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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1883

Page

3

Boston Money Market and Rail Stock Summary

Boston on Tuesday reports no major changes in liquidity with banks cautious on paper. Clearing house balances 3 to 4 percent. gross exchanges 8,471,367. Western rail shares improve modestly while earnings and mileages for August show declines. Telephone stocks volatile as consolidation seems likely to be dropped. mining shares mixed with Allouez steady and Calumet and Hecla around 23½ to 28¾.

Boston New York Springfield Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Vlint Perce Margreh Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Mexican Central Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Eastern Maine Old Colony Norwich Worcester South Boston Fitchburg New England Mexican Central Railroad Company Oregon Improvement Oregon Short Line Pueblo Arkansas Valley American Bell Telephone Lowell Lowell Telephone Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Allouez Calumet Hecla Bonanza Development Harshaw

New York Stock Market News Brightens After Afternoon Rally

Trading opened with easy money at two per cent on call and firming rails. West Shore firsts fell to 76 then recovered to 71. Bears dominated early, dragging prices down across coal and trunk line shares, but a late buying push lifted most names. J R Keene cited as bullish, markets later steadied with gains around half to one percent. Canadian Pacific and Lake Shore lagged.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper West Shore J. R. Keene Canadian Pacific Lake Shore Alton Terre Haute Charleston Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western

Grain and Cheese Market Ledger with Prices and Shipments

The record covers car by car grain deliveries and receipts, listing No 2 white and mixed wheat, corn, oats, and steamer exports. It notes prices in cents, bids, and sales by Beaman Brothers, Belge Co, and Brown & Co, with totals of 82 cars and weekly elevator stocks including corn, oats, rye, barley, peas, and shorts. It also reports cheese and butter sales, New York mercantile quotes, and Chicago grain stocks, with market tone firm and activity active in Utica and St Albans plus Norwood surveys.

J. H W. Houghton G. S. Jackson Belge. Com Beaman Brothers Blany, Brown & Co Utica Kigin Ill St. Albens New York Mercantile Exchange S. Boston Chicago Union Boston New York Uplands New Orleans Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Gall Oteae Lileccaren Tierces Tober ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo Eloney Vasem

Market Report on Breadstuffs and Grains Price Ranges

The market remains firm with mixed goods and varied quotations. Flour and cornmeal hold near prior levels while oats, rye, and barley show limited activity. cottonseed meal, beans, and peas show steady demand. Potatoes steady amid drought concerns. apples, peaches, pears, and grapes quoted with regional variety. hay, seeds, and hops show modest to stable activity.

Rhode Island Baltimores New York Astrachan Vinelands N. i New Jersey

Markets by Telegraph Bales and Cotton Prices

Cotton markets across Augusta Cincinnati Philadelphia New York and other hubs show quiet, steady trends with mids and low middling ranges noted. Grain and flour markets moving: wheat and corn futures softening, oats mixed, rye and barley steady, pork and beef markets soft, receipts and shipments varying by city.

Augusta Cincinnati Memphis M.c. Norfolk

Shipping Goods Arrivals Include Coal and Cargoes Across Ports

A list of vessels at Liverpool Sydney Pictou Dorchester and Sydney with cargos of coal and assorted merchandise. Steamer Bulgarian 160 tons, 15 bales wool, 97 bleaching powders, 205 tons cannel coal. brig Flora 276 tons coal. brig Corinne 220 tons coal. schooner Meta 175 tons coal. brig Orloff 360 tons coal. Merchants Despatch Transportation and various firms listed as shippers or consignees. Three coastal ports shown with multiple consignments and inventories among ropes wool dyes and hardware.

Liverpool Eng Bres & Co Sumac Beach & Co Sherburne Cannel Linder & Meyer Root & Tinker Morey & Co Moses & Co Kitton, Warren & Co Merchants Despatch Transportation Co Thos Leyland & Co Thayer & Lincoln Downing, Sheldon & Co Chadwick & Chadwick Sydney Flora Job & Co Pictou Corinne Odiore Dorchester Meta Orloff Odiorne

Foreign Exports Across Atlantic Destinations Listed

Shipping entries from Sackville New Brunswick Cape Verde Islands Grand Menan and Buenos Ayres report cargoes on schooners brig and bark arriving with corn meal flour tobacco lumber leather nails hardware and petroleum, plus goods listed for Pelotas Valparaiso and ports, including refined petroleum rosin turpentine sugar and enslaved persons in the Dominions era.

Sackville N B Madora Cape Verde Islands Lucy W Snow Grand Menan Kate Clark Buenos Ayres A.C Christina Redmson Pelotas Brazil Richmond Donna Martgarida Valparaiso Chili

Receipts of Staple Products Aug 28 From Multiple Railroads

A compiled list details shipments by Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, By Sea, Peabody and Salem Expresses, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence railroads. It records quantities of flour corn oats bran meal tallow lard tea butter cheese eggs hay lumber leather hides skins and more across firms and routes. The inventory notes hundreds of bbls sacks bushels and cases, reflecting widespread movement of staples to markets and mills.

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 Railroad Providence Railroad Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Western Canada Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Providence

Cattle Market Report from Watertown Union Live Stock

Boston Post dispatch by George Fox notes the Watertown Union cattle market activity on August 28 with price trends and supply details. farm prices, buyers, and regional demand described, highlighting cattle offerings and market movement observed by traders.

Watertown Union The Boston Post George ¥. Fox

Classification of cattle and sheep quality terms

The passage lists grading terms for cattle and sheep including choice and extra quality categories. It notes weights for feedlot oxen and mentions hogs transported via railroad routes with regional market inclusion.

Boston and Albany Brighton

Global Market Roundup Damp, Mixed U.S. Bond Prices, Commodities

U S bonds listed with varied yields and several key railroad stocks quoted in London. Cargoes of wheat and corn move slowly while Liverpool markets show dull but mixed signals for flour, pork, cheese, and woollen goods amid hot English weather.

London Beerbehm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool England Fiour California Uplands Orleans Manchester

Turtles Clad in Silk A New Diversion for Bordentown

In Bordentown the young ladies host a silk dressed turtle party on Park Street with pets named Venus and others wearing white silk gowns and plush outfits. Turtles play on see saws swing and enjoy ice cream as owners lavish time and expense on creature fashion.

Delaware Bordentown Register Bordentown Park’street Venus

Eastern lease clash sparks forecast of financial turmoil

The article argues against a Boston and Maine Eastern lease, warning that without it Eastern stock could fall sharply and Maine Central lose value. It notes annual savings, dividend implications, and the broader network impact on earnings, with figures on debt, maintenance, and potential receivership risk.

Maine Boston Maine Central Portland Eastern

Court Record From Aug 28 Supreme Judicial Court Summary

Supreme Judicial Court session details two cases before Judge Colburn. Meivil Dui seeks injunction over lease fire damage at Hawley Street premises. alleges defendant delayed rent abatement and leased the space. Additional salt business restraint case seeks injunction against Henry A. Peck for breach of a 10 year non compete, with issues of consideration and partnership status. Proceedings note testimony, counsel, and upcoming Middlesex Superior Court jury list in Lowell.

Meivil George N. Marsh Hawley Street Blaintiff S. J. Elder A. Hemenway Etc Et al Peck State Street Mystic River Charlestown Warner & Freeman Briggs & Davenport New England Henry A. Peck Boston Henry A Asaph Churchill Wm. A. Stearns Superior Court Middlesex County Lowell Barker

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