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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1882

Page

3

Money Market Highlights and Clearing House Totals

Money demand remained active with mercantile paper at 5 to 7 percent, call loans 5⅓ to 6 percent, and note brokers handling paper at 4½ to 6 percent. Corporation paper lingered 4¾ to 5 percent, banks seeking 5¼ percent. Bank balances traded 4, 4¼ and 4 percent. New York funds held par to 5 and 10 cents premium on $1,000. Clearing house exchanges today reached $13,190,104 with $1,411,981 in balances, and weekly totals were $71,529,162 exchanges and $8,424,320 balances. A clearing house exhibit table lists weekly U S clearing house totals for 26 leading markets for the week ending tonight, with 1881 comparison.

Mercantile Corporation New York Clearing House United States Boston Philadelp Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Baltimore N. Orleans Pittsburg Franc’co Louisville Milwaukee Kansas City Providence Cleveland Peoria Bim Portland NS Resere Eas Worcester Lowell Syracuse Philadelphia Springfield New Haven Memphis New Orleans San Francisco Columbus Indianapolis

Gold shipments rise as Canada backs New York trade

Despatch from New York reports Canada sending substantial gold coin to New York and Boston over the past two weeks. The note notes shipments in sovereigns and American gold, with last week’s bullion receipts totaling $550,000. Exchange steady, mercantile paper at 6.8 percent, prices of government and railroad securities varied, and stock prices showed a broad retrenchment with regional leaders facing declines before a late rally.

New York New England Mexican Central Telegraph and Telephone Company Guanajuato San Luis Potosi Zacatecas Querataro Aguas Calientes Mexican Northern Telegraph and Telephone Company Coahuila Neuyo Leon Tamaulipas Mexican Pacific Telephone Company Sonora Sinaloa Colima Lower California Chihuahua Bates Boston Am Inter Continental Toniston Woollen Hill Luconia Lowell Lyman York Franklin Great Falls Lawrence Middlesex Nashua Pepperell Fall River American Border City Crescent Globe Yarn Laurel Lake Merchants Union Twok Atlas Commeres Eliot Exchange Faneuil Hall Hide and Leather North American State Blackstone Third National First National of Salem Mechanics’ of Mechanics’ of Lowell Marblehead National of Methuen Manufacturers Revere Suffolk Boston Post Canada Rime Mercantile Paper Standard Robinson Consolidated Hall Anderson Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Lackawanna Denver Rio Grande Omaha Rock Island New York Central Union Pacific Rio Grand Texas Pacific Western Union Denver and Michigan Central Omahas The Stock Exchange Chicago Western Creamery Northern Vermont New Canada Nearby Cape Havana Sncar Matanzas United States Ten States

Maritime Cargo Totals Across Multiple Voyages

A fragment listing cargoes from ships at various ports includes extensive tonnage and items. Entries reference brig Eureka, schooners Shanghrama Fannie A Bailey Anastatia F Florence Helen A J Franklin century notes, with cargoes such as codfish, herring, sugar, salt, molasses, and coal. Names include G W Prestom D W Job & Co and Warner & Freeman.

Bros Ingonish Bridgetown Watson Arecibo T Russell & Co Miragoane John Chisolm Rosario Boylston Salt Day Neptune Salt Warner & Freeman ST Martins Eureka Centennial Dania Bros

Receipts of Staple Products Across Early Rail Lines

Receipts tallies from multiple railroads listing commodities like cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, meal, lard, butter, leather, hides, and more. Entries cover Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York and New England, Providence, Eastern, Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Peabody and Salem Expresses, and sea routes with quantities ranging across bales, barrels, bushels, boxes, and cases with varying units and totals. Names of railroads and commodity groups anchor the record of daily commerce activity.

Boston Concen Ae Montreal Cambridge Horse Rd Cincinnati, Sandusky and Meveland Manchester & Lawrence Rutland Railroad Ferret Charlestown Gaslight Co Fata South Boston Gaslight Oka E Fire Insurance CO United States Chi Clin Dub. & ‘Minn Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine Rd Stanstead, Shef, & Chambly Chicago Bur Quincy Little Beck & Ft. Smith Toledo Delphos & Bur Francis Henshaw & Co New York New England State National Bank Merchants’ National Bank New England National Bank Faneuil Hall National Bank Salem Lowell National Bank of Republic State National Bank of North America Eliot National Bank Exchange National Bank Blackstone National Bank National Bank of Commerce National Bank Marbiehead Boston National Bank Concord Railroad Michigan,Central Ra Housatonic Prescott Fire Insurance Buffalo City Portland Water Solo York Manufacturing Co Middlesex Mills Providence Boston City Lynn Cambridge Fitchburg Grana River Valley Mil St Paul Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony New York and New England Railroad Providence Railroad Eastern Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Peabody and Salem

Cotton Markets Show Quiet Steady Bales Nationwide

Inland markets report mixed receipts with Galveston and Mobile showing steady middling around 9.4 to 10.0 cents. Baltimore Savannah Norfolk and St Louis display quiet trading with middling near 9.0 to 10.1 cents. Total stocks remain large while coastwise and gross receipts accumulate, signaling a stable yet soft market across ports.

Galveston Great Aigc Ag C. Galtimore Nico Savannah Giross Sececvee Ecvenve Covesevsee Norfolk ST. Louis Great Britain Muauhz Yc New York Philadelphia Louisville Stic New Orleans United States France Esepenoeys Tystee St

Fish Market Outlook At Gloucester Week's Close

Gloucester reports a robust fish market despite year-end slumps. Receipts totalled 90,600 cod from shore nets 37,000 from Western banks and 65,000 haddock. herring shortages hurt bait supplies. Prices: cod from shore $6 75 qt large to $5 50 qt small. haddock around $8 75. miscellaneous fish and oils listed with varied quotes.

Silesian Gloucester Sauber Grand Menan Island Grand Bank Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Bank Ceusk Haddock Eteipatatye Labrador New Shore P. E. I. Mackerel Chicago Minnesota Missouri ST. Louis Milwaukee the Drevers' Journal Toledo Saado Cincinnati Detroit

Bank bill discount rates and rail stock movements

The Economist notes discount for bank and trade bills at 60 days to three months, with American rails revival offset by adverse tendency amid withdrawals for Germany. Lake Shore, Louisville and Nashville, Denver and Rio Grande, Wabash advance and preference shares rise. wheat and corn cargoes dull in floating markets. Liverpool markets show mixed wheat, corn, and cotton with broad price ranges and futures quiet.

London Erie New Central Ilinois Central Pennsylvania Reading INDON Germany Lake Shore Louisville Nashville Denver Rio Grande Wabash Oregon California Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Michigan Uplands Orleans

Transcontinental traffic shares discussed by major rail lines

Representatives of Union Pacific Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Texas and Pacific Southern Pacific and others met at the Windsor hotel New York to renegotiate percentages for transcontinental traffic. Union Pacific seeks 60 percent while the other roads hold 20 percent each but Southern Pacific argues for a share ahead of its new Deming El Paso to New Orleans route. No agreement was reached and a further meeting by presidents is anticipated.

Boston Westerly Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Phillips Eastern Railroad Atlantic Union, Central and Southern Pacific Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Texas and Pacific Windsor Hotel Deming el Paso New Orleans Atchison Stebbins

Northwestern Mining Journal dividend mines of Lake Superior

The Northwestern Mining Journal lists dividends paid since Jan 1 1882 for Atlantic Calumet and Hecla Central Osceola and other Lake Superior mines totaling 2,900,000. Pewabic mine reports copper lode prospects and rapid progress toward a January 1883 water-out and shaft completion, with the National mine awaiting bottom reach.

Northwestern Mining Journal Lake Superior Atlantic United States

Obituaries and Death Notices from East Boston and Nearby Towns

Multiple notices dated December report deaths and ages across East Boston Cambridgeport West Dedham Littleton Everett Boston Woburn Somerville and Egbert Wyoming. Names include Sarah A Foster John Fitzgerald Mary E Gay Lucy Hartwell Ovando G Page Edith Louise Poland Clarence Gordon Mary Ann Winslow and William G Johnson with ages from infants to 92. Funeral details mention a Forest Mills receiving tomb and a Providence depot train.

Foster East Boston Sarah A. Foster Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald John Mary Fitzgerald Gay West Dedham Mass Mary E Theodore Oe Fi Harwood Littleton Lucy Hartwell Herbert J Emilie A Hartwell Johnson Everett William G Johnson Langerfeldt Boston C W R Langerfeldt Forest Mills Providence Page Cambridgeport Ovando G Page Poland Egbert Wyoming Edith Louise George E Emma W Poland Winslow Woburn Mary Ann Winsow John Winslow Webber Somerville Clarence Gordon Emma C Edward P H Webber

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