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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1886

Page

7

Oranges Lemons Bananas Prices in Split Market Listing

A fragmented market listing shows common and fair prices for fruit including Jamaica oranges at 5446 per barrel, Florida oranges in 5va 50 box, Sicily lemons at S$5 6 50, Matava bananas at 3 5044 50, with banana bunches priced at 1 2 50 for red and 1 0 0 for yellow.

Jamaica Florida Sicily

Market Report Shows Steady Pork Lard and Beef Prices

Pork and lard hold steady at old quotations while fresh beef remains dull. Haws and other roasts are unchanged, with a varied list of cuts and prices for pork, lard, beef, and veal. The Chicago closing quotations show mixed movements across multiple meat categories.

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Cotton, sugar, and molasses markets mixed in Liverpool and New York

Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed steady with December to July spreads listed. New York spot and futures showed steady to dull quotes across cotton and sugar markets, with volumes of 28 000 bales in Liverpool and 32 bhs 8300 bags of raw sugar, plus steady molasses quotations for cargo lots.

Liverpool Auvueast Olga@otyd Toripid Apianas Orleans New York Nylands Bae Ab Novis WGC Manila Glee Belmont Porto Rico Cuba

THE CATTLE MARKET AT WATERTOWN AND BRIGHTON

Market report from Brighton and Watertown for the week ending December 1, 1866 notes steady cattle and beef prices with a large supply from the West. Details cover car counts by rail lines, store cattle values, milch cows and calves, veal, sheep and lamb trades, and numerous yard sales by traders such as Farrell McFlynn Libby Merrill and J A Hathaway. Export activity includes shipments to Liverpool Glasgow and London and dressed beef tonnage.

Taining La‘e Arriva Brighton Monroe Scolians Hollis & Co Farrell & McFlynn JS Henry A. Williamson W Hall W W Scollans H M Taft J D Hosmer J C Libby Marin R& W Brown Weiler WW Hall J H Fogg P W Thompson & Son R Eldridge Libby C E Libby A P Libby Libby & Merrill U Merrill H Coolidge & Son New Hampshire J V Keazer Breck & Wood li Dow & Moulton VUB Moulton Heath H A Wilcox Aldrich & Johnson Moulton & Flanders Foster Adden Viermont J Carroll C J Udall F S Kimball W G Townsend E Moody E French & Co B Engrem Worthern Williamson Whipple & Farnham Ricker & Son Leon B S Ilastings M G Flanders Combs & Farrar Hall & Seaver Stocker Bros J A Wilson New York L Morse Hurley T Fisher W Fisher I Hurlbert Clements Robinson Doe Scotland Canada Pinsonsault F Gosselyn D McCracken Hastings J & C Couglin J A Hathaway Hollis B Hurlbert Slee HB Moulton J Turley A Foster MG Flanders Liverpool Glascow London Roman J & C Coughlin J A Sreck & Wood Seotians PW Thompson & Son CH Merrill JS Weiler JC Libby WWF Maine Massachasees Los Vis Western

Cattle Sales At Brighton Reported For Auction

Eighteen beeves averaged 1427 pounds selling at 490.15 head, 18 more weighed around 1320 pounds at 487.14, 15 at 1510 pounds averaged 40.15, 15 at 1440 pounds listed 40.15, all by A N Monroe. A lot of 6 head weighing 1200 to 1500 pounds sold at 410 to 460 per hundred by Farrell & McFlynn.

Illinois George W. White Ohio JC Richardson Cnda Dempster & Orr Heaa Canada Sgoo D&c Maine Hall Ldo Ro Eldridge P W Thompson Merrill JC Libby Whipple & Farnham J A Hathaway Yoo Brighton Monroe Farrell & McFlynn

Chicago Cattle Market Receipts and Prices Mixed

Cattle firm reports receipts around 12 000 and shipments about 8 000. Prices listed for steers stockers and feeders, bulls and mixed cattle, Texan cattle, packing and shipping, and light weights with various bid ranges. Sheep receipts around 6 000 with prices for natives lambs and lamb-related values.

Chicago

Shipping Net Receipts and Stocks Across US Ports

Five day consolidated report shows net receipts 158,795 with exports to Great Britain 56,672 and to France 6,245. Continental exports total 47,130 while stocks at all US ports reach 950,036. Port tones range from quiet to steady with various regions listing exports and coastwise movement.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Shipm Savannah Charleston Wilmington Britain Norfelk Philadelphia New York St. Louis Louisville France United States

London and Liverpool Breadstuffs Markets Report

London and Liverpool markets show wheat and corn firm with rising prices in places. Wheat futures quoted around 7s 3d to 7s 5d for several months while spot wheat and flour in Antwerp and Paris hold steady. wool sales in London are well attended with firmer tone and strong demand for Victoria, New South Wales, and Cape of Good Hope/Natal lots.

Ohio St Louis Minnesota OP Lee Rio Strone Petroleum—United Sale Syak Guo SLO Silvia S A Liverpool Cincinnati Lord Armer Toledo ST. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Michigan London L Beerbohm Mark Lane California England United Kingdom Antwerp Varis Victoria New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Natal

Maritime Trade Ledger from Carbonear and Charlotte Town

On December 1, 1886, in Carbonear Newfoundland the schooner Sophia carried 468 cases potatoes 215 dozen salmon 2375 pounds codfish. Steamer Worcester delivered 165 bags potatoes 4 barrels salmon 136 cases eggs. Traders E T Russell and J P Brown & co sold goods with L Arthur & co handling 37 dozen eggs.

Bowles & Co de Lorie & Co Hutchinson & Ceo G Fall & Co Mead & Co George C Rockwell & Co Rockwell & Co Russell & Co Oliver Smith Witham & Co Winsor Philadelphia Winsor & Son Pictou Hinckley, Ayers & Co Port Hawkesbury John Bertram EH Cutler Griffin & Co Jos Greenwood Bols Bols Fish Barclay & Co Crowe Dana Durkee Ellis & Co Gardner, Murphy & Co Haskins Wheeler & Co Carbonear

Maritime cargo list from multiple ports and ships

Long OCR cargo ledger records shipments from Haytians ports to Liverpool and Annapolis with items like flour, herring, pork and apples. Other entries cover brig Swiftsure, Sch Levose, Sc Gazelle and ships Prussian General Susie Prescott Nellis Celeman Nellis Celeman and Nellis Celeman from Liverpool and Surinam, detailing quantities of bbls boxes crates and cattle.

Haytian Haytian Republic Liverpool Brig Swiftsure Annapolis Weymouth Port Gilbert Sci Gazelle ST John Prussian General Susie Prescott Port Hawkesbury Glasgow Scot Steamer Prussian Eng Surinam Nellis Celeman

Freight Goods Totals by Multiple Rail Companies Marketed

A historic list documents freight tonnage for the Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern Division, Iseston & Maine Western Division, Boston & Lowell, and other lines. The entry itemizes bales, bushels, barrels, sacks, boxes, and various commodities including cotton wool flour corn meal and meat products with numerous counts and mixed units. The fragmentary data hints at substantial intercity trade and rail logistics in 19th century New England.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Ballecon Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Iseston & Maine Railroad Boston & Lowell Railroad

Train Timetable Fragments From North Arrival Notes

Schedule page lists dozens of train times and connections with many stations named. Lucius Tuttes, Gen. Passg'r Agent, notes arrival from North and urges passengers to obtain full local and plainable information at stations.

Mercia Lexington Togo SUN EAM Tington Lucius Tuttes Pass

Trade Goods Inventory Log Quietly Stated

The fragment lists quantities of staples and commodities with unit measures such as sacks, cases, and bales. Items include flour corn meal barley butter bacon beans apples potatoes and hides, with mixed container counts and transport methods by express sea and other routes.

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Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk and Surrounding Towns

A Suffolk County real estate transfer list shows numerous property trades on multiple streets including Webster place Fleet street Marion street and Gurney street with prices ranging from 1 to 3800 dollars. Nearby Brookline Brighton East Boston Charlestown Chelsea Revere Neponset and Roslindale entries note deeds mortgages and transfers between individuals and banks with dates in November.

Mortgage Transfers on Various Streets in November

A series of property transfers dated November 17 and 18 involve mortgages on land and buildings. Transactions include East Third Street Jamaica Plain Florence Avenue Washington Avenue Jamaica Street Ocean Avenue West Roxbury Fairview Street with amounts ranging from 400 to 1500 and 8000. Signatories include Joseph Benson Charles H Putnam William S Henry John Patten James Hearn Hanneh M Prince.

Joseph Benson William Eaton East Third Street Charles H. Putnam Joshua Benshimol Florence Avenue William S. Henry Franklin Kine Washington Avenue John Patten Philip Sowden Jamaica Street Jamica Plain James Hearn Charles Main Ocean Avenue Revere Hanneh M. Prince Isaac Tucker Fairview Street West Roxbury

Mortuary and transit figures in Baldwinville rail crossing notice

A dated public notice from John Adams General Superintendent and J Rn. Watson General Passenger Agent details Sunday and midweek service days, Sunday operation, and a Baldwinville rail crossing east of Ware River, with stop patterns and ticketing notes amid a damaged OCR.

Amy Leak SOO Union Suave BISO Baldwin- Ville Stony Ware River RR John Adams J. Rn. Watson Ger

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Extract

A dated timetable from the Boston and Lowell Railroad lists station contacts at Boston Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street. It details local, northern, and Montreal connecting services with departure times including 8.30 am 1 pm and 7 pm, plus Pullman and parlor cars to Montreal and connections to Central Vermont and Passumpsic RR.

Vermont Pallman Carson Day Nicht Plains Ofton Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Central Vermont Rh. KR Washington Street fSoston Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Old State Horse Pilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Moontpeter Eissex Murington St. Albans Montreal Blymouth Warren Hiaverhill Woodsville Newport St. Votnabury Sherbrooke Vie Central Vermont Krar Vie Passmunpsie RR

Train Timetables and Fares From Distant Stations

A fragmentary timetable lists train departures and arrivals with multiple stations and times including AM and PM windows, expressing routes and connections. It catalogues stations such as Sudbury Belmont Waltham and Putt le, noting general schedules and indicated officials.

Train schedule details for Boston Providence routes and stops

The notice outlines Monday October 6 timetable changes for trains between Boston Providence and New York, including Shore Line and Steamboat lines. It lists departure and return times, special Sunday adjustments, and connections with Mansfield and local stops, noting delays and specific service patterns.

Cpt Boston Shore Line Shore Lne Mail Stonington iReturn Providence Testura Dodgeville Se Me Attiepora Ilemm North Attic East Foxboro Sharen Eturn Antone Iyde Marenoon FF Sa Tithe Ale Ae Oy Vet & Rail Beas Betwee Mt. Hope Marran Asrastel New York Mansfield

Baileroads Old Colony Trains to New York Fall River Line

Schedule details list weekday departures from Boston to New York and returns via Fall River Line with numerous intermediate stops including Ashmont Hyannis Par mouth Sandwich Brantree Cohasset Hingham Cape Cod Provincetown Woods Hole and Weymouth. Timetables cover weekdays Tuesdays and Fridays and specify connections and pickup times. credited to J. R. Kendrick General Manager.

New York Aia River Line Boston Oled Olon New Station Sunsua Fall River Pilgrim Bieseol Apnex Cneet Brooklyn Jery City Washington and State Streets Old Colony J. R Krendre Palmer Agoint Old State House Ashmont Thre Stable Hyannis Bparmouth Sandwich Tao AM Brantree Gabby Os tOioe Euthet Ugh Ee Breindgew. Ter Ng Caeereo Os EL Bo Wareham Cohasset Tringham Los Patseinen City New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington East Bealion West Quacy West Quincey East Milton East Weymouth Weymouth Pa Hall Taunton iLarrison Square Bost Gol ORB Eee Marshveld Rilatin Pan and Rulton Middlebore Nantucket Woods Hol Woods Holl Renee OS Pe Rew Bedford North Easton Stoughton Randolph Randwolph North Easton Stoughton Foose Fk Na Plymouth Shish AN Ow Goo Quincy Settuate North Setuate South Puxbury Tian An Bou Ah Ely Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth Wollaston Breichts Oitos Tk Oy Coe Wood’s Hall Eiingham Newport South Braintree J. R. Kendrick

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