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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1884

Page

3

Reading and West Shore news drive New York market activity

Francis Henshaw & Co reports dull stock trading with Reading rising while Gains in Lackawanna Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson support a firm tone in intraday dealings. Speculation notes a possible top and suggests buying on declines. Coal contracts for railways boost Reading and west shore rumors stir pressure on bonds and profits.

Dividends Declared by Several Railroads and Mines

Delaware and Bound Brook railroad declares a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. Railway Car Trust of Pennsylvania reports 1.5 percent on series I stock and 1.5 percent on series E. Alton and Terre Haute road sets 7 percent on preferred stock payable May 1, with books closing April 25. Chicago Burlington and Quincy declares $2 per share payable March 15. Homestake mining 20 cents monthly payable Feb 25. Ontario silver mining 75,000 dollars payable Feb 27. Fort Wayne and Jackson preferred stock books close today until March 1 for 2 percent semiannual dividend. Miners' Smelting and Reduction company to pay second 5 percent dividend on face value with accrued interest to Jan 1, 1884, for bonds and scrip. Richardson, Hill & Co. handle bonds and stock at Boston and New York boards. Daily stock quotations available at No 40 Water street offices.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago Tribune Chicago and West Michigan Railroad Company Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Common Flint Pere Marquette Pullman Mexican Central Cedar Rapids Missouri River Connorion Valley Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Toledo St. Louis New York New England Boston Maine Albany New Hampshire Old Colony South Boston Metropolitan Connorion Denver Extension Oregon Short Line Northern Pacific Sonora Ts Atlantic and Pacific Wisconsin Central Marion and McPherson Erie American Bell Telephone Company Mexican Telephone Company Mexican Central Telephone Company Bell Telephone Company Bell Telephone England Germany Overland Telephone Company Philadelphia Bell Company Overland American Electric and Illuminating Company Naumkeag Washington Pepperell Union of Fall River Chace Daves Mechanics Atlas Bunker Hill Miamilton Manufacturers Boylston Commerce Freemans Howard Market Republic Shoe Webster Suffolk Tremont Old Boston State Warren Peabody Prime Mercantile The Stock Exchange Reading Lackawanna Jersey Central Delaware and Hudson Central Pacific Glle Europe Darling, Denslow &Co Lawson, Douglas & Co West Shore North River Construction Company West Shore Road St. Paul Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Railway Car Trust of Pennsylvania Alton and Terre Haute Road Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company Homestake Mining Company Ontario Silver Mining Company Fort Wayne and Jackson Lake Shore Michigan Southern Ottawa House of Commons Canadian Pacific Railroad United States Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Columbia and Palouse Oregon and Transcontinental Company Chicago, Dl Boston and Lowell Railroad Manchester Kansas City, Fortscott and Gulf Railroad Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad Ohio Central Manitoba Detroit Lansing Northern Wabash

Grain Market Mixed With Firmer Notes Across Trading

The report shows quiet grain trading with corn marginally firmer and oats quiet. Car sales reached 297 for the week, with 78 No 2 white oats sold Saturday. Prices for March to May oats range around 49 to 51 cents, while butter, cheese, and pork products hold firm. Wheat and corn futures in Chicago end just above or near opening quotes, with overall mixed activity and a holiday pause noted.

Yvell Chicago New York Liverpool I&ges Petrus Pats Arch

Breadstuffs and flour trade prices across regions

Trade in flour and cornmeal remains steady with firm quotations. Western and Minnesota prices show active ranges for bakers and patent flours, while oats and other grains trade varied across regions including Indiana Michigan New York and Ontario markets.

Minnesota Dumois Stars Indiana York Michigan Limos Alt St

Vast 19th Century Shipment Ledger for Pacific and Atlantic Cargoes

A long list details hundreds of consignments across multiple ports including Liverpool and Mediterranean routes. Items include casks sumac extract, bleaching powders, woollens, pig iron, paper stock, driftwood, and numerous foodstuffs and commodities. Named firms such as Thayer & Lincoln, Baring Bros & co, Marsh Bros, and others appear with quantities ranging from single cases to thousands of sacks and bales. The document reads as a commercial inventory of cargo destined for or arriving at major ports, with emphasis on material trade goods and value-heavy items.

Liverpool Eng Each & Co Jackson Lawrie & Co Collins & Fairbanks Schoenhof Linder & Meyer Morey & Co Thayer & Lincoln Lester Tweed Bort, Bridgham & Snow Torrey, Bright & Capen Stone & Downer Whitcomi Trippe Jr Fartington Baring Bros & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton French & Co Earle Manus Co Messenger Lovering & Co Talbot Wilmarth & Co Tilton Townsends& Co Cumner, Jones & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Brown & Griffiths Thos Kelly & Co Kerdatl Barrows & Co Coleman, Mead Hull Marengo Iros & Co Patrick Aiklay MA Ring & Sons Moors & Co Crocker, Burbank & Co X& Cases Glycerine Cutler Bros & Co Henderson Gay & Wolf Knight & Adams Geneva Messina Franlin Rolfe & Co Cusimano & Co Antonio Ferrara Conndta AS & J Brown & Co Codman & Co Palermo Sumac Li Tully & Co Norris & Co Pheps Bros & Co Chestina Redman Drexel, Morgan & Co Evans Leather Co Havana Newport New York Samuel Boston Surinam Energy E Williams & Co Cape Haytien St Croix Logwood Dupuy, Riboul & Co Gustie Wilson Italia

Vast Cargo Totals Across Ports Reveals Ocean Trade

At Halifax and Surinam and Annapolis, a busy assortment of goods moved by steamer, brig and schooner. Listings include staples like beef, pork, flour, butter and oil, plus hardware, ropes, tobacco, fish, candles, candles, shipping crates and many farm and household items.

Halifax Surinam Euzene Annapolis Susie Prescott

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and grain prices from several ports

Market reports from Baltimore Louisville Philadelphia and other hubs show firm or steady cotton with mid 10 percent gains in some cities. Steel, flour, wheat and corn trade notes from New York Chicago St Louis and other centers report mixed moves, exports, and varying prices across bales, bushels and barrels.

Maine Railroad Peabody and Sea

Fleeting yet steady cargoes and market notes from London and Havana

Beers and cargo reports show wheat and corn quiet but steady in passage, with firm demand for wheat in particular. Liverpool markets quote flour prices and commodities while Havana lists sugar prices, stocks, receipts and weekly exports, with U S bound shipments prominent.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool California London Iis

Roxbury Horse Guards Fancy Dress Party At Armory

The Roxbury Horse guards announce a fancy dress party at the armory tomorrow evening. The National Lancers plan a party at the company’s armory on the evening of Feb 27. A grand military levee of this corps is set for March 12. Company A first infantry, long based in Jamaica Plain, voted to move to Boston proper but no quarters yet found. The fair at Boylston hall under Pierce Light guard auspices closed Saturday with prize drawings and a successful season. We believe prompt use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral can relieve and cure pulmonary disease not beyond help.

Marriages Involving Drummond Croswell Croswell and Others

At Brunswick Maine February 20 Rev P B Wing weds Capt Ei Drummond and Miss Mary P Croswell both of Bath. At Boston February 21 Rev George J Prescott unites Charles A Leavitt and Augusta R Calden daughter of late Capt A W Calden Mansfield. At Boston February 21 Rev Dr Wtntown weds George William Travis and Miss Lillian Still Natick Mass. At Boston February 20 Rev P Henry D Wing weds Hannah Blackmer both of Boston.

Drummond—Croswell Brunswick P B Wing Ei Drummond Mary P Croswell Bath Leavitt—Calden Boston George J Prescott Charles A Leavitt Augusta R Calden A W Calden Mansfield Travis—Still W.tntow George William Travis Lillian Still Natick Mass Wing—Blackmer Henry D Wing Hannah Blackmer

Obituary Notices From Various New England Locales

List of death notices dated Feb showing names ages and residences including Anderson Adams Clapp Davis Edes Gates Kittredge Kramer Leeds Mason Roberts Sampson Sanborn Snow Wier with ages from 18 to 89 and widowed or married statuses reflecting 19th century New England mortality records.

Anderson Buxton Centre A G Anderson Baker Portage Nellie George K Baker Clapp Boston Francis H Clapp Davis Henry H Davis Edes Plymouth Oliver Edes Gates New Bedford William G Gates New York City Kittredge Keene Caroline A Kittredge Thomas B Kittredge Kramer East Somerville Charles Kramer Leeds Roxbury Annie B Leeds Benjamin Leeds Mason Jonathan Mason Roberts Blaine Kansas Sally B Roberts Nahum Roberts Alfred Sampson Mass Elizabeth Sampson Isaac Sampson Sanborn West Newfield John L James S Margaret Sanborn Saver Huldah Awyer Abigail Snow William Snow Lexington Ier Wier

Bradstreets Failures Report Week Shows Large Decline

Bradstreets commercial agency reports 218 failures for the past week, down 25 from the prior week and 83 more than 1882. About 83 percent involved traders with capital under $5,000. Regional tallies shift with decreases in New England and the West, and a drop in combined U.S. and Canada totals. Creditors face limited recoveries as many firms compromise or default across states and provinces.

Bradstreets Commercial Agency Middle States New England Southern States Western States Pacific Coast John J. Pew City National Bank of Gloucester Cape Ann National Bank William A. Pew Monson L. Wetherell Nathaniel Webster Gloucester Pew Wetherell M. L. Wetherell George J. Marsh Cunningham & Thompson Joseph Rowe Charles H Pew Georgia City National Bank Murphy & Smith New York & New England Railroad Moxican Central Railroad Cape Ann Savings Bank Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad Connorton Valley Railroad Gloucester Fire Insurance Company J. J. Pew George Thurston Empire Mining Comany Coil Wetmore Boston Thomas Wheelock Worcester John T. Crowley Fall River Providence Nickerson & Sears Grocers South Harwich William T. M. White New Bedford W.H. Jewett & Co Eominster Mass Hannah C. Carley Lynn H. L. Bishop Fish Northampton Exchange Bank of Montreal Can Ottawa Finance Department Francis McGinnty Liverpool Eng Moses Ladd Concord N. H HW. L. Goodbue & Co Caribou Ainsteen Bros J.H. Plaisted Jefferson N.I John J. Moran Nashua J. H. Clapp R. J Bishop & Shelton Winnipeg Bunting & Walsh London Sheriff John Roemer Wheeling W. Va Aaron Allen Stockholm N. Y Murphy & McCardell Kingston Monocacy Furnace Company Monocacy J. Fred Lotz Tobacco Baltimore J.B A. D. Egerton Paints and Oils Henry Nichols Variety East Newmarket Henry A. C. Schlosser Geo. M. Clute West Troy James Lunney Philadelphia George M. Lee Joseph McDonald M. J. Nolan & Co Moffatt & Taylor New Orleans A Brothers & Co Saddlery Dallas Tex C. H. Hutchings Grocer Macon F. M. Smith Paul J.H. Rainwater Camden Karpe Evergreen Townsend Brothers Maitland One First National Bank of Indianapolis First National Bank John C. Wright Henry McEwen Morris Ill J. O’sullivan St. Louis Alden Merriam Cigars and Tobacco Kansas City George Mayer Usahkosh Wic L. Morrow Boulder, Col Suffolk County Kern and Fitch Alonzo C. Blethen Cambridge Elizabeth Fitzgerald Diana T. Sawyer James E. Tower John Stein

Nightcourt sentences and bonds in multiple cities

In central court Judge Parmenter Rose Norcross nightwalker sentenced to one year in reformatory prison for women William Goldstein held $300 for Feb 26 Frank Ledford held $1200 for superior court Josie Parks common nightwalker held $260 for March 5 Lizzie Field Susan Reed colored common night walkers each held $200 for Feb 28 Sarah Wellington common nightwalker six months in house of industry Thomas Killeen pickpocket held $1800 for appearance upstairs John J Riley Michael Leonard assault on battery fined $10 each James Harrington assault and battery fined $20 and costs appealed held $200 for appearance upstairs Doc Appleby William Mack Michael Stewbert keeping gaming houses held $500 each for March 4 Ellen Reardon larceny held $200 for Feb 26 Christine McAlvoy common night walker held $200 for Feb 26 John Leonard larceny fined $10 and costs In East Boston Edward Houghton fined $10 and costs for assault Appealed and held in $100 bonds In South Boston Frank Eldridge breaking and entering held $1500 for superior court John T Connors and Wm Holland assault and battery held $5900 for March 5

Central Court Parmenter Rose Norcross Reformatory William Goldstein Frank Ledford Superior Court Josie Parks Lizzie Field Susan A. Reed Sarah A. Wellington House of Industry Thomas Killeen John J. Riley Michael Leonard James Harrington William Mack Michael Stewbert Ellen Reardon Christine McAlvoy John Leonard Boston Edward Houghton Frank Eldridge John T. Connors Wm. Holland

Mining alliances shift as rail and iron firms part ways

Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Coal and Iron sever ties while Atchison plans to extend into the coal firm’s camp. The coal company reportedly paid the Denver road 1.6 million dollars net in 1883. The National Mining Company’s year ending 1883 report notes encouraging mine openings, a sound plant, and a needed stamp mill. Franklin copper mine agent reports the twenty second level near No 5 shaft shows a strong lode with substantial pay rock and more ground opening north of the shaft.

Pewabic Mining Company Denver and Rio Grande Road Colorado Coal and Iron Company Atchison Company Coal Company Denver Road National Mining Company Franklin (L. S

Domestic advice from a Victorian era reader on duty and thrift

The passage critiques the idea of a duty to society as a cover for extravagance and conflicting family duties. It offers practical, frugal home tips from the Philadelphia Call and New York Evening Post, including DIY shelving for books, plush-free furniture hacks, a decorative blancmange method, simple chair covers, two tidy designs for a sofa, and an inexpensive folding chair with a Moorish pouf, reflecting the era's domestic ingenuity.

Wilkie Collins Philadelphia N. Y. Evening Post Holland

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