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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1885

Page

3

London and Paris Money Markets and Wheat Trade Report

London bullion rising by £702,821 with Bank reserve ratio down to 48 percent. Paris Bank of France gold up 2,467,000 francs and silver 5,976,000. Havana notes Spanish gold at $230 percent. sugar markets dull. Liverpool reports firmer wheat prices, high corn, modest imports. London trade quiet with no business.

New York Prime Mercantile Lake Shore Northwestern St. Paul Missouri Pacific Lackawanna Lakeshore Northern Pacific Harris New West Shore Toledo Wabash East Tennessee Louisville Nashville New Orleans Mobile Missouri Kansas Texas Generals Oregon Ohio Mississippi Richmond Danville Minnesota Minneapolis Dakota Lil St. Louis Iron Mountain Cairo Fulton New Jersey New England Iron Mountains Colorado Santa Fe Houston Texas Central Indiana Bloomington Western International Great Northern Lawson, Douglas & Co Vanderbilts Vanderbilt Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Louisville and Nashville Cisco St Louis Michigan Milwaukee Detroit Chicago Canada Liverpool York Stat Smipei Florida Norfolk Virginia Rio Java Maracaibo Ulaguira Wenak Rio de Janeiro United States Farneil Pembroke Cherokee Huron Mowhawk Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico Jemons Messina Palermo Catania Valencia Malaga Aspinwall Jamaica Baracoa Carthagenas Cincinnati Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Tilgo Thorn Creek Pittaburg Llicc & Fb Uplands Orleans London Atlantic Erie Pennsylvania Bank of England Paris Bank of France Havana Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange California United Kingdom Lendoen Merchants Fair Marine Bank Bird & Boyd West Quincy D. J. Huishizer Men’s

Creditors seek extensions as firms fail across cities

Goods Jersey City and Hopewell Corner borrowers seek 25 cent settlements while Andrews & Aldrich and Itheca partners assign. Detwiler & Kipe Philadelphia ask creditor extensions. Vaughts Stevenson Alabama report failure. Chaffee & Bros New Orleans file for relief, assets 201 825 liabilities 166 402. Chicago closes Cavarocs Sons & Co under sheriff for 3 000 in favored claims.

Jersey City N. J James McGorman Hopewell Corner N. B Andrews & Aldrich Itheca Detwiler & Kipe Philadelphia N. W N. W. & J. W W. Vaught Stevenson Ala Robert H. Chaffee & Bros New Orleans Wilke & Son Marion James D. Fish Marine Bank United States Circuit Court New York City Znailty Chaffee & Powell Gidier, Day & Co Chicago C. Cavarocs, Sons & Co

Lower Fares Sought in Natick Boston Rail Hearing

Boston and Albany fares under scrutiny as Natick seeks relief alleging discrimination versus eastern towns. Hearing heard testimonies on ticketing schemes with 1000 mile and 100 ride passes, Natick residents attending but not testifying, debate over whether Natick is a bedroom town or manufacturing hub.

Natick Boston Newton Charles W. Bacon Soule Warren A. Bird Gleason Wilde Rice’s Rice Bacon Albany Old Colony Sound New York Wagner Sleeping Car Company Pullman Company Charles 8. Fee Northern Pacific Railroad Charles B. Kinnan General Eastern Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company Northern Pacific Railroad Company Missouri River Europe Vienna Hlence

Legislature reports and bills in the senate session

In the senate on Thursday the committee reports several measures including inexpedient action on bank safeguard investments, leave to withdraw a rail location petition, a 5000 repair grant for Danvers Lunatic Hospital, a costs liability bill for suits in another name, and a tax abatement for school books. The Framingham water company petition for charter amendment is admitted. Orders of the Day list bills on Nevins Memorial library, opium restrictions, a horticultural school for women, law term timing in Worcester, and Somerville overseers of the poor.

Senate Boynton Committee On Banks and Bankings Denny Railroads Boston and Maine Railroad Causeway Street Burt Danvers Thayer Committee On the Judiciary Morrill Committee On Taxation Framingham Water Company Bailey Milford Randolph Parker Acton Fannie Gill Hartwell Fitchburg Ingails Swampscott McQueeney Lawrence Smith Worcester Tremain Hillasdale Farrar Bradford Rehobeth Antiquarian Society Beard Boston John L. Chambers Haselton Montague Russell Maynard Adams Attleboro Hyde Berlin Grantville Wellesley Hills Committee On Railroads William Lincoln Hingbaum Hull Windmill M. M. Fisher Medway Committee On Labor Superior Court Supreme Judicial Court Samuel Freeman Everett Emily E. Bullock Florida George W. Bliss Wiliam F. Farnum Clarissa J. Maies Ellen Madigan Margaret Dugan Millis Messrs.Cottin Emery Cambridge Chappelle Crowell Dennis Messrs Ray Franklin Warren Hampden Hallett Nantucket Corbett

Proposed Amendment to the License Law Club Houses

In the house Mr. Harkins of Boston presented Margaret Murphy�s petition for state aid as a case of necessity. On his motion the rules were suspended and the petition referred to the committee on military affairs.

Harkins Boston Margaret Murphy Committee On Military Affairs

Behold Home Beef: Systematic Cattle Feeding and Fertility

The article argues for regular stall feeding of neat cattle for beef, stressing home consumption of hay and grain, and warns that selling hay is inefficient. It highlights that 90 to 95 percent of fertilizing matter returns via droppings, emphasizing the value of nitrogenous feeds like linseed, cottonseed meal, malt sprouts, and gluten meal. It notes a new Illinois staple, Chicago gluten meal, and asserts better farming profits from well managed cattle feeding and manure conservation.

Chicago Butler, Breed & Co State Street Emil Wolf

O'Reilly Case Sparks Semi International Law Debate

The Montreal Post reports a dispute between Britain and Canada over whether John Boyle O'Reilly may visit Canada without risk of arrest. Ottawa's justice minister and Sir John A. Macdonald aligned that no Canadian law or extradition treaty warrants action, while a charged arrest could be sworn but would fail under Canadian criminal code. Parliament may need to clarify Canada’s official stance.

Montreal Post Great Britain Canada John Boyle O'Reilly Boyle O’ Reilly O’ Reilly United Kingdom John Boyle O’reilly Montreal Ottawa Alexander Campbell O’reilly John MacDonald Sir John Macdonald Quebec John

Collision on Vineyard Sound Involving Steamer Pottsville

The case against the Pottsville was substantially heard previously and today argued then taken under advisement. It involves a collision with a schooner on Vineyard Sound. John C. Dodge appeared for libellants and R. Stone for claimants.

Pottsville Vineyard Sound John C. Dodge R. Stone

Boston Court Dockets Highlight Personal Injury and Damages

A series of 1883 cases before Judge Bacon and Judge Knowlton cover personal injuries at a lumber yard, stock sale disputes, railroad accident damages, ice accident deaths, and a schooner injury. Plaintiffs seek substantial sums, with verdicts and defenses outlined for each matter, including a $6000 verdict and a $20,000 claim.

Bacon John Durmin Alpheus M. Stetson Boston T. J. Morrison N. Morse H. G. Allen William W. Jacques Edward H. Goff Milton Mining and Mulling E. W. Cate W. W. Gooch Edward Sonier Boston and Albany Railroad Company Westboro South Framingham J. Thomas C. P. Sampson A. L. Soule Elizabeth J. Longley Admx City of Boston Julia W. Sprague Dale Street Walnut Avenue F. D. Alien G. F. Tucker J. M. Bubson Manuel Fernandez James Baker Win Crocker F.J. Morrison J. M. Browne F. Dodge

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