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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1884

Page

3

Money market steady as bank loanable funds rise

The money market remains steady with growing demand for accommodations at banks. Rates for mercantile paper range from 4 to 5 percent, miscellaneous 6 to 7 percent, and corporation 4 to 4.5 percent, while call loans secured run 3 to 4 percent. Banks quote a 5 percent general rate. note brokers report 5, 5. and 6 percent. country banks hold firm Boston rates with ample business and day balances near 2 percent. New York funds trade 25 to 30 and 33 cents premium on 1060. Clearing house exchanges total 11,197,634 with balances 1,413,897. Stock market active and strong overall, Atchison softens in afternoon trading.

Mercantile Boston New York Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Atlantic and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Wall Street News United States Michigan Central Wisconsin Central Filini Pete Marquette Marquette Houghton Ontonagen Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Lowell Maine Eastern Maine Central New Briand Clark Hart Blake Little Rock Fort Smith Oregon West Michigan American Bell Telephone New England J. N. Keller Calumet Hecla Quincy Hurtington Ore Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Huntington Portland Vre Union Pacific Railway Pacific Coast Omaha Granger W. T Idaho Montana Washington Pullman Palace Umatilla Junction Prime Mercantile Stock Exchange Grangers Lackawanna Jersey Central Bears St. Paul New York Central Lake Shore Western Union Manhattan Chesapeake and Ohio Fort Worth Hannibal and St. Joe Kansas Pacific Lehigh and Wilkesberre Iron Mountain General Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Central Pacific Harlem Louisville New Albany Lawson, Douglas & Co Gould Northwestern Philadelphia Baltimore and Ohio West Shore Northern Pacific The New York Commercial Bulletin St. Louis Michigan Minnesota Detroit Milwaukee Igze St Louis Toledo Western Norbright Canada Cincinnati Western Steam City Steam Continent South America Union Texas Silight Wade Porto Rico Barbadoes New Orleans Malaga Messina Palermo Valencia Jamaica Baracoa Carthagenas Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline McBride Fisher No Fisher No. 6 Pittsburg Bald Ridge Liverpool Uplands Orleans Manchester the Guardian

Flour and Grain Market Digest Summary

Local and telegraphic digest presents market notes on flour and grain. Readers learn price movements, stock levels, and trading activity among mills and merchants, with attention to supply shifts and regional demand signals.

London Markets Mixed As Bonds, Wheat And Wheat Prices Report

London financial bulletin lists US bonds advancing with several rails and utilities showing varied yields while cargoes from Atlantic routes display steady to firm demand for wheat and corn. Liverpool and Paris markets note firm wheat and dearer English country markets with cold, boisterous weather and steady breadstuffs. Receipts show high American imports, with pork and lard prices detailed in old London fashion.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool Paris England California

Rock Island Treasurer Reports Six Month Earnings and Dividends

Treasurer Tews of Rock Island says six months of the fiscal year ended Sept 39 earned 4 percent on stock while 3 percent was distributed to stockholders. He notes the year’s business is below last year but dividends are covered and hopes for improving crop movement next year. Rumors of a Nashua to Concord charter are denied. Updated railroad earnings from Omaha Southern Pacific Central Iowa and others are listed. Broadway Surface railroad gets permission despite Mayor Edson’s veto.

Tews Rock Island Rock Island Road Boston and Lowell Railroad Company Nashua Concord Boston and Lowell The Concord Railroad Rochester Sunday Herald William M. Ashley Maine Avenue Washington Michigan Warner Cleveland Bayard Thurman Bragg McClellan

Heavy London insolvency hits eastern trade and banks

London notices report the failure of D Nicolapolo & Sons at No 7 Great St Helen’s London with links to Marseilles and Roumania. It says eastern trade shrinks due to China Egypt and India troubles and warns of a coming European crash. It lists numerous U S and Canadian failures and a Rayner Seagraves Co bank assignment with large real estate holdings.

Europe R. G. Dun & Co United States Canada James T. Fitzgerald John F. Farrington Jamesb. Stetson Thomas A. McDonald Albert Manning James &. Murphy Charles C. Reed George W. Elliott Harry E. Moran Alice . Skelton Charles J. Page A. C. Swan South Hingham Boston John and William Wilson Simcoe Ont John F. Dearborn Bryant’s Pond C. F. Larrabee Portsmouth N. H Tolles & Co Nashua John H. Quimby Littleton J. A. Russell & Co D. A. Page Boots and Shoes Dover N. J W. R. Whitney, Grocer Milford N.H Joseph Atwater Sawyer and Turner Providence George T. Kilner M. Hirsch R.I Elias & Crown R. C Barker & Kellogg Hartford Conn John Carroll Middletown Fitzgerald & Nissan New London Turner & Metcalf Eldorado Tex A. S. Nordhinger Uniontown Ala Backer & Stern, Millers Millstadt St. Clair County Rayner, Seagraves & Co

Court records and cases in U S circuit court

December 5 session before Judge Clark includes assignee Henry L. Mitchell suit against Joseph Ham over transfers to defrauded bankrupt Charles E. Lennan and recovery of bay bricks and money. Also Forbes Lithograph Mfg Co v Worthington seeks $108143 back for alleged improper duties on iron show cards. hearings ongoing. George H. Dyer and Andrew Hanson sentenced to eight and ten months for pension fraud conspiracy.

Henry L. Mitchell Joseph Ham Charles E. Lennan Bangor Robert D. Smith N. Morse L. B. Whitney Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company Roland Worthington Bowman Geo. P. Sanger United States George H. Dyer Andrew Hanson Lawrence

Court Assesses Damages in Arthur C Wade Collision Case

In the U S District Court Judge Nelson heard a libel by Arthur C Wade owners against a steamer for sinking the barkentine after a September collision. An assessor valued vessel and cargo at 29253.95 dollars. the steamer liable. The Standard Sugar Refinery liable for general average on wreck material saved, with loss adjusted as if recovered from sea. Interlocutory decree for libellants.

City of Columbus Barkentine Arthur C. Wade John Swan Standard Sugar Refinery Nelson Mary Gibbs John C. Dodge & Sons C, T&t, Hi, Russell

Wenett v. City of Boston Damages for Lost Horse

No. 1463 David Wenett sues the City of Boston in tort for damages over a horse killed after slipping on vitriol spilled on a ferry driveway. He alleges city negligence for allowing vitriol on the Daniel Webster ferry. Jury out. Attorneys E. B. Hale for plaintiff and R. W. Nason for defendant.

David Wenett Boston Daniel Webster E. B. Hale R. W. Nason

Democratic follification at Fryeburg report

Mr H W Ripley sends the Post a detailed Fryeburg democratic follification account from December 5 in Oxford county Maine. A closing note recalls Maj Hastings leading a charge and calling for three cheers for Blaine and Logan at Mr N G Spring's residence, praised for his illumination.

H. W. Ripley Fryeburg Oxford County Maj. Hastings N. G. Spring Spring

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