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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1885

Page

3

Foreign exchange and stock market roundup with rail talks

The report details dull stock activity and various bond and stock prices including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 64, Chicago Burlington and Quincy 1194, Union Pacific 49, with Wisconsin Central seeking an outlet to Chicago and potential Milwaukee St. Paul lease. It notes Central lows coupons due, Boston and Lowell rally, and a Boston press notice on Lucius Tuttle’s appointment as general passenger agent. Additional entries cover Michigan Central 7s, New York and New England 7s, Bell Telephone, and mining shares with Osceola and Calumet and Hecla among others.

Atchison Wisconsin Central Chicago Alexander Mitchell Roswell Miller Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul New York Schlesingerville Wis Milwaukee Milwaukee and St. Paul Northwestern Traffic Association Detroit Lansing Northern Preferred Little Rock Fort Smith Mexican Central Summit Branch Louisiana and Missouri River Pullman Palace Boston and Lowell Mellen Boston and Lowell Railroad Lucius Tuttle Boston C. S. Mellen Maine New England Old Colony Fitchburg Eastern Concord South Boston Albany Portsmouth Great Falls Conway Michigan Central Oregon Bell Telephone Erie New Bedford Southern Massachusetts Telephone Company Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Telephone Company Baltimore and Ohio Western Union Telegraph Company Osceola Quincy Calumet and Hecla Mining Exchange Standard Water Meter Solid Bowman Dunkin American Electric New England Freight Agents’ Association A. B. C. Pathfinder Railway Guide H. H. Marshall Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad S. Barrett Concord Road W. J. Willard Passumpsic Road Evening Post West Shore Railroad West Shore Company Ontario and Western North River Construction Company West Shore Tunnel Company Montreal Central Vermont Central Vermont Railroad Boston and Albany New Orleans Lafayette Ind Falway Monon Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway S. M. Felton, Jr Blanchard Felton New York and New England Railroad Edward White C. G. Lincoln White Chase National Bank New Hampshire Club Fed Pnollman Pennsylvania Washington Quintico Richmond Fredericksburg Atlantic Coast Line Savannah Florida and Western Louisville and Nashville St. Louis and San Francisco St. Louis, Vandalia Terre Haute Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company

Wall Street Markets Open Weak amid Rumors of Trouble

New York stock trading opened dull and featureless with a broad move to lower prices. Early declines led by Lackawanna, with occasional rallies later erased. afternoon quotes showed further losses across railways and utilities as investors priced in a rumored corporate trouble. Bond and preference stock activity remained mixed, while January coupon purchases by Mercantile Trust totaled 259,000 dollars.

Commodity Market Update On Call Trading Report

Commercial exchange notes on call prices and weekly inspections. On the second call three No 2 white oats sold at Slee and Gears in April at 4.0 cents, first call had no sales. settling price unchanged. Closing bids shown for various months and grades. weekly tallies list numerous wheat and oats lots with counts and rejections.

Slee

Markets Digest Flour and Grain Reports and Cotton Prices

Digest covers flour and grain markets across New York Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis with receipts shipments and prices. Corn oats rye barley and mill feeds are detailed alongside butter cheese eggs and provisions while foreign fruit oils and cotton close the update with futures activity and daily tonnage figures.

York Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Toledo New York Rye Dull Canada Liverpool

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Slump Forecast

Liverpool cotton firm prices show a slight uptick with Uplands at 5 percent and Orleans at 6 pence as sales reach 80009 bales. Receipts indicate futures firm at the advance with margins barely steady, listing January to September spreads from 659 to 642 pence and related forward values.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Market Tone Across Ports Amid Mixed Demand

The market shows steady to weak activity across major ports with Augusta, Galveston, Wilmington steady. Baltimore weak. Mobile quiet and steady. New Orleans firm. New York dull. other points quiet.

Augusta Galveston Wilmington Baltimore Mobile New Orleans New York

London and Liverpool Markets Report Jan 15 1900

UK and international financial notes from London and Paris showing Bank of England bullion rise to 378487 pounds and reserve ratio at 40 13-16 percent. Paris Bank of France gold and silver declines. Havana reports Spanish gold price and soft sugar. exchange rates for US and other markets. London wheat and corn prices steady or higher with cargo expectations. Liverpool market lists wheat, corn, and provisions with price shifts. breadstuffs firm with early price advances.

London Erie New York Central Ilinois Pennsylvania Reading Mexicos Canadian Pacific Sir Paul Common Bank of England Paris Bank of France Havana United States Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Continent United Kingdom California

Gloucester Market Prices for Week Ending January 15 1885

Gloucester Cape Ann Advertiser reports weekly market quotes for codfish haddock hake pollock and other fish. Includes prices per quarter barrel for mackerel herring halibut and fresh codfish with varied grades and preparations. Also lists medicine oils and fish byproducts and related items.

Gloucester Cape Shore Nova Scotia Labrador Cape Ann

ANNAPOLIS NS Steamer Cleopatra and Billet Freight List

In Annapolis NS cargo manifests show Steamer Cleopatra carrying eggs apples turnips rabbits and hakes with various firms like JG Hall WS Morse ET Russell and Charles Lawrence among others listed for multiple crates and boxes. Hamburg Steamer Kirtie carries beet sugar while Mediterranean ports report cargoes of marble marble works olive oil wine and olives from several firms including C EK Hall Weaver Sterry Codman Hall and D H Tully Co with extensive box and bag totals.

Annapolis Fales & Lehey JG Hall & Co Morse & Co Howe & French Russell & Co Charles Connolly & Co Palermo Sumac Tullyté Co Sumac & B Norris & Co Westervelt & Co Mercadante Loesser

Shipping cargo list from London Halifax and St Kitts

Steamer Caledonia cleared Jan 10 with 17 687 sacks Honr 62 cases paper 2400 pieces staves 29 cases chairs stucks 20 bbis extract 7 pkgs furniture 65 bbis skewers 108 bags peas 625 bags bones 319 sacks cornmeal 236 bbis apples 34 pkgs missionary goods 464 rolls 20 bbis 121 bases 2017 bags 49 cases 235 rolls leather 100 buls sugar. Schooner T B Witherspoon 5520 second hand sugar birds shooks.

London Eng Halifax Caledonia ST Kitts Witherspoon

Lumbering Trade Ledger of Staple Movements

A historic tally lists consignments for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Eastern Rastroga, Maine, Lowell, and Peabody lines. Entries cover cotton bales, flour, corn, oats, wheat, pork, lard, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, beans, sugar, molasses, leather, hides, and more with unit measures and shipment counts. The fragmented OCR shows broad commodity flows across 19th century rail networks.

Boston Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York New England Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Peabody, Salem Transis Gotton Pelta

Locomotive output and railway notes from 1884 era

In 1884 American locomotive builders faced curtailment, with 16 shops in the U S producing about 1271 engines including 100 for export. Output fell from 1346 in 1883 to 901, underscoring a harsh year for the industry. The discussion covers gauge trends, renewals needs, and parallel line projects in New York Connecticut and Boston, with stockholder concerns and carrier rate moves highlighted.

Angus Sinclair American Machinist America United States North America New York New England Connecticut Railroad Commissioners New Haven Boston New York and Connecticut Air Line Hartford and Harlem Greenwich Westport Bridgeport Stratford Orange Hartford Herlem New York and Boston Inland Railroad Company Secretary of State New York and Charles P. Clark Commonwealth OF Massachusetts, Board OF Railroad Commissioners Beacon ST Board of Railroad Commissioners Crafts

Collision cross libels heard off Cape Race

Washington E Robbing and Benjamin F Crosby sue the schooners Pardee and Wellington in cross libels for a collision off Cape Race. Evidence was submitted last month and arguments were heard today with John Lathrop and Frank Dodge representing the parties.

Washington E. Robbing Annie J. Pardee Benj. F. Crosby Mary B. Wellington Cape Race John Lathrop Pardee Frank Dodge Wellington Benjamin F. de Butts Hackman W. E. Russell E.S. Wodge

Supreme Judicial Court Arguments Amid Docket Notes

The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments on three cases including Bridget Re Hastings et al. v Arthur B Lovejoy, Cambridge railroad company v Charles river street railway company, and Charles H Burton v Edward Frye plus Janes Grown administratix v Caroline D Fales with listed counsel from the Commonwealth era.

Supreme Judicial Court Morrton W. Allen C. Allen Holmes Bridget RE. Hastings Et al Arthur B. Lovejoy A. E. Pilsbury G. A. Torry T. F. Nutter Cambridge Railroad Company Charles River Street Railway Company T. W. Clarke R. M

Superion Court First Session Before Judge Bacon

Proceedings list several civil actions heard in Boston Superior Court on Jan 15 1883 with juries and attorneys. Cases include Morris Becker v Conlan for injuries from a scuttle fall in Cambridge, Peter J Link v City of Boston over street snow and ice defect, and Georgiana Sladeva v defendant over dye stuffs stored in Somerville. Multiple docket numbers and judges noted, second session before Judge Knowlton referenced.

Superion Court Bacon Morris Becker Patrick Conlan Defendent Dublin Street Cambridge H. E Swasey E. A. Alger Peter J. Link City of Boston Lenox Street Shawmut Avenue Max Fishacher T. M. Babson Georgiana S. Sladeva Fred. E. Atteaux Somerville Hesseltine J. W. Pickering

Middlesex Court Sentences Several Defendants in Drunkenness and Theft

In the central court Judge Churchill sentences Agnes Mahar alias Mary A Lewis alias Catherine Lewis to one year in the house of correction for a third drunkenness offence. Hattie Snow, common nightwalker, four months in the house of industry on appeal. Millie Carlton jailed for larceny of a shawl worth six dollars from Marion Phillips of 82 Rutland street to the state industrial school. Lizzie Brown, common night walker, four months in the house of correction. Andrew Flynn held in ten thousand dollars for appearance in upper court after alleged arson at 366 Commercial street. In the South Boston court Joseph Flaherty juvenile held in one hundred dollars for larceny.

Central Court Churchill Agnes Mahar Mary A. Lewis Catherine Lewis House of Correction Hattie Snow House of Industry Millie Carlton Marion Phillips Rutland Street Lizzie Brown Andrew Flynn Commercial Street Boston Joseph Flaherty

A Clever Ruse How Martin Disguised Himself and Won Love

In Philadelphia Call prose, guardian Barley frets over his ward Millie Waters as suitors crowd in. Martin, a patched faced servant, disguises as Julie the maid, steals a kiss, then reveals his plan to win Millie. Barley discovers the ruse and, though startled, accepts the couple after Martin shows his steadfast devotion and social disguise.

Benjamin Barby Martin Rascal Mr. Barley Ward Millie Waters Millie Julie Barley Willian Marlin Miss Winter Mr. Barby Barbey Mistress Millie Winters Barby

Post hints Wat terson may tour north to offset Randall

The Republic suggests Wat terson offset Randall by visiting northern states and being treated royally if he travels our way. It notes water as a potential deterrent to Kentuckian Randall’s trip, possibly delaying any start.

The Republic the Post Watterson Randall

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