Market closes with varied bids and steady grain quotes
The report records last call bids and offers for cash and futures across multiple commodities. It lists February to May car sales, New York receipts and exports, oat and rye prices by grade and city, flour and meal pricing, and crop goods like malt and hops, noting a generally firm tone for oats and rye with several steady or dull markets, and a wide array of specific bid and ask figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geree
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Peoria
Toledo
Milwaukee
Barney
Canada
Michigan
Choice
Butter and dairy markets show easing in Western and New York
The report notes a gentle market with quiet trade and small lot sales. Butter quotes include Western creamery at 29 30c and Vermont at 29 30c, with various grades. cheese and eggs show firmer or stable prices, while beans, grasses, potatoes, poultry, and meat yield mixed but steady figures across regions, markets, and crates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Elgin
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Western
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Michigan
Island
Canada
Southern
York State
Timothy
North
West
Clover
Iblack
Jersey
Burbanks
Houlton Hebrons
Bush
Houlton Rosé
Aroostook Hebrons
Rose
Hebrons
Chenangoes
Prince Edward Island
Kentucky
Enison
Market Report on Fresh Produce Prices
Trade is quiet with prices steady for squash cabbage onions beets carrots lettuce turnips celery parsnips spinach and radishes. Quotations include Marrow squash 35 per ton Hubbard 40 to 50 per ton Savoy cabbage 75 cents per barrel and Norfolk spinach 1 50 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Fruit auction prices for Florida oranges and other fruit
H Harris and Co sold Florida oranges at 8742c per box for 305 per box and tangerines at 3742c per half box for 8125. Mandarins moved at 1 and 8732 2 75 per half box while Snow & Co reported Florida oranges at 125 2 62 percent. Apples show large supply and quiet trade with slow sales at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Harris & Co
Florida
Snow & Co
Hubbardstons
King
Sweet
Snow
Bald
Market quotes for fruits and commodities in rough OCR fragment
The fragment lists prices for oranges and lemons Mesina Messina Palermo and Palermo oranges with various box prices, Valencia pears, Florida cane products, russets, tangerines, and cranberries. It notes ample supply for some items, quiet demand for cranberries, and varying prices from bbl to case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallman Sweets
Tieance
Algioith
Messina
Palermo
Provisions and Meat Prices Across Markets
Chicago openings show weakness on heavy receipts as shorts push early selling. Pork and lard prices vary by cut across New York St Louis Cincinnati and domestic markets with steady to unsettled levels and slight declines in some regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Western Steam
City
Continent
South America
St Louis
Cincinnati
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities
Kansas City cattle receipts 5386 with prices 5 to 10 cents lower for natives and mixed butchers. hogs 9613 receipts with quieter demand and 5 to 10 cent declines across heavies and lights. St Louis hogs lower, Peoria dull, Cincinnati softer, Chicago cattle 10 000 receipts slow and lower. Hogs at Chicago 34,000 receipts with mixed and heavy grades down. sheep firm with natives and Westerns trading around 275 to 500. Lone Texas cattle noted at 2350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Cotton market report with steady prices and futures
New York spot cotton steadies with middling uplands at 9 9/16 cents and low mids at 9 7/16. Futures open quiet, close firm. September and December terms cited. Across ports, receipts total 33,000 bales with mixed American and continental sales and stocks, while spot demand remains fair and prices steady at multiple regional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uae
Ssc Ney Ns Dae Eee
Suné
Augusta
Galveston
Continent
New Orleans
Mobile
Coastmoor
Memphis
Savanah
Coastwise
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Area
Cincinnati
C. St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
United States
Sugar and Molasses Market Dampened by Quiet Demand
Sugar prices remain steady as raw sugars show quiet demand. Cuba refining firms quote 4%c to 6%4c for various grades, Manila, Java, and other sugars hold at steady levels. Refined sugars also stay quiet with pulverized, powdered, granulated, and confectioners’ grades trading near previous quotes. Belmont A and standard A show small percentage variations. New York raw and refined markets report dull activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
New York
Molasses Prices Steady Across Markets
Market notes show steady molasses with few changes. Porto Rico prices quoted at 8 shillings and 0 pence, and Orleans ranges 45 to 47 cents. Cienfuegos listed 23 to 27 cents. New York reports no notable changes.
Market notes on commodities and regional prices
Tallow shows fair demand at old prices with city rendered at 64 6 percent and country at 54. Coffee from New York to Rio remains firm with good car loads. Turpentine closes at 46 42 cents, rosin at 1.195 dollars, tar nominal, petroleum between 6.55 and 7.10 cents with RSW at 7 and cases at 9 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
New York
Rio
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report 1889
Weekly market summary from Watertown Union shows cattle, sheep, lambs, hides, and prices for beef, store cattle, and hogs. English steamers buy Western cattle. Vermont and New Hampshire sellers active. prices for cattle range from about 4 to 7 dollars per cwt, with sheep and lambs steady and butchers paying last week values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Union Market
Watertown
Liverpool
J O Sanborn
BS Hastings
Fairbanks
St Johnsbury
Glenadw
Loedw
HS Britton
Vermont
Loe Lw
CH Kidder
Rob French
Breck & Wood
New Hampshire
Cassedy
Imports and Exports January 15 1889 Halifax and Liverpool
Maritime trade list from Halifax and Liverpool detailing steamer cargoes with salmon tea codfish presents linen tissues music furniture silverware wine pianos wool and many varied goods. includes numerous firms such as Clements & co Beal Higgins Hendersons W H Ring and more. extensive quantities of metals, textiles, leather, and general merchandise listed for import and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Clements & Co
Woodside & Co
Simmons, Amsden & Co
John McKay
Howe & French
L Brown & Co
Woodbury, Shaw & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Jackson
Abraham
Damrell & Aplam
Stowell & Co
Abram French, & Co
Wellington & Co
Providence Wool Mills
Eartthenware Jones, Mc
Talbot, Wilmarth & Co
H Santor & Co
Neal, Morse & Co
Mill Furnishings
Cowell & Osborn
Grout
Warren & Blanchard
A _H Rolfe & co
Moise W H Davis & Co
Foss & Ganet
Mant Co
G-Haycroft
Jace Shoninger
Moses Co
J & J Murdock
E Alien & Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Jace Brown, Durrell & Co
Morey & Co
J S
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Purdy & Co
Simons
Hatch & Whitten
Wilson, Larrabee & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Shoninger, Moses & Co
Emmerson & Co
Daniels
Moseley & Co
Rosario
Brown Bros & Co
Exports Trade Details From Port Listings Across Americas
A 1889 export roundup lists shipments by schooners and brigs in multiple ports. Ella Maud carries cornmeal pork beef oil lard coal. Doris transports salts lines beef pork lard oil. Herman sails from Antwerp with bacon lard leather. Dominion from Yarmouth loads iron cotton cornmeal turpentine oysters oranges corn waste photo goods. Aspatogan from Buenos Aires shows lumber. Hyaline from Liverpool brings lard and cornmeal. S A Paine from Weymouth ships cornmeal and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookport
Ella Maud
Lunenburg
Doris
Antwerp
Bel
New York
Herman
Yarmouth
Dominion
Buenos Ayres
Aspatogan
Liverpool
Weymouth
S A Paine
Staple Receipts by Railroads on January 15 1889 in New England
A condensed ledger of consignments showing quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats barley malt lard butter eggs beans apples potatoes hay straw lumber leather hides and more across Boston & Albany Boston & Providence New York & New England Fitchburg Grand Junction and Old Colony railways with numerous bales boxes tiers jars and sacks recorded for each carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Bates
Old Colony
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Enone
Erro Pics
Boston and Maine Railroad cargo summary by division
A dense list of goods moved by the Boston and Maine Railroad across Eastern Western and Lowell divisions by various transport modes. Items include wool bales, hides, leather, eggs, butter, tallow, apples, flour, lumber, lard, tea and more with quantities such as 245 bales wool 900 barrels butter 14 cars lumber and 191 sides leather noted alongside by rail and by sea exports and freight counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell System
London Market Report on Wheat and Corn Movements
Foreign markets note slow wheat activity with 7 cargoes arrived since last report and 4 sold. Prices uneven across London Paris Liverpool and Antwerp with wheat quiet or dull, corn trading easy, and receipts tallied. no lead changes in March futures and current cash terms showing modest declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sitce
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
Great Britain
Continent
California
Antwerp
Probate Notices from Suffolk Massachusetts 1889
Notices issued in Suffolk Probate Court listing administrators and executors for estates in Boston Norwich and Brookline. Citations require appearance dates in January 1889 to contest wills or authorize sale of shares and to settle accounts with executors amid public notifications in the Boston Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF
John M. Johnson
Norwich
New London
Connecticut
Suffolk
Boston and Albany Railroad Co
Boston
Boston Post
Jenny W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Probate Notices From Massachusetts Courts 1889
Multiple probate notices list Andrew court actions in Suffolk Middlesex Norfolk and Norfolk county Massachusetts. Executors and administrators are named for estates of Quinn Briggs Pierce Weston Deane Gorham Hall McDougall and others with dates in January 1889 and citations to appear at various Probate Courts in Boston Cambridge Dedham and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachus
Setts
Suffolk
Harris R. Heminway
Boston
Said
Massachu
Progbate Court
James McCorkle
Sarah McCorkle
Joan W. McKim
Elijah George
Register
O'Tice
James J. Kilmartin
John Kilmartin
Admr
Edwin S. Fisher
Edgar A. Emerson
Massachta
Middlesex
Patrick J. Quinn
Acaponeta
Republic of Mexico
Horace F. Pickering
Malden
Horace Wells
Cambridge
Boston Post
Guover M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Elbridge G. Briggs
Adeline Briggs
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Massachussetts
Lewis F. Pierce
Commonwealth OF
George White
Jonathan ‘Cobb
Etree Noanoun
Simon Gorham
Saich
Palmer
Peter M
Gorham
Lewis Hall
WM. L. Hall
Admi
Lucettta C. McDougall
James McDougall
Henrietta C. Emerson
James J. Emerson
Jan
State Street
Senate of Middlesex
Edward D. West
Woburn
John E. Tidd
Train Schedules from Boston to Albany and West
January 1 1889 timetable shows local and through service. Trains to Albany leave Boston at 8 00 daily except Sunday with drawing room car and connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and points West. An elegant vestibuled Wagner Car runs to Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago via Michigan Central. Additional services include 11 00 am Worcester to New Haven with drawing room and dining cars and 4 00 pm daily limited express Worcester to New Haven with dining car and electric lights. Midnight 11 00 pm daily sleeping car service also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston
Causeway Street
Troy
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
Binghamton
Buffalo
Chicago
Nia Falls Short Line
Erie and
Ioston
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
Palace
Grand Trunkway
AxSy Js
Belmont and
Waverley
Sun
Brattieburo
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Concord
Fitchburg
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Alambore
Hudson and Maynard—s
Washua
N. H
Ayer Junction
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Saratoga
Shelburne Falls
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
M. Sun
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Washington Street
John Adams
St. Albans
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R
Cheshire
Connecticut River
Vermont
White River Junction
Ottawa
Gedensburg
FAXON
Atk. Stewart
Philadelphia
Bound Brook
Central BR. HR
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading R. KR
New York
Central R. R
Liverty St
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
9Th and Greenests
J. NM
MAGNA
New England
Washington St
West
Syracuse
Rochester
Detroit
Cleveland
Toledo
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern R. K
Hartford
New Haven
Lowell
Fiteh
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont R. BR
J. W. Hobart
Ss. W. Cummings
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Knee
Land Street
Framingham and
Fayville
Southboro
Bolton
Northbone
Clinton
Leominster
Pratt’s Junction
Old Colony
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Cape Cod Division Bus Schedules by Towns and Times
A historical listing of Cape Cod Division bus times showing departures from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and other towns, with routes to Bourne Barns Wellfleet and Provincetown. Service windows mostly 8.15 am to 4.15 pm with some variations and notes for Mondays and specific routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barnsarabie
Bourne
Bourns Gale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
Park
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Almouth
Hyannis
Harwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Woods Hall
Providence Division Railroad Timetable Fragments
Providence Division schedules list departures from Park Square Station New Work Shore Line and many stops including Attleboro Boylston Dedham Readville Roxbury Mansfield Taunton New Bedford Newport and more with varied weekday and Sunday times and notes on additional trains and divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square
Stonington
Attleboro
Ux Boylston
Central Restindale
Highland
West Roxboars
Spring Street
Canton Junction
Dedham
Bodgeville
Exist Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Hiilig
Wlazelwood
Eebronville
Hyde Park
Jamasca Plain
Mansfield
Mite Hope
Clares den Hills
Erth Attleboro
Providence
Readville
Roxbury
Bamford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
R. m. Wrentham
Abnut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren
Bristol
New Bedford
Namton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Railroads
J. Whitmore
J. R. Watson
Central Vermont Railroads
J. E. Carter & Co
Watertown Union Live
George J. Fox
Harriet N. Heminway
Esauire
Commonwealth OF Massachd
Eliza S. Gibbs
George B. Dexter
Brookline
Hoston
George F. Plerce
Commonwealth OF Massachtwy Setis
Court Square
Fred H. Seavey
Ynomonwealth
Massachusetts
William P. Engel
Sai
Joan B. Fitzpatrick
Emmanuele
Lopez
Mass
Joseph N. Pastene
Tremont Street
U. S. Hanson
New York and
East End Union Depot
Providence & Worcester R. K
River Line
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Gen’l Pass
Stonington Line
Park Square Station
Washington, Oor
J. W. Richardson
J.w.mee
H. Briggs
Pass
Montreal & West
Fall River Line
Shore Line
No. 3
Old State
Central Division
Fall River
Ashmont
Mraiptree
Middlehore
Bridgewater
Sune
Brockton
Cohasset and
Minzham
East Bridgewater
Abington
Ast Milton
Weert Quincy
East Weymouth
aEall River
Taunton
Marshfield
Sea View
Japan
Milton
Meiddleboro
Weeponset
iNew Gedford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton R
Plymouth
Duxbury
Gurmney
Rockland and
Afanover
Sciterates
Shawmut
Braintree
South Duxbury
Paunten
Central Station
Deam St
Whitman
Southk Weymouth
Ilid
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Concord BR. BR
Manchester
N.H
EL E. Chamberlin
Supe
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