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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1883

Page

3

Liverpool cheese markets and Chicago grain quotes update

The report notes cheese prices from Liverpool and New York Mercantile Exchange with butter firmer for fancy and multiple regional grades. It then lists Chicago futures for wheat corn oats and oats, including December through May maturities with opening and closing bids and asks, alongside Park prices and month quotes.

Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Creamery Western Canada Chicago Bsc

Grain and farm produce prices drift in unclear market report

A lengthy Western market summary records demand, prices, and broad activity for flour, grain, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, onions, apples, dried fruits, cranberries, sweet potatoes, hay, straw, grass seeds, hops, and honey. It notes quiet, steady to easy trading across a range of commodities with specific price quotes and regional variations.

Choice Franklin County New York Vermont Choice Straight Dairies Ile Nova Scotia Canada Houston Burbank

Trade cargo list from Cornwallis and Annapolis ships

Foreszrn Experts, Cornwallis NL list schooner AJ with 875 barrels flour cornmeal one barrel pork one barrel lard one barrel sweet potatoes. Annapolis N8 lists schooner Arcilla seventy five barrels flour ten barrels oil seventy two bags middlings twenty barrels cornmeal zero bags cotton seed meal eight barrels pork.

Cornwallis Annapolis Arcilla

Total Receipts of Staple Products Dec 20 at This Port

A financial summary lists today’s port receipts for principal staples from all shipments, comparing with last year. The 1883 figures cover oats, molasses, wool, flour, cheese, corn, meal, oats, beef, leather, hides, grease, tea, coffee, sugar and more, with notes that 1882 flour barrels are converted to barrels.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Salem New York and New England Railroad Id Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad jLeather

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Prices and Receipts

Market reports in brief from multiple ports show steady to quiet conditions with mixed receipts and shipments. Notable figures include New York net receipts of 1,229 bales and Charleston imports around 1,307 to 1,348. Gulf ports report varied net receipts and stock levels while Norfolk and Boston show stable to unchanged markets.

New York France Gincinnati Seeeaene Yoo Ersaee Sig Kai Charleston Britain Issecia Great Britain Galveston Iascersee Jfimid

Market Notes From London on Bond Prices and Shares

Sinameral London reports closing figures for December 20 with Consols at 1093 16 New Jersey Central at 114 New York Central 11734 A T Pia W seconds 14 Pennsylvania 6044 Canadian Pacific 563g and St Paul common at S84 reflecting daily equity and bond activity across major issues with mixed movements.

New York Prime Mercantile West Shore Union Pacific St. Paul Rock Island Chicago Burlington and Quincey Northwest Wabash Quincy Nebraska Missouri River Louisville Nashville Northern Pacific Lackawanna Oregon Transcontinental Reading Jersey Central Bat Texas Pacific Western Union Shorts Del L. & West Iltly Delaware & Hud Ken St. Jon Lake Shore Sam Louisville& Nash Eike Erie Af Michigan Central Manhattan Missouri Pacific NaGweme Gitx i Orthwestern New Jersey Cen RL Sa Ohio &Miasimpm Ontario & West Ohio Centro Peoria Dec St.l Oregon Sinameral London New Jersey Central New York Central Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific St. Paul Common

Norton vs City of Boston patent case damages discussed

Court record outlines Norton suing the City of Boston for 450000 dollars over infringement of a patent device used on steam fire engines to regulate pressure. The action seeks damages and resolution of liability in a patent infringement dispute.

Norton City of Boston

Superior Court First Session Dec 20 Rock Well

In the first session Judge Rock presided. Case No 2172 Michael O Keefe v Catherine Maloney sought 156 weeks board at five dollars weekly with set off for housekeeper services of equal weeks and price. Verdict for the defendant. Attorneys J Thomas for plaintiff Asa Wellington for defendant. Case No 1914 James A Maxwell v Clifford et al sought 7825 for professional services in Ward v Ward divorce. defense claims services rendered at attorney's instance, not plaintiff's request. Jury out. Attorneys L W Howes for plaintiff L M Child for defendant.

Superior Court Judge Rock Well Michael O’keefe Catherine Maloney J. Thomas Asa Wellington James A. Maxwell Clifford Ward

Local court records show multiple pleas and fines

Jeremiah J. Reardon and Thomas McGovern pleaded nolo contendere on liquor law and screen law violations, respectively. Henry Price admitted liquor guilt and paid 50 dollars plus costs. Annie Dooley case put on file after costs. James O’Kane pleaded nolo contendere on liquor charge. Alice Kemp pleaded guilty to keeping a house of ill fame. August Rosenburg found guilty of assault and battery. Agnes Sherman case jury disagreed. George Gwillion convicted of drunkenness and assault. George H. Murray fined $3 for assault and battery. Kate Hart case placed on file after costs.

Jeremiah J. Reardon Thomas McGovern Henry Price Lawrence Cuddy Annie Dooley James O'Kane Alice Kemp August Rosenburg Agnes Sherman George Gwillion George H. Murray Kate Hart

Jury verdicts and municipal court actions headline

The report covers verdict for the defendant in Burns versus Gormley, tort suit Colburn versus Dill, and multiple municipal court dispositions. Judges Gardner and Churchill preside. sentences include fines, holdovers for superior court, and notices of adjournment and court lists.

Gardner Rosanna Burns Charles A. Gormley F. Maguire William Hobson Lionel L. Colburn Jesse A. Dill Harn YP. H. Hutchinson Wiggin Fernald Fria

The Handwriting of Eminent Men

The Spirit of the Times notes Dan Mace the champion driver who has piloted horseflesh for twenty five years and now runs Excelsior Stables in West 29th Street. He writes that St Jacobs Oil is the greatest pain cure for man or beast, a claim echoed by C M Priest proprietor of the N Club Stables.

New York Spirit of the Times Dan Mace Excelsior Stables West 29Th Street St. Jacobs Oil N. ¥. Club C. M. Priest

Boston Common Council approves civil service reform measures and bequest

The Boston common council debated civil service reform to ensure merit governs appointments. It accepted Arthur Scholfield’s $50,000 bequest to the city library, to be invested via four percent water loans. Transfers from reserves were discussed to cover future bills, repairs, and a new elementary industrial school. Adjournment followed a series of financial orders and paving project tallies.

Scholfield Common Council William H. Whitmore Ward 12 Board of Health Ina Gallop’s Island Finance Committee Civil Service Reform Boston Mr. Lee Ward 25 Committee On Public Library Arthur Scholfield New York Committee On Finance Board of Aldermen Parkman Ward 9 Strange Ward 20 Broadway

Election at Maine Central board shows Eastern influence

President Jackson says election holds no special significance with six of thirteen directors tied to the Eastern railroad. The Eastern group gained seven seats, while three Maine Central directors were replaced to gain an Eastern majority. Other items cover joint tariff talks, the Niagara suspension bridge test, possible consolidation schemes, and miscellaneous railroad notes.

Portland Press Jackson Maine Central Railroad Eastern Railroad Company Messrs Sewall Hyde Morrison Jones Lawrence Olney Eastern Railroad Phillips Bacon Young Strickland French Eastern Col. French Eastern Railroad Board Maine Central Board Meine Central Board Trank Lines New York Joint Executive Committee Union Pacific Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago and Alton Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Chicago Committee Concord N. H Northern and Concord Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation Boston and Lowell Railroad Caeaca Boston

Subscriptions for Zoan Excavation Appeal by Boston Editor

William Winslow appeals Boston Post readers to fund the Zoan excavation led by M. Naville. Donations listed include Bartlett five dollars and others with five to twenty five dollars each, noting England will cover much of the total. Subscribers receive Naville’s discovery at Pithon. Communications to Rev. W. C. Winslow at 429 Beacon Street, Boston.

Boston Post Zoan Bartlett Jared Sparks Howard Osgood Guies Peter B. Vose Thomas C. Hand England Joseph Exodus East Moses M. Naville Amelia B. Edwards Reginald S. Poole British Museum Pithon W. C Winslow Beacon Street Boston William ©. Winslow

Adulterations A Lack of Proper Inspection Remedy Proposed

A Boston milk shortage amid drought raises adulteration concerns. Dr. Abbott reports 250 analyses across the state with Boston worst. 90 of 100 city samples watered. Calls mount to shift oversight to the state board of health, lunacy and charity rather than city inspectors.

Boston New England Griffin Abbott State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity Commonwealth Charlestown Chelsea Cambridge Lynn Dr. Abbott Milk Producers’ Association Massachusetts State Board of Health Charity New York

Action of contract in Boston over eighty dollars debt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk county. In the Municipal Court of Boston an action of contract to recover one hundred seven dollars and one cent from Michael Mahoney, absent from the commonwealth, with Old Colony Railroad Company as trustee. Plaintiff to publish notice in Boston Post once a week for three weeks and appear December 22. Clerk WM. T. Connally.

Massachusetts Osuffoley Boston Holden Suffolk Cornelius Donerty Scituate Euroc Planks Michael Eee M. Mahoney John Ward John Supple Commonwealth Mahoney Boston Post Ommonwealth Florence Driscoll Plymouth Michael Mahoney Old Colony Railroad Company WM. T. Connolly Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mber M. N. Barber Ston WM. T. Connally Ommon Af Suffollere City of George Doherty M. T. Doherty J. K. Doherty Copartners Tryphenia N. Hayes Joax W. McKie Esquire

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