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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1885

Page

3

Money Rates Edge Up as Banks See Steady Demand

Money is scarce and borrowing costs rise across banks while demand remains ordinary. Discounts for regular customers hold at 4 1 2 to 5 percent, others at 5 1 2 to 6 percent, with corporation paper at 4 percent and bank asks 4 1 2 to 3 1 2 percent. Call loans with collateral run 3 4 to 4 percent, note brokers near 5 percent, country banks firm at Boston levels, and street sums cited. Clearing house exchanges reach 10,030,738 with balances 1,166,776.

Corporation Boston New York Greas

Boston and Albany Railroad bonds and other securities listing

A damaged OCR page lists Boston and Albany Railroad bonds, Boston National Bank notes, various mills and manufacturing firms, and regional securities with old dates and amounts including 1000 and 5000 values. Names include Old Colony railroad, Cambridge Horse Railroad, American Electric and Lighting, Amoskeag Manufacturing, and Boston Marine Insurance, reflecting a archival catalog of securities with varied issuers and par values.

Flamiston National Bank Quincy South Oston Winnisimmet Company American Electric and Tl Newport Chicago Rock Island Boston Low Buri and Mo New York New England Boston & Lowell Little Rock, & F. S. Scrip Boston and Albany Francis Henshaw & Co Massachusetts National Bank Shivene E Railroad National Lowell Old Boston National Bank Union Cotton Man. Co All River Washington Mills Androscoggin Mills Hamilton Sf Ccnweerereres Chicopee Manus CO PitchDure Berkshire Railroad Suxeieuas Port Saco & Ports Cseneees Boston and Maine Railroad Ccesses Boston & Albany Montreal Dorchester Gaslight CO Ccecscessseees Dwelling House Insurance Co Reece American Electric & Illuminating Co Boston Marine Minsurance Fremont, Eirk and Valley Vermont Maine Boston and Albany Boston Art Club Phila. Wil and Ball York Mig Co Norway Plains Pueblo Arkansas Val

Market Summary Keeps Steady Tone With Seasonal Shifts

General market remains steady with prices well maintained and mild improvement in trade. Iron shows fair demand while other metals are dull. coal weaker wholesale but local selling firmer due to season. Grain steady, flour dull, shipments from Milwaukee delayed by snow west of Chicago. Hides dull amid a street setback. leather buying slow yet export demand fair to good. Nails have advanced and manufacturers buy gradually.

Rio Grande Cordova Entre Rios Bengal Guatemala Ulland Eastern Mills Jake Calcutta Western Boston Elaine Menbaden Paris Kentucky Manila Franklin County New York Vermont Western Dairy Nova Scotia Canada Baldwin Carolina Rangoon Java Patna Turk’s Island Chicago Singapore Zanzibar Brandy—Foucculd & Co Otard, Dupuy Hennessy Pellevoisin Martell St Croix Jamaica Lion Bond John Gibson Newcomb Buchanan Co Anderson Nelson G O Blake Cuba Bahia Philadelphia Sagua Fajardo Surinam New Orleans Sumac—Sielly Formosas Pennsylvania Havana Sumatra Madeira Sicily Ivison Ohio Michigan California Maine Milwaukee High Street

Prices of market beef and store cattle report

Prices listed for beef and store cattle show a range from first quality cattle at 700 to 750 dollars and second quality at 500 to 650 dollars, with stocky notes on western hogs, sheep and lambs, hides and pelts. The market notes a light supply and slight movement with firm to higher prices for best hogs and calves selling at 7 cents. Livestock not very plentiful. cattle about 2000 head. dairy and working animals in modest demand.

Manila New York Sisal Brighton N.B Boston Albany Maine E Brookings J G Littlegeld Norton & Turner Ee & Merrill Hurd & Weymouth A P Libby Skilling & Brigham Glines & Weston S Wardwell F H Coolidge Weils & Richardson New Hampshire S T Cole H Lyman Seattle H M Elwell Breck & Wood Aldrich & Johnson F Fairbanks C P Burke W G Townsend A Williamson R E French Agent A Worthen W Ricker G Flanders Sargent & Turner Wm Mears Halil Halil & Seaver 7 Cattle, 81 Sheep; L W Tinker 14 Cattle, 53 Sheep; G H Sprigg T L Johnson G W Brownell Massachusetts Forbush & Woods A A Smith W H Hardwell R Abercrombie A J Hart J S Henry G W Jones S S Learned Scattering G Berry B Humverts Hathaway & Jackson Hollis & Co J F Stetson Farrell & McFlynn H Eames E H Brown Adams & Chapman A N Monroe N Morris J Cawley Liverpool Missouri J A Hathaway Monroe Portland Libby & Co G Wells SH Wardwell Norton & Co Libby & Merrill HJ Miller Sige Freeman & Co W B Martin Gloc G H Sprigg Skillings Union Market G Barry Brookings J O Sanborn E Brown T S Henry Geo Sterns Conway Mass Glines & Webster J D Hosmer F H Coolidge & Son

Fragmentary Inventory Items From Historical Trade Ledger

A legible portion lists diverse goods with quantities: cases and crates of bobbins, sand paper, emery wheels, bolts, leather rolls, butter packages, ship stores, organs, toys, drums, apple sacks, flour, beef, carcases, staves, boxes, bales, corn, wheat, horse nails, lard, raw furs, barrels munera o, lamp goods, granulated sugar, leather coils, troches, half bois, lard tierces, trimmings, bacon bales, and leather cases. The fragment mirrors a broad mercantile catalog with varied units and inconsistent spellings.

Melbourne Australia Fayal ST Michaels Azores

Receipts of Staple Goods by Rail and Sea

A compiled list details February receipts across multiple railroads and express lines. It notes cotton bales, wool, flour, corn, oats, barley, tallow, hams, butter, beans, leather, hides, skins, eggs, tea, coffee, sugar, oleomargarine, cheese, apples, potatoes, lumber, and related shipments with quantities such as bales, barrels, sacks, and cases. Names of lines include Boston and Albany Railroad, Grand Junction Railroad, Providence Railroad, Old Colony Road, New York and New England Railroad, Fitchburg Railroad, Eastern Division, Western Division, Lowell Railroad, Peabody and Salem lines, and sea routes, reflecting a broad commerce movement.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Janction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Road New York New England Eine Hailroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Peabody, Salem

Total Receipts of Staple Products February Data

A port table shows current day total receipts for principal staples from all points of supply, including in transit, against last year. Cotton, sugar, wool, flour, butter, oats, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, peas, tallow, lumber, leather, bacon, hides, skins, tea, coffee, and related items are listed with quantities in various units and comparisons to 1884 and 1885 figures.

Gotton Baiz

Market report shows mixed grain and meat prices across cities

Baltimore dull, Cincinnati steady, Norfolk and Philadelphia firm, Louisville Memphis Mobile and St Louis steady, others quiet. Cincinnati pork 1.25, lard 6.6c, whiskey 1.13, ho common 365 465, packing 445 550. Toledo wheat No 2 red 83 85e, corn 4 1 6e, oats 31e. Detroit wheat No 1 white 86e, No 2 red 86e. Receipts and shipments noted.

Baltimore Cincinnati Norfolk Philadelphia Louisville Memphis Mobile St. Louis New York Uplands Orleans Minnesota City United City Extra India Western South America Liverpool Chicago ST Louis Albany Brighton Milwaukee Sincinnati Toledo Detroit

Market Report from London and Liverpool on Wheat Corn and Cotton

London reports steady yet dull cargoes of wheat and corn with prices around 35s6d for wheat near ship, 4s 9d for corn in Liv erpool quotes. imports to UK last week total about 315k to 320k quarters wheat and 125k to 130k quarters corn. Liverpool notes quiet breadstuffs demand, wheat and corn steady with varied prices. pork at 68s8d, bacon 32s9d short clear, 81s9d long clear, lard 36s5d, cheese 6d to 6s 28d, cotton steady with uplands 51s 16d and Orleans 61s 16d.

London Beerbium Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Paris United Kingdom Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Insolvencies and meetings in Salem insolvency court

Insolvency actions span Boston, Newburyport, and Bath with meetings, assignees named, creditors forming claims, and hearings set for February 10. Notable firms include Joseph M Wales iron and steel, George H Morrill & Co jewelers, Bath shipbuilders Goss & Sawyer and Goss Sawyer & Packard, with various assignees and creditors amounts reported.

Joseph M. Wales Iron and Steel Postoffice Square Boston George H. Morrill & Co Bromfield Street Salem John Kelly C. B. Goodenow FE. W. Jacobs I’eter Gorman Newburyport Arthur L. Bartlett W. H. Burns Lynn C. F. Burrill Edward W. Pearsons Nathaniel N. Jones William J. Larrabee & Hall W.H. Swanton Cambridge W.H. Noonan Stanwood L. A. Smith & Co John F. Donahue J.C. Adams Mass Bath Goss & Sawyer Goss, Sawyer & Packard Wm. L. Pulman Portland Charles W. Larrabee Baker Frank Harrington A. L. Brown Whitefield D. T. Percy Guy C. Goss C. D. Ferre Springfield L’heureux & Gagra Lewiston Oaks & Bennett Lisbon N. H H. G. Jameson Alburgh Edward Hall & Son New Haven Conn James English H. Comerford J. W. Hicks Boots Washington, D J. W. Butler & Co Boots and Shoes

Atlantic Coast Line unveils new travel folder and network reach

The Atlantic Coast Line launches an advertising folder pairing standard through timetables and hotel-focused maps. It details 692 miles of lines from Richmond to the south, with connections to major northern cities and southern resort points, plus notes on New Orleans excursion traffic and a New England agent in Boston.

Atlantic Coast Line Richmond Petersburg Weldon Wilmington Columbia Augusta South Carolina Cheraw Darlington Salisbury Fredericksburg & Potomac Pennsylvania Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York Charleston Savannah Florida & Western Jacksonville Chattahooche Gainesville Cedar Keys Florida New Orleans New South New England Walco A. Pearce Washington Street

Superior Court First Session February 4 Damages on Flour Warranty

In the first session before Judge Bacon, William Booker sues Edwin R. De Long and others for $450 per barrel as damages for 250 barrels of flour sold and claimed to be of good quality but delivered not. He seeks recovery for breach of warranty. defendants deny liability. Multiple case numbers listed for in order and second session cases.

William Booker Edwin R. de Long R. Lund J. B. Richardson

Walcott v Gates damages for treble entry and tree theft

No 1744 Charles Walcott sues Franklin Gates for forcibly entering his property and cutting down and carrying away trees to use for himself. Defence is a general denial. Verdict for the defendant. Attorneys listed for both sides. Court order for Tuesday February 4. Several case numbers follow. Cambridge.

Charles Walcott Franklin Gates C. H. Walcott T. Hillis J. T. Joslin

Beaman Connors Held in Central Court on Liquor Charges

In the central court before Judge Forsaith Frank Beaman and James Connors were charged with unlawfully selling liquors and held in $500. Peter Kearns, charged with larceny, was held in $500.

Central Court Judge Forsaith Frank Beaman James Connors Peter Kearns

Cambridge Wedding Seals Mary James and Sig Gozzaldi

Miss Mary Isabella James daughter of the late Thomas P. James of Cambridge married Sig Gilvio Maria Gozzaldi an Austrian army officer at Christ Church Cambridge. The ceremony was led by Rev J S Spaulding with ushers from Boston Cambridge and Harvard. A civil ceremony by Mayor Russell followed at Mrs James residence, then a reception lasted until evening. The couple will travel south then to Florence where Gozzaldi serves as translator to the courts.

Mary Isabella James Thomas P. James Cambridge Sig Gilvio Maria Gozzaldi Christ (Episcopal) Church Garden Street J. S. Spaulding Christchurch George Z. Gray Episcopal School William Corne Boston Charlies F. Batchelder Florence Italy Sig. Gozzardi

Reminiscences of a Veteran from Jackson to Conway

Jonathan Gale recalls a 17 mile march from Jackson to Conway to celebrate the Buchanan victory. The procession gathered at Lower Bartlett North Conway and Conway Centre with field piece and Mary D. D. W. Thompson as marshal. A supper at the Conway house featured Eastman Gale Ripley Pitman Pendexter Chase and Merrill. The writer laments the demise of many participants and defends the era of the genuine party.

Jackson Conway Boston Post N. H Minneapolis Granite State Alton Bay Buchanan Conway House Dow D. W. Thompson Lower Bartlett North Conway Conway Centre William K. Eastman Jonathan Gale H. W. Ripley Joseph Pitman Samuel Pendexter S. L. Morton Judge Chase F. R. Chase Albert Merrill Canton, Dak Jan

Allen murder trial ends with five year sentence

No testimony was taken at the final session of the supreme judicial court in the Allen murder case. Counsel spoke on both sides while District Attorney Stevens described the crime and Gale portrayed Allen as a peaceful citizen. The government accepted manslaughter, and Judge Devens sentenced Dr. Allen to five years in the Boston state prison with one day in solitary confinement and the rest at hard labor.

Supreme Judicial Court Allen Stevens William B. Gale Gen. Butler Concord Reformatory Sherman Hansell Jud Devens Dr. Allen Boston

Seamen's Relief Report Highlights Winter Need at Bethel

John Welsh Baptist Bethel missionary reports January relief for destitute seamen. With limited funds, clothing and food distributed, over 200 meals prepared by sexton Johnson, 400 barrels of reading material given, and 6910 attendees at meetings including 2457 seamen. Contributions urged to Bethel at Hanover and North Bennett streets to aid the work run by Henry A. Cook and John Welsh.

Boston Post John Welsh Baptist Bethel Missionary Mr. Johnson Bethel Hanover North Bennett Streets Henry A. Cook

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