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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1885

Page

3

New York Market Ends Heavy After Mixed Session on July Day

Money on call eased to 1 2 percent, closing at lg per cent with steady bonds and dull foreign exchange. The stock list opened firm led by New York Central Erie and Lake Shore, then declined into a heavy close after a brief late rally. Rail bonds rose while other issues varied. news of West Shore tension weighed on related stocks. Trading in grains and provisions remained quiet with scattered price moves across wheat corn and oats as buyers stayed cautious.

New York Prime Mercantile U Union Pacific St. Paul New York Central Erie Lake Union Pacific New Jersey Central Lackawanna West Shore West Shore Road Canada Denver East Tennessee Texas New Orleans Sabine Green Bay Chesapeake and Ohio Rock Island Northwestern International Great Northern Missouri Kansas Texas General Texas Central Sinking Fund Virginia Midland St. Louis Alton Terre Haute New York Clearing House Association Sub William Dowd Clearing House Committee Camp Clearing House Franklin County Liverpool State Sland Chicago Messrs G. C. Eldridge & Co Emery Northwest Ibige Bilec New York Commercial Bulletin Cincinnati Pac Georgia Jersey Virginia H. P Wilmington Java Maracaibo Laguira Rio Jamaica St Domingo Ponce Porto Rico Cuba Byson Young Byson Twankay Congou Souchons Oolong Baracoa Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Pittsburgh London Petroleum Spirits Uplands Orleans

Grain Higher and Stronger in Chicago

A Chicago despatch to the Boston Post notes wheat prices rose despite a drop in visible supply as rust and bad weather feared to injure crops. Reports of opposite conditions surfaced yet failed to curb the uptick, with corn and oats remaining strong on light trading and firm provisions. Prices and bids listed for September wheat and various grain grades reflect a stubborn early rally amid mixed harvest signals.

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Wheat Market Report From London Trading Day

London at noon reports a quiet session as floating cargoes pass wheat ships. little business done, corn slow. Wheat prices at Liverpool range from 6s 9d to 7s, red and white varieties vary, Michigan and California grades noted. England sees cooler weather.

Commercial London Seerooom Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool California Michigan Dull St England

Rival schooner exports from Liverpool to commerce

Foreign Exports list items shipped from Liverpool and Liverpool Eng aboard the steamer Venetian cleared July 24. The record enumerates goods including flour 250 barrels meal 125, organs 14 cases whips 3, organettes 17 crates, bales feather 1211 quarters 1304 boxes bacon 1 bale, cotton 563 birds tobacco 59,647 bushels corn 6435 sacks hour 125 tierces beef 2, leather 30 cases troches 5 casks 9, bbls extract 38, cotton goods 1 lot ponies 25 bbls 100 half bus bladder lard 60 bbls, ac oxide 4 cases hardware 2 do 66 packages woodenware 7 empty iron drums 1204 bbls shooks 6107 pieces staves 84 bags bones 10 lb neatsfoot oil.

Liverpool Eng Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony New York and New Engand Ihai Fitel Parg Railroad Maine Railroad Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell Baiems

Prices of Store Cattle and Sheep and Lambs

Prices listed for store cattle including Farrow cows fancy cows and working oxen with ranges from $15 to $700 per head and yearlings two years old and three years old. Western fat swine and northern dressed hogs priced per pound and sheep and lambs shown in lots with various grades and veal calves. Classification defines quality terms for cattle and sheep in the Brighton market context.

Swine Maine Harpshire Vermont Boston Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Albany N.B Brighton

Boston Firms Face Large Liabilities in Mass of Bankruptcies

A chain of New England firms including Co, N. Carter & Co in Boston fail and go to attachment with liabilities estimated between 100000 and 125000 dollars. Frost Bros. Co in Boston offer creditors 40 cents, five Spool and Bobbin Co in Lowell fail, and Mrs J B Baker of Middleboro reports 8000 dollars in liabilities with stock around 2000. Franklin Store Co of New Haven proposes compromise. others assign or report assets and debts in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Missouri. John A Benson, a San Francisco civil engineer, assigns with liabilities around 450000 and assets matching debt, tied to real estate across California.

N. Carter & Co Bedford Street Winter Street Boston Charles W. Dow & Co Tremont Street Frost Bros. & Co Chauncy Street Spool and Bobbin Company Lowell J. B. Baker Middleboro Mass Copeland Fancy Goods Brockton Mass Franklin Store Company New Haven Conn San Francisco John A. Benson California

Emigrant Rates from New York to Chicago Proposed Changes

A Philadelphia despatch reports the Pennsylvania railroad intends to raise emigrant fares from New York to Chicago to $13 within days, after having cut to $1 earlier. The Baltimore and Ohio also cut to $1 to Chicago, while other lines held at higher rates. The move may not greatly boost remaining distant business as most contracts for the year already rely on the lower rate. The article also notes Vanderbilt’s Elkhorn and Pacific extension influencing transcontinental traffic and discusses Boston’s lost opportunity with the West Shore and potential Central control of access to northern routes. It closes with Delaware Maryland and Virginia railroad moves, led by Pennsylvania Railroad acquiring Old Dominion Steamship stock and leadership changes.

Kansas City Springfield Memphis Clinton Ft.Scott Atchison Union Pacific White Gould Wisconsin Central Ft. Scott and Gulf Railroad Msc Detroit Lansing New York New England Oregon Navigation Little Rock Ft. Smith Lowell Old Colony Eastern Maine Central Fitchburg Ebenezer Francis Boston and Albany Railroad Back Bay Park Fuller & Whitney Francis Quincy Mining Tamarack Quincy Boston Leing New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company West Shore Company New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company Filst New York Central and Huesca River Railroad Company Hudsonn River Railroad Company Weat Ffudson River Railroad Company Union Trust Company West Shore Chicago Pennsylvania Railroad Company Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore St. Louis Pennsylvania The Elshorn Valley Chicago and Northwestern Pacific Elkhorn Missouri Valley Vanderbilt Northwest Sioux City Journal Black Hills Chadron Nebraska Rapid City Deadwood Pierre Sioux City Omaha Points New York Central West Albany Roolack Erie Lackawanna Lakes Central Hoosac Delaware Maryland Virginia Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Road N. L. McCready Thomas Bumgardner Lancaster Old Dominion Steamship Company William H. Stamford Bowdine John M. Robinson Old Dominion Company Payson Tucker James T. Furber Boston and Maine J. H. Manley Augusta Bar Harbor Tucker Green Mountain Farber Mt. Desert Arlington Railroad Commissioners Waterstreet Boston and Lowell Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Companies Drexel, Morgan & Co New York Central Road Winslow, Lanier & Co George Jones New York Times St. Paul Road Cilset Burlington and Quincy St. Paul Missouri Pacific Smith Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Toledo, Cincinnati and Alabama New Orleans Texas Pacific Junction Milwaukee and Northern New England Shoe and Leather Association Shoe and Leather Dealers of James A. Roberts Claflin L. Pickard R. H. Brown Peabody Charles A. Grinnell C. E. Johnson Thomas E. Proctor Thomas G. Proctor Henry Bond James A. Woolson Henry M. Bige Andover Murdock Huntington Avenue Camden Streets Murdock Liquid Food Company Worcester American Medics Association Richmond Murdock’s Liquid Food Co Snow Hill Land Works St. Paul St Montreal

Court proceedings outline July 28 in multiple Boston courts

U S circuit court resumed Parker case aboard the brig Celeste. Commissioner Hallett held Collamore and mate on beatings with $300 bail each to July 31. Central Court sentenced Ellen Warren and John Donohue to six months, James Shandon to $3000 surety for Sept 15, Wm G Doe detained on assault. South Boston continued Henry Funk larceny. Timothy McCarthy pleaded guilty to embezzlement and placed on probation. Roxbury Kate Gately fined $15 and costs for obscene language.

Central Court Charehill Ellen Warren House of Industry John Donohue James Shandon Boston Longshoremen’s President Union Wm. G. Doe Ellen Hurley South Boston Henry Funk Timothy McCarthy Roxbury Kate Gately

Sir Moses Montefiore dies at century mark of charity

A 1884 obituary recounts Sir Moses Montefiore's centennial life of philanthropy across borders. Born in Leghorn, he built Palestine funds, lobbied rulers for Jewish rights, aided Damascus and Russian Jews, and aimed to establish a Jewish state with Jerusalem as capital. His motto Think and thank reflects a lifetime of interfaith aid and public service.

Sir Moses Montefiore Moses Israel Sir Moses Leghorn Italy Spain Appenines Montefiore Mount of Flowers Boulogne Surrey Judith Cohen Nathan Meyer Rothschild London Palestine Palestine Fund Middlesex Guildhall Damascus Syria M. Cremieux France Pasha Egypt Sultan Abdul Medjid Turkey Phillippe Russia Rome Pius IX Ramegate Morocco Chereef Holy Land Jerusalem

Republicans favor pensioning rebel soldiers in Virginia

The Eastport Maine Standard notes Virginia Republicans back pensions for rebel veterans while a Republican business rule warns keeping men to contracts harms business. It cites Kansas towns voting bonds for trivial projects and flags widespread Knights of Labor influence among Grand Rapids aldermen and officials.

Virginia Brown Eastport Grand Rapids Mich Knights of Labor Knights Fitch Rochester Democrat Roberts Utica Herald Warren New York Commercial Advertiser New York Anthony Kansas jAbilene Kan

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