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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1889
Page
7
Across commodities Chicago and New York report steady eggs and prices with mixed beans and potatoes. Wheat markets show quiet trade, while prices for onions, squash, cucumbers, cauliflowers and greens vary, with rain delaying potato digging and keeping supply tight in parts of Illinois and coastal markets.
The market sections detail wholesale pricing and availability for apples oranges lemons berries and tropical fruits. Notable values include Norfolks at 1150 per crate, Delaware reds at 125 per crate, Virginias cantaloupes 450 per barrel, and peaches Tennessee at 3350 per crate, with varying supply conditions from quiet to steady across regions.
Consolidated four day net receipts 726 with exports to Great Britain 4891 and France 6317 and Continent 1379. National stock at all US ports 149 318. Savannah Net receipts 2 gross 2 stock 1143 firm mid 10 percent. Charleston net receipts and gross none stock 354 dull mid 10Yc. Wilmington net receipts and gross none stock 262 firm mid 11 percent 4¢. Norfolk net receipts and gross none sales 1 stock 525 steady middle. West Point net receipts 11 gross 11 exports coast wise 11. Philadelphia net and gross receipts none stock 6093 firm mid 114cc. Baltimore net and gross receipts none stock 1081 quiet mid 115 gc. New York net receipts none gross 121 exports to treat Britain 250. France 113 Continent 368 stock 125 972. Cincinnati net receipts 57 gross 57 shipments 1 stock 4061 firm mid Lie. St Louis net receipts 6 gross 6 shipments 54 stock 1969 steady mid 10 11-16c. Louisville steady mid Lie.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports steady cattle market with round price ranges for steers cows and stockers and feeders hogs weak with various weight classes noted. Cincinnati and Chicago markets show mixed cattle hogs and lambs with receipts and shipments listed. The oil market and cottonseed oil certificates are provided with opening highest and closing figures for July 15 16 1889.
Blake and Ripley of the California Fruit Union sold fruits at auction through H Harris and Co auctioneers. Prices listed include Early Crawford peaches 1.65 to 2.05 per case, strawberries 2.12 to 2.42, German prunes 1.60 to 2.05, purple plums 1.95 to 2.00, Bradshaw plums 1.95 to 1.800, Columbia Jams 1.65 to 1.70, Barry plums 1.20, artette pears 2.85 to 3.45 per case. Two cars of pears, plums, prunes and peaches are to be sold next Wednesday.
A Wednesday shipment will move five cars of melons, two cars of potatoes, and one car of berries, detailing the fruit and vegetable goods in transit.
Maritime note lists steamer arrivals including Coila with 6000 bunches Samana bananas for Bay State Fruit Co and Hertha from Baracoa to WW & CR Noyes. Wergeland to carry Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. Howick with Messina and Palermo lemons passed Gibraltar en route to Boston. Ponca also passed Gibraltar with Messina and Palermo lemons bound for Boston. Lorenzo D Baker due with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Dithmarschen due Friday for Company.
Receipts today show tallow 23 bbis beef 4 bbis pork 170 bbis lard 2400 pkgs hams 80 bbis 75 tierces preserved meats none bacon none. Districts New York and St Louis report firm tallow and dull pork with mixed lard, beef, and bacon pricing. Cincinnati notes dull pork and quiet bulk meats.
In New York cotton remains quiet and firm with figures for B51 bales across upland ordinary and middling grades. Futures opened steady and closed quiet while Liverpool shows quiet demand with middlings quoted around 63 to 64 pence and American exports around 5600 bales. various U.S. cities report receipts and stock levels with steady to quiet mid prices.
Sugar receipts total 1730 bales and 15 000 bags with similar day last year at 60 bales and 50 birds. market quiet and unchanged. Refined sugars steady with pulverized at 94 0c and granulated 91 49c. Belmont A 9 9%c. wholesale granulated 9 12c. Molasses receipts 563 bbls, 348 hhds, 43 tierces, 285 puncheons. market firm. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico 45¢ per gallon, Porto Rico 37 43¢, New Orleans 46 47c. black strap 16 17c.
Market roundup notes stronger Coffee New York Rio activity with fair cargoes and 17 4c. Whiskey steady at 102. Turpentine and Petroleum in New York closed at 38 4c with resin 110 112 percent and tar 225. Petroleum 7.30c, RSW 7.20c, cases 9.10c.
Market week ending July 16 shows cattle and sheep trades led by Western stock from Chicago. Beeves sold 4c to 4 1 2c per lb with firm prices. notable lots from J A Hathaway and George Bileier described. Sheep demand steady. Canada lambs expected by Aug 1. Hollis & Co and others moved numerous lambs and cattle from Western sources. Hides and pelts priced from 3 4c to 6 1/2c per lb, and tallow values listed.
A detailed ship goods ledger from Liverpool listing items for Palestine cargoes and other consignments. Flax waste steel scrap carpeting goods guns wine onions stereotype plates ash caustic soda soda crystals bleaching outputs livestock including heifers bulls calves sows and boar hemp bags linen sacks salt wool and mdse. Listing shows multiple firms such as Storer Milne & co Goldthwait Warren Read & Sons Seaverns Snow Bradley Burnett Brigham.
Maritime cargo report lists at St John New Brunswick schooner Cygnet carrying 250 barrels flour 40 cases gunpowder. Moncton NB schooner J P Ames with 1 box lemons. Yarmouth NS steamer Yarmouth with 124 barrels flour 25 barrels beef 50 tubs lava 15 pails kerosene oil 8 cases blacking 5 cases glassware 1 barrel vinegar 2 boxes netting 1 case stationery 200 berry crates 20 pigs hardware 200 watermelons 125 boxes oranges 80 basis lemons 100 boxes bananas 1 crate cabbage 1 barrel corn 30 crates tomatoes.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat quiet but steady with 7 arrivals since the last report and 1 sale. Wheat on passage and for shipment inactive. English and French markets slow. Paris and Antwerp wheat and flour firm. Liverpool notes breadstuffs with wheat quiet, corn firm amid steady spot prices and varied futures across months.
A Boston medical note details surgery counts and outcomes including bowel, vaginal, bladder, and gynecologic procedures. It notes a single death among patients, with a rate of three to one thousand, and that average hospital stay was 34 days with total costs potentially under one dollar daily if the operations were included.
A broad claim heavy ad for Murdock's Liquid Food asserts rapid blood restoration and weight gain for patients post surgery and those with exhaustion or dyspepsia. It touts raw beef and mutton based formula, claims medical superiority, and offers prices for liquid food and suppositories with mail options.
Fitchburg Railroad trains depart Boston Passenger Station Causeway Street with multiple services to Troy Albany and Buffalo. Daily expresses and night services include sleeper cars headed to Chicago St Louis and via Niagara Falls, Erie and Lansing lines.
A fragmented timetable lists routes and departure times for Portland and nearby towns. Entries include Alten Bay Mochester Farm ington Andover North Conway Exeter and Reading with multiple morning and afternoon departures and scattered notes about trains via Georgetown and Workingmen's train.
A long OCR like listing shows city by city train times with many stations including Portland Amesbury Biddeford Great Falls Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Salem and more. The text outlines numerous daily departure and arrival times across multiple branches including the Saugus and South Reading lines and notes a workingmen's train and Boston Haymarket station access.
Saturday and Sunday train times listed for many routes including Nashua Lowell Stoneham Woburn Winchester Concord and Montreal. Services show morning midday and evening departures with multiple stops such as North Billerica Lawrence Wilton Milford Amherst and Greenfield plus via Bedford and Riass. frequencies include 7 am to 9 pm in weekday sections and limited Sunday trains to Nashua Lowell Stoneham and Winchester with additional via Way Stations and Manchester connections.
Train times from Zuston Station and branches to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Meadsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hudson South Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont list departures at 7.45 am 9.20 am 11.40 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm 4.20 pm 5.25 pm 6.25 pm with varying towns and stations including notes of connections and a 625 mm count.
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