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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1887
Page
7
The report shows steady or unchanged prices across butter cheese eggs poultry and beans with steady hay oats and seeds. Butter quotes include Western creamery and New York options while eggs range from fresh to held and poultry asks vary by region.
In Chicago butter and cheese prices are unchanged while receipts shrink. Northwest factories close amid supply decline. Eggs rise to 22e for fresh lots. Liverpool shows dull demand with butter and cheese at old prices. Cheese at 59s. New York markets stay firm for butter with steady cheese and eggs. Beans steady with marrow at $250 and peas at $230.
Harris & Co reports today’s auction results for fruits and nuts. Almeria grapes sold at 150 dollars per 3800 bbl, Valencia and Florida oranges priced per case and box, apples receipts shrinking but stock large with steady demand, cranberries firm, dried apples quiet, peanuts unchanged, chestnuts quiet, hickory nuts steady. Apples list prices by variety, cranberries by Cape Cod and country grades, bananas from Aspinwall Port Limon and Jamaica, oranges and lemons including Palermo and Florida varieties, nuts including peanuts walnuts almonds filberts pecans chestnuts and shellbarks with multiple price points.
The notice lists prices for onions maltas cabbages beets squash Hubbard carrots lettuce parsnips turnips celery cauliflower pumpkins spinach and more with prices per basket bush box or barrel ranging from 40 cents to $5 in a Western market context. It notes prices remain about the same as last quoted in the market tracking.
The market lists pork and lard cuts with prices from 14 75 to 18 75 per unit, beef items including plate and mess at 7 50 to 9 00, and hog and sheep products. Fresh meats cover lambs and mutton with Chicago, Eastern, and Brigh ton sources, noting quality ranges from good to poor.
The New York market shows middling uplands at 1L0054c and several grades steady. Liverpool futures opened and closed steady across multiple month pairs while the spot market firmed for mid uplands and Orleans. Last year’s same day price was 50gd Middling uplands with 10,000 bales sold and 11,000 bales receipts noted.
The report lists wholesale sugar prices for various grades and brands with a note of trading activity. It also covers molasses prices from Ponce Porto Rico and others, then provides a detailed, fluctuating cotton market summary from Alien Asher & Co with port receipts, stocks, exports, and closing quotations for several months and futures.
Cotton Futures bought and sold in New York on margin. Private wire to New York for exclusive use of customers and all facilities for transacting the business expeditiously and confidentially. Charges reasonable and will compare favorably with any reliable house in the city. We invite the public to call for quotations and general information.
Reports from New York Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis show flour receipts firm and prices varied by grade with Western and State flour strong for home use. Wheat futures rose in Chicago while oats corn and rye move in mixed directions as port and inland activity continue.
Kansas City reports firm hogs with receipts around 12 000 to 18 000 and shipments. Peoria notes firmer hogs with sales near 4 7 60. Chicago soils show mixed cattle and hogs markets with varied prices. steers and feeders steady to higher, hogs active, lambs and sheep moving across categories.
Cotton markets report includes Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile and Memphis with net receipts gross sales and stocks. Augusta net receipts 1362 gross 1862 sales 1061 stock 1872. Galveston net receipts 4048 gross sales 4683 stock 120 488. New Orleans receipts 11070 exports to Great Britain 4769 to France ACBT coastwise 951 sales 3000 stock 315ASS. Mobile receipts 809 gross 864 exports to Great Britain 2726 coastwise 515 sales 300 stock 30200. Memphis receipts 8028 gross 8137 ship- continues.
Net receipts across leading ports show varied activity with Savannah Charleston Wilmington and Norfolk reporting steady to quiet tones. The week yields export totals to Great Britain France and the continent alongside rising stock levels at all United States ports.
Beerbohm reports cargoes firm for wheat and corn with English prices steady and American wheat wavering. Paris and London trade show firmer wheat, corn, and flour. Liverpool receipts and prices listed for breadstuffs, pork, bacon, cheese, tallow, and lard with mixed shifts and higher lard.
London reports heavy turnout and keen competition at wool sales with New South Wales Queensland Victoria New Zealand South Australia Cape of Good Hope and Natal offerings. Prices held firm with upward tendency while Havre and Bordeaux activities show declines in prices compared with September and prior quotations.
A detailed list of imports arriving December 2 1887 at Bear River Nova Scotia aboard multiple vessels and consignors. Entries include wood apples potatoes turnips eggs butter codfish sperm oil wine baskets baskets wine tea wine oilman stores wool paper waste zinc oxide oil goods toys jute cloth ships iron and many other goods with numerous firms such as Delong Seaman Fayal Wing Smith Maccod Osborn Adams Bark etc. The document names buyers sellers and quantities across steamers schooners and ships including Milanese Riseover and various consignors.
A detailed cargo list from exports on December 2, 1887 includes the schooner John Halifax with four-25 barrel meal at Barrington. steamer Kansas clearing Nov 28 with 8171 bales cotton and numerous goods for Liverpool. steamer Scandinavian with flour and leather goods for Glasgow. steamer Stockholm City with leather, paper, appliances, canned goods, oils, and farm products for London. schooner Kolan at Meteghan with 250 pbbis flour and a long inventory of provisions and merchandise across multiple ports.
Boston and Albany Railroad ledger lists staple products and receipts dated December 2 1887. Entries show cotton bales and other goods totaling counts 78 and 32 respectively.
A long OCR fragment catalogs diverse railroad freight items and local schedules across Boston lines including Boston & Providence, New York & Newce, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine with details on bales, barrels, oats, flour, cotton, and numerous car and bbl counts. It lists local time tables, through tickets, and train connections from Boston to Springfield Albany Worcester and beyond, with nods to Sunday and daily services and key offices at 282 Washington Street Boston.
G. W. Simmons & Co. at 32 North Street advertise a unique horse blanket that straps under the belle to prevent it being blown off when left in the street. They promise a great Ulster Day with their selection.
An excerpt lists through trains and station times for the Boston and Maine network dated October 23, 1987. It details routes from Augusta Haymarket to Portland steamship connections, with inland stops including Lewiston Manchester North Haymarket St John and Calais, plus Maine Central and Western lines serving various stations.
A dated timetable fragment lists trains serving Boston area lines with departures to Rochester Farmington Andover and Dover plus Sunday trains to Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford and more. It shows multiple times across stations like Boston Station flagmarket Square and Wilmington with Workingmen's train references and Georgetown via routes.
A dense OCR list outlines Monday May 30 1987 train timetables with numerous departures and returns to New York Providence Attleboro Sharon Canton Readville and other stations. The fragment notes varying times, limited exempted days, and late evening connections.
Fall River Line offers $3.00 first class limited with reduced rates to all other points. Express train to a 75 minute steamer connection at Fall River. Boston departures 6 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m. Sundays from Old Colony Station. Arrive New York about 7:80 a.m. with Brooklyn and Jersey City connections. Pilgrim and Bristol steamers with steam heat and on board orchestra. Returning daily from New York at 4:80 p.m. Baggage transferred to destination. Tickets and staterooms at No 3 Old State House and Old Colony Station. TH PALMER agent J R Kendrick GM.
Eastern Division timetable lists departure times from Boston and branches to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Manchester Plymouth North Conway Newburyport Rockport Lynn and more. Includes Saugus Branch and South Reading Branch service. notes Workingman's train on Thursdays and Saturdays. city offices at 306 Washington Street. Pullman cars on Portland Bangor trains.
Boston to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth and more listed with departure times from Boston and Whittier Street station routes to St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Montreal via White River Junction. Local service includes Nashua Concord and Manchester areas with numerous times and connections. Information via GEO. W. Store General Passenger Agent.
Central Massachusetts Railroad schedules show trains from Mexa Pec on October 10 1887 serving Ware Harre and utland West Boyl ston Pakdaie and fortOM with various departure times such as 7 am 3 Cs 40 pm and 6 pm 9 10 am 12 05 to Weston and Elmont with through connections to GEO W. eee Gen Pass'g r Agt C MFLLEN Gen.
Detailed timetable for Nov 28 1887 listing train departures from Boston to Fall River via the New Fall River Line and other routes. Includes numerous intermediate stops such as Hyannis Weymouth Scituate Duxbury Plymouth Taunton New Bedford Brockton and more with return times and notes on via routes and boat connections.
An 1887 railroad and legal notice piece touts the Boston to Chicago Pullman service via Lowell and Fitchburg with dining rooms and modern trains. It also lists schedules from Boston to Manchester Concord and Boston departures, plus a divorce petition filed by George Dayal against Melvena A. Davis with Boston Chelsea links.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Clerk’s Office orders libellant Melvena A. Tiavie to appear in Boston Suffolk County by the first Monday of February, with a certified copy of the libel and order. The respondent must show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. Attest: Jos. A. Willard, Clerk.
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