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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1884

Page

3

Print cloth market steady with varied quotations

The print cloth market held steady through the week with prices at 60x56s 3 cents and 64x64s 34 cents less half a percent to 3 cents. Production reached 160,000 pieces, deliveries 194,000, sales 152,000, stock on hand 253,000 pieces.

New York Financial Market Darts and Dips on Jan 26 1854

The New York financial scene opened dull but steady then slipped early, with a later bull surge lifting prices. By noon Lake Shore and Lackawanna rose, Canada Pacific fell, and optimism over Iowa railroad settlements plus a possible mutual agreement boosted sentiment. total trades reached 491,900 shares with broad gains in late hours.

New York Prime Mercantile Lake Shore Lackawanna Canada Pacific Iowa Union Pacific Northern Pacific Oregon Ranscontinental

Grain and Market Report from Commercial Exchange

Today's report covers car sales of No 2 white oats 84 cars with February deliveries and March April May deliveries. Grain inspections show 52 total cars with wheat corn oats and other offerings, plus receipts of flour and various feeds. Chicago cash values and futures moved with wheat firming and lard pork advance noted, while fish prices eased and oysters arrived in ample supply.

the Commercial Exchange Chicago Liverpool London Uplands Orleans

Flour and mill products market quiet with firm prices

Market notes show FJ Our Trade and related flour varieties steady with light sales. Prices remain firm though activity is subdued, ranging from 3.25 to 7.00 per barrel for various flour types, with winter patents and patents fair to good at 6.00 to 6.25. Millfeeds and cottonseed meal also hold steady, shorts $20 to 21.50 per ton, middlings $23 to 25, cottonseed meal $27.50 to 28.50 with new process selling higher.

Pemenastien Amami Oe St. Lo Ie Ch Bu & Q A.T Bos & Lowell Bos & Mauine Kra& M P.m.t Fitchburg Sp& M Fc Hee Os yCommon Calum & Hecla Pullman PalCo Brookline Gell T Lccess Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan Northern Creamery New York Vermont Choice Canada Nova Scotia Hebron Hubbard Timothy Florida Igc Porto Rico Liverpool Gotton Uplands Orleans Chicago Canada St. Domingo Petroleum—United Wweak Rosin Ce Beef City Extra India T Wu

Market prices for meats and commodities compiled

The market shows firm tone with upward movement on pork and lard. Beef prices range from mess to extra, with fresh meats and dressed hogs quoted. Poultry and game receipts meet demand, with turkeys and chickens priced, fish and shellfish steady, and produce including fruits, sugar, molasses, cotton futures listed.

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Imports at Boston amid long ledger list of cargoes

Shipping notes from London and Boston detail cargos on the Durham City and other vessels. Entries name numerous firms and goods including bales, bars, casks, sacks, packets, and crates of paper, dyes, leather, indigo, hemp, and spices. Additional cargoes appear for Newcastle and Havana with quantities of tobacco, cigars, potatoes, bricks, and sugar.

Boston London Eng Durham City Gotham Rogers & Co Lawne & Co Chase Case Hardware Fork & Co Iron Taylor & Co Baring Bros & Co Geneva JD & M Williams Adams, Taylor & Co Boston Dyewood &Cheimica! Co Ligo Henderson Parsons & Co Richardson Jones & Co Flag & Co Doherty McPowell & Adams Doherty & Co Newcastle Ripon City Cornwallis N S Carrie Easler George C Rockwell Havana Niagara New York Samuel Cienfuegos Alvert J. Butler Atkins & Co

Brisbanes Trade List Includes Goods and Equipment Totals

A long list from Brisbane records numerous goods including machinery, hardware, glassware, leather, agricultural implements, and diverse items with quantities such as 200 cases kerogene and 75 hand cars. Halifax and Liverpool entries show steamer cargoes like cattle, sheep, grains, and oils, totaling vast consignments across ports.

Brisbane Big Louis Montgomery Halifax Steamer Carroll Liverpool Eng Victoria

Receipts of Stapie Products Across Railroads Jan 26

Detailed commodity tallies from multiple lines headed by Boston and Albany Providence and other railways. Items include vast quantities of cotton wool flour cornmeal oats and butter among bales, boxes, cases and bushels with leather hides and other goods listed per railroad.

Cambridgeport National Bank Eliot National Bank Lsyrao Vanes Sl oLondense Een Freeman’s National Bank Ceeecccesce Seer Rounion Cedesbes Caeseo Es Hide and Leather National Bank Eorsebwernee Lac Lecamere National Bank Fast Cambridge Nat Bank Massachusetts National Bank Miia National Bank Ohh Oweresnhe Atlantic Cotton Mills Souiens Kaon Boston Geiting Co Franklin Company Lewist Jalbsnee Washington Mills Boston & Albany Sneewinesgabe Cedar Rapids & Missour River iClly Charles River Horse Fitchburg Cewi Metropolitan Horse RG ci Isen Ecececsucul Falls & Con Sioux City & Pacific Worcester & Nashua Rd Blair Town Lot Osc Ee Elkhorn Land Iowa Railroad Aealbee Sioux City Iowa Hartford Fire Insuramee Co Burton Boston and Albany Railroad Bates Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Raiload Vales Maine Railroad Peabody and Salem Casina St Gugess aTwees

Staple Product Receipts at Port Jan 26

The table lists total receipts of principal staples at this port today from all points of origin including in transit, compared with the same day last year. It enumerates quantities for each commodity and highlights changes year over year.

United States Ebeerass

Norfole Market Receipts and Shipments Report

Net receipts and gross totals for multiple markets listed with firm mid values. Galveston shows net receipts 1 847 and gross 1 347, overall market activity totaling 79 028 with mid 103.

Norfole Ace Cobhwike Ccoses Sidr Ees Linvs Sas Blac BO OSGI Galveston Nid

Grain and market report across Chicago and midwest cities

Market notes show dull to steady activity across grains and livestock. Wheat and corn mixed as prices firm or lower. hogs and pork futures softer in Chicago and St Louis. butter, cheese, lard, and refined products quoted with regional variations. shipments and receipts listed for major ports and cities including Milwaukee Cincinnati and Toledo.

South America Liverpool Chicago ST. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Detroit

Market Wrap: British Bonds and Global Commodities Drift

London financials show Consols at 1017-16 and firsts at 4473 with 10% for seconds. The Economist notes bank bill discounts at 246 and trade bills 234 34 percent. Shipping ports cite wheat firm, corn quiet. Liverpool and London price lists reflect mixed grains, pork, bacon, and cotton futures steady to firm with late exports.

London Erie New York

Providence Business Troubles Lead to Widespread Failures

A wave of insolvencies hits firms across the Northeast and Midwest. Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey seeks extensions as notes protested over 25 000 dollars and likely 175 000 dollars in liabilities loom. Creditors extend payment terms while real estate and stock hold value. the factory remains open but payroll is delayed.

New York Chicago St. Louis New Orleans Baltimore San Francisco Kansas City Providence Indianapolis Columbus Peoria Syracuse Boston Brokers’ Board Telepone Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Boston Commercial Bulletin Burlington Road Burlington New York Herald Daniel F. Beatty Washington, N.J Beatty Washington Eben J. Beane Walter B. Vincent Heare M. Hawkins West Second Street Cincinnati Ohio New Hampshire George T. Comins Quinn Bros Little Rock Ark Frances Stone Haverhill Street P. Wilcox & Co Detroit Mich John Williams C. E. Hapgood & Co Smith & Perley Haverhill Temple & Bullard West Medway KE. W. Ward Stabler Winchendon Hart Bros Newburyport H. M. Trites St. John N. B William J. Bradbury Fairfield W.E. Whitman Winthrop Dennis B. York Wilton N. H Hiram Shattuck Bristol C. F. Lewis R. J James T. Sherman Hartford N. Y Michael Kearney Boots and Shoes Brooklyn James Campbell Dub & Co Augusta R. P. Barry Boots Beaufort S. C W.E. Seebold Stationer A. Moss & Son Bartlett Tex L. C. Nethick Bryan B. H. Chamberlin & Co Genesée

Rail route surveys spur western expansion clues

The Clifton Clarion reports an advance party of an engineer corps surveying routes westward from the San Francisco river toward Clifton and down to the Gila valley. They may aim to intersect near Benson while noting potential ties to the Southern Pacific. Railroad hearings in Falmouth address grade crossings and a dispute over a bridge. Union Pacific news covers plans for steel rails and a Bessemer plant, with Dillon citing rail production under their own control. Prices and delays affect shop wages, with Grand Trunk Railways reducing wages and signaling future restorations when freight rises.

Tombstone Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Deming Arizona and New Mexico Benson Clifton John Cannon San Francisco Socorro County N. M Gila Valley Camp Thomas Southern Pacific Railroad Commissioners Falmouth Old Colony Ola Colony Railroad Company EB. R. Tilton Brookline Union Pacific Pittsburg Dillon Grand Trunk Montreal Grand Trunk Railway

Forfeiture ruled in United States distillery case Westfield

In the U S District Court Judge Clark presided on January 25 26 a jury returned a verdict forfeiting a Westfield distillery and its contents for alleged revenue law violations. Government counsel G P Sanger Calmy Jr. defended for the claimant P Cummings H F Ely. Municipal court actions followed with multiple fines and holds in various cases.

United States Westfield Goodrich H. Bush G. P. Sanger and Calmy, Jr P. Cummings H. F. Ely

Mayor and Mr Crowley Reconciled In City Matters

The mayor and Mr Crowley of the school board have reconciled after a formal meeting at the Vendome. A city messenger candidate nominating committee plans three reports naming Alvah H. Peters John F. Dever and Geo E Raymore. Patrolmen Cutter and Trask face pay deductions for rule violations while Rowan and Hunt receive reprimand and non sustained respectively. A Boston lawyer seeks a writ of certiorari against the city to abate his taxes stating he owes $1 060 on personal property but holds $1 300 on deposit.

Crowley Martin Prince School House Vendome City Messenger Alvah H. Peters John F. Dever Geo. E. Raymore Board of Assessors National Bank

Town to vote on selectmen as East Dedham weighs power

In about a month the town will choose candidates for selectmen and school committee posts. Incumbents Colburn Smith Beckford Mansfield Hill face reelection, with East Dedham backing change and clergyman influence cited. Booms from Wilson Nichols Murray C Nichols. Wentworth Locke favored for school seats. Rev McNulty tied to Catholic ticket.

Howard Colpourn West Dedham Henry Smith D. R. Beckford Preston R. Mansfield Don Gleason Hill Colburn Hays Smith Mansfield East Dedham Colburn East Dedh m Messrs. Hill Beckford Boomed 5.M. Wilson John Nichols T. P. Murray C. C. Nichols Calvin S. Locke A. B. Wentwoath J.J. McNulty Catholic Church Messrs. Wentworth Locke

Past expresses enduring democratic devotion and civic aims

The article salutes 53 years of service as a proponent of democratic principles and national wisdom. It pledges to uphold democratic creed, criticize violations, support virile progressive democracy, and align with labor interests while recognizing business realities and welfare concerns. It says the Post will address the labor question with due importance.

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