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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1884

Page

3

Market Trends and Prices in New York Exchange Dec 10

New York markets closed firm after a day of mixed shifts. Government bonds were steady, coal shares weakened on price cut rumors later denied, and major rails rose as short contracts were covered. Northwestern and Reading issues showed divergent moves with bulls gaining ground while bears faced pressure.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Lackawanna Delaware and Hudson New York Central Western Union Northwestern St. Paul Rock Island Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Pacific Mail Union Pacific New Jersey Central New York and New England Lacrosse Great Western Atlantic and Pacific Lackawapna Indiana Bloomington and Western Long Island Kansas Pacific Louisville Neshville Otie Cenii Oregon Tolledo Peoria Wabash Tennessee Lawson, Douglas & Co Bears Chicago Keep Lehiga Valley Cook Gowen Y’s

Flour trade report shows steady import and price levels

Market observers note no material change with quiet general trade and steady to easing prices for spring and patent flours. Reports from Chicago Milwaukee and New York show varied receipts and shipments, with No 2 red and winter wheats around 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents, steady barley and rye prices, and butter and cheese markets weak with dull demand.

Minneapolis Wisconsin St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago New York Minnesota Tike Ilyec Detroit Michigan Toledo Yoledo Shige Alec White State Rye Bright Dan Wasle sTe Ste. St. Louis Liverpool

Oil and Cotton Markets Mixed With Bullish Oil Signals

Oil market shows bullish mood with Fisher No. 8 well awaiting completion and Moss Run yielding 159 barrels per day after being shot. Cotton markets in New York and Liverpool report steady to firm prices with active futures and steady spot levels across Upland and Middling grades.

Valencia London Do Valencia Cincinnati Chicago St. Loui Centennial Beacon Light New York Fisher No Marietta Moss Run Philltips & Simpson Howe & Co Helf Meride Well Fisher Farm New Orleans Il.e Ll.ie Liverpool Uplands Orleans

London and Liverpool Wheat and Grain Market Report

Floating cargoes of wheat quiet and slow to move while arrivals off the coast show small wheat and no corn. Prices cited for red winter and No 2 spring wheat in London, with December and January shipment terms. Liverpool reports steady breadstuffs demand, various price ranges for winter and spring wheat, California averages, and pork, bacon, lard, cheese, and tallow prices with London comparisons.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange California Liverpool England Corp

Trade item list from Peabody and Salem expresses

A concise OCR run shows numerous agricultural and commodity entries by source and transport. Items include butter eggs beans apples hay lumber hides skins leather and wool, with quantities given as cases bales rolls bags and other units, plus railroad and sea transport references like Lowell Railroad and By Sea.

Lowell Railroad Peabody Salem Sea

Total Receipts of Staple Products at the Port Dec 16

A table lists principal staple receipts by item from various origins, comparing 1884 and 1888 figures. Items include flour, meal, cornmeal, oats, rye, millfeed, cottonseed meal, butter, oleo, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, lumber, leather, hides, kips, pelts, and more, with quantities in bushels, boxes, barrels, cases, and other units, highlighting changes year over year.

London Eng Halifax N S Australia Antwerp Hamburg Baumwall Thayti A P Emerson Liverpool Willie Freeman Foster and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Oia Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Balrosad Eastern Railroad Mane D&ags Sera Bolls Pelte Dales

Livestock Market at Watertown Union December Report

Boston Post telegraphed by Geo. J. Fox shows totals for cattle sheep and lambs swine and other items at Watertown Union Market. The table lists weekly and yearly comparisons, state origins, car counts by railroad, and price ranges for market beef store cattle sheep and lambs hides and tallow with notes on classification of cattle and sheep and regional market inclusions.

Watertown Union Boston Post Geo. J. Fox Maine Ree Nes Hampshire Vermont Conn Rhode Island Cove New York Canada Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Hastern New England

Plan for Compromise in Shaw & Bros Case in Bankruptcy

In Suffolk County equity court Judge Field heard Ferdinand Wyman as trustee of EF Shaw & Bros seeking a decree to sell part of the Shaw estate for 800000. Creditors favor a 30 percent settlement but Merrimac National bank contests. A master will report the estate’s condition with a hearing likely before June 1.

Supreme Court In Equity Field Ferdinand A. Wyman EF. Shaw & Bros F. Shaw & Bros Merrimac National Bank of Haverhill Suffolk County Edmund Hant Weymouth Boston and Hingham Steamboat Company Messrs. Merritsch Vienna Austria Bohemian Land Mortgage Bank C. If Knowles Trunks Lowell Mass FLHCO William R. Cook Fancy Goods Southbridge Boston Nashua N. H Whitford & McCarthy Providence R. I Herbert R. Horton Townsend, Conn Connecticut Doolittle Redfield Clark & Welch Windsor Conn Redfield, Clayton & Co New Haven William A. Brown South Norwalk E. W. Barnes Wellsville N. Weg Has Made An Assignment To A. S. Brown, Robert Betty, Dry Goods New York Robert T. Swazze Hus L. Upshur New York Mining Stock and National Petroleum Exchange Newark N. J Depue Essex County Grand Jury Newark Savings Institution Fick & Hatch Loans Messrs Roger & Rex Philadelphia L. Israel Baltimore R. F. McCoy Chattana Tenn Tisdale Bros Rayville J. I. Case Plough Company Racine Wis Frederick Rossow Planing Mill Chicago Henry H. Roberts Isabella Gunning Franz Duard F. Orvasby Henry Tudor Shaw Bros Ferdinand G. Wyman Middlesex County Wyman Joseph N. Fiske Supreme Court Shaw & Brothers England America Stone Hoar Suffolk Bar BR. Hoar Samuel Hoar George W. Morse Wm. G. Russell B. F. Brooks E. W. Hutchinson J. C. Peele Richard Stone Devens Holmes James Nicholson George McLaughlin

Meteoric fireball lights up Quebec countryside

An aerosite about 2 feet in diameter fell near Chateau Ridher at 3 AM on Saturday. The bright object flashed like a huge ball of fire, startling residents and prompting many to rush outdoors to view the luminous phenomenon lighting the countryside nearly as bright as noon.

Quebec Chateau Ridher Abie Bubl Delft Boston

Massachusetts Moves to Standardize Freight Car Couplers

Massachusetts railroad commissioners prescribe five automatic coupler forms for freight cars to be used from March 1, 1855, aiming to reduce deadly injuries in linking cars. The ruling highlights cost, repairs, and savings versus pins, notes likely adoption in other states, and references related railroad matters and local reports.

Massachusetts Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners Master Patent Office New York Ohio Michigan Iowa United States Ames Janney Cowell and Hilliard New England J. O. Phelps R.B. Carpenter Henry Gay Winsted

Liquid Wood touted as cure in hospital relief cases

A pamphlet promotes Liquid Food as harmless condensed beer based nutrition to treat chronic illnesses. It claims rapid blood increases, lists patient cases like Miss V with rheumatism, and offers hospital beds for physicians to observe results. Office at 15 Causeway Street.

United States Causeway Street Miss FE Navy

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