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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1883

Page

3

Market Report Highlights Rail Stocks and Taxir Debate

Total earnings for the year approach 1 159 454 96 dollars with likely overrun. Merchants note farmers withhold grain and branch roads add little to gross. Marquette Houghton and Onomagon com mission higher closing 77 bid. Union Pacific 1033 Cedar Rapids and Missouri River 107. Eastern 3864 Fitchburg 121 Maine Central 80 New York and New England 503 Northern 1033 Boston and Maine 150.

Marquette Houghton and Onomagon Commion Union Pacific Cedar Rapids Missouri River Eastern Fitchburg Maine Central New York New England Northern Boston Maine New York Evening Post Boston, Hoosac Tunnel Western Railroad Schenectady New York, Buffalo and West Shore Vermont Central First Wheeler United States Circuit Court Rutland Vermont Supreme Court Langdon Mexican Central The Post Guzman Mexican Central Railroad Company Lake Superior

Market Summary: Railroads Bonds Stocks Rally and Dip

New York stock activity today shows dull speculation with an overall slight gain. Rail bonds such as Atlantic and Pacific G3 slipped while Western Union and Memphis and Charleston led gains at midday. Final trading closed strong with a 1.4 to 14 percent advance across leaders, amid mixed intraday moves and steady money on call at 5 percent.

Boston Moxpay Evenrne Mercantile Corporation New York Clearing House Springfield Clearing House New Haven Clearing House Boston Bank Associated Banks of Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Flint Pere Marquette Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Iowa Central Railroad Company Atlantic and Pacific Columbus Chicago Indiana Central Erie Fort Worth Denver City Kansas and Texas Kansas Pacific Western Union Telegraph Jersey Central Kansas City and Northern Omaha Mobile and Ohio Stock Exchange Memphis Charleston Memhis Denver Rio Grande Northwest St. Paul Western Union Louisville Nashville Rock Island Chattanooga Reading Texas Pacific Peis Tennessees The Southern Central Pacific I. O L. & West Delaware & Hud Hon.&St.Jo Kansas Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Lake Erie & W Michigan Central Manhattan Memphis& C Missouri Pacific Northwestern New Jersey Northern Pacific Ohio & Missisippi Ontario & West Ohio Central Pacific Mail Peoria Bay Union Pacific St.l.& Pa Oregon Trans.Co Sly Roch. & Pitts 2Ibo Mutual Union

Mining Stocks And Market Notes Summary

The fragment lists mining stock references including Hlamestake, Chrysolite, Belle Isle, Best & Belcher with varied figures. Absent full context, it reads as a catalog of mineral equities and prices, lacking coherent events or narrative.

Father de Susct Rescia Tectieta Belle Isle Best & Belcher

Liverpool cheese and market notes on dairy and hogs

Dairy prices show Liverpool cheese at 66s cwt and New York butter steady. State and western factory cheese quoted, eggs dull, beans, peas, and kidneys firm. Hog receipts at Union Stockyards reported 22,000 with price ranges around 575 to 670. Wheat, corn, and oats quoted with minor shifts. grains quiet overall.

Liverpool New York Elgin Creamery Town Western Chicago Choice Western Creamery Dary Vermont Newark Choice Hicston Uplands Orleans New Orleans Ohio St Louis Nesota Minnesota City Mills West Indies Europe South America Brandywine A.c Iemaeh Canada Wester Cogitoc soidiSwe Inesia Y Ave English Island Porto Rico Patna C. Omen Vale Phil Extra India City Extra India Mess State Old State Western Fiat Illinois Missouri Michigan Barney ST. Louis Coumon

Market steady as grain and goods hold near prior levels

Grain markets show a firm steady tone with western superfine flour and other grades largely unchanged. corn meal butter eggs and vegetables maintain tight ranges. cotton futures ease little as New York spot remains steady and supply data show modest daily receipts.

Total Receipts of Staple Products Jan 8 at the Port

A detailed table shows today’s total receipts of principal staples from all shipment points, compared with the same date last year. Included are cotton, sugar, wool, molasses, flour, butter, cornmeal, oats, wheat, beans, peas, rye, leather, tallow, coffee, tea, and pork, with figures in hundreds or thousands of units and coastwise totals.

Receipts of Stanie Products for Jan 8 Railroads

Receipts list commodities and quantities transported by Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Old Colony Railroads. Entries include cotton wool corn oats barley malt feed pork beef hams butter cheese hay straw lumber leather hides skins pelts flour meal bacon tallow and more totals.

Stanie Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Providence Eastern Railroad Weil Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Salem

Maritime goods list from multiple ports including Boston and Rio de Janeiro

A detailed cargo summary lists steamer and schooner cargoes across ports Boston Annapolis NS Yarmouth NS Demerara and others. Items include eggs fish potatoes and meat. coal sugar rubber coffee skins and cattle goods along with vessel names and tonnages.

Boston Annapolis Hunter Howe & French Gay & Co Ellis & Co Delong & Seaman Russell Holmes Hatheway & Co Mead Clark & Co Hale & Co Thomas Rich & Co Baker McPherson & Kendall Goodwin, Doe & Co Nash & ¢c H Tobey McPherson Crossman & Co Johnson & Co Yarmouth Dominion John G Lal! & Co Demerara Annie G Leary Baes Sugar RC Cushman & Co Donderry Bark Grant Salt Day Bark Nineveh L Devenport

Value of Imports into the Port of Boston Week Ending Jan 5

The return shows import values by origin and category for the week ending January 5. England sources include dry goods, chemicals, metals, paper stock, linen, and hardware. Turkey Island lists earthenware and window glass. Cuba and other regions contribute chemicals whiskey paper stock and provisions. Italy and West Coast Africa provide marble paints wood hides and metals. Canada totals contribute to the overall port value of 1,015,257.

England Samide Scles Polalors Seine Cncean Baird Ein Kidgio Riovess Ss Sceess Csi Vvaene Bealce Ana Steel Lolgwric ST. Martins CuBa Suzar Cosas Lecteces Otis Uos Rahn Ee Staton Italy Wocoms Co Allen Sneveeke Bes Stites Qos Mis Wood Pi Cawebosenee Sans Trineas Iives Paris Tics Ivas Naval Stores

Foreign Exports From Atlantic Steamers List Cargoes

Liverpool steamer Atlas cleared January 5 with cot ton and groceries along with many items including beef lard fruits dairy and machinery. London Hull Levanto and Annapolis Hunter entries list bulk staples and manufactured goods bound for trade routes.

Liverpool Eng Steamer Atlas London Hull Levanto Annapolis Parsboro Lockport Knight Templar

Value of Exports From Boston Port Week Ending Jan 5

Record of weekly export values from the Port of Boston listing commodities with totals in dollars. Metals fuels, agricultural imports, meats and dairy, lumber and fibers, machinery, cotton goods, and tobacco noted. Country and port breakdown shows overall value at 1,161,475 dollars.

Commodity Markets Mixed with Commodities and Grains Data

A dense OCR style market report notes mixed prices across staples. Wheat corn oats barite pork lard and beef move varyingly in Chicago St Louis and New York with receipts and shipments listed, alongside sugar coffee and rice tone.

London Markets Report on Wheat Corn Prices and Trade

Foreign markets update from London on January 8 notes firm wheat and corn cargoes, firmer wheat at Mark Lane, small arrivals, and improved Liverpool prices for flour and wheat. Cotton in Liverpool is dull with active futures. reports include Upland and Orleans quotes and weekly American receipts.

Financial London Erie New York Central Mlinois Central Reading Commercial Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool England California Uplands Orleans Nhon

Court Proceedings Update From Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The court convened this morning to hear docketed law and equity cases for Suffolk Middlesex Norfolk and Barnstable counties. Arguments in law cases proceeded while criminal cases are scheduled for Friday.

Commonwealth Suffolk Middlesex Norfolk Barnstable

Piper vs. City of Bos on case before Judge Gardner

Jury is out in No. 545 Piper versus City of Boston with Daniel Radley pro ami for the plaintiff and Bernard Beidlingmaier for the defendant. Action of tort seeks damages for personal injuries from a dog bite. Defence offers a general denial. Trial proceeding with R. J. McKelleger for the plaintiff and Hammond and Pope for the defendant.

Wm. J.mann T. Brigham Bisho French J. W. Pickering N. B. Bryant Donavan Mary M. Doherty California United States Supreme Court F. Goodwin S. J. Power Catharine M. J. Callahan Thames Fee, Jr J. L. Eldridge J. R. Murphy Blopgerr James M. Valentine Middlesex Charlestown Kresumed Ware L. M. Child Deendant Richard Powers Maurice English John Powers Boston J. ¥. Cronan J. A. Maxwell Gardner Piper City of Boson Daniel Radley Pro Ami Bernard Beidlingmaier Dog R. J. McKelleger Hammond & Pope

Copper Mine Yields in Portage Lake District 1882

The Portage Lake district copper mines produced 2,975 tons in 1882 with additional outputs from Calumet and Hecla Osceola and Pewabic. Keweenaw Point and Ontonagon County contributions bring the lake total to about 35,575 tons, exceeding last year by 1,473 tons.

Portage Lake Lake Superior Portage Lake District Seoaeeld PARMA Grand Portage Hancock Keweenaw Point Ontonagon County

Creditors meet McLean boot and shoe firm in Providence

A creditors meeting in Providence discussed McLean & Co. boot and shoe dealers with assets of about 15 000 and liabilities around 28 000. Assignees will manage affairs while awaiting a satisfactory offer. Several other firms across the country are listed as failed or facing assignments with varied liabilities.

McLean & Co Providence R. I McLean Foster George A. Newhall Salem Philadelphia John Langenberger P. P. Gustine Langenberger J. H. Kramer Negaunee Mich C. A. & J. Chiniquay Crookston Minn Turpsin & Bro Joseph Strauss Richmond Wetmore Machine Company New Haven Conn A.C. Wetmore James W. Moore & Co Cochituate Isaac Sanborn Grocer Waterville G. K. Mellon Worcester Charles Peabody Newburyport George A. Harmon Portland Charles W. Trescott, Jr Auburn Patrick J. McCallum Thatcher Housatonic A. W. Fullridge Omaha Neb John E. Groffe Newport R. Grampton & Co Rock Island Inl Theodore Wieleseh & Co Tucson A. T

Numerous society events planned in Boston area evenings

The city hosts a string of meetings balls and lectures. The Newsdealers and Stationers union meets at the Crawford house. the Atlantic associates hold a second annual ball at Webster hall Friday. Rev. Talmage lectures January 17 at Columbus Avenue church. Merrymakers plan a fete at Union Market hotel Watertown. East Boston Trade association marks its 10th anniversary January 24 with notable invitees. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen hold a sixth annual hall at Odd Fellows' hall with a special Salem train. Boston firemen stage a carnival February 21 at Institute Fair building. Tickets follow policemen's ball January 10 at Charitable Mechanics'. Knights Templar grand ball preparations complete with grand officers and a large Worcester county presence. East Boston ferry employees announce first annual ball February 1.

Newsdealers and Stationers’ Union of New England Crawford House Court and Brattle Streets The Atlantic Associates Webster Hall T. DeWitt Talmage Columbus Avenue Presbyterian Church Berkeley Street Happy Homes South End Charles D. Ellis D. J. McCarthy Isadson Harvard Streets Union Market Watertown East Boston Trade Association Butler Ames Crocker Senate Marden House of Representatives Leopold Morse P. A. Collins Palmer Boston Lodge No. 57 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Odd Fellows’ Hall Salem Boston Firemen Institute Fair Charitable Mechanics Knights Templars Boston Commandery Mechanics Benjamin Dean United States Massachusetts Rhode Island Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut Grand Knights Templar Worcaster Samuel C. Lawrence Grand Lodge of Boston

Reform Club organizing for civil service reform in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Reform club formed at the Parker house to back Col. Theodore Lyman for congress. Officers include President John S. Farlow and vice presidents Leverett Saltonstall Levi C Wade. secretary Fisher Ames. executive committee Winslow Werren Moorfield Storey John W Carter. Meetings set for first Saturday each month.

Massachusetts Reform Club Col Theodore Lyman Congress Parker House John S. Farlow Leverett Saltonstall Levi C. Wade Fisher Ames Winslow Werren Moorfield Storey John W. Carter Waltham Waten Company Young’s Hotel H. N. Fisher W. R. Wills J. L. Keyser

Octave Arrives from England to Winter at Mystic Wharf

The yacht Octave owned by David Sears returned from England and will winter at Mystic wharf. An alarm from box 412 shortly before 3 PM Sunday reported a fire in the stable of Allen and Moody, causing concern in the area.

Octave David Sears England Mystic Wharf Allen & Moody

Obituary notices dated January events across New England towns

The list records deaths with names and ages from January 3 to January 7 in Boston, Hingham, Socono NM, Jamaica Plain, Wellesley, Sandwich, Fond du Lac, Foxboro, South Boston, Everett, Arlington Heights, Providence and East Boston. Notables include Nancy Chandler widow of Benjamin Chandler aged 93 and George F Williams aged 35 formerly of Calcutta. The notices reflect widows, long lives and varied locales.

Jena TE Brigham Boston Highlands Martha A Albert Brigham Beal Hingham Martin Beal Camfill Socono Arthur ME Camfill Chandpler Boston Nancy Benjamin Chandler B Cunningham Theresa Cunningham Dudley S W Dudley Dewing Wellesley Seth Dewing S Dillingham Sandwich J Isabella Charles Dillingham Perguson Jamaica Plain Mass Samuel N Ferguson James Ferguson St John Green Fond du Lac Wis William C Green Mendon Morse Foxboro Leonard Morse Morrison South Boston R M Morrison Perry Harold Hill Perry Poor Everett Frances A Poor Aera Robinson Arlington Heights Mary Jonathan Robinson Lexington Raynsford Providence Erwin W Raynsford Williams George F Williams Calcutta India Whittier East Boston Matthew Franklin Whittier

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