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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1887

Page

6

Copper and metal market notes from London and Minneapolis reports

The column reports on copper and chrome markets with prices in London and shipments in Minneapolis for the week ending January 16. It details Chilean bar prices, copper demand, and stock movements, including American and European arrivals and export activity, alongside flour production figures from The Northwestern Miller for Minneapolis and barley and wheat dispositions.

Northwestern Minneapolis Minneapolia Duluth St. Paul Messrs. James Lewis & Co Liverpool England France United States

Money Market Quiet as Banks Ease Rates in Boston

Boston money market is quiet with abundant loanable funds. Banks lend at 5 to 5 1 2 percent and discount at 5 to 6 percent. call loans secured by collateral run 4 to 5 percent. Clearing house balances, exchanges, and stock activity show subdued but varied movements across rails and utilities despite some firming in select issues.

Calumet & Heclan Calumet and Red Jacket News Calumet Mineral Range Hancock & Calumet Black Hills Boston Aspinwall West End West End ‘Land Company

Dividend Declarations from Regional Mills and Firms

Pepperell Manufacturing declares 30 per share dividend, Laconia 12, Massachusetts Cotton Mills 30, Shore Mill Company Fall River 14 percent, Tecumseh Mill Company Fall River 2 percent, and Electric Iluminating Company Fall River 2 percent quarterly.

Pepperell Manufacturing Company Laconia Company Massachusetts Cotton Mills Shore Mill Company Fall River Tecumseh Mill Company Electric Iluminating Company

Mining stock closing prices listed in San Francisco

The January 21 closing list shows mining stocks with figures for Alta, Mexican, Best & Belcher, Ophir, Crown Point, Union Consolidated, Eureka, Sierra Nevada, Gould & Curry, Hale & Norcross and other names. Prices range from around 1 1/2 to 61/4, reflecting varied activity in the market that day.

San Francisco Cal Alta Oso Bulwer Best & Belcher Ophit Polosi Elowbisavaro Cal & Va Sierra Nevada Crown Point Union Com Sseers Eureka Utah Gould & Curry Gig Yellow Jacket Hale & Norcross

Overseas Markets Report From London January Update

London market report lists Consols at 100 15-16 and Atlantic & Great Western firsts at 49 44 with seconds 13. Canadian Pacific 69, Erie 34 4, do seconds 101 42, St. Paul 92 14, New York Central 116 1 4, Pennsylvania 67 4, Reading 21 46, Mexican ordinary 13. Bullion balance at Bank of England today amounts to £7000.

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New York Financial Markets End Weak After Interstate Bill Passage

Money on call easy at 3 to 5, last loan 4, prime mercantile paper 6 7. Government and railroad bonds mostly steady. Stock list weak with Reading and Jersey Central down over 1 percent. Pacific Mail rose 22 percent on the bill but gains faded. market remained feverish and irregular amid competing influences.

New York Sterling Exchange Reading Jersey Central Bulls Bears Pacific Mail New England Hocking Valley St Paul & M Delaware & Hudson Nashville & Decatur South Carolina Railway Shenandoah Valley Atlantic & Pacific New 43 Texas

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Settled on Jan 18

A summary of transfers shows Matthew Scrannage selling to Edwin Grattin a 2686 square foot lot on Sargent Street for 4600. Other deeds include Botts to Demarchi on Elm Street for 1, Freeman to Freeman on Shawmut Avenue for 1, and multiple parcels exchanged across Huntington Avenue Dorchester West Roxbury and East Boston with prices ranging from 1 to 5000 and mortgages back noted for several properties.

Sargent Street Matthew Scrannage Edwin M. Grattin Elm Street Thomas Botts Frank Demarchi Shawmut Avenue Michael Freeman Huntington Avenue Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Henry M. Whitney Children’s Hospital Nathan Matthews William Bassett Falmouth Street West Chester Park Dorchester William Cook Edwin M. Graffam Samuel B. Edgeworth Bellevue Avenue Boston Daniel J. Sweeney Arthur F. Toe Havre Street Chelsea Baldwin Place Little Wanderers James McCormack Medford Street Cooperative Bank For Harlestown Anna H. Hanson Emily EB. Hanson Bartlett Street Sarah L. Proctor Andrew J. Peters Peters Street Thomas O'Callaghan Winthrop Dallas W. Belcher

Mortgages Recorded for four property deals

William Bassett borrows 82 dollars from Nathan Matthews on property between West Chester park and Falmouth streets on January 17. Mary Reddick grants a 600 dollar mortgage on Bre men street properties January 13. Ruth B Sullivan mortgages Beach street property January 18 for 400 dollars. Thomas O Callaghan mortgages Peters street property January 18 for 400 dollars.

William Bassett Nathan Matthews West Chester Park Falmouth Mary Reddick Timothy McCarthy Bremen Street Ruth B. Sullivan Jesse Gould Pia Beach Street Thomas O’callaghan Andrew J. Peters Peters Street

Boston Chamber of Commerce Considers Game Law Interests

A Boston chamber meeting chaired by President Goodwin addressed protecting poultry and game trade interests in Massachusetts laws and set up a committee on game law with McPherson Mead Upton Bennett Call Patch Sanborn Brim. All amended trade rules were adopted except egg sale rules, which were tabled.

Boston Chamber of Commerce Goodwin Massachusetts Eri. R. McPherson O. W. Mead J. M. Upton J. H. Bennett John M. Call A. W. Patch C. B. Sanborn N. Brim S. E. Hyde R. A. Newell

Commodity Market Quiet Across Grains And Provisions

Flour corn oats and rye show mixed but steady tone with oatmeal firm. Butter cheese eggs beans potatoes hay straw and grass seeds mostly unchanged. Truck demand fair. Provisions and fresh beef firm with sugar molasses steady. Commercial matters reflect stable pricing.

Estimated Salmon Pack of 1886 Details

The estimate shows the 1886 salmon pack exceeding 1885 by 85300 cases and falling 58850 cases short of the average annual pack for the past four years. Final revision unlikely to alter total significantly. Figures are presented as the estimated pack for 1886.

Columbia River Sacramento River Smith’s River Rogue River Coquille River Sinslaw River Umpqua Tillamook River Columbia U. S. Menhaden Association New York New England California

Market Reports Jan 21 Flour Firm Oats Steady

Trading今日は small firmness in flour while winter wheats stay firm. Corn quiet with unchanged prices. oats steady. No 2 white oats range from A014 4034 by location. Closing bids show mixed prices for cash and futures. deliveries include No 2 white winter wheat and No 2 spring oats. Inspections list 93 cars across varieties with several grade notes. Liverpool and Chicago quotes provided for wheat corn oats and flour products.

Liverpool California Chicago Sams Waas Bakers Michigan Stone Canada Superior Canada New York

Barley and Malt Prices From Eastern and New York Markets

Market notes list barley varieties with prices for white and mixed types, including No 1 white at 42c and 39c for No 1 and No 2 mixed. Six-rowed Canada barley shows prices from 74c to 80c. Malt prices cover two-rowed State and six-rowed State varieties, with bush and C W figures and hops quoted at 9 to 13 cents for choice. Historical references to 1885 and 1886 market terms included.

Ley Canada Eastern New York

Market Prices for Mutton and Lamb Decline in Fresh Meats

Fresh meat market notes show varied prices for lambs and mutton. Listings include choice heavy lambs at 9 10c, Chicago dressed lambs at 9 10c, Brighton mutton at 7 8c, with Eastern mutton and real at 7 10e to 12c. Prices reflect range from poor to good and include assorted classifications across regions.

Alec Chicago Brighton

Butter and Cheese Markets Steady Across Regions

The butter market shows little change with bids in Chicago at 29c for Western creamery extra and 28c for Western creamery extra. New York steady in fair demand. Liverpool active. Cheese remains steady with Northern and Ohio grades near unchanged. New York prices steady. Liverpool high demand for finest cheese at 60 to 63s. Eggs light demand. beans and hay steady. various prices listed for butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, beans, seeds, and produce across Chicago New York and Liverpool markets.

Western Creamery Chicago Elgin Creamery Extra Western Creamery Extra New York Liverpool Eastern Extra Swan B Bros Eastern Creamery Vermont Creamery Ohio Vermont Choice Jersey East Swale Maine New Brunswick Houston Rose Bush Do Hebrons Aroostook Rose Vermont Rose St. Andrew

Market notes show steady fruit and nut prices

Prices for apples and dried fruits remain firm with little activity. Florida oranges are plentiful with fair demand while cranberries are light. Messina lemons and oranges sell at several box prices. Palermo items also quoted. Peanuts and hickory nuts vary in demand. dried apples present steady prices.

Ted Florida H. Harris & Co Messina Palermo Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Greening Tallman Sweet Virginia Farmer’s Marks Valencia Malaga Capé Cod Cape Cod

Market reports show steady quotes on pork and lard

Provisions remain about the same as last quoted with closing prices listed for pork and lard types. Commodities include long cuts short cuts backs light backs lean ends and various pork products with mixed but stable figures across months and delivery forms.

Chicago Choice City

Cotton Prices Edge Higher on Liverpool Futures and New York Close

Liverpool futures opened firm and closed barely steady with varied basis for several delivery months. Spot demand remained dull. American sales and imports noted. New York spot closed mixed by grade while futures opened quiet and steady. large cargo movements and pipe line certificates reported, with sugar and molasses markets also described.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York TEE AO Manila Havana Matanzas Louisiana United Kingdom Java Cuba

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and grain prices across cities

New York reports cotton easy with varied upland and Orleans grades. flour at 18,800 barrels trade, mixed Western and Ohio vises. wheat stronger in Chicago and St Louis. corn and oats mixed. pork, lard, and provisions firmer in multiple markets. cash receipts and shipments listed for several cities.

New York Uplands Orleans Ohio St. Louis Minnesota United Bbis Western Steam Tierees City Steam Liverpool Chicago ST Louis Cincinnati Toledo Milwaukee

Hog and cattle market summaries across major midwest cities

Reports from Peoria Saint Louis Kansas City and Chicago show hog prices steady to mixed with receipts and shipments detailed. Cattle and sheep prices hold with ranges for shipping steers and new stockers while Texans natives and Jabs vary in value across markets.

Peoria St. Louis Kansas City Chicago

Cotton Markets Jan 21: Receipts and Sales by City

Augusta Net receipts 310 and sales 492 with stock 21 925. Galveston net 1217 receipts and 131 sales. New Orleans net receipts 1124 and 4000 sales with stock 389 212. Mobile net receipts 82 and 500 sales. Memphis receipts 2091 and 2708 gross with ship noted.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain France Mobile Memphis

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