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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1889

Page

7

Wheat and Corn Markets Show Weakness Across U S Grain Trade

Milwaukee to Chicago and New York markets report unsettled prices with weaker tones. No 2 red and No 2 spring futures slip as receipts rise. on track prices hold modest gains for some grades while others fall. Grain futures reflect dull demand, with mixed regional receipts and several provinces showing firming bids at odds with broader softness.

Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Northern Danuary Duluth Toledo Baltimore SA Gana Detroit New York Iinet

Butter and dairy markets show steady wholesale prices across regions

Market reports indicate unchanged butter quotes with large receipts and slow sales. Prices vary by region with Western, Vermont, and New York dairy products listed from 15c to 28c per pound, while eggs and beans also show steady or firm tones amid ample supply.

Market Prices for Poultry Game and Feed

The report notes no change from last quotes across poultry, game and hay. Northern and Eastern poultry show 12 to 17 cents for chickens and turkeys up to 17c, geese 10-12c, ducks 7-12c. Western dry packed chickens 12-13c, turkeys 16c, fowls 10-11c. Game prices include venison at 15-16c tb, grouse 85c to $1 per pair, quail $1.75-2.25 per dozen, mallard ducks 85c-$1 per pair, teal 2.50-3.00 per dozen, canvasback 15-18 per dozen, pigeons 12.60-15.00 per dozen. Hay and straw maintain old prices with prime hay $18.50-$19.00, fancy $19.50, good $16-$18, Eastern fine $12-$15, oat straw $10-$11, rye straw $13.50-$19.00.

Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Peoria Toledo Baltimore Philadelphia Marca New York White State York Milwaus Canada Michigan Choice Newrk Vermont Stern Creamery Western Stern Dairy Westa North West New New Hampshire York State Hebrons Bush Vermont Rose Burbanks Rose Nova Scotia New Brunswick Chenangoes Boston Liverpool Carthigenian Glasgow J A Hathaway Koman J Bollinger Tom John J Low HS Britton SM Flint Merrill Lawrey Sargent Aldrich & Johnson Baker Whipple & Farnham Breck & Wood Maine C H Merrill W Harriman J F Lawrey I C Tabby & Son J Ben BW Harriman C D Lambert Beas CH Merrill Engrem

Fruit market auction prices and forthcoming offerings

FRUIT. H Harris & Co sold today Florida oranges at 13712 per box and mandarins at 1372 per half box. The firm will sell tomorrow at 12 o clock 3654 boxes Messina oranges 8096 Palermo oranges 1450 Messina lemons 3448 Palermo lemons. Renew demand dull for all except apples. prices steady from last quotes. Grapes and other fruits show firm or rising prices with several varieties listed per box or per barrel.

H Harris & Co Florida Hubbardstons King Baldwins Tallman Sweets Messina Palermo

Fruit steamers bring oranges and lemons to Boston

The steamer Aguan is due Saturday January 26 with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Italia passed Gibraltar January 7 with 250 cases Valencia oranges 7000 boxes Palermo oranges and 4000 boxes Palermo lemons.

Aguan Jamaica Fruits Boston Fruit Company Italia Gibraltar

Steady Market Lists Vegetables and Prices

The market shows unchanged rates with multiple vegetables priced per ton, barrel, bush, box, or dozen. Items include cabbage 60 to 75 cents per barrel, onions 120 to 140 per barrel, beets 40 to 50 cents, lettuce 50 to 60 cents, radishes and turnips 40 cents per dozen, celery 4 to 5 per box, spinach 50 to 60 cents per bush, and Norfolk spinach at 1.50 per barrel. A Norfolk boat is due Friday carrying 125 packages.

Hubbard Savoy St Andrews Norfolk

Provisions Markets Wallow With Few Buyers in Chicago

Chicago provisions market showed limited demand as shorts dominated buying and a leading packer sold pork and ribs. Across regions, prices drifted lower on rallies while pork, lard, and beef quotations varied with salads and cuts listed in detail from New York to St Louis and Cincinnati.

Cotton Market Reports Steady New York and Liverpool Prices

New York cotton closes steady after a dull session with middling uplands at 9.59 to 9.66 cents and sales of 924 bales. Futures trends open easy and finish steady while Liverpool spot remains quiet with middling uplands at 54d and 51 16d for low middlings. Market notes include multiple regional receipts and stocks across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston and more.

New York Bouluaty Ss Cosas Ciese Csse Os kUeloo Ceese Liverpool Sab Bcs Ae Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Memphis Savanah

Maritime Trade Roundup in Atlantic Ports

Net receipts and gross figures across Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore West Point New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville show steady to quiet markets. Consolidated five day totals record 119 125 net receipts with exports to Great Britain and the Continent and total stocks at all US ports around 907 961.

Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore West Point New York Great Bitain Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Prices Steady Across Regions

Sugar markets show no change with refined sugar in steady demand and various grades quoted. Pulverized and powdered forms list specific price points, while wholesale granulated sugar hits 74 to 4c per unit. Molasses prices hold, with grades from Fancy Ponce Porto Rico to New Orleans and Cienfuegos cited in cents per gallon.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Kansas City stock yards show steady cattle with steer prices around $165 to $430 for 165 to 430 head. Hogs receipts 7,324 with demand quiet and lower prices from 5 to 10 cents. St Louis and Cincinnati report slowing hog markets, Chicago lists extensive cattle and hog价格 declines with mixed results across Texas cattle and lamb markets. Sheep demand in various markets remains active with steady to higher prices for natives and Western cornfed.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Market Prices Report Across Cities in Commodities

Tallow and grease prices in New York show modest activity with quotes near old levels. Coffee from New York to Rio remains firm and cargoes are fair. Whiskey markets in St Louis Cincinnati and Peoria show mixed to strong tendencies, with turpentine rosin tar and petroleum closing at varied cents and dollars.

New York Rio St Louis Cincinnati Peoria

Ida A Thurlow Sailor Ships Herring Load at Grand Manan

Imports and Exports item notes the schooner Ida A Thurlow at Grand Manan on January 23 1889 with master aboard. It carries 12 999 boxes of herring and 1527 boxes of bloater fish.

Grand Manan Ida A Thurlow

Exports Report From Zanzibar and Liverpool Ships

Export entries dated January 23 1889 list cargoes at Zanzibar including domestics print goods kerosene oil and cranberries, and Liverpool shipments on Lake Ontario and the steamers Lake Ontario Samaria and Janet with varied cargoes such as tallow wax mission goods prints and edible supplies. Details note tonnage boxes bales cases and crates aboard several vessels including bark Topan and schooner Janet with fertilizer and miscellaneous goods.

Zanzibar Madagascar Liverpool Eng New York Lake Ontario Samaria ST Andrew’s Bay Janet

Receipts List of Freight by Railroads in 1889

Receipts from Boston & Albany and other railroads itemize large daily transfers of cotton wool flour oatmeal corn oats malt tea butter eggs beans hay straw leather and more. Quantities are given in bales barrels sacks and cars across multiple lines and rail lines.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Baton & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell

Inventory fragment lists assorted goods and shipments

An itemized, mixed list shows quantities of bags beans tea oleo meats lard beef pork hogs hay leather and assorted containers. It notes Express and Sea shipments with butter cheese and additional leather entries.

CATTLE MARKET REPORTS WEAK PRICES AT WATERTOWN BRIGHTON

The week ending Jan 23 1889 shows reduced cattle and beef demand with prices under pressure. Western cattle sold around 4 to 6 1/2 cents, milch cows and store cattle mixed, lambs and sheep softer, exports steady though unsettled. numerous yard sales across Watertown and Brighton with several dealers and buyers listed.

Watertown Brighton Boston Post George J. Fox New England Barhaway JM Flanders Engrem JB Sargent Aldrich & Johnson Robert French Breck & Wood Brighton Yards

Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool

Cargoes off the coast show wheat active with little corn offered. Prices quoted for No 2 Calcutta wheat and Danubian corn. English markets weaker. Liverpool notes quiet wheat, steady corn with strong demand, futures dull. broad European wheat and corn prices cited amid frost in England. Manchester commentary notes mostly steady trade, subdued activity, and contracts dominating production.

London Mark Lane Calcutta Liverpool California England Baris Manchester Tvuardian Yesserday India China

Rail passenger schedules for Boston and Maine lines January 20 1889

Train times from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations to Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor St John Mullifax Grand Franklin Knox & Lincoln lines. Departures listed from 7 30 am to 9 pm with connections to North Conway Lewiston Portland and more.

Augusta Haymarket Square Causeway Street Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Mullifax The Provinces Eastort Cairns Halfax N.S Portland Lewiston R Branchester Concord We Ks North Haymarket Square North Conway Maine Central Grand Frank and Knox & Lincoln

Western Division Train Schedules for New England Route

Daily and Sunday trains listed across towns from Alton Bay to North Wilmington with morning, afternoon, and evening departures. Includes Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford and Reading connections with numerous intermediate stops and times.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford

Boston Rail Timetable and Street Station Departures

Eastern Division schedule lists trains from Boston stations to Amesbury Beverly Briddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many coastal towns with fractional and erroneous times. It includes branches to Rockport Gloucester Swampscott and Saugus with multiple daily departures and special notes about Work Harbor Beach and South Reading branch services.

Amesbury Tom Beverly Briddeford Dover Everett Great Falls Bochester Winmpton Keech North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Riddleton Newburyport North Conaway Rpeabedy Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Work Harbor & Beach Br.r Saugus Branch Swampscott Wenham Wi Olfebors

Lowell System timetable shows Boston to New Hampshire and Canada routes

Through service from Boston to numerous towns including Meredith, Plymouth, Montpelier, Montreal with dozens of departures daily. Local Boston line runs to Manchester, Concord, Nashua, Worcester area and western stops with many morning and evening times.

N.w. York New Haven Har Boston New York Springfield Worcester New London Providence Hartford N. Y N. E Willimantic New Lonon Cc. T. Hempstead Gen’l Pas

Central Mass Train Timetable With Multiple Stops

Time tables list departures from Boston for destinations including Northampton Neeton Amherst Melcher town Bondsville Weare Gilbertville Eburre Rutland Oakdale West Boyien Worcester Clinton Bertin Hudson South Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weeton Waltham Waverley Belmont and Northamton. Full local and through train information available at stations. James T. Furl er general manager J Flanders general passenger and ticket agent.

Albany West Boston Central Mass Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Neeton Amherst Melcher Town Bondsville Weare Gilbertville Eburre Rutland Oakdale West Boyieien Worcester Clinton and Bertin Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weeton Waltham Waverley Belmont Waltham, Hudson and Way Northamton James T. Furler Dol J. Flanders Gen’l Pas’r

Central Division Train Schedules Sparse and Fragmented

A dense OCR listing shows bus and rail schedules across multiple towns including Ashmont, Braintree, Brockton, Cohasset, Hingham, East Weymouth, Fall River, Middleboro, Marshfield, New Bedford, Quincy, and more. It enumerates numerous weekday and Sunday departure times with notes on via Brockton and special services, along with several garbled terms and inconsistent punctuation.

Central Division Kneeland Street New York Fall River Ashmont Bkraintree Middleboro Bridgewaters Sair Brockton Flas Cohasset and Hingham Easten East Bridgeway Abington East Milton Pie Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth eFall River Taunton Morrison Square Marshfield and Sea View Ite Neponset aNew Gedfora aNewport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Bigouth Abington Duxbury Guimney Rockland and Hanover Seis Wates Shawmut Braintree South Duxbury Pauinton Central Station Dear St Whitman and Seuty Weymouth Wollaston Heights

Cape Cod Ferry Schedules For Buzzards Bay Area

Timetables listed for Buzzards Bay and surrounding towns show 8.15 am and 4.15 pm return times across Bourne Brewster Chatham Cottage City Fairhaven Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Provincetown Sand Saxonmore So Yarmouth Wellfleet Barnstable Woods Well Wareham Yarmouth locations. The scattered entries indicate multiple daily departures with varying routes via Woods Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.

SUM Cony Wy Hee Cottage City New Bedford Fairhaven Almouth Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Provincetown Sand Saxamoore Yarmouth Mont Wellfleet Dela Wet Barnstable Woods Well Ware

Providence Division Train Timetable Fragments

A list of train arrivals and departures across numerous stations including Providence, Readville, Canton Junction, Dedham, Foxboro, Mansfield and Newport with weekday and Sunday variations. The garbled OCR shows multiple times across many stops, dates, and lines, reflecting a broad regional schedule.

Regional Rail Timetable Northern Division

Through train service operates weekends and weekdays from Boston to Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Bratt s Junction with multiple daily departures. Through service available at Boston stations Old Colony R R office and other listed stops. J R Kendrick and Geo L Connor sign as general manager and passenger agent in Boston dated January 1 1889.

New York Boston Old Colony Brooklyn Jersey City Annex Boat Providence Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’'s Pass L. H. Palmer Vermont Pullman Carson Iision Lowell Chicago Pullman Fitchburg Wagner Central Vermont R. R Washington Street J. W. Hoary W. Cummings Pass St. Albans Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Osm Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Bratt’s Junction R. EK

Concorde Route Timetable From Boston to Manchester and Concord

Train schedules from Boston’s Bd and L. depot to Manchester and Concord begin October 8 1888 with multiple daily departures including 7 30 8 30 9 and 12 midnight plus 1 3 6 5 30 and 7 PM Ex rounds. Sunday times listed as 1 and 7 PM. Return trips start at 5 30 PM and run to 6 35 PM with Sunday service at 5 55 PM and 7 20 AM. WE EELIS say.

Boston Manchester Concord N. H Kmeene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lawrence Wilmington Bill Pn Ham Woburn M. Winchester Medford Lexington Bedford Lowell Stoneham and Way Lexington and Way Woburn and Way Winchester and Way Manchester and Concord Montreal Express Concorde& FR N.H Eelis

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