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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1888

Page

6

Money Market Report Sees Slightly Easier Funds

Tuesday evening market notes a modest surplus of loanable funds at the Glearing house with rates steady at 4 percent for interbank loans. General market time loans run 4 to 6 percent, with call loans 4 to 5.5 percent. Exchange figures, bond activity, and multiple stock movements across Atchison, Chicago ways, and Boston concerns are reported, alongside railroad news and earnings for October.

Bostox Glearing House New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Sight Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah Secretary of the Treasury Reichsmarks Missouri Pacific Atchison Boston Boston Stock Exchange W. 5 Lawson Goddard Miles

Grand Bankers Note List of Stocks and Bonds in Boston Market

A dense listing of diverse securities includes Boston and regional railroad stocks such as Central Car Co, Boston & Lowell RR, Worcester, Nashua and Rochester RR, and Atchison Santa Fe issues. zahlreiche bank and manufacturing shares appear alongside refiners, mills, and insurance scrip, with values and par data sprinkled throughout for investors.

Shawmnuth. Er Howard N. Dk Ocean N Newburyport Granite State N. Be Exeter N. H Hopkinton N. Bk N. Bk Eagle Tik Atlantic Cotton Mills Apple On Co Chicopee Mig. Co Wheffeld Raitan Co New Shares Bank of Minot Dakota Reversie Dollar Co New England NS. Bk Showalter Mortgage Co Wichita & Western RR China Mutual Ins Scrip Favitic Mills Desha Lumber and Planting Co Stafford Mills Satfola N. Bk Do Tremont N. Bk W. L Boston & Lowell RR Nashua Mfg. Co Maine Ga Wedneday McKay & Big H. M. Asso Eliot + reins, Co Louiston Mut Ins Jiout L xehuiKe Dat. Bank O RR Spn Ao Exsern RR N. A Essex Co Baifolk Nat. Bk Metropolitan Nat Continental Mills Bates Mig. Co Worcester Nashua

Lamarack Directors Declare Dividend for 1888 Stockholders

The Lamarack directors have declared a dividend of 5 dollars per share payable January 1, 1889 to stockholders of record December 20, 1888. Stark Mills Co pays 40 dollars per share. The Five Cents Savings Bank Fall River offers semi annual 2 percent. The Delaware Hudson Canal Company quarterly 1 percent.

Bends Atchison Chicago, Kansas & Western Southern Kansas Texas Division Wisconsin Central New York & New England Oregon Short Line Consolidated Vermont San Diego Boston Frenchman’s Bay West End Brookline Sullivan Harbor Penobscot Bay Lamson Bell Telephone Erie Continental Telephone Company Calumet & Hecla Osceola Franklin Allouez Tamarack Tamarack Mining Company Tolay Treasury Boston & Montana Lloyd Tunnel Stark Mills Company Five Cents Savings Bank Fall River Delaware ( Hudson Canal Company

Wall Street Sees Mixed Trading With Missouri Pacific Pressure

New York December 4 Money on call easy at 2 4 percent last loan 3 closing 2 percent. Sterling exchange quiet around 4 84 4 88. Government bonds dull, rail bonds heavy. Stocks early weak led by Missouri Pacific then recovered but closing irregular. Several rail and regional issues listed with notable moves including St Paul 102, various bonds and certificates in narrow ranges.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Missouri Pacific St. Paul Western Union Union Pacific New England Erentiins Hocking Valley Ohio, Indiana & Western New Orleans & Mobile Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Kansas &Texas Peoria Decatur & Evansville Richmond & Danville South Carolina Green Bay Central Iowa Ontario & Western

New York Stock Sales Report Dec 4

New York stock sales total 285,220 shares. The list shows shares sold with opening, high, low and closing prices for today and the prior closing.

New York

London Market Summary Confirms Mixed Bank and Rail Rates

London notes Consols at 96 1/16 for money 96 3/4 for account. Canadian Pacific 53 42, Erie 26 1/2, Erie seconds 99 1/2, Illinois Central 116 3/4, St Paul common 63, New York Central 110, Pennsylvania 64 1/4, Mexican Central firsts 67 3/4. Open market discount for short bills 4 4/5. Paris 3 per cent rentes at 83 francs 6 centimes. Bank of England bullion balance today 6009 pounds.

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Aged Couple's Home Fair At Horticultural Hall

The Home for Aged Couples fair at Horticultural Hall progresses with Grace A Kellogg from New England Conservatory giving piano selections and Mrs J K Kellogg singing. Donations include an $80 Burr bed from Mrs Addison Boyden. Tonight's program is strong. Saturday features an antiquarian supper.

Horticultural Hall Grace A. Kellogg New England Conservatory of Music J. K. Kellogg

Army assigns officers to torpedo training and special duties

Washington reports caps and lieutenants granted leave extensions and reassigned. Captain John S Bishop of the Thirteenth Infantry receives two months leave. Lt Col Melville A Cochran gets four months. Several lieutenants are ordered to torpedo instruction at Willets Point New York. Brig Gen A W Greely is to attend the American Forestry Congress in Atlanta. Major Eugene B Beaumont and Major Edward Moale receive special duty posts in Texas and Arizona. First Lt Frank S Rice is sent home after being found incapacitated for active service.

Washington John S. Bishop Thirteenth Infantry Melville A. Cochran Fifth Infantry J. T. Kerr Seventeenth Infantry C. B. Hardin Eighteenth Infantry BE. F. Laggard Sixth Infantry J. W. Moore W. S. Biddle, Jr L. F Edward Moale First Infantry Department of Arizona Frank 5. Rice First Artillery Army Adjutant General of the Army

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Across the Nation

Augusta Georgia J B White & Co Ad Jaitumnore Ma L Frank of Frank & Adie Cincinnati OH H Simpkinson J & A Simpkinson Co Karleston WV W Jelenko Jelenko Loeb Chicago IL E M Phelps Phelps Dodge Palmer Chicago IL C W Marks Craw Cleveland OH L B Childs Childs Groff Co Tex A Blumet L Blum Pa Denver CO Vlousky Butler lists Papuque IA RK Amsden Large & Amsden Kansas City MO H Patterson Patterson Thomas E Co Lafayett Indiana D Murphy Murphy Comstock Leavenworth Kan L A Knox Catlin R Knox Louisville KY C A Warren Warren Co Milwaukee WI G H Atwell Lattsburg NY C McLougan EG Moore Co Philadelphia PA W M Paul Paul Bros Reedville Penn J T Monroe Monros Bros Co Cal Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Cal P Rehfisch Osterman Rehfisch Co Cal L Slessinger Porter Slessinger Co Cabn Nickelsburg Cal M I Cabn Cabn Nickelsburg San Francisco Cal R Jacobs Davis Haber Co St Joseph MO A T Smith Smith Frazer B Ss Co Ven Ethauls MO A D Brown Hamilton Brown Shoe SyrAcnpe NY E B Salmon Dunn Salmon Co Waco J A Solomon Lessing Solomon Rosenthal Pa Wheeling WV G W Boyd Boyd Co Wheeling Amick J W Amick Co Wilmington NC S Bear Jr Pa

Augusta J White J B White & Co Jaitumnore L Frank Frank & Adie Cincinnati H Simpkinson Simpkinson & Co Adre Karleston Jelenko Jelenko & Loeb Chicago E M Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Leavenworth Kan A Knox Catlin & R Knox Louisville A Warren Warren & Co Milwanee Wis H Atwell Vlattsburg

Market Report Highlights Mixed Agricultural Goods Activity

Commercial matters show quiet to steady movement across commodities. Several items such as beans, potatoes, butter, cheese, sugars, and meats display steady or strong demand or prices, while corn, eggs, oats, malt, hops, and veals run dull or slow. Notable signals include rye and tallow in demand and pork and oranges showing strength.

Wheat and grain futures slip into nervous rally in Chicago

Chicago reports a weak Monday close followed by a sharp rally as wheat climbs on a San Francisco load for Australia. Bulls and bears bid the market higher with May at 1 1d and close near the top. Corn and oats rise modestly on wheat strength and rail shipment fears.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co San Francisco Australia Uga Petia -Cyce Serene Lee Ewes Ieee New York St Louis

Lumber Market Holds Steady Amid Varied Regional Demand

The lumber market shows quiet demand with steady prices in most regions. Northern and Eastern markets slow as many spruce mills shut for winter. Western supply remains ample and slow to move. hardwoods and cypress hold moderate demand. Prices for specific items like Hemlock boards, shingles, and Western pine vary by grade and stock levels across districts.

Pennsylvania

Timber pricing catalog of eastern and southern pine and spruce

A detailed list of lumber prices and terms for Eastern Pine Coarse and Southern Pine products. Includes bundles such as No 2 strips, No 3 refuse, pine flooring and stud boards, heart flooring, and spruce boards with varying lengths, finishes, cargo terms, and yard selections. Prices range from about 8 to 435 dollars depending on size, grade, and cargo.

Vermont

Wool Market London brisk at December wool sale

London December wool sales show vigorous bidding across all grades. Heavy supply in Cave of Good Hove and Natal depresses United States intake while Victoria New South Wales Queensland and Cape sectors posted varied prices for scoured greasy and locks and pieces. Demand remains strong for superior grades despite overall higher withdrawal.

London Dee Cave of Hove Natal United States Victoria New South Wales Queensland Austalia Swan River New Zealand Cape of Good Mre River Plate Damaica

Flour Prices and Grain Market Report From State Street

John E. Welsh Flour firm cites carload grain prices with steady domestic flour quotes. Reports show a quiet market, various wheat grades from New York to Milwaukee, and mixed results for corn and oats across Chicago and other hubs. Prices reflect shipments, exports, and trackers for winter and spring strains with freight expectations.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada New York City Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Minneapolis Northern Nod Orthern Noi Northern Noa Northern Duluth Toledo Baltimore Philadelphia Detroit C. Peoria

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