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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1889

Page

7

Fisheries Market Quarters Show Mixed Cod and Mackerel Prices

Market reports indicate light codfish receipts for the season with high prices for large Georges cod and various other species. Arrivals include 1,712,000 lbs cod and 215,000 lbs halibut, as the old time mackerel fishing method returns with the Eastern Queen sailing Saturday under Captain John Collins and a crew of fourteen.

Grand Bank Nova Scotia Labrador Bay of Islands Newfoundland California Halifax Haddock Bank Edgar Allen John Collins

Wool sales brisk as Cape shorn wools rise in London market

London reports brisk demand at the wool sale with Cape of Good Hope and Natal wools in demand. Buyers from France and Germany secured a fair share as 13,189 bales offered and 27,000 bales remain. Detailed prices listed for Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Swan River, New Zealand, Tasmania, Cape of Good Hope and Natal, Punta Arenas with scoured greases and locks and pieces priced in shillings and pence.

London Cape of Good Hope Natal France Germany Victoria New South Wales South Australia Swan River New Zealand Tasmania Punta Arenas

Flour and grain prices and receipts across markets

The report lists Wagen flour and grain prices for carload lots excluding rye, with receipts and inspections across New York Chicago St Louis and Lake markets. It notes a quiet but firm market, strong miller prices, and varied bids for No 2 red No 1 white No 2 white oats and related commodities.

Market prices and receipts for grains and hops

Moderate demand with sack spring at 15 50 per ton and sack winter at 16 75 per ton. Michigan bran bulk 15 75, mid dling 15 60 to 19 75 per ton. Cottonseed meal steady at 25 25 25 spot and 24 24 25 to arrive. Malt receipts today none. Six row Canada 90 95c, six row State 89 90c, two row State 75 80c. Hops receipts none. market dull. New York values quoted for 1888 1887. Old lots nominal in babe.

Michigan Canada Superior Canada New York City Mills City Mill Minnesota Chicago S St Louis Milwaukee St Louis Peoria Port Huron Burlington State Graham Yeork Babe Tennessee Bahamas Floridas Georgia California Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons WW & CR Marmion Boston Fruit Company

Receipts of Produce Today Across Items and Markets

Today’s receipts include butter 7017 pkgs oleo 84 pkgs cheese 1857 boxes eggs 13 bbls 1257 cases beans none potatoes 35 cars hay 42 cars straw 5 cars. Prices hold with butter in buyers favor in New York and Chicago reports show lower butter, steady eggs, firm cheese, and firm beans with high prices cited for Bristol and Long Island markets. Poultry and hay straw markets mirror last quoted levels with Western fowls priced higher and all choice poultry at full prices.

New York Chicago Liverpool Bristol Long Islands Jerseys Norfolk Zee Western Steam Terces City Continent South America St Louis Cincinnati

Market Report on Wide Variety of Truck Farm Produce

A bustling market shows strong demand for truck produce with diverse offers. Items include onions in multiple varieties priced per bunch or crate, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnips, spinach, cucumbers, wax beans, green corn, tomatoes, cabbage, and peas with distinct regional notes and unit prices. Some prices vary by crate, bush, box, or dozen across locations such as Norfolk Providence Chicago and Florida related listings.

Bermuda Long Island Pamriey Florida Norfolk Providence Chicago

Market Report United States Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices

Receipts and prices across Cincinnati and Chicago markets show weakness in hogs with heavies at 4.10 to 4.27, mediums and lights 4.17 to 4.24, and pigs 4.25 to 4.72. Cattle steady to firm, beeves 3.30 to 4.25, stockers 2.26 to 4.64, cows bulls mixed 1.75 to 3.10. Sheep steady at 3.90 to 4.00. lambs 4.50 to 6.00. Chicago hogs 18,000 receipts, 7,000 shipments, slow with 5c decline. Lambs lower.

Cincinnati Chicago Texas

New York Cotton Market Steady with Mixed Futures

Cotton sales total 879 bales in New York with uplands ordinary at 8 3/4 cents and middling around 9 1/8. Futures opened quiet and firm, closed dull yet steady, with opening and closing quotes for July August September and other months and a total of 22,000 bales sold. Global markets show Liverpool and other ports steady with varied middling prices and receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile and more.

New York Cever Stecsess Liverpool Augusta Galventon New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Ialuymore Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Continent United States

Fruit Auction Notice by H Harris & Co

H Harris & Co to auction this Saturday over 316 boxes Bartlett pears 50 boxes Crawford peaches and 23 boxes Tragedy prunes. The sale aims to clear stock with no reserve details given and will be held at the usual auction rooms.

H Harris & Co Bartlett Crawford George White Norfolk Fred M. Beals Stoughton Dedham Samuel H. Capen Middlesex Horace P. Cobb Henry B. Cobb Malden Copartners Cobb Brothers Cambridge Sam’l W. Tucker

Saturday's Train Car Mix Noted

A Saturday schedule describes a train consisting of seven cars loaded with potatoes, one car with melons, and one car with berries.

Steamer Arrivals Bring Lemons Bananas and Melons to Boston

Steamers Howick Ponca Marmion Savannah and Hertha reach Boston or near ports with cargoes of Messina and Palermo lemons Palermo oranges Jamaica bananas vegetables watermelons and Baracoa bananas. Howick bound for Boston passed Gibraltar July 4 and Ponca on July 7. Marmion due Sunday, Savannah due Monday, Hertha due Wednesday.

Howick Gibraltar Boston Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Savannah Hertha WW & CR Noyes

Meat market receipts and prices across cities show mixed activity

Receipts today list tallow, beef, pork, lard, hams, and bacon with varied stocks. Prices lift for some cuts while lard softens. pork and beef demand shows regional strength and weakness, with notable quotes for mess pork, lard, shoulders, bellies, and short ribs, plus fresh beef prices by grade and region.

Hog and cattle markets stock yards Kansas City report

Cattle receipts reached 3426 at Kansas City stock yards with a steady market. Shipping steers sold around 3.25 to 3.80, native cows brought 1.60 to 2.40, mixed butchers stock about 1.60 to 1.86, reflecting stable demand across classes.

Kansas City

Pipeline and Cottonseed Oil Certificates Headlines

Certificates closing dates and openings listed for pipeline, cottonseed oil, sugar and molasses markets. Includes openings July 12 and closings July 11 1889 with notes on highest and lowest certificates and percent closings, plus market prices for sugar and molasses with regional quotations and refinements.

Hove Teas Oh Sie

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Prices Reported

Turpentine closed at 38 38 2c with resin at 110 1 12 percent, tar at 225. petroleum closed at 7.30c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c. Coffee from Rio to New York is stronger with fair cargoes at 17.2c. whiskey markets show no change.

New York Rio

Imports July 12 1889 Halifax and Caribbean cargoes

Shipping notices record Halifax entries including 3 cases salmon 1 box do 1 case do and 19 bbls 6 hf salt fish for Atwood & co Emey & co, 603 cases 61 hf lobsters for De Long & Seaaman, 203 bbls 22 hf dodo Whitney Pousland & co, 200 drums dry fish 80 Dbis salt fish 50 cases canned lobsters 1567 bbls sugar 108 bbls 25 drums salt fish. Port Morant Jam lists Marmion bananas and mangoes for Boston Fruit Co. Port of Porto Rico includes Serapis birds sugar Nash Spaulding & co 994 do 141 bags do and Master order. New Carlisle Quebec rail ties for G H Gordon and E T Russell & co.

Halifax Atwood & Co Emery & Co New Carlisle T Russell & Co Porto Rico Nash, Spaulding & Co Bates & Barnet Port Morant Jam Boston Fruit Co

Exports at Liverpool and Atlantic Outports July 12 1889

Export entries list cargoes from multiple ports including Liverpool and Nova Scotia. Kansas clears July 8 with items such as 179 bags of nuts 40 birds tallow 45200 lbs cheese and 213 bbls copper matte. Other ships report flour cornmeal beef and various goods from Brighton River Herbert Grand Narrows Yarmouth and Antwerp to Weymouth.

Liverpool Eng Kansas Brighton River Herbert Sarah F Grand Narrows Baddeck West Bay Pioneer Yarmouth Antwerp Berg Baltimore Gothenburg Weymouth Blythe

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool

Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast and wheat firm in London. Wheat quiet and corn steady for passage and shipment with American corn firm. Paris and Liverpool markets show quiet wheat, steady corn, and slow flour. July prices for California wheat and European grains listed with miscellaneous quotations. Wheat and corn receipts and prices noted for Liverpool, and English country markets described as firm despite modest demand.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California

Market Report Shows Mixed Grain and Provisions steady

Wheat futures slip to 78 114d 7s 2'ed while American corn stays at 38 10d. Yeas rise to 5s 9d and York prime Eastern provisions hold at 63s. Bacon remains at 33s 6d for short clear and 338 for long clear, lard at 333 3d, cheese steady at 45s, and tallow falls to 23s 6d.

York

Eastern Division Train Schedule for Boston to New England Lines

Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for numerous destinations including Portland Amesbury Lynn Newburyport and multiple coastal towns with frequent departures from early morning to late evening. The schedule lists times for Biddeford Great Falls Hampton Beach Swampscott Lynn Salem Portsmouth and several branch lines with numerous daily intervals and a workmen’s train noted.

Portland Amesbury Everly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Spswich Lynn P.m. Biarbleherd and Kwampecott Ortsmouth Loucester Lissens York Farbor & Beach Swampscott Wyolfe

Railroad Schedule Fragments for New England Suburbs

Trains run from Keene Peterboro Hillsboro to Concord Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn and Winchester with varied departure times clear in the listing. Sunday services include Nashua Lowell Stoneham and Way Stations and Montreal at 7 pm.

Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Concord Wilton Milford Amherst Fyvie Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawerence Stoneham Woburn Winchester Mass Reformatory Bedford Stoneham and Way Woburn and Way Manchester Montreal

Central Massachusetts Train Schedules and Stops Listed

Sunday and weekday schedules for Central Massachusetts trains calling at Boston stations and towns including Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and more. Timings specify 7.45 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm and additional late afternoon departures with station pairs. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as General Manager and Passenger and Ticket Agent.

Breturn Ole Readville Staunton Wrentham Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Byarsboro Elle Fitchburg Leominster Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Western Division Boston Haymarket Square Portland Alton Bay Mochester Farmington Andover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennelbank Middeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Tihain Reading Salem Dover Maverhill Manchester Medford Reading and Way Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hindson Way Northampton James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

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