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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1889
Page
7
Commercial matters show flour quiet while corn and oats supply remains normal. Rye flour and graham flour steady. cornmeal easy. oatmeal firm. Meat and dairy items feature steady to dull reads with pork demand improving and butter cheese eggs and other meats largely unchanged. Sugar and molasses hold recent levels.
Fall River reports weekly print cloth production 175000 pieces deliveries 189000 pieces stock none sales 111000 pieces spot 22000 pieces futures 79000 pieces prices 315 16c for 64x64S 39 16c for 60x56s mills contracted to April market quiet steady. Providence closes firm after a very wet week with 64 squares spots and early futures at 315 16c bid 64x64s 39 16c stock 6000 pieces, weekly sales 3500 pieces 64x64s spots.
Chicago market reports indicate large commission houses and local sellers pushed wheat lower while bears target 1.00 for May wheat. Corn activity remained dull with no clear direction as traders await demand, and futures prices showed scattered openings and closings across months. New York and St Louis closing prices show modest gains for some grains while oats and cash values remained subdued.
Grain carload inspections total 63 with steamer yellow corn and oats among the lots. Flour market quiet with prices ranging from fine to winter patents and export options. New York receipts 8 491 pkgs and Kansas City markets showing weakness in some wheat contracts. Corn spot steady to dull with limited demand and ample supply. various U S city receipts and prices listed for No 2 red, white, and mixed corn.
The report shows Peoria and Chicago oats and corn fluctuating with dull trade in many notes. Prices for No 2 whites and No 3 whites move within tight ranges while New York and Milwaukee quotes reflect steady rye and barley with moderate activity in millfeeds and related products.
The report lists prices for grapes, several lemon and orange varieties, and cranberries. Prices are given per box or per barrel, noting small Almeria supply and firm prices for grapes, steady tones for citrus, and dull trade for cranberries with sale ranges.
Chicago reports mixed tone in provisions with potash quotes slipping and pork and lard prices steady to lower. Beef and veal markets show quiet activity while pork meat and hams move on light demand. regional quotes span long cuts to smoked meats and byproducts with varied city and western rates.
Butter prices hold steady across Western Vermont and New York markets with ample supply. Cheese and eggs show no major change as prices drift within narrow ranges. beans, potatoes, and poultry demand remain steady, with regional variations in quality and price across markets like Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Maine nurseries.
The supply is large but trade is quiet. Quotations show Marrow squash at 35 a ton and Hubbard at 40 50 per ton. Cabbage ranges from 75 cents to 60 cents per barrel, onions at 1 40 per barrel, beets and carrots at 40 50 cents, lettuce at 25 50 cents a bush, turnips at 40 cents, radishes 40 cents per dozen, celery 3 4 a box, spinach 50 75 cents per ush, parsnips 50 60 cents per bush, and Norfolk spinach 150 per barrel.
Florida oranges up for sale by Harris & Co at auction Tuesday totaling 3000 boxes. Apples market seen dull with quotes for common to good at 1 1 25, Hubbardstons 1 25 1 50, King 1 75 2 00, sweet 2 00 2 65, Baldwins 1 1 25 bbl, Tallman sweets 1 50 2 00 per barrel. Green apples vary and quality affects pricing.
Raw sugars show quiet demand with steady quotes including Cuba and Manila grades. refined sugars steady with small price ranges for powders granulated and confectioners. molasses markets steady with Ponce Porto Rico and New Orleans varieties. No changes noted in New York.
Hogs steady in St Louis with receipts, prices to 510 in York and 515 for some packs. Peoria and Cincinnati report softer hogs with 415 and 420 tops, Chicago cattle receipts 4000 with steady bids to 490 for choice beves and hogs 505 to 520. Sheep receipts 3000 with natives at 440 to 500 and Western corn fed 440 to 672.
New York cotton holds steady with middling uplands at 9 5 16 cents and low middling 9 1 4 cents. Futures open steady and close dull. Liverpool spot firm at 6 4 1/16d for middling uplands. sales 15,000 bales. Various U S ports show firm to steady demand and differing stock levels, with notable activity in Galveston, New Orleans, and Memphis.
Market notes show tallow in fair demand at firm prices with varied quotes from New York and Georgia. Coffee and turpentine markets are steady with limited movement, while petroleum prices are mixed and rosin remains around $1.05.
A list of cargo movements from Halifax Nova Scotia and other ports including Worcester Halifax and Cape Verde Islands detailing Steamer Worcester consignments of hardware oil glassware rubber goods and more, plus brig and schooner cargoes of flour meal lumber and beer. Significant figures include 500 bbls flour 500 bbls meal 65 bbls zinc paint and 600 bbls flour onward to various destinations.
A lengthy list records staple products moved by various rail lines including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, and Lowell and sea routes. Entries cover cotton, flour, corn, oats, malt, feed, butter, eggs, apples, hay, leather, hides, lumber, tea, sugar, coffee, beef, ham, lard, tea, pigs, and more with quantities such as bales, bbls, sacks, cars, and tons. The compilation reflects broad commodity flow by rail and water routes.
Ancient court notices announce to all interested parties in Suffolk Middlesex and Boston areas. Orders direct appearance before justices in Cambridge Boston or Suffolk courts with published deadlines and copies to be served or posted via the Boston Post newspaper.
London and Liverpool market notes report wheat and corn firmness with limited sales. Prices for California wheat range from 7s 9d to 7s 10d for future months, while Paris steadies with January wheat at 45:3 and flour futures at 38. England sees snowy weather and generally firm country markets, with quiet Liverpool grain trade and steady corn.
A warrant in insolvency has been issued against the estate of Peter T. Costello tobacconist of Boston. Debts and property transfers are forbidden. Creditors meet January 25 1889 at two in the afternoon at the Probate building Boston to prove debts and appoint assignees.
In Suffolk County court, petitioners must notify all interested parties to appear before the justices on the first Monday of March by publishing an attested copy of the petition and order once a week in a Boston paper. Last publication at least thirty days before the March date. Clerk John Noble. December 27 1888. Attest: O H Cooper.
Norfolk probate court cites all interested in the estate of Brookline resident FRANK C. WARREN for an allowance hearing. Guardian WILLIAM I. BOWDITCH asks the court to approve the ninth account. appearance is required at the Dedham courthouse on the first Wednesday of February at nine in the forenoon.
Two probate listings announce the fourth account of trustees William I Bowditch and Fred C Bowditch for Josephine J Moody with a January 1889 hearing in Norfolk. A second notice from Suffolk Court sets January 21 1889 for George A Sawyer administrator to seek partial distribution of John Hayes estate in Boston.
Trains depart Fitchburg Depot on Causeway Street Boston at 8 00 A M for a list of northern and central stops with connections to Rutland Montreal and Ottawa and a 11 30 A M Express via Cheshire and Central Vermont to White River Junction nightly express with a Wagner Palace Sleeping Car to Rutland Burlington and St Albans. Tickets and berths at LINE OFFICE 228 Washington Street Boston. c and Faxon Gen AER R Stewart Gen Manager Keene N July 11 1888.
Local and through train times to Albany Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and Chicago via connections. Elegant Wagner Cars nightly and daily services with drawing room dining and sleeping cars. Tickets and accommodations available at Boston offices 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street.
Timetabled departures listed for Cape Cod division towns including Bourne Brewster Barnstable Woods Hall and Nantucket. Services show trips at 8 15 am or 4 15 pm with various routes and via points noting weekdays and special days.
A dense schedule fragment lists routes from Providence Division including Park Square Station to New Work on shore line and numerous points such as Attleboro Canton Dedham Readville New Bedford and Newport. It notes times for weekdays Sundays and references connections via Central Div with many station names.
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