York Butter and Cheese Markets Mixed in Quiet Trade
The butter market is quiet with good receipts and slow sales. Prices mostly unchanged across Western and Eastern creameries, with bids and offers listed for Western Greanery firsts and St Albans butter. Cheese and egg markets vary regionally, with steady to weak tones and receipts light in Western and Eastern markets. Potential perishable fruit arrivals noted with bananas and assorted fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Canton
Ogdensburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Utica
Liverpool
Island
Nova
Vermont
New York Extra
New York First
Vermont Extra
Michian
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Canada
Timothy
North
West
Red Top
Jerey
East Swale
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Northern Barbanks
Maine Barbanks
Prince Edward Island
Market Report Shows Mixed Produce Demand and Varied Prices
Truck trade remains dull with asparagus supply small and price at 125 per dozen. Green peas arrive poor and sell slowly at 50c to 1. Maryland peas fault at 256043 per barrel. Wax beans 2 per crate and string beans 1.50 per large crate. Bermuda onions abundant at 1.35 per crate. Levant onions 2.50 per crate. Cucumbers steady at 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 cents each and 3 per crate. Southern tomatoes slow at 24 per crate. Other items include carrots 1 per bush, lettuce and spinach 0.25 per bush, Bermuda potatoes scarce. beet greens 0.30, radishes 0.25, turnips 1.50 per bbl, cabbage 3.50 per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Bermuda
Florida
St. Andrew
Pork and beef markets hold steady with mixed prices
No change to note in pork as market stays steady with a fair trade. Dressed hogs quoted at 742¢ city and 634¢ country. Fresh beef firm amid light supply and a favorable trade. Jiambs and muttons ample with prices fairly steady and demand quiet.
Fresh Meats and Lamb Prices Reported in Market Sheet
The listing details various cuts including short ribs loins and fresh meats with spring lambs priced at 18 to 20 cents. Fall lambs and Chicago dressed fall lambs show prices from 7 to 12 cents. Mutton and yearling notes appear with ranges and quality designations. Eastern veal is listed as choice at 7 to 8 cents with poor to good at 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
New York Cotton and Sugar Market Summary
Cotton spot in New York closed quiet with middling uplands at 11 5 8 cents, low middling 10 3 4, goods ordinary 8 3 4, ordinary 8 1 4. Futures opened buoyant and market closed steady with mixed bid and asked quotes for June to March. Sugar and molasses markets quoted steady with refined sugar firm and various grades listed. Porto Rico and Cuba cargo prices shown. Line items include Pipelines, certificates, and trade figures with bales and shipments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manila
Lloilos
Belmont
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Best
Cuba
Watertown Union Livestock Market Report of May 1 1887
Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox reports week ending May 1 1887. Market notes list cars by line totals, beef and store cattle prices, sheep and lamb values, hides and pelts, and cattle sheep classifications. Prices show wide ranges with quality distinctions and regional market notes across Boston area lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Hogs and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities May 31
Kansas City reports hog sales mostly 4565 to 460 with receipts around 11 000 yesterday. St Louis notes firmer hogs with packers at 470 to 480 and butchers to 480. Peoria sees hogs at 440 to 450 with 400 receipts. Chicago cattle: steady to strong with shipping steers 375 to 465 and feeders to 260 300. Hogs totals 14 000 receipts and 56 000 shipments with ranges 450 to 510. Sheep firm with natives 3460 and Texans 7475.}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Yorke
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
New York Dry Goods Market Report May 31
The Daily Commercial Bulletin notes a large influx of package buyers from the West and South due to pending wool flannel sales. Business in commission circles was fair. staple cotton goods showed fair demand with firm prices. Prints quiet, cotton wash dress goods less active. ginghams steady and firm. men's wear woollens light. flannels and blankets sluggish in first hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daily Commercial Bulletin
Cotton Market Report May 31 1887 Across U S Ports
The cotton market summary shows receipts and sales by port cities including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. Consolidated figures list three and four day totals with exports to Great Britain and the continent and overall U S port stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Ross
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
United States
Receipts of Freight Goods by Regional Railroads May 31 1887
Freight receipts show Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England and Fitchburg railroads listing counts of cotton wool flour corn oats barley malt grease butter tea coffee leather hides and other commodities in bales bags cases and barrels for the date May 31 1887. The tallies include several railroads with multiple items such as bales of cotton wool and wool, sacks of flour and corn, bbls of grease and butter, and numerous boxes and tubs of tea and sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
C ‘Otton
IO Agra
Steetae Rr
Boston
Oakum
al India Rubber
England
Nova Scotia
Scotland
British West Indies
Unba Saray Ae
Argentine Republic
Ramenenes
Wolflon Cs Cies
Scesesere E
Ana Wroue
Markets By Telegraph May 31 1849 Chicago Wheat Prices
Financial notice summarizes multiple markets across New York Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo St Louis and Detroit. Flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and provisions quoted with receipts shipments and bid/ask ranges. Notable items include No 2 Milwaukee wheat around 94-96c, No 1 hard Minneapolis near 80c, and pork/lard price ranges in several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Rio
Petroleum —United
Lara
Northern
Chicago
Cincinnati
Looo
Toledo
ST. Louis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Warehouse Goods and Freight Totals Across Lines
Readable items list multiple consignments from Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern and Western Divisions and Boston and Lowell line. Entries include quantities of wool flour cornmeal eggs beans potatoes hay lumber leather hides skins bales casks tallow grease sugar and more alongside car and box counts for various shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Express
Imports and Exports May 31 1887 Cape Islands to Yarmouth
A list of goods exported from various Nova Scotia ports and Barbacoan trade. Cape Islands Hampton and Wolfville show schooners Irene Anna Atwood Harrie Go and WE Weir transporting mackerel, wood, eggs, potatoes, and bananas to partners including T J Jones & Co Delong & Seaman Hatheway Co F L Clements and WW & C R Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Islands
Irene
T J Jones & Co
Hampton
Delong & Seaman
Wolfville
Atwood
Hatheway Co
Clementsport
Harrie
Cordswood Delong & Seaman
Baracoa
Amicitia
Exports Report from Barrington May 31 1887
Schooner Hannah Eldridge carries 224 empty fish barrels while weighing Avonport cargo along the coast to Annapolis and Digby. Steamer New Brunswick reports 176 lobster crates 27 pieces wood pipe 1382 egg carriers 28 pkgs household goods 4 pkgs hardware 1 piece iron pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Hannah Eldridge
Annapolis
Digby
New Brunswick
London May wheat and corn markets steady amid quiet cargoes
Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn offerings subdued with quotations suspended. Wheat quiet, corn slow, Mark Lane markets quiet. English wheat average price 34s 6d for the week. Liverpool steady on spot wheat and corn. Paris markets firm for wheat and flour. India shipments to Britain and continent total 170,000 quarters. England crops backward but harvest potential aided by fine weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Liverpool
Paris
India
Great Britain
England
Laverpool
Market Prices and Wheat Quotes Reported in Liverpool
Provisions hold steady with pork at 668 6d and bacon at 3s 6d for short clear, 38s 6d for long clear. Cheese unchanged at 56s, tallow 21s 6d, lard down to 34s. Wheat dull in Liverpool on May 31 with No 1 California July 8s 11 44d, August and September 8s 3d. Mixed American corn June 48 Olad, August 48 11 4d. No 2 red winter wheat ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
California
Proposals for Cast Iron Water Pipes in Boston
Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals for cast iron water pipes with delivery from Aug 15 to Nov 15 1887. Bid must include bidder name residence, a 1000 dollar certified check, and contract signing within four days of award notice. Specifications available after June 1 at City Engineer’s office. board may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Waterboard
Boston WaterWorks
City Hall
Boston
Water Board
William B. Smart
Boston Water Board
U. S
Resolute
A. G. Robinson
U. Sg. A
Navy and Army Supply Sealed Proposals Opened for 1887
Navy Department invites sealed proposals from manufacturers and regular dealers for supplies at Navy Yard New York including bleached cotton duck bur lap enamelled cloth and gum camphor with 30 day delivery. Proposals due June 28 1887 with 6 percent reserve. specifications at Navy Yard New York. Also home in Togus Maine calls for subsistence and hospital stores for fiscal year starting July 1 1887 with bids itemized. parcels to be mailed by June 14 1887. Springfield Armory seeks bids for Mill River sustaining walls repairs with triplicate proposals due June 27 1887. Proposals may be rejected in whole or part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Bureau OF Provisions and Clothing
Washington, D. C
Navy &Supplies
Navy Yard
New York
Orrick
N.H.D.V.S. Tocus
Quartermaster’s and Hospital
National Home
Togus
If. A. Cobaugh
Nationa Armory
Springfield
Mass
Mill River
National Armory
National Athoty
United States
A. R. Buffington
Ord. Dept
U.S. A
Train Schedules of Boston and Providence Railroad May 30 1887
Detailed train timetable lists departures and returns from Boston to New York Providence Attleboro Dedham Readville and many intermediate stops, with daily and Sunday variations, note on certain towns not stopping and adjustments for weekdays and weekends. includes instruction by officials A Folsudi and J Durypes.
Boston and Providence R R Sunday schedule changes
Legislative changes in Connecticut eliminate the 10 a.m. Sunday Boston to New York and the 10 a.m. Sunday New York to Boston trains after May 29. A 10 a.m. Boston to Providence Sunday train and a 4 p.m. Providence to Boston Sunday train begin June 5. From May 30 the Shore Line train to Boston leaves New York at 1 p.m. instead of 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Providence Railroad
Boston
New York
Shore Line
Stonings
Heturn
Providence
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
Lpu
North Attlboro
Ie Field
Kmeturn
East Foxboro
Sharon
Ram Gantarya
Myde Park
Nu Mippe
Forest Mills
Y Damasca Pisin
Connecticut
FOLSC
Nton Lower Falls
Worcester
Highlands
Boston and Albany Rail Timetable From 1887
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany line list daily departures to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West from Boston with multiple express and accommodation trains. The notice notes ticket offices at stations and 282 Washington Street Boston and includes connections to New York and Chicago with various through cars and sleeping arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Joston
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
Boston
South Framingham
Wellesley Hills
Gem
Brookli
Lnie
Lick
Lanson, Gen
Pass
Agi
NEW
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R
J. W. Richardson
Folsom
Trains Schedules To New York and Coastal Towns
An extensive timetable lists Weekday and Sunday train departures from Broxton and connections via Fall River, with arrivals and returns to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and many Cape towns. It includes Boston area routes, boat connections, and notes on service via Brockton Taunton and Newport with listed times and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broxton
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Amy
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Hyan
Mraintree
Bridgewater
Kenockton
Buzzard’s Bay
May
Wareham
Buzzard's Bay
Onsetty
Slo
Provincetown
Well
Neetown
Cohasset An Gham
Cohasset
Belingham
Cottage City
Ew Bedford
New
Wood's Hall
Brockton
Abington
Krockton
East Milton
Quincy
West Quincy
Weymouth
East
East Weyr LO
Fall River On
Return
Aim
Ware
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Nantucket
New Bedford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Lyme Puth
Duxbury
Spm
Scituate
Orth Scituate
Sea View
Shawmu
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Reat
Whitman
Uta Weymouth
South Weymouth
Walton Heights
Rail River Line
Hingham
Plymouth
Duxbury Road
Fallover
M. Newport
South Braintree
Horon
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Schedule Details
The Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists Boston departures to North Adams Troy Albany and through connections with daily and Sunday services. It includes varying departure times from 6:30 to 11:35 am and evening options, sleeping car offerings, through tickets, and notes on ticket offices in Boston and at Hoosac Tunnel Route. The schedule shows many intermediate stops including Cambridge Marlboro Nashua Watertown Waltham and Sunderland with numerous ex and express services. John Adams J Whitmore and J R Watson sign as general officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framinghan
Mar
Marlboro
sSouthboro
Northboro
Clinton Leomister
Fitchburg
Pratt's Junction
Boston
Causeway Street
North Adams
Troy
Albany
The
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Ayer Junction
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
N. HM
Amy
North Leominster
Union
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Rutland
Burlington
Montreal
Ottawa
P. Y
St. Albans
Worcester
Hoosac Tunnel
Washington Street
John Adams
J. Whitmore
J. R. Watson
Pasa
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Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Lermo
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Aine
Jiuy. Ar
Brent Kins Sens
Mal Donne
Watertown Union Livestock Market
Boston & Maine
Lowell
Eastern
N. B
Boston & Albany Railroad
Maine
Hampshire
Massachusetts
Michigan
Telegraph
City OF
Ayre
Racer Sene
James Fulton
U. S. Navy
Awnemead
Epproyens Luther Stephenson, JR
Cheshire
Central Vermont
Vitchburg
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
St. Johns
Spee
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. BR. Ry
Cheshire R.R
White River Junction
Points West
Chea
Hire & Monadnock
Rutland R. K
White River
Mullman Palace
Titon A
C.A
Faxon, Gen
Agt
Stewart
Gen
Wit
Honereal & West
Pullman Carson
KR. R
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Vass
Albans
Mitistor
Bostos
Old
Ria Annex
Or Brooklyn
Jersey City
Hertha
Old Colony
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
L. HW. Palmer
Concord K. KR
Manchester
Concord
N.H
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Chamberlin
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Junction
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Ville
Clarendon Hills
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Moyliston
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S.xu
Dedham
West Roxh
Mt. Hope
A. A. Folsudi
Durypes
Luis
Meturn
Spring Street
Ands
Heay Chee
Eturn
Barton Warren
Bristol
Rosas Orr
Boston & Providence
R. R
R.R
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Cester
Juffalo
Cleveland
Chica
Pitt
Spriraven and
Cordaville
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Milford
Uth Framingham
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Natick
Velleste
TADS
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Polk Fale
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Gallup
Railroads
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Lapoiset
Renney
Elmont
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Miller's Falls
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Haven's Colleges
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San Francisco
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