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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1883

Page

3

Unfavorable Bank Statement Sparks Stocks Decline in Boston

The Boston money market shows steady ranges with discount rates around 5 to 5.3 percent for mercantile paper and 4 to 5 percent on call loans. The Boston Bank Statement slated for tomorrow reports a reserve drop of 417,618, leaving a surplus of 367,328, versus 1,503,000 in excess last year. Exchange rates and government securities moved lower while stocks fell, with western railroads like Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe down to 814 ex dividend and Chicago Burlington and Quincy weakening to 122.

New York Boston Associated Banks of Poston GODS Amonts Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Atchison Flint Pere Marquette Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis New England Albany Maine Revere Beach Lynn Old Colony Cambridge Horse Eastern Rutland Mexican Central Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Atlantic and Pacific Kansas City Springfield Memphis Sonora Pullman Palace Car Co American Bell *Telephone Mexican Telephone Calumet and Hecla Quincy Bonanza Sullivan Catalpa Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company Western Union Telegraph «Company Mercantile Trust Company Jay Gould Gould

Dividends Declared by Multiple Local Firms

Local firms announce cash or stock dividends including Plymouth Savings at 2 percent and Plymouth Five Cents Savings matching it. Plymouth Rock Co operative declares a 4 percent semi annual stock dividend. Robeson Mills and National Union Bank in Fall River declare 3 percent and 24 percent dividends respectively. Taunton Gas pays 5 percent semi annual, Taunton Tack 10 percent, and Central Pacific Railroad follows its usual 3 percent semi annual dividend.

Plymouth Savings Bank Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank Plymouth Rock Co-operative Company Robeson Mills National Union Bank Fall River Gas Company of Taunton Taunton Tack Company Central Pacific Railroad Company

Light Boston grain trade and mixed corn prices slump

The Boston commercial exchange shows very light grain activity with dull bidding. Spot grain sales are minimal, prices steady, while July to September futures for corn and oats vary. Receipts include 12,971 bushels of corn and 6,345 bbls of flour, with cheese and butter markets showing firm tones in New York calculations.

Boston Commercial Exchange Cail Board Liverpool Canton New York Mercantile Exchange Illinois Chicago Union G. i

Grain and Dairy Prices Coast Through Quiet Market

The report shows a dull steady grain market with light receipts and firm tone for spot corn and oats. Corn prices range 65 to 69 cents, oats 53 to 57 cents, rye 78 to 80 cents, barley nominal. Butter 16 to 22 cents, cheese 7 to 10 cents, eggs 18 to 20 cents. Includes cottonseed meal at 26.50 to 27.50 per ton and mill feeds at 17 to 23 dollars per ton.

Canada Western Dairy Vermont New York Western Nova Scotia New Brunswick Cape Boston Cmmi Elic

Imports at Boston to Savannah and Caribbean ports

Immense list of goods loaded at Boston and other ports including CHARLOTTETOWN PEI HALIFAX Antwer p New Brunswick Yarmouth NS Halifax NL Cape Island NS Cape Island NB Baracoa Cuba Port Royal 8 C Cape Island NS Cape Island NB Grand Manan NB Port Royal Jamaica Cuba shipments show resin hides wool meat fish eggs lobsters timber blades and fruit. Numerous firms such as Leonard & Clark W Hi Winslow & co Massachuset Cotton Mills and J Greenough & co are named among steamer and schooner cargoes with totals in dozens to thousands of units.

Boston Savannah Columbus James Harris & Son Donus Leonard & Clark Nichols Duppe & Co Winslow & Co Richardson & Dennie W & C R Noyes Organ Union Omen Co Bernd i Duck Stoddard, Jering & Co Dodo Boynton & Co Cotton Mills Almy & Co Wright, Wooster & Co Rosin White Bros & Co Stetson, Moseley & Co W Lewis H Blanchard Charlottetown Pei Halifax Worcester Moérey George C Rockwell Arthur & Co Allen, Slade & Co H Bowles & Co Chapin Bros S Ellis & Co Greenough & Co A& O Mead & Co Ring EK 'S Russell & Co Brown, Seavey & Co P Nutte Jones & Co Antwerp Jan Breydal Moise E& F King Uitramartive Morey & Co Smith & Co Paul Graunnewald Harding & Co Lambert Bros Sherburne & Co Turner & Co Page Yarmouth New Brunswick Detong & Seaman Whitney, Pousland & Co Do ET Russell & Co McConnell Dudley & Son Griffin Hilton & Co Holmes JG Hall & Co Hall & Co Swee & Seaman Alewives Whitney, Pousland & Co Haskins & Montague Geo Broome Crates & Co Delong & Seaman Cape Island Jessie Newell Grand Manan Ida A Baracoa Cuba Theresa Seaverns & CO Port Royal Adam Whitney Michelma LVE White Mountains The Notch Fabyan’s Mount Desert Steamer Wharf Portland Rockland Lewiston Payson Tucker Lucius Tutt K

Global commodity values and trade entries from sugar and rags list

A dense catalog of trade figures across colonies and ports including Porto Rico Barbados Jamaica Demerara Surinam Buenos Aires Scotland Canada Egypt Haiti and more. It records sugar molasses raw rubber paints minerals papers textiles and precious stones with hundreds of thousands in value across goods and regions.

S.eee Aee Porto Rico Italy Eden Voss Dewenses Keery Jamaica Demerara Carceeess Scotland Dominion OF Canada Qebifiuiis

Value by Countries and Goods in Trade Totals

A structured listing shows commodities such as oils, lubricants, paints, paper, beef, butter, wheat flour, cheese, bread, carriages, lard, clocks, pork, coffee, spices, vegetables, textiles, and many others with substantial monetary values. It also lists trade by country or region including England, Nova Scotia, British possessions, Australasia, Haiti, Madeira, totaling 913 329.

E.s Cscocececess Ly Cooperage Ees India England Nova Scotia Scotia Australasia Hayti Azotes Madeira

Cotton and grain markets across multiple ports and cities

Market reports from Galveston to Norfolk show mixed receipts and dull to steady conditions. Cotton and flour markets edge or hold while grain futures in New York and Chicago reflect higher wheat and steady corn, with varied port shipments and exports across the United States.

Galveston Philadel Norfolk Harleston Sbsesssconks Cess Ccereesse Wilmington Savannah

Petitions Presented For Street And Utility Work

A list of petitions seeks grading and travel readiness for Euclid street Ward 24 and Sheridan avenue Ward 23, repairs for Carver street with granite blocks, railroad track extensions on Huntington avenue and Longwood avenue, sewers for Spice Street Ward 4 Dorchester avenue Ward 15 H street Adams street and Maple avenue, Leyden and Plymouth streets, and pole erection on Tremont street by the American Bell Telephone Company. Roads to be paved with granite blocks include Prince street Tremont to Hanover, Paul street Tremont to Emerald, and Dover street Tremont to Shawmut. The Highland Street railroad asks for additional track on Canal Eliot Kneeland, and miscellaneous matters include East Ninth street layout and grading at $31,450. A special election certificate for Ward 13 is issued to George F. H. Murray. Mystic water debt of $15,000 is requested, and ward 2 election committee named. Orders authorize Broadway bridge repairs up to $1,500, East Bastor to Breed’s Island removal, a ward 2 special election July 31, $3,800 for extra clerks, $1,000 Brooksield street damages, circular edge stones at Maverick and Central squares, large lamp-posts, locating a chemical engine in ward 1, Chatham street granite paving $4,000, Way street damages $19.67, and State street paving $2,700. Adjourned.

Nathl. W. Garland Euclid Street Ward 24 Charles A. Morss Sheridan Avenue Ward 23 John Woods Carver Street Metropolitan Railroad Company Huntington Avenue Francis Street Tremont Street Longwood Avenue A.D. Hall Spice Street Ira A. Melbury Dorchester Avenue Kern Jackson Streets Sarah Hawks H Street East Sixth East Seventh Peter F. Quinn Adams Street Dickens Street K. W. Sears Maple Avenue Leyden Plymouth American Bell Telephone Company Paul and Chapman John W. Fraser Prince Street Charlestown Street Hanover Street Peter McBreen Paul Street Tremont and Emerald Streets Highland Street Railroad Canal Street Eliot and Kneeland Streets R. P. Haines East Ninth Street Said Street Lowland Street W. H. Simmons The Water Board Broadway Bridge East Bastor Breed’s Island Common Council Superior Court Bernard Foley Andrew Tobey Brooksield Street Maverick Square Central Square West Roxbury Chatham Street William A. Richardson Asa P. Potter Charles G. Way E. A. Hunting S. A. Way Way Street State Street Chatham Row Commercial Street

Market notes from London and Liverpool rail on July 16

Financial reports show Consols at 99 18 16, and various rail and finance figures for Atlantic and Great Western firsts, Erie, New York Central, Reading, Ontario and Western, and others. Wheat and corn arrivals off the coast are small with steadier prices. Liverpool wheat firmly held, corn up. Cotton in Liverpool shows moderate demand with futures quoted for several months and US sales of 6,750 bales.

A. Saants Minnesota Innesota Coalene Ohio Michigan New York Illinois St. Louis Indiana London Atlantic Great Western Erie New York Central Hliness Central Pennsylvania Central Reading Ontario and Western St. Paul Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool England Orleans Cp Perent Market Street Philadelphia Lee SEARS N. B New England Boston

Master of Bark W. W. Crapp Discharged for Cruelty

U. S. Commissioner court session on July 16 hears William W. Hardy master of the bark W. W. Crapp, who is discharged after a charge of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on a crew member.

Hallett William W. Hardy W. W. Crapp

Wills admitted to probate and administrations granted

Before Judge McKiIe the wills of Mary Hanlon James Rice Ernst B de Gersdoff Eliza J Belcher Matthias Schell Lucretia T Richardson Elizabeth L Dexter Matthias Brady Thomas Coughlin and James Mullin have been admitted to probate Letters of administration have been taken out on the estates of Mary Berrigan Caroline Bigelow Lemuel Clapp Mary J Berrigan Charles F Knowles Catherine Gleason Antonio Silva Timothy Welch Catherine Murphy Mary P Tucker and Mary Cardigan

Mary Hanlon James Rice Ernst B. de Gersdoff Eliza J. Belcher Matthias Schell Lucretia T. Richardson Elizabeth L. Dexter Matthias Brady Thomas Coughlin James Mullin Mary Berrigan Caroline Bigelow Lemuel Clapp Mary J. Berrigan Charles F. Knowles Catherine G. Gleason Antonio Silva Timothy Welch Catherine Murphy Mary P. Tucker Mary Cardigan

Municipal Court Dockets Include Drunkenness and Assault Sentences

July 16 session before Judge McCafferty lists multiple offenders. Mary Keenan jailed six months for drunkenness, Margaret Hogan four months, Jeremiah Lynch six months, John O Brien held for trial, Bridget Curran sentenced to one year for drunkenness, with several fines for assault and other charges across Charlestown East Boston South Boston and Roxbury courts.

McCafferty Mary Keenan House of Ind —S Margaret Hogan George Langdon David Lannegan Alphonso Stubbs Jeremiah J. Lynch House of Correction John O Brien Charlestown Bridget Curran Woman’s Sherborn Bhagar Murray East Boston Michael Corcoran South Boston Charles Hughes John Barnes John Bannon Roxbury John Burns

McKee arraigned in arson case at Temple Street fire

In municipal court on Monday Thomas W. McKee was arraigned on an arson charge for a June 11 fire at 48 Temple Street. Principal witness Miss Nyeberg, now under arrest for setting the same fire, testified McKee poured oil on room pets and kitchen floor, causing flames that filled the room before firefighters arrived.

Thomas W. McKee Temple Street Miss Nyeberg Sarge McKee McKee

Ohio Democrat Leader Denies Defection Over Judge Hoadly

The Omaha Herald reports an Ohio Democratic leader asserts no defection against Judge Hoadly. The source notes the elder Thurman’s son seeks to defend the family honor and objects to the current viewpoint. The piece emphasizes unity within the party on the judge’s stance.

The Omaha Herald Ohio Hoadly Thurman Poceteins

Vanderbilt schemes to build Pacific rail line via St Louis

The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Vanderbilt plans parallel Gould lines and push a through route from St Louis to San Francisco. A traffic agreement with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe would connect via Albany New York Central Lake Shore route to Cleveland then Indianapolis to St Louis, then Kansas City. Canadian Pacific progresses with 14 miles laid east of Port Arthur and Nipigon track laying to reach Calgary region by October. Main line west ironed near 113 miles to Calgary. Rockies summit 122 miles further, with 20 miles already graded and 50 miles more soon let.

Vanderbilt Cincinnati Enquirer St. Louis San Francisco Ppc Gould Kansas City Chicago Alton Chicago and Alton Vanderbuilt Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Pacific Coast Atchison Boston Albany New York Central Buffalo Lake Shore Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Indianapolis and Canadian Pacific Eagan Port Arthur Lake Superior Nipigon Ross Nipigo Calgary Rockies Rocky Mountains

A MedaIed Shoemaker Attracts 50+ Testimonials In Boston

Francesco Baldi of Catania Italy, newly arrived in the United States, displays 22 diplomas and 17 medals from exhibitions across Europe and Brazil, including Paris 1878 and Naples 1878 79. He has served as shoemaker to King Humbert and Queen Margherita, earned a French Cavalier order, and plans to settle in Boston.

North End Francesco Baldi Catania Italy Italian Society of Brazil Nice Naples Toulouse Nicosia Palermo Turin Cincinnati Ohio Humbert Duca Aosta Brussels Frentano Messina Margherita Signor Baldi Cavaliers Garibaldi Boston

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