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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1887

Page

7

Grain Prices and Receipts Across Cities

Milwacker and Cincinnati report flour and wheat markets with firm or steady prices. Minneapolis shows No 1 hard and No 1 Northern wheat firm on futures and cash, with sizable receipts and shipments across 68,320 and 10,080 bush respectively.

Coer Lear Milwacker Cincinnati ST Louis Minneapolis

Hogs and cattle market roundup across major cities

Widespread hogs prices steady to firm in St Louis and USAS with mixed packers and butchers at near 510. Chicago reports higher cattle receipts and mixed prices for steers and feeders, hogs lower with rough and mixed at 490 to 515, sheep mixed with Western and Texans varied.

Louis Usas City Peoria Chicago

Maritime Trade Reports Mixed at Major U.S. Ports

Net receipts and exports vary across cities from Augusta to New York with steady to dull tones. Consolidated six day totals show large stock levels at Philadelphia and New York while Galveston and New Orleans list active coastwise exports and modest receipts.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis Savannah Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Normal Louisville France United States

Foreign Markets Report From London June Markets Quiet and Mixed

London reports show wheat dull with limited arrivals and some sales while land cargoes wait. Paris and Antwerp markets remain quiet with wheat firmer in Antwerp and prices steadier in Paris. Havana notes Spanish gold and quiet exchange as sugar holds firm.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Ligpee Liverpool California Antwerp Havana

London wool sales report shows brisk bidding and firm prices

London wool sales attracted strong home and foreign attendance with brisk competition and firm prices. The Victoria line offered 3600 bales with scoured goods ranging from 1s 4d to 1s 5%ed, and greasy values around 84d per lb. New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Swan River, and Cape of Good Hope and Natal sales followed with varied scoured and greasy lots and mixed price levels.

London Victoria New Zealand New South Queensland South Australia Swan River Cape of Good Hope Natal

Imports and Exports June 380 1887 Liverpool List

A lengthy 1887 Liverpool shipping manifest lists numerous consignments aboard the steamer Bothnia-46 including steel, tin plates, machinery, hardware, books, linens, woolens, skins, leather, hats, toys, paints, wines, brandy, olives, diamonds, and various commodities from firms such as Holder & Herrick, E T Hardy & co, Baring Bros & co, Stone & Downer, W H Bagshaw, and others. entries include quantities like 1242 bars steel and 550 tin plates with many other items and consignors.

Liverpool Eng Bothnia Jackson Hardy & Co Holder & Herrick William Crabb & Co Saco Water Power Co Collins & Fairbanks Roberts Bros Stone & Downer Ao Do Booth & Co Lundberg Baring Bros & Co Briegs Pray & Co Bogigian & Co Jander & Cosa Cook & Co Dochromos Doli & Richards Nate & Newell Cumner, Jones & Co Mullen & Co Leeson & Co Peabody & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Thelps, Dodge & Co Bigelow Kennard & Co Caleagan & Co William B White Houghton & Dutton Bird & Co Pierce & Co Torry Bright

Capard Order and Coastal Goods Trade List

A fragmented OCR listing businesses and goods including boxes, crates, bales, and cases of macaroni, yarn, crystals, glass, paper stock, laths, and various commodities. Mentions Capard order, firms like Speranza, Alma schooner, Tremont, and multiple locations in North America and Yarmouth.

Q Shepard de Farle & Co Schoenhof Seth M. Vone Bradburg Dameral Water Timney Fk Speranza Bog Bros & Co HiNsschooner Alma Orn & CO Co. A 'L Nba Rcarie Moors & Co Dossier & Co Barin Wand Frontera Schooer Liz James Neny Dupee Andise Bros & Co Lee & Co Yarmouth Eilig & Io Baas John G Hall & Co

Exports from Nova Scotia Ports June 30 1887

The schooner Donna Bell from Shelburne reports 2 shipments with 125 bbl flour and 25 tons coal. The Louis from Shelburne carries 250 bbl flour and 5 bbl meal. Minnie May from Lunenburg carries 250 bbl flour and 5 bbl meal. The New Brunswick from Digby Annapolis ships 1 box shoes 1 case paint 7 bbl hay rakes 6 boxes 3 pkgs bariware crate bananas 100 egg carriers 120 colster carriers.

Little Brook Donna Bell Shelburne Louis Lunenburg Minnie May Digby Annapolis New Brunswick

Receipts From 1887 Railroads With Wool Flour and More

A dated listing of freight receipts on June 20 1887 across multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg and others. It totals bales wool flour corn oats malt hides leather bacon cheese eggs bacon sugar and various farm goods with quantities such as 1215 bales wool 690 bbis flour 500 bush corn 1915 bush oats 8600 bush malt 1200 bush fer epis pork 6 tierces hams and 4 boxes across lines.

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

Commerce Freight Totals Across Multiple Rail Lines and Mails

A fragmented list records quantities of bales wool leather hides corn oats tea beans butter eggs potatoes hay lumber bolls sacks bags and various goods shuttled by Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and related express and sea shipments across divisions and routes with totals including 50 bales wool 6 bbls tallow 36 cases eggs 7 bbls apples and 20 cars hay along with other high volume consignments for multiple destinations and trade channels.

Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad By Express Sea

Failures Fall Slightly in U S in First Half 1887

R G Dun and Co reports 4912 U S business failures in the first half of 1887, down from 5156 in the prior year, while liabilities barely rise. Canada shows 721 failures, up from 699, with liabilities at 10 693 015 for 1887 compared with 5 501 697 in 1886.

New York R. G. Dun & Co United States Canada

Pensions Granted to New England Residents

The Roll of Honor from Washington lists pensions granted or updated for residents across New England. Names span Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island with designations original restoration and reissue and increases for several individuals including Isaiah Fowler Togus Henry Foster Bradley William Simon ton Absalom Miller Wil liam Doherty George K Damon Everett Whitehouse Delinda W York John Van ta go Charles Gee Ellen M Burgess Levi Ladd Israel Peckham Orrin Butler Theodore Cornish John Sullivan John Daley Horace Perkins among others.

Wasamneton New England Maine Isaiah Fowler Togus Henry J. Foster Bradley William P. Simonton Camden Absalom Miller Weston William Doherty George K. Damon Sebec Everett N. Whitehouse China George P. Sherwood Portland New Hampshire Delinda W William M. Elliott Wolfboro Lyman R. York Milan Vermont Henry J. Burnham Putney David M. Lucas Marshfield Adin K. Marshall Poultney Increase John J. Vanta Springfield Charles Gee West Concord Massachusetts Ellen M Michael J. Fitzgerald Boston Louisa Henry H. Hutchins Greenfield Ann M Caleb J. Emery Newton Edwin M. Burgess Somerville Levi W. Ladd Lawrence John Hazeltine Quincy Israel H. Peckham Acushnet Andrew Wilson Charlestown Silas Penniman Worcester Orrin Butler West Springfield Theodore Cornish John Sullivan Hayden Row John Cowper John Daley Shrewsbury Rhode Island Horace C Perkins Mossup Valley

Railroad deal rumors tie San Antonio & Aransas Pass to Santa Fe

A San Antonio report claims the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railway has been sold to the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe. Bond sales totaling 1,500,000 dollars were reported in New York and Boston at ninety to ninety two. The Galveston dispatch says the extension toward Galveston may be held in a branch until Santa Fe gains control to connect the lines.

Galveston Tex San Antonio San Antonio & Aransas Pass Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company Lott New York Boston Santa Fe

Trade firm representatives listed across multiple cities

A compilation of names and firms from Albany Cincinnati Chicago Fort Smith Lafayette Louisville New York St Louis Savannah San Antonio and Toledo. It lists Feary Greensfelder Phelps Murphy Caye Magovern Neely Adler Frank Collar Hallf Oppenheimer and Taylor along with their associated companies and offices.

Albany H Feary Feary & Son Cincinnati

Iolanthe Succeeds Pirates at Oakland Garden Saturday

A change of programme at Oakland Garden on Saturday afternoon features Iolanthe succeeding The Pirates of Penzance. Signor Brocolini and Miss Jeannette Edmondson reprise Strephen and Phyllis with a strong chorus and an excellent cast anticipated.

Oakland Garden Iolanthe Signor Brocolini Jeannette Edmondson Strephen Phyllis

Boston and Main E trains and stations schedule

Rail lines list through trains on Boston and Maine and affiliated lines. Provides departure times from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations for Augusta, St John, Halifax, Eastport, Lewiston, Manchester Concord, North Conway, Portland and other Maine routes with multiple daily departures and special steamer connections from Portland on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.

Augusta—Haymion Searket Sq Gauseway St Brier St. John Halifax Province Haymarket Sq Causeway St Eastport Ane Clais St. Dohy N. B Portland Haymarket Spim Lewiston Haymarket St Manchester Concord N. M Lethe North North Conway Portland—Haymarket Sq Mainecotter Grand Trunk Knox & Lin Haymarket Gq Weway St

Train Schedules from Boston to Nearby Towns in Dense List

An extensive timetable lists departures from Boston stations to numerous towns including Andover Dover Exeter Great Falls Maverhint Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Melrose Malden and more. Times range from early morning to late evening with intervals across hours and various connections noted.

Boston Haymarket al Square Aton Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Damvers Exeter Great Falls Maverhint Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Jlow Malden Melrose Brighlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Heading Salem Lakefield Wilmington

Boston and Maine Train Schedules Across New England

Train timetables list departures from Boston stations to cities including Amesbury Beverly Gloucester and various seaside towns with multiple daily services. The dense schedule names many stops such as Revere Salem Lynn Newburyport Plymouth Fall River and Newport, along with through connections and special Sunday and holiday runs.

Train schedule notes Oak Island and Point of Pines routes

timetable fragment notes departures from Oak Island and Point of Pines with multiple daily times and sun schedules. mentions via Saugus ranch and South Reading Branch in Boston with a note that B does not stop at Oak Island. city ticket office 806 Washington street. Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders cited as officials.

New York Middletown Newt En Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia New Haven Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Oak Island Point OF Pines Sun of Pines Saugus Ranch South Reading Branch Haymarket Square City Portland Bangor James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Concord Rail Schedule from Boston to Manchester and Concord

The Concord line lists departure times from Boston to Manchester Concord and upper railroads starting July 3 1887 with multiple daily trains and special Sunday runs. Returning from Concord to Boston trains depart at listed morning and afternoon times including Sundays with extra runs. Superintendent H EB Chamberlin signs as notice.

Ster Norwood Central Woonsocks Boston & Daily Yarrau Passum Boston Concord RE. BR B. and Manchester Concord N. H N.H H. EB Chamberlin Supi

Local addresses listed for Sirkevderick C. Nash and H. H. Mather

The fragment notes two individuals with addresses at 19 Congress street and 20 Devonshire street, indicating a preliminary listing or notice involving Sirkevderick C. Nash and H. H. Mather.

Sirkevderick C. Nash Congress Street H. H. Mather Devonshire Street

Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Timetable Listings

Local and through trains from Boston to Troy Albany Chicago and beyond with many departures and sleeping car services. Timetable shows routes via Fitchburg and Marlboro junctions, seasonal and daily services, and through ticket sales at Hoosac Tunnel Route office 250 Washington street Boston. John Adams J Whitmore general superintendent.

Central Cheshire R.R Bellows Falls White River Junction Vermont Montreal Points West Ches Iire Monsarek Rutland White River Framingham and Marlboro Heeturn Marlboro Fayville Snorthboro Northboro Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Berlin West Berlin Bolton Pratt's Junction Boston Newton Lower Falls Brookline Washington Street Hanson Nowtreal & West Pullman Lowell Chicago Wagner Palace Noket R. R J. W. Hobart W. Cummings St. Albana Nand Eave Boston Causeway Street Dams Troy Albany West Accom Aim St. Louis Cincinnati Motion Ren H and Maynard Marine Nwaren SX. Oe Junction North Leominster Ayer Junction Saratoga Troyand West Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Winchendon Keene Burlington Ottawa Tex Ottaw P. Q St. Albans Worcester Hoosac Tunnel John Adams J. Whitmore J. R. Watson Pass

Probate notices announce name changes and estate administrations

The Boston probate notices report Mary Elisabeth Gorman changing her name to Mary Elisabeth Fleming and require public notice via the Boston Post. They name executors and administrators for the estates of Benjamin T. Crockett, John Riley, Lucy H. Bole, and others, with duties to present claims and make payments.

Massachussetts Suffolk Boston Mary Elisabeth Gorman Mary Elisabeth Fleming Caeenary Elisabeth Fleming Boston Post John W. McKim Benjamin T. Crocket Arthur Jaspoet. Crockett, Adm John Riley O. Garrett J. Barry Toulce Lucy H. Bole Chelsea Ernest C.kiel Commonwealth Saie Ag Gtmonwealth Elvin W. Harding State Street Arthur G. Boles Ernesyt C. Kiel

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