Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Dec 31, 1886, p. 2

Cattle and cattle market figures from regional auctions

A detailed sale ledger lists prices for cattle, milch cows, springers, oxen, and calves from multiple buyers and yards. It notes dairy cows and beef stock sold by dealers such as Whipple Farnham Libby Merrill and Kimball, with prices per head and per hundredweight, plus regional exports and market tone before New Year.

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F S Kimball Whipple & Farnham Uerry W Scollans P W Ayrshire K H Werrill F H Coolidge Dow & Moulton J Y Keazer Vermont F Chariton J Carroll Ballard & Bro French & Co C H Kidder FS Kimball W Ricker M G Flanders Hall & Seavers Massachusettts Encrem JS Henry New York G Woodbridge T Fisher W Fisher D Fisher Western Staties N Hollis J A Hathaway A N Monroe Hollis & Co Farrell & McPlynn Sawyer Farrell & Nagle Maine S H Wardwell W R_ Brown JY .Keazer Merrill J C Libby J H Fogg

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Livestock Sales Report From Farrell McFlynn and Monroe

Sales of 15 steers average 1310 pounds at 4.45 per hundredweight. 18 steers average 1513 pounds at 5.80. 16 steers at 1540 pounds at 5.50. 10 steers 1480 pounds at 5.18. 10 steers 1455 pounds at 5.00. 16 steers 1515 pounds at 4.50. Dealers Farrell McFlynn and A N Monroe report a range of steer lots with varying weights and prices.

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Farrell & McFlynn A N Monroe

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Markets by Telegraph: Diverse grain and commodity prices slip and rise

New York reports flour higher with large receipts and exports. wheat, cornmeal, rye, barley, and oats show varied movements across cities including Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo St. Louis. Spirits and meats firm with pork, lard, and bacon steady to higher amid shipments and receipts data across the Midwest and Great Lakes markets.

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Hogs and Cattle Markets Across Cities December 29

Hogs firmer in Kansas City at 4.50 with 6000 receipts today and 5036 yesterday. St Louis reports higher hogs with Yorkers 44.25, mixed packers 40 to 44, patchers 40 to 46. Chicago notes cattle steady with 8000 receipts and hogs up. steers 3.26 to 12.15, stockers 24 to 35, cows 125 to 350, bulk 210 to 250. Sheep higher with 4000 receipts. natives 2.0 to 3.0, Western 2.70 to 3.80, Texans 2.20 to 3.50. lambs 1.0 to 1.0. Peoria reports hogs up to 8.70 to 4.70 with 1500 receipts and 600 shipments. OVO shows hogs 4.45 up, rough and mixed 4.50, light 3.75 to 4.40, ships 4.50 to 4.70.

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JC Libby Glen JH Fegg S H Wardwell Moulton Maine J H Fogg C Libby Libby & Merrell Massachusetts J S Henry PH Dardis Canada Hodges & Morse Ohio O F Karn LP Hill Lewiston Welch & Hall’s Holinois Istest Glascow Liverpool Glasgow Boston Palestine J A Hathaway London A N Monroe J Trueyan Iowa Neb Hall & Seaver Dow & Moulton IC Tabby R E French & Son J . Henry Seth Crafts Conway Mass New York St Louis Minnesota Lee DirAc White State Rio Steady Petroleum—United Ustec Bbls Mess Tierce Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Spetter Anuiet Chicago Detroit Mich Michigan Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Kansas City Peoria Uli Luis SUN Wilmington Wrooburn Wee SUL We Oa Chester Winter Hill Brilleries G.tc. Luam Bedsford Vin Bedford Nashua Junction CS. Melgen Eucclus Tuttle Supe Pass'g

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Railroad Receipts List Vast Commodities by Railroads

A detailed December 22, 1836 compilation shows Staple Products and receipts for multiple rail lines including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Boston and Lowell. Entries cover cotton wool flour corn meal pork lard butter cheese beans apples hay lumber leather hides skins and more with quantities across bales bbls sacks boxes and rolls.

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Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Ty Express Wales Hains Os Sciences Sais Doxes Dolor Hay C&ys Eree Praeger

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Through service from Boston station schedule details

Boston station Causeway Street offers through service to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Mor r branch and Montreal via Passumpsic line. Daily and Sunday trains list times to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Peabody Danvers Rockport Salem Saugus Branch and other stops. Timetable notes Pullman parlor cars on select trains. agents Melgen Tuttle and officials advise to obtain full local and through train information at stations.

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Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire R.R White River Junction Central Vermont Points West Ches Hehire Pullman Palace Aeutreal Washington Street C. A. Fanon Bost& Lowell Railroad Oslon & Lowe Railroad City Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Frankliin Lebanon White Montpelier Essex Junction Mor Newport Si Tiyu Passun Rex Bero Cor Wilton Nashua Wearren Bayrhe Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Krampton Beach North Krampton Rye Beach Epswitch Marblehead Swampscott Branch Portsamouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Saugus Braeehk Goo Tcoy Swampscott Gor Aos Los Wenham

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Net Receipts and Exports Across Major Ports Summary

Five day totals show Augusta through Louisville ports with receipts, gross values, and stock levels. Exports to Great Britain France and the continent, coastwise shipments, and daily sales vary by city, with overall steady to dull conditions and mid to high price quotes across the network.

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Augusta Galveston New Orleans France Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Shipoo Louisville United States

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Foreign Markets and Liverpool Cotton Update

December market notes report breadstuffs steady with fair demand and firm wheat prices in London quotes. Liverpool cotton dull with sales around 7,000 bales and futures mixed yet steady. Paris Bank of France declares semi annual dividend of 70 francs per share.

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Liverpool Orleans Paris Bank of France

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Imports and Exports December 29 1886 Grand Manan NB

A despatch lists herring 10 047 pounds in 24 barrels 17 half barrels from Grand Manan. St John NB shipments include the Steamer State of Maine carrying 2 cars leather 1392 sides, C W Clements 3 cases eggs 3 do butter 10 barrels potatoes 3 packages poultry.

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Grand Manan ST John State of

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Exports Report from Buenos Ayres and Halifax Cargoes

Buenos Ayres reports exports with bark Howard earning 42113 feet of lumber value. Halifax steamer Carroll cleared December 24 carrying pearline and varied goods including lumber ferrules bath tubs sausage spice steel copper sheets hops coffee mills nails seeds clocks pig iron stove linings piano tool chest moulding and yeast.

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Buenos Ayres Halifax Carroll

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Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Heads of Firms Named

Detroit dealer Sutter of Baldwin & Co Treasures Norfolk Brickhouse and Halff from San Francisco Rosenthal Feder Par Paul Redfish from Oppenheimer Par Edwin Baker from Dunn Baker Am Rheinstein Bear Jr Pairs.

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Detroit Mich Sutter H P Baldwin & Co Tre Norfolk N Brickhouse Brickhouse & Coat San Antonio Tex M Halfé & Bro San Francisco Cal Feder Rosenthal, Feder & Co Paul Redfish Charles Oppenheimer & Co Trenton J Edwin Baker Dunn, Baker & Decon Wilmington F Rheinstein

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Proposals for Steel Twin-Screw Steamer Zizanta

Proposals will be received at the Lighthouse Board office in Washington until 2 PM on January 17 1887 for furnishing materials and labor to construct the steel twin screw steamer Zizanta. Plans specifications and forms are available on request. The right to reject any or all bids or waive defects is reserved. S C Rowan vice admiral U S Navy chairman.

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THE Lighthouse Board Washington, D. C

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Central Massachusetts R R schedules from 1886 era

Passenger timetable fragment shows train routes and times from Central Massachusetts to Boston and Hudson with entries for Way Stations Jeffers Quak Rock Belmont Belmont Waltham and Elmont. It lists express and bottom lines and notes dates in 1886 with multiple Sunday times and AM PM designations.

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Through Trains On Both Divisions for Boston and Maine

Railroads announce through schedules for Boston and Maine lines. Daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations include Augusta Bangor St John Halifax Portland Lewiston and North Conway with connections to Eastport Calais and provincial routes. Times vary by destination, with multiple runs across the week.

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Augusta Haymarket Sq Lpm Causeway St Bangor St. John Malifax the Provinces Eastport Calais N. B Halifax N. S Portland Lewiston Branchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Hayimarket Square Causeway Street al. Y FaceUs Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox& Lincoln Railways Hayma Ket Square

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Trains Schedule Lists Numerous Suburban Stops and Times

A dense OCR of a regional timetable shows trains from Boston to Andover Exeter and beyond with numerous departure times and stations including Danvers Haverhill Lawrence Melrose Reading Salem Wakefield and Wilmington. The listing also notes a Workingmen's train and services to Portland Bangor and Lewiston with multiple daily departures.

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Train Schedules for Boston and Providence Lines

August 6 schedule outlines daily departures from Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express and other routes with numerous listed times for Providence Pawtucket Mansfield Stoughton Canton and more. Returns, sundry Sundays, and connections with New York trains shown. detentions at Mansfield possible.

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Stonington i New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Boston & Providence Stonington

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Boston and Albany train time table corrected December 20 1886

Train schedule details for Boston to New York and intermediate stations. Listings include departure times from Boston stations Ashcroft Endicott Hyde Park Norwich and Woonsocket division stops with daily and Sunday services. Includes through trains to New York via Middletown and New Haven and connections to Hartford Waterbury and Danbury with Pullman and dining car notes.

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Boston Station Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury A.M. Porcheaster Dbudley Endicott Franklin Forest Hyde Park Eee Wighland Lake Jelington Manchester Mattapan Piame R2eoy EL Sb Milford Bowdoin LLAM Koako EM New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Hartford Norwich Norvwich Norwood M.i Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Meadeville Mes Miver Street Hub Mockville Conn Southbridge Filtonms Walpole Washington Bd. C Waterbury Willimantic Wiiistons Webster Boston Woonsocket Division New Haven Pullman Sartford Fishkill P. M New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Mass Bristol Jersey City Trenton Richmond Norwich Line Danielsonville City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street W. H. Turner A. C. Kendall

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Old Colony Train Schedules From Boston to New York and Coast

Timetables for Weekday and Weekend trains from Boston via Fall River lines to New York, Cape Cod, Buzzard's Bay, Provincetown, and nearby towns. Lists departures from Ashmont, Braintree, Brockton, Cohasset, Hingham, Marshfield, Wellfleet, and other stops with return times and notes on seasonal connections. J R Kendrick signs as General Manager.

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Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Psarnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Buzzard’s Bay Wareham U. Cape Cod Provincetown Wellfleet Wingham Hingham Cottage City New Bedford Abington Milton West Quincy East Milton East Werymouth Weymouth East Weymouth Taunton Sue Ge Pans Avtisol Tashees EL Ans Gilt Oks Png BNR Marshtela Mattapan Return Gol Ize Neponset Mattapoisett Woods Hall Newport Stoughton Randolph Plymouth Duxbury DSO Chee Vale Onke RG Scituate North Scituate Tidy Onke Sea View Shawmut Southbury Central Station Gees Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth FES AM Reg Reon Lis Chant Sonyeen Ha Jenday Cohasset the Weymonths Sewport South Braintree Way Statons J. R. Kendrick Old Colony Bristol Providence Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Washington State Streets L. H. Palmer

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Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable

The notice details Fitchburg Railroad schedules from Boston at Causeway Street with departures to Albany Chicago St Louis via various trains. It lists times, sleeping cars, and connections to Troy Greenfield and Worcester among many towns, with daily and Sunday services and both express and local options. It names John Adams as General Superintendent and A Tson as General Pass Agent.

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Causeway Street Boston West Albany N. Y Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central West Shore R. R N.Y. C Troy Alany N.Y Greenfield Adame Garaner Baldwinville Orange Wille 'S Falls

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Cattle and cattle market figures from regional auctions

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Livestock Sales Report From Farrell McFlynn and Monroe

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Markets by Telegraph: Diverse grain and commodity prices slip and rise

Hogs and Cattle Markets Across Cities December 29

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Railroad Receipts List Vast Commodities by Railroads

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Through service from Boston station schedule details

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Net Receipts and Exports Across Major Ports Summary

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Foreign Markets and Liverpool Cotton Update

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Imports and Exports December 29 1886 Grand Manan NB

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Exports Report from Buenos Ayres and Halifax Cargoes

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Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Heads of Firms Named

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Proposals for Steel Twin-Screw Steamer Zizanta

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Central Massachusetts R R schedules from 1886 era

Through Trains On Both Divisions for Boston and Maine

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Trains Schedule Lists Numerous Suburban Stops and Times

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Train Schedules for Boston and Providence Lines

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Boston and Albany train time table corrected December 20 1886

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Old Colony Train Schedules From Boston to New York and Coast

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Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable

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