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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1884

Page

3

Financial Market Tides Shift Amid Corporate Reorganizations

Eastern sold up to 34, Boston and Albany moved up from 166 to 168. New York and New England steady at 12, and Old Colony at 139 to 140. Mexican Central 7s opened weaker, then rose to 393. Scrip sold up to 81 cents. New York and New England at 1023, 6s at 69. KC, Springfield and Memphis 63 strong at 92, shares at 311. Iron division of the Toledo Cincinnati and St. Louis system reorganizes as Iron Railway Co. with E. KE Floyd of Boston president and W. C. Candler of Boston treasurer. New England telephone up to 221, Erie steady at 182. New England passes dividend. Erie pays a reduced amount.

Brokers’ Board Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Atlantic and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Marquette Mining Journal Escanaba L’anse St. Ignace Marquette, Houghton Ontonegon Marquette and Western Mexican Central Iowa Falls Sioux City Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Louisiana and Missouri River Common Sumanit Wisconsin Central Eastern Boston Albany New York New England Old Colony Kansas City Springfield Memphis Iron Division Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis The Iron Railway Company E. Ke, Floyd W. C. Candler Erie

Dividends Declared by Boston Firms and Mills

The Boston Courier declares a dividend of five dollars per share. Thorndike Manufacturing proclaims a three percent dividend. The Boston Duck company declares four percent. Cordis Mills declares a five percent dividend.

Boston Courier Thorndike Manufacturing Company Boston Duck Company Cordis Mills Company

Livestock Market Totals and Arrivals This Week

Live stock totals by category Cattle Sheep Lambs and Swine for this week and last given with regional breakdowns by state shows Massachusetts New York Vermont and Canada among others. Arrivals at different yards listed with cattle sheep veals and other stock and cars over various railroad lines. Prices for market beef and store cattle provided with ranges for quality and stock categories.

Cvescvcancsees Csesss OO Hampshire Sane Vermont Eee Massachusetts Igi Sean Ssece New York Western Cone Sone Kayone Canada Ecce Maine H Coolidge & Son Glines & Weston W Hall Libby & Son New Hampshire H A Wilcox E F Adden J V Keaser J H & B Weeks Aldrich & Johnson Breck & Wood J J Courser B Sargent J O Sanborn J C Marshall C Philbrook Dow & Moulton O F Bothell C H Kidder J B Remick F S Kimball Martin & Squier J H Thomas G Hi Sprigg M Murthy Coombs & Farrar AS Hastings MG Flanders J H Ware J M Joslyn AJ Piper A Williamson G Clark J Counter HN Jenfie Britton & Savage Hall & Seaver W Ricker W Mears L W Tinker F Kenfield H Ingerson R G Kimball Peavey Sargent & Turner O Bigby J Carroll H W Whipple W G Townsend Stranger J S Henry Liverpool Glasgow JB Ant A N Monroe J A Hathaway A N Monroe O Brine Norseman J O Brine N Morris New England J H Morse West Bixby Kenfield H G Clement Cornell Bros Libby & Co Libby

Mediterranean Ports Steamer Columbia Cargo Summary

From Messina 35 boxes lemons Gusippe Tauni 50 bags filberts Karing Bros Co 290 boxes lemons 2 casks argois order From Catania 46 boxes lemons D H Tully Co 1202 do 461 cases do 100 cases 371 boxes fruit order From Palermo 4154 boxes lemons D H Tully Co 900 do sumac BG Mor ad Co 12 casks garlic Emilio Polline 15982 pkga fruit order

Mediterranean Columbia Messina Gusippe Tauni Karing Bros & Co Catania H Tully & Co Palermo Morad Co Emilio Polline

Cotton and grain markets in New York July 30

Domestic markets report firm cotton with 1126 bales sold. Orleans 114c. Flour receipts 11,771 bbls with 3038 bbls exports and prices easing. No 2 at 2 25, superfine 2 60 3 30, Minnesota and winter wheat higher. Wheat supplies large. Chicago and St Louis prices listed. pork and lard mixed. various regional grains and provisions noted with steady to weak trends.

Iowa Iowa State Agricultural Society New York Boston St. Domingo Nova Scotia St. John St. Louis Michigan Ohio Indiana Illinois Liverpool London Glasgow Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad iSea Orleans St Louis City Minnesota Fiee Chicago Milwaukee Duluth Pernambuco Aracaju Petroleum—United City Extra India Tierces City Steam South America Texas Albany Brighton Cincinnati Toledo Detroit

Dull Trade in Iron Markets Across Cities

Across Philadelphia and Pittsburg on July 30 trade in iron remains weak with low prices. Pig iron and steel rails weaken while small lots move. quotes vary by quality and time. New York markets show strength in iron certificates but copper and plates remain steady to dull. London and Glasgow interactions barely lift domestic sentiment.

Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane California Baltimore Boston Portland Fall River Providence Salem New York New Haven New London Portsmouth Philadelphia London Valencia Smyrna Turkey Wilmington Norfolk Palermo Messina Shorts Warrren Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Anc Eagle Lllec Manila Buenos Ayres Cordova Montevideo River Platte Santa Fe Calcutta Buenos Bengal India Rockland Eglinton Western Elaine Paris Rochelle Kentucky Franklin County New York and Vermont Vermont Canadian Nova Scotia New Brunswick Canada Carolina Java Rangoon Patna Cadiz Liverpool Chicago New England Mayaguez Arroyo Connecticut New York State Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Havana Madeira Sicily Ivison Trenton Bessemer Spiegel Exship West of England Pittsburg Orr City Edgar Thomson Company Glasgow Middlesboro C. B. Glasgow Langloan West Coast

London and Liverpool Financial News Roundup July 30

London markets report quiet but steady wheat and corn trade with firm breadstuffs. Cotton remains firm in Liverpool amid light demand while U S and Canadian shares show varied movement. wheat imports to UK steady. weather in England unsettled.

Liverpool California London Uplands Orleans Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Paris United Kingdom England

Tucker, Hammond & Co Affairs Part II Settlement Proposed

Creditors committee after full audit reports direct liabilities of Tucker Hammond & Co at 111000 with 3225 taxes and 4978 assets 87747 net. recommend a settlement at 50 cents on the dollar as more than insolvency. Several friends offer to aid. firm seen as fair. Other insolvencies listed include Kreutzer Lynn Kingsbury Salisbury Deavitt St Albans Carmichael Emmons Innis Bettle Brother Barnum Wire Detroit Shepard Indianapolis Rankin & Son Norton Wells with varied liabilities and assets. efforts to resume business noted.

Tucker, Hammond & Co Bagage Eugene G. Kreutzer Catter Lynn Salem Essex Court Henry L. Kingsbury Salisbury J. J. Deavitt St. Albans R.C. Gates Franklin Vvor Carmichel & Emmons Cedar Street New York Casterville Gifford, Sherman & Innis Dyesters Pougheepsie N. Y George Innis Bettle & Brother Philadelphia BE. T. Barnum Wire and Ironworks Detroit Mich A. L. Stebbins W. C. Shepard W.J. Rankin & Son Aususta Norton & Wells Wheeling W. Va

Fines Levyed for Assaults Aboard Barkentine Arlington

John Nelson first mate of the barkentine Arlington fined ten dollars for assaulting John P. Nelson on the high seas. Frank A. Leland second mate of the same vessel fined twenty dollars for two similar offences.

John Nelson Barkentine Arlington John P.nelson Frank A. Leland

Central court fines and punishments listed by judge Churchill

In the central court before Judge Churchill Stephen Coleman was fined 10 dollars and costs for evading fare. John Smith Jr and George W Averill held 200 dollars each for obtaining 150 by false pretenses. George L Kendall fined 100 dollars for selling adulterated mark. Asa Robbins third drunk six months in house of industry. John Nagle assault and battery held 300 dollars. John R Carberry third crank six months in house of industry. John Jarrood larceny held 300 dollars. Frank J Wilkins larceny of 9000 cigars held 1000 dollars. John B Wright distributing obscene print held 1000 dollars. Michael Flynn assault and battery fined 30 dollars and costs. Charles L Ward adultery held 800 dollars. Annie McFhee fornication held 300 dollars. John J Minton keeping his saloon Nos 66 and 68 Harrison Avenue open noon to six on two occasions fined 200 dollars and costs, he appealed. In Brighton court Henry Jacobs fined 7 and costs for keeping liquor with intent to sell.

Central Court Churchill Stephen Coleman John Smith, Jr George W. Averill George L. Kendall Asa Robbins House of Industry John Nagle John R. Carberry John dJarrood Frank J. Wilkins John 8. Wright Michael Flynn Charles L. Ward Annie McFhee John J. Minton Harrison Avenue A. M Brighton Henry Jacobs

James Barrett's Sanitary Traps and Inventions Noted

The sanitary science field honors James Barrett of Tremont Street for patent sewer traps cleanouts and urinal fittings. His devices use a mechanical valve and water chamber to seal against sewer gas with simple robust construction. Barrett’s traps for sinks drains and soil pipes are widely used and praised by engineers and committees.

Ndt James Barrett Tremont Street Arrett Barrett Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association

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Butler Joan McCullougeh 3Iauzz Henry Bornscein Richard W. Shea Margaret Buckley Cornelius Buckley Thomas Orrall Kingsbury Edward G. Nickerson County of Mass BARNA Snow Frederick W. Kyle Lnsovency Geo. W. Moore Litchfield & Crookeh County of Suffolk Bryant State St John Burley Charlestown St City OF Cumberland Coal Boston Water Board Boston and Lowell Railroad Mystic Wharf Charlestown Water Board On Se W.A. Simmons Cty City Hall Geo W. PE Board of Trustees City Hospital Offic, Allegheny Co Pittspure Allegheny County H. H. Richardson State of Josiah Speer Waltham Chas. F. Parks Main Street Benton Smith C. Wes Park Row New York City John J. Henry & Fegan Devonshire Streets Boots and Shoes SON Moody & CQ Devonshire A. S. Richards & CO Reade Street Bedford Street A. P. Taber Shoe and Leather Exchange Fall River Line F. C. Wolbert F.c.wolbert, Sons & Co Leonard St Broadway Samuel Bunting’s Sons & CO Market Street N. B Lippincott, Bon & CO Flarket Stree United State H. L. Day &Co Merchants’ Exchange Building State Street Exchange Place Boston Stock Exchange Hill Manufacturing Co Dao Nationaire and Leather Bank Order of Trushares Oldaleex National Bank Connecticut River Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R. Daanifin Boston Marine Insurance Co American Electric and Tisesinating Co Evot Insurance Co North Chicago Rolling Mills Fort Scott Scrip Androscoggin & Kennebec Shawmut National Bank Lyman Mills Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation Peabody Mills Cambridge RR Co McKay and Bigelow Heeling Machine Association Boston and Maine Railroad Boston and Providence Lockwood Co Maine Central RR Maine Rolling S Co St Louis County Cedar Rapids Missouri River Sandusky City Francis Henshaw & CO Merchants’ Ex Sares Mutual District Messenger Co Consolidated Railroad of Vermont Boston National Bank Suffolk National Bank Old Boston National Bank Fin Metronnlitan KR R Co American Electric and Lilluminating Co Manufacturers’ Insurance Co Missouri Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley Sam Cambridge R. R Co Tna Mills Hamilton Woollen Mills Tremont and Suffolk Mills Chicopee Manufacturing Co Lancaster Mulls Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation Massachusetts Insurance Co Odd Fellows’ Hall Association National Bank of Commerce National Grand Bank of Marblehead First National Bank Nashua Essex Co Cimcin Metropolitan Everett Mills Mechanics National Bank Shoe and Leather National Bank Third National Bank Douglas Axe Co Amoskeag Miz Co Union Stock Yard and Transit Co Globe National Bank Atlantic Cotton Mills Androscoggin Mills Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Co Cocheco Manufacturing Co Lancaster Mills Massachusetts R R Co Nashua Mfg Co Cocheco M Cicago Milwaukee and St Paul Wisconsin Valley Ontonagon American Electric and [Lluminating Co Fire and Marine Insurance Vo Horatio Harris & CO. 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