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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1883

Page

3

Prices Weaker as Markets Show Broad Decline Across Cities

Boston evening issue reports money market firmer with higher rates, bank discounts at 5 to 7 percent, call loans 5 to 5.5, and outside note brokers at 5.3 to 6 percent. Government securities lower, exchanges weak, and New York funds par to 12 cents discount per $1,000. Stocks slump with Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe active, Chicago Burlington and Quincy down, and rail shares drifting lower amid bearish talk on Toledo Cincinnati St Louis. Also notes on national banks, railroad land sales, and the Atlantic and Pacific bridge project near completion.

New York Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Town Falls Sioux City Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Oregon Marquette, Houghton Ontonagon Common Iowa Railroad Land Company Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad Company Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Albany New England Lowell Maine Old Colony Atlantic and Pacific Colorado River San Francisco Kansas City Arizona Territory Colorado Mountains Mexican Central Fin Calumet and Hecla Huron Quincy Prime Mercantile Lenpg West Shore Vanderbilt's Lake Shore New York Central Western Union Buffalo Texas and Pacific Rio Grande Division St. Paul Manitoba Do. Consols Denver and Rio Grande Western Ohio Central Firsts Canada Southern Canadian Pacific Vanderbilts Central Pacific Ohio Pacific Transcontinental New Jersey Central Lattle, Pittsburg Robinson Consolidated Sonora Consolidated Stock Exchange Lo’st Canaan Manhattan Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey Ohio Missisippi Tario & West Mtrai Ri ‘Tee Peoria Phila Ing Milwaukee Jones Aan de Bare Ae St.l.& Pa Canada Pa Mand M Bur& Q Rich & Dan Leve Colum Seeereen G Steek Ontin Pacific Houston & T Cssssee Ict Colum Colum TD Cem Erie Man Boh Rio Grande Gore Pk & Pac Mil L.S Erie Seconds Mobile & Ohio St Paul Nash Pac Tex Pac. L Pa Grande N. Y St. L Vaeaenees Oregon Nav Aiton & Terre Haute Rich Dan American Boston Air Line W. P Roch Pitts Iowa Rock Island Chesapeake & Ohio St. Louisk SiMe Domavs Canna Chicago & Alton St. Pa V St. P. Minn. & Man Chi. Scr N.O Tol del. & Burl St. Louis & Pa United States San Gloucester Nova Scotia Round Shore Labrador Bay Shore Dalhousie Cape Ann Orly Cone Co Texas Commercial Bulletin ASKEC

Wall Street Ends Mixed as Rail and Mining Stocks Slide

New York markets showed firming at times with Vanderbilt interests lifting the list, while rail bonds drifted and mining issues remained dull. Stocks fluctuated on telegraphers strike rumors, rate-cut chatter, and a late rally led by Western Union and Canadian peers, closing near session highs after intraday losses.

Grain Market Ledger Across Wheat Corn Oats And Prices

The call board shows Oats and Corn bids with monthly seller details and prices. Receipts list 11 458 corn 2 625 oats 2 500 shorts and 3 000 bbls flour. market notes light grain in elevators. dairy items steady with cheese easy and butter weak. Chicago grain futures ranged with July to October contracts and closing near prior levels.

Liverpool New York Chicago Atdidge Bulge Juy Pk

Flour and grain market prices steady amid steady demand

Market shows flour prices holding firm with quotations unchanged. Western spring wheat and various flour types listed with bbl and patent grades. Corn meal and oatmeal prices noted with range, followed by a grain trade tag.

Minnesota Minois St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York

Commodities and futures steady as markets close

Market notes report steady prices in molasses trade with several regional quotes for new crop sugar moistures. Cotton futures in New York open steady and end dull with July to March contracts ranging from 9.65 to 9.99 cents, while spot middling trades around 10 cents and receipts and sales figures listed for uplands, Orleans, and American quotas.

Barbadoes Porto Rico Lew Do New York Uplands Orleans New Orleans Texas Ohio St. Louis Minnesota Seclinet Medan Detroit

Maritime cargo listings from Pubnico and St Johns

In Pubnico Nova Scotia schooner Shelbane carries 125 barrels of flour and 30 barrels of meal. The Fish Hawk sails with 300 barrels of flour and 30 barrels of meal. Port Gilbert Newfoundland reports Blythe with 30 barrels of meal. St Johns Newfoundland lists Lizzie K with 375 barrels of meal 2 barrels kerosene, plus 50 tons pig iron and 250 bags of corn.

Liverpool Eng Virginian ST Johns N F Susie E Antwerp New York Jan Breydel Pubnico Ee NS Fish Port Gilbert Blythe ST Joan Lizzie

Market Cotton Receipts and Prices Across Cities

Tobacco era style market notes show gross receipts by city, with New York and Baltimore posting figures around 1,233 to 16,600 dollars, while Savannah Norfolk and Wilmington display mixed mid and dull markets. Coastwise sales and net receipts are listed, with mid to low middling rates noted in several hubs.

New York Baltimore Wiligbe saleBeeneeeseenne New Orleans Charleston Wsa-Reses Norfole Cali Sock Eerseese Auli Nee Britain Wilmington

Globe Gloucester fish and meat prices update

Gloucester market notes large listings for codfish haddock hake and other species with prices per quintal barrel and box. Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and other cities report grain meat and oil prices and receipts with mixed movements and steady to lower tones.

Financial summaries from London and Liverpool markets

London brief notes July 19 report: bullion in Bank of England down £87,000. Bank reserve ratio at 41 7 16 percent. Paris rentes at 78 francs 80 centimes. Cargoes for UK wheat and corn easing. American grain mixed, Atlantic shipping steady. Liverpool market: flour and wheat prices varied. cotton demand moderate with 8,000 bales sold. futures steady for August to January contracts.

London Peager Great Western Illinois Reading Qoh Ontario and Western Bank of Levient Bank of England Paris Commercial Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool United Kingdom Uplands Orleans

Court Record Hearing on Chinese Laborer Case

U S Commissioner HALLETT hears J G Douglas master of the Erie in a case charging violation of the anti Chinese laborers act. Ah Chung born in Hong Kong testified of carpentry work in Hong Kong Manila and San Francisco aboard the Erie. The defense argues he is seaman not laborer and not within the statute. Decision reserved until Monday.

J. G. Douglas Erie Congress Ah Chung Hong Kong San Francisco Manila Paumvel

Boston Municipal Court July 19 Ruling Detailed

Judge McCafferty sent Georgana Pratt to the woman’s prison for two years for common drunkenness and Michael Banks to three months. Mary Desmond pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined ten dollars plus costs. Patrick McCarty received six months at the house of correction for assault on his wife with a shovel, appealed, and held on bond of 300 for the superior court.

McCafferty Georgana Pratt Michael Banks Boston Mary Desmond Patrick McCarty House of Correction

Insolvencies Plague Small Merchants Across Several States

Several merchants face insolvency actions or compromises. W F Garver of Carpentersville and Mrs Elizabeth T Collins of Green's Landing fail. A Chaplin & Co Providence and Barlowski Chicago show financial embarrassment. Edwin Carpenter Worcester and Moses Joyce Deer Isle adjust affairs in insolvency. Edwin Bardsley Biddeford seeks settlement at 40 cents on the dollar. Monger McPherson Co Cameron reports about 8000 dollars liabilities. expected dividend light, around 15 cents per dollar.

W.F. Garver Carpentersville, Inc Barlowski Chicago Ill Joel M. Raven Rutland Edwin P. Carpenter Worcester Elizabeth T. Collins Green’s Landing Moses Joyce Deer Isle A. Chaplin & Co Providence R. I Saace Edwin Bardsley Biddefora Monger, McPherson & Co General Merchandise Cameron N.C

Labor placements and funding at Indus trial Aid society

During the last quarter the agency reports 856 placements for 592 men and 264 women. Of these, 489 men and 119 women found work in the country, 103 men and 145 women in the city, 45 boys sent to farms, and three families to factories with labor and tenements. A $1,000 legacy from Hugh Montgomery, Esq., is received. Springfield reports on St Jacobs Oil and Graves Heart Regulator as remedies.

Industrial Aid Society Hugh Montgomery

Oregon Short Line prospects and Wood River notes in Idaho

A Denver correspondent from Shoshone, Idaho discusses the Oregon Short Line’s growth, Wood River branch prospects toward Hailey, and possible UP shop construction. Critiques include earnings expectations, competition with Northern Pacific, and the impact on related lines such as Central Pacific, based on Dillon’s reports and rail economics.

Denver Republican Shoshone Idaho Wood River Hailey Union Pacific Omaha Oregon Northern Pacific New York Portland Paget Sound Puget Sound Missouri River Northwest St. Paul Canada Pacific Sidney Dillon Oregon Short Line Railway Union Pacific Railway Dillon Central Pacific San Francisco Pacific Coast Utah Granger Utah and Northern Ogden Pilot Springs Station Boise City Burnt River Sidney Dillion

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