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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1885

Page

3

Boston Bank Statement News Gloom to Gains and Market Moves

The Boston Bank Statement notes a $280,428 reserve gain, pushing excess reserves to $3,769,128. New York money eases to 1.0 percent on call with mixed paper rates. Stocks show early gains, later mixed. railroad and utility shares move as investors digest earnings and bond prospects.

Boston Bank Associated Banks of Boston New York Prime Mercantile Paper Northwestern Wly St. Paul New York Central Lake Shore Union Pacific Coal Combination Delaiware and Hudson Lackawanna New Jersey Central East Tennessee Kansas Texas Generals Ohio Southern Erie Iron Mountain Rock Island Big Sandy Texas General Cincinnati St. Louis Oregon Short Line Richmond Danville Y’s

Trade And Its Outlook In Winnipeg Wheat Market

W W Ogilvie of Winnipeg says his firm bought 2,000,000 bushels of wheat but closed mills as American firms undercut Canadian prices in Minneapolis by 12 cents. Mills to reopen after Minneapolis mills raised prices. On call, near-month oats rose. 6 cars of February No 2 white oats traded at 52 1/2 to 53 1/4 cents. Settling prices listed for oats and various wheat and corn grades. inspections show mixed wagonloads across No 3 white winter and other wheat grades, No 1 white oats, No 2 mixed oats, and peas.

W. W. Ogilvie Winnipeg Man Canada Minneapolis Commercial Exchange Florida Hubbard St. Andrews Jersey Virginia Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira New York Faneuil Pembroke Huron Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Messina Palermo Malaga Catania Valencia T. Aspinwall Jamaica Baracoa Carthagenas Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipe Line Fisher No Fisher No 4 Reed’s Baldridge Hocks Brothers Archie Kelly Martinsburg London Petroleum Spirits Liverpool Antwerp Uplands Orleans Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Paris California Rouse, West & Co Eng Cotton Exchange Co. F. Morrill & Co Boston George T. Neill Franklin Mass Neill William F. Nason C. F. Morrill & Co F. H. Rudd Restaurateur William H. Burns Lynn Kennebec Journal Abram Rich Cobbessee National Bank of Gardiner Capt. Rich Creston Suffolk County Jett Grant Jane N. Page

Flour Market Reports Firm Tone With Sustained Prices

Flour receipts 4916, 5163 sacks with prices fully sustained. Best spring wheat patents strong, some goods held, demand good with slight concessions. Chicago and New York show varied grain prices and steady to firm tones across winter and spring wheats. Minnesota and Ohio extras appear at higher ranges amid steady rye flour and corn meal.

Milwaukee Chicago Southern Illinois Missouri Michigan Minnesota St. Louis New York Ohio St Louis Liverpool

Pork and Lard Prices Across Markets and Hogs

The report shows pork steady with various barrel and pack prices across Milwaukee Chicago St Louis Cincinnati New York and other markets. Lard steady to firm with city western and Boston items, beef and hams noted, and hog markets mixed with regional receipts and shipments summarized alongside general farm produce and cotton futures.

Western Boston City Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati New York Lord Union

Eighth annual report of railroad commissioners presented

The eighth annual report to the legislature details 1884 railroad construction and mileage in Massachusetts, total track length, double track vs sidings, costs per mile, capital stock rising to 127.67 million, net debt 74.44 million, revenues 43.12 million with modest gains in passenger income and freight mix, steel rail record set, and notes on employee totals and upcoming industry changes. It also reports on the Philadelphia Reading and Granite/Northern railroads, with stockholder actions and managerial appointments, plus Mount Kearsarge railway survey progress.

scaeneeHueeascens Massachusetts Central Worcester Nashua Rochester Old Colony Lowell Framingham Providence Webster Springfield Ocean Terminal Milford Woonsocket Nantucket Franklin Oeal Acushnet Black Rocks Salisbury Beach Holyoke Salem Danvers Emily Jordan Middlesex Railroad Company Nat United States United Kingdom Hilliard Cowell Philadelphia Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Coal and Iron Company Northern Railroad of New Hampshire Concord Northern Railroad Supreme Court

Obituary of Prof Henry Eustis and notable passages

Obituary notes Prof Henry Lawrence Eustis of Harvard engineering school dies in Cambridge at age 92 after a health decline following a southern trip. He served as a colonel in the Union Army, later becoming dean of Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School. The notice also reports other obituaries including Deacon Jonathan Greenwood, Capt John Clark, Reginald H. Chase, Samuel Constant, and Benjamin Conant, detailing their ages, positions, and few life facts.

Henry Lawrence Eustis Lawrence Scientific School Harvard University Cambridge Eustis Abraham Eustis United States Army Fort Independence Boston Harbor West Point W.S. Rosecrans John Pope Abner Doubleday James Longstreet Grant Sherman Halleck Massachusetts Williamsport Fredericksburg Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Spottsylvania Cold Harbor Sarah Eckley Boston Caroline B. Hall Jonathan Greenwood North Framingham Framingham John Clark Pittsfield Harvard Dartmouth Reginald H. Chase Philadelphia Hopkinton N. H Samuel 3 Constant New York Jan.u Newburyport Boston High School Christy, Constant & Co Benjamin Conant Bradford, Conant & Co Lewiston Auburn

First meeting of new school committee hears officers elected

Mayor O'Brien chairs the gathering as prayer by Rev. Dr. Lasker opens the session. Credentials of new members are presented. Under motion the old board rules are adopted until ordered otherwise. Officers named include Vice President George M Hobbs, Secretary Phineas Bates, Auditing Clerk Wm J Porter, Messenger Alvah H Peters, Treasurer Abram E Cutter. Committees to be announced by the mayor.

The Granite Railroad Company Pemberton Square John C. Pratt John D. Parker George Lewis M. F. Twombly Cape Cod Old Colony C. Berkeley Powell Arthur Twombly Mount Kearsarge Chatham O’brien Dr. Lasker Hobbs George M., Hobbs Phineas Bates Wm. J. Porter Alvah H. Peters Abram E. Cutter Williamson Murphy Naphen Porter Darling Lasker Gallagher Cutter McCormick Walker Rooth Crowley Hyde Flint Fallon Eliot Horace Mann School R. D. Elliott Doherty Dacey Jules Plummer Chapin Davis Roeth D. Elliott Blake Hide Dacey and Williamson Ducey

Praising Patti A Seething Boston Letter to the Editor

A Boston reader praises Adelina Patti after her Dec 30 performance of La Traviata, noting Europe’s view of her as the nightingale of the world and contrasting Boston’s reception with earlier triumphs. The writer mentions Sic for Sempre Libero and Linda di Chamounix, with comparisons to Sembrich Gerster and Miss Nevada. Fredericker Kelly of East Boston signs the letter.

Boston Post Adeline Patt Boston Europe Patti Violetta Adelina Patti Madame Patti Sembrich Gerster Miss Nevada Linda di Chamont Fredericker Kelly East Bostoon, Jan. Ll

Rankin and Taunton Locomotive Works Personal Injury Suit

No 931 Rankin vs Taunton Locomotive Works for damages from personal injuries. case resumed with jury out. No 1709 George W Brown vs City of Chelsea tort action for damages from Marlboro street defect. resumed unfinished with Morrison for plaintiff and Hemmenway and Kimball for defendants.

Rankin Taunton Locomotive Works George W. Brown City of Chelsea Marlboro Street J. Morrison A. Hemmenway D. F. Kimball

Court records reflect varied pleas and sentences by Judge Mason

In a session before Judge Mason, multiple defendants faced charges from assault and battery to larceny. Sentences ranged from six months at the house of correction to terms at the house of industry, with some defendants discharged on recognizance or continued for sentence.

Margaret Haley vs Fagan tort suit verdict 500

This to recover damages for a horse that attacked and killed David Haley. Administratrix awarded $500. Law firm names noted. Also listed are cases against the Town of Sunbury for land taken for road use and a bar admission exam notice in Middlesex County.

Margaret C. Haley William Fagan David Haley Newton Ww. F W.S. Slocum J. B. Goodrich Horatio Hunt Town of Sunbury Lucius P. Bent Same B. B. Johnson E. D. Loring J. W. Hammond

Wills and admin actions listed in probate record

The wills of multiple individuals including Mary Foley Rebecca W Stack pole Mary C Badger Mary A Underwood Eliza W Whyte Otilla Wagner Elizabeth Rolfe Hannah G Danforth Maria A Thayer Timothy Howard Eleazer Bullard Peter Higgins Michael H Simpson Francis Jaques and Elisha Noyes were probated. Letters of administration were issued for the estates of numerous others including Daniel W Dennis Catherine Curley Elias T Miliken Janet McNair William L Foye Esther C Ray Thomas Moylan Ellen Burns John L Perry George H Morse Luther Clark Henry C Nines Sarah W Thorndike John Carroll Harriet H Hazeltine Thomas Reilly Joshua P Thompson Abbot R Davis John Splaine Mary Jane Haskell Julia Crowley George H Jones John G Wallace Anne Gary Helen D Wyman Richard C Merrill Margaret Murphy Annie Kelly Bridget Elen Kelly and Amory F Sherman.

Mary Foley Rebecca W. Stackpole Mary C. Badger Mary A. Underwood Eliza W. Whyte Otilla Wagner Elizabeth Rolfe Hannah G. Danforth Maria A. Thayer Timothy Howard Eleazer Bullard Peter Higgins Michael H. Simpson Francis Jaques Elisha Noyes Daniel W. Dennis Catherine Curley Elias T. Miliken Janet McNair William L. F

Municipal Courts Jan 12 Paris central South Boston Roxbury

In the central court Judge Churchill sentences William Hanlon to four months in the house of industry with three more for assault on John Flynn. Mary Lacoste held on $800 for larceny from James Lacoste. Richard Lawrence held on $900 for assault on William Malley. Cornelius Sullivan held on $1200 for breaking John Sullivan’s house and stealing goods valued at $35. Charles Marr held on $1300 for receiving stolen goods from James Lacaster. South Boston court hears McCarty, Spillane, McCullough on breaking and entering No. 85 B street, each held $1500 for trial. Edward Foley convicted for larceny of a carpet from Mary Doyle, sent to house of correction for nine months, appeals bond $500. Burns convicted for third drunkenness offence, six months. Coleman, Sullivan, Hinckley, Stevens, Gorman arraigned for gambling on Lord’s Day, fined $10 each. Melville, Harrington, McDonald guilty for being at a game of chance, fined $3 plus costs. Roxbury court: Thomas Kilday convicted of larceny of a watch and chain valued $55, sentenced to two years at Concord reformatory.

Central Court Churchill William Hanlon House of Industry John Flynn Mary Riley James 3 Lacoste Richard A. Lawrence William Malley Cornelius Sullivan John Sullivan Cove Street Charles Marr James Lacaster Boston Court Daniel H. McCarty Michael J. Spillane Michael J. McCullough Franklin Stevens David J. Gorman Chas. Melville John Harrington James McDonald Roxbury Court Thomas Kilday John Kilday Reformatory Concord

Tobacco harms in 38 youths aged 9 to 15 study says

Dr. G. Decaisne observed 38 boys from 9 to 15 years addicted to smoking. Affected circulatory function, digestion, sleep, and nightmares. anemia and nosebleeds noted. Longer smoking linked to worse blood health. six of eleven who quit smoked largely recovered within six months.

Decaisne Symptons

Brief edict on brevity from Dana and Donn Piatt

Donn Piatt recalls his alliance with Charles A. Dana at the New York Sun. Dana warned that papers overstuffed with instruction fail. He praised pithy, short humor and warned editors against a heavy mission. Maj. Armstrong of Cleveland Plain Dealer echoes this, noting most readers skim long editorials that drain energy.

Donn Piatt Charles A. Dana New York Sun Donn Mr. Dana Dana Maj. Armstrong Cleveland Plain Dealer

Stenographer Ad Prompts Self Doubt and Career Choices

A letter to the New York Sun laments low pay and grim options after years of shorthand training. The writer quotes a $7 weekly stenographer job offering translations from German and French, suggesting despair or drastic career pivots. The piece satirically weighs turning stenography into a Scoville style trick, or random grim options.

New York Sun Aeura la Scoville East River

North and South Vote Totals Reported in Demands

From the New Bedford Standard, figures show the northern electorate at 3,194,832 and the southern at 1,716,143 in the democratic tally.

New Bedford Standard

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