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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1885

Page

3

Market closes show mixed gains across railroad and telegraph stocks

Wisconsin Central common held at 11 while Flint and Pere Marquette common moved at 164 to 17 and the preferred at 54g. Boston and Albany rose to 172 and Boston and Maine firm at 11 1/2. Mexican Central steady near 103, with scrip firm around 182. Earnings for January show $57,700 week versus $70,000 previous month, and cumulative 130,700 for first half. Gossip notes heavy NY NB stock buying, American Bell jumping to 246 then 244.

Wisconsin Central Flint Pere Marquette Connotton Vailey Boston and Lowell Boston Albany Maine Norwich Worcester Cheshire Connecticut River Telegraph New York New England Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Kansas City Springfield Memphis Atchison Trust Portsmouth Great Falls Conway American Bell Telephone Erie Calumet Hecla Quincy Osceola Franklin Bowde Balea A. i Blige Ny& NE Ie Ae Or. Improv Ceca A.t Bos & Maine Boston & Alb Bos & Lowell Nor & Worces Ia Golony Scsand Misowllar Rouse Ult Pal Sitm & Hecla Cexess

Obscure 19th Century Trade Card Mentions Rail Lines

Fragmented OCR of a historical trade notice referencing Boston and various rail lines, water power interests, and financial entries. Names and places are garbled but imply stock, transaction notes, and route mentions among Pacific, Wisconsin Central, and common sales figures.

Stee Loca Americab Ao DE Iecvecsares Ameriwat E & Uco Cosas E Ccesillantic & Pacific Codanza Dev Cccesscevecces Ind Tobccoib Iog Pacific Wisconsin Central

Wall Street Ends Mixed as Oil Assignment Rumor Fades

New York markets opened firm with broad gains, led by New York Central and Union Pacific. A false report of the McCelmont Oil company assignment unsettled prices midday, later denied. coal shares remained weak on coal combination rumors. By close, gains narrowed with Western Union, St Paul and Northwestern among leaders, while some bonds and coal stocks weakened.

New York McCelmont Oil Company Erie Union Pacific Northwestern Western Union St. Paul Vanderbilts New York Central Chicago Burlington and Sur Louisville Nashville Lake Shore At, Paul Coal Combination Philadelphia Pennsylvania Company Leekawanna Delware and Dudson Jersey Central Chesapeake and Ohio W.deelinsil Tedersey Central Railroad Central Lowa Sto Indianapolis Decatur Privyfield Nashvile New Orleans Mobile Harlem Oregon Borac Watertown Ogdensburg Sioux City West Shore

Milk and meat markets show steady prices across regions

The report details receipts and pricing for butter cheese eggs and pork lard with firm quotes for fine stock and varied Western creamery activity. New York cheese and egg markets are steady, while beef pork and lard show mixed but generally steady levels across Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago with cattle hog and sheep movements and general farm produce updates.

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London markets report US bonds and commodity prices

U S bond quotes show varied results with 4468115 percent at Atlantic end and readings for Erie Pennsylvania and Reading among others. Bar silver at 44 ½ pence, bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England today amounting to £14,000. Cargoes of wheat and corn firm, with small arrivals off the coast and light sales, while Liverpool market shows wheat prices steady to easier and provisions adjusting in cold, windy weather.

London Great Western Erie New York Central Illinois Central Pennsylvania Reading Canadian Pacific St. Paul Bank of England Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane France Liverpool Michigan California

Prices of cattle and sheep in late market listings

Farrow cows listed at $15 to $30, fancy cows at $50 to $10, working oxen priced per pair at 8100 to 225, milch cows and calves from 20 to 57, yearlings at $10 to $20, two years old $14 to $30, three years old $24 to $12. Western fat swine dressed at 6% to 1 pound, northern dressed hogs at 53 to 6c, stores wholesale and retail at 0.00c. Prices of sheep and lambs appear under classifying headings.

Philadelphia Hamburg Malaga

Foreign Exports Hull Eng via New York Otranto Shipment

The steamer Otranto from Hull England to New York ships freight including 50 boxes beef 25 do pork 100 boxes bacos 200 half barrels lard.

Hull Eng New York Otranto

Receipts of Staple Goods by Railroad Lines

A fragmented ledger style summary lists cargo volumes for multiple railroads and routes including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Maine, and Lowell divisions. Items include cotton bales, wool, flour sacks, corn measures, oats, wheat, meal, tallow, grease, butter, cheese, apples, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, eggs, beans, potatoes, tea, coffee, molasses, and bales and cases, with quantities in bales, bushels, sacks, boxes, cases, rolls, and cars.

Boston Albany Grend Junction Providence Old Golony York New Ene Keilrona Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Railroad Peabody Salem Adla Baies

Total Receipts of Staple Products Jan 20

A port table shows total receipts of principal staples from all shipment points for January 20, 1885, with 1884 comparisons. Items include cotton, molasses, wool, flour, butter, oats, corn, wheat, barley, millfeed, straw, and various leather, meat, and produce goods, listing quantities in bales, boxes, bushels, and pounds.

Supreme Judicial Court Dockets and Petitions

Supreme Judicial Court proceedings list multiple cases with parties George W. Corner and others vs Daniel D. Pratt and others. John Wales vs William A. Chase and assignees. Mary E. Wright guardian vs Gilman F. Wright. Hugh Quinn vs Middlesex Electric Light Company. Equity docket session, Shaw Bros petition for selling remaining assets for 500000 to satisfy creditors. mandamus petition by Joseph O Neil regarding city clerk ballot. notices set for Tuesday next. Butler appears for ONeil.

Supreme Judicial Court Morton W. Allen C. Allen Holmes George W. Corner Daniel D. Pratt E. W. Hutchins C. E. Washburn John Wales William A. Chase D. van Duyce L. H. Tyng

Superior Court First Session Jan 20 Before Judge Bacon

In sickness of the presiding judge the court opens in order. Dockets list cases including Hollings vs Mack and Guil vs Fitzgerald, with Newport Bay cases and notes on damages. Jury trials noted for Priest v Thompson and others, with attorneys Dudley Morse Lane.

Superior Court Bacon

Sale of Shaw Bros. assets under insolvency plan approved

In Suffolk County a judge authorized deposit of 30 percent of the Shaw Bros. assets with insolvency trustees to carry out a 30 percent creditor compromise. The order shields unsecured creditors from interference and sets Saturday for final decree details. Reports from Pittsburgh note Oliver Bros. Phillips and Oliver & Roberts Wire creditors meeting with a plan to pay unsecured claims via staged notes secured by real estate. Other Boston area insolvencies and failures across several industries are listed with proposed settlements and asset values, including Beal & Mariner and various individual creditors and firms.

Oliver Bros. & Phillips Antwerp F. Shaw Bros Devens Supreme Court Globe National Bank Frederick A. Wyman Shaw Bros Wyman Stackley Shaw Middlesex County Commonwealth Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk County Pittsburg Oliver & Roberts Wire Company H. W. Oliver, Jr Allegheny Westmoreland Beal & Mariner Bread Street Boston George H. Wolcott State Street Frederick G. Williams Wood and Lumber William H. Aldrich Tremont Street T. D. McEnay Weldon N.H Clement & George Smith & Co H. D. Thurston Boots and Shoes Bangor Joseph McGee Grocer Lancaster N. H O.M. Knight Portsmouth A. V.M. Hager Whitingham T. C. Phinney, Books Montpelier Kibbee & Robconto Hartford McCalumet Oil Company York Richard Worthington New York Charles Perkins East River Bank Houghton, Miffin & Co Rice & Kendall J. W. Coburn, Grocer Tarboro E. Hale & Co Jewellers Lebanon Union Depot Street Railway and Transfer Company Stillwater Minn Sabin Car Company Charles Michaels Conrad Decker Jacob Jacobs Magee Furnace Company Mary L. Willams

Railroad matters for fruit dealers and busy railroad news

A long notice from General Freight Agent Turner of the Reaton and Lowell railroad outlines special cold weather arrangements for fruit shipments to New England. It lists cutoff times at Boston, Hartford, St Albans, Montpelier, Wells River, and Concord and Groveton Junction, plus arrival times for trains serving those routes. Also included is a profile of Samuel M. Felton Jr., recently elected Erie railroad vice president, highlighting his lineage, education, and extensive railroading career. The piece closes with a note on Arbitrator Cooley's award for east-bound freight and live stock percentages as reported by the Chicago Tribune.

Turner Reaton and Lowell Railroad New England Boston Central Vermont Hartford St. Albans Montpelier Wells River White Mountain Boston and Lowell Railroad Main Line Concord Groveton Junction Lancaster Samuel M. Felton, Jr Erie Railroad Company C. ¢. Felton Harvard College Samuel M. Felton Fitchburg Road Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Pennsylvania Steel Company Harrisburg Namesee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rheading Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Panhandle Thomas A. Scott New York and New England Railroad Gen. Wilson Jewett New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad The Erie King Felton Chicago Tribune Cooley Michigan Central Lake Shore Ft. Wayne Chicago & Atlantic Baltimore & Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Grand Trunk

Railroads Earnings and Rates Across 1884 Reports

The Louisville and Nashville earnings for July 1 to Dec. 31, 1884 show total revenue of 7 145 069 with operating expenses at 56.21 percent and net earnings of 3 158 824. Fitchburg and Vermont Central offer Montreal carnival tickets at 10 dollars round trip, while Western lines face rate pressures. Transcontinental association forms eastern western pool with 8 percent bonus for northern lines. Fitchburg mileage tickets sell 500 miles for 1 25 and 1600 miles for 20.

Inc Chicago West Michigan Louisville and Nashville Zale Saan Noes Fitchburg Cheshire Vermont Central Montreal Causeway Street Washington Street Pennsylvania Road New England San Francisco Cal Transcontinential Railway Association Medford Company E. Massachusetts Volunteer Militia J. E. Clarke Washington Lawrence Fall River Pennsylvania Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Company

City Clerk Battle: O'Neil Seeks Mandamus Against Boston Council

Acting as counsel for Joseph H. O Neil Gen Butler and Thomas W Clarke urged Judge Devens to issue a mandamus compelling Boston to recognize O Neil as city clerk and induct him into the office now held by Augustus N Sampson. The petition contends 83 votes on third ballot with 42 needed and O Neil had 47, but the ballot was voided and a new ballot elected Sampson. Judge Devens ordered the council to show cause next Tuesday why mandamus should not be granted. Col E P Nutteton will represent Sampson.

Shaw Bros Justice Field Joseph O’ Neil Bb. F. Butler O'Neil Joseph O’neil Gen. Butler Thomas W. Clarke Clair Col. Sampson Devens Col. E. P. Nettieton

Speaker seeks police protection in Illinois legislature

Temporary Speaker Haines asked Springfield mayor for police to guard him, claiming danger of personal violence. Mayor McCreary said he has no jurisdiction inside the state house and that the legislature controls its own police, with the speaker empowered to appoint needed guards. He could only intervene if peace was disturbed outside the statehouse.

Illinois Springfield Haines McCreary State House Statehouse

Read Furniture company donation and city council actions

A $50 donation from George E Read Furniture Co supported the firemen's Relief fund for services at a Richmond street fire. Health committee authorized the superintendent to continue his work. Ward 7 councilman J H Gallagher named to investigate charges against Councilman Burke. Water board set a hearing for a water rate reduction petition by ex Councilman Bromwich next week. Corporation Counsel Nettleton said Consumers Gas has no right to dig up streets under aldermen order. Water board opened bids for cast iron pipes for the high water service works. delivery starts April 1 and ends July, with quantities: 470 tons 20 inch class A, 1450 tons 30 inch class B, 500 tons 24 inch class BC, 50 tons 16 inch class B, and 1006 tons of special castings. Contract awarded to A H McNeal & Co Burlington NJ for $81251 30.

George E. Read Furniture Company Richmond Street Committee On Health Horgan J. H. Gallagher Ward 7 Burke Water Board Bromwich Corporation Nettleton Consumers’ Gas Company High Water Service A. H. McNeal & Co Burlington N. J

Six masked men rob Wood's gambling den in San Antonio

Early Monday three employees were bound and gagged as six masked robbers took over $1000 in cash and gold coins from a two ton safe. The thieves moved the safe to a back room and opened it with chisels then fled. the gagged workers were later arrested on alleged complicity.

San Antonio Tex Wood

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