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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1888
Page
7
The list shows native onions at 875 per barrel and cabbage at 2 per barrel with savoy variety at 150 to 175 per barrel. Other entries include beets 75 cents per bush, squash 20 to 25 per ton, Hubbards 2 380 per ton, carrots 40 cents per bush, lettuce 75 cents per dot, and celery 4 to 5 per box with assorted prices for parsnips turnips and spinach listed.
Butter and cheese in New York remain unchanged while bees are dull with Eastern firsts at 230 and Western at 22 S22%cc. Beans show firmness and dried apples stay quiet and steady. Liverpool market rests dull at 59s 6d.
The Savannah steamer arrives with 6500 boxes of oranges while Messina and Palermo fruits sell at auction today. Palermo oranges and Messina oranges trade in the $2 range per box with various lemon and orange prices listed. Apples and cranberries show firm or steady demand. nuts remain unchanged.
Pork prices hold steady with firm market. lard and hams largely unchanged. Beef and veal quote varied with fresh Berg steady. steers strong at 8 8 1 8c for good, heavies 10 11c, lambs in good demand at 10c lb for fancy, mutton prices mixed from 5 6c to 11 12c for eastern market, and vealers scarce with 7 9c for common grade.
Pipeline certificates show closing at 3 pm Feb 3 with 90c peak and 59% sc low. Raw sugar holds steady with limited sales. refined grades quoted from 73 to 73 16c. Molasses prices listed for Porto Rico and Cienfuegos. Cottonseed oil certificates open 31 5c and close 32c.
New York reports mixed flour receipts and varied prices across grades including Western extra and Minnesota extra. Wheat and corn markets show firm to higher trends with spot sales in New York and Chicago, while St Louis and Milwaukee list steady to higher figures on key grains and provisions.
Toledo reports wheat active and firm at 8 cents. corn steady around 61340 with receipts of 13000 bushels wheat 1000 corn and oats and shipments of 3000 wheat 1000 corn 1000 oats. Detroit lists wheat No 1 white 85440 and No 2 red 85 cents asked. corn No 2 50 percent. oats No 2 84 four cents. receipts include wheat 3500 and oats 2500 bushels.
The day saw a soft start with a few points lost but activity picked up in the afternoon as bidding improved and values rose three to four points from yesterday. New York futures closed firm and Liverpool quotes held steady with mixed regional receipts and stock data across ports.
Hogs steady or firmer across St Louis Kansas City Peoria and Chicago with varying weights. Cattle receipts rise in Chicago with strong fancy bids for Texas corn fed and other categories. Hog and sheep markets show mixed sales and steady to firm prices across the described centers.
In London and Liverpool trading, wheat slack while corn remains steadier. Australian and Walla Walla wheat prices are noted, with No 1 California wheat quoted around 6s 8d to 6s 9d for several futures. Paris and Antwerp show firm to steady wheat values amid varying regional demand.
London wool sales drew a large crowd with firms bidding. Prices remained firm for scoured and greasy wools across New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand Victoria and the Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varied bale counts and price quotes in the day’s listings.
The timetable lists Western and Eastern divisions from Boston to Augusta Haymarket and Portland via various stations with multiple daily departures including Sunday trains. It notes connections to St. John Halifax and Rockland along with Maine Central and Knox routes. The notice is signed by James T. Furber and D. J. Flandell as general managers and passenger agents.
A dense list of rail train times and routes including towns such as Weymouth, Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury, Plymouth, Taunton, Fall River, New Bedford, Brockton, Newport, and Middleboro. It names GEO. L. CONNOR and KR. KENDRICK as officials and notes service through Fridays and specific via points. The text resembles a historical timetable excerpt detailing departures, returns, and connections.
A log of shipments shows the Schooner William H Foye with 285000 frozen herring to S Smith & Co from Demerara. The Schooner Laura carries 6823 bags sugar from Messina and Palermo. The Steamer Bessarabia transports wine, olive oil, oranges, lemons, and other fruits to and from Palermo. Port Williams Nova Scotia lists the Schooner Grey Parrot with 4562 bush potatoes from George C Rockwell & Son.
Shipping list records schooner Florence cargo of 625 barrels from Halifax to New York hull Eng via New York. Persian Monarch cleared Jan 31 with paint 35 cases, cotton waste 204 bales, bacon 50 boxes. Roman cleared Jan 31 with organs 7 cases, grain mills 8 parts, lumber 162 bales, cotton waste 60,864, cheese 30,100, butter 795, wheat 8777 bales, cotton 2688 sacks flour 2 tierces, other items including tallow birds and hides. Palestine cleared Feb 1 with shooks 6500 bdls, cotton waste 181 bales, corn 22,823 bush, cotton 1436 bales, flour 599 sacks, cattle 327 quarters beef, staves 796, steel, leather 23 rolls, lard 640 cases, bacon 349 boxes.
Receipt listing from multiple railroads dated February 3 1888 shows quantities of cotton flour corn meal lard hams bacon tea butter eggs beans beef grease and various other goods. Rail lines include Boston Albany Providence Grand Junction New York & New England Boston & Maine and Vtchburg among others with numerous bales bags cases and bbls recorded.
A table shows total receipts of principal staples at the port for all shipment points and in transit, alongside the seven day total. The report lists quantities and compares current figures with the prior week’s totals.
Murdock’s claims its liquid food is free from insoluble matter and minerals and can help all ages. It cites a Free Surgical Hospital opened in 1884 with 100 beds and rising operations: 35 in year to Sept 1 1885, 205 to Sept 1 1886, 510 in 1887, and 208 in the quarter ending Dec 1 1887.
Boston station on Causeway Street lists through service to Montpelier St Albans Montreal and Montreal via White River Junction plus sleeping and parlor cars. Local Boston Manchester Concord Nashua Greenfield Hillsboro and other connections run with multiple departures and daily trains including Montreal via two lines.
Train schedule details outline departures from Boston to New York Providence Attleboro Canton Readville and other stops with multiple times and return options starting Monday May 30 1887. Includes special Sunday inclusions and weekday adjustments.
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