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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1886

Page

3

Money Market Steady in Boston on June Fourth

The Boston money market remains steady and quiet with moderate demand for loanable funds. Rates show little change. call loans with collateral run 3 to 3 percent, commercial paper 3 to 3 ½ percent, and prime to good mercantile paper 4 to 5 percent. Government securities are quiet and foreign exchange weak in early June reporting.

Boston New York

Prices and Closing Quotes From the Market Report

The day shows steadier to stronger tone in local stocks with notable activity in Atchison Bell Telephone New England Water Power and Mexican Central among others. Union Pacific rose on favorable news while bonds traded higher and several railroad and mining shares posted gains or steady levels.

Bell Telephone New England Telephone Atchison Atlantic and Pacific Burlington and Quincy Eastern Mexican Central New York New England Marquette, Howehton Ontonagon Rutland Union Pacific Inc Cemue Pn Inse Norces

Unclear Sales Ledger Entry From June Catalog

A fragmented sale list shows items with quantities and prices including references to Breece, Mexican Telephone, McKay Heeling Mach, Burton Stock Cer Com, and Caroline Quien. The text is heavily garbled with stray letters and lacks coherent context or complete items.

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Wall Street closes firm after late rally in rail shares

Money on call at 1 2 percent and prime mercantile paper 4 5. Sterling rates dull with bills at 48714 and 489. Railroad bonds show strength as a late surge lifts many issues. Total sales 334 108 shares with Richmond and West Point active but down lx percent. Several rails and bonds listed with varied gains and losses.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Richmond West Point Omaha Northwestern Free Cay Cincinnati Washington Baltimore Chesapeake and Ohio Ilaig Chicago and Alton Cleveand Columbus Indianpolis Denver South Park Erie Hannibal St. Joseph Houston Texas General International and Gear Northern Michigan Centrl Chattanooga Nickel Plate Texas and Pacific Danville Mobile Ohio Jersey Central Adjustment Ottumwa New Orleans Louisville Nashville New York City Northern Trust Mississippi Mutusx Union

Mining Stocks at 2050 Ontario and Quickstiver Values

The list shows prices for mining stocks including 2050 Ontario at 2850 Quicksilver, 400 Quickstiver preferred at 2000 Hiorn Silver, 800 Deadwood Tetra, and 300 Best & Beicher with a value of 1.09.

Ontario Quicksilver Hiorn Silver Deadwood Tetra Best & Beicher

Mining stocks close in San Francisco on June 4

The official closing prices of mining stocks were reported today in San Francisco California with a list of names and figures showing gains and losses for the day. The periodic market summary reflects activity across various mining sectors and firms.

San Francisco Cal

Chicago and Northwestern Stockholders Name Directors and Officers

The annual meeting in Chicago re elected D O Mills John M Burke Marvie Hughitt N K Fairbank and Horace Williams as directors. Percy R Pine replaces the late C J Osborne. Officers re elected include Albert Keep president M L Sykes vice president secretary treasurer S O Howe assistant secretary treasurer in New York Marvin Hughitt second vice president J B Redfield assistant secretary assistant treasurer and auditor. Net revenue is about 4 700 600 with 6 percent and 7 percent dividends totaling 3 444 500 and a 1 255 500 surplus.

Chicago and Northwestern Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Chicago D.O. Mills John M. Burke Marvie Hughitt N. K. Fairbank Horace Williams Percy R. Pine C. J. Osborne Albert Keep M. L. Sykes S.O. Howe New York Marvin Hughitt J. B. Redfield

Rail companies plan upgrades and leadership renewals nationwide

Louisville and Nashville directors deny a receivership report while Connecticut River freight officials announce monthly changes. Union Pacific plans extensive improvements along its line with heavier rails from Ogden to Omaha and new depots and cars. Toledo, Cincinnati and St Louis gauge change is likely this winter. Central Iowa Ry reelects directors at Marshalltown. Southern Pacific to import foreign steel rails to New Orleans at favorable terms. May earnings rise for Boston New York Providence and other lines. Newtasket Beach road purchase cited. New York and New England steamers moved substantial freight. Connecticut River RR boasts two top business days during Springfield 250th, with a 4 percent dividend declared. May and yearly totals for several lines show growth in earnings.

Union Pacific Washington New York Pacific Mail Chicago Burlington Quinney Northern Oregon Mansas City Springfield Memphis Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Atlantic and Pacific California Little Rock Fort Smith Iowa Falls Sioux City Symon Eastern Arthur Sewall Bath New England Devonshire Street Old Colony Rutland Common Boston Providence Connecticut Passumpsic Bell Telephone Boott Merrimac Manufacturing Company Amory Manufacturing Company Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Louisville Nashville Connecticut River Road Union Pacific Road Omaha Ogden Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Central Iowa Railway Company Marshalltown Iowa Messrs William Hanna F. W. Huidekoper Edward E. Chene Russell Sage Alfred Sul Old Colony Railroad Company Newtasket Beach Road New York and Hudson River Connecticut River Railroad Company

Business Troubles Signal Ongoing Bankruptcies Across States

A telegraphed report from Dun and Co and E Russell & Co shows 187 U S and Canada failures last week, led by Western and Pacific states. Insolvency hearings in Suffolk County closed. Boston firms and individuals named include Goldthwaite Kendall Haraden Robinson Quinn Cutting Porter Kidder Messenger and others facing liabilities. A notice from Moses W Richardson invites creditors to Lewiston mills meetings to discuss affairs after George C Richardson’s death.

R. G. Dun & Co E. Russell & Co Mercantile Agency New York United States Canada Western and Pacific States Suffolk County McKim Timothy Goldthwaite Columbus Avenue William P. Kendall Tremont Street Flora J. Haraden Broadway Chelsea Benjamin F. Robinson Henry Quinn Pedler Harrison Avenue Hiram G. Cutting Hanover Street Albert D. Porter Washington Street Nahum J. Kidder Beckler Avenue Charles Rickenberg State Street Thaddeus W. Messenger Augustus W. Doyie T. W. Messenger & Co Aoard Provisions Cambridge Street Charlestown Moses Paul & Co New Farnell Hall James P. Hackett Jerome T. White Frank Wheeler Atlantic Avenue George M. Guild Boston May, Nash & Winslow Gardner Hawkins Oliver Street John Dyke Edmund T. Lamb D. R. McKimon Moncton N. B Cunen & Kelaher MeKiaen Conn BE. Ballentine Lexington S. C Brigham Bros Mercantile Market E. B. Wildes & Bro Doane Street Guild, Church & Co Elias Bartlett Raymond Daniel J. Keefe Cheshire Mass George Hegerich Moses W. Richardson Lewiston Mills George C. Richnee

Death of Benjamin T. Gould Remembrance in Boston

Benjamin T. Gould born Hillsboro New Hampshire February 1809 died in Boston on the 8th inst. He came to Boston in 1826 and worked in the West End grocery trade from 1830 to 1854. He served in the customs house and later as a weigher and gauger at 281g India Street. He was an overseer of the poor and a six year member of the school board. A lifelong Democrat and churchgoer, he leaves a widow and one daughter. He was viewed as genial, courteous, and blameless in life and memory.

Benjamin T. Gould Hillsboro N. H Boston West End Custom House India Street First Baptist Church R. H. Neale Gould Prince W. Page

Market Report Shows Mixed Grain and Dairy Movements

The flour market is firm with improvement noted in spring patents. Corn trading is moderate with steady prices, oats firmer and demand up. Butter and cheese hold steady, eggs dull at old quotes, beans similar to prior levels, poultry and tallow unchanged. Foreign fruits firm and hay dull with buyers favored. Potatoes unchanged. Refined sugars easier. Pork and lard unchanged, fresh beef slightly lower, other fresh meats stable.

New York Elgin Creamery Extra Chicago Liverpool Maryland Delaware Express New England Delaby Prabid Herrhamond North Carolina Jesse Freeman Jamaica Severns & Co Gate City Eastern Creamery Northern Creamery Vermont Dairy East New Hampshire Vermont Ile Michigan Nova Scotia Northern Island Palermo Valencia Messina Jersey East Swale Aroostook Hebron Maine Bermuda Brant

Market reports show firmer prices across grains and staples

Fleur and Grain notes firm general market with spring patente firmer. Buyers eager, good demand, no corn change. Steamer yellow 50c, good no grade 46 47c. No2 white cats around 40c. Oats, cornmeal, rye flour and malt prices listed with receipts and car lots.

Fleur Minnesota New York Canada Ian Bulk New New York

Market Notes Signal Dull Trade and Stable Prices Across Foods

The market remains dull with many prices Listed as steady or only lightly firmer. Butter, cheese, eggs, beans, and apples show little change while hay remains dull and buyers have the upper hand. strawberries and other produce move in small quantities with several shipments noted for New York and Norfolk routes.

Pond Pond’s Extract CO New York London

Provisions Hold Steady Amid Mild Beef Demand

No change to pork and lard. Fresh beef shows good fair demand with prices a shade lower. Other fresh meats unchanged. Detailed price ranges for pork cuts, meats, and fresh beef items listed by weight and grade.

Mixed Cotton Quotations Steady Market Signals

The cotton market shows a quiet tone with steady quotations for Mid uplands Gulf and Orleans. Liverpool futures opened steady then declined. New York futures opened quiet and closed steady with notable price points for June through November.

Uplands Gulf Liverpool Vurne Mid Uplands Orleans New York

Cotton and commodity prices in New York trading notes

New York tels cotton prices steady with 1081 bales sold. uplands and Orleans grades listed. Flour receipts 14,060 bbls with exports, prices firm. wheat, corn, oats, rye quoted across markets. Chicago and Detroit show mixed grain and meat futures. pork, lard, and beef levels. Local notices include rail and shipping trade data and regional price movements.

New York Orleans Minnesota City Chicago Northern Milwaukee C. F. and Adiac Philadelphia Petroleum—United S.A State Western Flat Liverpool Lake Detroit Michigan Cincinnati ST. Louis Toledo

Cotton Markets June 4 across ports show mixed receipts and steady to dull prices

The report lists net receipts at Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated totals for the week. Prices range mid 8c to mid 9c with markets described as quiet dull steady and firm across ports. Notable figures include New York exports to Britain France and the continent totaling 1984 1209 and 598 respectively and overall stocks at all ports around 508 066 with year over year comparisons.

Augusta Galveston Noei New Orleans Mobile Memphis C. Savannah Charleston Whimington C. Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain France Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Continent United States Liverpool

Clark and Ward's Letter on Chicago Markets

Special despatches from Chicago to Clark & Ward describe mixed market conditions with brilliant weather and 6d lower cables. Opens steady with good buying, insiders buy, and local shorts drive demand. Prices rise to 97% before sea board news triggers selling and a July decline. Inside broker activity noted. recommendation to avoid new buys. Market closing figures for WHEAT, CORN, OATS, PORK, LARD, and other commodities listed with opening, high, low, and close. Shipments total 7,151 59,223 48 406.

Chicago Messrs. Clark & Ward Devonshire Street Seaboard Julie Ne Difference Wurat Gye Ping Secessreeesees Cess BO Tower Aa Incne Neuen Chobidts

Market Signals Tie Active Grain to Weather Rumors

A late private despatch notes active markets with gains not exceeding yesterday’s highs. Bulls discuss dry West weather while traders heed lower cables and foreign selling. wheat remains volatile as crop prospects weaken and supplies dwindle.

Emery Emery & Hodges State Street Postea

Wheat Slow in Coast Cargoes as Market Dulls in England

Beerbohm reports to the Chamber of Commerce that cargoes off the coast show wheat slow and buyers hold off on shipments. Corn remains steady, English and French country markets dull, with cool early June weather noted in England. Liverpool spot wheat quiet but steady. corn strong and breadstuffs subdued overall.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Liverpool Mark Lane England

Market notes from London on United States bonds and rail stocks

London reports U S bonds at 43 1283 and 43 1135g with Atlantic and Great Western firsts 48 and seconds 11. Canadian Pacific 67 percent, Erie 27 percent and seconds 94 14. Illinois Central 140 percent, St Paul common 93 percent, New York Central 101 percent, Pennsylvania 54.

Ohio Central Canada Pacific Ohio Panams Chicago & Alton Evansville Pittsburg Chicago, Bar & Quincy Pualiman Palace Chic Rochester & Pitts Rock Island Gack St Louis & San Fran Denver & Rio Grande Craesevececsaestianses Kan Tex United States Lake Erie Ana Wabash, Stl & Pac Lake Shore Eesesse Long Island Wellsange Cccievek Es Lo & Nash Westen Union Louisville and New al Hocking Valley Manhattan Beach Ccccccereeevenes Minn &Stl Central Pacific Missouri Pacific Denver & R Grande Manile & Ohio Morris & Essex Kans Pac Nashville & Chattan Dendiv New Jersey Oregon Navists Norfolk & W Union Pacific Ists Northern Puac West Shore London Atlantic Great Western Cnadian Pacific Erie Ilinois Central St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Heston New York Fall River Breturn Newport Taunton Brockton New Bedford Central Station Dean Street North Easton Stoughton Randolph Return Middleboro Plymouth Abington Duxbury Retarn Whitman Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Hingham South Braintree Quincy Neponset Harrison Square West Quincy Milton Cottage City Woods Hall Betara Weer Cape Cod Provincetown Yarmouth Hyannis Barnetabi Sandwich Bourne Falmouth Monument Beach

Multiple vessels report cargoes across Atlantic and Canadian ports

Listings show schooners Nellie G Davis Princess Magnum Judith Ann Aldine Nathaniel Lank Kotian Willie A and others delivering lobsters codfish lobster crates eggs mackerel and butter to ports including Barrington Ponce Yarmouth St John’s Halifax Bridgewater and Metaghan. Steamer Alpha and Brig Mechanic carry eggs fish flour and other goods. Foreign exports to Liverpool and Savannah noted with wide cargoes. Local traders include F L Clements Delong Morrison J E Cassidy and Bates Barnet among others.

Barrington Nellie G Davis L Clements & Co Burgeo Whitney, Pousland & Co Mateghan Es Delong & An ST Johns Sugar Ray State Sugar Hamilton Rev Lawrence McKenzie Morrison & Co Cassidy Elis& Co Ponce Aldine Bates & Barnet Yarmouth Delong & Seaman Rogers & Co Barclay & Co Hall & Co Lopster Co J Jones & Co H Johnson & Co Liverpool Eng Bulgaria Bridgewater Meteghan Yarmouta Willie Halifax

Staple Receipts by Rail and Port Totals for June 4

A detailed list shows Friday receipts across lines of the Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Vid Colony abroad, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Western and Lowell lines plus By Express and By Sea. Totals compare 1886 with 1885, including cotton, wool, butter, cheese, eggs, cornmeal, oats, malt, millfeed, hay, leather, hides, flour, beef, pork, lard, tea, coffee, potatoes, wheat, peas, and lumber.

Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg P&ge Boston Maine Boston and Maine Hal Road Dales Wool Baiss Vale Lowell Railroad Uleo Gauke Os Pelte

Comparative Table of Weekly Receipts Ending June 4

Commerce at the port shows weekly totals for 1886 and 1885 across staples. Cotton bales, flour, oats, wheat and corn led shipments while butter, lard, cheese, tea and coffee appear among smaller consignments. Notable volumes include flour, oats, corn and wheat with substantial variations from prior year.

Treasury Treasury Department Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild

SGMENSMAN'S PEPTONIZED BEEF TONIC CLAIMS

The advertises a beef tonic by Caswell Hazard & Co New York promoting blood making force generating and life sustaining properties. It claims to aid indigestion nervous prostration general debility exhaustion overwork acute disease and pulmonary complaints and notes sale by druggists.

Sgmensman Caswell, Hazard & Co New York

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