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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1884

Page

3

Dull midsummer trading grips local stock market

The market showed little feature activity with prices easing. Brokers sold bonds and stocks totaling 122,160 and 1,791 respectively, while cash values fell from Wednesday. Union Pacific and other rail shares fluctuated amid bearish talk and earnings uncertainties. The Baltimore and Ohio and other telegraph interests planned a 25 year pooling deal, with D. H. Bates to head the combined operation. Calumet and Hecla slipped to 143 1/2.

Brokers’ Board Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Union Pacific Road Omaha Chicago Tribune Chicago Burlington and Quincy Western Trunk Line Association Marquette Houghton Ontonagon California Southern Pacific Flint Pere Marquette Boston Albany Maine Connecticut River Cheshire Old Colony Worcester Nashua Rochester New York New England Oregon Oregon Improvement Northern Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Bankers and Merchante D. H. Bates Calumet Hecla

Dividends Declared by Multiple Companies Today

The Boston pier company at Long wharf declares a dividend of $1 per share. The Insurance Company of North America in Philadelphia declares a 10 percent dividend. Father de Smet mining company declares 20 cents per share, payable July 31.

Boston Pier Long Wharf The Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia Father de Smet Mining Company

Market wrap of farm produce and staples in steady trading

Prices show strong for good produce and dull for poor across onions peppers beans and fruit. Coffee, sugar, and petroleum values hold with modest shifts while cotton markets remain quiet. citrus and tropical fruits show varied demand, with lemons, oranges, and bananas in supply and milk-like commodities steady.

Chicago Norfolk Long Island Bristol Ferry R.I Toomorrow York State Rio Java Maracaibo Luguira Jamaica St Domingo New York Rio Janeiro United States Virginia Wilmington Carolina Patna Rangoon Lloilos Barbadoes Cuba Nuevitas Palermo Cantania Messina Valencia Baracoa Cincinnati St. Louis Centennial Beacon Light Pittsburgh A. B. Somers F., &. Finsthwaite The Petroleum Exchange New York—Petroleum United Pipeline New Orleans Auust Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Cotton market wanes as mills warn of August shutdowns

Reports from the south indicate the Atlantic mills at Lawrence may shut down for part of August as European markets stay weak. Buyers grow wary on lower raw cotton and expected reductions in standard goods. Dry goods dealers question reported print cloth futures while New York cotton exchange sees mixed notes. On call oats rise late in trading with several car lots shifting hands and settle near 40 1/2 cents.

New York Prime Mercantile Lake Shore Stock Exchange Pacific Mail Missouri Pacific Lackawanna St. Paul Mg Northwest Lake Shorely Western Union Seabord Cleveland Lawson, Douglas & Co Wall Street South Atlantic Lawrence New York Cotton Exchange Commercial Exchange

Unchanged flour and grain market reports in multiple cities

Milling prices hold steady with little demand for low grade flours while spring wheats remain quiet. Chicago and St Louis see steady receipts and mixed activity in corn oats and rye. Prices for top brands firm with export demand. Belgium and Minnesota brands appear in futures notes.

Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Knominsky Milwaukee New York Western Steam Union Texas Wisconsin St Louis Minnesota C. St. Louis Toledo Detroit kReceipts Yuse Greenbay Southern White State PFK Franklin County Vermont St Lawrence Co Vermont Choice Vermont Choice Sage

London and Liverpool Market Data July 17

Financial and commodity notes from London and Liverpool dated July 17 report US bond prices, overseas railway shares, and stock quotes. Wheat, corn, and provisions markets show firmness in Liverpool and steady to firm conditions in London with weather in England described as fair after rain.

Liverpool California London Beerbohm Continent United Kingdom England

Imports at Boston Port Royal and Barbadoes Shipping

A fragment lists ships and cargoes including schooner Silver Spray with 153,000 feet of lumber from Stetson Moseley & Co at Port Royal, steamer Linn O Dee with 9,534 bunches of bananas to Baracoa, brig American Union with 463 puncheons of molasses, steamer Alpha with cod, lobsters and other goods from Yarmouth Nova Scotia, and JG Hall & Co handling eggs and other goods in a Boston port exchange.

Boston Port Royal Stetson, Moseley & Co Baracoa Linn O’ Dee Noyes Barbadors American Union Inisingham Yarmouth Alpha JG Hall & Co Delong

Foreign Exports from St Johns and ports report cargo list

A long 19th century cargo tally from ST JOHNS, CLEMENTSPORT, and HAYTI details schooners Mary Louisa and Gold Hunter and brig W C Warner exporting varied goods. Items include agricultural implements, cottons, canned fruit, meats, furniture, feathers, bales, leather, hardware, kerosene, oars, carboys, flour, meal, codfish, alewives, mackerel, lard, soap, flour, oats, nails, shoes, and lumber in numerous units and quantities.

ST Johns Mary Louisa Clementsport Hayti

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads

A long OCR style ledger lists receipts across multiple railways including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Eastern, Fitchburg, Lowell, Maine, Peabody and Salem, and other expresses. Items include wool, flour, meal, beef, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, lumber, leather, hides, skins, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, bacon, bacon, and various bales, cases, crates, and bbls with quantities. The fragment reads like a commerce tally of goods delivered or received by railroad lines.

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

Staple Product Receipts at Port July 17 Highlight

Total receipts of principal staples at the port from all shipment points shown for July 17, including commodities in transit, with figures compared to previous periods.

Convention of Baggage Agents Opens in Quincy

The semi annual meeting of the National General Baggage Agents association opened at the Quincy house with a brief session outlining today’s work. Attendees from many railroads and transfer companies discussed collections on excess baggage and lost check receipts, plus planned excursions to Bar Harbor and Isles of Shoals.

National General Baggage Agents’ Association Quincy House Pennsylvania Boston Albany Burlington Missouri River Cincinnati Hannibal Dayton Denver Rio Grande Eastern Detroit Lansing Northern Fitchburg Grand Rapids Indianapolis New York Lake Erie Western Ohio Mississippi Saginaw Valley Nantasket Bar Harbor Isles of Shoals Urtha’s Vineyard

Listing of wooden buildings and brick structures by ward

A historic inventory lists multiple properties with pitched and flat roofs across wards 1 2 11 12 15 20 24. Entries include two story and three story dwellings and a six story hotel at Dudley street with owners W EK Irving Dalton Johnson Thayer Closson Glass Goldsmith Resavick Guild Kelly Bartlett Jones Hartford Nassau streets and avenues such as Meridian New Leaver Savin Hill Clifton Commonwealth and West Fifth.

W. EK. Irving Dalton A. Johnson Meridian Street W. H. Thayer New Leaver Street W. B. Closson Savin Hill Avenue Morris Glass Whitefield Street S. Goldsmith Ruggles Street H. Resavick Clifton Street Geo. M. Guild West Fifth Street G. A. Kelly Maverick Street W. White Dudley Street

Insolvency notices and failures sweep across Boston and beyond

A sweep of insolvency actions notes George H. Keefe and Charlies N. Graves in Boston with losses totaling $2,875 and $60 secured. Michael Norton and several firms face petitions or adjourned cases. New Brunswick mills, London and New York creditors, and various assignees are named, with assets and liabilities outlined. A Boston shoe house, C W Copeland & Co, and many others face delays, extensions, or partial recoveries as creditors weigh claims. The report also covers the Firemen's Trust Insurance company in Brooklyn, Levinthal Mandelbaum, and other firms, plus a vivid anecdote from a Suffolk County hearing about entertainments and local court attachments.

George H. Keefe Boston Charlies N. Graves Hanover Street Michael Norton Commercial Street Faneuil Hall National Bank C. W. Copeland & Co Suffolk County Day Brothers Northampton Mass Wells A. M. Powell & Co Worcester Walter E. Beebe Waltham A. B. Reed Nashua N. 4 J.J. Deavitt St. Albans Gilbert Sisson & Co Providence R. I Edmund Yard, Jr., & Co New York City Hespmann & Alexander Nottingham Eng Dun & Co Willis England Ireland France Germany Switzerland Levinthal & Mandelbaum New York James W. Martin Millis N. Y David C. Wolcott A. B. Somers Pittsburg The Petroleum Exchange F. B. Thinswaite Pittsburg Petroleum Exchange Bellomont Cotton Manufacturing Company Sumter S. C Winn Beet & Co Boots and Shoes Nashville Ironton Hiram Campbell & Sons Sowers & White Ovid Mich Gibson Sheldon

Court Record Superior Criminal Court July 17

Judge Barker presided as William Dudley was found guilty of larceny from the person and sentenced to one year in the house of correction. Frank Barry received a $50 fine for assault and battery. Thomas F Good was convicted and given probation. Patrick Carroll pleaded guilty to assault and battery and discharged on costs. Thomas Reed found not guilty. Thomas Arthur pleaded guilty and faced probation. He Hurley Daniel Kimball and Robert Hayes pleaded guilty to larceny and had sentences deferred.

Superior Criminal Court Barker William Dudley House of Correction Frank Barry Thomas F. Good Patrick Carroll Thomas Reed Thomas Arthur He Hurley Danel Kimball Robert Hayes

Municipal Courts Run In July 17 Docket At Boston

In central court Judge Adams Richard J. Driscoll presided on assault charges with John Keenan fined for adulterated milk and James Glancy sentenced to a year in the house of correction for trunk larceny. Timothy Reagan, William J. Dill, and William C. Simmons faced various larceny holds. Francis L. Howard jailed for adultery. John F. Gage fined for driving a disabled horse on appeal. East Boston held Thomas Murphy for henhouse breaking. James Cannon, John Cronin, and Mary Cronin faced mutual assault and battery examinations. South Boston saw L Duffy and William Dean arraigned for breaking and entering the McDonald store. Dean guilty and held for superior court, Duffy acquitted and discharged.

Central Court Adams Richard J. Driscoll John Keenan James Glancy House of Correction Timothy Reagan William J. Dill William CC. Simmons Francis L. Howard John F. Gage East Boston Thomas Murphy James Cannon John Cronin Mary Cronin South Boston L . Duffy William Dean William McDonald Dorchester Street Dean Duffy

Whistler Portrait of Sarasate Praises Bold Impressions

The London World notes Whistler has finished a full length portrait of Pablo de Sarasate in evening dress, capturing movement and grace with a vivid impressionist rapidity. Ownership remains with speculation that the work will belong to posterity and the national gallery. Mme Flory designs for Prang. Humpprey, Bridges, Satterlee works in prep. Vedder sends 50 drawings for Khayyam edition. Harlow trips to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

London Posterity National Gallery Mme. Flory Prang L. B. Humphrey Fidelia Bridges Walter Satterlee Elihu Vedder Rome Tile Club Messrs James R. Osgood & Co Omar Khay Yam L. K. Harlow Nova Scotia Prince Edward’s Island

New Publications From a Busy Bookshelf Era

A survey of recent books and works notes Miss Ludingtons Sister by Edward Bellamy and The Crime of Henry Vane by J.S. of Dale. It covers King's Handbook of Boston Harbor by M. F. Sweetser, L. K. Harlow autographs The Hour, Arminius Vamberg travel memoir, Osgood Round Robin editions, Rossetti poems, sermons by M. J. Savage, and various science and youth titles. Announcements include St Nicholas pieces by Blanche Willis Howard and Shep the collie story.

Henry Vane J.S. of Dale Guerndale Boston Harbor M. F. Sweetser Boston Mateer Paris de Wolfe, Fiske & Co Thorp Manufacturing Company L. K. Harlow Harlow Longfellow Whitier Bryant Owen Meredith Gray Woodworth Arminius Vamberg Cassell & Co James R. Osgood & Co Patty Thomas Y. Crowell & Co New York Dante Gabriel Rossetti Rossetti George H. Ellis M. J. Savage J. B. Lippincott & Co W. H. Greene M.D Margie Marie Oliver D. Lothrop &Co Seba Ruby Hamilton Young Folks’ Library Marion Harland D. Lothrop & Co Charles Reade Harper & Brothers Little Arthur England Lady Carlcott T. Y. Crowell & Co Tommy Harper’s Bazar John Halifax Wendell Phillips Daniel O’connell The Lee & Shepard Blanche Willis Howard

Frontier Fashion and a Grand Minneapolis Concert

Bill Nye describes a Minneapolis concert with Nilsson as Gabriel, a diamond necklace and a princess cut skirt, amid 600 performers and 4500 inside plus 3000 outside shouting at the ticket office. Theodore Thomas is criticized as a leader while the house swells with wind instruments and crowds, and the building reportedly settles during the two and a half hour show.

Bill Nye Minneapolis Nilsson Gabriel Theodore Thomas

Count Boots and a Parisian Hotelier

A Belgian hotelkeeper recalls a Russian count who demanded his boots be pulled off. The owner donned gala dress to comply and later billed 100 francs for the act. The count paid without protest and never again requested such service.

Burlington Hawkeye

Senator D D Stewart Defends Privacy of Opinion

The 1865 Maine state senate president D D Stewart writes from St. Albans on June 26 1884 to the Bangor Commercial disputing the newspaper's portrayal of private opinions He disclaims any interest in Blaine's defeat while admitting concern over his fitness for the presidency and states citizens must vote their own sense of duty.

D. D. Stewart State Senate of Maine Bangor Commercial ST. Albans Somerset Co Sim Blaine United States Mr. Blaine

Prof Maynard Returns From Bahamas with Rare Birds

Prof C J Maynard, noted naturalist of this city, has returned after six months in the Bahamas. He brought rare birds including 24 Kirtland's warblers, 40 greater yellow throated warblers, 14 Bahama cookoos, and nests of the Bahama cookee. He reports extermination of many species due to local hunting and asks Gov Blake to aid protection efforts.

C. J. Maynard Bahamas Kirtland Chas. B. Cory Maynard Nassau Green Key Bahama Bank Blake

Notable Legal Fees in Landmark New York Cases

A New York letter to Troy Times lists hefty legal honoraria from famous cases. Charles O Conor earned 75000 in Jumel. Evarts 25000 for Beecher defense. Beach under Tilton funding up to 5000. Vanderbilt disputes drew large sums. James B Taylor estate litigation consumed a quarter million. Railroads paid rich sums. Parish will fees reached 50000. The era’s richest dispute involved two coal companies over a clear agreement misinterpreted, fueling a major protracted feud.

New York Troy Times Charles O’conor Jumel Evarts Beecher Beach Tilton Theodore George IV Scott Lord Cornelius J. Vanderbilt William H. Vanderbilt James B. Taylor David D. Field Lroads

Do Your Women Customers Try for Strawberry Bargains

A Detroit Free Press item recounts a morning interaction at a Weedward grocer where a male bystander frames women as unable to pay. A female customer allegedly tests prices, offers $5 for a bulk of berries, and leaves with 16 boxes after the clerk quotes 11 cents per quart. The grocer suspects a staged sting.

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