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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1883

Page

3

Exchange market reports quiet foreign exchange rates

Exchange activity is muted with London 60 day bills at 48 24 per pound, short sight bills at 48 6, and commercial bills at 48 04. Paris francs quoted 52 03 for short sight and 52 3 percent per dollar for 60 day bills. Reichsmarks 60 day bills at 23 and short sight at 20 percent. Government securities show closing bids with various issue prices and yields listed, including August 2 registrations and several coupon and bond figures.

London Paris

Boston and New York stock quotations by Richardson Hill Co

Private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shows daily quotations of all stock markets. Readable at No. 40 Water Street the office.

Ana Pones Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street Orice Roth Aibuetratec Catalogue Humphreys Homeopathic St. Vitus Bisense, &cc 14 Medicine Co Fulton Street

Money markets and stocks show mixed activity in New York

On August 29 in New York money rates range from 2 to 3 percent on call funds with prime mercantile paper at 5 6 percent. Silver and coin trading at par with small discount to buy. Foreign exchange quiet around 481 to 485 for long and short sight. Government bonds ease slightly, state bonds dull, rails irregular. West Shore firsts dip to 814, Denver consols rise to 80 bid, with some rallies later. Mining and railroad stocks trade unevenly as investors show cautious but improving demand from small buyers. New internal revenue collections for the first month are noted.

Boston Monty Mercantile New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Arquette Houghton and Oatonagon Common Marquette Mining Journal Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad Company Marquette Ishpeming Messrs Messrs. Craigie, Rafferty & Youmans Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Cedar Rapids Missouri River Mexican Central Iowa Falls Sioux City Albany New England Maine Lowell Eastern Cincinnati and Atlantic and Pacific Income Town Denver Exten American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Pullman Palace Car Co Osceola Silver Islet Bonanza Development Catalpa Messrs. Spencer, Trask & Co American Spiral Telephone Wire Company Northwest Louisville Nashville Northern Pacific Central Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Quick - Silver West Point Terminal New Jersey Central New York Central OPTIC St. Lo Canada Kansas Texas East Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Micki Sani Ste Manhattan Missouri Pacific Memphis Northwestern New Jersey Boly Uewen Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Dec. & E Phila Milwaukee &St.p Omaha St. P Texas Pacific St.l Western Union Canada Pa Tim Oregon West Shore Denver WMG Robinson Consolidated Sonora Consolidated Boston, Hartford and Erie Atlantic and Pacific Rio Grande Tennessee Jersey Midland Mtington Manila Superior Manila Extra Mloilos Belmont Timothy Fair Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Michigan California New Zealand

Liverpool market price drift in dairy and grain reports

Liverpool cheese advanced 64 and cabled 49s per cwt while butter remained unchanged leaving market readers puzzled about current value. EB cabled butter and traders failed to confirm the meaning of unchanged. Grain trade is dull with wheat corn and oats weak. pork and lard also quiet. The peach train for Thursday has 14 cars.

Liverpool EB. Whitworth

Diverse Commodities Listed at North Atlantic Ports

Shipping and trading listings show steamer cargos and warehouse lots across Annapolis Glasgow and ARECIBO. Items include eggs potatoes herring shad dulce boxes and fish alongside vast quantities of bricks pig iron wool paper stock and sugar. Notable firms include Delong & Seeman J W bitman and A & O W Mead with extensive crate and bale counts.

Annapolis New York Bitman Kilis & Son Delong & Seeman Mead Cleveland Hale & Co Lal & Co Dodo Daley & Co—4 Bbis Potatoes Chipman & Co Holmes Jones & Co Foster Doe P H Porter FM Holmes Eges A & OW Mead Watkis Dulce Delong & Seaman JB Wilson JR Ellis & Son Hussell EK Randall & Co Hurt & Henshaw Pickett & Co Neilly Elis & Co Hartwell Griffin A & O W Mead Glasgow Scot Hessians Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Seavey, Foster & Rowman Dodo Allan & Co Leeson & Co ST Martins Brig Orbit Salt Warner & Freeman

Foreign Exports from Liverpool and Atlantic Departures

Items aboard vessels Newcastle City, New York, Risk, and Annie Simpson include flour, tobacco, drums, crates, and various goods. Newcastle City clears Aug 28 with 13 142 sacks flour and 504 head cattle noted. New York carries bananas and fruit. Risk lists 25 barrels meal and a water wheel. Annie Simpson reports 7 barrels kerosene oil.

Liverpool Eng Newcastle City Annapolis New York Meteghan Risk Wallace Annie Simpson

Receipts of Staple Products Across Railroads

A dense ledger lists August 29 receipts by multiple railroads including Jowell, Maine, Itchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and New England, ld Colony, Boston and Albany, and Providence. Items cover wool, cotton, flour, corn, oats, meal, beef, butter, beans, potatoes, lumber, leather, eggs, tea, sugar, pork, and other staples with quantities such as bales, barrels, bushels, crates, and cases. Major entries include Jowell with 119 bales wool and 140 barrels flour, Maine with 91 bales wool and 500 bus corn, and Boston and Albany with 1,726 bales wool and 2,250 bus oats and 3,175 bus wheat.

Jowell Railroad Maine Railroad Itchburg Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Ah Blake and Salem New York and New England Railroad Ld Colony Railroad Ei Ag Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad Gary Ieee

Live stock market totals and arrivals at yards

Cattle, sheep, and swine totals shown with regional state breakdowns. Arrivals at Watertown and Boston lines listed with rail car counts. Market prices for beef, store cattle, sheep, lambs, hides, and dairy stock summarized, noting high costs and modest gains despite light receipts and dealer expectations.

Maine cattle trade and live stock sales reported at Brighton

The report records Maine cattle, cows and springers sold to speculators at Brighton, with prices ranging from 40 to 56 dollars for cows and calves, several lots of western steers and milch cows listed, including sales of 12 steers, 20 cows, and multiple milch cows with prices between 20 and 75 dollars. Hogs, poultry, and veal calves show declines and steady demand, with totals of hens, fowl and chickens priced per head or per pound and a note on carload arrivals from Canada.

AVAL Aioe Rosin Pale Wilmington Oakum Boston Straits Menhaden Elaine Eleine Paris Rochelle Peo Or Duce Exchange Canton Little Falls N. Y Utica Elgin Ill St. Albans Liverpool Golden Sweets Williams Choice St Louis New York de Damson Virginias Baltimores Texas Worcester County Carolina Rangoon Patna Java Cadiz Trapani Bond Turks Island St Martin’s P& L Maine Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Watertown Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern Newmee Old Colony Providence Providence, 0; Et al Brightwon Chicago Brighton Libby & Son H Coolidge & Son CG Howe M Littlefield New Hampshire J Y Klazer O F Bothell Cate JO Sanborn SF Rossiter Aldrich & Johnson J W Cooper J.C Marshall Ore Dow & Moulton KF Adden I B Sargent Wood & Breck G F Brownell AB Edwards T Connors J Golding G H Kidder G B Evens A Williamson HN Jenney LT Mallory W G Townsend SH Eldred RG Kimball Martin & Squier MG Flanders Hall & Seaver W Kicker J Counter N Kk Campbell M Gilfillan R E French J Dimon J S Henry J Grigg L Morse W Fisher G P Flack Hathaway & Jackson J B .Thomas G A Sawyer Farrell & Stetson C Leavitt, Jr Fitch & Hames Canada George Mooney Hastings & Morse G H Matherson H M Mix Glasgow Kansas O M Ancre & Co J A Hethaway J Black P Bonner A Goodfellow J McShoane Montreal D McIntosh George H Hemmond & Co Northern Dan Brown Farrar & Combs G. Mooney O Howe F H Coolidge & Son Libby F Bothell Dow & Moullen T Mallory G@ Townusend Martin& Squier W Ricker N K Campbell Brighton Landing Itle Fitch & Ramses Sige F & Go Water Town Grighton H M Aix Arriva S Munroe Hollis & Co A. N Monrée C O Howe S M Parson J 8 Henry

Cotton Markets and Grains Across Ports Aug. 29

Market reports from St Louis Mobile Cincinnati Savannah and New York show cotton steady to dull with mixed quotes. Grain futures and cash wheat corn oats rye barley and flour trade fluctuate across Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Detroit with receipts and shipments detailed. Prices for pork lard and other provisions move modestly as traders weigh export demand and local needs.

AI Corci Nova Scotia Clearfield Cumberland Java Desco New York Liverpool Jersey Shellac Gambier St Domingo Nova Scoia Haddock Island Halifax Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana St Louis Linois Muscatel London Valencia Gaéloc Sultana Smyrna L'yase Turkey Palermo Messina Warren Powder Eureka Loston Sporting du Pont Boston Ganst San Francisco Cal Chicago Til Cincinnati Nashville Tenn Memphis Louisville Pittsburg Baltimore Philadelphia New York City Galveston Tex New Orleans St. Joseph St Paul Mine Des Moines Sas City Dubuque Minneapolis, Minn Buffalo Rochester Toledo Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Ind Evansville Omaha Neb Grand Rapids Mich Montgomery Ala Mobile Detroit Milwaukee Wis Allegheny Richmond Norfolk Knoxville, Tenn Spirefield Petersburg Pine Bluffs Ark Lynchburg Charleston Savannah Atlanta Augusta Macon Wilmington San Antonio Dallas Easton Charlotte Ngc Chattanooga Austin York Aberdeen Miss Miss Council Bluffs Frackfort Farmersville Hillsvote Hot Springs Lexington Little Rock Longview Monroe Meridian Rome Tyler Sherman Vicksburg Wilkesbarre Winona Esessee HOCK Mid Mobile Incinnati Coestwise Sesse Ees Esse Salebenpace Ccccsesesonos C. Savannah S.ascssee Britain Uisville LO Os Elphia Rye Western Porto Rico United City Extra India City ST. Louis OAGAC Tober Browm Shoe

London and Liverpool Markets Review Across Commodities and Bonds

Financial notes from London and Liverpool Aug 29 report U S bonds at 122 percent and rail stocks such as Erie and Reading. wheat markets show slow shipments and steady corn. English and French wheat eases while Livepool grain markets stay dull. Cotton in Liverpool weakens but futures stay barely steady with varied spreads and August to June contracts listed.

London Beerbehm Mark Lane England Liverpool California Orleans

Moran pleads not guilty in steamer assault case

James Moran appeared before Commissioner Hallett on August 29 charged with striking Frederick McDonald on the head with a camp stool aboard the Sirius between Boston and Portsmouth. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the September term of the U S district court in 300 dollars bail.

U. S. Commissioners Court Hallett James Moran Frederick McDonald Sirius Boston Portsmouth United States District Court

Municipal Court actions August case results

In central court Judge Churchill fined Patrick Notting ten dollars in each of two counts for assault and battery and property damage. Mary Welch Hannah Morris Anna Thompson and Mary Healy received sentences including a year in the house of industry and fines. Mattie Southerly faced liquor and house of ill fame charges with heavy fines and jail terms. An appeal noted in each case. Roxbury court sentenced Walter C Carter to six months in the house of industry for assault and battery and Albert Burrows case moved to superior court on six hundred dollar bond.

Central Court Churchill Patrick Notting Mary Welch House of Industry Hannah Morris Anna Thompson Mary Healy Murphy Roxbury Walter C. Carter Albert Burrows

Thatcher and Primrose and West End Minstrels Close Boston Run

The troupe ends its Boston engagement this week at the theatre with Monday's finale. Comedian F S Chanfrau returns for the twelfth year in Kit the Arkansas Traveler. Reed’s and other acts, including Alice Hastings and Blanche Vaughan, are featured. Also note popular shows at Park Bijou Howard Oakland Museum and Impulse at the Museum. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla marketed for health.

Bijou The Howard Uncle Tom Oakland Museum

Mexican National Track Progress and Related Rail News

Reports from Monterrey say the Monterey to Villa Garcia and Villa Garcia to Rico nada sections of the Mexican National are solidly built with scenic routes noted between Monterey and Rico nada. Construction difficulties have slowed progress, though a Saltillo target of Aug. 15 was anticipated. Also covered are coal price pressures from Gowen and others, New York and Boston rail developments, Wisconsin Central land sales, Ohio and Mississippi stockholder notices, Southeastern road sales denial, and Yellowstone park branch completion to Cunnabar opening Sept. 1.

Monterey Saltillo la Revista Gardner Villa Garcia Riconada Revista Topo Chico New York and New England Railroad Hartford Fishkill Boston Dedham Wisconsin Central Railroad Eee Marathon Flor Price Adams Counties Wisconsin Wisconsin Central Ohio Mississippi New York Indiana Bloomington Western Yellowstone National Park Northern Pacific Cunnabar Livingstone

Multiple New England Firms Fail Amid Insolvencies

Charles W. Copeland & Co. assigns assets to Henry, Martin, and Lawrence after turning over 38000 cash. Several Boston area firms including Shoe and Leather Bank depositors report failures with modest assets. Carriers, grocers, and manufacturers from Stoneham to Northam​pton and Lynn show insolvencies with liabilities ranging from five thousand to twenty four thousand dollars.

Charles W. Copeland Joseph F. Paul & Co John Wilson Stoneham Boston Grease Coe Sumner Street East Boston Luke Edward Jenkins Champion Washer Company Providence John R.een Drew & Annis Grocers Lynn Frank I. Washburn Grocer Northampton Washburn William Hadfield R. I George J. Clapp Smith, Meyers & Co Millers Pleasant Hill

Mortality in Massachusetts Weekly Death Totals 1883

The State Board of Health reports deaths across 37 Massachusetts cities and towns for the week ending August 25, 1883. The weekly totals may slightly misalign with actual weekly occurrences, with population estimates based on census data from 1870, 1875, 1880 and 1882, projected to March 1, 1883.

Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity Massachuset Boston Malden and Waltham Worcester Cambridge Lawrence Chelsea Lowell Leach Peabody and Westfield Salem Ainst Fall River Cama Lynn Springfield Somerville New Bedford Holyoke Taunton Gloucester Newton Haverhill Brockleton Malden Newburyport W. Abbot M.D

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