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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1887
Page
7
Receipts for live cattle hogs and sheep indicate an increase in cattle and hogs with a decreased sheep supply. Market prices for pork and lard include various cuts and sizes with multiple price points from prime mess to random cuts, and fresh meats list beef and lamb values by grade and size.
Liverpool opened steady and closed firm with January to July contracts ranging from 4 15-64d to 5 24-64d. Spot Upland and Orleans prices softened while sales reached 142,000 bales. New York spot closed steady and futures opened firm with bids from 9.45 to 10.12. PIPELINE CERTIFICATES traded with varied highs and lows. Sugar and molasses markets remained firm with refined sugar strong and Havana sales noted.
New York reports flour and wheat futures with receipts and exports across multiple regions. Prices for No 1 red and white wheats firm, corn and oats mixed, and southern flour steady. steamship and river market notes include pork, lard, and beef values with assorted freight and refinery data.
Hogs market soft in St Louis with Yorkers and packers marginally lower and butchers higher. Kansas City hogs slow with prices down and large receipts anticipated. In Chicago cattle market receipts steady with shipping steers around 3.40, stockers and feeders 2.40 to 3.30, fancy cattle about 5.50, cows and bulls mixed to 1.50.
Cattle priced at 2 50 to 3 15 per unit, hogs steady with rough mix 4 4 45 to 4 7 5, packing 4 40 4 75. Hogs receipts 25 000, shipments 10 000, ships 2 50 8 70. Sheep receipts 5 000, shipments 2 000, steady. natives 2 50, western corn fed 4 4 65, Texans 2 25 400, lambs 4 576.
Augusta nets receipts 74 and sales 257 with mid 9 1-16c. New Orleans posts receipts 7718. exports to Great Britain 7500 and to France 3000. stock 408754. mid 1-16c. Savannah and Charleston show steady or firm markets with varied exports. New York steady at mid 0 4c. Consolidated six day totals show large US port stock at 1,014,204 and major exports to Britain, France, and the Continent.
London and Liverpool reports show wheat quiet to steady with mixed futures and cargoes awaiting sale. Prices cross Europe with Paris easing wheat and flour while Liverpool notes firmer breadstuffs and steady corn, with pork and cheese steady and lard down.
Shipping list from Apalachicola and other ports notes bark Olustee lumber and hides in Buenos Ayres, iron and steel from London, sacks and hemp from Guantanamo, various goods including paper stock, skins, wines, brandsy, oils, and tea. Several firms such as Woodside Gust Lundberg Baring Bros & co J B Moors & co and SS Pierce & co appear in many consignments with quantities and destinations listed.
List of cargoes from St Pierre London and Liverpool ports dated January eighteen eighty seven detailing bbls flour oil cake goods furniture cattle leather and various staples aboard ships Ensign British Queen Norseman and other vessels cleared in January with extensive tonnage and commodity figures.
A dense list of freight receipts from multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Division detailing cotton wool flour corn oats malt tallow beef lard pork butter oleo cheese hides leather and other commodities with quantities such as bales boxes barrels sides and bolls.
Simon Wealth of Massachusetts files for divorce from Isabella L. Marshall formerly Scobles, alleging desertion at Hyde Park starting September 1 1883 after marriage in Boston on February 4 1867. Libel requests decree of divorce and related orders. Dated January 6 1887.
A dense OCR excerpt lists numerous train times, stops, and notes across multiple locales including Walnut Wall, Stoneham, and Lexington. It mentions returns, Sundays, Ret., and references to Concord and Nashua Junction with general timetable information and railway officials.
Complex 1886 timetable details list weekday and Sunday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with many stops including Taunton Brockton Barnstable Provincetown and Weymouth. Return times and branch connections to Providence Newport Quincy and Concord are noted with varying daily and weekend schedules and special conditions.
Local timetables show time on all divisions. tickets at Boston office 232 Washington St and stations. Through tickets to all points on sale. Various expresses, accommodations, and sleeping car services to Springfield Albany Buffalo Chicago via Worcester and Marlboro. Sunday trains at Newton Lower Falls and Wellesley Hills. Hanson and Gallup sign off as Gen Pass Axt and Supt.
Corrected January timetable shows trains from Boston Station to Ashcroft and Baltimore with multiple daily departures on weekdays and Sunday services. The list includes the many intermediate stops such as Dorchester Hyde Street Endicott Hartford New Britain New London Norwich and Providence with varying morning and evening times.
Schedule fragment shows Woonsocket division fares and times for Need and way stations with numerous departures and returns. Mentions Boston and Albany connections and stops at intermediate stations with varying am and pm times and special notes on Sundays and midweek adjustments.
The Fitchburg Railroad announces new daily and Sunday trains starting Monday November 15 1886. It lists mixed schedules from Boston to Albany Chicago and St Louis with several expresses, drawing room cars, and New York Central sleeping cars, plus numerous stops and connections across towns such as Westwood, Troy, Leominster, Worcester, Nashua, Somerville, Union Square, and Baldwinville. John Adams and J R Watson sign as senior officials.
Listings show transfers including Franklin Haven to Chadwick on St Botolph Street and Bartlett to Shaw on Boylston Street, with amounts from 1 to 2879 dollars. Also recorded are properties on Bridge Street Roxbury Mozart Street Parker Street and Washington Street among others in Roslindale Brighton Charlestown East Boston and South Boston.
A sequence of February dates shows multiple mortgage transfers on various streets including Spring Park Mozart Hanover Dorchester and Summer in Jamaica Plain East Boston and Dorchester Avenue. Loans range from 400 to 5000 dollars with mortgagors Lachlan Wallace Frank W Willworth Phebe Adams Robert Atkinson Solomon Pinkoffski Henry Miller Alvina Bartlett and institutions East Boston Savings Bank.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court orders publication of libel and dissolution petition. Stockholders Montague Denton and Taylor seek to close Fiberlene Dollar Company with capital stock of 100000. Notice to interested parties to appear in Boston for show cause prior to March or April dates.
Boston and Lowell Railroad announces through service from Boston with departures at 8 30 am and 1 pm and 7 pm to Plymouth Warren Heaverhill Woodsville St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Montreal via various branches and connections. Local points in Northern Vermont and New Hampshire listed with times and connections to Keene Nashua Concord and Amherst. Limited Pullman and Parlor car services noted.
Fragmentary list of times and abbreviations from Lowell, Amost, and other labels with no coherent event. The text reads like timetable fragments and notes rather than a complete report or notice.
General timetable for Boston and Lowell Railroad stations detailing express and local trains from Boston to Jefferson, Way Stations and multiple stops including Oakdale, Boylston, So. Clinton, Berlin, Wadson, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Belmont, Waverly, Waltham, and surrounding areas with morning and sunset runs, noting special Sunday times and returning trips. Lucius Turtle and Mellen listed as General Passenger and Superintendent.
The notice lists multiple trains including 6 A M Day Express to New York via Middletown and New Haven with through service to Hartford and other cities. New England Limited daily to New York via Air Line Route. a dining car between Boston and Willimantic. the Ertrur Express to Hartford New Haven Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington with through Pullman service to Richmond. Norwich Line Express to New York with connections to City of Worcester or City of New York steamers from New London. Information at 322 Washington street or at the depot.
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