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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1884

Page

3

Financial Market Roundup and Dividend Declarations

News briefly covers stock movements across rail and mining setores including Atlantic, Mexican Central, and Wisconsin Central shares with calls on bonds, plus dividend news from Calumet and Hecla, Insurance Company of North America, Pacific Mail, and the People’s Co-operative Bank. Also notes on rail tariffs, track developments, and auctions of various securities.

Inc Jnv Inc Atlantic and Pacific Wisconsin Central Common Pullman Mexican Central Flint Pere Marquette Southeastern Division Committee Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis International Trust Company Boston Albany Fitchburg Old Colony New York New England Maine Providence City of Mexico Mexican Central Railway Company United States C. C. Upham Tampico Mexican Central Railway Tamasopo Canyon Eastern Denver Iron Mountain Incomes Pueblo Arkansas Valley Sonora Atchison Northern Pacific Atlantic Commerce Revere Shawmut North America Naumkeag Advanced Lowell Androscoggin Eastern Railroad N.H Portsmouth Great Falls Conway Vermont and Massachusetts Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia Pacific Mail People’s Co-operative Bank Fall River Old Boston National Bank Atlantic National Bk Shawmut National Bank North America Nat. Bank Freeman’s National Bank Douglass Axe Manufacting CO Old Colony Railroad BOM Vermont & Mass Rilesee Vdine Anaes American Sdlectric & Iluminating Cocom Manor Fire and Marine Insurance Dorchester Gaslight Nerenwrreers Boston Marine Imsurance CO LION Rock Island LIONQ St Louis Rockland Eccwcees Ees Wisconsin Valley Oregon R & N. Co Francis Henshaw & Co

Metal Market Dims Amid 23 Percent Demand Drop and 7 Percent Output Rise

Market reports show a sharp demand drop of 23 percent while output climbs 7 percent though only two sevenths of furnaces are active. England and Scotland iron trade also poor, America faring worse. Trade overall dull, freight figures imply cautious outlook. California crops hit by storms, 135 000 tons lost. A conservative buying stance prevails as risk containment guides decisions.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Northwest Lackawanna Union Pacific Western Union St. Paul New York Central Lake Shore i Edward Yard, Jr., & Co Pacific Mail Lake Shore Missouri Pacific Gould Presient Clark Thomas Iron Co Pennsylvania Steel Company Chicago Harrisburg Pennsylvania Railroad Company Cleveland Nickle Plate West Shore Chicago Tribune Burlington and Quincy Western Trunk Line Association England Scotland Boston San Francisco California The New York Commercial Bulletin

Seeds Prices Mixed As Markets Report Nominality

Seed markets in Calcutta and Chicago show dull activity with linseed at 185 dollars per bushel on the spot and 70 to arrive. Domestic flaxseed quotes around 150% per bushel while grass seeds hold near prior levels as buyers await clearer signals.

Calcutta Chicago

Prices and livestock market data from Boston to New York

A dense compilation of livestock, butcher, and market figures across multiple regions. It lists counts of rail routes, beef and meat prices, cattle and sheep classifications, hog and hog product prices, hides and pelts, and detailed wholesale and retail market notes from Boston, New York, Chicago, and other ports, alongside a lengthy table of livestock receipts and prices across U.S. markets. The tone mirrors late 19th century market briefs with emphasis on price ranges and supply conditions.

Atg Balt’o. Co United Great Britain Flamice Ecesers New York New Orleans Charleston Savannah Norfolk St. Louis Baltimore Augusta Mobile Wilmington

Milch cows and hogs auction notes amid light buyer turnout

The market reports sales of milch cows at forty to sixty dollars. Store pigs and fat hogs were offered. seven buyers present, most stock taken by speculators. Trade slowed with a lull. Fat hogs from the west may supply, no rate change. country hogs 64 to 7 cents, dressed weight higher than live western price.

Lake Altimore Glasgow Middlesboro Foundry Coltness Langloan Summerlee London Maine J C Marshall E S Upham Libby & Son H Coolidge & Son J Weiler & Son G.W Reynolds New Hampshire Weary Aldrich & Johnson J B Sargent Dow & Moulton Breck & Wood H A Wilcox J O Sanborn O F Bothell Vermont G W Brownell M G Flanders Sargent & Yarner R G Kimball W Ricker F S Kimball H W Whipple M Murphy GH Sprigg W G Townsend A Williamson A J Piper J Counter BS Hastings Combs & Farrar Hi Ingerson M Gilfillan H F Gilbert Massachusetts H F Whitney J S Henry Scattering New York B Hurlbert G Berry H G Clements D Fisher W Fisher O C Robinson Canada P Counille F Gosselin G Moody Western Liverpool G H Hammond J Wetler & Son F H Coolidge Martin & Squier Sargent & Turner G H Sprigg H Ingerson Watertown Union Market D. W H. F. Gilbert Smith Neal Sanborn N. H J. O.sanborn Sloe F. 5. Kimball I. B. Sargent Brighton Boston Albany Farrell & McFlynne EH Eames J F Stetson Monroe Hollis & Co A N Monroe Oe Ae & Co Billiamson AJ Piper J Draper B Remick

Global Bond and Market Updates From London and Liverpool

Financial market notes from London and Liverpool report US bonds and rail shares steady to firm. Wheat, corn, and bread stuffs show firm prices with light demand in Liverpool and steady to firm markets in London and Paris. Cotton remains firm with active sales and futures in the UK market.

Liverpool California London Uplands Orleans Bohm Merchant’s Exchange Mark Lane Paris United Kingdom

Imports at Boston on Borderer from Liverpool

The Borderer of the Warren line arrived with cargo for J B Moors & Co and Baring Bros & Co including 1348 boxes tin plates 252 tons pig iron 1257 bales paper stock and 77 bales general merchandise. Crates of earthenware went to Jones McDuffee Stratton and 86 packages to Abram French & Co. Sherry to J D M Williams 68 packages earthenware to JH Pierce & Robertson. Orders included 466 baskets onions 30 bales wool 60 bales flax waste 493 bushels wire rods 172 casks soda ash 36 bleaching powders 21 salted skins and 55 blocks tin.

Liverpool London Glasgow Antwerp Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane California Baltimore Boston Portland Fall River Providence Salem New York New Haven New London Portsmouth Philadelphia Malaga Valencia Smyrna Palermo Messina Warren Powder Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Eagle Entre Rios Buenos Ayres River Plate Montevideo Rio Grande Cordova Santa Fe St. Nicholas India Indigo Bengal Great Britain Rockland Lambeit Lake Eglinton Tde Western Calcutta Elaine Eleine Paris Kenecky Ng Borderer J B Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Abram French & Co J D & M Wiliams JH Pierce & Robertson

Foreign Experts and Goods Listed Across Multiple Voyages

Foreign experts from St John New Brunswick report schooner Frank W with pickle consignments. Surinam DG brig Eugene Hale yields drums of pickled fish herring pork hams flour bread and other cargo. Port Antonio Jamaica steamer Jesse Freeman carries sugar groceries and gear. Buenos Ayres via Portland Bark Archer ships lumber and duck.

ST John N B Frank W Surinam Iugene Hale Port Antonio Jam Jesse Freeman Buenos Ayres Portland Archer

Creditors extend time for Barnes offer in Boston

Insolvency notices list Thomas P. Barnes of Boston delaying offer, John Draper a Boston horse trader with liabilities of 1350 and no assets, and Fe A Hawley & Co co assignees with Mandell. Hatch & McFarland tailors of Somerville are insolvent, and M B Wheelock a Lisbon NH druggist has failed amid a broad wave of failures and receiverships.

Thomas P. Barnes Boston John Draper Messrs. Whittemore and Kimball Fe A Hawley & Co Mandell Hatch & McFarland, Tailors Somerville C. A. Henry New York City William Green Hanchen Green Green Company Berthold Franckel Edmund Yard, Jr Heyman & Alexander Nottingham England Charles E. Shaw James C. Gilmore O. M. Bogart, Jr Twenty-third Street Railroad Company Julian White, Son& Co Edmund Yard Central National Bank Hanover National Bank Miguel Fernandez Jose Perez del Castello Fernandez & Castello Broadway Armsby & Co James M. Smith & Co St. Paul G. R. Newell & Co Minneapolis Smith & Co Indianapolis Ind Ritzerger’s Fletcher & Churchman’s Whissemore Manufacturing Company Mansfield Julius Whitman Massillon Brewer W.M. Farrar Chicago A. S. Carpenter & Co Joliet, Jr C. B. Grabe Kansas City W. B. Chamberlain McDonald Thresher Manufacturing Company Fon du Lac Wis J. M. Smith & Co Minn George Simonds Benjamin B. Newhall

Arraignments and shipping list ruling at commissioners court

On July 16 Commissioner Hallett arraigned Charles E. Brown on counterfeiting charges and set a $3000 bond for examination Friday. D. H. Russell faced United States law violations with a $1000 bond for Saturday examination. Charles Beckel, a seaman from the bark Charles R Lewis, was ordered to answer disobeying orders charges after a prior hearing raised whether seamen must sign two shipping lists. the court held both lists must be signed and Becker was discharged.

Charles E. Brown D. H. Russell Charles Beckel Charles R. Lewis Beckel Becker

Mortgagee Liable for Taxes Not Established by Lien

Superior Court rules that under sec 53 chap 12 public statutes the mortgage holder is not liable for taxes when no lien existed at the time of taking possession. Thomas Sherwin sues Boston Five Cent Savings Bank over taxes on Charles A. Wood estate for 1872 1873 1874. Judgment for defendant affirmed.

Thomas Sherwin Boston Boston Five Cent Savings Bank Charles A. Wood E. B. Hagan C. F. Kittredge

Superior Court Plea Pleas and Sentences Postponed

July 16 before Judge Barker Miles McMahon John F Butler and John O Neil pleaded guilty to breaking and entering placed on probation Kate Weatherbee pleaded guilty to larceny in a building placed on probation Charles J Leonard found guilty of larceny in a building sentenced to the house of correction for two years Frank Mahone and Thomas Connors pleaded guilty to larceny from the person sentenced to one year each in the house of correction Patrick J Donahoe pleaded guilty to larceny placed on probation Thomas Connors pleaded guilty to being idle and disorderly will be sentenced Thursday Julia Ryan pleaded guilty to drunkenness placed on probation William Dudley case on trial Martin Glynn found guilty of larceny from a building James McCormick man s larceny manslaughter found guilty of an assault and battery sentences postponed

Miles McMahon John F. Butler John O'Neil Kate Weatherbee Charles J. Leonard House of Correction Frank Mahone Thomas Connors Patrick J. Donahoe Julia Ryan William Dudley Martin Glynn James McCormick

Wills Presented and Administrations Granted in Local Courts

The wills of Officl M. St. Clair and Charles A. Winthrop of Cambridge and Walter A. Mason of Natick were presented. Letters of administration were granted for the estates of Rebecca Warren Stoneham Herbert W. Page Somerville James Shandley Malden James Trant Cambridge Sarah F. Page Stoneham Joseph W. Jenks Newton Charles R. Talbot Billerica Florence Godreau Lowell Mary Cahill Ayer Martha Richardson Lowell Abigail Fay Woburn.

Officl M. St. Clair Charles A. Winthrop Cambridge Walter A. Mason Natick Rebecca Warren Stoneham Herbert W. Page Somerville James Shandley Malden James Trant Sarah F. Page Joseph W. Jenks Newton Charles R. Talbot Billerica Florence Godreau Lowell Mary Cahill Ayer Martha Richardson Abigail Fay Woburn

Russell Will Contest Underway For Boston Man

A hearing started in the will case of William Russell who died in May in Boston leaving about 410000. His brother Charles Russell seeks to set aside the will on grounds the testator was not of sound mind when it was executed. Hearing unfinished.

William Russell Boston Charles Russell

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