Money Market Steady in Boston and New York Trading
The Boston money market remained steady on December 24 with call loans 16 to 7 percent and time loans 5 to 7 percent. New York gross exchanges reached $95,430,580, while government securities were quiet and sterling rates held. The Bank of Germany cut discounts to curb speculation, and the New York bank statement showed a reserve gain of $3,224,000 despite loan reductions. Market activity was light in Boston due to Christmas, with notable stock movements including Atchison and Union Pacific, and earnings reports for several rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frmay Evennue
New York
Sterling Exchange
Saab
Southampton
Bank of Rain
United States
Bank of Germany
Fiorngs Os Ows
Atchison
Mexican Central
Union Pacific
Bell Telephone
Mexican Telephone
New England Telephone
Bonanza Mining
New York & New England
Franklin
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Wisconsin Central
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Delver Atchison Stock
Trust Company
American Loan & Trust Company
Denver, Marshall & Boulder Railway Comany
Jackson City & Fort Kearney Railway Company
Cleveland & Canton
Wross
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Menominee and Marquette
Chicago Times
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Green Bay & Minnesota
Milwaukee & Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company
Burlington
Menominee River
Southwest
Atlantic & Pacific
Bostwick
Clark
New York, New Haven
Hartford
New England
New Haven
New Engand
San Diego
Frankling Mining
Navy
Dividend Declarations From Local Banks and Rail Line
The American Loan and Trust Company declares a dividend of 272 percent payable January 1. The Bell's Gap railroad declares a 5 percent dividend. Directors of the Evansville and Terre Haute line are noted in this financial update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Loan and Trust Company
Bell's Gap Railroad
Evansville
Terre Haute
Mining and Misc Stocks Sales Reported for Dec 24
Stock listings show mining and miscellaneous shares sold December 24 with figures for highest and lowest prices and totals. Companies include Am Wlec and Am Riese with various bid prices and cases, reported by Wilson W. Fay & Co of Boston at No. 7 State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Boston
Wlec
Lee
Riese
Mute
Enos
Elec
RY Supply
Eevee
New York Money Market Ends Dull with Wide Stock Slumps
New York on December 24 reports money on call easy at 3 percent with last loan at 3 and bank reserves up over 5 million. Stocks opened weak and closed extremely dull, led by minor gains in Jersey Central amid a bear crowd and bull support. rail bonds show limited activity, with trading totaling 70,594 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sterling Exchange
New England
Louisville & Nashville
Jersey Central
Denver & Rio Grandees
Shenander Valley
Buffalo
London Stock Market Figures and Bank of England Bullion
London reports Consols at 1001 16. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 5153, do seconds 133 percent, Canadian Pacific 6936, Erie 343 percent, do seconds 10184, Mexican ordinary 4914, St Paul common 9234, Pennsylvania 5814, Reading 16 percent. Bullion into the Bank of England today totals £10,000 on balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Trans
Adams Express
Oregon
Alton
Terra Haute
American Express
Pacific Mail
Boston Air Line
Canada Pacific
Peoria
Dec
Canada Southern
Pittsburg
Central Iowa Petace
Pullman Palace
Central Pacific
Reading Ao
Rich. & Allegheny
Chesapeake & Ohio
Rich. & W P
Roch
Chicago & Alton
Rock Island
Louis & San
GEL Chine
St. L
Texas
Col
Illinois
Lake Shore
Oneeer
Long Island
Louisville & Nash
Ty Gases
IF &S Cy
Louisville N
Albany
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan
Memphis
Chad
Pacific
B. C
Michigan
Entral Pac
Sts
S.lee
At &Pac
R.G. West
Missouri Pac
Mobile & Ohio
IM. K
T. Gen
Pace
Rip Bell
Morris & Essex
K.P. Sts
Nashville & Chat
N. J
Central Bow
Northern Ra
Norfolk & West
Diego Land
Northern Pacific
Bonanza Peete
LOS Peetee
Northwain
Oregon Nav
St. E & San
Iso
Ohio
Miss Rex
U Pacific
Ontario
West Ee
Union Pac
West Shore
Colorado Coal
Cristo
Navajo
iGould & Avery
Cal & Va
Best & Belcher
NYEN
California
Quincy
San Francisco
Cal
Dee + wet
Bell Tel
San Diego
Ophir Ee Sree
Rio
Best & Belehe
Potosi
Rib
Chollar ‘Savage
Sierra Nevada
Maine
Union
Eureka
Gould & Curry
Yellow Jacket
Y&n
Union Pacific
Am Bell Telephone
New England Telephone
Erie Telephone
Boston Land
San Diego Land
Boston
Atlantic & Pacific
Eastern Railroad
Mexican Central
Central of Mass
Burl & North
Burl & Quincy
Flint & Pere
Little Roc & Fort
Hough & Ont
New York
New England
Wisconsin Central
Allouez
Atlantic
Bonanza
Calumet & Heela
Catalpa
Huron
London
Erie
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Reading
Bank of England
Presentation to General Corse in Boston Hotel Berkeley
Winchester friends honored General Corse at his Boston residence with a handsome library lamp. Although a Winchester resident for only about three years, he helped form the Winchester Club and served as its first president. The testimonial, largely from club members, accompanied a warm letter of esteem and regret at his move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Corse
Winchester
Boston
Berkeley
Winchester Club
Genewal
Baldwin Place Home Eyes Vacant Lot Purchase
Managers of the Baldwin Place Home for Little Wanderers consider buying the 80 000 foot vacant lot between West Newton and Rutland streets off Columbus avenue. City bought it in 1865 for a schoolhouse site at 50 cents per square foot, now assessed at 140 dollars. Aldermen offer sale at 1 dollar per foot with a perpetual hold clause. managers seek a twenty year arrangement. If bought, a 30000 dollar building will be erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Place
West Newton and
Rutland Streets
Columbus Avenue
Markets Steady Across Food Commodities
Commercial matters show no notable changes across the board. Wheat and corn are unchanged while oats stay firm and butter remains steady. Cheese stays very strong. eggs, beans, poultry, hay, straw, and potatoes hold steady with demand for sweet potatoes fair. Sugar and molasses firm. pork, lard, and tallow unchanged.
The Fish Market Quiet as Receipts Remain Light
The Boston fish market shows dull trading with little change in mackerel and steady to easy prices for other species. Hake, cod, and oysters hold near last quotes. weekly Boston dealer receipts list varied prices for dry and pickled fish, herring, canned goods, and fresh fish including cod and mackerel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Haddock
Norfolk
Providence River
Market Report Mixed as Warm Weather Drops Prices
Prices fall across poultry meats with light trade. Turkeys show moderate sale at Western 12c and Northern 12 1/8c. many left unsold. Butter and eggs show varied quotes. beans, seeds, and hay hold steady with normal demand. oysters weaker, ducks dull, geese steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hubbard
Good
Eastern Creamery
Vermont Creamery
Ohio
Vermont
Canada
Rhode Island
Timothy Northern
Jersey
Maine
New Brunswick
Houston Rose
Aroostook
Do Hebrons
Buarbanks
Virginia
St. Andrew
Cape Cod
Market Reports Flour and Grain Mixed Signals Across Commodities
The report shows firmer flour and a stronger overall market with mills bidding higher, but backlogged trade and quiet demand for corn. Oats rise slightly with favorable outlook. No 2 white oats fetch 40¢ a bushel, while January contracts trade around 3Lise. Liverpool and Chicago quotations list several Wheat Corn and Oats prices, plus millfeed and rye figures. export prices for flour and corn meal outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Liverpool
California
Chicago
Dee
Sea Os
Michigan Stone
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
Eastern
Butter and Cheese Markets Show Steady Trade and Demand
New York reports a fair butter trade with moderate supply and strong cheese demand. Creamery grades hold steady as on call bids show eastern and northern prices. weekly receipts favor butter earlier week while cheese receipts lag. Chicago notes quiet butter, steady Western creamery, and steady egg demand amid limited fresh stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Creamery Extra
Vermont Dairy
New York
Chicago
Eastern Extra
Fruit Market Notes and 1886 Tomato Pack Review
The American Grocer reports firm demand and steady quotes for apples cranberries and dried apples with light stocks. It details 1886 tomato pack totals at 314 460 cases and 55 547 040 cans, noting per family five cans annually and a healthier industry, plus current prices for apples grapes nuts dried apples and Florida oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New York
King
Hubbardstons
Baldwin
Northern Spy
Virginia
Messina
Jamaica
Palermo
Malaga
Cotton and commodities mixed activity in Liverpool and New York markets
Futures for cotton opened and closed quiet with several spread notes from December to July. Spot Upland and Orleans prices firm, SUGAR steady with refined and bulk grades listed. New Coal futures showed steady to firm, while molasses and cargo prices held steady with varied regional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
New York
Mid Uplands
Manila
Belmont
Porto Rico
Cuba
Market Teletype Reports Mixed Grain and Pork Prices
Daily price list from New York to Detroit shows flour, wheat, and corn movements with receipts and exports varying by city. Notable figures include No 2 red wheat around 77 cents, Milwaukee and Chicago prices firm to steady, pork at about 11.50 to 11.60, and Detroit wheat options across white and red grades amid broad market steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Southern
Rio
Rice
Petroleum—United
City Extra Indian Mess
Western Steam
Tierces City
Continent
South America
Liverpool
ST. Louis
Milwaukee
Bbc
Cincinnati
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Montreal
Portland
New Orleans
London
Glasgow
Newcastle
Bristol Ass
Avonmouth
Belfast
Hamburg
Bremen
Antwerp
Sweden
Copenhagen
Stettin
Brazil
Mexico
Amer
S. A
Cuba
Hayti
St. Domingo
West Indies
Ben A. Col
Enmactite
Graeme Meamannna
Consolidated Cotton Receipts and Prices Across Ports
Net receipts across all United States ports for the week total 280 284 with exports to Great Britain 138 813 France 24 020 and the continent 1 050. Major ports show mixed activity with New Orleans and New York posting sizable shipments and stock levels while others report dull to firm tones and mid price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
Dull
New Orleans
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
France
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Midge
United States
Export and stock figures across ports and regions
Total exports to date reach 2 120 980 with last year at 1 920 741. Stocks at all US ports 1 050 431 versus 1 079 089 a year ago. Interior towns hold 216 890 against 265 017 last year. Liverpool stocks 584 000 against 511 000 last year. American allot ink in papery Great Britain 285 000 versus 222 004 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Liverpool
Great Britain
Providence Loth Market Notes Firm Slow Week
The Providence textile market shows firm but quiet trading with 64 squares at 3% rise and 64x60s at 8c. Weekly sales total 22 000 pieces versus 28 500 last week, with 64x64s spots 33 1 3c and 64x64s seconds 85 16e. Irregulars of 15 000 pieces to be negotiated privately. manufacturers hold about 50 000 pieces 64x and 600 pieces 56x60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Notailane
Hogs and cattle markets across major cities on Dec 24
Hogs steady at Kansas City around 410 with 8000 receipts and 9652 yesterday. Peoria hogs down about 5c at 350 and 435 with 400 shipments. St Louis hogs firm with Yorkers at 400 to 480, mixed packers 400 to 425. Chicago cattle 2000 receipts moving steers 331/16 to 170, Texas cattle 220 to 290. hogs 20000 receipts with heavy 375 to 425 and light 360 to 120. sheep receipts 1000 with natives 250 to 425 and Texans 190 to 305.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Foreign Markets Report From London and Havana
London markets show wheat and corn firm with mixed American and Danubian grain prices. Liverpool notes steady winter wheat and firm spot wheat. California and Michigan varieties quoted. Havana sugar markets quiet amid holidays and foreign news. freight rates for sugar to the United States remain listed in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Icheerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta
California
Liverpool
Michigan
Havana
United States
Imports and Exports. Imports Dec 24 1886 Antwerp
A lengthy list from the Steamer Pieter de Coninck and other vessels at Antwerp and Liverpool details shipments including window glass steel billets salts hides and various goods. Entries cover multiple firms such as Houghton & Dutton Lambert Bros Dana & co and R Sherburne with quantities ranging from casks and cases to bales and boxes. The record also notes cargoes from Five Islands Nova Scotia Londonderry Newfoundland and Liverpool consignments to merchants like Baring Bros Wadsworth Howland and Morey & co among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Pieter de Coninck
Houghton & Dutton
Lambert Bros
Dana & Co
Norris
Richards & Sons
John Noonan
Webster & Co
Brooks
Sherburne
Lambert Bro
Hills
Turner & Co
Gage
Quimby & Son
Sausman
Joseph Birtwell
Mdise Wadsworth, Howland & Co
Wise
Rowan & Kelly
Joseph P Cook
T P Cummings
Heroy & Merener
J A & W Bird & Co
Delong & Seaman
Londonderry
George C Rockwell
Liverpool
Eng
Wilder
Fairbrother & Co
Webber
Hapgood, Bogegian & Co
Cephalonia
Bolls Steel
Jackson
Warren Salisbury É Springale
Baring Bros & Co
Smith
Schoenhef
William Bixby & Co
Harwood & Beardsley
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Forbes & Ct
J W White
Little, Brown & Eco
Whitney & Co
Salter
Sprigs
Herbert & Rapp Co
City Machine Co
H Reffe & Co
Shuman & Co
Shoninger, Moses & Eco
Gaskell
White Bros & Sons
William Firth & Co
Wadsworth, Howland & Co
JFF Mullen & Co
Nichols & Farmsworth
Rosmaniere, Kimball & Lovejoy
Thairlwall
Shepard’, Norwell & Co
Zenas Sears
Grout, Warren & Blanchard
Frost & Adams
J.murdock
Washington Milco
China
Horace Partridge & Co
March Bros. Pearce & Co
Folsom
Nate & Newell
Cumner, Jones & Co
Talbot, Wilmarth & Co
Inson
Neal Morse & Co
John P Lowells
Roberts Bros
Beal, Higgins & Henderson
Stone & Downer
Dyer
Noyes Bros
Pray, Sons & Eco
Tuckerman
Booth & Co
John Lyons
H Newell
M Chanut
George Richardson
Winthrop
Fargo & Co
P O'Donnell & Co
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Eer
Boston Stock Exchange
Cali
Res
Basset, Whitney & Co
Devonshire Street
Stock Exchanges
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Nassau St
Phila
Delphia
R. R. Co. General
R. R. Co
St. Joseph
Grand Island
R. R. and Navigation Co
St.louis Cable & Western
Blake Brothers
Broadway National Bank
R. C. Downer
IF. O. Squire
W. R. Dresser
Gray’s
Lord Acoustic
Bo National
Aucun
NEW York Financial
Central Pacific Seve
Delaware
Kansas & Texas
Michigan Central
Missouri
St Paul & Omaha
Texas Pacific
Union Pacifc
Western Union
Oregon Transcontinental
Richmond
West Point Dole
Hocking
WAVCY
Foreign Financial Markets
Eru Ee
Telegraph
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