Commercial Matters From A Local Market Digest
Flour dull and rye flour quiet while corn unchanged and cornmeal slow. Oatmeal not very strong and oats steady. Barley unchanged and millseed firm. Butter steady and cheese quick. Eggs firm and poultry firm with game quiet. Potatoes in fair demand but street potatoes quiet. Florida oranges plentiful and Almeria grapes firm. Dried apples steady and cranberries weak. Nuts quiet and pork products steady. Fresh beef steady, other fresh meats quiet. Tallow dull and high wines unchanged.
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Kay
Florida
Almeria
Print Cloth Market Slumps While Sales Hit Record High
iThe Print Cloth Market in Fall River shows heavy weekly sales reaching a city record yet profits shrink as prices hold firm. Production stands at 200000 pieces with 694000 sold and stock rising to 33000, deliveries into October threaten wage cuts and potential strikes to curb output. Providence notes steady 64 squares at 3 1/4 to 3 1/16 cents and 66x60s at 3 1/8 cents, with 13000 pieces sold 3000 spots at 3 1/2 and February deliveries at 3 1/2 cents.
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Fall River
Providence
Wool Sales in London Show Strong Demand and Higher Prices
At the London wool sale on February 15 11 660 bales were offered with strong attendance and heated competition across departments. Cape of Good Hope and Natal prices firmed. 28 600 bales withdrawn leaving 11 500 available for remainder of series. Offerings and prices include Victoria 7300 bales scoured 1142d 1s10d and greasy ranges. New South Wales 1000 bales scoured 1s 14%2d 1s 9 42d. Queensland 500 bales scoured 1s 642d 1s 7d. South Australia 400 bales greasy 8%11d. Swan River 100 bales greasy 7d 1s 4d. New Zealand 400 bales scoured 10d 1s 2d. Jane of Good Hope and Natal 1800 bales mixed grades.
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London
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Swan River
New Zealand
Jane of Good Hope
The Option Markets Wheat and Grain Outlook 1890
Market notes from Chicago on February 15 summarize a hopeful wheat crop year with surplus exportable supply and rallies from crop scares. Bulls and bears maneuver as English and American buyers respond to anticipated lower prices. Corn weakens further, oats fall with corn, and provisions stay soft. little freight-rate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Boston
Austria-Hungary
America
The Metal Trade Market for Pig Iron Sees Quiet Week
The market for American pig iron was quiet with small new business and no material price change. Demand for finished iron remains steady as makers report ample contracts and reduced crude material purchases. The outlook for iron remains favorable.
Iron markets show steady demand amid price shifts and freight cuts
Prices for pig iron and crude iron vary by grade with no clear rise. No 1 and No 2 shipments range around 19.60 and 19 dollars respectively, while Southern freight cuts press quotations lower. Steel rails see cautious demand with Eastern mills pricing near 35 dollars. copper and tin markets exhibit firmer futures after initial softness.
Sugar and commodity market notes from New York and London
The market for raw sugar remains fairly active in New York with muscovado steady and centrifugals firmer. Refined sugar demand is fair to good, with prices around 64¢ to 68¢ per pound and various futures and port trade details. Coffee shows stronger buying and tighter stocks, with Rio prices up and Brazilian activity noted, while imports of spices, cassia, pepper, nutmeg, mace, and cloves hold steady or firm. Rice and tea trades are modest but steady, with auction results and regional market firmness cited.
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New York
Muscava
London
Spreckels
Maracaibo
Havre
Brazil
Rio
Santos
Java
Timor
Maracaibos
Jamaicas
Costa Rica
Canton Cassia
Batavia Cassia
Singapore
Zanzibar
Amboyna
Bae
Prices and receipts for flour and grain in St Louis market
John Welsh at 906 State Street reports carload grain quotations with 67 cars inspected including hard spring wheat, steamer yellow and regular corn, oats and buckwheat. Flour receipts Today 3340 barrels and 2065 sacks. last year 2240 barrels and 8344 sacks. Market dull with buyers scarce yet prices held, best spring patents at 5.80 per barrel? mill basis. New York and Minneapolis prices listed for various grades, Canada export premiums, and St Louis shipments totaling 10,000 barrels for a flat market.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
St Louis
Chicago
Gze
Graham
SN Pecktet
Michigan
New
Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices Read Amid Mixed Receipts
Chicago and St Louis report varied grain flows with firmer wheat, unsettled New York markets, and lower corn futures. No 2 red wheat ranges 85 to 87 cents, steamer yellow at 40 to 40.5 cents on track, and spot oats trading around 32 to 35 cents while receipts rise in multiple regions.
Market receipts and prices in mixed dairy and produce trade
Receipts today show butter 1003 pkgs 70 boxes, oleo 1100 pkgs, cheese 947 boxes, eggs 17 barrels 589 cases, beans 252 bbls, potatoes 28 cars, sweet potatoes 102 barrels, hay 13 cars, straw none. Comparisons with last year noted. butter and cheese markets steady with firm creameries. quotations span Western and New York Vermont creamery and dairy goods with varied prices.
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New York
Vermont
New York and
Eastern Creamery
State
Elgin
Western Dairy
Western Creamery
Western Herd
Western
State Creamery
Market Prices For Farm Produce And Fruits
Prices quoted show hay and straw steady with varied quality values. Apples firm with Baldwins and Northern Spies sold at solid wholesale rates. Mediterranean fruits well supplied though demand light. Valencia oranges in fair demand and lemons slow. Florida fruits mixed demand with mandarins and tangerines in moderate demand. Cranberries scarce and high, nuts steady, dried apples quiet, Almeria grapes small supply. Strawberries steady at 20 to 35 cents per quart. Truck market well supplied, sales slow at old prices.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Michigan
New York
Kansas City
Eans
Bush
California
Lima
Choice
Canada
Houston Hebrons
Houston Rose
Hebrons
Bermuda
Jersey
Floridas
Baldwins
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Florida
van Pfancy
Almeria
Steamers Report Arrivals and Cargo For Boston
The Glen Tanar passed Gibraltar Feb 9 with 13 500 boxes oranges and 9 000 boxes lemons bound for Boston. Olympia sailed Valencia for Boston Feb 4 with 3 500 cases oranges. Flamborough is done with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company. Savannah boat due Tuesday has 2 980 boxes oranges. Fitzroy sailed Palermo Feb 10 with Palermo and Messina fruit for Boston. Norfolix boat due Monday has 100 boxes oranges 225 bags peanuts and 1 280 bals truck.
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Glen Tanar
Gibraltar
Boston
Olympia
Valencia
Flamborough
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Savannah
Fitzroy
Palermo
Messina
Norfolix
Meat market report with mixed demand and price quotes
Receipts show tallow 54 packages lard 126 pails hams 90 barrels bacon 763 boxes. last year figures higher in most items. Pork and pork products demand steady with varied prices for long cuts short cuts and other cuts. New York Chicago and other cities report quiet or weak markets with steady or barely changed quotes across multiple meats and by products.
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Choice City
New York
City Extra India
Western Steam
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Choice
Brighton
Market summaries from Kansas City to Chicago cattle hogs and sheep
Kansas City cattle and hogs show steady to firm prices across classes with steer and heifer ranges from 3 25 to 4 20. hogs sell strong with heavy and medium grades between 3 70 and 4 05. Receipts at Cincinnati St Louis Peoria and Chicago detail firm hogs, slower cattle, and mixed demand. Cottonseed oil and pipe line certificates noted with prices and openings. New York cotton sales posted bids across upland grades with futures easing to steady.
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Kansas City
Cincinnati
St Louis
Chicago
Texas
Upland Cotton Markets See Quiet Open and Close on Day
Mid still shows steady tone across several markets with 6000 bales sold and receipts near 7000 bales American. Augusta, Galveston and New Orleans report firm to steady pricing around 105 to 109 cents with Cotton futures showing quiet closes. Consolidated daily net receipts reach 12,029 while exports to Great Britain climb to 7,057.
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Angie
Ess Rae
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
C Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Great Britain
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louris
Louisville
Mid Cc
Consolidated
Whiskey Market Averages Hold in Midwest Trade
Market reports show Peoria whiskey at 103 and spirits at 105, with Chicago steady at 102. St Louis lists whiskey at 102 and Cincinnati notes whiskey unchanged at 102. Local exchanges reflect firm prices across Midwest trading hubs.
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Peoria
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Mixed in New York Trading
Turpentine closed at 43 44 cents with rosin at 125 127 42 cents and tar at 225 cents. Petroleum finished at 7.75 cents with ASW at 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents.
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New York
Imports and Exports February 15 1890 Bostonian ledger
A dense incompliant listing from Liverpool and other ports details steamer cargoes to firms such as Fenno bros & Child F K Piper & wool bags various goods and machinery, bricks, glass, salts and oils, plus orders and a Suffolk court notice on February 15 1890. The roster includes many firms and commodities with quantities including bales cases sacks and casks across a broad maritime trade spectrum. Also includes legal notices from Boston Superior Court regarding libels and a divorce petition by David Lockhart against Margaret J. Lockhart with residency details and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Bostonian
Fenno Bros & Child
Piper & Vool
Stone & Downer
Webber
Case Books
Boston Book Co
Thayer & Lincoln
Linder & Meyer
Riley & Gray
Leigh & Co
Rags Commercial Express
I Moors & Co
Stoddard, Lovering & Co
Thomas Leland & Co
Crockett Bros & Sanborn
Hinckley
George C Rockwell & Son
Baring Bros & Co
Williston, Knight & Co
Morey & Co
H Tulley & Co
Bonaire
Hattie M Bain
Warner & Jarvis
Gonatves
Hayti
Aldine
Joywood W & A Seaman
Exports Note From Feb 15 1890 Lunenburg Antwerp St John
Export list dated February 15 1890 records shipments from Lunenburg to Antwerp and St John. Items include flour, cornmeal, kerosene, tallow oil, leather, logwood extract, grain, oil cake, cotton waste, lard, bacon, and gunpowder, with quantities in barrels, boxes, sacks, tierces, bales, and cases. Names: Brig Lee and Ocean steamer, Schless & Stella, destinations Belgium and New Brunswick.
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Lunenburg
Brig
Lee
Antwerp
Bel
Ocean
ST John
Schless & Stella
Foreign Markets Shot of Wheat and Corn Settled in London
In London on February 15 wheat remained quiet yet firm amid subdued demand while corn held steadier. Liverpool quotes show winter wheat at 6s 11½d, spring at 73s 3½d, club at 3¾d, corn at 38s 8½d, peas at 58s 9d, with wheat firm despite poor demand and corn weak but fair demand. Provisions listed: pork 54s 6d, bacon 28s 6d, lard 32s 5d, tallow 25s 9d, cheese 50s 6d.
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London
Liverpool
Insolvency Notices From Massachusetts Court
Notices advertise William H Chard of Chelsea as insolvent with creditors Brewer of Mowton and Edward Brewer of Saugus petitioning for seizure of estate. Court at Boston to hear Feb 28, 1890. publishers to serve copy to Chard. Also notice of Elizabeth Durkin Boston insolvent estate meeting March 14, 1890. assignee Melville Beckett to present account at Tremont Row offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Goverey
Boston
Suffolk
Hollis KK. Balley
Levi Vimson
Gideon M. Mansfield
Mowie
Wilber C. Babcock
Moston
James F. Staniell
Legal Petition for Divorce in Suffolk County
Edward Colley of Boston files libel for dissolution of marriage to Ellen Colley of Halifax Nova Scotia alleging marriage August 24 1880 in Halifax and desertion by Ellen Colley since August 29 1884. He seeks a decree of divorce after more than three years desertion. Dated July 25 1889.
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Suffolk
Edward Colley
Boston
Ellen Colley
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Koston
Ten Colley
Notice to Margaret J. Lockhart in Massachusetts court case
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court orders libellant to publish notice in Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve Margaret J. Lockhart with libel and order fourteen days before the March first Monday. she must appear to show cause why prayer should not be granted. Clerk Jos. A. Willard, Assistant Theodore M. Osborne.
Garden v Garden Libel in Suffolk Court
Frank E. Garden of Boston files a divorce libel in Suffolk Supreme Court alleging marriage to Annie M. Garden in New York, adultery with John T. Waring Jr., desertion around January 20, 1883, and continued separation up to filing, with Annie named as Annie M. Stearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank FE. Garden
Annie M. Garden
Superior Court
Suffolk
Holden
Boston
County of
Frank E. Garden
Annie M. Stearns
New York
John T. Waring
Getty House
Yonkers
John JT. Waring
Notice in the Suffolk Superior Court Libel Case
In Suffolk Superior Court Boston on February 1 1890 clerk Willard orders Annie M Garden to be notified of a libel and to appear before the court in Boston within Suffolk county. The notice requires publication in the Boston Post weekly for three weeks and mailing or service of an attested copy fourteen days before the first Monday of March to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted.
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Suffolk
Superior Court
Boston
Ellen Colley
Jos. A. Willard
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Annie M. Garden
County of
Boston Post
Annie M
Jos
Willard
Theodore M. Osborne
Hoosac Tunnel Route Trains From Boston Westward Schedule
Railroads announce Boston passenger station on Causeway Street departures for Albany and Chicago routes. Daily and Sunday times list Ayer Junction Belmont Waverley Cambridge Fitchburg and many intermediate stops with express and sleeping car services to Chicago Niagara Falls Erie Boston Line Grand Trunk and Michigan Central networks. Schedules include multiple daily departures with varied times and destinations across broad New England and New York corridors.
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Boston
Causeway Street
Trey Ama
Albany
Buffalo
Varlo
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Erie
St. Lows
Michigan Central
Wabash
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway
Ayer Junction
Belmont and
Waverley
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Pan Cheshire
M. K
Concord
I. Fitchburg
Gardner and Miller
Greenfield
Saratoga
Ahieaghte Falls
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Hoosac Tunnel
Washington Street
John Adams
Fitchburg Depot
Bostonry
St Albans
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Hitzewilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keens
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Delaware & Hudgon Canal Company
Cheshire
Connecticut River
Vermont
White River Junction
Ie M
Monadnock
Rutland & K
Wagner Palace
Rontreal
Ottawa
A. Faxon
A R.stewart
Keene
Jenengens
Noom
Cincinnati
Consous
Syracuse
Kitochester
Detroit
Michigan Central RR
Lede Shore 3
Cleveland
Lakes& Michigan Southern RR
St. Louie
Biz
Rouse
Cieveland
Oledo
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Limited Express
Kneeland Street
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Chive
Inal
Egw
Minneapolis
Gray Forge
Bessemer
Imill
Norway
Philadelphia Record
Western Mills
Eastern Mills
Lake
John
State Street
General Marks
Itt & Co
Devonshire Street
Ashe Ee
Gs Erie Ce
Rhea Hace Nba Aan
I. Peeeeesees
Sen Nee Ee
Sen Nee Ee Seer
Ios Ais
M, Ab
Massachussitis
David Lockhart
Margaret J. Lockhart
Cornwallis
Framingham
Middlesex
Westborough
William H. Chard
Chelsea
William D. Brewer
Mowton
Edward Brewer
Saugus
Essex
Willian H. Chard Forthwith
Joan W. McKie
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Copartnership Notices
N. Edwins
Menter
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Henry FE. Cobb
Henry C. Aldrich
Charles F. Page
Willard D. Lombard
Timothy A. Atwood
Tailors
Mr. Atwood
Boslion & Roxbury Mill Corporation
F. Matchett
J. W. Miller
J. W. Richardson
O.H. Briggs
Margaret J
Margaret J. May
Bristol
Angeline Bassett
Berkley
Rose Skinner
State Board of Health
Grace Bassett
Angeline Basses
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Kristol. $S
Taunton
William FE. FuLwen
Massachus
Superlior
Mary Mor Uson
James Morrison
Jacob Morrison
Pennsylvania
Mold
Flint
North Wales
England
Commonwealth
James Morrion
Mary Dorothy
Mary Morrison
Mary Shaninghan
Loston Post
Loston
James
A. Willard
Theodure M. Osborne
Railroads
Litchburg Railroad
Ory
Jkweyne Ab
Hoosick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
N. MH
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Fitchburg
Central Vermont Railroads
Boston & Albany
West Lerve
Loillows
Cineinnati
A. S. Hanson
Gen
Pasa Agte
Springfield
New London
N. Y
N. E
Willimantic
N.Y
Fall River Line
Pelgrim
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
L. A. Palmer
Geo
Ll. Connor
Pass
Norwich
Point Judith
Clark Oaks
New England
Summer St
Washington St
Charles Howard
A. C. Kendall, Gen. Pass
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