Mixed Activity on Boston Stock Exchange Amid Rumors and Coal Strength
The Boston stock market stayed dull after 2:15 with coal stocks and Richmond & West joint showing strength. Jersey Central led gains at times amid reports of Baltimore & Ohio gaining control via Western Union, while Union Pacific and Pacific Mail fluctuated and overall activity cooled into the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond & West Joint
London
Jersey Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Union
Union
Boston
Richmond & West Point
Pacific Mail
Denver & Rio Grande 4A
East Tennessee
Chicago, St. Louis & Pacific
Indiana
Bloomington & Western
New Orleans & Mobile
Louisville
New Albany
Denver & South Oar
Wabash
Canada Southern
Central Pacifi
Chicago & St. Louis
Delaware, L
Northern Pacific
Ohio & Mississippi
Peoria
Dec
Evans
Sil
Kansas & Texas
Lake Shore
Louisville & Nashville
Michigan Central
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Memphis & Charleston
Northwest
Spania
Sakou Mg
St. Paul & Omaha
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Big
Wabash Pacific
Oregon
Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston Section
The Boston money market shows easing with general paper at 5 to 6 percent and local calls 4 to 5 percent. Clearing balances drop to 3 to 8 percent. New York funds trade at 17 to 30 cents premium. Bond and stock activity includes Bell Telephone and Atchison holdings, West End Land listing, and Osceola Consolidated Mining dividend declared for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokers
Peforh
Best
M& St
Am Bell Tel
Erie
At & Pac
T&sf
Boston & Albany
B&q
Fitchbure
Ny&ne
Union Pac
Ove
B& N
Con Vermont Bs
Sp & M
Boston Land
San Diego
Bonanza
Stupswick An
Boston
Atlantic & Pacific
Eee
Bos & Maine
Cambridge
Cb&n
C.B & al
IF &Scy
Fitchburg
Lr& F
Ee Maine Cent
Eeeaeeue
Pgf&c
Pullman
Bs Union Pacific
B&n
B& Albo
B&l
Adams Express
Oregon Trans
Pacific Mail
S& Cl Gatas
Alton & Terre Haute
Panama Peewee
American Express
Peoria
Dec. & E
C&w Micheee
DBS
Boston Air Line
Pittsby
Anada Acific
Pullman Palace
C. Anada Southern
Readin
F&pm Sere
Canton
Central Town
Oncere
Rich
Alr&f
Central Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Rock Islan Aee Eee Ee 126 Do Ist Pref Wee Haere | St. Louis & San Fra
Northern
Chicago
Alton
Quin
L. & Vt & Mass
Peal
Omaha
St. L
Express
del. & Lack
Rio G
New
Wells
Denver
K & Wine
A. Pac
Enn
A . Mo& MP
Col. H. Vaile
Houston & Texas
Ullca
Lake Shore Cowenue
So Kan
Lon Island
Bel Tel
Louisvills
Nash
Louisville N . Albany
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan
Mem
Charleston
Central D. W
Mobile & Ohio
Den
Morris & Essex
Northern Pac
Norfolk & West
Northw
Northern Pacific
Aei
Oregon
Ae Fe
New York Central
Ear
Old Cal
Ontario
West Shore
Cal & He
Union Con
Colorado Coal
North Kelle Isle
Homestake
Bi Cristo
Ossee
Hale & Norcross
Baglan
Horn Silver
Erie Telephone
Aspinwal Land
NING
California
Brookline Land
San Francisco
Cal
Seu
West End
Boston Water Power
Bulwer
Eeeerers
Savage
Mexican Central
Crown Point
Cal & Va Cere
Sierra Neverda
Ecoeoevese Senor
New York
New Eng
Union Pacific Sinking Fund
Wisconsin Central
Atch
Top & S
Orwessenes
Bi, Atlantic & Pacific
Boston & Maine
Southern Central of Mass
Cleveland & Ced
Burl & North
Burl & Quincy
East
Illinois
Old Colony Correreeeersne
Hecla Cowie Sue
Tike Cata
Tamarack
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Tol. Cin
St. Louis
Lord
Bruns
Sterling Exchange
Bell Telephone
Atchison, Topeka & Sarita Fe
Central Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Sandusky & Cleveland
Vitchburg
New England
Union Pacific
New England Telephone
Brunswick Antimony
Boston & Lowell
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Bank of France
London Economist
France
England
Boston Stock Exchange
Massachusetts National Bank
American Bell Telephone
Calumet & Heela
Lyman 3
Greenleaf
West End Land Company
Eston
Brookline
Aia
Alance
Tienry M. Whitney
Grenville
Yf Braman
Atchison
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
California Southern
Burlington & Quincy
DOT
Oes and
Northwestern Company
CoMpante & Pacific
Sava
Banks Declare Semiannual and Quarterly Dividends
The Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank declares a 2 percent semiannual dividend. The McKay Metallic Fastening Association declares a quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share. The First National Bank of Peterboro New Hampshire declares a 4 percent semiannual dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
McKay Metallic Fastening Association
First National Bank of
Peterboro
N. H
United States Stocks Mixed on Opening Day in London
London reports show US rail and canal shares trading with varied gains and losses. Notable movements include United States assets at 43 and 129 percent, Atlantic Great Western firsts at 4955, Canadian Pacific at 6814, New York Central at 116 percent, and Reading at 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Atlantic
Erie
St Paul
New York
Monthly Popular Meeting by Boston WCTU
The Boston Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts a free Monthly Popular Evening in Odd Fellows' Hall Tremont and Berkeley on Wednesday January 12 at 7 45 p m. The talk Health and Heredity as Affected by Alcoholic Beverages or Medicines is followed by incidents by Mrs Gosse with questions. Reads Uncle Tom's Cabin tolerance Sweet Cicely recitation by Miss Humphrey with songs by Mr and Mrs W H Thomas and piano by Miss Katherine Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Tremont and
Berkeley Streets
Odd Fellows
Cicely
Betsy Bobbers
Humphrey
W. H. Thomas
New York
Katherine Prince
Sam Jones Delayed One Week for Boston Visit
Reverend Sam Jones will not travel to Boston on Sunday the 9th as planned. He will instead preach at Tremont Street Methodist Church on Sunday morning the 16th and address the People’s Church in the evening. Further meetings at Bromfield Street Church or Tremont Temple will be announced. The delay is due to illness in his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Boston
Fis
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Tremont and
Concord Street
People’s Church
Bromfeld Street Church
Tremont Temple
Mt Hope Names New Cemetery Superintendent
The trustees yesterday elected John Mitchell Galvin as superintendent of Mt Hope cemetery. A Boston native, he graduated from Dwight School in 1864 with a Franklin medal and comes from a family of horticulturists and florists. His father was a former city forester and his brother is senior partner in Galvin Bros., florists. Galvin is 37 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
Mr. Hope Cemetery
John Mitchell Galvin
Galvin
Boston
Dwight School
Mr. Galvin
John Galvin
Thomas
Galvin Bros., Florists
Money market report for New York on call and bonds
Money on call has been easy with loans from 4 to 6 percent and the last loan at 5 percent, closing at 4 5. Prime mercantile paper stands at 6 7. Bar silver quoted 1005 to 100%. Sterling exchange quiet and unsettled. Government bonds dull and heavy. Railroad bonds have…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
MenSmans Peptonized Beef Tonic Claims Whole Nutrients
Caswell Hazard Co says their MenS mans Peptonized Beef Tonic is the only beef preparation supplying all nutritious properties. It claims blood making force generating life sustaining benefits for indigestion nervous prostration and general debility including exhaustion and pulmonary illnesses. Sold by druggists in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
New York
Commodity Market Summary Shows Mixed Outlook Across Grains
Commodity notes report limited movement with most items steady or firm. Flour, oats, eggs, and fresh beef show firmness, while sweet potatoes slip slightly and potatoes stay quiet. apples remain in steady demand amid overall quiet trading across meats, fats, and pack goods.
Quiet Market for Mackerel and Lobster Slaughter Reported
The fish market shows steady mackerel prices with mixed receipts from January to date and a large lobster kill at Prince Edward Island totaling 91 000 cases 35 000 000 lobsters. Scallop beds emerge near Bass River and Cape Cod harvests set records while Newfoundland caught fish enjoy free entry under the new tariff note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Edward Island
Europe
Newfoundland
South Yarmouth
Mass
Bass River
New York
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Wellfleet
Cape
Corpo
Boston
Sas
Labrador
Nova
Haddock
Nova Scotia
Norfolk
Providence River
Commodity Prices From Market Ledger Summary
Prices listed for barley and malt hops with grades and varieties. No 1 white and No 2 white show cents per bushel. six rowed Canada and state malts priced 65 to 80 cents. hops range 10 to 12 cents per pound, with 1885 Eastern and New York markets and 1886 choices at 16 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley
Canada
Eastern
New York
Butter and dairy markets hold firm with varied bids
Prices for butter, cheese, eggs and beans show firmness across regions. Western creamery extra bids at 30c, Vermont extra 25c, New York steady with creamery prices around 1.32 to 1.29, while Liverpool demand stays high. Poultry and produce trade remains steady with hay and potatoes moving slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Creamery
Vermont Dairy
Chicago
Elgin Creamery
New York
Liverpool
Eastern Creamery
Vermont Creamery
Ohio
Canada
Jersey
Maine
New Brunswick
Houston
Aroostook
Vermont
Burbanks
Virginia
St. Andrew
Cape
Market Reports Jan 7 Flour and Grain Steady With Firm Oats
No changes in flour, corn steady and oats firm with fair trade. No. 2 white oats bids and asks shown. closing price 19 58 cents. Inspections include 88 cars with mixed lots of wheat oats and corn, California averages listed. corn and rye prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliza
Liverpool
California
Chicago
Michigan Stone
Ada Superior
Canada
Fruit market notes steady apple prices in Liverpool and Florida
Apples hold at quoted figures with J C Houghton & Co reporting Liverpool bids for golden russets spies and greening at specified shillings and pounds. Florida oranges lemons and tangerines show varied box prices while cranberries and dried apples stay firm or quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
J. C. Houghton & Co
Baldwins
Hubbardstons
Baldwin
Tallman Sweet
Virginia
Farmer’s Marks
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Malaga
Florida
Cape Cod
Meat Market Wholesalers Report Steady Prices and Light Receipts
Pork and lard firm with steady prices and good demand. Fresh beet and oyre demand firm. Lambs fair, veal and mutton unchanged. Receipts light. Chicago closing quotations show varied pork and lard figures across futures months. Long cuts and other beef products listed with multiple price ranges and weight specs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lord
Choice
Asec
Market Prices for Lamb Veal and Mutton
The report lists prices for lambs and mutton across grades from poor to good. Dressed lambs Chicago grade A B8e and Y 10e, heavy Brighton mutton F se, and Eastern veal choice 2 10e with poor to good ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Abe
Cotton market report shows mixed futures and steady spot activity
In Liverpool and New York markets cotton futures opened firm and closed easy in multiple months with bids and asks listed. Trade showed strong demand mid uplands and Orleans with 14 000 bales sold and receipts at 24 000 bales. SUGAR and molasses markets remained firm with refined sugar steady and Demerara sales noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Mid Uplands
Orleans
New York
Manila
Belmont
Cuba
Boston
United Kingdom
London
Glasgow
Bristol
Fruit
Leith
Newcastle
Aberdeen
Dundee
Dublin
Philadelphia
Java
Philippine Islands
United States
Market News Across Cities Open with Mixed Grain Prices
The report covers New York Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Toledo markets. Wheat No 2 spring and No 1 Northern ranged around 73 to 95 cents, corn held firm near 86 to 92 cents, oats soft, rye steady, barley mixed. Provisions fluctuated with pork around 12.10 to 12.15, lard down, with varied receipts and shipments across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis
Minnesota
Rio
United
Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Continent
S A
Liverpool
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneavolis
Detroit
Michigan
Cincinnati
Toledo
Hogs and Cattle Markets Across Major Markets
Kansas City hog market firm with $445 465 quoted. Peoria $390 480. St Louis hogs higher with Yorkers $440. Chicago cattle receipts 10 000, shipments 8000, prices $4 50 to $5 37. hogs and sheep mixed with varied ranges. overall market activity noted across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
ST. Louis
Chicago
Cotton Markets Report Jan 7 Gains and Stock Levels
Cotton market update shows Augusta Net receipts 277 and stock 22,813 with firm prices and mids for the Southeast. Galveston Net receipts 1,373 with exports to Great Britain and France. New Orleans reports 1,070 coastwise receipts and stock 427,662 with firm mid-9 1-16 cents. Mobile shows receipts 53 and gross 966 with export activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Mid Se
Galveston
Great Britain
New Orleans
France
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Jay
Gould
Little Rock, Mississippi River
Texas
Camden
Little Rock
Indian Territory
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road
Little Rock Road
Bostwick
Shinn
Albany
Lowell
Southern Kansas
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain
Sandusky
Cleveland
Indiana, Bloomington & Western
Calumet & Hecela
Franklin
Osceola Consolidated Mining Company
Basset, Whitney & Co
Devonshire Street
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Nassau St
Rand
R. R. Co
Northern Fanene
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Oregon R. R. and Navigation Co
St.louis Cable & Western
Blake Brothers
Rockingham, VT
Pen Aks
Bellows Falls
Saxton’s River
Cambridgeport
Bartonsville
Massachusetts
C.H. Venner & Go
Congress Street
Broadway National Bank
B.C. Downer
F. O. Squire
W. B. Dresser
Cashier
NEW York Financial
Telegraph
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