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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1888

Page

7

Cotton Markets Mixed as New York Prices Hold Steady

New York cotton remains dull and steady with middling uplands at 9.44 to 9.46 cents. Trade shows 138 bales sold. futures opened and closed dull. Opening and closing figures cover December, February and August contracts. other markets report varied receipts, stocks and exports across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Washington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Gallmore, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville with overall steady to dull tone and mid 9 to 10 cent ranges.

New York Paduoty Prulgmet Weston Ae Ce Crs Case Sa Ile Dales Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Winhington Norfolk Philadelphia Anil Gallmore Great Britain Cincinnati St.Louis Louisville France Continent United States

Hog and Cattle Market Totals From Major Cities

Market reports show firm demand and higher hog prices in Kansas City and St Louis with cattle gains in Chicago. Cattle receipts reach thousands as hogs move strongly. Peoria and Cincinnati note steadier or firmer hog trade, while sheep行情 remains mixed across markets.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Mixed Commodity Market Briefs Across Cities

Tallow and fat prices ease at steady levels while sales remain firm in New York city markets. Coffee and whiskey values show quiet and steady demand with regional variations in Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis. Turpentine and petroleum trade reports note pricing shifts and resin and RSW case costs across major hubs.

New York Rio Cincinnati Chicago St Louis

Cattle Market Report Brighton and Watertown Week Ending Dec 26 1888

Market notes show 1 836 sheep 7 710 cattle 26 018 lambs at Watertown and Brighton with slow movement. Western steers down slightly, hogs steady, few high quality flocks sold. late arrivals include multiple pairs of milch cows and working oxen sold by Taft Hosmer Henry and others. Export trade discouraged by bad weather. three English steamers carried cattle to Glasgow and Liverpool.

Watertown Brighton Canada New England Monroe Hollis & Co H M Taft J D Hosmer Jerrow & Pulsiter J Melloy & Son Hoolidge & Son SC Libby & Son Siberian Glasgow J A Hathaway Liverpool J Rollinger Lostonian N Morris

Live stock markets in Maine and Watertown yards drop before Christmas

The report details numerous cattle and sheep trades across Maine and Watertown yards. Buyers faced light supplies of beef cattle, milch cows, veals, and store stock as Christmas approached, with prices varying by weight and class, including steers around 14 to 16 hundred pounds and sheep at about 70 pounds average, plus notable sales by Merrow & Pulsifer, Libby, Pond, and others.

Buffalo G A Sawyer H W Jenne A P Libby F D Merrow Maine Merrow & Pulsifer Z Yotter SC Kibby & Son

Staple Goods and Cargo Receipts by Rail Lines 1888

An extensive ledger lists freight and supplies for multiple railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Pittsburg Rail, Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and more. Items cover cotton wool flour oats corn meal meat lard butter cheese eggs beans apples lumber hides and leather along with numerous bales, boxes, sacks and cars laden with goods bound for various destinations.

Total Receipts December 26 1888

An itemized list of 1888 receipts across commodities including cotton, molasses, eggs, wool, butter, flour, oleo, cornmeal, cheese, oats, corn, wheat, apples, barley, potatoes, rye, hay, peas, straw, tallow, leather, pork, lard, hides, canned meats, green hides, grease, bacon, skins, dressed hogs, tea, coffee, pelts, sugar and related goods.

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Imports and Exports. 1888 Atlantic Shipping List

A colonial shipping list itemizes schooners visiting Charlottetown Av Alborton and Cardigan with cargoes including potatoes lobsters sauerkraut sardines horns and oil. Named vessels include Bonus Torridon Tyrone Galatea Vivian Arizona Dominion and Dominion with loads of potatoes turnips lobsters oil herring apples codfish and assorted goods.

Alberton Pei George C Rockwell & Sons Woodaide & Co Charlottetown Tyrone Cardigan Pel Iohns Arizona Eli Russell & Co Murdock & Co TJ Jones & Co

Exports Declared for December 26 1888 at Paysandu Uruguay

Export list shows Bark Corn 25 bases cotton duck 43 barrels seed wheat 2 gauge ploughs 1 iron roller 48 corn shellers 2 iron burr rows 1 grain drill 49 cases ploughs 40 boils caramel plaster 1 box harness 10 950 cases petroleum 4500 feet black walnut 38 520 feet spruce. Bear River Nova Scotia schooner Seraphine 75 barrels cornmeal.

Paysandu Bear River

Comprehensive Central Division Rail Timetable Fragment

An extensive roster lists multiple line departures and stations including Kneeland New Yorks Ashmont Medford and Weymouth with varied times by day and specials noted as Sundays or via Brockton. The fragment shows numerous numeric schedules and route names indicating a broad regional schedule snapshot.

New England Trains Timetable From Boston Station

A dense schedule lists New York and New England trains from Boston Foot of Summer Street with numerous times for many stops including Dedham Dorchester Norwood Norwood Central Providence Readville Pawtucket Norwalk and Washington DC among others. Sunday trains run to Norwood Central and intermediate stations with return times later in the day. The Worcester and Woonsocket divisions are detailed with specific departures and returns for Needham Way Stations Weensocket and Franklin limits noted.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Waltimore TD m. Bird Street Lam Danbury Dedham Dorchester Street Ellis Vee Pte Bowdoin DO. LU D.du Bud GLU New Britain Newbury New London New York Air Line Hartford Norwich Tom Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia M. Providence Puatnam Qinm Readville Li & In Reckville Conan Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Washington D. C Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Webster Forsyde Park Clyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Weensocket Coffce Washington Street A. Jackson T. Aw Aa. C. Kendall Pass Riverside Wellie Key Bulla Worcester Newton Highlands Loston Poe Hanson Gallup Pags Sap Fitchburg Causeway Street Ae Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont White River Junction Bor Brook Reute Centrali New Jersey Reading Keeb Taare Depot Central Rt. R Liberty St Depot Philadelphia Reading R. R 9Th Greenests Bias Fond D.n. Magna New England Washington St

Woodside Farm mortgage suit in Swampscott estate dispute

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Essex files mortgage deed dispute over Woodside Farm near Swampscott. Petitioners Alice M Knapp et al seek a twenty year possession claim, deletion of debt encumbrance and a decree to quiet title, with executors named and long ownership asserted. Commonwealth Middlesex Superior Court case follows, involving Henry B. Goodenough versus Isaac Newton Hill for a contract debt of one thousand dollars with publication notice ordered due to nonresidence of the defendant.

Common Wealth Supreme Judicial Court Essex Equity Alice M. Knapp Willam R. Knapp William R. Knapp Mary Eleanor Develin Annie Develin Coffey Edward H. Coffey Charles Ss. Develin Virginia Ford J. Henry Ford New York Caroline Currier Laura Stetson Swampscott Commonwealth of Massachusetts Charles A. Stetson Essex Dee Richard M. Blatchford John &. Develin Swampscot County of Essex Massachusetts Essex Street Ibenezer Barret E. Reddington Maige Micajah C. Pratt Pratt Jonathan F. Phillips Phillips Woodside Farm Richard M. Wlatchford Samuel Blitchford John E. Devell Charles E. Miller Sail Essex County Oston Post Salem County of Samuel Islatchfortt Dean Peabody Boston Post Boston

Cape Cod Division Bus Schedule Fragments

Fragmented timetable for Cape Cod Division routes listing stations from Kneeland Street to Buzzards Bay with varied times. Entries include Bourne Brewster Provincetown Wellfleet and Nantucket area notes with morning and afternoon departures, some garbled station names and inconsistent times.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Bareatabe Bourne Air Brewster Cataunet Chateham Cottage City Vark Sq New Bedford Bairhay Biyannis Nantuc Hall Provincetown Wich

Providence to New York and regional trains schedule listing

A dense list of train times and routes including Providence division boards. It notes departures from Park Square and various suburbs to New York Shore Line and Stonington Line, with Sundays limiting times and numerous intermediate stops such as Attleboro Canton Dedham Jamaica Plain and Norwood. Mileages, codes, and station names appear throughout with multiple daily trains.

Philadelphia Express Hartford New Haven Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Wullman Norwich Line New York New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam Cily Boston Park Square Stonington Attleboro Boylston Gale Central Hightand Spring Street Canton Dt Dedham East Foxbor Hazelwood Hebronville Pryde Park Jamaica Plain RIR Mansi Wavy Vias Ros Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills North Attleboro Providence Isd M. Meadville Mekhure Kuamford India Point Sharon Sharon Meights Stoughton Central Canton South Walpole Wrentham Walnut Mill Stonehaven Warren and Bristol West Mansfield b'Taunton New Bedford Norton Fall River Newport Wickford Junction Central Diy ALL River Line Old Colony Brooklyn Annex Boat Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’l Pass R Art L. H. Palmer Park Square Station Washington, Cor State Street J. W. Richardson J. W. Miller C. H. Briggs

Sunday Train Times Across Cities

Sunday trains listed with departure times from Dover Kiaverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland and Reading and Way Stations. Times range from early morning to late evening with multiple stops and connections noted for several routes.

Dover Kiaverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Ganger Lewiston Rieading and Way Nashua Sowell Stemeham Lexington and Way Odin Woburn and Way Winchester and Way Manchester and Corcord Montreal Express

Complex OCR Rail Timetable Fragments Across Massachusetts

A crowded OCR extract lists multiple towns and stations with numerous time entries in unclear formats. The text references Amesbury Chelsea Lynn Salem Rockport Revere Newburyport Portsmouth and others, plus branch lines like Saugus and Nowak Marbor. The fragmentary schedule hints at a regional timetable with morning to evening departures and complex annotations.

Amesbury Meverly Biddetorg Chelsea Bever Everett Great Falls Mochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Meranch Adicdleton Newburyport North Conway Eabody Danvers Portsmouth Tom. Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Nowak Marbor & Beach K.R Saugus Swampscott M. Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Fortland Baner St. Joan Halifax Iem

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