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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1883

Page

3

Money Market Report From Tuesday Evening

The money market stays quiet and steady with banks discounting at 5 to 6 percent and call loans secured at 3 to 8 percent. Note brokers trade outside banks at 4.5 to 5 percent while country banks seek 4 to 6 percent for local paper. New York funds carry small premiums and clearing house exchanges total 12,498,997 with balances of 1,203,843.

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Wall Street closes weak after tripartite rail pact news

New York reports heavy selling as Union Pacific leads the decline while the tripartite agreement among Rock Island Union Pacific and St Paul roads is seen by bears as a rail war. Prices drift lower with Oregon Transcontinental and several others retreat, market breadth weak and closing soft.

New York Prime Mercantile Cteck Union Pacific Rock Island St. Paul Bears Iowa Kth Granger Iowa Roads Oregon Navigation Oregon Transportation Omaha Quincey Northwest Northern Pacific Lake Shore Michigan Canada Southern Canadian Pacific Union Pacffc Villards Oregon Vuxcanage Chosing Bide

Pork and lard market trends and prices in overview

The report outlines rising pork and lard prices with various quotations for Boston and western markets. It lists ranges for fresh meats including beef, veals, lamb, and poultry, plus prices for fats, tallow, and miscellaneous items like tropical fruits, peanuts, sugars, and molasses, noting overall steady demand and modest activity in some categories.

Florida Palermo Malaga Barbadoes P. R

Tradeable Goods Inventory Fragment

A compact fragment lists assorted commodities with quantities including boxes bacon half chests tea pame bb bas coffee sugar molasses butter cheese bags peans apples pota toes rolls bols bales casts leather bols hy bales skins pelts. The text shows varied units and numbers, indicating a miscellaneous shop or warehouse inventory.

Principal staples receipts at Seink Beeloe port

A partial table lists total receipts of key staples for Seink Beeloe port, comparing 1882 figures to the prior year. Items include flour, oats, corn, wheat, butter, cheese, pork, beef, lard, hides, skins, sugar, molasses, and lumber with various unit measures and year-over-year amounts.

C&tg Caxess Ward, Paalls Saxe Reis

Cattle Market Report From Watertown Union Trade Data

This Watertown Union live stock report for December 1, reported by George J. Fox for the Boston Post, details weekly cattle, steer, sheep and hog numbers by market, notes state-by-state totals, car counts by railroad, and price ranges for beef, store cattle, swine, sheep, lambs, calves, hides, and tallow. It lists regional origins and totals, with Western hogs included in the Brighton market.

Cattie Gar Ag Maine Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island New York C.s Canada Boston Alleaby Fitchburg Sta. Kasten New England Providence Old Colony N. B Boston and Albany Brighton

Call Board Report Mixed Trades and Market Slumps

First car sale notes 21 cars with 18 No 2 white cars at 44c, January delivery. February delivery No 2 at 44%. Later lines show 18 No 2 white cars turned gold, December delivery 484c, January 44c, and multiple 44% bids. Grain inspection lists corn majority with some wheat and oats. Cotton quiet. futures opened steady, closed below yesterday. Liverpool cheese 61s cwt. Illinois cheese 74, butter 37 38c. St Albans butter firm, winter dull 20 25c, shipments 400 tabs. Mercantile report: butter dull and lower, creamery 42 43c, western dairy 32 39c, cheese firm, eggs flat. Wheat down, corn and oats down. Pork futures: December $13.75, February $14.75, May $15.20. Lard: December $8.824, February $9.12, May $9.474. Union Stockyard notes receipts 35,090. stock and grain in Chicago inventories. Petroleum certificates opened bid 116, closed 144. General market steady to quiet with uneven futures.

Paslorius Florida Haddeck Suetts Ib I. L Vermont New York Saiéa Minnesota O. B Inter aGrigc Heepsteady Sarea Tierces City South America Westerl Elgin Creamery Liverpool Chicago Sarge Fred Winter Coln ST. Louis Woiskey Milwaukee Sdec New Yorks St. Albans Mercantile Exchange Western Ice House Southern Canada

London and Liverpool Market Notes Dec 11 19th Century

London reports steady prices for wheat and corn with firm cargoes and moderate demand for North American grains. Liverpool sections show mixed wheat and corn activity, steady flour prices, and quiet breadstuffs as weather remains fine. Cotten, uplands, Orleans prices and futures quoted. Havana notes sugar activity quiet with tobacco crop prospects poor due to drought and pest infestation.

Havana Vuelta Abajo

New England Stockholders at New York and New England meeting

At the annual New York and New England railroad meeting held in the Meionaon, the Rockville Connecticut lease was approved unanimously. Directors elected include Clark Nickerson Higginson Francklyn Haven Hart and Roberts among others. Wilson received thanks for four years of service as earnings for November showed gains.

New England New York and New England Railroad Company Meionaon Rockville Railroad Company Connecticut Wilson George B. Roberts Philadelphia George W. Rogers St. Louis Fra L. Higginson Higginson General Wilson New York New Haven Hartford Erie Wm. T. Hart Isis H. Venner New Haven and Erie Road Boston Albany Messrs. Rice Young Smith Venner Stone Charlies G. Franchino Gen. Wilson Jonas H. French Charles P. Clark Newton Mass William T. Hart Eustace C. Fitz Thomas Nickerson William F. Sayles Pawtucket R. I Jesse Metcalf Providence Frederick J. Kingsbury Waterbury Jay Gould N. Y Cyrus W. Field George C. Haven Charles G. Francklyn William Seward Webb Hugh Jd. Jewett N.Y Messrs. &. L. Higginson H. C. Robinson Tremont Messrs Clark Nickerson J. L. Higginson Robinson Francklyn Aven Messrs. Cannon H. L. Higginson Grant Barrows Franklin Maine Central Maine Central Railroad Maine Jesus Port Imnd Vanceboro Augusta Cumberland Junction Waterville Brunswick Bath Eastern Maine Railway Bhloon Cnts tYatrons New York, New Haven Conn Watrous New York, New Haven and Hartford Consolidated Road Ile Boston, Winthrop and Point Shirley Broad Sound Pier Boston and Winthrop George S. W. Hale New Hampshire John H. Butterick Lowell Clarence A. Parks Alpheus I. Blake Frances French Keene

Entry to recover possession over a narrow land strip case

Judge Rockwell presides in case No 1816 Ellen Smith versus Bridget Carneddy. The action seeks possession of a two feet seven inch wide land strip from C Street to Fourth Street near Silver Street Court, claiming the estate was set off with a mistaken measurement. Pro forma verdict for the demandant. Attorneys G Holt and J E Galvin represent the demandant. J A Maxwell represents the tenant.

Rockwell Ellen Smith Bridget Carneddy C Street Fourth Street Silver Street Court Demandant G. Holt J. E. Galvin J. A. Maxwell

United States land value dispute in Fall River

A petition seeks a jury verdict on the value of land in Fall River seized for government use. Pocasset Manufacturing Co. owned the lot. The case spans several days with a jury out. Attorneys for the government are Gee P. Sanger and J M Morton. for defendants FE R Hoar and M Reed. Marcus P Norton Jr et al versus the city of Boston concerns a patent infringement claim over a steam fire engine relief pressure device. The plaintiffs allege the city has used the patent for 17 years. defendants contest novelty and show a 27 year old Philadelphia engine with the improvement. Related cases have verdicts for plaintiffs in New York and for defendants in Power, NH. The suits are numerous nationwide involving large sums. Case opened with Theo W Clarke and J L Caverly for plaintiffs and A J Bailey and J B Hagar for defendants.

United States Fall River Fal River Pocasset Manufacturing Company Gee. P. Sanger J. M. Morton FE. R. Hoar M. Reed Marcus P. Norton,Jr City. of Boston Norton Mason Street Philadelphia New York New Hampshire Theo. W. Clarke J. L. Caverly N. H A.J. Bailey J. B. Hagar

Marriages in Boston and Somerville by Rev Ward Pratt and Foy

In Boston and Somerville on December 8, marriages were performed by Rev Julius H Ward and Rev JF Dore. The couples were Joseph S Sriscoe and Annie I Buckley of Boston, J Fred Vanderhoof and Elizabeth Pratt of Boston, and Milton C Smith and Ada Foy of Somerville.

Briscor—Buckley Boston Julius H Ward Joseph S Sriscoe Annie I. Buckley van Derdoof—Pratt JF Dore J. Fred Vanderhoof Elizabeth Pratt Smith—Foy Somerville George W Durell Milton C Smith Ada Foy

Obituary notices from Boston area December births and deaths

A compilation of obituaries and death notices from various Massachusetts locales dated December. Entries include Joseph Seaward 81, Sarah D Brown 72, Emma Adams _ and others. individuals named Seaward Brown Adams Rumell Learned Whiting Averill Collins Sargeant Allen Sherman Fisk Stone Lovell among ages from 2 years to 87 years with towns Boston Cambridge Arlington Westborough Dedham New Bedford Revere Centreville and Newton Highlands.

Seaward Boston Joseph Seaward Kittery Brown Sarah D Thomas W. Brown Emma Adams William West George Adams Hulchlas—Dee Bistie Custantine F Mars Hutchins Hobart South Boston Samuel C Hobatt Rumel L Boston Highlands William Rumrill Learned Camtridgeport Phebe Grant Learned Whiting West Dedham Emily Ta Whiting Averill Arlington Heights Charles H Georgiana Averill Cutlins Newton Highlands Amasa Colins Sargeant Westborough Elizabeth John M Sargeant Allen South Dartmouth Sophia M

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