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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1887

Page

7

Vast Stock Trades Across States with Horse and Cattle News

Vermont New York and Maine stock lists show farmers selling cattle sheep and hogs alongside horse market notes. Western stock shipments influence prices while milch cows and veal calves move in smaller tracts. Export trade indicators warn of light shipments to Liverpool and strong regional markets in Watertown and Brighton yards.

H A Wilcox S Maniton Vermont H Sprigg A Williamson Elingrem Pond W G Townsend Mears J B Remick M G Flanders Central Whipple & Farnham F S Kimball H Kidder French & Co Massachussett W H Bardwell JS Henry New York Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Ilinois Iowa Canada J . Richardson Welch & Hall Illinois International Horse Exchange W Ford John Dempster Michin Maine R W Brown Weiler & Libby Hollis & Co Brerk & Wood Glee Bardwell SH Wardwell Engrem J G Littlefield Williamson B Engrem G Flanders Massachusetts Henry Liverpool Scandinavian Glasgow J A Hathaway A N Monroe George H Hammond & Co J O Sanborns Gilford N. H J B Morrill H Bird & Co Dow & Mouiton St G Flanders AA Pond Wright W Scollansg Brighton Yards Chicago New England Union Market Warrell & McFlynn

New York Wheat Market Report Summary

Valour Receipts 40 774 bbis and sacks exports 8867 bbls 3461 sacks steady sales 1241400 bbis common to choice white wheat Western extra 4 75 490 fancy do 855 25 patent Minnesota extra poor he 44 6044 80 choice to double extra.

New York Minnesota

Wheat Prices and Grain Receipts Across United States Markets

Grain prices and receipts show firmness in wheat and corn with mixed oat and rye moves. Reports from Toledo Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Detroit detail bid levels for No 2 and No 1 grades, futures tones, and weekly shipment figures alongside domestic and export activity.

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities February Report

Cattle and hog prices mixed by city with receipts and shipments listed. Chicago shows stronger hogs with packing and shipping at 4.70 to 5.10, cattle values up to 2.76 for cows and bulls, and sheep volumes down with natives and Texans priced around 3 to 4 dollars.

Kansas City

London and Liverpool Market Reports on Wheat and Wool

Shipping cargoes show wheat and corn steady to firm in London and on the passage to the United Kingdom with prices quoted for Calcutta club wheat and Danubian corn. At Liverpool steady wheat, quiet corn, and prices for pork bacon cheese and lard listed. Wool sales in London favor high class goods with New South Wales and Cape of Good Hope bales detailed.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales South Austral Queensland Tasmania New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal Falkland Islands

Imports and Exports Returns for February 2 1887 Antwerp

Shipping ledger lists steamer Jan Breydel with 61 glassware cases. Entries include Jones McDuffee Stratton 25 extract meat James A Hayes & co 11 plate lags Lambert Bros 7 verdigris drums A L W tird & co 42 steel sheets Hidler & Dunnel 2 fron beams 85 Bartlett & co 9 plate cases Windmiller & Roilker 25 wine J Ober 50 whiskey Logan 45 do Callaghan Co 50 do Richards Co 60 dolls and toys Partridge Co 10 marble clocks Fenton 261 packages Lambert Bros 265 window glass cases.

Antwerp Jan Breydel Jones, McDuffee & Stratton James A Hayes & Co Lambert Bros Richards & Co Daniel Shea Naylor & Co Partridge & Co Fenton

Local Trade Notes In Cornwallis NS Records

A brief Ontario style entry lists 95.507 steel billets 60 fron joists 3 casks colors order in Cornwallis Nova Scotia with names Sch EB Ketchum-2203 and G C Rockwell and references to potatoes 3 bbls and 2 do potatoes.

Cornwallis

Freight cargo list from Great Village and Liverpool

A ship cargo and commodity list from Great Village Nova Scotia and Liverpool England. Items include schooner Libbie tare 135 bbis and multiple goods such as oil meal soap and middlings 200 bags 10 boxes of soap. The Liverpool steamer Bulgarian cleared January 29 listing cases eyelets bales kits beef mackerel apples cheese corn wheat peas cotton and provisions among many bulk shipments.

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Staple Receipts From Multiple Railroads in 1887

A historical recap lists freight receipts for February 2 1887 detailing cotton wool flour corn oats barley mils hams butter eggs beans hay lumber leather hides and other staples across railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western Aston Lowell Ky Express Sea and more with hundreds of bales boxes and cases recorded.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division 3Aston & Lowell Railroad Ky Express Ty Sea Bates Walaa

Notice of Equity Case Involving Sumner Heirs in Suffolk Court

Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court 1887 case cites Franklin Sumner of Milton as plaintiff seeking to set aside a deed made by Rufus P. Sumner on October 19 1875 due to undue influence and incapacity. Defendants include numerous Sumner relatives and Hollingsworth heirs. The court orders publication in Boston Post for three weeks warning appearance on March 1887.

New York Summer Hollingsworth Braintree Aimer L. Hollingsworth Milton Edward B. Eaton Watertown Commonwealth Rufus P. Sumner Sumner Ellis A. Hollingsworth James Sumner Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Ss. Superior Court Charles Sumner Lemuel H. Labcock Edward Sumner Brooklyn Boston Boston Post Jos. A. Willard

Boston and Springfield Rail Time Tables Unclear Routes

A dense fragment from the Boston rail timetable describes multiple daily departures and connections to Albany Springfield Buffalo Chicago and New York with local stops and drawing room cars. It lists express and accommodation trains, sleeping cars, and local connections, emphasizing Penn Station routes and ticket offices in Boston.

Boston Springfield Albany Themingham Syracuse Cleveland Chicago Passenter Worcester Vila Buffalo Cicago Falls Detroit Oreene Caratta Count Gee Chatham New Mavenani Express York Thears New York I. Ot Ville Cordaville Ashland Mulford South Framinghs B.vo R.R Washington Street Pittefield the Stone Ham Ypress Buffalo Eage Unair Weres ‘Field Is Express Eyeland Poeledo Niagara Kuns Dally Ally Pringfield Pittsfield North Madson Palmer Nart Bosta

Old Colony Rail Timetable Expanded Weekday Boston to New York

Train schedule shows weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m with returns at 4 30 p m. The lengthy OCR text lists numerous intermediate stations and varied times for branches to destinations including Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Buzzard s Bay Wareham Provincetown Cohasset Hingham and many others with return trips and multiple daily options. It notes through-ticket sales and references officials Kendrick Hanson and H T Gallup.

Boston New York Fall River

Fitchburg and Worcester Line Timetable Changes

Trains will run from Boston to the Wear and beyond starting Monday November 15 1886 with multiple daily departures. Services include accommodation and express trains to Albany Chicago and St Louis with Pullman sleeping cars, schedule details for stops at Greenfield Adams Clinton Ayer Worcester and many others, and return times reflecting complex routing via Fitchburg Framingham Lowell and other lines.

Causeway Street Boston Albany N. Y Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central Chisagen Vie Waet Shore R. R N.Y. C al- Greenfield North Gardner Baldwinville Athol Gillen Rutland Portland H.E Fornelusive Aiov Ayer Worcester Clinton Oakdale Framingham & Lowell R. BE Framingham Lowel Fitchburg Ayer Junction North Leominster Shirley Greenville and Townsend Centre Marlboro Hudgon May

Trains Schedule West of Boston During Weekdays and Sundays

Complex OCR timetable listing trains from Boston to Altona Mochester Farmington and many other stops with scattered times, multiple routes, and Sunday services. Includes Andover Exeter Great Falls Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Lowell Melrose Highlands Malden Wakefield Wilmington and suburban stops with morning afternoon and late evening departures.

Square Altona Mochester Farmington Andover Amies Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Tao Sob Melrose Highlands Idetrese Txo OL Mac Newburywort Loeb Ene Ee Salem Wakefield Wilmington LS Am Li pWorkingmen

Patent Solicitor Eddy Advertises Patent Service in Boston

The notice touts K H Eddy as a leading patent solicitor with 30 years of experience, securing U S and foreign patents and delivering claims for a dollar per copy. It cites endorsements from CHAS MASON and EDMUND BURKE and includes testimonials from clients praising Eddy’s promptness and personal attention.

Kilby Boston United States Great Britain France Washington K. H. Eddy Eddy Chas, Mason Patent Office Edmund Burke Patents Rh. H. Eddy Beat New York Philadelphia

New York and New England Train Times January 3 1887

Corrected to January 3 1887 the notice lists weekday train departures from Boston Station to multiple towns including Dorchester Endicott Franklin and Dorchester routes with various times and stops. It provides several morning and evening departures and notes cars and connections with lines to Baltimore and Danbury and mentions foot of Summer Street and Mudley Street stations.

Train Schedule Update for Boston and Providence Lines

Railroad timetable issued for September 6 1886 shows trains from Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail with multiple daily departures and Sundays variations. Routes include Steamboat Stoneington Line to New York and numerous local connections via Providence Attleboro Canton New Britain and Hartford regions with varied return times.

Boston New York Shore Line Shore Lnfe Mail Steamboat Stonington Line Providence Tucket

Woonsocket Division Boston to New York Through Trains

Timetable segment for Boston and Albany lines listing Needham Woonsocket Norwich City of Worcester and City of New York routes with departures arrivals from Boston. Includes express and limited services to New York Philadelphia and Providence with noted stops and times.

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule Today

Train times listed for Boston and Maine divisions from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations to Augusta, St. John Halifax, Eastport Calais Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other destinations. Services include steamer connections from Port Nelson on Wednesdays and Fridays and various morning, noon, and evening departures.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bane St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais N. B N. S Portsett Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Maine Central Gram Runk Knox& Lincoln Railways Causeway Sires

Boston Area Train Schedule Echoes From Early 20th Century

Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston stations to many New England towns including Biddeford Chelsea Dover Ipswich Salem Saugus Swampscott and Portsmouth with numerous departures and stops. Notes mention Workingman's train days and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor services under James T. Furbur and D. Flanders.

Wynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. Johan Halifax Workingman South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. Flanders

Through Service From Boston on Causeway Street Schedule

A dated 1887 timetable lists To Tilton Laconia White River Jct Montpelier and Montreal through service from Boston with 8.30 am and 5.50 am trains and Pullman parlor cars to Montreal, plus local Boston service to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and others, station addresses at 218 Washington Street and Causeway Street.

ANT Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Auseway Street Boston CEX Press Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Lurlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Ry Cheshire BR. R White River Junction Central Vermont R. Rk Points West Ches Hire & Monadnock Rutland R. Ks Pullman Palace Burlington Liscon Washington Street Taxon Causeway Street City Old State Henge Bostow Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon Montpelier Exsex Dunction Marlington Land Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremons White Mountain Pullman Central Vermont &B Vis Passumpsie B.B Manchester Concord N. N SUN Hillsboro Hillaboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greer Field Nashua Lex

Central Massachusetts R R Station Timetable

Central Massachusetts R R announces a February 1 1887 start with trains to Jefferson Way Stations and Hudson Berd and Rockbottom. Times include 5 05 pm express Sunday 4 45 pm and morning departures 9 10 am 11 50 am and late night runs to Wayland and Oak avenues. Executives GEO Sporer Asst Gen Pas C S Mellen Gen Supt.

Genes New ‘York New Wi Expres Dally M. Millbury North Gr Faneuil Brighton Chestnut Hill Oan Kéurnannis Yarmouth Sandwich Hyannis V Pu Braintree Allston Metsky BkOo Fe Cottage Brookline Boo Soar Db Bat Prees Street Sliaes Duxbury Tau South Weymouth Wollaston Ody Wood Frere A & Rl Tio Oneham Dover Haverhill Laverence Lowell Medford Portland Bangor andEewiston Weading and Way Oo Weov Jiad Blighian Ashimgt BO. de Ososaks EL Clo Aeawn Manchester Mattapan Em. Milford Alt. BhowdOins Go Ee New Britain New London Middletown Norwich Norwo Pury Everly Biddeford Chelsea Sverett Great Falls Ter Hampton and North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Owresey Geer Gao Marblehead Swampscott Branch Newrt North Conway Portsmouth Revere Gloucester Branch Salem Massachusetts R. R Boston Causeway Street Jefferson and Way SUN Hudson Berd Rockbottom Geo W. Sporer Asst Pas C.S. Mellen

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