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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1883

Page

3

Boston Stock Market Mixed Amid NY Upturn

The Boston stock market rallied with most shares advancing after New York’s uptick. Union Pacific fell to 73.1, while several rails like Chicago Burlington and Quincy rose to 121.4. The report notes talks of rate changes and pending decisions by company directors, with other names including Mexican Central and Calumet and Hecla showing varied moves. General manager changes and December earnings for Chihuahua division are mentioned along with mining notices and copper production.

Boston New York Rtchison Chicago Burlington and Quincey Perkins Union Pacific Denver Utah Gould Chihuahua Robinson el Paso Mexico Nickerson Flint Albany Maine Eastern New England Northern Vermont Massachusetts American Bell Telephone Calumet Hecla Franklin Northwestern Mining Journal Mesnard Atlantic Copper Mining Company

Commodities and Markets Report from Early Trade Day

First call lists three No2 white oars sold at 43 percent of value. No sales second call. cash offers on No2 white 4214c, off 4c from first. No corn sold. steamer export second call at 68c. Light grain inspection today. wheat No7 red winter 4 cars, corn 28, cats 17 total 49 cars. Receipts: corn 25610 bushels, wheat 2009, cats 9826, shorts 10250, corn meal 255 bbis, barney 9200, cottonseed meal 1500 bushels. Four-day receipts 71000 bbis, sacks 6975. Liverpool cheese at 61s per cwt. Price discrepancies between New York and Boston markets. New York mercantile reports mixed. cheese and eggs varied. Pork, lard up marginally. hogs receipts expected 85000 at Union stockyards. Petroleum certificates around 1137, closing higher at 114.

Cail Board Liverpool New York Boston Produce Exchange New York Mecantile Exchange Goldana Elgin Western State State Biowc Chicago Uniom Uplands Orleans Minnesota Canada Wa Mee Trinidad City Extra India Western Steam ST. Louis

Flour Trade Quiet With Unchanged Prices Across Grain Items

Grain and flour markets show steady or quiet trade with small lots moving slowly. Western superfine and Minnesota grades hold at and near current bids. corn meal and oatmeal demand fair, oats and rye markets unsettled. butter and eggs weak with mixed price ranges. potatoes and onions report moderate demand and rising prices in key districts.

Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Ulmois

Poultry and produce shipments recorded in Annapolis listings

In Annapolis Nova Scotia a long list details shipments from various firms including Adams Chapman and Atwood Rich, with boxes of poultry potatoes apples and other produce. Items mention bibs bbis boxes sacks and crates along with quantities such as 50 bbbis and 115 do. At Havana Cuba a separate entry notes 875 birds shipped by G De Galdo for Standard Sugar Refinery.

Annapolis Adams & Chapman Atwood & Rich Chapin Bros Delong & Seaman Holmes A& O McMulan & O Havana G de Galdo

Trade Goods and Cargoes Listed for Acadia and Matilda

Glasgow steamship Acadia cleared December 14 with 18 804 sacks and varied cargo including music and electrotypes 35 boxes home 60 do bacon 101 bbis apples 1 box books 1 co cake 2 000 staves humacao P Rh brig Mattie B Russell recorded 713 bills wood hoops copper tools 55 000 feet lumber 1 coil rope 25 molasses tierce shooks 5 bdls heads. Cape Island Nova Scotia schooner Matilda 225 boilers four 25 do meai 5 do kerosene oil.

Glasgow Scot Acadia Mattie Russell Cape Island

Value of Experts from the Port of Boston for the Week Ending Dec 14

The Port of Boston reports a weekly table of values across many goods with totals by category. Included are agricultural imports, lubricants, paper, breadstuff, provisions, butter, cheese, meat, vegetables, and machinery, with country breakdowns showing Nova Scotia Denmark British West Indies and others contributing to the 1,889,324 total.

Boston Banca GU Orcare Ceesecseisess Sersee Zoo Ludmco Eseerereees India Cooperage Egan Co Ccese Sdveckenshear Vscvecvess Wecel Nova Scotia Danish West Adios Scoumag Levearesses

Grain and market notes amid mixed commodity pricing

Market report covers numerous commodities from Chicago and other hubs. Wheat and oats advance, pork and lard fluctuate with December to March futures. cheese, copper, lead, and tin steady to dull. Receipts and shipments data accompany price moves across grains, meats, and metals with regional quotes from St Louis Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit and Chicago markets.

Milwaukee Chicago Toledo Cincinnati Detroit

Cotton Market Across Ports Ends Week With Quiet Trade

Market reports show mixed receipts and steady to easy tone across key bases. Net receipts varied by port with New York and Savannah noting substantial figures, while Boston and Baltimore remained steadier. Overall, prices hovered mid range as volumes cooled and consolidation appeared ahead of holidays.

Seteeeer Augusta Sit, Vomsewise Lmington Charleston Ecorecqsasss Beesteee Tecesnes Ao Meron PRG Eines Gens BO Adelphia Cpos Assassan Ugines SREB Ccccavesticvisces New Orleans Cesees Waco Iebidedahaeues Cottinenet Ceeseese Coastwisc SAICE ST Louis New York Ross Great Britain

Wheat and market reports from London and Liverpool

Erie figures and commodity quotes appear as a financial update from London with Beebrohm’s Merchants' Exchange report. Wheat cargoes quiet but firm, passages inactive. Liverpool markets show firmer wheat, weaker corn, and varied prices across futures and physicals.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool California Cotter Uplands Orleans

Villard resigns Oregon presidency to be succeeded

The New York despatch reports Henry Villard resigning as president of the Oregon and Transcontinental and the Oregon Railway and Navigation companies. W Endicott Jr and T Jefferson Coolidge named presidents of the Oregon and Transcontinental and Oregon Railway and Navigation respectively. A syndicate will take part of the bonds to relieve debt. Endicott and Coolidge are prominent directors and trusted by investors. A New York Central report follows with financial figures and charges against earnings. A separate item notes the merger of Seaboard Pittsburgh and Great Western with Delaware Water Gap and Southwestern to form Seaboard Pennsylvania & Western Railroad Co with Robert M. Janney as president.

Ralston Farmers’ Loan and Commy Fabri Endicott Oregon Navigation Oregon Transportation Union Pacific Northern Pacific Villard Oregon Trans Oregon Nav William Endicott, Jr Boston Oregon Trans. Company T. Jefferson Coolidge Oregon Nav. Company Coolid Oregon Iowa Oukes Northern Pacific Railroad Company Pee PT Iop Saies, Hirst Canada South Ady Suly Central Pacific St. L& Ppfa Yrly Big Louisville & Nash Lake Erie & W Michigan Central Lanhattan Missouri Pacific Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey New York Ohio &Missisippi Ontario & West Oho Central Ubyy Pacific Mail Peoria Dec. &K Phila Reading Milwaukee &St.p St. P Omaha Texas Pacific Rock Island Henry Villard Oregon and Transcontinental Oregon Railway and Navigation Companies W. Endicott, Jr Oregon and Transcontinental Companies Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Coolidge Oregon and Transcontinental Board of Directors Oregon and Transcontinental Company C. F. Hovey & Co Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad Company Transcontinental Company Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company New York Central New York Central Road Pennsylvania Harrisburg State Department Seaboard, Pittsburgh and Great Western Railroad Co Delaware Water Gap and Southwestern Railroad Co Seaboard Pennsylvania & Western Railroad Co Robert M. Janney Philadelphia

City of Boston Lawsuit Dockets and Damages Denied in Several Cases

Proceedings resumed before Judge Nelson and Judge Bacon feature actions across city cases. In one suit a 17 year patent claim for steam fire engines seeks damages. plaintiff’s attorneys are Clarke and Caverly with city solicitors Hagar and Bailey. Other matters involve a wool yarn sale dispute alleging $21.50. defendants contend no binding writing existed and fraud claims. Additional notes cover damages for detentions and damp cells, a contract claim against Boston and Albany R R Co, a promissory note action seeking $3,000, and a list of cases to be continued or cataloged, with judges noted as Rockwell and Bacon.

Marcus P. Norton, Jr City of Boston Thomas W. Clarke B. L. Caverly A.J. Bailey E. B. Hagar Rockwell Charles F. Murphy Isaac Wyzanski George R. Swasey Hesseltine Bacon Albert L. Murdock Boston and Albany R. R. Co Springefield North Adams Spring Sela Pittsfield Supreme Court R. M. Morse, Jr A. L. Soule Amelia KE. Swasey J. G. Abbott R. D. Smith AON Wealth of Massachusetts TPOLE Ss. Superior Court John M. Porter Suffolk Arnold D. Shaw Valley Falls Rhone Island Baton Boston Post

Probate of wills and administration filings listed

The willis of James W. Cathcart Hiram Plum mer Elizabeth H. Lawrence Lavinia Thornton John Butler Jeremiah Stimson Susan Kh Green Irene D Child John H Perry Dennis Sullivan and Thomas Madden were probated. Letters of administration were taken out on the estates of Patrick J O'Brien Mary A Bailey Orrin W Gardner Eleanor Fagin Frank H H Palmer John Hopkins Donald Mulder Amelia Hayes William R Houston Bridget Callahan Henry Andrews and Susan D Mumier.

James W. Cathcart Hiram Plummer Elizabeth H. Lawrence Lavinia Thornton John Butler Jeremiah Stimson Susan Kh. Green Irene D. Child John H. Perry Dennis Sullivan Thomas Madden Patrick J. O’brien Mary A. Bailey Orrin W. Gardner Eleanor Fagin Frank HH. Palmer John Hopkins Donald Mulder Amelia Hayes William KR. Houston Bridget Callahan Henry Andrews Susan D. Mumier

Central Court Dockets Report Alcohol and Theft Fines

Reports from multiple courts note Mary Desmond fined for assault and battery, and Matthew J. Ryan fined for larceny with an appeal. Annie Burke, third drunk, sentenced to a year in the house of correction. Charles C. Monson fined for assaults with appeals and pretrial detention set. Others include evictions, $800 appearance bonds, and various drunkenness and disturbance penalties.

Central Court Mary Desmond Matthew J. Ryan Annie Burke House of Correction Charles C. Monson Catherine Carrie Howard Patrick Doherty Mary McCue Mary Gallagher David H. Morgan Lubec Jason Bayley & Co Wade South Boston Michael Coffey Timothy Daily James W. Drury Philip Cook Dorchester Joan Bruce Cornelius O'Sullivan Hamilton Old Colony Railroad Patrick Rooney Cos Roxbury Edwin R Henderson Charles L. Perry Henderson Charles HW. Blackenberg John B. Woods Crescent Place Blackenberg John O'Neill O’ Neill

Navy Yard Officers Listed for Quarter Wages and Transfers

A board orders report of yard wage schedules for the quarter ending March 31. Officers named include Capt. E. P. Lull, Chief Engineer E. D. Robie, Naval Constructor Thomas E. Webb, Cmdr. Charles W. Gridley, and Civil Engineer N. B. G. White. Orders direct shipment of steam engineering stores to Norfolk and Portsmouth yards. Reynolds detached to Shenandoah. Sloane and Bowers duties revoked pending resumption on Tallapoosa. Powhatan to sail for tow duties involving Constitution and Franklin. Merry promoted to lieutenant commander. McCrea promoted to lieutenant. Logan promoted to first lieutenant. Court-martial music for Sgt. Brady underway with Meade, Washburne, Eliott on the court. Winder as recorder. Lisle detached, Swan to duty, Tobin on leave, Emmons, Bowers, and Wood return to Shenandoah duties.

E. P. Lull E. D. Robie Thomas E. Webb Charles W. Gridley G. White Navy Yard Norfolk and Portsmouth Navy Yards Edward L. Reynolds Hydrographic Office Shenandoah Jonathan D. Sloane Frank C. Bowers Tallapoosa U.S Portsmouth Navy Yard Constitution Norfolk Navy Yard Ne. Franklin New York Navy Yard J. JF. Merry Powhattan Henry McCrea U.S. N S. J. Logan F. H W. Swan J. A. Tobin Powhatan C. W. Emmons F. W. Bowers T. N. Wood U. S

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