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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1885

Page

4

Market slides and rallies as Lackawanna leads irregular New York trade

New York February 16 stock and bond summary shows dull but strong overall activity with Lackawanna stock driving volatility. Prices fluctuated, closing steady. bonds softened with notable gains in Oregon Improvement and Lehigh Wilkes Barre issues. Trading volume reached 306,086 shares as rumors about Gould and White circulated amid market uncertainty.

New York Prime Mercantile Lackawenna St. Paul Stock Exchange Lackawanna Lackawanona Gould Delaware and Hudson Union Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Erie Seconds New Louisville and Nashville Trust Oregon Improvement Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Consors

Receipts of Staple Products February 16

Summary list of shipments by rail lines and express routes detailing tons, bales, boxes, and barrels of cotton wool flour corn oats wheat shorts lard grease bacon hogs molasses sugar butter oleomargarine apples leather hides pelts from Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Maine Maine Eastern Western Lowell Peabody Salem and other express and sea consignments with quantities such as 11 bales cotton 342 bales wool 1875 bbls flour 140 bbis oatmeal 17200 bus corn 3150 bus oats 10000 bus wheat 10,000 bus shorts 75 pails lard 837 bbis grease 10 boxes bacon 504 dressed hogs 200 bbs molasses 65 bbls 25 boxes sugar 220 pkgs butter 750 pkes oleomargarine 279 bbls 240 bags aus 13 bbls apples 2 carshay 6 cars lumber 157 rolls 140 bbls 6 cases 29 bags leather 169 bdls 1 hide 11 bols skins 1 bols pelts etc.

Michigan Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Illinois Missouri Minnesota New York Detroit Beirs Toledo St. Louis Yoledo White State Canada Liverpool Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New England Fitchburg Maine Maine Hayroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Peabody Salem

Boston court docket items include several tort and property suits

Docket entries list cases in which plaintiffs sue for conversion damages on attached property, injuries from unsafe machinery, and property damage from railroad grade changes. Defendants include a deputy sheriff, a shop owner, the Old Colony railroad, and the city of Boston with varying trials and counsel. A pro forma verdict awaits reporting on one check case related to a stolen team.

Charles D. Sherman Charles H. Davis Theodore C. Savage P. H. Hutchinson H. E. Swasey John Durmin Alpheus M. Stetson T J. Morrison N. Morse H. G. Allen Frank Cassidy Old Colony Railroad Company Dorchester Avenue South Boston N.C J. K. Berry J. H. Benton, Jr Mary C. Haskins City of East Ninth Street R. D. Smith D. G. Haskins, Jr T. M. Babson Joseph Robertson Moses Colemen Charles Barney Saie Woodward Plaintiff Supreme Court C. F. Kittredge S. J. Thomas

Court Calendar Entry For Jury Waived Hearings

The court, presided by Chief Justice Brigham, will hear jury waived cases tomorrow. For Tuesday February 17, cases listed include 183 Fiske vs Joy, 1035 Bannum Compta vs Doherty, 1342 Williams Assignee versus Taylor, 1374 Mahoney vs Hennessy, 1406 Tabor vs Davis, 1410 Hoag et al versus Rowe, 7517 Wallen vs Pierce, and 1622 Digeles vs Standarg Fire Insurance Co.

Fiske Joy Bannum Compt Doherty Wiliams S. Taylor Mahoney Hennessy Tabor Davis Hoag Et Ais Rowe Wallen Pierce Digeles Standarg Fire Ins. Co

Central court round up of assault and larceny cases

In the central court Judge Parmenter presided as Walter W. Whitford faced assault and battery charges on Jesse Collins and was held in $1000. Dennis Sullivan, charged similarly on John Kane, held in $100. Dosa Uriga and Theresia Hann charged with larceny from multiple houses, held in $500 each. Other defendants include Matilda Rolston, Mary Murray, Mary Rideout, and Edward Caro for drunkenness with varying sentences. In South Boston juvenile session Peter Dowling arranged for larceny of iron, bonds set at $160 for trial February 18.

Central Court Matilda A. Rolston Crank House of Industry Mary Murray Mary Rideout Edward Caro South Boston Court Peter Dowling

Press Opinions Defend Western Farm Mortgage Stakes in NH Banks

The Post criticism of New Hampshire savings bank investments in western farm mortgages triggers replies from Concord Monitor Lowell Times and others. Advocates urge state policy to curb capital leaving New Hampshire and to direct funds into local industry while warning of depositor risk if western loans deteriorate.

The Post New Hampshire Massachusetts Bill Chandler Concord Monitor Boston Post People and Patriot People Patriot New Hampshire Savings Bank Lowell Times Solomon Concord New England Irete Boston Grant & Ward F. A. Moore Becker Co. Bank Detroit City Minn New York Commercial Bulletin Pristing Catu Cus Uues BC Savings Bank Books Savings Bank Granite State

Quarterly railroad earnings and joint West Shore control talks

A Boston and Albany quarterly comparison shows gross and net earnings with operating costs, taxes, and surpluses. Southern Pacific figures for 1884 and 1883 are listed, along with debt per mile, and miscellaneous railroad earnings from several lines. A possible joint control plan for the West Shore road involving Vanderbuilt, the Pennsylvania, and bondholders is discussed, plus an England Railroad club meeting notice for February 25 1885 with freight car interchanges as the topic.

Chicago and Alton Chicago West Michigan Houghton Wisconsin Central Flint Kansas City Springfield Memphis Clinton Mexican Central Little Rock Ft. Smith New York New England South Boston Old Colony Boston Lowell New Hampshire City Mexico United States Portsmouth Great Falls Conway Fremont Hancock Mining Journal Globe Arizona Calumet Hecla Lake Superior Quincy Mining Company Pewabic Copper Company Henry Clews & Co Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Road Peoria Decatur and Evansville West Shore Road Vanderbult Pennsylvania Road West Shore The New England Railroad Club

Family Tragedy Labels Kinne Line with Multiple Deaths

GREAT BARRINGTON February 16 Mrs Vina Kinge 74 resident of Seekonville two miles west of the village was found dead in bed at 10 Sunday morning by her son who found the door fastened and gained entry through a chamber window. She was the daughter of Peter Burghardt an original town settler. A strange fatality has attended the family. Her brother drowned in four inches of water while returning from a liquor distillery four decades ago. Another brother served with the thirty seventh Massachusetts volunteers but was never heard from after a furlough return. Her son Edward a member of the twenty eighth Connecticut regiment died at Mound City Illinois while returning from the army. Her husband Thomas Kinne and her mother Mary Burghardt died suddenly in past years.

Great Barrington Vina Kinge Seekonville Kinne Peter Burghardt George Thirty-Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers Edward Twenty-Eighth Connecticut Regiment Mound City Thomas Kinne Mary Burghardt

Creditors faceings and debtors in scattered New England cases

Confectioner F. J. Copzelius of Cottage City is attached. Franklin I. Brown of Brookfield owes an estimated 1000 with light assets. S. Marcous of Lewiston offers creditors 65 cents on the dollar with liabilities 5000 and assets 4000. J. P. Stevens of Livermore Falls failed with liabilities 2400 and assets 300. Perley Mason of Fairlee has assignee Isaac Willard. Henry Moriarty of Westerly is reported failed. John Brenner of Youngstown has bad stock seized. Lewis Wharf Co. vs H. P. Ellis 2000 in contract. Harry Oxley vs Mary Gleason 2000 in tort.

F. J. Copzelius Cottage City Franklin I. Brown Brookfield Mass S. Marcous Lewiston J.P. Stevens Livermore Falls Harry Oxley Mary Gleason

Legal view on Boston veto power over gas pipe order

A prominent legal thinker argues the mayor has no veto in Bay State Gas pipe street opening, citing Massachusetts chapter 19 section 17. He says Boston’s mayor and aldermen wording defaults to the board of aldermen and makes the order final.

Boston Evening Traveller O’brien Bay State Gas Company Boston Board of Aldermen Alderman Whitten Louis Prang Norfolk Hill Roxbury Thomas Gogle East West Ninth Streets Edwin M. White East Fifth Street J.J. Keefe Faneuil Hall E. Devede Canterbury Street Hyde Park Avenue Newport Avenue J. W. Hollis Cambridge Street Brighton Pratt S. Babb Fulton Street C. G. Attwood Bellevue Street Ward 23 State House Committee On Railroads Geo. F. Blake Manufacturing Company Boston and Maine Railroad Causeway Street Ihs Haymarket Square W. Hazelton Committee On Claims Walter Shariy Hoosac John F. O'Connor Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Matthew Dolan Jacob A. Dresser Samuel E. Davis City of Committee On Labor Eis St of Seca Er Ai Ain Etwadie James P. Stratton

New Orleans Exposition Women’s Department Seeks Funds

The women’s department at the New Orleans exposition lacks funds while other areas, including literary and scientific, are well ordered. Silk exhibits are small scale, and Massachusetts commissioner Mrs. H. H. Wolcott seeks funds to improve New England women’s work. Contributions go to Mrs. Wolcott at Hotel Vendome and will be publicly acknowledged.

HH. &. T. Wolcott Massachusetts

Boffin's Bower Fair Opens To Aid Unemployed Women

The Boffin's Bower fair begins at 7:30 on Tuesday with a grand entertainment. It aims to provide free dinners to unemployed women and has drawn strong support from many firms and citizens, including C H McKenney Co Draper & Hall Merrill's D Lothrop Co Cupples Upham Co J D Knowlton Walter Baker Co Brine Norcross Noyes Brothers Norcross Mellen Co Oliver Ditson Carter Dinsmore Co L Prang Co Mandel Daniels Hollander Co R J Gilchrist Springer Brothers and others.

C.h.mckenney & Co Draper & Hall Merrill’s D. Lothrop & Co Cupples, Upham & Co

Mason machine works shows improved outlook in Taunton

The Taunton Mason machine works reports a better overall business outlook with a modest revival across departments. The improvement has reduced idle time and increased running days to five per week in a portion of the plant.

Taunton Mass Mason Machine Works

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