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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1884

Page

3

Money market and stock list from New York, February 12 1884

New York reports money easy at 144.2 percent on call and strong foreign exchange. Government bonds weaken while rail and western stocks slide as rain and floods pressure prices. Large intraday moves see Union Pacific and St Paul drop as late selloffs push many issues down. News notes include Central Pacific mileage decline and concern over shifting rail traffic to Huntington lines. The market ends weak with bleak outlook and rumors of further price declines.

Boston New York Gallia Jay Gould Sage Gould Russell Sage Mr. Gould Wall Street Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Bears Atchison Chicago Burlington and Quincy Inc Porter Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Kansas City Union Pacific Oregon Snake River Utah Central Louisiana Missouri River Alton Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Connorion Valley Flint Pere Marquette Pullman Wisconsin Central Common New England Pachhgunsit Ieee c Tennessee London Louisville Nashville Northwest Rock Island Lackawanna Denver Northern Pacific Old Bear St. Paul Burlington and Quincey Shore Missouri Pacific New York Central Oregon Transcontinental Texas Pacife Western Union Lawon, Douglass & Co Tock Island Central Pacific Southern Pacific Central Union Pacifics Lower Mississippi Hudson Vanderbilt Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Sandwich Lll Canadian Pacific Railway New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad Company West Shore Ontario Falmouth Old Colony Buffalo New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company Pennsylvania State Department Portland, Or Oregon Improvement Amatella Cape Flattery Portland Ore Congress

Richardson Hill Co Stock Orders at Boston New York Boards

Richardson Hill Co executes orders swiftly on the Boston and New York stock boards with a private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily quotations of all stock markets available at No 40 Water Street office.

Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street

Flour and grain markets show steady quotes across regions

Western flour prices hold at 4 a 3 25 with extras at 3 25, Michigan and Illinois shipments varied. Corn and oats hold firm with mixed grades quoted. rye steady at 45 7c. Butter cheese and eggs markets display modest activity with western creamery butter around 34 36c and eggs at 35 36c for fresh stock.

Idtec Liverpool Elgin Boston Produce Exchange St. Albans New York Boston Chicago Western Northern Vermont New Brunswick

Merchant listing of goods and shipments across multiple firms

Extensive OCR style ledger notes show dozens of firms with items ranging from yarns and linens to moise and woollens, plus dozens of cargoes including steel, tin, and paper. Maritime entries mention vessels and cargoes at Demerara Ponce and East Harbor with sugar molasses salt potatoes and turnips in transit.

Demerara Florence RC Cushman & Co Ponce Mabel Howard Dana Bros East Harbor Mary C Mariner Geof Downes Cornwallis McDonald

Trade Goods and Shipments Listed in Annapolis Record

Annopolis and Yarmouth NS report a steamer Cleopata freight list including flour 50 bales deer seal 72 cases machinery five bales cane ten crates twelve boxes two sewing machines 1 173 feet black walnut boards three pays household furniture ten bales machinery oil two deer twine forty deer beef two boxes organ material one bade saws two boxes boots and shoes three bales canvas.

Annapolis Yarmouth Cleopata

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads

A long OCR list records freight and commodity receipts by railroads Boston and Albany Providence Grand Junction Eastern Fitchburg Lowell Maine Peabody and Salem, and others. It itemizes cotton wool flour corn meal oats malt tallow butter cheese eggs potatoes leather hides skins pelts and related goods with quantities across multiple lines.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Balireau Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Peabody and Salem Expresse Scea

Trade Goods Ledger Summary 1883 84 Flour Sacks and More

A compact listing of commodity tallies including cotton bales wool molasses cornmeal butter oats eggs wheat and beef across 1883 and 1884 columns. It notes sacks barrels and bushels with unit counts for items such as flour molasses cornmeal cheese oats eggs and leather, indicating a drop in flour sacks from 1883 to 1884.

Ce Barney PONS Aeakas

Cattle Market Report and Livestock Prices This Week

Market totals show cattle, sheep, swine, and horses with regional breakdowns by state. Includes prices for beef, stove cattle, hogs, lambs, hides, and pelts, plus car counts by rail lines and notes on quality classifications and regional market adjustments.

P& L Maine Hampshire Fitchburg Eastern New York New England Boston Providence Old Colony N. B Boston and Albany Brighton

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Market Reports

Cotton market updates across Mobile Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York and other cities show net and gross receipts, stock and sales figures with sentiment ranging from market steady to dull. Prices and demand vary by location, with notable activity in New York for flour and grain futures and assorted commodity notes from Philadelphia and Cincinnati.

Mobile Charleston Cometwisc Io Wilmington Norfolk New York Britain Balitimore Memphis DALCE Cescene Cove Miocreseusess Dhes Sane New Orleans Gs Bosc Csesee BIOCR Bock Soli Ebvaducsiacs Oblasti Philadelphia United States NEC -TeCeipiss Leesa Tees France Barcee Vinuinnati Eeseeceesseee Bwcki Si Ccvessceereess

Market summary across commodities and grains in February

Wheat and corn prices show gains and firming tones in Chicago and New York markets with mixed signals from oats and barley. Livestock steady to higher with hogs and pork firms. butter and cheese hold, refined oils and spirits steady. freight rates to Liverpool nominal.

London Markets Show Mixed Cargoes and Wool Sale Start

Financial notes from London report Consols at 1011-16 and mixed firsts. Wheat cargoes steady with better demand. corn quiet. Liverpool prices for flour and grains listed, with substantial wheat receipts. Cotton, wool sales begin with 9,222 bales sold and 324,300 bales available across three series through March 19.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool California Orleans Sydney Cape

Business troubles and assorted insolvencies across the era

A sweep of insolvencies and debt settlements figures across cities from Bangor to New York. Otis Eddy offers 35 cents on the dollar via his father as creditors balk at 50 cents. various firms including Coit & Caswell and others report liabilities and partial recoveries while individuals like Clarence S. Luce face insolvency. Creditors anticipate mixed recoveries. lone assets sat with watch collars. several assignments and protests surface in Boston, Hartford, Lawrence, Fall River, Jefferson, and beyond.

Otis Eddy Cutler & Eddy of Bangor Clarence S. Luce Boston Geo. Johnson Dob Bridget Connelly Fall River George T Morris Runder Liverpool Eng S. Mayo Montreal Edward Gosselin Rutland George B. True Dexter, Me A. F. Mason Jefferson, N. H Jared II Joseph Freedman Mercer Street New York David Davis Freedman Anna Joost Joost & Co Thomas H. Begnell Albany N. Y Kamerer & Leach Greenville Saxton & Smith Milford L. F. Miller Lowville W.F. Nelson Longview Texas Barnes & Co Taylor & Northman Webb City Ark J.B. Brown & Co Atlanta Johns Hammond & Co Argonia Kan New England Washington Street Northwest California Oregon Boston and Albany and New York Central Buffalo New York, Chicago and Hoosac Tunnel Charles $. Tappan Rochester Col W. H. Cochrane Hoosac

Officers Elected at Boston Insurance, Banking Meetings

At Youngs hotel the underwriters of the life insurance firms of Boston elected officers for the ensuing year with Ma BenjaminS Calef as president and Gen C G Atwood as chairman. Spinners Mutual Life elected directors and officers with Edward Atkinson as president and treasurer. Boston Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance named Edward Atkinson president treasurer and William B Whiting secretary. Merchants Cooperative Bank adjourned with Brigham absent. bylaws to be revised and 3500 dollars sold at 7 percent, total 920 shares issued, bank thriving.

Life Insurance Companies of Boston Young’s Hotel Ma‘ Benjamins. Calef Dwight Chester Charles W. Holden George N. Carpenter Francis Maven James T., Phelps Gen. C. G. Atwood BE. J. Smith D. W. Kilburn M. Hedges Spinners’ Mutual Life Insurance Company Devonshire Street Henry Saltonstall Alfred P. Rockwell Channing P. Clapp George Dexter Charles L. Lovering Charles W. Amory George Atkinson Edward Atkinson William B. Whitney Rowland W. Toppan Manufacturer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Company William B. Whiting Roland W. Toppan Ezra Fearnsworth Francis M. Weld Frederic L. Richardson Charles H. Joy Frederic Amory Thomas J. Borden Henry F. Coe Howard Stockton Charles E. Whitin Jonathan Chace Channing Clapp Merchants’ Cooperative Bank Wesleyan Hall Brigham

Iron trade outlook brightens as demand strengthens in Philadelphia

In Philadelphia this week, iron markets show rising demand for pig and bar iron with firmer prices though not much overall advance. Forge iron ranges 15 50 to 18, No 1 foundry up to 21 50, large Bessemer and Spiegel brands offered around 28, muck bars 32 to 32 50, nails 250 to 260, small gains for small lots at 210, large lots 190. Orders grow, old material sought, steel rails and sheets in mixed demand, coal trades uneven with anthracite active and bituminous weak.

Malaga Philadelphia R. J Vermont No. 1 Foundry Bessemer Spiegelvisen

Ely mine sale ordered to satisfy bondholders in Vermont

Bradford Vermont dispatch notes Chancellor Rowell orders the receiver to sell the Ely Vermont mining property for the benefit of bondholders and creditors, valuation cited at 1,006,000 dollars. The Osceola Consolidated Mining Company reports a strong year ending December 31 1883 with improved plant, four heads of stamps, and expected capacity to crush 800 tons daily. Copper sales reached 4,256,409 pounds and silver at 14 96-100 cents per ounce, with interest receipts totaling 4,876 22.

Bradford Rowell Ely Vermont Copper Mining Company Osceola Consolidated Mining Company

Equity suit seeks to cancel Nash Tucker mortgage in Dorchester

In a bill in equity before Judge C Allen, assignees of Franklin D Nash seek to cancel a mortgage and redeem a Dorchester land tract of about 190000 feet from a Nash Tucker deal. Rhodes and Nash manipulated pricing and conveyance to inflate land value and avoid direct Tucker liability. injunction issued delaying sale and redemption terms set, with court to decide whether mortgage should be canceled or redemption computed.

C. Allen Jewett Et al Rhodes Nash Tucker Blazo Blaze Glendon Company W. C. Nash & Co West Jay Boston Nobsh James Tucker Isaac Fenno Nathaniel Tucker Issac Fenno Theron R. M. Morse, Jr Geo. W. Estabrook D. E. Allen New England Trust Company McKim and Allen Trust Company Supreme Court Ebenezer Jeffers Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company Beachmont Boston Land Company Jeffers

Murdoch's Liquid Food listed in multiple firms

The notice lists distributors and firms across several cities including Boston Portland Providence Springfield Hartford and New York for Murdoch's Liquid Food, naming Geo C Goodwin and Co Weeks and Potter Carter Harris and Hawley Gilman Bros Smith Doolittle and Smith Otis Clapp and Son Cutler Bros Rust Bros and Bird T Hollis B G and C C Wilson W F Phillips and Co J W Perkins and Co W B K Blanding George L Claflin and Co Chambers Calder and Co Henson Smith and Co H and J Brewer Geo W Williams and Co Talcott Frisbee and Co.

Geo. C.goodwin & Co Weeks & Potter Carter, Harris & Hawley Gilman Bros. Smith Doolittle & Smith Otis Clapp & Son Cutler Bros. & Co Rust Bros. & Bird T. Hollis B.G C. C. Wilson Providence W. BK. Blanding George L. Claflin & Co Chambers, Calder & Co Henson, Smith & Co

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