Live stock sale notes and cattle market report
A detailed ledger of cattle, milch cows, springers, veal calves, and oxen sold by multiple firms including JS Henry, F H Coolidge & Son, W Scollans, NE Trafton, Libby & Son, and Blaisdell & Wheeler. It lists quantities, prices, and buyer names across regions from Maine to New York, with droves, export trade, and Watertown yard sales noted amid a broad livestock market roundup. The report emphasizes price levels, demand, and seasonal market conditions just after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JS Henry
F H Coolidge & Son
W Scollans
NE Trafton
Libby & Son
Hosmer
Blaisdell & Wheeler
Aldrich & Johnson
Breck & Wood
Vermoon
T.—E Kimball
Flint & Blanchard
Worthern
G H Sprigg
A Pond
Whipple & Farnham
Ricker & Son
N K Campbell
M G Flanders
L W Tinker
Hall & Seaver
Massacavusrris
Henry
Scattering
New York
T Fisher
B Humbert
W Fisher
L Morse
G A Burdick
Maine
Mr Heald
CA Burdick
JB Sargent
E Kimball
H A Coffin
Merrill
Holt & Thompson
J Allen
Penney
W C
W Ricker & Son
NK Campbell
MG Flanders
Massachusetts
J . Henry
New Yorn
C A Burdick
A N Monroe
W H Monroe
Market Reports Flour and Grain Steady Amid Tight Demands
Market notes from December 28 show flour and grain trading with little change. Millers press for higher prices and tighter margins, while buyers hold firm. Officials report steady demand but cautious buying patterns persist across mills and grains markets.
Busy but steady farm market with mixed commodity quotes
The butter market is quiet and firm with small sales and ample receipts. Eggs are scarce for extras while herd eggs are dull. beans and hay show steady demand at old prices. Potatoes and various produce list wide ranges with receipts large and no accumulation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
New York
Vermont
Vermont Diary
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
Northern Sage
New Hampshire
Choice Canada
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
Choice
Imed
North
Timothy
West
Red Top
East Swale
Houlton
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
Hebrons
Peerless
Magnum
P Bush
Regent
Champion
Markets Report Shows Butter and Cheese Steady Across Cities
In Chicago butter is inactive while Elgin creamery offers 32c and Western creamery 30c. Cheese remains quiet and eggs are very tame at 22 to 23c. The New York market holds unchanged, and Liverpool cheese market sits at 58s with no change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elgin Creamery
Western Creamery
New York
Liverpool
Liverpool Market Steady with Demand for Sound Fruit
The Liverpool market cables from A Lombard's Sons report steady prices and good demand for sound fruit, while a glut of poor fruit persists. Baldwins and Spies quoted around 12s 14d, greenings 10s 12d, and rus sets 11s 13s. Florida oranges sold at auction today for 126 3374 per box, Valencia and Almeria varieties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
A . Lombard’s Sons
Glasgow
H Barris & Co
Florida
Valencia
Almeria
Cargo prices for fruits and dried goods on steamer Procida
The Procida cargo sold in part listing Messina oranges at 146 210, Messina lemons at 16214 275, Palermo oranges 16242 226, Palermo lemons 16242 612%% with remaining balance to be sold later weather permitting. Prices for cranberries apples bananas oranges and nuts follow with varied bids and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procida
Messina
Palermo
Florida
King
Hubbardston
Spitz
Cape Cod
Pirate
Country
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Valencia
Virginia
Virginia Prime
Virginia Common
Grenoble
Tilberts
Pork and beef prices hold steady in mixed market
The pork market remains steady amid firm demand with lard and hats unchanged. Fresh beef is quiet with a firm tone across grades. veal, lambs, and muttons also show no price changes. Specific rates cover pork cuts, hams, shoulders, ribs, bacon, and fresh beef items, noting numerous price points and packaging formats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Choice
Tieroes
Chicago
Brighton
Market says steady as figures show no new demand
The certificate market shows active but uncertain trading with little fresh interest. New York futures opened quiet and closed steady. spot cotton mixed with differing middlings and a robust Liverpool market supports futures, with several ports reporting steady to firm prices and sizable weekly receipts and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Coastwise
Savannah
Wilmington
Baltimore
C. Louis
Louisville
Continent
Allan Asher & Co
Jesse Do Ee
Dung Sie Win
Orleans
Augusta
Memphis
Mobile
Charleston
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Sugar Market Quiet with Steady Prices and Molasses Notes
The raw sugar market remains very quiet with prices steady and no sales reported. Refined sugar stays firm with granulated at 7c, Pulverized 7 14c, powdered around 7c, and various brand grades cited. Molasses quotes include Ponce at 35c per gallon and Cienfuegos at 22c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mloilos
Javas
Belmont
Ponce
Flour Receipts and Exports Reported at Trade Centres
Reports from New York dated December 28 show flour receipts totaling 47 696 packages with exports of 8279 barrels and 8514 sacks. Prices range for Western and State goods from 3 350 to 5 10 per unit, Minnesota and Ohio grades quoted up to 475 5 10, with city mill and winter wheat flour also noted. Southern flour remains quiet while cornmeal holds firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosac
Albany
New Ne
New York
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada Extra
Canada
Bush
Ohio
St Louis
Hela
Wheat and Corn Market Report From Various Cities
Grain and commodity prices across Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee and other centers show dull to firm trends. Wheat No 2 spring around 78 to 79 cents, No 2 red 81 to 83, corn No 2 about 49 to 52 cents, oats around 31 to 38 cents, rye 62 to 68 cents, barley 72 to 80 cents. Butter and lard steady to firm. pork and other meats mixed. coffee sugar and molasses reported with varied levels. Shipments and receipts tallied across multiple markets for late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rio
United
Tierces Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Continent
Liverpool
Chicago
ST. Louis
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Bard
Northern
Bakers
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
Detroit
Hogs and cattle prices rise as receipts surge across markets
Across Kansas City Peoria and Chicago reports show hogs firmer with receipts and shipments rising. Chicago cattle and hog markets logged higher prices with steers cows and hogs all advancing and quality grades noted as strong. Sheep likewise higher with natives Western and Texans leading the lamb market gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Wheat and Corn Markets Movement In London and Liverpool
Foreign markets report firmer wheat and steady corn as cargoes shift toward sale. London data show No 2 Calcutta club wheat at 27s 6d and Danubian corn at 24s 6d with mixed American corn at 25s 3d. Liverpool bids edge higher for wheat while corn sees weak demand. pork and beef hold steady amid price adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta Club
Paris
Liverpool
California
Great Britain
Continent
Imports And Exports December 28 1887 Halifax NS
Halifax and Yarmouth reports show schooners Georgie Harold and Circassian carrying bush potatoes. Pearl Nelson sails from Souris with bush potatoes and old rope and oil barrels. Firms listed include George C Rockwell Co and Chipman Bros and L Kimball Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Georgie Harold
George C Rockwell & Co
Yarmouth
Chipman Bros. Souris
Pet
Pearl Nelson
L. Kimball & Co
Shipping cargo list from Lunenburg to Antwerp and Liverpool
A manifest itemizes cargo aboard vessels including the schooner Parisian with pork and beef from Lunenburg to Antwerp via New York and the steamer Jan Breydel carrying bacon to Liverpool. Additional goods listed for Palestine include lard beef canned meat starch oil cake cotton wool leather canned mutton organ material cotton waste staves beef cattle jewelry photographs confectionery shawls and fur items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunenburg
Parisian
Antwerp
Bel
New York
Jan Breydel
Liverpool
Eng
Palestine
Freight yard totals for multiple railroads in 19th century ledger
The list itemizes cargoes transported by several railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, Fitchburg, and New York & New England. It records bales of cotton and wool, barrels of flour and tallow, bushels of corn and wheat, hides and leather, butter and cheese, eggs, bacon, hams, tea and coffee, lumber and sides, oats, and other goods with specific quantities.
Totals of Receipts for December 28 1887 and 1886
A dense ledger of year end receipts listing categories such as cotton, wool, flour, butter, cornmeal, cheese, oats, wheat, beans, barley, apples, malt, potatoes, rye, straw, lumber, tallow, leather, hides, beef, pork, lard, dry hides, dried meats, grease, bacon, dressed hogs, tea, kins, and various quantities in bales, boxes, bushels, barrels, and pounds with figures for 1887 and 1886. Highlights include large cocoa of corn, oats, wheat, and beef supplies, plus substantial lard and pork allocations and numerous commodity tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell System
Express
Gates Vcs
Thy
Cot’ns’d Nee Straw
Lamnber
Luge IB
Mnos Siaeae
Osorgs A
Drgs Co
NOREN
Humperets Homeopathic Veterinary Specifics Adverts
Humperets Homeopathic Veterinary Specifics offered for hogs and livestock claims government use. Lists numerous cures for fevers inflammations lungs distempers colic worms cough and other ailments with prices for bottle case and medicator. Names various owners and farms and includes price 7.00 for a set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.A
C. B.B
C. D.C
C. D.D
C. S
C. J.K
Through trains on western and eastern divisions
Railroads announce schedules dated October 23 1887 for Boston and Maine and Maine Central lines. Service lists morning and afternoon departures from Haymarket square and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Lewiston Manchester Concord and Portland with connections to St John Halifax Eastport Germany and other points in Maine New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Augusta
Portland
Causeway St
Haymarket St
Beochland
Castine
Southweet
Kar Marboos
Haymarket Sq
Lewiston
Market St
Causeway
Manchester
Concord
N. EM
North—Haymarket
North Venna
Porland
Causeway &T
Maine Central
Grand Crunk
Maox & Lincoln
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Station
Daily and Sunday departures list trains from Boston Haymarket to Alton, Rochester, Farmington, Andover, Exeter, Great Falls, Malden, Medford, and many towns. Timetables include morning and afternoon slots with numerous numbered trains, via Georgetown and other routes, plus Sunday trains to Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Gay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Dar “Ers
Exeter
Georgetown
Brennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Sowell
Malden
Medford
Merrimac
North Andover
Pu Newburyport
Reading
Salem
Wakefield
Wilmington
Bover
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Lowell
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Eastern Division Passenger Train Timetable Listings
A dense timetable lists trains from Boston stations to Amesbury and numerous other towns including Beverly Chelsea Everett Salem Rockport Gloucester and Newburyport with varied daily and evening departures. The section closes with notices of routes via Saugus and South Reading branches and credits James T. Furher General Manager and D. J. Flanders General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
I Lyswich
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Aim
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
Work Harbor & Keach
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolteboro
Sportland
Erangor
St. John
Halifax
Saugus
Boston and Central Mass R R Timetable Dec 19 1887
Through and local train times from Boston to multiple New England points on Boston and Central Massachusetts routes. Lists departures and through services to Northampton Belchertown Ware Clinton Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Belmont and others with morning noon and evening slots and parlor car notes. Includes station offices in Boston Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street. Local through connections and Montreal line details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
Washington Street
Old State House
Wilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Braverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Loe
Lebanon
White River
St. Johnsbury
Nowport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Pena
Northampton
Hadley
Amherst
Belchertown
Bondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Wusig d
Jefferson’s
Oakdale
West Boylston
Clinton
Berlin
Budson
Sudbury
SUN
Rockbottom
Wayland
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Mellen Gan
Special Notice of Passengers Baggage and Train Schedules
Long baggage calls and baggage handling terms for passengers using Old Colony lines into Boston with specific call notices. Dates show December 26 1887 as start, with listed outbound trains from Boston to Fall River Line and various return times to towns including Ashmont Barnstable Yarmouth Sandwich Hyannis Nantucket and more. The notice cites multiple routes via different connections and notes agents GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick handling details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
Old State House
New Fall River Line
Retur River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Hyannis
Brockton
Newport
South Braintree
Taunton
New Bedford
Tom
Middleboro
Jockton
New York
Fall River
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
Train Schedule Changes for Boston and Providence Lines
On and after Monday May 30 1887 trains will run from Boston to New York New Haven and Providence and return with listed daily and Sunday times. The schedule includes connections at Tremont Boston and Providence lines with various stops such as Stonington Plain Abbe Attleboro Canton Junction Dedham and West Roxbury. Some services have modified days and late evening departures with specified return times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW
Stonington
York Bn
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York
State Street
Boston & Providence
J. W. Richardson
Boston Ags A. A. Folsom
Rroston
Providence Attroadd
Ave Boston
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Highlands
Stoughton and Conten
Stoughton
Boston
Mt. Hope
Warren
Bristol
Trad
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Horse Market
J C Richardson
Mr Lamb
Lester
Mass
Russell
Welch & Hall
City of Somerville
International Horse Exchange
Ilinois
CH & E Snow
G&0
Eaat
Union
A P Libby
I Cie & Son
J B Sargent
Seaver
D Fisher
Glee
I C Libby
H Merrill
J A Hathway
N Morris
Watertown
Engand States
Connecticut River
JA Hathaway
Whipple & Co
Brighton Yards
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Page Fitchburg Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Asva
Medical
United States Government
J. I. Case
Fay
Day Eye Sea
Phalliss
C. J. Hamlin, Esq
Village Farm
Commodore Kittson
Midway Park
T. G. Yeomans, Esq
Princess of Wayne
Humphreys’ Homeopathic Med. CO
Fulton Street
Blangard
Academy Or Medicine of Paris
Blancard
Rue Bonaparte
Pougora & Co
U.S. Said
Railroads
Vickers
Pengirim
Providence
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Hoston
L. H. Palmer
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Montreal & West
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