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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1883

Page

3

Money Market and Exchange Report Highlights

Money matters show fair enquiry with banks lending at moderate rates. Mercantile paper at 5 1/2, 5 3/4 and 6 percent. loans on call 3 and 3 percent. corporation notes at 4 1/2, 4 3/4 and 5 percent. New York funds at 25, 30 and 28 cents premium. Clearing House exchanges total 12,928,314 with balances 1,535,323. Foreign bills and Reichmarks quoted. government securities strong with latest bids listed. Stocks section truncated with incomplete data.

Mercantile Corporation New York London Paris Savetaenaeeen Pacific

Dividend Declarations From Several Firms This Week

Middlesex manufacturing to pay 36 a share on December 19. Western Union declares 4 per cent quarterly dividend, payable January 15, with books closing December 20 in New York and London and reopening January 16. Buffalo New York and Philadelphia railroad declares quarterly 14 per cent on preferred stock. Chicago Iowa and Nebraska railroad declares 5 dollars per share. Boston livestock company proclaims 20 per cent dividend payable December 15 to holders on December 8.

Middlesex Manufacturing Company Western Union New York London Buffalo

New York Financial Market Highlights December 12 1853

On December 12 1853 New York money was easy at 2 1/4 percent on call. Prime mercantile paper 6. Percent bar silver 1108. Foreign exchange weak at 481 for long and 484 for short sight. Stocks opened lower with broad selling in Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwest Lake Shore Missouri Pacific Union Pacific and Northern Pacifics. Prices fell 1 4 to 1 percent with several leaders dropping. Later, the market improved as Oregon Transcontinental dividend news and Iowa road settlement prospects boosted confidence. Transactions totaled 428 500 shares with varied bid prices across many issues and several mortgage bonds listed for March 1893 and beyond.

Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Rock Island Roads Lowa Rock Island Omaha New York Evening Post Burlington and Quincy Northwestern Vanderbilt Mr. Gould Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Connorton Valley Oregon Transcontinental Old Colony New York New England Eastern Eastern Railroad Arthur Sewall Bath Maine G. E. B. Jackson Maine Central American Bell Telephone Erie Telephone Silver Islet Calumet Hecla Money Easy &T Prime Mercantile Soea Northwest Lake Shore Missouri Pacific Northern Pacifics Northern Pacific Iowa Roads Quincy Oregon Transcontinental Lackawanna Manitoba Reading New Jersey Central Central Railroad of New Jersey Southern Pacific Railroad Company of New Mexico Milwaukee and St. Paul Chicago and Pacific Western Division Hastings Dakota Louisville and Nashville New Orleans Mobile Chicago and Northwestern Denver and Rio Grande Dids. Co Pricee Dids. Co Pricee— Name Bales. Hist Canada South Central Pacific St. LE Pyra Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver& Riog Hun St.Jon

Market for flour and commodities steady amid varied prices

The market shows steady demand across many goods. Flour prices range with Western superfine at 3 350 per bbl and winter patents around 6 50 to 6 75, while rye flour stands at 3 75 to 4 25 per bbl. Other staples include corn meal 2 75 to 2 80 per bbl, oats 42 to 48 cents per bushel for No 1 white, and a broad spread in fish, fruits, grain, gunny cloth, gunpowder, hay, hides, indigo, rubber, leather, lime, lumber, molasses, nails, and more with generally steady or quiet demand. Prices vary by region and quality across multiple items.

Lin Tage Tly Bnk Sheilac Castor Oilis Gambier Costarch St Domingo Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Ilinois Nova Scotia Malaga London Muscatel Valencia Turkey Florida Warren Powder Mills Areka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Calcutta Buenos Buenos Ayres Western Madras Cape Good Hope India Porto Rico Barbadoes Cienfuegos Wilmington Oakum Boston Maguire's Labrador Oriental Secot Centennial Life Nlec Elgin Ill Fancy St. Albans Vermont Maine St. Alban’s New Brunswick Meri P. E Island Aroostook Burbank Hebron St. Andrew Cape Cod Norfolk Richmond Easuas Talman Baldwin's Texas Penobscot Philadelphia Carolina Rangoon Timothy Oae Sumac Sicily Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Wisconsin Oregon Georgia California Orleans Eye Bus Western Bus Canada Barley Quiet. Com Clower Delaware Bec Petrleum—United Western Steam South America State Elgin Creamery Liverpool Chicago

Trade cargo figures from Pacific ports and ships

Corcan export data lists BEAR RIVER N 8 and PORT HAWKSBURY CB with schooners and cargo. Manila and Iloilo entries for the Panay ship show petroleum and spirits, plus flour meal oil pork. The long list includes agricultural implements, carriages, boxes, furniture, tools, typewriters, chairs and more consignments totaling numerous units and prices.

Corcan Xporte Bear River Schoner Japan

Receipts of Staple Products by Northern Rail Lines

Inventory lists from multiple railroads show quantities of wool, flour, corn, oats, beans, lard, butter, cheese, pork, beef, tea, sugar, and other staples. Entries detail Lowell, Connecticut and Boston area lines, with by sea and by Peabody routes, noting bales, bushels, boxes, and cases across months and sources.

Lowell Railroad Itchburg Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Peabody and Salem Kapresses New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Staple Receipts At Port December 12 Compared With Last Year

A table shows total receipts of principal staples at the port from all shipments including transit goods, comparing current figures to the same day a year earlier. The data lists quantities for key commodities and highlights year over year changes.

CATTLE MARKET REPORT FROM BRIGHTON TO WATERTOWN

The Brighton and Watertown live stock market dated December reports total cattle sheep lambs and swine with arrivals at multiple yards. Prices note beef store cows veal calves and hogs with regional firming in some lines and exports showing weekly shipments and price shifts across Boston Albany and Chicago markets.

Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Byignod Eastern Boston New Eee Old Colony Providence D. O L Lane Libby & Son S H Wardwell JH Fogg J G Littlefield CO Howe H Coolidge & Son Hollis & Co Whitton J C Marshall & Co L B Sargent M Pike O F Bothell T J Courier W W Austin Aldrich & Johnson Dow & Moulon Hall & Seaver Seattle H. V Whipple Sargent & Turner Capt J. W. Armstrong P.G. Graves H. R. Isrannock A. Williamson Martin H. ©. Goodrich J. M. Dyer W. G Townsend J. Engrem H. Ingerson H.D. Bryant W. Richer K. E. French & Son J. V. Newton M. G. Flanders H. N. Jenne F. S. Kimball B.S. Hastings C. P. Burke G. B. Evans Massachusetts—Scattering J. §. Henry W. H. Buck M. Goldswith Hathaway & Jackson F. Jewett & Co Glasgow J. A Hathaway D. Mcintosh Kansas J. A. Hathaway G. ST. Hammond Liverpool A. N. Monroe Durham City London An. N. Monroe Lingham O'Brien Iowa C. A. & O. F. Whitten H.C. Goodrich Wood & Breck Peabody H C Goodrich Blanchard Watertown Ogdensburg H. C. Goodrich Sige W.W. Arsin H. Bird & Co Eben Lovering Bopkinton N. H Oinge Brighton Landing Chicago Albany Western C Leavitt, Jr J McFlynn Farrell & Stetson Brighton A. N C. C. Howe

Cotton Market Prices Across Cities in 19th Century Trade News

The report compiles cotton receipts and market conditions from Charleston to New Orleans, with net receipts and gross receipts figures, and notes market tone as dull to easy in many ports. It lists district by district figures for net and gross receipts, stock levels, and price directions alongside contemporaneous grain and flour data from major exchanges. The piece also covers New York and Philadelphia markets, including wheat, corn, barley, and pork, reflecting broader commodity movements.

Philadelphia Balitmors Salpmcnib SAICS Cerece Saneress Cceserccece sMarket Sagai Mid Fiaiec Ceve Cevree Uisville Aesf Louts York Great Britain Cave -Ee Galveston New Orleans BOCK Eabess Ccc.s Norfole Corsiwire Cece Esee Vincinnati

Financial summary of London markets and commodities

London financial notes list A G W firsts and major rail stocks with prices, and beerbohm’s report shows wheat cargoes steady, corn firm, and UK wheat imports rising. Liverpool prices for flour, wheat, corn, pork, bacon, lard, cheese, oils, and tallow noted, with cotton prices and futures quotes across months and destinations.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool United Kingdom Canfornia Uplands Orleans

Large Estate Inventory of Milton J. Sanford of Medway Filed

Probate court in Dedham records the estate of Milton H.M. Sanford, late of Medway. Personal estate valued at 1 551 405 16 with real estate at 35 000. Assets include numerous railroad and manufacturing shares such as Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Reading, Harlem, and Central Pacific among others. Real property at Newport Rhode Island valued 30 000 with 5 000 in Medway. Dated Sept 12 1883, widow Cordelia R. Sanford and relatives to share proceeds per will. executors are Wm. Claflin, James A. Dupee, Edmund S. Clarke.

Milton J. Sanford Medway Milton HM. Sanford Dedham Sanford Mills Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company New Mexican Land and Cattle Company Canton Company Central N. J.) Land Improvement Company Adams Express Company Ohio Central Railroad Company Metropolitan Trust Company Consolidated Coal Company Bonanza Development Company Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Harlem Railroad Company Central Pacific Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Reading Railroad Company Readin Railroad Company D. Swigert Newport R. I Cordelia R. Sanford Edna Jane le Favor Wm. Claflin James A. Dupee Edmund 8. Clarke Boston

Annual Meeting Actions at Eastern Railroad Company

Stockholders debated lease with Boston and Maine at the Eastern Railroad annual meeting in Boston. Tickets showed pro and anti lease blocs, with key figures including Jones, Lawrence, Morrison, Olney, Rogers, Sewall, and Jackson. Directors elected: Jones, Lawrence, Morrison, Olney, Rogers, Sewall, Amory, Hyde, and Houghton.

Eastern Railroad Company Meiona Boston and Maine Frank Jones Portsmouth N. H Samuel C. Lawrence Medford George S. Morrison New York City Richard Olney Boston Jacob C. Rogers Peabody Arthur Sewall French Alden Houghton Sewall Jonas H. French Jackson New Hampshire Amory Hyde Baring Bros. & Co Prench Olney Road Eastern Railroad Massachusetts J. W. E. L. Dilloway Weeks Lise Concord Georges. Morrison Richard Ommey George &. B. Jackson Francis I. Amo Thomas W. Hyde Charles Houghton Darius Alden John Cummings Geo Morrison Jacob Rogers Francis I. Amory Messrs Lawrence Cummings Maine Boston and Maine Railroad Company Lord Nathan G. White George C. Lord Newton Amos Paul South Newmarket Nathaniel J. Bradlee Stevens Dover James K. Nichols Haverhill John F. Osgood Samuel E. Spring Portland Nathaniel W. Farrar Lewiston Mr. Willey Andover Saabbath P. A. Stackpole Providence R. J New York, Providence and Boston Railroad Company Samueil Babcock Henry Morgan J. Boonan Johnston George M. Miller Edward Morgan William P. Dixon Henry Howard Coventry R. I Nathan F. Dixon Westerly Robert Knight A.S. Matthews Stonington Conn Providence and Stonington Steamship Company D. Babcock G. M. Miller A. N. Beckwith E. P. Taft N. F. Dixon Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company Jonathan Chase George L. Littlefield Hezekiah Conant James P. Kay Jesse Boynton Darius Goffe Joseph G. Ray Edgar K. Ray Arnold B. Chase Western Union New York Western Union Telegraph Company Green Canadian Pacific Ottawa Ontario Donald A. Smith Canadian Pacific Railroad Hudson Bay Company South Sea Northwest United States Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company John W. Garrett Garrett

Court records of United States land and Boston case notes

Court items cover United States versus land in Fall River with damages valued at 23174 for land and 1775 for buildings. Other dockets include Marcus P Norton et al. vs City of Boston, Holmes court session December 12, and Wm L Ware versus Waste Recovery Co with ice privilege dispute and injunction request. Attorneys listed for each side across matters.

United States Fall River Gee P. Sanger J. M. Morton E. R. Hoar M. Reed Marcus P. Norton Et al City of Boston Wm. L. Ware the Waste Recovery Co Wellesly Longfellow F. D. Ely August Russ

Municipal Courts Hearings and Fines from December 12

In central court Judge Adams fines Mary Gallagher seven dollars plus costs for assault and battery. Martin Gannon, third drunk, receives four months in the house of industry. Richard Crane and Lawrence J. Murray face mutual assault charges. Crane discharged, Murray fined five dollars and costs. Rose Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting her husband with a lamp chimney. held for appearance upstairs. Fanny Blanchard held for larceny of 150 dollars from Joseph Jasper. bond set at 1000 for superior court. Roxbury court fines Bernard McKiver ten dollars and costs on two counts plus three dollars and costs for property injury. East Boston court arraigns Garrett Sullivan on a second drunkenness offense. two months in house of industry. Charlestown court fines John Doyle thirty dollars and costs for larceny.

Adams Mary Gallagher Martin Gannon House of Industry Richard Crane Lawrence J. Murray Rose Barnes George Barnes Fanny Blanchard Joseph Jasper Superior Court Roxbury Bernard McKiver Boston Garrett Sullivan Saratoga Street Charlestown John Doyle

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