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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1886

Page

3

Boston Money Market and Stock Actions Mixed in Quiet Week

July 12 Boston reports firm money rates with a broad range from 4 to 6 percent and unchanged manufacturing paper at 34 to 4 percent. Clearing house balances show loans at 54 6 percent, with New York funds weak to par. Bond and stock trading remains dull though Bell Telephone and New England show activity. Water Power seeks preferred stock to retire debt amid a broad market backdrop.

Boston New York N’s. Capital Bell Telephone New York & New England New England Erie Telephone Water Power Atchison Chicago Burlington & Quincey Eastern Little Rock & Fort Smith Mexican Central Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Oregon Transcontinental Union Pacific Rutland Henry Clews &Co London Europe Trust Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Burlington & Missouri Potter Cable Rock Island Northwestern Fort Keough Mont Idaho Central Railroad Company Kansas City Fort Scott & Gulf Springfield Memphis Flint & Pere Marquette California Southern California Southern Road West Michigan Detroit, Lansing & Northern Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Chicago, Burlington & Northern Atlantic & Pacific Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Sonora Oregon Navigation Boston & Lowell Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Ogdensburg Consolidated Consolidated Vermont Erie Lamson Store Boston Water Power Messrs A. B. Gove Henry B. Wells William B. Brown Michael Murtha Ivan Panim Water Power Office W. B. Brown Friends of Water Power Back Bay Park Back Bay Park E Ory Calumet & Hecla Franklin Gsceola Quincy Tamarack Galveston Key West San Marcos S. Comal Texas New Mexico Arizona California Fernandina & Jacksonville Fla. S Garondelet S.S.C San Antonio Seth Sprague G. ER. A Old State House C. H. Mallory & CO Orleans TRE Chomaelie S. S. Lan Knickerbocker F. Kemble Saurday Louisiana E. V. Gager Mier 9 North River New Orleans Atizcha Mingiasippi Red Rivers San Francisco Samuel B. Seaman Washington Street

Market Summary from New York Finance Desk

New York reports a quiet trading day with Money on Call easing around 2% and prime mercantile paper at 4.5. Bond activity remained dull as railroad securities weakened, led by Western Union. Stocks opened lower with Lackawanna slumping about 15%, and late-afternoon activity remained subdued with total daily volume near 1.03 million shares.

New York Eazy Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Ategic Western Union Detroit Mackinac & Marquette Erie Michigan Central Ohio & Mississippi Texas & Pacific St. Paul Chattanoogs Vexes & Pacific Bios Richmend & Alleghany Trust Canada Southern Ccoerveses Central Pacific del. L. & West Delaware & Budsop Denver & Rio Grande Kansas & Texas Louisville & Nashville Ene & Western Manhattan Norton Wec New Jersey Central Peoria, Dee & Evansville St Paul & Omana Texas Pacific Cceceee Bo Union Pacific Sccesccosss Wabash Pacific Northern Pacific Oregon

Meeting Notice of New England Freight Agents Association

The regular semi annual meeting of the Association of General Freight Agents of New England is to be held at the rooms of the Pathfinder Railway Guide in this city on Thursday next. Jerr Philbroch of Portland Maine has been

Mexican Central Mexican Central Railway Company United States San Luis Guadalajara Central Huntington Villa Lorde International United States Car Coupler United States Car Coupler Company Falmouth Portland H. B. Chamberlain Concord N. H J. M. Foss St. Albans Edward A. Mosley Newburyport Mass D. Leavitt Eastport Warren E. Locke Norwood J. M. Johnson Boston J. W. Currier J.a.smith Lancaster N. N A. R. Tinkhham Asa C. Russell Lowell R. ©. Nichol George W. Young W. F. Young Fitchburg Mass New England Association of General Freight Agents of Pathfinder Railway Guide Jerr Philbroch

Allouez strike boosts Lake Superior copper output in 1885 notes

Mining earnings show June dividends across several firms with total near 4.45 million. The Lake Superior mines report first half year outputs for Calumet & Hecla Quilcy Tamarack and adjacent producers, while Allouez strike hints at major future gains potentially reaching four million pounds this year, rivaling Tamarack.

Mining & Otes Carent New York Ieneewe Esse Esseresse Muscenalcuue Esses Cee Eseearenes Sig,sud 1.654 647 Total, Icccees LeeRe Kak Ban Lake Superior Perce Oiig Calumet & Hecla Franklin Conessess ODEC Comparizon Ne Engineering and Mining Journal Luke Unuer Calumet

Land Transfers in Suffolk County and Charlestown

A long list of property transfers across Suffolk County including Albion street in Albion, West Chester park, Newton street, Harrison avenue, Shawmut avenue, and Cambridge areas. Transactions include land and buildings on various street frontages with prices ranging from $1 to $10,000 and dates noted from June to July 1900. Notable entries cover Cambridge Cooper Bartlett place Endicott Hanover streets and Revere Walnut avenue James street Wave avenue Tyso park and Dorchester avenues with multiple buyers and lenders named.

Suffolk County Albion Street Franz H. Kemp Joseph W. Hanson Benny Anthony Newton Street Fisrison Avenue Patrick J. Riordan David W. Cheever Harrison Avenue Shawmut Avenue George W. Chipman Jeseph Fieleman Windsor Street Cambridge George William Bartlett Elias B. Seymour Cooper Bartlett Place Endicott Hanover Streets Charlestown Alfred P. Gage Joseph B. Park Albion Place South Boston James V. Divine Charles D. Noyes Sixth and Cooperative Workingmen’s Bank Charles M. Jenkins Et Ax Olive W. Southerd Fifth G Streets Joseph George Charlies S. Judkins Sixth Street Thomas Gogin Central Savings Bank of Lowell Vinton Street Jane Doherty Sauti Boston Savings Bark Fourth Street Frederick A. Sayward George I. Sayward Broadway Revere Dustin Lancey Arthur D. McLellan Walnut Avenue James Street Wave Avenue Pitto Nahum Mitchell Spruce Street William O. Grover Randall H. Crowell Roxbury James F. Quinn Cyrus Brewer Mechanics’ Street Daniel M. Hammond William Thomas Sullivan West Cottage Street Charles C. Bartonet Ax Miles Sweensay Bromley Park Edward, B. Walker William P. Fowler Tyso Park Benjamin B. Lawrence Harriette Walker Tyso Winnifred Fay Winnifred A. Moran Whitney Street Dorchester John D’arcy Elizabeth Noskell Richfield Street Warren Minor Catherine Sullivan Home Savinga Bank Mosely Street Betsey G. Pope Mary L. Salmon Dorchester Avenue Edmund J. Baker Isabella L. Hallett Mather Street

Discharges of Mortgages In Local Property Transactions

Multiple mortgage discharges recorded with Abington and Bristol County institutions. Names include Joshua C Vance Harriet Franck Jonathan Mann Everett Clark Horace Ware Suffolk Savings Bank Liaac Jackson Ivory Bean Freeman Hinckley Otis Merriam Helen Grace and others. Dates span 1876 to 1883 with discharge amounts listed for each.

Joshua C. Vance Harriet Franck John C. Franck Jonathan Mann Everett C. Clark Josephine MiIntosh Horace E. Ware Et al John M. B. Churchill Senee Jackson Joan M. B. Churchill Horace E. Ware Liaac Jackson Ebenezer Bb. Hoar Suffolk Savings Bank Ivory Bean Georgianna Kingsbury Otis W. Merriam Freeman Hinckley Harriet Abington Savings Bank William R. Clark George H. Wells

Tenyearold Nellie Barry Sent to Cambridge Almshouse

In Cambridge District Court Judge Orcutt ordered Nellie Barry and her four brothers placed with the overseers of the poor and sent to the almshouse. Nellie, age 10, saved her siblings from a North Cambridge fire near Belmont, Monday night a week earlier. They had been cared for by Aunt Mrs Bresnahan, who could not sustain the burden, leading H L Haskell of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to file the neglect case. the father allegedly shirks support despite earning enough.

Cambridge Orcutt Nellie Barry Nellie Belmont Line Thomas Breenahan Bresnahan H. L. Haskell Society For the Prevention of Cruelty

Market summary notes small steady changes across goods

The report records quiet conditions with hay unchanged and poultry and game steady. Tallow remains dull while refined sugar stays at 65 to 166 for granulated and molasses quiet at current quotations.

Grain and Market Reports Mixed Tone With Higher Wheat Prices

Wheat market steady lifting flour tone while demand remains light. Corn firmer yet trading moderate. Quotations for oats and other grains broadly unchanged. several price levels and settling figures listed. Visible grain supplies and stock figures from Chicago and New York cited. cotton and sugar markets described as quiet to firm with various regional price references.

New York Chicago Corp Waeigi Uns Cvvesee Minneapolis Minnesota New York Roller Michigan Ohio Indiana Southern Illinois St. Louis Stricuy Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New New York Wees GUS i Vccsnas Cece JaMalyese Dales Mid Uplands Commercial and Financial Chronicle Great Britain Ewer Ae Clark & Ward Messrs Britain Clerk & Ward Devonshire Street Hamburg Bremen Maine Rotterdam Antwerp Ream Bloom Havre Kent Morelles Barcelona Genoa Trieste Eae Onder NODC Seer de Bossa Seton Egypt Braz U. S U. S. Interior U.S Baek Ean Amer Ican Liverpool Ausube Reeenee United States Ea Wrilcoeeia Csesecseee Ieee Ines Eakcon OO Vasa Ee Oaligsta Ae London Ecceree India Europe Bresil East India Ugar Manila Belmont Porto Rico Cuba Centennial Beacon Light

Eastern and Western dairy markets mixed with varied bids

Butter prices range from 183 to 195 cents per pound with creamery demand steady in the West. Cheese firm with light activity and strong export demand. western cheddars at 7 to 7 1/4 cents. Eggs firm around 11 to 14 cents, New York butter unchanged and cheese strong. Oranges auction yields 50,575 for 120 boxes per steamer. hay quiet with large supply. Prices for potatoes, berries, seeds, hay, and other farm goods listed across several markets.

Capron N. Y Oguensburg N.Y Liverpool Norfolk Long Islands Rhode Islands Bristol Savannah Boat Long Island New York Delaware Jersey Maryland Astern Co Fresh Vermont Dairy Choice Northern East Extra New Hampshire Vermont Western Choice Nova Scotia Northern Island Bush West Timothy North Red Top

Cruelty to Children Cases Rise in State

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children notes growing abuse and neglect. In the last three months 1345 children were brought before the society, four fifths linked to parental intemperance. Seventy-one cases reached the courts, including non-support and guardianship actions, while many children were placed in better homes without arrest or legal action.

Society For the Prevention of Cruelty

Pearson Arrested For Theft At Hancock Street Case

Charles O Pearson was arrested yesterday by Division 360 officers for stealing $20 from Mrs. William Martin at 23 Hancock street. He claimed to be an employee of John P Squires factory and lived at 28 Hancock street. He also bought a tub of butter on false pretences at Forrester's Grocery on Chambers street.

Charles O. Pearson Division 360 William Martin Hancock Street Pearson John P. Squire Forrester Chambers Street

Dr Pierce Promise in Golden Medical Discovery Revenue

The ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for a wide range of ailments from colds and coughs to consumption bronchitis and liver and blood disorders. It emphasizes healing benefits and invites druggists to stock the product.

Gilead Pierce

Chicago Grain Market Open Rises Then Weakens On Receipts

C 8 Lee reports weather in the Northwest not yet damaging wheat though drought fears persist. Opening prices rise about a cent, with outside orders and a rush to buy pushing to 81 1/2. Southwest reports slow movement, large receipts expected. St Louis and Indianapolis show heavy daily totals. Visible supply increases 348 000 bushels, market slides after the report though early gains remain. Calls hover around 82 1/2, puts near 60. curb trades show weakness at 83 1/4.

Emery & Hodges State Street Ream Robert Warren Chicago New York Oesing Ave S&t Lee Brewer & Wilkins Congress Street Northwest Southwest St. Louis Indianapolis

London business roundup notes varied grain and wool markets

Beerbohm reports steady to firm grain prices across London and Liverpool with wheat and corn showing resilience, California and New Zealand wool sales active. Provisions prices stay steady, sugar market in Havana shows firm demand, and US rail shares edge higher on July 12.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Gulf Mark Lane California English Peris Liverpool New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Havana

Fragmented Trade Totals Across Ports and Goods

A garbled listing shows trade figures for England Barbados Nova Scotia and several ports including Port Morant Montevideo Rosario and Turks Island. Items include dry goods wool cotton carpets paper stock machinery household goods hides leather glass tea chemicals mineral water and sugar with scattered totals and regional references.

England Barbadoes Nova Scotia Cacess Leeistonc Harthenware Belgium Glass Mets Eae Chemicals KeUein Enna Mineral Water Port Morant RIO Grandy DE Sul Ouve Oley Cinacevacle Montevideo COMCE Ccascccaace Rosario Bae ST. Pierre

Grain and commodity markets across major U.S. cities July 12

Reports from New York Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Toledo St Louis Detroit and Little Falls show mixed trading. Wheat and corn firm or higher, oats and rye varied. flour steady, pork and lard values mostly firm. receipts and exports fluctuate, with city mill and refinery prices listed for several graded grains and refined products.

New York Minnesota Chicago Rio Duil Uniteda Western Steam Tca City Steam Liverpool Silesian Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo St. Louis Detroit Michigan Little Falls

Cotton Markets and Cattle Prices Report

Cotton market reports across port cities show varied receipts exports stocks and prices with New Orleans and Savannah holding firm or steady mid 9 to 9 1 4 cents while Philadelphia and Baltimore print mixed figures. Chicago cattle hogs and sheep prices rise for fat beef and steady hogs with notable shipments and stock levels at major markets.

Augusta Mid Sige Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Continent Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain France Cincinnati St. Louis Shipae United States

Beaton and Albany Railroad Goods Shipment Totals

Detailed list shows quantities of wool, cornmeal, corn, oats, wheat, malt, millfeed, butter, oleomargarine, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, leather, hides, wool, cotton, flour, lard, bacon, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, butter, beef, and various other commodities across multiple railroads including Grand Junction Rail, Boston and Providence, Glad Golopy Mallroad, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Mame Rajbroat Eastern Division, Boston and Lowell, and related divisions and conveyances, with hundreds of bales, bushels, boxes, and carloads listed.

Beaton & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railxeau Boston & Providence Railroad New York New E England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Mame Rajbroat Cares Egge Oston & Mame Kartoza Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Seae ST Joan Steamer Haskins & Montague Barclay & Co Clementsport Delong & Seaman Ponce Edward Kidder, Peabody &Co Griffin & Co Russell & Co Halifax Seavey & Co F & Clements & Co Hsgrifin & Co Tutts Wyman Ordes Savannah Macon Arnold & Tucker Bigelow, & Co Bates Blake & Co Melons Jr.Chamberlain & Co Chapin Bros Lewis C & Morrison & Co JD Mead & Co George McQuesten & Co Atch. & Roberts Potter & Co H Peters & Co Rogers & Co—S Snow & Co Sands & Co Oli Sampson & Co Simmons & Co Tuttle & Co 03 & Sons Whitham—S York & Co Muse Glascow SCCOT

Value of Exports from the Port of Boston and Charlestown

A dated port export report lists values for various goods exported from Boston and Charlestown through July 9 1886. It enumerates commodities such as petroleum resin bones and hoofs paper glassware and textiles with totals and country breakdowns for shipments to Scotland Newfoundland Labrador British West Indies Azores Madeira and other destinations. The document shows overall export value and country by country distribution along with detailed commodity categories and quantities.

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