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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1883

Page

3

Money matters and market notes from Boston

Boston markets show steady money supply with bank discounts on mercantile paper from 3 to 6 percent. Call loans with collateral run 4 to 5 percent, while government securities drift lower. Stocks trade weak with western rails active and some earnings gains reported. bonds and misc shares show mixed movements. The Bankers’ association sets October meeting in Louisville amid growing regional member base.

Dividends Declared by Two New England Firms

The Little Androscoggin Water Power company of Auburn Maine has declared a semi annual dividend of five percent. The Bridgeport Rolling Stock company has declared a quarterly dividend of one percent.

Little Androscoggin Water Power Company Auburn Bridgeport Rolling Stock Company

Financial Market Summary From New York on July 17

Money remains easy at 2 1/2 percent on call. Mercantile paper 4 4 4 6 percent. Bar silver 1 164. Foreign exchange weak at 483 14 for long and 487 14 for short. Government bonds steady to lower, rail bonds firmer. Western Union stock strong after midday rally while New York Central hit 1141 1/2 in bear movement. Trading later rose 4 to 8/8 percent. large short interest persists. Transactions totaled 295000 shares with mixed advances across rails and utilities amid operator pay talks at Western Union forthcoming.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper W. Estern Union Aen Indianapolis Decatur Springfield Northern Pacific Richmond Danville West Shore Buffalo Kansas Texas New York Central Western Union Grangers Lackawanna Michigan Central Reading Wabash Missouri Pacific Wall Street Bears Gould Telegraph Company Stock Exchange Canaan Southern Central Pacific del. L. & West Delaware& Hud Denver & Rio G Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Lake Erie& W Manhattan Memphis& C Northws New Jersey Isaly Bgy Phila. & Read Milwaukee & St.p St. P Union Pacific St.l.& Pa Canada Pa Pacific Ind Bloom West Ewestese Bos Hart & Erie Lou N. Ald S. P’k & Pac M & Ono Morris Allegheney Cen Oregon Trans Alton & Terre Hau Oregon Improvement Co Rich & All Steeeeereses Aveereeauss Boston Air Line Rich W. P Roch Iowa Rock Island Chesapeake & Ohio St. Louis Reevesene Chicago & Alton Eeteenseese Serorsseceseece St. Pawandes Chi Ber. & Quincy St. P. Minn. & Man St. Louis & Pa San Seessece United Cleve. & Colum Wells Fango

Trade and Its Outlook and Grain Car Examinations

Trade details show mixed export bids for No 2 and steamer grain, with July August and September positions listed. Car inspections record 18 cars including oats No2 white and mixed lots, receipts show corn oats shorts and micra plus flour and sacks. Local cheese markets at Liverpool and Utica show price levels and activity, while New York Mercantile Exchange notes butter and cheese steadiness. Chicago wheat and corn futures move in July to October terms, park and stock yard data indicate hog shipments and grain stocks, with petroleum certificates opening and closing near parity.

Liverpool Little Falls Utica St. Albans New York Mercantile Exchange New York Boston Chicago Chicago Park Union Barney

Grain and flour markets show mixed gains and firm tone

The market tone edges up with western wheats advancing while flour prices stay firm. Corn and oats move upward with mixed lots quoted, including No 2 mixed at 65 66c and steamer yellow 66 67c, barley unmoved, and beans and potatoes holding with light demand.

Grain and commodity market report from multiple US cities

Chicago and surrounding markets show mixed wheat and corn values with No 2 red winter at 1.07 to 1.08. Cash oats and rye firming, pork and lard prices rising, sugar and molasses steady, and hogs and cattle supply emphasized. Regional receipts and shipments detailed for Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati and others.

Chicago Toledo Bolai Cincinnati

Foreign Exports Log From Liverpool and Ports

Cargo notes list steamer Pavonia cleared July 13 with 24 862 bushels corn and diverse goods including leather, dyes, butter, oils, canned meats, oats, tobacco, bacon, cotton, flour, books, and che errors. Also ports Windsor and Pelotas report brigantine cargoes of iron bars kerosene oil rosin lard and kerosene products.

Liverpool Eng Pavonia Bates Windsor Toronto Pelotas Brazil Otto Grafzu Stoliburg

Imports at Boston Report of Cargoes and Goods

RUMKEY schooner Lackawanna carries 3,716 pineapples for Boston. MARGARETVILLE reports schooner J G Curtis with 130 barrels herring 50 cords wood 4 barrels dulce 3 cases eggs 3 empty oil barrels. W B Forrest. PORT CALEDONIAN N S&S. Schooner Louisa with 325 tons coal 9 barrels herring. ST JOHN P R. Brig Alice with 247 puncheons 28 tierces 4 barrels molasses.

Rumkey Lackawanna Margaretville J G Curtis W B Forrest Port Caledonian S&s Louisa ST John P R Alice

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroad Freight Totals

A compilation of freight receipts from July across multiple railroads and sea routes listing bales wool, bbls flour, corn, oats, meal, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, hay, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, tallow, sugar, molasses, tea, coffee, and other goods. Entries name Lowell, Fitch, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence Railroads, and various conveyances with quantities and destinations.

Lowell Railroad Maine Fitch Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products July 17

A table shows July 17 totals for staple imports at the port versus last year. entries include Cotton bales 308, Corn 433,379 bushels 10,200, Flour 6,285 barrels, Sugar boxes 100, Oats 5,485 bushels, Hides bales 10, Leather 1,837 rolls, Lard barrels 350, Beef 66, Tallow barrels 54, Skins and Pelts listed with several unit measures, and various other commodities.

Tay Greece Dorca

The Cattle Market

Market data reports total live stock on sale this week at 1 610 cattle 3 179 sheep 560 calves 1 230 sows and hogs 10 345. States listed include Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York and Canada with totals and road car figures. Prices shown for beef and pork reflect quality ranges from extra to third, cows and calves, and wool and hides market notes.

Maine New Hampshire Boston Lowell Albany New York Ow England Providence Old Colon Catte N. B Boston and Albany Brighton

Markets by Telegraph Domestic Markets New York July 17

Cotton weak and unchanged with 455 bales sold forward deliveries active and prices 1 3 points lower yet closing firm middling uplands at 10c New Orleans 1044c Flour receipts 17 490 bales with steady to stronger tone and export demand 16 350 bbls sold No 2 2 40 3 60 other grades listed City mill extra 5 20 7 20 Minnesota extra 390 720 Minnesota southerly steady Wheat receipts 34 900 bus ex-

Bernadoes Porto Rico York Liv Upland Orleans Manchester New York Choice Canada Win Ee Norfolk Long Island Lebinary Florida Salle Faneuil Hall R. I. Pa Vermont Bermuda Cales Anc Toledo Seton Ester Chicago Rio Demerara St Croix St Domingo United Rosin Uiet South America Frei Liverpool ST. Louis New Orleans Minnesota

Foreign Markets Update from London and Berlin

London markets show Consols at 962-16 with various rail and insurance stocks present. Berlin reports a drop in Germany's gold reserves, while English and French wheat markets edge higher in a damp English summer. Cotton in Liverpool softens, with Upland and Orleans prices quoted and futures steady to down. Havana notes Spanish gold at 208 20.14 with firm exchange and sugar.

Havana

Court Record Supreme Judicial Court July 17

Three equity bills against the same defendants allege nuisance from piano manufacturing at Washington and Waltham streets. Judge FIELD heard evidence on noise from buzz and Daniels planers, noting intrusion on residents and health. Injunction refused pending merits. decision emphasizes noise must affect ordinary sensibility. Another case about Newburyport and Amesbury Horse Railroad seeks lease injunction. court grants temporary injunction allowing operation until further order.

Field Henry Cook James W. Vose & Co Lucius W.bigelow Same Washingtonian Home Washington and Waltham Streets Gray & Wood Waltham Street Bigelow H. W.muzzey W. Emery Linscott Eee Xreenough Newburyport and Amesbury Horse Railroad Company Equity R. Hearanington H. N. Shepard

Central Court Drunks and Offenses Record July 17

In the central court Judge McCafferty arraigned Nellie Samples for a third drunken offense and sentenced her to two years in the women's prison. John Nickerson received three months in the house of correction for a third drunk. Bridget Mahan and Catherine O'Brien faced sentences for common drunkenness. O'Brien appealed after a four month sentence in the house of industry. Others include fines for pulling down a sign, assault on officers, probation for nightwalker Bella Cook and third drunk Charles Aldrich, and various jail terms for fast driving and assaults. May include additional cases from South Boston, Bunker Hill, and Highlands districts with similar penalties.

Central Court McCafferty Nellie V.samples Women’s Prison John A. Nickerson House of Correction Bridget Mahan House of Industry Catherine O’brien William N. Carnes Jeremiah O’neil Margaret Ellen McCarthy Bella Cook Charles Aldrich Frank C. Heath William J. Musgrave Charles Taylor George Yeomans Emma ¥. Packard Beals Security Loan and Mortgage Company Henry Schwartz South Boston Judge Failon Mary F. Miley Michael McCauley James Sullivan

Oregon Transcontinental Company Finances and Railway Notes

The Oregon Transcontinental reports an unpaid profit brought forward of 2,880,895 dollars as of June 30, 1883, with 1,190,240 dollars in dividends on Oregon Navigation stock and projected 8 percent on Northern Pacific preferred stock totaling 5,281,557 dollars for year ending June 30, 1884. Loans total 8,516,457 dollars with 3,289,312 dollars owed to the company and cash in bank 5,151,101 dollars. Board cites no immediate dividend increase until controlled companies stabilize. Also covered are Erie suit against McHenry with a verdict of 1,496,823 dollars for the plaintiff, and assorted notes on Denver and Rio Grande rumors, Hartford and Harlem railroad hearings, Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western earnings, Canadian Pacific stock placement, and a New Brunswick railway survey.

Oregon Transcontinental Oregon Transcontinental Company Northern Pacific Oregon Navigation Northern Pacific Preferred Oregon and Transcontinental Company Erie McHenry New York New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad James McHenry Coxe United States Circuit Court Erie Company Ieac Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company Palmer Mexican National Railroad A.J. Cassatt Pennsylvania Road Denver Road Cassatt Denver and Rio Grande Gen. Palmer Mexican National Railroad Company New Haven Hartford and Harlem Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway Company Canadian Pacific Syndicate New Brunswick Railway River du Loup

State House session quiet as pay raise bill fails

The senate took no action beyond admitting and reading a house bill to raise legislative pay to 700 dollars. Opposition speaks cite policy against raises. others support limited year only. The bill is defeated 4 to 28 with one pair. Reports on the Tewksbury affair loom, with lengthy documents and expected adjournment shortly. Special bridgeworkhouse committee recommends a new $50,000 building.

Senate House Sayward Essex Bruce Bates Baldwin Cummings Bristol Haile and Johnson Worcester Messrs Dee Cape Mason and Sherurne Tewksbury Loring giThe Bridgewater

Iron Market News Signals Steady Prices and Strong Demand

Special despatch from Philadelphia reports August and September demand for gray forge iron at $1850 to $1950 with prices steady as furnace blowouts push supply tight. Foundry irons show No 1 at $21 to $2350 and No 2 at $19 to $20.50, while steel rails stay firm at $38 to $40 and nails remain in moderate demand amid ongoing building activity.

Philadelphia Gray Best

Creditors react to firm failures with small returns

The report lists debts from several firms and individuals across Boston, New Haven, Worcester, Newark, Cincinnati and St Louis. It notes 10 cent on the dollar offers likely for Rodney J Hardy & Co creditors, an attached Herbert O Miller in Shelburne Falls, and assorted failures including H B Locke Worcester liabilities around 1500 dollars and Goken Kelly Co Newark debts. Unsecured creditors face meager recoveries.

Rodney J. Hardy Newark N. J Augustus Moore Cincinnatti B. F. Matthews St. Louis D. Morrison & Co Bakers

Ward 4 and wards 23 25 property list in Crescent Parker and Richmond streets

A local registry lists multiple properties with owners including Brick Horatio Williams on Crescent near Hadley in ward 4 and Horatio Williams with two mansard roof houses on Parker near Badley. Wood Charles W Sanderson on Waverly street ward 25 owns a two story pitched roof dwelling. James Pope owns four two story pitched roof houses on Richmond near Pope in ward 24. Association Tipareth Israel occupies a one story pitched roof building near the Dedham line on Grove street ward 23. Patrick and Michael Finnigan own a two story flat roof pine and store on Neponset avenue ward 24. Boston Thread and Twine Co occupies a one story flat roof building on Washington near Keyls street ward 25.

Horatio Williams Crescent Street Hadley Parker Street Badley Street Wood Charles W. Sanderson Waverly Street James Pope Richmond Street Pope Street Association Tipareth Israel Dedham Grove Street Patrick and Michael Finnigan Neponset Avenue Boston Thread and Twine Company Washington Street Keyls Street

Firework Display Tonight At Point of Pines Park

The season has focused on water exhibitions but tonight’s event occurs in the park before the grand stand where seats will be free for spectators.

Point of Pines

Garfield memory questioned by Dorsey injection aid

It is claimed Garfield would have used influence to aid Dorsey if alive, harming Garfield memory but not helping Dorsey. Lydia E Pinkham's Vege Compound touted as valuable for female health and mailed in liquids pills and lozenges. Ayer's Sarsaparilla urged to cure blood diseases and renew vitality.

Portland Advertiser Garfield Dorsey Lydia E. Pinkham S&s Western Avenue Lynn Mass Clendinning

Obituary notices from multiple New England towns July entries

Deaths reported in Somerville Boston Natick Concord Manchester Wareham Charlestown Quincy and Chelsea include Albert Ames older manley gain mary ann chandler abby gerrish fannie leach preston lincoln amma stevens robert tullock and sylvia veazie aged 20 to 72 with interment at Mt Auburn. Interment details note Mt Auburn on Thursday July 19 noon.

Somerville Albert TB Ames Becket Boston Elizabeth Becket Brown Natick Herbert Brown Cain Manley W Gain Chandler Concord N H Mary Ann Chandler Gerrish Chelsea Abby F Gerrish Leach Manchester Mass Fannie Atwood Leach Lincoln Wareham Preston $ Lincoln Mt Auburn Stevens Amma A Stevens N B Stevens Tullock Charlestown Robert W Tullock Veazie Quincy Sylvia Adams Veazie

The Skilful Ways Inveigie Fish Ashore In Britain Seas

The article surveys Chinese fishing methods and devices such as dipnets large bamboo framed nets and the moonlight slipper boats of Swatow. It notes cormorant hawking for fish and frugal Chinese uses for shark fins skins and shells including oyster and mussel byproducts for lime and beauty.

London Telegraph China Swatow England

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