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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1885

Page

4

Rail and mine market wrap decline and mixed gains

The report lists mixed rail stock prices with Mexican Central strong at 10, Eastern roads rising to 47, and New York and New England at 134. Boston and Maine weakens, Bell telephone falls to 247 as copper and mining stocks move. Osceola and Quincy steady near 83, with 1884 copper output expected to exceed last year. Mining exchange shows Consolidated Pacific steady at 1, Horn Silver 2.90, Bowman Silver 13-14, and Electric shares rising to 1.80.

Iowa Falls Sioux City Mexican Central Wisconsin Central Flint Pere Marquette Summit Eastern New York New England Boston Albany Maine Providence Telegraph Bell Telephone Erie Bell Calumet & Hecla Quincey Portage Lake Lake Superior Calumet & Heela Franklin Huron Atlantic Allower Peninsula Osceola Quincy & Central Mining Exchange Consolidated Pacific Horn Bowman American Electric and Illuminating Common Standard Consolidated American Mining

Wall Street Ends Mixed as Grangers Lead Late Rally

New York trading opened weak with declines in many rails and utilities. By midafternoon a strong bid for Grangers and Lackawanna pushed key stocks higher, led by St Paul and Northwestern, while several issues stayed subdued. Trading volume reached 395,516 shares with notable mining listings including Colorado Coal and Homestake tucked in the tape.

London Financials and Markets Report January 5

London financials show Consols at 98 15-16 with varied iron and railway stocks. Wheat and corn prices in London Mark Lane rise, English markets report wheat generally dearer while Paris and Liverpool note firmer grains. Weather mild in England. deliveries of wheat up to 40,000 quarters. Provisions listed in Liverpool with pork 65s, bacon 32 333, lard 37 8, cheese 64 34, tallow 34s. breadstuffs strong and slightly clearer.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Michigan England California

New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute Votes Insolvent Action

At a special stockholders meeting Treasurer John M Little presented assets of 436497 74 against 389357 liabilities. Directors were authorized to dispose of institute property to pay debts and to file a petition in insolvency.

New England Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute John M. Little

Comfortable Advice From A Lady About Health

A remark between women about a health issue is rarely pleasant yet may prompt care. The text notes pallor marks early consumption, with the body weakened and blood impoverished. It promotes Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to enrich blood and restore color to the cheeks.

Pierce Golden Medical Discovery

General Farm Produce Market Notes and Prices

A quiet demand for hay with prices ranging up to 19 50 for best rye. Receipts of apples 1897 barrels with Baldwins steady. other varieties dull. Florida oranges scarce and require very choice fruit to reach over $3 325. Onions moderate supply with firm choice lots. Hubbards and squashes selling at modest values. Potatoes moving slowly with prices likely to fall. Turkeys and chickens steady with best western turkeys not easily above 13 5 100, some 14c. Mixed chickens and fowls moderate at 9 10c. Peanuts abundant with mixed nut prices. hickory nuts cheap. Coffee steady with various grades quoted. Sugar and molasses quiet with refined prices steady. Whiskey steady in major markets. Rice firm. Tallow quiet. Tropical fruits and oils quoted with general stability across several commodities.

Milwaukee Chicago Illinois Missouri Michigan Minnesota New York Ohio St. Louis Toledo Aice Rye Western Receip Bright Canada Wwa Ste Owl Gales Florida Hubbard Jersey Virginia Chestuts Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Pembroke Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Cincinnati Patna Rangoon Turkey Valencia London Muscatel Mio

Trade goods aboard Surinam schooner list

A Surinam voyage lists cargo aboard the schooner George R Hatch and the schooner AT as ellas items include 180 drums hake 60 half do pork 72 tierces 5 bbis hame 160 bbis flour 125 do split peas 5115 ths butter 1000 cases crystalline oil 50 boxes candles 15 cases matches 14 half bhds tobacco 20 bbis washboards 10 do paila 110 do brooms 306 do chairs 8 do hay 40 bags grain 65 trails dates 2 cases 1 bdl telephone material and 225 barrels flour 150 go Meal on the other schooner.

Savannah Steamer Gate City Bourne & Co Bates Brackett RG Brown & Co Atlantic Cotton Mills Boston Duck Co Barry, Thayer & Co H Dickson Great Falls Co Lowell Massachusetts Cotton Mills Cotton Barry, Thayer & Co Otis & Co Thorndike Co Warren Cotton Mills M Weld & Co Chapin JS Chamberlain Curtis & Co Clark Conant & Noyes Conant & Bean Currier Dows & Co Davis & Furber Machine Works Eustis & Daggett Everett Piano Co K & S A Freeman Farnum & Co Kendall Potter & Wrightington Pierson Rogers & Co Richardson & Dennie Robbins & Kellogz Richmond de de Sands, Furber & Co Struker Liverpool Eng Burnham & Co Baring Bros & Co Morey & Co Moise Guay & Wolf Spencer Howard, Bullough & Riley Leigh & Co Jere Abbott & Co Jones & Co Sherburne Linder & Meyer Leyland & Co Thomas Turnouli Valncia Tully & Co W &C K Neves Winsor & Son Phelps Bros & Co Palermo AS & J_ Brown & co Pierce & Co L Hooper & Co Cusimano & Co Minaldi Westervelt & Co Surinam Waldemar Builion Williams & Co Bixby & Co George R. Hatch Ee NS Escott Providence New York New Englana Fitchburg Astern Maine Railroad Peabody, Salem

Agricultural and Manufactured Goods Value Ledger Fragment

A long OCR fragment lists numerous commodities and values across categories such as naval stores, oils, bones, lard, brass, timber, paints, coffee, textiles, leather, marble, and machinery. It reads like an incomplete trade ledger with scattered totals and item names, reflecting a broad inventory of goods and their estimated values.

Judge Field denies sale of estate assets in insolvent case

In the supreme judicial court Justice Field approved a proposed $800,000 sale for the F Shaw Brothers estate but denied the petition since the purchase money could not be paid into the insolvency court. He noted the need to consider how creditors would share the proceeds and warned the matter may require further notice. Parallel insolvency cases include Hechter Bucharest £240,000 loss and multiple New England firms seeking compromises or facing assignments.

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Field Ferdinand A. Wyman F. Shaw Brothers Field Hechter Company Bucharest Paris London Berlin Frederick H. Rudd Restauranteur Boston E. L. Blanchard Cumberland Centre Mass Oscar W. Grulich Brewer Worcester Levy & Co Newburyport Hutchins Bros Clothing Thomas H. Phillips, Jr Montreal Trust and Guaranty Company Wortemouth N. H Buel C. Carter Frank Jones Geo. E. Dale General Merchandise Milan J. W. Dunn Variety Keene N. J S.G. Derry S. G. Derry & Co Providence KR. I M. Dewing John F. Newell Laurens N.Y Simon Marleit W.E. Belcher Knoxville

Earnings Decline for Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

The table compares monthly earnings from July 1 fiscal start to 1884 with 1883 figures, showing a six month total of 853 815 90 for 1884 and 869 259 09 for 1883, a decrease of 15 445 19.

Kentucky Central Northwest St. Paul Canadian Pacific Omaha Chicago and Eastern Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Bangor and Piscatiquis Arthur Brown Brown Moosehead Lake Lewiston

Gov Coburn of Maine Remembered as War Years Leader

Abner Coburn, Maine governor in 1865 during the war's hardest period, born March 22, 1805 in what is now Skowhegan. He rose from a district school pupil to business leader, railroad director, and bank president, deeply involved in Maine politics from 1838 onward and a key figure in the Whig to Republican transition. Other deaths noted include Charles M. McLachland, James H. Chalmers, and John G. Rowell.

Abner Coburn Maine Skowhegan Dracut Mass Somerset County Massachusetts General Court Isli Goy Coburn Arnold Canada Gov Boston Brighton Laurie Coburn A. & P. Coburn Gov. Coburn Somerset and Kennebec Maine Central Western Railroad Northern Pacific First National Bank of John Quincy Adams Whig Party Republican Party Gov. A. P. Morrill Charles M. McLachland Jersey City England Evening Express New York Sunday Mercury Frank Leslie Hamilton H. Chalmers Supreme Court of Mississippi Jackson Judge Chalmers Supreme Bench John G. Rowell Hopkinton N. H Hopkinton and Concord

Political Education of the People lecture by Gen Chamberlain

Gen Joshua L Chamberlain delivered the opening lecture for the Webster Historical Society at the Old South meeting house on Monday evening. Hon Stephen M Allen introduced him. The talk examined lack of political knowledge, urged elementary instruction in schools, and proposed lectures on social economic political and race questions by practiced speakers.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Webster Historical Society Old South Stephen M. Allen Treatmert Germany Chamberlain Webster Society

Reign of Terror Reported in Calhoun County West Virginia

Reports from Calhoun County describe a reign of terror in the southern mountainous area for nearly two months. A gang led by Ed and Moses Warner is said to be organized with sub lodges, attacking churches, homes, and meetings, injuring many, and committing thefts while resisting authorities. A fatality occurred at a New Year church supper. Six gang members were arrested but escaped during testimony. A separate Bellaire report notes a series of robberies by the same group, including a fatal beating and the theft of $300 and a gold watch, with a $1,000 Wheeling reward for the gang.

Carro. W. Va Calhoun Moses Warner Joseph’s Mills Eee Anderson Bellaire (O Wheeling Bellaire Belzar Krauss Krauss Charles Bradford

Cambrid Young Men's Christian Association chartered

Warren Sanger president Nathan Holbrook treasurer and others charter the Cambrid YMCA. In Holyoke and nearby towns John Delaney Moses Newton Andre 1ton Allyn and others petition legislature to incorporate the People’s Savings Bank. This year no election sermon. legislature to adjourn Thursday after Wednesday’s organization and officer elections.

Warren Sanger Nathan H. Holbrook Cambrid Young Men’s Christian Association John Delaney Moses Newton Andre 1Ton Allyn Holyoke People’s Savings Bank General Court

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