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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1885

Page

3

Money Market and Stock News From Boston Exchange

The money market shows quiet steady conditions with prime mercantile paper at 3 to 4 percent and call loans with collateral at 2 to 3 percent. Boston banks report reserve up by 1.03 million to 8.38 million, while New York funds rest near par. The Boston stock list fluctuates with activity and notable moves in Atchison, Denver and Rio Grande, Union Pacific, Pullman, and several industrials as traders weigh bonds and shares.

Savings Boston New York Boston Bank Associated Banks of Boston

St Paul and Northern Pacific Bond Offering Sees 6 Percent Returns

The St Paul and Northern Pacific railway issues bonds at 6 percent for 40 years payable in gold. Only 5.9 million dollars of bonds are outstanding with a 6 percent dividend on a 5 million dollar capital. The railroad is leased to Northern Pacific which guarantees interest and principal.

St. Paul

New York Financial Market Slips After Morning Rally

New York July 20 Money on Call easy at 11 to 11 1 2 per cent closing. Prime mercantile paper 5. Bar silver 106% foreign exchange dull. Government and state bonds mostly steady, Arkansas 7s up 5.7%. Railroad bonds active. stocks volatile with heavy early buying and a late decline. Union Pacific and St Paul weak. market ends near day’s lows amid ongoing railroad war talk linked to Vanderbilt and West Shore developments.

New York Union Pacific St. Paul Lake Shore Western Union Vanderbilt New York Central West Shore Lackawanna Northwestern Oregon Oregon Railway North Pacifics Manitoba Kansas Texas Missouri Pacific Canada Southern New Jersey Central Lis Baltimore and Ohio Company Jersey Central Rock Island Isle Lawson, Douglas & Co Mgr. Armour Northern Pacific Oregon Navigation Chicago G. C. Eldredge & Co Messrs Emery Wall Street

Grain and flour markets summary from early season trading

Receipts and shipments for flour and grain show quiet trading with little movement. Wheat and corn prices steady to firmer in some markets while futures and spot quotes vary by region. Cheese butter eggs and pork products also noted with mixed demand and modest price shifts across New York Milwaukee St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati markets.

St Louis Milwaukee New York Minnesota Sttec St. Louis Detroit Toledo Chicago Canada Crands London White State Western Northern Liverpool Lara Hamas Pork Cincinnati Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Union Stock Catne Maine New Brunswick Norfolk Savannah Boat Norfolk Boat Longsland Bristol Ferry Virginia H. P Wilmington Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Domingo Manilas Mloilos Porto Rico Cuba English Island Barbadoes Philadelphia Alec York Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Ise Congon Souchong Oolong Mac Valencia Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Antwerp New Orleans Uplands Orleans

Trade items and ships listed at Yarmouth and Buenos Ayres

In Yarmouth Nova Scotia a schooner E Raymond reports 40 half tea, 2 5 cases of window glass and 50 barrels of oil. In Buenos Aires a bark Cecilie arrives with 374 830 feet of sum er.

Yarmouth E Raymond Buenos Ayres

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads

A long railcar ledger lists receipts across multiple lines for Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Maine, Maine Western, Lowell, Peabody Salem, Sea, and By Sea express routes. It records bales wool flour corn oats wheat beef pork tallow butter cheese eggs beans hay straw lumber leather hides pelts and related goods with quantities in bales bbls sacks bushels baskets crates rolls boxes and cars dated in July. Strong entities include railroad names and warehouse terms with hundreds of units across diverse commodities.

Liverpool Eng Samaria Clark, Adams & Clark Belcher & Loomis Moise Shreve, Crump & Low Bliss Fayban & Co Day Neale & Morse Stone & Downer Madse Grout Warren & Blanchard Koopman & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Mohair Baring Bros & Co H Roffe & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Price Machinery Stone & Downer Foy & Longworth Stedman & Fulier Manus Co F Hovey & Co Soule P Schmidt & Co Weil, Dreyfus & Co Sanderson Bros Steel Co Lewis, Brown & Co March Bros, Pierce & Co Simons, Hatch & Whidden Booth & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Holden & Hetrick Wright Bros Doherty & Co Jones & Co Byrnes Brown & Griffiths Baldwin B Kyron & Taylor Bellamy & Co Savannah Gate City Arnold & ‘Lucher Billings & Eaton George E Newhall Arnold & Tucker Dodo H Myers & Bros Dodo Nichols Dupee & Co Gillett & H Goulston Harrington Hacker Hall & Coo Huckins & Co Haskins & Son James & Abbot Lancaster Locke & Co Lowell Bros& Co Charles Lawrence Mytick Boots Morgan Bros D Mead & Co Morrison & Co Tuttle & Co Wright & Moody Hines Wadleigh White Bros & Son York & Whitney Halifax Carroll Avery & Co Arthur & Co Egee & H Cutler Dana Griffin & Co Bowles Beaman Bros Brown de Lovie & Co Holmes & Co Nckley, Ayer & Co Mead Rockwell Bros Rockwell & Son Russell & Co Risg & Co Stewart Moise Sherburn & Co Hall Cutler Colins William Parsons ST John New Brunswick Max Ames Bowles & Co Culer Johnson & Co Charles Kimball & Co Clements S Ellis & Co Hyde Wheeler & Co Gaftin & Co Johnson & Young Knight & Co Keefe & Co Isaac Locke & Son Locke & Hurd Dodo Simmons, Amsden & Co Butchinson Walter Hall Marston & Co Parker & Co Randall K Robbins M Holmes Macallar, Parker & Co Boston and Albany Grand Junction Road Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York New England Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad Astern Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell Railroad Peabody, Salem Sea Uorn Bas Bates Dales

Total Receipts of Staple Products July 20 Port Table

A historical port table shows July 20 totals for staple receipts from all shipment points. Figures include Cotton, Wool, Flour, Oats, Wheat, Sugar, Molasses, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Lumber, Leather, Hides, Skins, Pelts and more with year earlier comparisons.

Italy Maccaroni Cece Secsess- S Sooisoou Piadirece USA McIri Ss Ice GOVER Argentine Republic ST. Vincent Icc Mexico China Spain Surinam Nova Scotia Calcutta Sons Cuba Sanenaee Bea Scotland Porto Rico Saeseveece Chemicals, Fee Ena Eenneree

Probate court records list multiple wills and admin actions

In Suffolk county probate court on Monday before Judge McKim, the wills of Mary A. Flynn Mary Lyons Christopher Kenney Thomas M. Smith Ann Hammil and George EH Mendum were probated. Letters of administration were issued for Minnie O Neil Claude M Hartwell Maud T Proctor Frances E Woodbury John Cheever Thomas J Lewis William F Savage Henry H Taylor Henry A SD Dudley Cynthia H Griggs Alfred C Downing Emily C Billings Stephen A Crowell and Catharine Donregan.

Suffolk County McKim Mary A. Flynn Mary Lyons Christopher Kenney Thomas M. Smith Ann Hammil George EH. Mendum Minnie O'Neil Claude M. Hartwell Maud T. Proctor Frances E. Woodbury John Cheever Thomas J. Lewis Denver Col William F. Savage Henry H. Taylor Henry A. S

Drunken and delinquent defendants in multiple Boston courts

In July hearings Judge Forsaith presided in central court over repeat drunkenness sentences. Several defendants including Mary Cotter Emma Lyons and William Hallogan faced six months to a year in the house of industry. Others arraigned for keeping houses of ill fame near Richmond Street and for breaking and entering with pigeons stolen from Charles C French. East Boston South Boston Roxbury courts also reported arrests for assault arson bastardy and robbery with varying bonds set for superior court.

Central Court Judge Forsaith Owen Farren House of Industry Mary Cotter John Martin Rosanna Doyle Emma Lyons Andrew Jackson Alice Jackson Benjamin Pernell George Brewster Richmond Street Michael Flannery David Breen Frank McDonald Paul Wilson Park Square Helen Clark Catherine Donovan Peter Trainor Patrick McDonough Frank Gannon Charles C. French Giovani Mestes Mary Butler Boston Edward H. Houghton House of Correction Patrick McCauley South Boston Joseph Foley Parker Mary Hallogan Superior Court James Milligan No. 16 Ontario Street Michael Morrissey Albert Curran John J. O'Neill Roxbury Jesse Brown Gustave Ehret

Nantasket Becomes Hub for Visitors and Excursion to Worcester

A pleasant Nantasket day drew many families and social groups to Reeves American beach at Hotel Nantasket for concerts and beach attractions. The Boston and Albany railroad will run an excursion train on Thursday to bring Worcester visitors to Nantasket.

Nantasket Reeves American Beach Hotel Nantasket Boston and Albany Railroad Worcester

Court panel finishes hearing on actor John McCullough

Philadelphia July 20 The commissioners appointed by the court to examine the mental condition of actor John McCullough concluded testimony today and adjourned until Wednesday when the jury will assess the evidence and render a verdict.

Philadelphia John McCullough

A Lovely Complexion Promised by Blood Purity

A column notes that facial beauty stems from the blood and recommends Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify the humors and improve complexion for sallow or blotchy skin.

Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery

Dorchester Avenue Grade Discussed by Boston Aldermen

The Boston Board of Aldermen met with Alderman Curtis presiding. Petitions for sewers in Leeds Street Harvard Street and John A. Andrew Street were presented. Dorchester Avenue grade and sewer assessment issues were debated, with Mayor O Brien urging detailed reports on 75 percent assessments and sewer finances.

High Service Dorchester Avenue Board of Aldermen Alderman Curtis William P. Leavitt Leeds Street Adams Street Hiram Orcutt Harvard Street Wales Bernard Streets W. R. Clark Hamilton Avenue Metropolitan Railroad Company Washington Street Euclid Centre Streets Hiram Cushman Shepard Street Washington Union Streets Robert Falconer John A. Andrew Street Newberne Street Carolina Avenue Said Avenue Hart Cutter Corporation Counsel City Hall Dorchester West Roxbury Brighton Hugh O’ Brien L. B. Titus Boston Moonisland Street Commission Nathan Robbins Charlestown Causeway Streets Timothy Horrigan L. Frederick Rice Solomon B. Stebbins L. Foster Morse Eighth Streets South Old Franklin

Elopement Plot Leads to Highland Historian’s Marriage

The case from San Francisco recounts George Finlay, the historian of ancient Greece and longtime Times Athens correspondent, marrying a Armenian girl after an attempted box ruse aboard an English yacht. The sister swapped places in the disguise, the brother arrived, and Finlay, facing a damaged betrothal, chose marriage to the compromised woman.

San Francisco Alta George Finlay Greece London Times Athens Finlay Constantinople Finley

Dakota Marriage By Swollen Creek Becomes Local Folklore

A St. Paul item reports A H H and S A Z wed near Elm Creek in Brown County Dakota on April 27 1881 with the justice on one side of the swollen creek and the couple on the other. The Aberdeen Pioneer notes the ceremony was valid despite crossing challenges. Dakota life is described as vigorous and earnest with strong ties to the American flag and local devotion.

St. Paul Brown County Dakota Elm Creek Aberdeen Pioneer Daota

West Shore Foreclosure Receivership Angles and Fast Train Feat

A New York Evening Post communication discusses the West Shore foreclosure. It details Judge Brown appointing receivers in 1884, Judge Daniels voiding that order, and bondholders endorsing Theodore Houston as a receiver. It also covers an 426 mile West Shore express run, with times and speeds, plus Chicago eastward shipments and court proceedings in the Mary Celeste case involving Parker Wendell and others.

Theodore Houston New York West Shore Buffalo New York Evening Post Supreme Court Brown United States Trust Company Houston Russell Daniels Russell and Smith G. J. Foreacre Newark Transphoi F. H. Britton Garrett Ind Baltimore and Ohio G. W. Stevens Peru C. Sheehy W. A. Knight Detroit Wabash Charles Stiff Great Western Grand Trunk East Buffalo Weehawken Niagara Falls Chicago Michigan Central Lakes Shore Woayrc Pan Hangie Csceass Oudeo Hoee EOE Cas Saveranna Philadelphia South Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Company Frank Thomson Merion Trunk Line Executive Committee United States Gilman C. Parker Abraham Q. Wendell Geo. W. Miller Raphael Boris Emile Boris Sullivan A. Freeman Knowles Freeman Mary Celeste New York Mutual Insurance Company Commercial Mutual Pheenix Mutual of Brooklyn Wendell Hayti Capt. Parker Parker Charles Street Jar H. J. Boardman H. Tyng Parker, Wendell & Freemans P. Cummings Miller N. Morse E. W. Hutchins Boris Jacob A. Knapp Haiti Bass Nova Scotia Freeman

New Hampshire Health Board Reports Births and Deaths for Year

Concord July 20 The fourth annual health board report shows 6247 births, 3198 males 2946 females, 50 twins, 13 colored births, with 3292 marriages and 315 divorces. Mortality reached 6194 with leading causes listed: consumption 868, heart disease 483, old age 450, pneumonia 436, typhoid 151, diphtheria 110, Bright's disease 107.

Ite Concord N. H State Board of Health Supreme Court Rockine’ In Stratford Belknap Carton Merrimac Hillsboroughoo Cheshire Sullivan Grafton Coos

Bankers and Merchants Telegraph faces wire shortages

New York July 20. Assistant Manager McAllister says no improvement in the situation since Saturday. Western Union outages prevent replacements for cut lines, leaving limited connections east and west. Baltimore and Ohio and Postal lines have been cooperative, but no orders from headquarters yet.

New York McAllister Bankers and Merchants’ Telegraph Company Western Union Telegraph Company Boston Albany Buffalo Pittsbur Chicago Providence Hartford Meriden Utica Philadelphia Lancaster Western Union Baltimore

Japanese Industries Run In Small Workshops Across Japan

The Detroit Free Press notes Japan relies on tiny workshops with a possible water wheel aid to produce fans porcelain paper pigments and lacquers while mining and metallurgy remain modest despite centuries of practice. It highlights ancient hammered iron and bronze works as examples of Japan’s longstanding craft prowess.

Detroit Free Press Japan

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