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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1884

Page

3

Market Update of Farm Commodities and Grains

Broad price report across commodities including oats barley corn beans potatoes and dried fruits. Notes firm oats firm barley steady cotton markets and various regional quotes for creamery butter eggs cheese and lard. Includes New York London and Chicago futures alongside local shipments and receipts data.

Chicago Milwaukee ST. Louis Toledo Detroit

Wall Street Quiet Then Firm as Bears Grow Wary

New York on February 14 1884 money easy at 1492 percent on call prime mercantile paper 4 5 percent railroads bid up shares after early decline with Northwest preferred up to 1494 Lake Shore to 1035 Union Pacific 1 to 15 and several other issues advancing while market ends dull heavy with selling pressure and warnings to sell on rallies for quick profits.

Choice Canada Aroostok Houston New York Vermont Nova Scotia Burbank Peerless Rensselaur Washington County Hebron Hubbard Ton Timothy Florida Palermo Barbadoes Porto Rico Liverpool Upland Gulf Tennessee Northwest Lackawanna Lake Shore Northern Pacific Union Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Lake Erie Western Chicago St. Louis Rochester Pittsburg Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Texas Pacific Alton Terre Haute Chesapeake and Ohio East Tennessee Erie Indianapolis Decatur Springfield Kansas Texas Susquehanna West Shore Darling, Dension & Co Ohio Valley Bears

Soreign Sports Fayal and a market listing cargo

A fragment from Lockeport Nova Scotia era shows the brig Mary Feeman with 300 barrels of meal 700 barrels of pur pork beef and lard and various goods. The schooner Lizzie Colby with codfish hardware stove petroleum groceries and other items is also noted with quantities and packaging.

Lizzie Colby Lockeport Mary Feeman

Receipts of Stapie Products Fehb 14 Boston and Albany

A ledger like list records shipments and amounts across multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Eastern Fitchburg Lowell Maine and Peabody lines. Entries list bales cotton wool flour corn meal oats malt and other goods with weights and counts, reflecting regional trade volumes and commodities.

Poeseman Aeam McM Ry Hig Lo’st AtTo& Sa Fe Denver Sonora Maine Bos & Lowell ObBu & Q Cin San & Clev Fitchburg Flinta P.M Nortd Ae Ny&nek Old Colony South Ie Ok MN PS Ea Wis Wor R& N Saas Ae Calum & Flecia Catalpa Ae Eoees Bos Land W P A Gell T Kric Telp & Tel N-Eng

Total Receipts of Staple Products February 14th

A table compares total receipts of principal staples by shipment point against the same date in 1883 and 1884. Items listed include cotton, sugar, wool, molasses, flour, butter, cornmeal, eggs, oats, wheat, barley, malt, millfeed, hay, peas, straw, tallow, leather, beef, pork, lard, hides, hams, tea, coffee, sugar, and related products with numerous quantity figures and notes about units and adjustments.

Sia Suger

London Financial Market Roundup and Commodities

The report notes bullion in the Bank of England rising by £410,000 last week and the reserve ratio at 403.16 percent. It covers Consols trading around 1011-16 with various gilt prices, New York Central at 11949 and other equities. It also details Bestbohm’s Merchants' Exchange report on cargoes for wheat and corn, Liverpool and London prices for flour and grains, cotton futures in Liverpool, wool sales at Phillip and Cape, and Rio coffee weekly receipts and US shipments with London exchange at 2244s.

Cuba New Orleans Rice Finn Petroleum United South America Liverpool Gloucester Georges Nova Scotia Nova Scotias N.S and Labrador Shore Haddock Pegie Cape Ann Advertiser Chicago Bales Augusta Philadelphia Vetceneu Viinoinnati Charleston Galveston Ss.c Louisville Memphis Rico Scépcos Bace Este Boo Shock Ois Sveds Savannah Wilmington Soncuesenses Mobile Bance Liss Eseccecrees A Gontinent Ceveress Gudnaion Dicks Heccsenes Renee Bot Ein Ag Mid Sock United States ST Louis Britain France Capesee Ebeserer London Kme New York Central Ilinois Central Pennsylvania Philadephia and Reading Canadian Pacific St. Paul Common Bank of England Bestbohm Merchants’ Exchange United Kingdom California Loudon Uplands Orleans Cape Rio DE Janeiro Exchange

Arraignment in Seafaring Case Before U S Court

February 14 in the United States Commissioners' Court Commissioner Hallett arraigned Fred G. Walton for alleged perjury in a seafaring case. Walton was held in 500 dollars for further examination.

U. S. Commissioners’ Court Hallett Fred G. Walton

Will of Eliza Eddy Creates Woman Suffrage Trust Question

Supreme Judicial Court heard Albert F Bacon versus Chandler R Ransom executor regarding Eliza F Eddy of Boston. Eddy’s residuary estate of about 19000 may be directed to Susan B Anthony and Lucy Stone Blackwell for promoting woman suffrage if chosen, or pass to heirs if the trust is void. Arguments centered on whether the suffrage cause is a charity. case taken under advisement.

Albert F. Bacon Chandler RK. Ransom Ransom Eliza Fk. Eddy Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Suffolkk Suffolk Octavia O. Sprague William A. Sprague St. Paul Minnesota Providence Rhode Island William A Boston Post Robert Pearson Cambridge Middlesex Grorce M. Brooks Esquire Jellow J. J. Tyler Register Joseph P. Fair William J. O'Sullivan Copartners Fast Sullivan Walter L. Bouve Thomas D. Anderson South Lucy Anderson Jonathan Atch Lydia A. Hatch

Supreme Court First Session Case Preview Feb 14 1883

In Charles Town district judge Brigham presides over No 2568 Mary F Callen v James O'Brien. Plaintiff alleges owner occupant of 37 Lawrence Street with a private passage injuring her on Feb 4 1883. seeks 5000 in damages. verdict for defendant. Attorneys J F Dillon and S H Burke. Also No 1808 Matilda Greene et al v John S Farlow writ of entry for undivided real estate on Merchants Row. heirs of Tuttle Hubbard claimed by defendants. demandants Edward Avery. tenants represented by R D Smith and John Lowel Jr. resumed and unfinished. Second Session.

Mary F Callen James O’brien Lawrence Street Charlestown J.F. Dillon S. H. Burke Matilda R. Greene Et al John S.f.Farlow Merchants’ Row Tuttle Hubbard Edward Avery R. D. Smith John Lowel, Jr

Insolvency rounds up varied Boston area firms in 1884 notes

Creditors meeting reveals Foster Towne liabilities at 28816 with 22459 assets. Towne’s father lends 12000, Foster’s misfortune noted. Multiple Boston area debts and bankruptcies follow including Whitmore insolvency, Monroe petition against Kane in Brighton, Cary Co. assignment to Emery, Jones & Co. debts, Watertown Lumber troubles, and other eastern firms facing seizures and receivers.

Foster & Towne Boston Towne Foster William H. Whitmore Albert N. Monroe Suffolk County Martin Kane Kain Brighton Clinton Market McKim Kane Cary & Co Boots and Shoes Aaron F. Emery R. L. Jones Athol Mass Mr. Jones G. W. Gerry & Co Hopkinton Edwin Hopkinson Grocer Lawrence Watertown Lumber Company Watertown N. C. Sanger & Son Hardy, Dyer & Co Monat & Co Montreal Theo. King Great Falls N. H Grand Burlington Free Press Cutler Marble Company Middlebury Arbouias F. McCrall & Co New Haven Max Salamonsky New York Louis F. Doyle Foxy John Sharp New York City Jones Car Manufacturing Company Messrs. Jones West Troy Joneses Jones Brothers Ithaca Organ and Piano Company Ithaca N. Y James Sohl Sohl, Seidel & Co Reading G. W. Kershner William P. Bard Wall Street T. P Smith Philadelphia Thomas R. Young Varieties Lockport J. M. C. Anderson New Wilmington John Woodside & Co James Mussen Bk. Moody Bank of Abilene Texas Kerr John Purcell Vincennes Ind Sarah Manheim Rice Lake Wis Edwin Upson McNeil & Friedman Milwaukee Mann J. W. Fowler St. Joseph Glissner & Ross Kansas City W.L. Sturgeon & Co Troy

Storm King bridge bill dies in New York assembly

The Storm King bridge bill was reported adversely and killed for the year. Repeated reverses may push capital toward river extensions connecting Poughkeepsie with broader rail corridors toward Pennsylvania coal fields and the southwest via a Hudson crossing. Eastern Railway Association elected a new president, Bishop of Hartford, New Haven and New York, to lead patent-protection work. Milwaukee and Northern reported 1883 Wisconsin operations: gross receipts 4 193 712 dollars, net earnings 134 929 dollars, debt 2 155 000 dollars, mileage 180.6. Lowell and Andover directors named Ayer, Adams, Sargent, Nichols, Bonner, Walker, Moulton, Ripley, Gates. Ayer chosen president. Earnings and expenses for Chesapeake and Ohio in December 1853 noted. New England and Texas Land officers elected. Oregon and California December earnings cited. Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania deny lease revival rumors.

New York Brokers’ Board Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Silver City, Deming and Pacific Railroad Atchison Company Chicago Burlington and Quincy West Michigan Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Indiana Bloomington and Western Union Pacific Flint Pere Marquette Wisconsin Connecticut Passumpsier River Worcester Nashua Rochester Northern New Hampshire Mexican Central Robinson Encarnacion Bridge New Sonora Oregon Eastern Kansas City St. Jo Council Bluff Connorion New Mexico South Pacific Atchison Land Grant Denver American Bell Telephone New England Erie American Electric and Illuminating Company Calumet Hecla Franklin Quincy Osceola Catalpa Boston Hern Mutual District Messenger Company Western Union Telegraph Company Allen S. Weeks Messrs William B. Dana & Co New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle Financial Review J. G. Martin State Street Financial Chronicle Connorton Valley Railway Company United States Poughkeepsie Massachusetts Pennsylvania Hudson Milwaukee and Northern Railway Wisconsin and Michigan Line Lowell and Andover Railroad Company Frederick Ayer Jlorace J. Adams Frederick F. Ayer E. M. Sargent Jacob Nichols Arthur P. Bonner Benj. Walker O. H. Moulton George Ripley Prescott C. Gates G. W. Fox Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad The New England and Texas Land Company E. D. Goodrich C. N. Goodrich Alex. Beal C. A. Parks

United States Lloyds Ruled Out by Commissioner Tarbox

Insurance Commissioner Tarbox issues a circular declaring the United States Lloyds an unfiled annual statement insurer under Massachusetts law. Penalty is 100 per day after a date. 30 days elapsed. Attorney General Sherman leads the case. Executive Council reviews. Governor assents to Lizzie Ellen Wiggins extradition request. Bills of Dr. Folsom and Dr. Shreve for sanity exam of Rogers Amero disallowed. Council approves trustees for Perkins and Massachusetts school for the blind.

United States Insurance Lloyds Tarbox United States Sherman Executive Council Lizzie Ellen Wiggins Suffolk County House of Correction New York Folsom Shreve Rogers Amero Stevens Butler Robinson Francis Brooks John S. Dwight John E. Wetherbee Boston Leverett Saltonstall Newton Perkins Institution Massachusetts School For the Blind

Farm advice and market notes from the rural press

The piece surveys Shorthorn price trends from 1831 to 1884, livestock feeding guidance, and poultry sale results in England. It covers bee forage, sheep and rose farming potential around Savannah, poultry incubators, manure value, and Maine State College crop yields plus egg preservation methods and prizes at Birmingham.

England E. W. Stewart William Barter Marion Ill Horton W.dr. Scott

Religious prosperity and church wealth across regions

The report notes Methodism thriving in Ireland and a rapid rise of Sunday observance in Germany. Atlanta churches total about 1 million dollars in value across several denominations, including eight churches owned by Black congregations totaling 75 thousand dollars. The pope in Rome is described as generous, donating large sums to hospitals, the poor, victims of an earthquake, bishops, seminaries, and benevolent institutions worldwide.

Ireland Germany Atlanta Rome Cassamiccioli

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