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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1888
Page
7
A dense summary of grain and commodity quotes from Chicago to Duluth. Wheat No 2 spring 75½ 78c and No 2 red 80c markets. Corn around 48½c. Oats steady to quiet. Provisions mixed with pork near 189 to 249. Lard 7 35. Rivers of prices show firm sugar and petroleum as well as dull molasses.
New York spot cotton closed easy with middling uplands at 10 9-16¢ and other grades mixed. Futures opened quiet and steady. quotes show slight firming but market ended barely steady. Liverpool spot steadies with upland 69-16d and Orleans 653d, while U S ports report varied receipts, exports, and stocks across cities amid generally steady tone.
Hog receipts light in St Louis with mixed packers at 5 10 to 5 45 and butchers to extra at 5 86 to 5 BC. Peoria hogs firmer at 4 90 to 5 50. Kansas City receipts about 5 000 with higher quotes. Chicago market reports show cattle higher with shipping steers at 5 30, stockers 2 40 to 3 75, cows and bulls 2 60 to 3 60. Hogs in Chicago 5 10 to 5 40, heaviest 5 60, light 4 95 to 5 35. sheep stronger with natives 3 50 to 5 40, Western 4 80 to 5 35.
London and Liverpool markets show wheat steady to firmer with quiet to mixed corn. American and Danubian corn stay steady while English and French country markets hold firm and Paris prices reflect steady wheat and flour as traders note weekly deliveries and futures.
A Savannah report lists steamers Gate City carrying 85 boxes of oranges, J T Hussey with 13 boxes, and W H Hyde with 2 boxes aboard.
A historical fragment lists numerous consignments and vessel notes across Yarmouth NS Campobello Haytiens ports and St George NB. Entries show buyers sellers and cargoes such as oranges lobsters boxfish pine lumber rosin coffee and herring with several schooners and steamers named including Dominion Alert and Etta A Tanner.
Bark Shetland reports cargo at Aspinwall including 50 barrels cement 1 keg duck 826 tons ice 100 barrels stacked lime 10 boxes oysters.
A 1888 Boston area ledger itemizes receipts across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Qid Colony New York & New England Fitchburg and Heston & Maine Eastern Division. Entries list cotton wool flour corn oats malt oats barley peas lard tallow tea butter cheese eggs beans hay leather hides and other staples with quantities such as 44 bales cotton 736 bales wool 21 865 bush flour 2 900 bush oats 5 950 bush peas and 13 tons tarred.
Boston and Maine announces through trains on Western and Eastern divisions with schedules from Haymarket Square and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Bangor St John Halifax East ports and more. Includes Sunday trains, special branches, and notes on Pullman cars and ticket offices.
Rail schedule details for Boston station Causeway Street to various destinations on the Lowell System. Lists through services from Boston to Littleton, Franklin, St Johnsbury, Montreal connections, and local runs with times and parlor or sleeping cars. Includes notes on stations and through trains, with officials cited.
The fragment lists shipments by the Boston and Maine Railroad and Western Division and various transport modes. Items include bales of wool and cotton, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, molasses, coffee, tea, butter, eggs, cheese, beans, apples, potatoes, lumber, leather, hides, and cash quantities like dozens and bales, with multiple carloads and sacks noted.
City of Boston invites sealed proposals to build and erect a wrought iron tank on Breed's Island. Bids due March 12, 1888, at Boston Water Board Office. Plans viewed at City Hall Room 65. A $200 certified check accompanies each proposal. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Proposals labeled Proposal for Iron Tank on Breed's Island. Address H. T. Rockwell Chairman Boston Water Board. February 25, 1888.
Navy Department invites sealed proposals for one steel submarine torpedo boat built to the best modern design. Proposals require detailed drawings, weight and engine data, and trials at contractor expense. Five percent certified check and sixty percent bond. delivery terms and right to reject bids noted.
Printed and indexed wallet sized record book designed for the tea trade. Offered for sale by AALON RE. GAY & CO. located at 122 State Street.
Mass probate notices outline Fordyce Moores seeking adoption of Walter Ray with name change to Fordyce Raymond Moores. Other notices petition estate matters for Lillian Blanc seeking nullity of marriage to Moritz Blanc and executors handling multiple Suffolk probate actions.
Notice states Robert A. Barne of Boston was licensed and commissioned as Public Warehouseman for Boston on February 1 1888. He posted a five thousand dollar bond and took the required oaths to qualify for the duties of the office. The act referenced is by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AWE Boston Providence Railroad announces Monday August 30 87 trains will run revised. Schedules list departures for Boston to New York Providence Stonington Providence and other points with return times and Sunday inclusions. Superintendant A Folsom notes varied times and connections across towns, with adjustments to morning and evening services.
A fragmented line lists several numeric values and codes such as 10.4 6.35 6.5d 1.10 2.40 10.35 P AAS om vi 4b 1.80, suggesting a cryptic sequence or catalog entry without clear context. The readable items imply measurements or identifiers rather than a full event.
The Central Massachusetts Railroad announces new service starting Monday February 20 1888 from Boston to Northampton and many towns including Hiadsey Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jefferson’s Oakdale West Beaulston Clinton Herdin Sudbury Bradson Rockbottom Waverley Belmont Weston Waltham and Belmont connections. Schedule shows multiple daily departures around 7.25 am 12.05 pm 3.40 pm and 5.25 pm with Sunday hints and a general superintendent signature by C. S. Meller and GEO W STORER as General Passenger Agent.
A fragmented timetable from Boston Station shows trains to New York and New England with numerous times scattered across the page. The legible entries reference Ashcroft, Danbury, Norwich, Pawtucket, Readville and other stops, along with morning and evening departures.
An unclear OCR segment lists train and transit times with stations such as Milford New London Providence Norwood Central Hyde Park Washington Willimantic and Willows. Several partial numbers and notes imply schedule details, but the fragment lacks coherent narrative or complete context.
Daily Boston and Albany departures from Boston stop at Needham and nearby stations with multiple morning and afternoon times. Return trips listed, various stops including Woonsocket, with special notes for Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also features New York via Middletown and New Haven, New England Limited, Philadelphia Express, Norwich Line, and connections to steamer City of Boston and steamer City of New York. Contact offices for tickets.
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