Boston stocks hold steady as dull market bides time
Trading remains light with small broker transactions. Bond and stock totals for the day reached 126,790 and 1,768 respectively, with the cash value at 153,808. Major moves included Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe opening lower then closing at 62, Union Pacific facing light dealings, and Oregon Railway directors reshuffling with Elijah Smith elected president. Mining stocks Sierra Nevada Bodie cited.
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Boston
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Atlantic and Pacific
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Union Pacific
Jackson
Denver and
Rio Grande
Lovejoy
Adams
Colorado
Utah
Union Pacific Railway Company
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Union Pacific Road
New England
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
New York
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Elijah Smith
Smith
Navigation Company
Oregon and Transcontinental Company
Oregon Improvement Company
Oregon Southern Improvement Company
Flint
Pere Marquette
Mexican Central
Kansas City
Springfield
Memphis
Pullman
Albany
Revere Beach
Lynn
Old Colony
Vermont
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Connecticut River
New York and
Eastern
Denver
Little Rock
Fort Smithshrip
Pueblo and
Arkansas Valley
Sonora
American Bell Telephone
Erie
Calumet
Heela
Catalpa
Franklin
Patent Interference Over Flagg Lamson Switch Debacle
The Flagg Cash Carrier company asserts Dennis patents cover the switch Lamson sought, with Giles failing to secure a valid rewrite. Interference proceedings, rebuttal and sur rebuttal set for September or October, no further appeal except to Congress. Lamson stock slide cited as market support for Flagg, while alternative devices exist. Office records in Equitable Building detail the disputes and supposed rights.
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Flagg Company
Dennis Company
Giles
Lamson Company
Dennis
Commissioner of Patents
Coram
Congress
Flagg Cash Carrier Company
Lamson
Flagg Card Carrier Company
Equitable
Investments reach near seventy million in southern industry growth
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record reports a semiannual progress statement showing about 69.22 million dollars invested in new and expanded southern industrial ventures in the first half, with Alabama leading at 15.84 million and Kentucky, Virginia, and Texas also contributing sizable sums. The total for the last six months was 13.744 million, reflecting summer dullness but continuing diversification into cotton and woollen mills, flour mills, iron works, machine shops, shipyards, paper, and more across many states.
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Baltimore
South
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
West Virginia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Mississippi
Wheat and Provisions Prices and Market Report from Liverpool and London
Commercial report from Liverpool shows winter wheat at 7s 5d to 7s 10a, spring wheat 7s 2d to 7s 4a, California average 7s 3d to 7s 6d, club 7s 8d 3s 20, corn 53 2d, peas 6s 6d. provisions list pork 71s 6d, bacon 40s 43s 6d, lard 378 6d, cheese 463 62, tallow 35s, with commentary that breadstuffs are quiet. London report notes Beerbohm’s merchants’ exchange briefing. floating wheat cargoes easier, wheat and corn cheaper to sell, Averpool wheat and corn easier, wheat on passage to Continent 420,000 quarters, corn 50,000. weather mild with local thunderstorms.
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Liverpool
California
Lara
London
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
Continent
England
Condition of Crops as Reported to the Department of Agriculture
The July report says June rains were excessive across cotton regions with low temperatures and excessive succulence, causing grassy fields and shedding forms. Some areas report overflows and delayed growth, while corn and wheat prospects vary. overall crop conditions remain strong though dampweather hurt certain regions.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
D. C
Wilmington
Charleston
Charlotte
Atlanta
Mississippi
Louisiana
Fantine to Open Boston Museum Comic Opera Season
The Boston Museum begins its comic opera season Monday evening with Fantine, the first new comic opera in the U S adapted from the French by B E Woolf and R M Field. The production features an enlarged orchestra, 40 voice grand chorus, original introductions retained with added music by Woolf, and a cast led by J B Mason John Howson W H Fitzgerald Ellis Ryse Harry Allen Fred P Ham and others with William Seymour as stage manager and George Purdy as musical director.
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Fantine
Messrs
B. E. Woolf
R. M. Field
Mr. Woolf
J. B. Mason
John Howson
W. H. Fitzgerald
Ellis Ryse
Harry Allen
Fred P. Ham
Albert Lang
Madeleine Lucette
Louise Paullin
Elma Delaro
Kate Ryan
May Russell
Evelyn Shaw
Hattie Reed
William Seymour
George Purdy
Shipping cargo snippets from Boston and Yarmouth
Incoming import items listed include coal and cigars in Boston with vessels William Jenkins and City of Washington. Yarmouth shows steamer Alpha carrying halibut lobsters eggs alewives and leather trimmings, plus various crates and second hand gas meters from J G Hall and ES Ellis & co.
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Boston
Cow Bay
William Jenkins
J G Hall & Co
ES Ellis & Co
Delong & Seaman
Unions Split as Chicago Triumphs in Tight Showdown
A close Chicago Union victory over Boston Union highlighted a day of brisk racing and large crowds at Mystic Park. Trotting races drew big fields. Artillery upset the 2:37 class, while Leah edged R F C in the 2:24 class after a late heat controversy. The Beverly Yacht Club Regatta and Mystic Park meeting attracted strong attendance amid favorable July weather.
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Boston
Beverly Yacht Club
Mystic Park
Minnie C
Hortense
Primus
Achsa
G. Wilson
M. Leah
A. J. Feek
M. Winnie Wick
W. H. Sargent
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J.D. Marsh
B. G
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G. H. Hicks
M. Centilla
J. Dustin Ns
Champion Jr
C. Dobiens
B. m. Troublesome
Sire Bros. Ns
Abdallah Boy
E. C. Walker
Br. G. Jewell
J. N. Woodward
B. G. Argonaut
J. Ramsey
B. G. RB
F.C
Cveedthy
Eeeedd
Emma B
John Maloney
Pearl
Juliet
Joel S. Belle
Miller Boy
Benriette Ella Loring
Suffolk
Charles &R. Cook
Fast & Sullivan
W. L. Bouve
Beverly
Marblehead
Bowditch
Judge
Curtis’s Point
Selman
Countess
Thialfi
Stephen Chase
Gordon Dexter
Chicago Unions Edge Boston In Low-Scoring Ballgame
The Chicago Unions narrowly defeated the Boston Unions 2 to 1 as Daily and Burke starred for Chicago. Burke pitched well amid few hits, while Daily silenced Boston except for an unearned run in the fourth. Key moments included Kreig’s wild throw, Hackett’s foul fly, and Gross’s eighth inning homer for Chicago.
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Chicago
Daily
Burke
Irwin
Krieg
Hackett
Schoeneck
Kreig
Scannell
McCarthy
Richardson
Chicagos
Gross
Crane
Luck
Householder
Slattery
Butler
Insolvency notices and postponements across multiple firms
Hearings in Middlesex insolvency court East Cambridge delayed to Sept 1. Boston dealers Yon & Clark raise 25 cents on the dollar. composition circulated. Michael Norton attached after sailing to Ireland. Benjamin Gifford adjusts affairs. Various companies in Maine New Brunswick and Massachusetts report liabilities and assets with sales, abatements and suspected suspensions.
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Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Charles ¥. Perry & Co
F. Shaw & Bros
F. A. Wyman
John Woolridge
Lynn
J.yon & Clark
Tremont Street
Boston
Michael Norton
Commercial Street
Ireland
Benjamin F. Gifford
Commercil Street
National Whalebone Company
Westfield
Mass
C. Miles & Co
New York
Milford
Alain
Bactouche
N. B
Omas J. McEwan
Newcastle
Blake ¢ Taylor
Calais
Milton Mining Company
Sullivan
George B. True
Grocer
Dexter
Mount Cube Fibre Company
Wentworth
N. H
Arven Blanchard
Sandwich
A. E. Smith
Canaan
Clark Perry
Providence
R. I
Henry 8. Parsons
F. J. Barnes
Edgar W. Hull
Hartford
Conn
Biram W. Mailis
Jacob Zasch & Son
Staffordville
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Company
Naugatuck
G. H. Atwood
Grain and Feed
Watertown
Mii
Margaret F. Cooley
Boots and Shoes
N. Y
Union City Chair Company
Union City
J. O. Bessent
Jacksonville
Fla
Clayton Bros
Fancy Goods
Seattle
Washington Territory
Sam H. Brachman
Tobacco and Cigars
Tucson
Suffolk County
Mary Farley
John Martin
Edward H. Bailey
George W. Chipman
Thomas S. Patterson
Alfred A
Kate Marens
Election of Officers at National Association Meeting
The National Association of Commercial Travellers elected officers for the year, naming President Thomas A. Young of New York City and officers including first vice president {. K. Trask of St Louis and second vice president J A Ball of Boston. An executive and various committees were formed with members from New England New York and other regions. A brief address praised improving conditions for commercial travellers before adjourning to July 1385 in New York.
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Rochester
Pittsburg
West Shore
Russell
ABC Pathfinder
New England
Huds River
Chicago
St. Paul and
Norther Pacific
Sauk Rapids
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Brainerd
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
National Association of Commercial Travellers
Thomas A. Young
New York City
K. Trask
St. Louis
J. A. Ball
Boston
Mass
J. Will Page
Syracuse
N. Y
New England Association
Charles Richardson
Cleveland Association
W.C. Lawrence
Western Association
John d.Gilmore
Indiana
George C. Webster, Jr
Utica Association
Henry D. Pixley
New York Association
James H. Eaton
Mlssouri Association
Sherman
California
Henry van Heusen
Walter C. Lewis
Erry G. Marshall
Thos. J. Chening
Jordan, Marsh & Co
New York
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Charles H. Burroughs
Joan W. McKim, Squire
Catherine T. Brannon
Penman
Michael E. Welsh
Catherine McCarthy
Michael &. Welsh
Suffolk. On Monday, the 28Th Day of July, A. D
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Court of Insuivivency
Lawrence Litchfield
James A. Chocker
Copartners
Litchtfield & Crocker
County of
E.C. Bryant
State Street
John Burley
Supreme Judicial Court
Holden
Lina Leingruber
Nikolaus Leingruber
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Canton Argau
Switzerland
Nikolaus Leningruber
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G. B. Chase
Thialtt
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