipments report wool, flour, corn, beef, cheese, butter, lard, hides, leather, skins, and various grains and commodities in hundreds of bales, bbls, boxes, and sacks with specific quantities.

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

Total Receipts of Staple Goods August 25

Table lists total receipts of principal staples from all shipment points compared with last year. Items include wool domestic and foreign, flour, oats, wheat, malt, millfeed, cotton seed meal, and tallow in various units. Note: flour sacks converted to barrels in 1882 column.

Market summaries show mixed cotton receipts across cities

Wilmington and St Louis report net receipts and gross totals with quiet markets. Philadelphia notes Great Britain imports at 158 and coastwise sales quiet. Norfolk and Savannah display steady to quiet conditions with varied net receipts and gross totals. New Orleans shows net receipts at 237.

Wilmington Cees Seees Kona ST Louis Shipmeedis Philadelphia Great Britain Cerecess Norfolk Savannah Eave SRIOB New Orleans Goss Teceipts Neene Olnginnati Sripeoreen Cnvsce-Creosers LUMOR

Port receipts and market prices across fisheries and grain

The report outlines weekly fish and cod receipts from the Bay of St Lawrence and Bay of Fundy, with prices for herring and cod across Boston markets and Boston submarkets. It also covers cereal and animal product markets in Chicago, St Louis, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Detroit, detailing current bids, cash prices, and weekly receipts for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, pork, lard, butter, and whiskey, with regional demand trends and notes on weather impact.

New York Uplands New Orleans Minnesota Western Rio English Island Rio Grande St. Domingo Rangoon Vanna Sige United Philadelphia Erce India America Ee Macker Grouerston Mass Bay of St. Lawrence Bay of Fundy Beys Grand Bank Western Bank Chicago Buffalo ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati

Foreign Markets Update from London and Liverpool

Erie and New York Central stocks listed amid mixed sentiment as wheat cargoes afloat and buyers cautious awaiting corn concessions. Liverpool shows weaker wheat and dull corn. Havana sugar demand improves with U S. encouragement, stocks steady and exports to the United States rising.

Havanay United States Havana Matanzas

Final hearing upholds Bell Telephone patents case decree

In U S district court Judge Lowell sustains earlier ruling in American Bell Telephone company v Amos E Dolbear et al granting a preliminary injunction and entering a decree for the complainant. Attorneys: Smith Storrow for the complainant Browne Magnadier for defendants.

American Bell Telephone Company Amos E. Dolbear Bell Telephone C. Smith J. J. Storrow C. Browne J. E. Magnadier William F. Ross Jonathan Bourne Nelson Lowell C. T. Banney T. A.codd E. I. Barney

Municipal Courts August 25 Case Updates and Sentences

In the central court Judge Adams continued the George Prescott case defrauding hotels. Several defendants faced examinations with varied bail, including Henry Allen and Michael Smith at 2000, while James Devine fined 10 dollars. Other rulings include six months for George Hamilton, and waivers for Albert Stedman with 706 bail. Regional courts imposed fines, bonds, or sentences for larceny, disorderly conduct, and assault across Dorchester East Boston Roxbury.

Central Court Adams George Prescott Henry Allen George Oe Michael Smith North Richmond Charles Brown James Devine George Hamilton House of Industry Albert Stedman Columbus Avenue South Poston Mary A. Flaherty Superior Eugene J. McCarty Dorchester Thomas Carroll East Boston John and Mary Driscoll Roxbury William Newcomb Dennis Kneeland

Mining stock fraud cloud in Boston held secret

The Dunkin mines Leadville Gal report shows 32 01 62 dollars in product and 13 636 01 expenses from January to August. Mines Gem Glen Gore Grand Alamosa and Maxfield, largely owned in Boston, sank in price but were not brokered. Manager Wardwell went to Denver to locate engineer Johns. A Dover King telegram called the affair a fraud, echoed by Wardwell. Residents claim Wardwell blameless and push hush secrecy, noting it as a close corporation with insiders. Wardwell returned home about ten days ago.

Dunkin Leadville Gem Glen Gore Range Grand Alamosa Maxfield Boston Brokers’ Board 8. P. Wardwell Denver Johns King Dover Wardwell Boston Sunday Globe

Finance and expansion across railroads in late 19th century notes

The article records net revenues and interest expenses for multiple railroad bonds and rentals, detailing expenditures on new depots, real estate, and equipment by lines like Richmond and Danville, Piedmont, and North Carolina railroads. It notes a $120,735 84 excess of revenues over expenses, plus ongoing construction and equipment costs. It also covers a New York report on East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia gaining control of Memphis and Charleston, a Storm King Bridge road traffic forecast, and various court and regulatory notes on rail freight and earnings. It lists July 1888 figures for Pennsylvania lines, seven-month comparisons, weekly mileage completed, and seven-week earnings for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad.

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Charity Hall Concert At Nantasket Rink

A grand charity hall and concert in aid of the Seashore home to be held this evening at the Nantasket skating rink. Reeves's American and Baldwin's Cadet bands will provide music, assisted by cornetists Emerson and Church. Boston encampment No. 38 I O O F plans a Providence excursion on Sept 18 with Brockton brass band joining to escort grand officers to Grand Lodge in Providence and attend the parade.

Nantasket Reeves American Baldwin Consolidated Emerson Church Boston Providence R. I Brockton Massachusetts A Grand Lodge of the World Order Bunker Hill Charlestown Washington Baltimore St. Augustine’s Church South Boston Silver Lake Grove Plympton Boston Caledonian Club Spy Pond Grove Arlington New England Retail Grocer’s Association Lake Walden

Pleasure seekers urged as vacation season wanes and voyages await

The notice warns that vacation opportunities are limited as the season ends. It highlights chances for cod fisherman prizes today and outlines planned trips for Tuesday to Provincetown, an Isles of Shoals voyage, and Thursday excursions along the north shore.

Provincetown Isles of Shoals

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