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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1883

Page

3

Money Matters and Rail Talks Warm in Boston Meeting

Boston reports a steady money market with higher exchange, mixed bank discounts, and rail speculation. Directors discussed Atlantic and Pacific railroad adjustments, bond payments, steamboat lines on the Arkansas river, and earnings outlook for New York and New England while naming George M. Rice to fill the Gould vacancy.

Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Iowa Pool Northwestern Company Tripartite Alliance Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Atchison Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company Strong New York St. Louis St. Joseph, Denver and Western Railway Omaha Toledo Cincinnati Mexican Central West Michigan Wisconsin Central Little Rock Fort Smith Treasury Arkansas River Mississippi River Texas Road Junction Railway Company Little Rock and Fort Smith Company Cheshire Boston Albany Old Colony New England Jay Gould George M. Rice Worcester City of Mexico Encarnacion River Northern Pacific Atlantic and Pacific Delver Sonora Louisville New Albany American Bell Telephone Ili Calumet Hecla

Richardson Hill Co Orders 1m Stocks Across Markets

Richardson Hill Co executes orders for 1 million shares across the Boston and New York stock boards. The company wire reports to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily broker updates available at 40 Water Street office.

Boston New Richardson, Hill & Co New York Philadelphia Baltimore Water Street

Market Notes Slump and Gains on 1383 New York Trading Day

New York December 28 1383 Money easy at 2 24 per cent on call Prime mercantile paper 5 64 per cent Bar silver 1 e%4 Foreign exchange firm at 481146 482 long and at 4844 485 for short sight. Governments strong state bonds quiet. Wabash and Oregon transcontinental see heavy trade. Rumors of leadership changes and defalcations prompt declines. Several names including Northern Pacific Oregon Transcontinental and Villard shares move with bears and bulls. Final sales show mixed activity with broad movements across railroad and canal stocks.

Boston Mercantile Corporation New York London Paris Reichmark Prime Mercantile Virginia Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific St. Paul Lake Shore Oregon Navigation Bears Northern Pacifics Iard Oregon Lackawanna Reading Lake Snare Michigan Central New York Central Canada Southern Ftansactions AL Tog Hist Lo’st Qanana South Central Pacific Han Missouri Pacific Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey New York Cen Ohio & Missisippi Ontario & West Ohio Cevtta Pacific Mail Peoria Dec E. Gogo Phils. & Read Milwaukee St.p St. P Omaha Texas Pacific Union Pacific St.l Union

Grain Market and Livestock Prices Report

Call board shows first call 3 cars No 2 white oats at 42% cash, second call 15 cars No 2 white oats with 6 February and 9 May deliveries at 43% and 45% respectively. Corn cash for No 2 mixed 67.25, second call 68. Prices for wheat and beans mixed. receipts of flour and grain, Liverpool cheese, butter and eggs firm. Chicago wheat and corn futures quoted. car lots and daily receipts listed. Beef, poultry stalls described with steers from Chicago weighing 1,846 pounds each. shrinkage minimal.

Liverpool New York Mercantiles Exchange Western Creamery Chicago Coset Faneuil Hall H. Bird & Co N. Robbins Bira & Co Hiscock & Co Curtis Stavie Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Pe Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Jas Boston and Albany Railroad Stneey Momie United C. Rosin South America Det Sun Cenet Ae Milwaukee Barney ST. Louis

Breadstuffs and Grain Prices Display Quiet Trade

Trade remains very light across flour, corn meal, oats, and rye flour with mixed price ranges listed for western superfine, Minnesota extras, winter patents, and various regional wheats. Corn, oats, rye, and mill feeds show subdued activity and steady or easing quotes, while butter and cheese markets stay quiet with mixed Northern and Western dairy prices.

Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Linois Stern Choice Dairy Northern Choice Vermont Choice Western Northern Extra

Provisions and meats market summary from the trade columns

The report shows firm pork and lard quotations with light demand, beef trade quiet with steady prices, and fresh meats listing varied prices from hindquarters to lamb and veal. Poultry and game prices are given for turkeys chickens fowls and geese, with tallow, molasses, sugar, and coffee notes, plus cotton futures and prices across markets.

Boston Western Do Worcester Co

Boston Weddings Gather Local Pairs in December Ceremonies

In Boston on December 25 to 27, multiple marriages were officiated by local reverends. Couples include Jacob L Smith and Irene Locke, Robert R Campbell and Margaret A Himer, Ian L Whittemore and Fiora H Chap man, Samuel M Moore and Augusta Attner Cridge, and Gustavus C Crossman with Hila OClough. All parties listed reside in or near Boston or Medway, reflecting communal nuptial celebrations.

Smith—Locke Boston N B Jones Jacob L Smith Irene Locke Campbell—Elmer R H Barlow Robert R Campbell Margaret A Himer Whittemore—Chapman F £ Clark Ian L Whittemore Fiora BH Chapman Moore Attner Cambridge F Torre Samuel M Moore Augusta Attner Cridge Crossman—Clough Medway BR K Harlow Gustavus C Crossman Hila Oclough

Dividends and interest notices from railroads and mills

Monthly payable dividends and interest across diverse railroads and manufacturing firms. Details include dividend changes on the Boston and Lowell, Chicago Iowa and Nebraska, Detroit Hillsdale and Southwestern, and others. bond coupons due in January. and payments by city and various corporate issuers in Boston and New York.

Connecticut Hartford Providence and Worcester Providence Boston and Lowell Chicago Iowa Nebraska Detroit Hillsdale Southwestern Little Rock Fort Smith Nashua Rochester Worcester Atlantic Cabot Dwight Salmon Falls Continental Hamilton Alabama and Great Southern Railroad National Security Bank Anson Norridgewock Manhattan Beach Railway New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad New York Corbin Banking Company Mill Street Boston London Portland Water Company National Bank of Redemption Attleboro Concord and Philadelphia Vermont Valley Bellows Falls Albany City Rocklyn City Central Pacific Railroad Gentral Iowa Grand Rapids Newago and Lake Shore Railroad Union Trust Company Grand River Valley Railroad Jackson Lansing

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Flour and grain prices drift

New York reports mixed commodity data with cotton up 1 16 cent and quiet demand. Flour receipts reach 25 916 barrels and exports 2125. market weak yet not quotably changed. Wheat receipts 14 000 bushels with spot lots higher, rye and barley weak, and several price listings for various grades and grades of flour and grain.

New York Uplands Orleans Minnesota Ei Ag Duluth

Wheat and market notes from London and Liverpool

London reports dull demand for wheat and coin with modest price drops across grains and corn, including No 2 California and No 2 spring wheat. Liverpool markets show quiet wheat activity, steady futures, and mixed grain prices with notable American imports and stock levels. Sugar sales in Havana are noted, citing a shipment of 100 centrifugal barrels at polarizing 95 degrees.

Florida Palermo Valencia Barbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Liverpool New York Boston P.M London Ivec Izisch P Beerbohm Merchants Exchange Ivc California Canfornia Uplands Orleans Havana

Edson Diaphragm Lift Pump Contempt Case Before Court

United States Circuit Court, December 28, heard alleged contempt in the Loud vs Stone case. Plaintiffs claim the Edson New Diaphragm Lift Pump infringes patent 158,879 and that defendants evade a May 4, 1882 decree by altering the lower valve. Hearing held, decision reserved. Magnadier Dodge represent plaintiffs, Wakefield for defendants.

Samuel C. Loud Henry N. Stone Clara L. Loud Same

Libel for Wages and Shares on Maine Fishing Voyage

Before Judge Nelson William Thompson sues the schooner Little Lizzie for wages and a share of catch from a Maine voyage July 28 to vessel arrival in Boston. He was later aboard as mariner at 25 dollars a month. He claims 26th share totaling 3939 and wages July 29 to Oct 29, 1883 totaling 11438. The libellant says he shipped on shares only. his share is 1476 with 13 paid and balance tendered. J Morrison for libellant George A King for claimant.

William Thompson Maine Boston Mariner J. Morrison George A. King

Is a Man Guilty of Burglary Who Breaks Into His Wife's House

Charles A Whitney of Troy New York sued for divorce. After a nighttime incident his wife awoke to find him in the act of taking a ring while she was drugged. Neighbors found her unconscious. The grand jury indicted him for burglary first degree and grand larceny the first such case on these facts.

Charles A. Whitney Troy N. Y

Troy Man Shares Chicago Visit and Paddy Ryan's Place

A Troy resident, just back from Chicago, recalls visiting Paddy Ryan's establishment. The gladiator, health conscious, discusses Sullivan and vows not to drink, saying he feels better than ever and believes Sullivan cannot knock him out in four rounds.

Troy Chicago Paddy Ryan Sullivan

Supreme Judicial Court Hearing on Preliminary Injunction

Glendon company seeks to stop a mortgage sale to end a complex dispute over a March mortgage dated but recorded in July. The case involves Rhodes Co. endorsements, Nash and Rhodes interests, and alleged improper sale advertising to deter buyers. Judge Holmes ordered the injunction but allowed the sale to adjourn. Attorneys Geo W. Estabrook for plaintiffs and F D Alien for defendants.

Glendon Company James Tucker Nathaniel Tucker Rhodes Co Tucker Rhodes & Co Frank O. Nash Geo. W. Estabrook F. D. Alien

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