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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1883

Page

3

Stocks Rise As Rail Shares Lead Market Turf

The market shows firmness with gains across several issues. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe advances after declaring a 14 percent quarterly dividend payable Aug 15 to record holders July 14. Chicago Burlington and Quincy climbs amid May and year-to-date earnings reports, while Union Pacific remains steady. Other notes include notes on Toledo Cincinnati and St. Louis earnings, flood-related repairs, and anticipated through-service on new lines.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company Union Pacific Boston Chicago Burlington and Quincey Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Seney Nickel Plate Phillips Cincinnati and St. Louis Chicago and Alton Wisconsin Central Common Mse Obe Albany Maine Old Colony New York New England Atlantic and Pacific Southern Pacific Pacific Coast Colorado River Colorado Mountains Mexican Central Burlington and Quincy Sonora American Bell Telephone Pullman Palace Car Company Calumet and Hecla Franklin Osceola Silver Islet Phenix Mining Company United States St. Paul Northern Pacific Railroad Company Sauk Rapids Minneapolis Mississippi River Anoka Brainerd Central Trust Company of New York Loz

Dividends Declared by Railroads and Atchison Company

The St Louis and San Francisco directors declare a semi annual dividend of 6s per cent on first preferred stock. The Long Island railroad directors declare a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent payable Aug 1. The Atchison company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent payable Aug 15 for stock of July 14.

St. Louis San Francisco Long Island Atchison Company

Boston Stock Exchange Prices and Sales Summary

Prices and closing sales listed for bonds railroads mining and miscellaneous stocks on July 6 at Boston brokers. Notable entries include Mex Cen seven percent bonds, Sonora seven, and various railroad and utility listings with mixed fractional yields. Richardson Hill & Co. report private wire access and daily stock-maker questions available at No. 40 Water Street.

Lo’st To & Sai Aly Bs Bos & Maine BRB& L Rts Te Ae Ch Bué& Q Esci Bell Tel Bos & Nor Tel Union Calum &Hecla Franklins Sullivan Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street Fom Blackstone National Bank Cambridge Horse Railroad Company Sagoora and Montreal Revere Breas Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co Concord National Rubber Co Bristol Rhode Island Hill Manufacturing Co Nando de Boston Coetesny Detroit Lansing Northern

New York markets steady amid firm undercurrent

New York July 6 money easier on call at 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 percent. Prime commercial paper 4 to 6 percent. Bar silver 110. Subsidiary coin at discount. Foreign exchange quiet. Rail and state bonds mixed while the stock exchange shows broad strength with many shares higher and notable gains in Texas land and several key rail names. Trading volume 211,200 shares. declines and realizations trimmed prices at times but the overall tone remained firm.

New York Texas Canada Southern Firsts Chesapeake and Ohio Kansas Pacific Wabash West Shore Buffalo Union Pacific Chicago St. Louis Richmond Danville The Stock Exchange Northwest St. Paul Denver Louisville Nashville Lake Shore Jersey Central Western Union Durin Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Chesapeake and Ohio First Oregon ‘Transportation Oregon Improvement West Point Long Island Pittsburg New York Central Robinson Consolidated Consolidated Virginia PTO Missouri Pacific Mis& C Northwestern New Jersey Northern Pacific Ohio &Miss Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Phila Reading Milwaukee &St.p Oregon

Grain and market rounds from July to September trade notes

Call board notes include oats and corn bids by grade and seller for July August and September, with steamer export and local lots, plus receipts of corn oats rye and flour. Liverpool cheese and butter quotas from New York mercantile exchange show dairy prices and egg quotes across states and Canada.

Golge Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Canada Anada

Grain and flour market report shows dull trade and steady prices

Wheat and flour quotations little changed with soft demand from buyers and steady to firm prices for various flour classes. Corn meal and oats quiet to firmer, butter and eggs mixed, beef and pork markets softening, tropical fruits steady, and cotton futures indicating cautious activity amid ample supply and steady New York markets.

Wool and market prices steady with cautious stocking

Business and prices show little change in the week with sales around 1.75 million tons of foreign and domestic wool. Producers and dealers hesitate to stock up at current prices, fearing further declines. Ohio and Pennsylvania quotations around 31 to 37c for various grades, Michigan 30 to 32c, San Francisco stocks about 12 million pounds, and overall supply remains ample as prices drift within wide ranges.

Canada New Yorks Bermuda Floridas de Georgia Norfolk Do Georgia South Palermo Messina Valencia Saracoas Boston Seat Manila Lloiles Belmont Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan San Francisco California Oregon Kentucky Texas

Maritime Cargo Listings From Ports and Ships

Imports at Boston Yarmouth N 8s include steamer Dominion 8 cases halibut 1 case salmon 84 crates lobsters 1 pkg sounds J G Hall Co 1 box halibut F J Barn 2 cases eggs J G Hall Co Brunswick Ga schooner H R Sturgis 471000 feet lumber J P Ellicotte Co Galveston schooner G Loud 7478 bags oil cake Leyland Steamship line Cienfuegos bark Wm McLaren 713 hhds 70 tierces sugar order Guantanamo schooner Rebecca A Carter 480 hhds 48 tierces sugar 650 cigars Master Port Williams NL schooner Cygnet 4307 bus potatoes order Liverpool N 8s schooner Rival 352 cases pulp Train Smith Co i organ Geof Middleton 1 case effects Irving G Hall 4 bbls bones 10 empty oil blls Wm Harnish 1 box eggs Delong Seaman

Yarmouth Dominion G Hall & Co Brunswick R Sturgis P Ellicotte & Co Galveston Loud Leyland Steamship Line Cienfuegos Guantanamo Rebecca A Carter Port Williams Liverpool Smith & Co—I Geof Middleton Irving G Hall Harnish Delong & Seaman

Foreign Exports, PASANDU and Nearby Ports

Listing of exports including 3,150 boils box shooks and 24 boxes chairs from PASANDU, 70 bales duck, 439,254 feet pine lumber, and 27,170 feet lumber. WAEKMOUTH NS reports Dominion steamer with twine and spokes, PUBNICO NS notes schooner Henrietta with 125 bbls meal and 125 bbls four.

Pasandu Addie Morrell Waekmouth Dominion Pubnico Henrietta

Total Receipts of Staple Products July 6 at Port

The table shows today’s total receipts of principal staples at this port from all points of shipment including in transit, compared with the same day last year. It lists commodities and quantities, highlighting changes year over year.

Ponte

Cotton Markets marked by dull tone across several ports

Baltimore reports middling 9 15-16c as markets stay firm yet quiet. Louisville and Augusta show dull activity with middling ranges, while Charleston and New York note unchanged to weak tones. Comparative week data and port stocks are cited for broader U S markets.

Baltimore Louisville Teceipts Augusta

London Market Briefs on Consols and Commodities

Financial notes from London dated July 6 show Consols at 1001-16 with various rail and canal stocks quoted. Reports cover wheat and corn cargo movements, English and Irish market shifts, Liverpool prices, and mixed American corn. Cotton demand steady with large weekly exports and stock levels detailed. Havana market reports Spanish gold and firm exchange as sugar remains quiet.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool England Uplands Orleans Manchester Guardian Havana Sugar Quiet

Embezzler Timothy Smith Arrested in Jamaica Plain

Timothy Smith aged 53 residing in Jamaica Plain was arrested Friday forenoon by Inspectors Houghton and Watts charged with embezzling 17300 from his employers Charlies W. Mosely and Richard Price stock brokers at No 40 State street. Smith, cashier of the office for three years and formerly with Hawley Folsom and Martin Arch street, confessed the theft saying he lost the money speculating in stocks and bucket shops. He was held in 25000 bond for municipal court.

Timothy Smith Jamaica Plain Houghton and Watts Charlies W. Mosely Richard Price State Street Smith Hawley, Folsom & Martin Arch Street

Brown and Mudge Wed in Salem Civil Ceremony

At Salem on July 2 Rev E C Bolles officiated Henry C Brown of Boston marrying Anna R Mudge of Boston. Also at Montreal on July 8 the bishop of Huron united Amy Gordon daughter of Sir Alexander Galt with Robert Grant of Boston. A July 3 ceremony in Rockport joined George L Taylor to Alice Woodbury, both of Gloucester.

Brown—Mudge Salem E C Bolles Henry C Brown Anna R Mudge Boston Galt—Grant Montreal Huron Amy Gordon Alexander Galt Robert Grant Taylor Woodbury Rockport E. Davis George L Taylor Alice Woodbury Gloucester

Obituary notices from Boston area dated July 2–4

Brief notices list deaths and ages for numerous individuals across Massachusetts towns including Salem Charlestown Newton Highlands Danvers Boston Highland Boston and Dorchester. Names include John Conway Mary Hinckley Isaac Knowles Horatio Perkins Harrison Read Harold Tappan plus Caroline Johnson Ebenezer Parker and others with ages ranging from 4 months to 83 years. Funeral details note services at Rutland Square and various local locations with July dates.

Parker Boston Highlands Ebenezer Parker Perkins Boston Horatio N Perkins Sess Soss Willie Radliffe Mtkad Harrison O Read Tappan Dorchester Harold Haré Tapan

The Sun, Cyclones and Health in a Dr Hamilton Lecture

Dr Horace Hamilton argues the cyclone origin lies in solar sunspot activity and distant bodily derangements. He recounts his personal cure with Warner's Safe Cure, claiming kidney and liver health as keys to overall well being and to avert many diseases.

Horace &. Hamilton New York Society For the Promotion of Science Department of Life San Francisco New York White House Warner

Court Orders Trust Funds Used For Theological Students

Supreme Judicial Court deals with the Society for Promoting Theological Education and the Attorney General over John Davis Williams’s will. A codicil directs stores on Ann Street and Shoe and Leather Street to fund theology students in Cambridge, with remoteness issues and cy pres considerations. The court orders a decree for the plaintiff and settlement before a single justice.

Society For Promoting Theological Education The Attorney General John Davis Williams Ann Street Leather Street Cambridge George 8. Hale George Marston Field Matthew Lockhead Edward J. Jones Hunter Lockhead Henry W. Bragg Mr. Jones Bragg Jones Tuesay Parker Vs Lancaster Railroad Company Hollis Vs Old Colony Railroad Company Braintree

Municipal Court Docket Flags Arraignments and Fines

July 6 Judge Churchill arraigns Harry H. Dodge on larceny with $500 bail for trial next Friday. Tyler and Taylor arraigned for assault with intent to rob, severally held $1,200 for examination Tuesday. Julia Henry jailed six months in the house of industry. Joseph Lewis arraigned for assault and battery, held for trial with $500 bail Wednesday. Thomas Quinn fined $10 plus costs. Lawrence Briley fined $20 plus costs. Roxbury: Charles Nangle held $6,000 for further appearance on assault with intent to kill. Peter Mee vagrant six months in house of industry. George Saddler held $500 bail for superior court on assault. William Carney fined $10 and costs on assault appealed. Sarah Milmore held $500 for further appearance on larceny. Honora Loga fined $10 for assault. East Boston: Bartley Lyons arraigned for profanity, fraudulently obtaining board, drunkenness. fines total $16.45. Charlestown: John Quinlan sentenced to one year for assault and battery, appealed and held $500 bonds. John F Donovan for fence assault sentenced to one year, held $800 bonds. Thomas Burns assault and battery case continued to the 21st.

Churchill Harry H. Dodge Joseph Tyler Taylor Charles Taylor Connor Julia A. Henry House of Industry Joseph Lewis Aseault Thomas Quinn Lawrence Briley Roxbury Charles Nangle Peter Mee George F. Saddler William Carney Sarah Milmore Honora Loga Boston Bartley Lyons Charlestown John Quinlan John F. Donovan Thomas Burns

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