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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1889
Page
7
Wheat and corn futures exchange data show January through June prices. Wheat cash and futures bids range around 96 to 106 cents per bushel with May and June figures. Corn bids sit near 30 to 33 percent, oats around 27 to 33 cents in May and February readings.
Inspections report 86 cars including 19 steamer yellow corn and 30 steamer corn. Flour market quiet with limited inquiry. spot and export prices listed from Fine to winter patents and Canada exports. Regional receipts and firmer or higher prices noted for wheat and oats across New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Duluth markets.
Bitter demand for creamery butter is quiet at steady prices with a well supplied market. Most sales are limited to fall and summer made lots. Western creameries quote 30c for standard, 27 29c for extra firsts, 24 25c for fancy imitation, 18 20c for seconds, 16c for lower grades.
The market remains the same as last quoted with prices for marrow squash at 25 to 30 per ton, turban squash 35 per ton, Hubbard 40 per ton, Savoy cabbage 75 cents per bushel, cabbage 50 to 60 cents per bushel, red cabbage 150 to 175 per bushel, onions 120 to 140 per bushel, Spanish onions 75 cents per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bushel, carrots 40 to 50 cents per bushel, lettuce 25 to 50 cents per bushel, turnips 40 cents per box, white French turnips 1 to 1.25 per bushel, St Andrews 35 cents per bushel, radishes and turnips 40 cents per dozen, long 70 cents per dozen, celery 3 to 4 dollars per box, parsnips 60 cents per bushel, spinach 50 to 75 cents per bushel, Norfolk spinach 2 dollars per 225 bushel, parsley 2 dollars per bushel.
Harris & Co sells Florida oranges at 75 cents per box and tangerines at 32 to 35 cents per half box. Snow & Co plans auctions Friday for large grape, orange and shell bark shipments. Market notes steady prices across apples grapes oranges lemons with varied bids. Camelot details include Messina, Palermo, Valencias values and box rates. cranberries and nuts show limited changes.
Opening weakness gave way to a bullish close as shorts covered and Armour’s rep voiced optimism for May pork. January deliveries by the clique were heavy with expectations of a rally and sale. quotes for pork and lard across months show mixed activity, while New York demand for pork remains firm and Chicago prices edge higher on some items.
Fresh beef arrivals shrink inventory amid quiet demand while prices hold steady. Steers range from 6 7c to 8 2c per pound for various cuts. beef for chucks and ribs also listed. Lambs and mutton show varied quotes across quality levels, with Eastern and Brighton markets reflected in the figures.
Kansas City cattle receipts 4711 with steady demand and prices for natives and feeders. Hogs drop 5 cents with heavy and light categories around 490 to 500. Chicago and St Louis show weaker hog markets with mixed packers and butcher prices. Sheep steady in Kansas City and Chicago, with varied prices across regions and large totals of receipts and shipments.
In New York cotton remains quiet with middling at 9 13 16c and sales at 437 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed steady with mixed opening and closing prices across the front months. Liverpool spot cotton holds steady while sales reach 10,000 bales amid receipts of 26,000 bales, and futures show a quiet to steady tone across exchanges.
Raw sugars remain slow at steady prices with Cuba and Manila grades quoted and refined sugars steady. Molasses hold with prices across Porto Rico and New Orleans noted. New York reports no change and overall market activity remains muted.
Tallow prices hold steady with city at 64 6% per cwt and country at 54 2c. New York reports firmer demand, coffee Rio dull with 17c cargoes, whiskey steady at 103 dollars. Turpentine closes at 46 1/2c, rosin around 1.06, tar nominal, petroleum 6.65 to 7.15c, RSW at 7c and cases at a nominal cent.
An itemized list from the Liverpool port report details steamer Pavonia cargoes and shipments arriving January 8 1889. Entries name shippers buyers goods and quantities including salted skins yarn linens tin plates pianos books machinery and various consignments by multiple firms and individuals. The long roster includes Cunard Line Beardsley & Co Codman & Shurtleff Grout Warren & Blanchard A W Elson & Co Olive and J B Moors & Co among others with quantities ranging from single cases to hundreds of boxes and casks.
A dense OCR of a 19th century directory itemizes many Boston firms and goods including French-1 do Bond C F Hovey Shepard Norwell Janney waxed goods woollens tissues perfumes perfumery tissues musical instruments mercery and vast quantities of tin plates wool cash goods seeds iron and wool bales plus orders for schooners L M Hardy and Latona with bush potatoes in Souris PEI and Souris, P E I.
A January 8 1889 export list covers multiple ships and ports. Entries show Schooner Alice Louise with flour meal kerosene and other goods at Shelburne and Barrington. Brig J A Horsey with rice matches lager beer and timber at Miragoane Haiti. Steamer Hondo and Schooner Mattie A Franklin plus cargoes of apples kerosene lumber and more at assorted locations including Jamaica and Aspinwall.
A dated ledger of freight receipts from multiple railroads details quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats barley beans beef hams butter eggs potatoes lumber leather hides and more. The entries name Boston Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York Newie Fitchburg Boston Maine lines and divisions with hundreds of bales boxes and barrels listed.
Cattle from West and New England arrive for export demand while market yards stay steady. notable sales include Breck & Wood oxen and J A Hathaway steers. Sheep and lambs numbers around 3000 head with few higher priced lots and strong feeds. prices per hundredweight range from 4 to 7 cents for lambs and ewes.
London dispatch reports cargoes off the coast with wheat firm and corn steady as markets react. A single cargo of wheat arrived, signaling continued activity in foreign markets.
Since last report one cargo sold eight awaiting sale and one corn cargo pending. Wheat firm at Mark Lane and Liverpool with 4s 3d corn spot. Atlantic movements show 2,275,000 quarters wheat to Britain and 233,000 corn, plus 405,000 wheat and 80,000 corn to the Continent. January to May futures quoted for California wheat. Liverpool market notes steady prices across wheat and corn with mixed Western corn firmer and provisions steady to higher.
A warrant in insolvency issued for William F Hall of Boston and Charles F Bowler of Somerville insolvent debtors. Debts cannot be paid or property delivered to them. Creditors meet January 18, 1889 at 2 PM in the Probate building Court Square Boston to choose a receiver. Deputy Sheriff Fred H Seavey presides.
Suffolk county creditors are notified that H M Hartshorn and W C Hartshorn co owners of Hartshorn & Company hotel keepers are insolvent. A meeting for creditors to prove debts and appoint signees will be held January 18 1889 at 2 PM in the Probate Building Court Square Boston. John B Fitzpatrick Deputy Sheriff oversees.
The stockholders of the Post Publishing Company will meet at the Boston Post city room 15 Milk Street Boston on Thursday January 10 1889 at noon. The meeting will provide full information on the financial condition and needs of the corporation and consider any necessary action. By order of the board Edwin M Bacon Clerk Boston January 3 1889.
The timetable lists multiple stops on the Cape Cod Division with departure times around 8 15 am or 3 15 am and 4 15 pm. Stops include Bourne Brewster Falmouth Hyannis Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich Wellfleet Woods Hall and others with morning and afternoon service patterns.
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