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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1887

Page

7

Cotton Trade Receipts and Stocks Across Atlantic Ports

Week of reporting shows net receipts at major ports totaling 158 961 with exports to Britain France and the continent rising. stocks at all US ports about 1 046 911. Comparative figures include last year against current for receipts exports and inland stocks. Liverpool stocks near 628 000 and American afloat 290 000.

Coastwise Aidge Memphis Tridge Savannah Great Britain Continent Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis United States Liverpool

Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool trading news

London and Liverpool market notes show wheat and corn firm or steady with mixed receipts and price quotes across regions. California and American wheat prices hold, flour and breadstuffs quoted, sugar in Havana stable, Manchester textiles steady, with general market activity subdued.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Michigan Janary Antwerp Manchester Havana

Vast imports stream from Liverpool and Mediterranean ports

A detailed ledger lists Norseman cargoes at Liverpool and consignments from Palma and Palermo including tinplates, wool, oranges, wine, olives, silk goods, machinery, and ocean freight items. Named firms such as Phelps, Dodge, Baring Brothers, Holder & Herrick, and Warren & Co appear with hundreds of cases, bales, casks, and boxes.

Liverpool Eng Norseman Phelps, Dodge & Co Muse Baring Bros & Co Holder & Herrick Groom & Co Steel Abbott & Co Caton Bros & Boxley Noyes Jones Warren & Co Bliss, Vabyan & Co Nicola Vita Snow & Co H Pray Sons & Co Belcher & Loomes E& F King & Co Ce Bros & Co E & F Dking & Co Igen Earr & Howson Macallar, Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Stedman & Co Moise Little & J Tarken P Hollander & Co Moors & Co Webber Jackson Ebony Allen Morton, Bliss & Co E & F King & Co Wilder Brown Bros & Co Amoskeag Mig Co Burgess Moise Baring Bros & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Lovering & Co Worsted Co Morse, Wilson & Co Arthur A Bingham J & J Murdock Stedman & Fuller Mfg Co Stoddard & Kendall Stoddard, Lovering & Co Smith & Dove Mfg Co Summerside Pei Sarah A ‘Townsend Chapin Bros Acadia Leghorn James A Hayes Hayes Bruno Tarlow J M Brown Bowker, Torrey & Co Alermo Rolfe

Shipping Exports Report from Hayti and Nova Scotia Ports

Exports dated January 7 1887 list cargoes from Brig Matilda Buck at Hayti including pork drum codfish mackerel alewives herrings chairs kerosene oil flour and lumber. At Belleveau s Cove Nova Scotia the ship Amy D reports flour meal and meal and Mahone Bay s Lettie M Hardy carries cornmeal and refined oil. Shelburne s Billy Brown ships cornmeal and refined oil as well.

Hayti Matilda Buck Belleveau’s Cove Mahone Bay Lettie M Hardy Shelburne Billy Brown

Staple Receipts Report Across Several Railroads

The January 7 1887 listing shows Boston & Albany Providence and other lines logging cotton wool flour corn oats and various fats meats and hides. Entries detail cargo totals including bales bags barrels and boxes with numerous numbers across railroads including Grand Junction New York & New England and Old Colony.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Veo

Dressed Hogs and Goods Stock by Railroad Divisions

Itemized ledger lists shipments and quantities by rail divisions including Joston & Maine Eastern, Boston & Maine Western, and Boston & Lowell. Entries cover hogs bacon lard butter eggs cheese beans apples potatoes hay lumber leather hides and related containers with numerous bulk totals and unit counts.

Joston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Boot and shoe buyers in town

Baltimore Maryland Carroll of Carroll Adams Co Tre Chicago JI E M Phelps of Phelps Dodge Talmer Chicago NJ Hf I Seixas of Cook Seixas Re Chicago IN B K Wells of MD Wells Co Am Chicago H I Greensfelder of Greensfelder Florsheim Co Par Kansas City Mo R Barton Greene Nashville Tenn J J Smith of Hall Ordway Manufacturing Co Ads Rome Ga A W Podcastle of RG Clark Co 46 San Francisco Cal S W Rosenstock of S W Rosenstock Co Tre Savannah Ga F A Finstein of A Einsteins Sons Ads Toledo O J S Rodgers of Dewey Rodgers Co Ads

Baltimore W . Carroll Carroll, Adams & Co Tre Chicago Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Talmer I Seixas Cook & Seixas K Wells M D Wells & Co I Greensfelder Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co Par Kansas City Barton Greene Nashville, Tenn J J Smith Hall & Ordway Manufacturing Co Rome Podcastle Clark & Co San Francisco Cal Rosenstock Rosenstock & Co Savannah F A Finstein Einstein’s Sons Ads Toledo J S Rodgers Dewey, Rodgers & Co

Legal Notices and Probate Cases From 1887 Boston Post

A compilation of court orders and notices from Suffolk County Massachusetts including libel summons in Cambridge, a mechanic lien in Dorchester, administrator appointments, probate citates for Julia A O Connor and Edward H Sanderson, and executors named for Silas Atkins Bancroft.

Massachusetts Suffolk Ss. Superior Court Christopher .Cylor Boston Dorchester Tremlett Street Washington Street Mansfield Baker Mary T. Walker Edward A Jessie S. A. Merrill Thomas Ryan Boston Post George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Register Silas Atkins Bancroft Ruffolk Rank Everett Peabody Edward Bancroft Bayley Edward H. Sanderson San Francisco California David W. Emery Joan W. McKim Esquire Eliwah George Jotach N. Salmon Calvin P, Sampson Admr Otice Maria A. Cottle Stephen Cushing Kendall

Renewal of Bigelow and Dowse Limited Partnership

Massachusetts notice records renewal of the Bigelow Dowse Macomber limited partnership for Neatle hardware at 229 Franklin Street Boston. The firm continues with Bigelow as general partners and Macomber as special partner with a $45000 cash stake, now extended to December 31 1890. Acknowledged by Samuel A Bigelow Charles F Dowse and John F Macomber before Justice Joseph S Adams. Secretary Henry B Peirce confirms copy.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Street Boston Commonwealth Bigelow & Dowse Samuel A. Bigelow Charles F. Dowse John F. Macomber Framingham Middlesex Macomber Bigelow Dowse Joan F. Macomber Suffolk Joseph S. Adams

Divorce petition in Middlesex for desertion and custody

Ella D Savill of Malden files in the Supreme Judicial Court a divorce from Alfred Savill of parts unknown, alleging desertion at Lowell around December 10 1883 and requesting custody of their minor child Walter H Savill. The libellant seeks maintenance and the dissolution of their marriage dated January 6 1887.

Supreme Judicial Court Middlesex Ella D. Savill Malden Alfred Savill Salem New Hampshire Lowell Walter H. Savill Ella Db. Savill

Boston and Area Rail Schedule Fragments Recount Trains

Fragmented timetable lists numerous stops and times for trains around Boston and coastal towns. Details include departures to New York Providence and various branch services with numerous stations such as Amesbury Chelsea Everett Rockport and Lynn.

Through Trains on Boston and Maine Railroads

A 188% timetable lists through trains on both divisions from Haymarket square and Causeway streets to Augusta Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other points in Maine New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Massachusetts with multiple daily departures and steamship connections from Portland to Saint John Halifax and Eastport-Calais.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Heanor St. John Malifax the Provinces Haymarket St Eastport Calais N. B Halifax N. S Portland Saymarket Sq Lewiston Manchester Concord MN. H Haymarket Square Causeway Street Naymarket Square Maine Central Grand Runk Maox & Lincoln Railways

Western Division Train Schedule Printed for Boston Lines

Train times listed from Boston stations to numerous destinations including Andover Dover Denver Exeter and Medford with return trips and numerous intermediate stops. Also shows Workingmen's trains and late-evening service to Portland Bangor and Lewiston with varied departure times.

Alton Way Mochester Farmington Andover Dover Dnver Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Hiddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Steacham Melrose Merrimace North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Akeffield Wilmington Leweill Portland Bangor Lewiston

Boston and Albany Rail Line Train Schedule 1886

Trains from Boston to the West and intermediate stops listed with times and accommodations begin Monday November 15 1886. Services to Albany Chicago St Louis and other points run daily or Sundays with drawing room and sleeping cars. Routes include Greenfield North Adams Gardner Shelburne Falls Lunenburg and many other stations with varied express and excursion services.

Boston & Providence Beton New York Sho Steuphon Providence Weverg Dodgeville Hebronville Sue Chburg Railroad Fitchey Tunnel Causeway Street Boston West Albany N. Y Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central N.Y Greenfield North Adame Gardner Baldwinville Athol Orange Miller’s Clinton Oakdale Worcester Ayer Framingham & Lowell R. R Framingham Lowell Fitchburg Ayer Junction Shirley Greenville and Townsend Centre Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Concord Lincoln Belmont and Waverley W Town Union Market Mt. Auburn Cambridge

Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service Guide 1886

Schedule notice lists Boston station Causeway Street and Washington Street office. Through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more with multiple daily departures. local service to Manchester Concord Hillsboro Keene Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua and other NH towns. Pullman sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal. Local and branch connections on White Mountain Northern divisions with varying morning and afternoon times.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montepelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Warren Haverhill Woodswiire St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Northern Division Pullman Central Vermont R.R Passumpsic R.R Manchester Concord N. H SUN Meene Peterboro Hillsboro Keene

Lowell transit schedule fragment with varied times

Schedule fragment lists multiple times for Lowell and Billerica routes on Sundays and weekdays. Includes morning, afternoon, and evening windows with numbers like 9 AM 5 PM 7.30 AM and 4.40 PM, interspersed with abbreviations and unclear notes.

Omy Hiampton Hampton Rye Beach Epswich Lynn Scott Wolfebs Gloucester Salem I. As Tt Sea Saugus Branch Wenham Merville Baldwint.r. Crossing Cohasset Hingham Fall River Brockton Taunton Newport South Braintree Way Statons Oron New York Koron Boston J. R. Kendrick SUN Ieache No. Billerica

Central Massachusetts Railway Schedule Fragment 1886

Fragmentary OCR of a timetable showing trains between Concord and Boston area stations in 1886. Mentions lines to Concord NH, Belmont, Waltham, and Oak Street routes with departure and arrival times. Officials listed include Tuttle and Mellen. notes Oct 1886 timetable change with unavoidable delays.

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