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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1883

Page

3

Street Gossip on the dull Boston stock market today

The Boston stock market showed dull but steady tone with quotes largely held. Rail shares moved irregularly with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe up then down to 794 bid, Chicago Burlington and Quincy rising to 118, Union Pacific firm near 94, and several others stable or advancing.

Boston Tn Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Hannibal and St. Joseph Quincy Chicago Wall Street News Dillon Flint Pere Marquette Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Wisconsin Central Eastern Massachusetts Central Boston and Lowell Maine Ogdenburg Lake Champlain New York New England Mexican Central Atchison Oregon Short Line Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Boston Land Boston Water Power Boston Water Power Company Water Power Company American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Uiney Franklin Catalpa Calumet

New York Markets See Mixed Gains on Heavy Day of Trading

Trading on February 25 shows stocks closing firm after a volatile session with Canada Southern and Denver & Rio Grande advancing early, while Pullman Palace Car and Missouri Pacific fell. The day saw a broad uplift, led by Northern Pacifics and Omaha holdings, yet late losses pared gains, leaving the market modestly higher versus Wednesday’s close. Trading volume reached about 416,000 shares with notable activity in coal stocks and Vanderbilt issues.

New York Prime Mercantile Tate Tennessee Sierra Grande Colorado Coal Holmestake Ontario Quicksilver Standard Union Consolidated Robinson Horn Silver Hall Anderson Bassick Lion Bodie Canada Southern Denver Rio Grande Erie East Tennessee Kansas Texas Texas and Pacific West Shore Evansville Terre Haute Omaha Pullman Palace Missouri Pacific Pacific Stock Exchange St. Lo Canada Southern Central Pacific Ock Ds Cie Del L. & West Kgt Delaware & Hud Denver & Rio G Han St. Jon Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Lake Erie & W Michigan Central Phila Reach Milwaukee &St.p St. P Texas Pacific Belo Union Pacific St.l.& Pa Wester Union Billy Oregon Trans.Co Rock. & Pitts Rock Island Pullman Pal

Dividends Payable In March 1883 Boston List

Compiled for the Boston Post by Josereu G. Martin stock broker. The following dividends are payable in this city at the dates in the margin. United States pensions are paid quarterly on the fourth of March June September and December. Coupons on bonds of Dexter and Corinna railroad aid payable March 1 at the National Bank of Redemption. Eastern railroad 414 per cent bonds increased to 6 per cent, coupons due March 1. Loan originally 30 years from 1876 at 6.5 per cent with 23 1/2 years remaining that year.

Dexter and Corinna National Bank of Redemption United States Boston Sub Eastern Railroad

Breadstuffs and Grain Prices Rise Across Interesting Markets

Market rules firm for flour and cornmeal with upward drift in fine grades. Western superfine flour at 350 per 4 bbl, Minnesota patents 7 50 to 8 25, winter patents 7 25 to 8 75. Corn and oats steady or firm, butter and cheese mixed, eggs fluctuating. Cotton, sugar, and tropical fruits show firmer tones, with oranges well supplied and demand steady.

New York Mercantile Exchange Western Ohio Minnesota Ilinois St Louis Indiana Michigan New York Lillinois Canada West Shorts Eastern Fall Choice Vermont Vermont Maine Choice Canada Choice Rose Burbank Maine Central Aroostook Peerless Brooks Chenang Hubbard Baldwins Tasman Sweets Boston Uplands Orleans City Wade White UCO Foote English Island Stannard Petroleum—united Middies Marcell Tierces Julie Liverpool Milwaukee Chicago Albany le@ige Toledo Detroit

Wool market shows steady prices amid quieter sales this week

Wool trade remains firm with total sales slightly above two and a half million pounds despite a smaller quantity sold. London sales report price advances across combing and clothing wools, with notable gains over previous weeks. Numerous regional grades show high variability in price while buyers remain limited and holders hold firm.

London Choice Port Philip Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan New Hampshire New York Delaine Valley Oregon Territory California Cape Montevideo

Imports at Boston and other ports with varied goods listed

A long list of imported items from multiple firms and ports including Boston Hull Eng Buenos Ayres Demerara and Cardenas. Entries cover herring mackerel hams barrels rope iron coils cotto dyes hides and sugar with numerous firms like Baring Bros & co Sewall & Day Cordage and Brown Bros & co naming quantities and destinations. The record reads like a shipping manifest detailing commodities and associated traders.

Hull Eng Rialto Joans Booth & Co Patrick Arklay Gorham, Rogers & Co Baring Bros & Co Sewall & Day Charles Royce Lafford & Buskell Moors & Co Center Bros Richardson & Co Robertson Buenos Ayers Archer A & S E Springer Brown Bros & Co Rice & Co Baring Bros & Co. Cienfuegos Ellie E Butler Dana Bros. Demerara Bark Peruana Cotton & Haley Cardenas Nelson Bartlett Nash, Spaulding & Co

Foreign Exports From Liverpool and Baracoa Shipping Notes

Liverpool cleared Atlas with 000 bales cotton and varied cargo including books organettes leather machinery foods and beverages totaling thousands of units while Baracoa’s schooner Hiewatha cleared with 2,000 feet of lumber. The list records items from prints to seed and textiles.

Liverpool Eng Steamer Atlas Baracoa Cuba Hiewatha

Receipts of Staple Products Feb 23 across railways and sea

Detailed ledger of shipments across Lowell Maine Fitchburg Eastern By Sea Grand Junction New York and New England Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence railroads listing quantities of wool, flour, cornmeal, corn, wheat, oats, barley, sugar, tea, butter, lard, beef, pork, beans, potatoes, cheese, eggs, leather, hides, skins, pelts, molasses, tea, bales and crates. Includes bales, bushels, cases, boxes, kegs, tarrence counts, and per-railroad totals.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Boston and al Railroad Providence Railroad

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Prices Across Ports

Cotton markets show dull trading with mixed port receipts and varying middling quotes. Northeast to Gulf ports report net receipts and gross receipts with New York and Savannah noting stock levels and market tone. overall market activity remains subdued with steady to easy fluctuations in prices.

Sai Orninne Augusta Great Britain NATI Savannah Eane Galveston Baltimore France Mobile York Suock United States Norfolk New York Liverpool

Foreign markets report dull grain and weak cotton prices

London reports dull cargoes of wheat and no corn offers, with steady coasts for wheat in England. Liverpool prices are quiet, with mixed grain and flour ranges. Cotton is dull and easier in Liverpool, while futures show a broad range of downward pressure amid large weekly sales and stock levels. The Manchester Guardian notes very weak rates and downward prices.

Commercial London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool England California Orleans The Manchester Guardian

Burlington’s new Chicago offices dominate landmark building

The Chicago Tribune notes the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad company has moved to a new corner of Franklin and Adams. The six story office block centers around a vast skylit court with surrounding corridors. Floors hold specific departments from general management to purchasing and engineering with large vaults and a basement for stationery and supplies.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company Chicago Tribune Franklin and Adams Streets Burlington Wilding

Josh Billings Praise For Conscience and Dr Bull's Syrup

A humorous quip credits Josh Billings with saying a clear conscience brings comfort and notes his supposed immunity to coughs. It mentions Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as offering relief and comfort for those with colds.

Josh Billings Dr. Bull

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