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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1884

Page

3

Money markets cool as clearing house reports show weaker week

Boston on Saturday reports tight money with high interest rates across mercantile and bank paper. New York funds discount ranges and weekly clearing totals illustrate a sluggish trade while banks show firm positions though overall commerce remains near standstill. The New York bank statement reveals a larger reserve surplus and varied security activity across bonds, mining, and telephony stocks.

Boston Mercantile New York

Cotton crop worries and price outlook in 1884 analysis

The article discusses overstock risks in iron and cotton markets, noting low demand and poor prospects. It cites the Commercial Bulletin on 1883-84 cotton crop estimates, export declines, and potential price impacts, with analysis of stock levels, yields, and global consumption effects.

United States United Liverpool Bulletin

New York Stocks Endure Mixed Trading On Bank News

Markets showed strength on strong bank statement before turning cautious as reports of further dry goods trade troubles spurred late selling. Pacific Mail led gains on surplus news, while Texas Pacific and Northwest posted notable climbs earlier. overall closing through the day remained weak after suspension notices and sector anxieties surfaced.

New York Prime Mercantile Texas Pacific Pacific Mail Angers Panama Company Bears Lake Shore Orangers Western Union Hialstead, Haines & Co Northwest St. Paul Central Pacific Lackawanna Lawson, Douglas & Co Reading Company

Grain Market Digest Highlights Durable Wheat Slide

The market reports mixed angles across flour and grain with steady to firm prices for various flour types and heavy receipts. Corn and oats show tight supplies and steady bids, while rye and barley remain steady. butter, cheese, and eggs sustain varied demand across regions.

Michigan Ohio Indiana Minnesota New York Roller St Louis Southern Wisconsin Milwaukee St Reyes New York City Toledo Chicago Lee Detroit St. Louis Vermont Franklin County Mass Slee Liverpool Cape Eastern de Aroostook County Nova Scotia New Brunswick PE Island

Market Reports Follow Sharp Variations in Fruits and Staples

The market shows high demand for pies and peaches with wide price ranges, berries selling briskly and cherries in light supply. Onions and tomatoes move freely. coffee and sugar markets fluctuate, while cotton and molasses trade steady amid receipts and futures activity.

Chicago Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Domingo New York Virginia Wilmington Carolina Patna Rangoon Faneuil New Orleans Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico English Island Valencia Messina Palermo Baracors Cincinnati St. Louis

Financial market roundup from London and New York

U S bonds quoted. Erie, Reading, Pennsylvania, Canadian Pacific, and other securities listed with small percentage moves. The Economist notes money quotation recedes due to excess supply, stock activity quiet, American stocks strong then. cholera and China news dampen sentiment. London market shows various railway and bond yields. wheat, corn, and provisions firming with unsettled English weather and steady bread and stables pricing.

Norf St L’s United States Great Britain France Continent Cossesseses C.ees Baltimore Phbhadelphia Norfolk Memphis New Orleans Louisville St. Louis Cincinnati New York London U .S Erie New York Central Ilinois Central Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific Paul Common China Central Pacific Securities Denver and Rio Grande Lake Shore Louisville and Nashville Union Pacific Wabash Wabash General Mortgage

Imports at Boston Port Seen From Caribbean Entries

Port entries include Brig Morancy with 360000 logwood at Hackery & Co New York. Vessel Sackville N8 carries 27 casks copper ore for Revere Copper Co. at Humacoa Puerto Rico. Bark Kreon with 625 hogsheads sugar at Arroyo Puerto Rico. Brig Wilhemina loads 198 hogsheads sugar and 61 barrels at Arroyo PR.

Port AU Prince Morancy Hackery & Co New York Sackville Revere Copper Co Humacoa Kreon Arroyo Wilhemina

Shipping Goods and Supplies Listed from Various Ports

Report of cargo items and quantities aboard schooners Elsie Fay SG Irwin Worcester Pearl Novelty Juno Juno across Rum Cay North Sydney Halifax Charlottetown Windsor Port Hawkesbury St John New Brunswick and other ports. Items include flour cornmeal pork beef sugar hardware lead pipes groceries and various dry goods with quantities specified.

Rum Cay Bahamas Elsie Fay North Sydney Irwin Halifax Charlottetown Pet Worcester Windsor Port Hawkesbury ST John N B

Total Receipts of Staple Tea July 12 Report

The table shows total receipts of principal tea at this sort from all shipment points. It compares the current cate cena in tea to the corresponding day last year, highlighting changes in receipts across sources.

United States New York Boston Philadelphia Cheeces St. Louis Baltimore San Francisco Pittsburg Cincinnati Providence Milwaukee Detroit Hartford Kansas City Indianapolis New Haven Columbus Portland Lowell Worcester Memphis Syracuse Chicago New York City Bradstreet’s Canada Internal Revenue

Extradition case and multiple insolvent firms in early 1800s

The document lists numerous business failures andliabilities across the United States and Canada including Eno’s Extradition B Refused with Liabilities of Helistead Haines & Co. Real estate attachments. It notes firms such as H and H Merrill Montreal and Carmichael Emmons with large liabilities, assets unknown, and a broad pattern of solvent and insolvent firms culminating in a portrait of a credit crisis era.

Eno Helistead, Haines & Co

Commissioners Court Arraigns Becker For Refusing Orders

July session of the U S commissioners court heard Charles Becker, who shipped aboard the barge Charles R. Lewis, arraigned on a charge of refusing to obey orders. He was held in $100 for examination on Monday.

U. SS. Commissioners Court Hallety Charles Becker Bari Charles R. Lewis

Indictments Named By Grand Jury In Superior Court

The July 12 session before Judge Barker disclosed indictments against many defendants for crimes including assault and battery, larceny, breaking and entering, robbery, embezzlement, and manslaughter. No bills were found against Edward J. Brass and several others.

Superion Criminal Court William Dudley Patrick Eldridge Martin Glynn Thomas F. Higgins Maurice Hickey Andrew Jackson Daniel Kimball Charles J. Leonard Frank Mahoney James McCormick Joseph Mullen Michiel Powers James Pendergast John J. Sullivan Kate Weatherbee Thomas Welsh Joh Willis William Withridge Fred Williams Edward J. Brass George Armstrong John J. Mulvey Constantine Zerzog Frank H. McCall

Municipal Courts July 12 Handle Diverse Offenses

In central court Judge Parmenter Annie Roberts faced charges of keeping a house of ill fame and other defendants with varying bail. East Boston saw Adamson and Butler held in $5 for examination, Charlestown fined Gotterli Wurst $50 for selling liquor to a minor, while Dexter W Wallace’s indecent assault case moved with $400 bond. South Boston dealt with Lyman Duffy for larceny and M Joyce fined for doing business.

Central Court Parmenter Annie Roberts Onry Taylor Annie Prescott John Vonovan House of Industry Corrine Smith Julia Fitz Frank E. Caswell Worthen P. James Boston Anthony Adamson George Butler Charlestown Gotterli¢éb Wurst Dexter W.wallace Lyman Duffy M. Joyce

Fun Money Melting Like Wet Sugar at the Races

A columnist recounts how betting mania grips women at racing events, noting women increasingly attend unescorted and gamble heavily. Descriptions include wagers at Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, with anecdotes of a woman losing funds on a chair and a dramatic finish affecting a spectator who backed Vocalic over Miss Brewster.

Sheepshead Bay Coney Island Lewis McLaughlin Brighton Beach Vocalic Miss Brewster

Interesting Sketch of the Home Life of the Delaware Statesman

A Wilmington corresp describes Senator Thomas F. Bayard and family life. He has 12 children, nine daughters, with one married to Warren of Boston. His wife, Miss Lee of Philadelphia, is an invalid who winters in Washington. The Bayard home near Wilmington overlooks Delaware Bay, an old southern mansion with two porticoes, elms, and ample grounds, resembling Arlington. Bayard’s office sits beside his residence, with a modest law sign on a venetian blind. He is depicted as educated, culturally inclined, moderately wealthy, and regarded as aristocratic by Delaware peers, yet warmly admired within his party in Wilmington.

Delaware Statesman Wilmington Cor N. Y. World Bayard Warren Boston Arlington Gen. Lee Washington Potomac Senate Senator Bayard Thomas F. Bayard Delaware South Bayards Pennsylvania

Cadets Begin Camp Duty Tour at Hingham Today

The first corps of Cadets under Col Thomas F Edmonds starts its annual camp duty tour at Hingham today. Rev James Lee is appointed chaplain of the ninth regiment replacing Egan who resigned. The eighth regiment reunion is set for Beverly on August 1. The Massachusetts Volunteers in Mexico hold their annual reunion July 19 at Hotel Nantasket to mark 36 years since the unit returned home. Lieut Howard K Blair of the Roxbury City guard has resigned.

Thomas F. Edmonds Hingham James Lee Egan Eighth Regiment Beverly Association of Massachusetts Volunteers Mexico Howard K. Blair Roxbury

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