Market Notes Readies for Copper and Rail Moves
The market shows dull, mixed activity with Mexican Central at 413 and Atchison up to 70. News cites Vera Cruz railway cut freight rates to meet competition and various railroad mergers and leases in play. Copper firms Calumet and Hecla report output gains and long-term supply strengthens, while New York and New England rise modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexican Central
Diaz
Lyman
Hinchman
Wade
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz Railway
Theentral Mercantile Confederation
Europe
New York
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Central Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Keithsburg
Peoria
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Guaymas
Sonora
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Sovuora
Hermosillo
Paso del Norte
New England
American Loan and Trust Company
Kansas City
Springfield
Memphis
Ft. Scott
Gulf
Detroit
Lansing
Northern
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Lease
American Bell Telephone
Newark
N. J
Bird
Metropolitan Telegraph and Telephone Company of
New York and New Jersey
Blackstone
Atlantic
North
Globe
Commerce
Amory
Langdon
Calumet
Hecla
Agassiz
London
Lake Superior
Calumet & Hecla
America
Transcript
Wall Street style stock list fragment in 19th century ledger
Financial column excerpt detailing bonds and stocks with prices, dividends, and yields. Includes notes on mining, lard, and telegraph companies, Canadian and U.S. railroad issues, bank quotes, and municipal bonds. Names entities such as Boston mining stocks, Western railroads, and various banks appear with price figures and percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ces
Cbs
Lou & Mo Riot
Ula
Poli Pal
Wis
tPreferraa Mining Companieg
Boyiston St L
Brie Selp& Tel
Boston Mining
Penens Bales
Atouce
Awa Top
Sant Fe
Sit
Ste
L. Day & Co
Shoe & Leather National Bank
Webster National Bank
National Bank of Redemption
Ammury Maus
Langdon Mfe
Russell Mills
South Boston
Cambridge Morse Sailrons
Manchester & Lawrence
Martford
Waltham
Chicago
Boston
Los
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Minn
Wid
Fremont, Elk and
Mo. Valley
Vermont
Eastern Rd
Lake Champ
Rutland Rd
Pullman Palace
Soston
Concord
Montreal
Newport
Francis Henshaw & Co
Blackstone Nattional Bank
Freeman's National Bank
Atlantic Nations Bank
North National Bank
Second National
Globe Bank
National Bank of Lidha
National Bank of
Edward Mills
Augusta
Central Mass
Heston
Rutland
Norwich & Worcester
Boston and Lowell
Chic, Bar & Quincy
Bowker Fertilzer
McKay & Bicelow
Vieveland
Ohio
Manchester
St Louis
Saersesy
Eastern Railroad
Sioux City and Pacific
Old Colony
Oston and
Maine
Cooreeee Lly
Wall Street Ends Mixed as Bulls and Bears Battle Headlines
New York stocks closed steady after a volatile day with a late recovery from early declines. Bonds showed uneven activity with government issues dull or firm and rails sliding then rebounding. Major moves included gains for Northwestern and St. Paul while Lackawanna fell. Nickel Plate and Erie issues displayed notable shifts amid broad market rumors and a cautious trading floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Erie
Canada Pacific
Lovelock
Northwestern
St. Paul
New York Central
Lake Shore
Western Union
Pacific Mail
Union Pacific
Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
New Jersey Central
Atlantic and Pacific
Cheshire
Ohio
Conon
Pere Marquette
Houston
Texas Central
Indiana
Bloomington
Western
Louisville
International
Great Northern
Buffalo
Nashville
Pensacola
St. Louis
Northern Pacific
Central Pacific San Joaquin
San Francisco
Texas Pacific
Rio Grande
Texas
New Orleans
Tansachions
Grain Market Tumbles as Scalpers Rule Chicago Wheat
A late dispatch from Chicago reports wheat under scalpers control with prices dropping to near put levels and shorts covering only sporadically. Corn opens weak on frost worries, then firming late as frost predictions return. provisions rise sharply amid very tight supply. On the exchange, oats trade firm with no May bids, while inspections list multiple carloads of wheat and oats for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Handa
Boston Post
CuicaGco
Messrs
C. G. Eldredge & Co
Emery & Hodges
No. 28
State Street
Fragmented 19th Century Trade Listings
A damaged OCR passage lists varied commodity prices and items. Alcohol, ashes, beeswax, building materials, candles and waxes appear with scattered figures. The text references cement prices, bricks, Rosendale cement, foreign cement, and assortments of wax products with uncertain units and values. The fragment preserves names of goods and vague price hints without coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Boston
Rosendale
Boston Post livestock market report August 26 details
Report by Geo J Fox lists totals for cattle sheep calves and swine at market this week last week and a year ago. Arrivals at several yards by road and rail shown with totals and counts. Prices for market beef store cattle sheep and hides given with quality categories and notes on car counts and double decks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hampshire
Vermont
Canada
Boston
Lowell
Fitchburg
Eastern
Boston and
Albany
N. B
Brighton
Record of lamb and cattle auction prices a week in early spring
Unusually large arrivals near nine thousand head with best lambs at four and a half cents, comparable to last year. Listings from Cleveland, Rowell, Call, Gilbert, and others show dozens of lambs and sheep priced per hundredweight and per head, with western and New England cattle sales, yard conditions, and varying prices across Union, Watertown, and Brighton yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
J H Fogg
J. A Gilbert
G W Reynolds
J F Lowry
Weiss & Richardson
W G Cunningham
A C Foss
Libby & Son
Coolidge & Son
C H Merrill
Libby Bros
P W
C Philbrook
Cate
Low & Moulton
J Call
J B Gordon
Vermont
Sargent & Turner
G E Moody
H Whipple
MC Roundly
RG ‘Kimball
J Engrem
Catttle
W P Dwyer
F Clariton
J B Kemick
H Ingerson
H F Gilbert
W Ricker
J Carroll
C W Bragg
A Pond
A J Piper
W G Townsend
A Williamson
M G Flanders
BS Hastings
GB Evers
FS Kimball
Allen
RP Polland
L W Tinker
J Counter
A Worthern
A L Woodward
M R Nelson
Combs & Farrar
Stocker Bros
F Kenfield
Wavers
M K Campbell
T Conley
G Churchill
S A
Clearland
Martin & Squier
E C Rowell
G W Cook
Flint & Co
Gilfillan & Co
Hall & Seaver
Massachusetts
J S Henry
Scattering
New York
L Morse
B Hurlbert
OC Robinson
W Fisher
F Fisher
J Shirley
J Y Southworth
G P Flack & Son
H G Clements
G W Wears
Canada
J N Morse
A Covell
F Gosselyn
Nelson
G A Sawyer
C Potter
Monroe
Hollis & Co
Iberian
Liverpool
Stockholm City
London
Missouri
Hathaway
Ohio
Hodges & Morse
Michigan
LL Kennett
Cambridge
J. Morse
Jer
Aldrich & Johnson
Breck
Union Market
Northern
Cleveland
EC Rowell
Bie
D Allen
J L Call
G Kimball
G E Churchill
G B Evens
Sige
B M
I B Sargent
Union
New England
Western
Watertown
George Harris
Tige
J O Sanborn & Co
RG Kimball
M C
Hathaway & Jackson
J En
B Hurlburt
J H Gilbert
J Fraver
New Hampshire
Breck & Wood
J O Sanborn
E F Adden
Dow & Moulton
H V Whipple
G H Sprigg
MC Roundy
F Chariton
K Ingerson
Hastings
B Evens
Kimball
LW Tinker
N K Campbell
Martin & Om
Gilfillan & Blanchara
Hurlbert
W Wears
Brighton
West
Boston
Albany
Farrell & McFlynn
Ilye
Dan Brown
Hollis
A N Monroe
W Scollans
J D Hosmer
Caitie
B Sargent
F H Coolidge & Son
Market tone mixed across ports and regions
Net receipts at 0 5 ports, exports to Great Britain and to France, and to the Continent show varied activity. Decrease in American stock noted with 2 10 739 Consolidated American stock 134 638. Augusta and Mobile dull, Galveston firm, New Orleans and New York easy, Savannah and St Louis steady, Baltimore nominal, quiet elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tve
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Entre Rios
Gambia
Sierra Leone
India
Bengal
Guatemala
Unicn
Calcutta
Boston
Lake Ingat
Elaine
Kentucky
Manila
Paris
Whiting Giliiers
Vermont
Nova Scotia
Canada
Carolina
Rangoon
Java
Patna
Pfib
Chicago
Castile
Trinidad
Porto Rico
Arecibo
Fajardo
Cienfuegos
New Orleans
Sumac
Sicily
Havanna
Bond
Mandeira
Ivison
Malaga
Graham
Burgundy
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Sic
Sulesnat
California
Great Britain
France
Augusta
Mobile
Galveston
Savannah
St. Louis
Baltimore
Lotton
Uplands
Orleans
Exris
St Louis
Minnesota
Milwaukee Ste
United
City Extra India
South America
Western
Liverpool
Nowarket
Shipmerts
Louis
London and Liverpool Market Reports Aug 26
Beersom's report notes wheat cargoes easing offshore while wheat prices in London and Liverpool show varying declines and steadiness. Wheat, corn, and flour trends reflect slack demand with imports into the UK for the past week totaling around 265k to 270k quarters. cotton prices remain steady though inactive, with futures dull but steady in August contracts and nearby months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
Mark Lane
California
Liverpool
Michigan
Paris
United Kingdom
P.Y.C. Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Court records from U S circuit court judges ruling on patent suits
May 26 opinions by Judge Colt dismiss demurrers in two patent infringement bills. Cases Sam Lord et al. v Whitehead and Alberton Machine Co et al and Roswell Brown libellant v Andrew Hicks involve equity for profits damages versus common law remedies. Court holds no ground for an account in these tort actions and dismisses the bills. Municipal counts list fines across several courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Colt
Sam Lord
Executor
Whitehead and
Alberton Machine Company
Same
Margaret J. Whitehead
Executors
Edward Lord
Root Vs. Railway Company
U. S
A. Eastman
D. H. Rice
B. F. Thurston
F. T.greenhalge
A. H. Moore
F. A. Fish
Roswell Brown Libellant
Andrew Hicks
Appellee
Ube
Seychelles Islands
New Bedford
Mahe
Mahe Beaks
St. Helena
Libellant
Parsons
Terry
Llaw
Dor
District Court
W. C. Parker
W. H. Cobb
Never surrender when attacked in the back says Redmond
The South Carolina moonshiner Redmond refused to surrender after eight years evading authorities. He was shot through five times but recovered in the hands of a backwoods nurse. The piece argues against surrender and promotes covering with the dead shot, citing various pistol incidents and a sportsman's fear of the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis R. Redmond
South Carolina
Garfield
Warner
Redmond
Sportsman’s News
Lexington youth drowned in Sandy Pond incident
Benjamin Muzzey aged 18 of Lexington drowned in Sandy Pond Lincoln while sailing a catamaran. Friends found his hat on the water, signaling the accident. By Wednesday morning the body had not been recovered. Muzzey was the son of the proprietor of the Massachusetts House of Lexington and highly regarded locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Muzzey
Lexington
Sandy Pond
Lincoln
Mr. Muzzey
Massachusetts House of
Ticinus Sleeper Sets New Standard on Washington Express
The Pullman Palace Car company unveils the Ticinus sleeper for the Philadelphia and Washington express. Exquisitely finished interior with mahogany, plush, and brass, 24 berths in 65 feet 2 inches, heated by Baker hot water pipes, smoking room, ladies drawing room, and an Ebony push-button porter system. Two companion cars ready. train service details outline transfer routes via New York and New England to Jersey City, then Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Palace Car Company
Philadelphia
Washington Express
Saratoga
White Mountain
Boston and Maine
Hoosac Tunnel
New York and
New England
J. W. Stockton
Westinghouse
Miller
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Maryland
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Washington
Saint Josephs French Catholic Church Consecrated in Salem
The new St Josephs French Catholic church on Lafayette street Salem was consecrated Wednesday by Archbishop Williams after a processional rite and sprinkling of the walls. Clergy included Fathers Goury Fournier Jannette and Dumontier with Vezina to depart for Montreal next week. A banquet at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent followed the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s
Lafayette Street
Salem
F. X. L. Vezina
Williams
Father Goury
Montreal
Can
Father Fournier
Lowell
Father Jeannette
Boston
Father Dumontier
Marlborough
Father Vezina
Sisters of Notre Dame
Coal proposals opened for water dept 2500 tons
Bids from Gay & Parker John R White & Son Newall A Thompson Castner Co Donaldson & Thomas O D Witherell American Coal Co were not awarded. Water board organized with Horace T Rockwell chosen and William B Smart acting chair pro tem. Four council committee members planned to submit reports on the Fisher Hill inquiry and Beecher agreed to deliver Grant oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
Gay & Parker
John R. White & Son
Newall A. Thompson
Castner & Co
Donaldson & Thomas
O. D. Witherell
American Coal Company
Water Board
William B. Smart
Col
Horace T. Rockwell
Smart
Common Council
Fisher Hill
Henry Ward Beecher
Gen. Grant
Liabilities and assignments of several New England and Midwest traders
The list records liabilities and nominal assets for firms including Willis W. Darling & Co Boston and Eldredge & Towle Boston, with details of stock surrenders, attachments, and assigns. It notes Cincinnati, Bridgeport, Darien and Utica firms failing, and Suffolk County real estate attachments, plus contract actions of Wilder & Co against Tighe and Dearborn against Tolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis W. Darling & Co
South Market Street
Boston
Eldredge & Towle
Washington Street
C. D. Cobb & Cos
H. C. Bruce
East Charleston
Yvt
J.H. Keeney
Bridgeport
Conn
Philp P. Hurd
Arthur M. Slater
Darien
Lowery & Son
Utica
Missy
William S. Bartlett
J.C. Andrews
Wero
Red Key
Ind
Craban & McGrath
Tragedy in Blanco County Texas Ends in Self Funeral
Telegraph reports a grim event in Blanco County where Al Lockie, longtime Johnson City resident, roamed with a Winchester and killed ten persons before slashing his own throat. He was captured and, at the last report, was still alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco County
Tex
al. Lockie
Johnson City
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Finance and Trade
Atchison and
Money Matters
Gays
Reichswarks
Chai
Feeecco Staretnttbee
Eerevvenne
Eeneroersues
Atchison
Tamarack
WM. Reed & Sons
Washington St
C. Scott & Son’s
Harrington & Richardson's
Colt’s
Parker's
Smith's
Wadsworth’s
Remington’s
Royal Mail
Foote & Freech
Bankers
Congress St
Brokers’ Board
NEW York Financial
Central Pacific
Sle Chi
Dol
L. & Weat
Delaware & Had
Denver & Biog
Esesnecsessee
Vi . St. Se
Waban, Gine & Pac
den & Dio Grande Lst
Park & Pac
Brio
Caeceenseee
Rea Pac. Oen
Do. It. D. div
Letozh
Procenconeees
Ocrexon Ne
Tata
Paul
Pac. Gal
Obio & Mig
Oregon
Oregon Septsveiners CO
NAVA
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Tradre
Jevu
Maracaibo
St. Domingo
Lima
Supan
Gambier
North Bays
Bay of Fundy
Glasgow
Antwerp
Australasia
Melbourne
Sydney
Adelaide
Brisbane
Fim
Joose
Messina
Rodi
Palermo
Naples
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Baracoa
Warren Powder Mills
Eureka Diamond Oe
Boston Sporting
Boston Boot and Shoe Trade
South
Southwest
Northwest
Apalachicola
Susan
T Stearns
Mary
William Haskins & Son
Farrington
T J Jones & Co
ST Pierre
Mig
ST Johns
N F
Annie Louise
Annapolis
Pubnivo
J and J Locke
Lubeck
Ger
Bark Askey
Stavie
Boston and Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Ola Colony
New Maryland
Fitch ‘Railroad
Maine Rai
Maine Railroad—Western Division
Lowell Mailroad
Peabody, Saiem
Leeeets m
Oether
Care
Pelta
Butt
Peer
Ile
Brighton and Watertown
The
Geo. J. Fox
Telegraph
Eacewes
Eceb
Etootessesel
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Toledo
United States
Atlantic and Great Western
Court Record
Adams
Charles J. H. Lindsey
Thomas J. Driscoll
Michael Teehan
Margaret Brown
John Griffin
Roxbury
William Lawless
James McCune
Prick Brennan
Mary Dodd
James Dyer
House of Industry
William Tirrell
William Judge
Bertram—Jeffrey
A Burrows
Allan Bertram
Jennie Jeffrey
Moody—Mason
Rene Cnances
Will A Moody
Bowdoin College
Jennie L
John F Mason
Morse—Gaffney
Gloucester
Mortis
George A Morse
Rockport
Nellie A Gaffney
Smith—Parker
Robert G Seymour
Charles W Smith
Harriet A Parker
Boston Highlands
Framingham
Coleman Searle Adams
Belmont
Caroline A Adams
George 5
Bradford
T L Bradford
Thomas 8
Francestown
Breed
Ottawa
Ant
Mary D Curtis
William A Breed
West Medford
Clark
Dorchester
Bille R
KE F Clark
Cudworth
North Scituate
Stillman Cudworth
Fosdick
Woburn
A Rosdick
James Fosdick
Gates
West Newton
Carrie A
I G Gates
Ann Arlington
Charles F King
ETN Ge
Beachmont
Richard Harold
Richard J
Mattie Witherell Lang
Lee Boston
James Mitchell
Ars. Patterson
James Patterson
Whitemarsh
Abington
Belat
Z Temarsh
Railroad Matters
Cassaday
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg and
Pittsburg
Wabash
Bee Line
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
North Shore Road
Quebec
Hickson
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Boston and Maine Railroad
Western Express
Boston and Albany
Railroad Commission
Judge Russell
Maritime Provinces
City of
Lynn
Boston & Lowell Railroad
East Cambridge
City Hall News
Hale
Glenn
Pike
Dean
Island Grove
Revere Beach
Coney Island
Brown's
John ©. Miller
Preble House
Portland
Ottawa House
Cushine’s Island
M.S. Gibson
C. Gibson
Grand Central Hotel
Bar Harbor
R. Hamor & Sons
the Beast In
Harbor
Main
Mount Desert
Wellesley
Mass
Emert
Daily Mails
KR. R
Emerson Baker
F. Reynolds
Ocean View House
Piceon Cove
Ovsam View
Cape
Howse
Sarah A. Lougee
Atlantic House
Mount Desert Island
E. T. Hamor
E. Richardson
United States Hotel
Federal
Elm
Congress Streets
H. McDonald
Great Head
Ocean Spray
Winthrop
Mags
A. Haseltine
Eam
Richards & GO
Reade Street
Samuel Bunting’s
Market St
Lippincott, Son & CO
Market Street
J. L. Day & CO
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boen
I¢ Exchange
Ili A
Boston Stock Exchasve
Stocka
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co
Maine Central RR
Chicago, Sturlington & Quincy RR
Shoe
Cambridge H & KR Co
New England Mortaiite
Oakland Garden Association
Bangor
State of New Hampshire
Fremont
Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Pullman Palace War Co
Athol Water Co
Biembers of
Bostom
Steek Macekauxs
National Bank
American Loan and Trust Co
Portsmouth
Galway
Hichborn & Co
Court Street
Worcester Square
Kristal
Hichborn & Uc
Tremont Street
George H. Jaques
Particolara of Hichborn & Co
Harrison Avenue
Oak Street
Eichborn
Horatio Harris & OG Merchant
Ctioneers and Commission
Albert Howe & Ooi
Aary
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