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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1883

Page

3

Clearing-house and bank data show mixed weekly results

Clearing house totals reach 1 045 148 333 with declines from last week and year, yet gains appear in Chicago Louisville and Kansas City. New York outside shows modest weakness while several cities post percentage gains led by Columbus and Kansas City. Bank statement in New York shows reserve rise of over 500 000 amid dull bear market tones and notable rail activity shifts.

United States Dent New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Inc St. Louis New Orleans SanFrancisco Baltimore Incinnati Pittsburg Louisville Providence Milwaukee Kansas City Dewoit Oephr Snes Cleveland Memphis Indianapolis Hartford Columbus Peoria New Haven Portland Worcester Springfield Syracuse Lowell N.Y Cincinnati Syracse Enquirer the Post Clearing House Post

Market on New York stocks tumbles amid Oregon Transcontinental fears

New York December 15 1853 trading opens feverish with Oregon Transcontinental dropped on reports of a receiver. Bears press then rally and mix of buying from room shorts as market fluctuates. Close sees cautious recovery with some stronger bids and renewed chatter about Pacific lines and city quotes.

New York Prime Mercantile Oregon Bears Room Shorts St. Lo Canaga South Central Pacifc Bee del., L. & Weat Memphis & C Northwesterm New Jersey Northern P Ohio &Missapp Ontario & Weat Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Dec. &B Phila. & Reading Milwaukee &St.p St. P Omaha Pacific Union Pacific Tolg Ty Wa L. Pa Western Union Bar & Q Oregon Tran N.Y N.E

Call Board-Twelve sales on No 2 white oats dominate market

The call board reports 8 oats at the first call and 4 at the second with prices steady. Wheat and barley show modest totals, car inspections list 69 cars. cotton remains quiet in New York and Liverpool. Grain and provisions options in Chicago hold near Friday's close while No 2 white oats lead weekly call activity.

New York Liverpool Chicago Corn Exchange

Market roundup of sugars peaches peanuts and cotton

Report describes refined sugars steady with fair demand, wholesale tracer prices for peanuts ranging 12 to 13 cents and 30 to 45 cents for gas and barbadones. Molasses trade quiet while cargo lots vary 30 to 33 cents. Cotton remains very quiet with barely steady trading in New York and Liverpool.

Boston New York Mercantile Paper Manan and Sons Liverpoo

Imports at Boston CAIBARTEN and Demerara sugar cargoes

Bark Payson Tucker-1,125 hhds sugar Standard Sugar Refinery. Demerara schooner Centennial-106 hhds 300 bags sugar Dana Bros. Havana steamer Nisgara at New York-6,000 cigars N Samuel.

Boston Caibarten Payson Tucker Standard Sugar Demerara Centennial Dana Bros Havana Nisgara New York Samuel

Foreign Exports. Halifax and nearby ports list goods shipped

Bills of lading itemize steamer cargoes for Halifax N S St Johns Newfoundland Port Clyde Digby Sydney and St John New Brunswick including hardware tobacco starch flour apples bricks cranberries bricks butter candy shoemaking stock copper, kerosene oil pitch eggs oats meal flour and various metals vessels and quantities noted for each port with many numeric counts and items across multiple ships and routes.

Halifax Caroli ST Johns Viaa Sydney Port Clyde N S Digby Sydney Arizona St John Dallas Hill

Receipts of Rural Railroads and Goods by Ship and Rail

Receipts show multiple rail lines listing quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats meal beef pork lard butter cheese eggs and other staples. Entries accompany by the railroad line and totals such as Fitchburg 944 bales cotton and 2,675 sacks flour. Major lines include Eastern Grand Junction New York and Albany Providence Albany expresses and Salem.

Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Railroad Humber Grand Junction Railroad Oo and Salem New York and New England Railroad Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products Dec 15 at Port

The table shows today’s total receipts of staple goods from all shipment points at this port, compared with the same day last year. Cotton and wool receipts are listed with bales and pounds, flour and molasses, lard, leather and hides, butter and cheese, oats and beans, wheat and eggs, tallow, pork, sugars, skins and pelts, with 1883 figures contrasted against 1882.

Princ C.s Buvier

London Stocks Slip Ahead of East Turmoil in Weekend Market

The Economist notes early weakness as eastern tensions spurred selling from Paris with American rail shares pressured by rate-war rumors. Bank of England weekly figures prompted slight optimism midweek, but Friday renewed selling left many overseas stocks flat. Chicago and Milwaukee markets show modest gains while Wabash and other rail issues lag.

London Erie New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Canadian Pacific St. Paul Common Paris Bank of England Lake Shore Michigan Mississippi Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania Central Wabash Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Union Pacific Wabash Ordinary Omaha

Prices and Trade Remain Steady Across Breadstuffs

Trade in flour and meal is quiet with prices unchanged for western eurofine at 3 25 to 3 50 per barrel and related patent grades. Grain markets show mixed unsettled corn with steamer varieties around 70 to 75c, oats and rye soft, and mill feeds steady. butter cheese eggs trend weak, and various vegetables and fruits exhibit dull to steady demand with mixed regional prices.

Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Ilinois Vermont Am Gee Nova Scotia New Brunswick Nearby Cape City Sge Chicago Western Long Island Delaware Eoiee Iar Ae oPec Elter Pets Ge Porto Rico Enien

Wheat and grain prices dip in Chicago market notes

Chicago market report on December 15 shows flour and wheat softer, corn lower on cash and futures, oats steady, rye and barley mixed. Hog and pork prices hold firm, lard higher, and Whiskey steady with steady to rising bulk meats. Milwaukee and Toledo follow with regional price moves and receipts.

Western c Liverpool Chicago Hye Rley Dull Ai Denuay Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit

New York New Haven Hartford Report and Rail News

Albany dispatch presents the annual report of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad to state railroad commissioners with total road and equipment cost 16 454 428 earnings 6 729 374 and charges against earnings 6 000 100. Nine people injured and ten killed in a rail incident. Boston bondholders of the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis railroad meet to nominate proxies while work on the New York towed lines proceeds with miles laid this year. The West Shore Hoosac rail link at Rotterdam becomes operational as progress pushes on in Willimantic and Putnam.

Union Facific New York Boston Union Pacific Railway Company St. Paul Rock Island Denver Col. Dodge Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwestern Union Pacific Burlington Cincinnati St. Louis Flint Pere Marquette Mexican Central New England Providence Boston and Albany Concord Railroad Eastern Sonora American Bell Telephone Financial Telegram Company Philadelphia Bainbridge Wadleigh John W. Candler Irving A. Evans George C. Barrett R. F. Straine Hervey E. Weisman Charles E. Jackson Luther E. Shinn John B. Scott Franklin Mining Company Huron Cape Breton Advocate John McMullen Canadian Geological Staff Coxheath Albany, N. Y New York, New Haven and Hartford Cnc Cessbbdt Cnet Neues Ios Oo Sc Css DOL Teledo Toledo, Cincinnati and W. D. Hobbs Henry Sayles J. M. Quigley John McNab Gloversville N. Y George William Ballou New Blackstone Wilimantic New Britain Willimantic Putnam West Shore Hoosac Rotterdam

Court Recury U S Commissioners Court December 28

Walters chief mate of the bark Payson was arraigned for beating James Maxwell a crew member on a voyage from the West Indies to this port striking him with an iron bar on the road. He was held in 300 for examination on Wednesday.

Mond ay docket of cases and parties listed with years

A list of case titles and party names spanning multiple sessions and courts. Entries include Newton Moitland Penniman Murphy Wyzanski Conroy Riley Stacks Spooner Nevins Jon Squires Creech Bill Hewett DeLong Gurnsey Heath Nickerson Fellows Ass n Manes Clinton Wren Metron Green Farrow Costello Crowell Rice Barrows Mosely White Snate Sweetzer Columbia Rubber Andrews Skinner McVoy Marsh Johnson Crockett Winch Sartwell Decatur Niver Scannell Putnam Murray Mackintosh City of Boston Meurer Bryant Cutler Lennox Boston Machine Co Dobson Potter Fenno Chapman Budd French Dupee Metropolitan R. R. Co.

Newton Va. Moitland Karl Penniman Murphy Wyzanski Conroy Riley Stacks Spooner Nevins Jon Squires Creech Bill Hewett Ated Meurer Bryant Cutler Lennox Boston Machine Co Dobson Potter Fenno Chapman Budd French Dupeeropolitan R. R. Co

Commodity Markets Mixed with Cotton and Grains Across Cities

Market notes show cotton, grain and feed trades across major hubs. Cotton futures in New York steady to slightly higher. wheat and corn futures complex with volatile quotes and varying spot prices. extensive receipts and shipments reported in New Orleans, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Major entities include New York trading, Philadelphia and Baltimore exchanges, with price points for cotton middling and corn futures.

Municipal Courts Dec 15 Details Sentences and Bonds

In the central court before Judge Adams Jennie Browne on the charge of stealing $50 from George H. Nims a Gardner countryman was held in $300 for her appearance Thursday. Several others faced fines bonds and further appearances including misdemors and larceny cases across Roxbury Brighton and South Boston courts.

Central Court Adams Jennie Browne George H. Nims Gardner James Lyons James McLean George B. Brigham James O’hara M. Frances Beckwith Imothy Lee Mary Lee Frank Darling William Pierce Charles Armstrong John B. Stetson Washington, D. C Ihe Roxbury Clarence A. Roberts William Butler John Lynch Mary Barry Brighton John T. Livermore House of Correction William Craig South Boston Catharine Fitzgerald Deer Island

Retail to Close I Offer Framed Engravings at Low Prices

Due to rising wholesale demand and space needs I am closing the retail side on the last day of January. I offer my entire stock of framed engravings colored photos etchings mirrors bronzes and other art goods below factory cost. Dealers can also buy fixtures and unframed pictures at sale prices.

Oost Boston

Marriages Recorded in Boston and Lincoln Dec 12

At Boston and Charlestown and Lincoln on December 12 marriages are recorded by local clergymen. George Bromley and Agees Smith of Boston wed. Jonathan Hutchinson and Elizabeth Greer of Ston. Philand Fellows and Edith H Tyler of Charlestown. Melvin Sherman of Wayland and Addie M Sherman of Lincoln.

Bromley—Smith Boston Ada Hall George Bromley Agees Smith Hutchinson—Greer L Bs Bates Jonathan Hutchinson Elizabeth Greer Ston Fellows—Tyler Charlestown Charles F Lee Philand Fellows Edith H Tyler Shererman—Sherman Lincoln H J Richardson Melvin Sherman Wayland Asias Addie M Sherman

Obituary notices from Boston area births and deaths

Bee At Boston Dec 14. Calvin Elis MD aged 57 harm on At Boston Dec 12 John H Harmon aged 48 9 months 7 days Minot At Boston Dec 15 Alice W Minot daughter of William Minot aged 36 Faith Phillips youngest child of Rey F and Harriet E Clark aged 5 weeks 3 days, Moffett At South Boston Dec 14 Frederick F Moffett aged 17 years 1 month 4 days Harvey At South Boston Dec 12 James D Harvey aged 31 years 5 months Drake At South Boston Dec 12 John H Drake aged 61 months Tidd At Lexington Dec 8 Mrs Rebekah W B Tidd widow of Charles Tidd aged 75 years 4 a Bickford At Melrose Nancy wife of Albert Bickford aged mouth Morse At South Easton Mass Dec 14 Alice wife of Edward N Morse and daughter of Deacon John Bryant of New Bedford aged 50 years 10 months 26 days Doyle Dec10 Charles H Doyle aged 21 years Parnham Vallejo Cal Dec 1 Mr Sylvanus C

Harvey South Boston James D Harvey Drake John H Drake Tidd Lexington Mra Rebekah W B Charles Tiad A. Bickford Melrose Nancy Epee Ee Albert Bickford Epi Mouth Weverson Abington Sarah T Scverson Morse South Easton Mass H Alice Edward N Morse John Bryant New Bedford Eek My Fia Charles H Doyle Parnha Ham— T Vallejo Cal Sylvanus C

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