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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1883

Page

3

Auctions Report Mixed Move in Shares and Print Cloth Prices

Week sees declines in Bates Boston Belt ing Massachusetts Pacific Pepperell and Washington shares while Middlesex rises and several Fall River issues trade. Bank stocks show varied shifts with Merchan ts and Old Boston steady. Print cloth market holds steady with 60x56s and 64x64s quoted and weekly production, deliveries, and sales reported.

Bates Boston Massachusetts Pacific Pepperell Washington Middlesex Amory, Hamilton, Woollen and Union of Fall River Border City Barnaby Flint Globe Yarn King Philip Slade Union Eagle Mechanics New England Redemption Republic Tremont Maverick Old Boston

Mining stocks and prices in Colorado listings

Colorado coal and mining stocks show varied prices with Colorado Coal at 10 75 and Quicksilver at 5 50. Other entries include 1550 Howestake 28 00 and Standard 5 50, Green Mountain 0 00, Hom Silver 6 37, and Nevada stock entries.

Atch Top Santa Fe Bowman Silver BOD Sens Sais Taipa Mining Dookir Ccsaee Seheessseess NBO Dougiaag Rene Sevoag Cneisie Sullivan Ron Marcis Colorado Coal Green Mountain Aerra Nevada

Market Summary From New York Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Prices

Butter steady and cheese and eggs unchanged. Chicago wheat multiple months opened and closed with slight gains, corn mostly steady to higher, oats and soy-related items not shown. Chicago cars and park prices move within narrow ranges. United Stock Yards hogs report estimated receipts 18,000 with bids ranging from 4.90 to 6.10 per hundredweight and total shipments and leftovers noted.

Liverpol New York Mercantile Exchange Chicago Bed United Stock Yards Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York New Heather Old Colony Railroad Bos Albany Katlroai Providence Railroad Boi Dom Keesey Sucar Gilo ST. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Packere Detroit

Flour Market and Grain Prices Display Inactive Trading

The market shows inactivity with mixed flour quotations across grades from Minnesota to Illinois and beyond. Corn meal, oats, rye, and mill feeds list steady or fair demand with varying barrel and bushel prices, while butter cheese and eggs reflect soft demand and broad regional price ranges.

Minnesota St. Louis Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Linois Louis Straichts Dermand Choice Northern Creamery Western Creamery Choice Franklin County Choice Vermont Dairy Choice New York Dairy Western Dairy Choice Northern Northern Extra Nearby Cape Vermont Northern Nova Scotia New Brunswick

Market Report From Cotton and Grains Across Cities

Cotton market steady with receipts and shipments tallied for Memphis New York and Philadelphia. Grain items show Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit edges with mixed prices and weekly receipts across wheat flour corn oats and pork futures.

London Markets and Global Commodities Report

London and Liverpool prices drift as rail securities weaken on poor traffic. French Tonquin advance lifts mood in Paris. Havana sugar stocks move lower while export activity to the United States remains steady. receipts and freights show mixed movement across the Atlantic.

Havana Matanzas United States

Digging Dusty Diamonds in Cumberland Daily News

The Cumberland Daily News notes widespread belief among miners and the public in St Jacobs Oil as a remarkable pain curing remedy.

Cumberland The Daily News St. Jacobs Oil

The Canadian Freight Blockade and Related Rail News

Montreal dispatch reports Grand Trunk connects La chine to Hochelaga, clashing with Canadian Pacific over through westbound traffic and a blockade of hundreds of cars. Rival managers exchange threats while government appeal looms. Also notes Villard resigns as four in hand driver amid rough road conditions and strong past records. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg earnings rise. Wyoming Yellowstone Park and Pacific Railroad officers elected. Illinois Central vice presidency changes. Hoosac Tunnel operations shift. New York Central and partners adjust freight duties. Willimansett Bridge tests under heavy load. St Paul and Manitoba bond listings sought.

New York Union Pacific Louisville Nashville Oregon Gould Transcontinental The Stock Exchange South’n Central i L. & West Elaware & Hod Han. & St. Jc Texas Montreal Quebec Grand Trunk Railway North Shore Lachine Hochelaga Depot Canadian Pacific oMcials Grand Trunk Canadian Pacific Dominion Davis Vanhorn North Shore Road Villard Oregon and Transcontinental Company Oregon Navigation Company Henry Villard Brookline Chronicle Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Niagara Falls Wyoming, Yellowstone Park and Pacific Railway Company L. D. Shoemaker D. H. Wallace H. M. Munsell James D. Powers Wyoming W. K. Akerman Illinois Central Clark Stuyvesant Fish of Tucker E. F. Jeffery New York Central Hoosac Tunnel Delaware and Hudson Troy Boston Fitchburg Erie Central Connecticut River Willimansett Cotrade & Taylor Philadelphia Connecticut River Railroad St. Paul Company New York Exchange Manitoba Company

Court Recurs as Jury Rules on Knibbs Patent Case in Boston

After two weeks on trial, the jury returns a verdict in the Knibbs patent dispute over a device relieving pressure on steam fire engines. Damages cover Dec 20 1850 to May 24 1881. plaintiffs claim ownership, while the city asserts prior patents and use in England and Philadelphia. Lawyers Clarke Coverly for plaintiffs Bailey Hagar for city. Jurors excused to Jan 15.

Marcus P. Norton City of Boston Hass England Philadelphia New York Dover N.H T. W. Clarke J. L. Coverly A. J. Bailey E. B. Hagar

Championship contests feature eight Bay State clubs

A select group of eight strong clubs including Chelsea, Lawrences, Gloucesters, ll Rivers, Lowells, Lynns, Salems and Walthams will vie for seven gold medals and equal silver prizes plus championship colors. A GM exhibition by the YMCA is set for Jan 15 with weightlifting, high jump and other events. Charles O Breed of Lynn, known for 50-pound dumb bells, recently lifted a three-pound dumb bell overhead 6060 times in an hour. Harvard declines Pennsylvanias eight-oared race against Yale and Columbia due to commitments. Walnut Hill marksmen faced a strong NW wind lowering scores. Union gymnasium will stage a January exhibition.

Bay Chelsea Lawrences Gloucesters Ll Rivers Lowells Lynns Salems Walthams Young Men’s Christian Association Charles O. Breed Lynn University of Pennsylvania Harvard Yale Columbia Walnut Hill Union Gymnasium

Annual Beacon Society Meeting Beside City Events

The Beacon Society held its annual dinner Saturday at the Hotel Vendome with about 70 members and guests. Gen A P Martin presided, reports on the treasury were read, officers were elected, and remarks covered municipal affairs and race questions, praising integrity and public money stewardship.

Beacon Society Hotel Vendome Gen. A. P. Martin Major Henry Sleeper Charles M. Clapp F. M. Stanwood Charles Ek. Powers Maj William B. Sons B. Wadleigh New Hampshire Charles Weir H.A. Church, Jr E. L. Pickard W. F. Almy James W. Clarke George Ovarzabel Spain John C. Paige Treasury A.P. Martin Charles W. Wilder James R J. Hi. Benton, Jr C. Merton Haley John QO Edward C. Taft Martin The Benton Wilder Wadleigh the Traveller President Powers Middlesex Railroad Foreign Exhibition Messrs. Haviland & Cor France Dr. Bancroft J. M.S. Williams O. S. Seagrave Uxbridge Capt. Fiske Wellesley Milton Reed Fall River Postmaster Blunt Haverhill J. N. Baffum Lynn Charles W.slack George M.woodward Taunton N. T. Allen W.H. Ladd G. Harmon William Frost J. Q.A. Brackett New York Albert C. Hill Boston Agricultural Club

South Boston Yacht Club Hosts Private Winter Masquerade

Due to strong member demand and success of the first event the South Boston yacht club committee plans a private masquerade at City Point club house Thursday evening Tickets will be sold at the door but those wanting to attend should obtain them from the committee before Thursday night to avoid disappointment A prize will be awarded for the most comical costume worn with one prize for a lady and one for a gentleman to be decided by a vote of all the members.

Boston H. B. Stearns H. H. Gay Messrs. Foote & French Stearns & Gay Taunton J. F. Amsden & Son Congress The Stock Exchange Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Odell Gage County Neb Concordia Cloud County Kan Nebraska Kansas Union Pacific St. Paul Denver Salt Lake Denver and Rio Grande Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Flint Pere Marquette Mexican Central New York New England Treasury Clark Pierce Light Guard Boylston Hall Boston Light Infantry Armory Charlestown Artillery Monument Hall Charlestown Daniel T. Curtin Music Hall Massachusetts Institute of Technology Frank L. Locke Charles D. Underhill Franklin QO. Barron Stonshton Welker Edward A. Hatkell Henry Souther Jr Frank F. Carpenter Rpany Frank B H. Shepard Alexander H. Twombly Carroll Potter Elwood J. Wilson Ralph Vose Albert L.e Holton C. Spaulding Norman Q. Stewart Victor L. Cumnock South Boston

Notice to Interested Parties In Superior Court Petition

The court orders notice to all parties interested in the premises of the petition filed in the October Term 1883. The notice requires appearance in Boston on the third Tuesday of January 1884. Publication in the ton Post weekly for three weeks, with final issue at least fourteen days before the January date. The purpose is to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Clerk JUS. A. WILLARD, Attest: 20 to M2w 103.

Brackley Shaw F. Shaw & Bro F. Shaw & Bros D. A. Ey Spencer William F. Mullen Edward H. Dewson Isaac L.prouty W. A. Hoyt, Grocer Augusta Bremberg Bros Fall River Horne & Haines Wolfboro Junction N. H Winn Moses S. Radin Edwin N. Adams East Brookfield Henry L. Jay Northboro Gibert & Provost Cartel Merce Arctic R.I Grocer Fitchburg Jacobs & Bros Nashville Tenn Samuel J. Soper Edward Soper Donald Gordon Rochester N. Y H. B. Claflin & Co Gordon Claflin & Co H.B. Gilbert & Co Ottawa Ill Superior Court Petiioner Boston Boston Post Jos A. Willard Suerrier Court Ee Court Suffolk Jos. A. Willard Poe Edwin A. Wadleigh Tryphemia N. Hayes Joan W. McKim Esquire Awealth Massachusetts

Boston mechanic's lien petition seeks sale on West Newton Street

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Alexander Martin of Boston petitions to enforce a mechanic's lien for labor on a block of twelve houses on West Newton Street Boston amounting to 342 dollars. lien attaches to land described from railroad line to St Botolph Street with owner Ivory Bean. notices issued for court hearing January 1884 in Boston Post.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Ss. Superior Court Joseph Martin Boston Saia County West Newton St. Botolph Streets Fuller & Whitney West Newton Street Ivory Bean Cape Ann Savings Bank of Gloucester County of Essex Mount Auburn County of Middlesex John ©. Leighton John W. Leighton Elizabeth L. McCandlish John McCandlish Swasey & Swasey Nomimon Wealth Massachusetts ss. _ SUPERIOR COURT William H. Smith Boton St. Botolph Fuller & Wintney Proprietss Cambridge John C. Leighton Josiah B. Kendall Henry B. Jones Joseph S. Spinney William H. Handock Henry B. Stillman Henry Nicoll Charles A. Carstens Superior Court Nathaniel Bosworth John W. French Bosworth & French Dorchester Frank O. Nash Summer Cottage Streets Summer Street Everett School House Davis Place Scudder Cassell Cottage Street William A. Badger Powers & Powers George Martin Newton Street Mt Auburn Middlesex John C Leighton Elizabeth L. McCanalish John McCanalish Josiah Kendall William H.haddock Henry B. Stillmen Alexander Martin Charles A. Carsters Aexander Martin Boston and Providence St. Botolph Street Jobs W. Leighton John McClandish Josephs. Spinney William H. Haddock Henry B. Stilvnan Wiliam H. Smith Boston and Providence Railroad Sail Railroad Cemetery of

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