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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1887

Page

7

Market Prices Readoff for Dairy Eggs Poultry and Produce

Quotations show receivers prices for echo wholesale lots and higher jobbing prices across butter cheese eggs poultry beans seeds and tallow. Lists New York Vermont Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Maine New Brunswick and West Coast figures with various grades and regional deltas.

New York Extra New York Vermont Choice Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick Canada Timothy Red Top Jersey Maine Burbanks Chenangoes

Market price report for fruit and produce

Apples are nearly exhausted with russets at 4.0450 per unit. Bananas are abundant with Baracoa 125200, Jamaica 1250, Aspinwall 250350. Oranges and lemons show strong supply with lemons at Messina and Palermo 206 per box and oranges at Palermo 250 or 3 76 per box, Messina 250 3 75 per box, Florida 350 600 per box. Strawberries are plentiful and in good demand at 10 16 c for Long Islands and 16 20 c for Dightons.

Baracoa Jamaica Aspinwall Messina Palermo Florida

Market Prices For Fresh Produce On Truck Supply

The report lists truck demand and prices for Southern beans at 250 to 300 per crate, wax and green varieties, Long Island peas at 50 per crate, asparagus at 75 per dozen, cucumbers at 4 cents each or 150 per crate, onions abundant with Bermudas at 125 and Levants at 225, Southern tomatoes 150 to 175 per crate, summer squash at 125 per crate, turnips by the bunch at 7 cents, cabbages Norfolk in a 250 to 275 barrel crate, Bermuda onions at 125, carrots per dozen, lettuce 15 to 18 cents per dozen, spinach 85 cents per bushel, radishes 3 dollars per 100, rhubarb at 1 cent per bunch, native cucumbers 4 cents each or 150 per crate.

Long Island Bermudas Norfolk St. Andrew Bermuda

Cotton and Markets Report from Liverpool and New York

Liverpool futures opened steady and closed quiet at 6 63-64d for June and July and other nearby months. Spot demand fair at 6d4lb middling uplands and Orleans. New York spot closed quiet. futures opened steady with mixed bid asked quotes across June to November. Sales 61,600. receipts 2,600 bales all American. Sugar and molasses markets steady with refined sugars strong. Porto Rico Muscovado reported at 45-16c and various refined prices listed.

Liverpool Orleans New York Eeese Ang Ai Aera Porto Rico Manila Lloilos Cienfuegos Bork Cuba

Flour and Wheat Market Reports From New York Trade Centre

June 13 reports show flour receipts of 20 171 pkgs and 14 600 bbls sales across grades from No 2 to extra Western and State. Wheat receipts 207 600 bush, exports 104 854 bush, spot sales 780 000 bush, notes on Milwaukee No 2 and Red varieties, with mixed movements for corn oats and barley and varied sugar and coffee prices.

New York Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Milwaukee Reid United State Burbank Bbis Western Steam Spot Tierces City Steam Continent South America Western State Liverpool Lake Toledo Cincinnati Detroit Jane Michigan Chicago Utica N. Y

Commodity price snapshot and regional grain market notes

Wheat, corn, oats and pork prices across Toledo Cincinnati St Louis Milwaukee Chicago and Utica markets. Wheat steady to dull, pork and lard varied in amount and price, butter and cheese movements noted, receipts and shipments listed for multiple cities.

Hogs steady as cattle and hog markets mixed across cities

Across Kansas City Peoria St Louis and Chicago buyers report varied hog and cattle activity. Hogs steady to higher in Kansas City with sales 470 to 480 and receipts around 6500 today. In Peoria hogs dull to easier with mostly 450 to 510, receipts 200. St Louis firmer with packers paying 495 to 510 and extra to 620 for select lots. Chicago shows mixed cattle and hog figures with large totals and slower shipping, hog receipts 27000 with prices from 470 to 510 and packing runs around 525.

Kansas City Peoria ST. Louis Chicago Texas

Cotton Markets Quiet and Firm Across Major Ports

June 18 1887 Augusta to New York markets show limited net receipts with varied exports coastwise and to continents. New Orleans and Philadelphia report higher stocks and steady to firm tone while Charleston Savannah and Memphis display mid range prices and steady activity across the market.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Robafaa Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Great Britain Oonnec United States

London Market Notes on Wheat Corn and Wool Prices

Foreign markets report mixed wheat and corn demand with dull shipping activity. Liverpool and Paris show steady to quiet levels while wool sales in London attract active bidding for Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and other white and cross bred fibers.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Minnesota California Paris Liverpool England Walla Walla India Great Britain Antwerp Cape of Good Hope Natal Victoria Queensland South Australia Sleatland New Zealand Swan River New South Wales

Imports And Exports. Savannah Steamer List 1887

A June 18 1887 Savannah list records City of Macon cargoes including 35 bales wool 245 crates vegetables 215 barrels vegetables and various consignors such as Arnold Tucker J Bigelow Billings Eaton Burrows Chase and several others handling hides wool fruit coffee squash peaches plums potatoes and other produce. The compilation enumerates crates bales and bbls with numerous firms listed as importers and exporters across the Savannah port.

Savannah Macon Arnold &Tucker Bigelow & Co Billings & Haton Benjamin Billings & Eaton Burrows & Co Chamberlain & Co Chapin Bros Curtis & Co Eases Coffee Chase & Sanborn Farnum & Co Hamilton Hallett Lowell Bros Mead & Co Morrison & Co McKeever & Hall Newhall

Sale of assorted cargoes across ports and ships described

The list details cargo movements and consignors across multiple ports including ANNAPOLIS NS YARMOUTH NL and HALIFAX NS. Cargoes cover vegetables lumber wool cotton hides flooring linseed fish eggs salmon lobster mackerel halibut codfish sugar rosin spirits and other goods aboard steamers schooners and river vessels. Notable consignors include Proctor Pearson Rice Holway Sands Furber Simonds York McQuesten Barclay Delong Marston and Nash Spaulding along with vessels New Brunswick River Garry Calvilla Worcester and T C Rackett. Counts show crates bbls boxes sacks and cases with thousands of items and varied quantities.

Proctor Patch & Roberts Rice & Holway Rogers & Co Sands, Furber & Co Snow & Co Sherman & Co Simonds, Amsten & Co York & Whitney George McQuesten & Co Hammond Yarmouth Griffin Batchelder Hutchinson & Co Lothrop Wn Marston & Co Salmon Delong & Seaman S Ellis & Co Barclay & Co L Clements & Co G Hall & Co Shelburne T C Rackett Marston Barrington Nellie G Davis W Marston Meteghan Magnum Delong & Seaman Halifax Worcester L Arthur & Co L Arthur & Co—14 Do Do Beaman Bros—72 Do Do Bartlett, ——R & Co Rowels & Co Brown de Loria & Co Darling Bros Dana Griffin & Co Hinckley, Ayres & Co Haskins & Montague Charles Kimball & Co Kimball & Co A & O W Mead &Co McKeever & Hall Mcintosh Noyes, French & Son Rockwell Russell & Co Slayton & Boynton Shumway & Boynton

Exports Jan 13 1887 Hull to New York and Nova Scotia

Trade report listing shipments from Hull via New York on the steamship Chicago and other vessels. Items include beef, lard, dyestuff, cotton waste, meal, refined oil and assorted cargoes from Annapolis Digby and Lunenburg to various destinations. Also notes schooner Sunbeam carrying coal flour middlings and other goods.

Hull Eng New York Chicago Cow Bay Annapolis Digby New Brunswick Lunenburg Sunbeam

Receipts Report for June 13 1887 Railroads and Commodities

A ledger style entry lists June 13 1887 receipts for Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Providence railways. Items include bales wool cotton and bacon, flour oats wheat bran and oats, leather hides and skins, butter eggs cheese and coffee, with volumes measured in bales sacks barrels cases and boxes. Ships and stations are named but precise places and dates are limited to railroad names and totals.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad

Freight Carload Summary of Leather and Provisions

A ledger of goods moved by multiple rail lines including Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, and Boston & Lowell. It lists bales, bides, cases, crates, and rolls of leather, wool, flour, eggs, potatoes, lumber, hides, and various commodities with counts such as 342 bales wool, 6850 sacks flour, 3000 push malt, 13,000 bushels corn, 30,957 bushels wheat, and numerous carloads of lumber, hay, and leather across the network. Also notes sea and express shipments with cotton, wool, molasses, tea, and cofee.

Old Colony Railroad Ew York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Real estate transfers in Suffolk County listed by date

A dense list of property transfers across towns including Sheridan avenue Terrace and Parker street in Boston. parcels on Cooper Leonard and Cypress avenues. mortgages and transfers back. Notable entries include Harriet Hardwick on Leonard street for $1200 and Jere Abbott on Beacon street with a back transfer.

Mortgages Recorded for Several Buyers in May

A series of mortgages filed on May 27 to May 31 record loans by Charles W. Higgins to Augustus E. Scott for land on Burt avenue. Henry J. Bartlett to JL E. Noyes for Circuit Thornton and Oak Streets. William Charak to George P. Hardwick for Leonard Street. Andrew J. Parker to Winthrop Church trustees for Coral Place from Pearl Street in Charles Town. Clara F. Perry to Frank A. Marden for Prospect Avenue in Revere. Myron E K Morse et al. to Charles W. Glidden for Crescent Avenue in Revere. Amounts range from 500 to 31000. May dates listed: 27 28 31.

Winthrop Wolcott Everett K. Dexter Holbrook Street Jamaica Plain Eben R. Tarbell Et al John D. Fallon Revere Street Union Institution For Savings Dorchester Neil Boyle Frederick E. Weber Pierce Avenue William A. Crump Oak Avenue Boston Samuel H. L. Pierce Et al Lizzie A. Whitney East Sixth Street William R. Porter George E. Cornwall K Street Mary F. Moore Howarder John J. Johnston East Second Street Piper Maurice Gallivan Daniel F. Driscol Boston Street Peleg I. Clapp Howard Clapp Atlantic Street Bridget Gartland Adolphus C. Juannet Sixth Street Mary English Francis J. McLaughlin Paris Porter Streets Chelsea Hester A. Blanchard Arthur Crowell Weeely Ash Street Charles W. Higgins Augustus E. Scott Burt Avenue Henry J. Bartlett JL. E. Noyes Circuit Thornton Oakland Streets William Charak George P. Hardwick Balay Leonard Street Andrew J. Parker Winthrop Church Coral Place Pearl Street Charlestown Clara F. Perry Frank A. Marden Prospect Avenue Revere Myron EK. Morse Et al Charles W. Glidden Crescent Avenue

Notable boot and shoe buyers visit Basel area firms

A list of prominent buyers including W H Walker of W H Walker & Co Burlington VI C A Hibbard Craw qnotanal O W F Thorne of W F Thorne Co Chicago I1 B R Wells M D Wells & Co Us Chicago Til C W Marks Detroit Mich S C Sutter H P Baldwin Co Be Ft Wayne Ind J B White Pa Galveston Tex Aaron Blum L&H Blum Ske Lincoln Neb W W Webster Webster Briscoe Craw wee Ind D Murphy Murphy Com stock New Orleans La M Heinmann Memphis Tenn W W Jackson Webster Briscoea Craw San Francisco Cal M J Cahn Cahn Nick elaburg Co Wheeling W V G W Boyd Boyd Co Re ver Tex J Sleeper Sleeper Clifton Co convenient to Eastern and Northern depots and famous for its cuisine the Revere House is an agreeable place at which to lunch or dine.

Basel H Walker W H Walker & C Burlington Hibbard Craw F Thorne W F Thorne Co Chicago R Wells M D Wells & Co Marks Detroit Ske Lincoln Revere House

New England Railways Timetable Notes and Connections

Boston station schedules list weekday departures to Ashcroft and many destinations including Baltimore Danbury Hartford and New York via Middletown Norwich and Willimantic. It covers the Woonsocket division and special trains Norwich Line Express New York Express and the Philadelphia and New England Limited with Pullman meals dining cars and steamer connections City offices provide tickets at 322 Washington Street and depot at Summer Street.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street M. Blackstone Danbury Dorchester Dudley Street Ellis Endicott Fishkill-on-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street Hyde Park Highland Lake Fsam Islington Manchester Mattapan BiSlfora Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Norwich Norwood Norwood Central Paw Tucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Readville Ip Boem River Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Dittons Sam Walpole Washington, DC Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Ekater Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Eturn Theain New Haven Pullman Fishkill-on-Friidison NEW England Limited . Jr Air Line Grand Central Depot Gpm Jersey City Trenton Washington Richmond Points Danielsonville City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street A. A. Jackson A.C. Kendall NEW Stonington York Boston & Providence Railroad State Street Boston & Providence R. Rk J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence RK

Boston and Providence Railroad Train Arrangements 1887

A station notice outlines Monday May 80 87 train schedules for Boston and Providence routes. It catalogs departures from Keaton Providence Attleboro Readville and many towns with frequent return times and special Sunday and holiday adjustments under A A Folsom supervision.

Steamers Pelgrim and Bristol Run Lights On East Coast Route

Boston departures at 6 pm weekdays and 7 pm Sundays from Old Colony Station on special express to Fall River with connections to steamers Pelgrim and Bristol. Evening music onboard. annex steamers link at New York wharf to Brooklyn and Jersey City. Tickets and berths at 8 Old State House and Old Colony Station.

Pelgrim Bristol Boston Old Colony Station Fall Iver Pelgiriae New York Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Old Colony

Special Notice A New Feature for Baggage Handling

Baggage checked from hotel or residence to destination for holders of tickets via the call should be left at Old State twoagers sn J R Kendrick General Manager.

J. R. Kendrick

Boston and Lowell Railroad Time Table May 1887

Boston station on Causeway Street issues a full timetable for Through Service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more with local runs to Concord Keene Nashua and many towns. era timetable notes Pullman cars to Montreal and parlor cars via Vermont Central line. General superintendents Mell en and George W W Storer listed.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Warren Haverhill Woods‘ale St. Johnsbury Hawpees Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Forlaremont White Mountain Pullman Rain Yla Centra Vermont R. K Passumpshire R Ains Concord N. H SUN Keene Peterboro Si Tilaboro Mullsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Vermont Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Central Vermont R. R W. Hobart W. Cummings

Boston and Lowell R R Train Schedule Opens May 30 1887

Central Massachusetts Boston and Lowell RR Causeway Street announces new weekday and Sunday train times starting May 30 1887 from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations Hudson Roeckbottom South Sudbury Wayland Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham with express departures as listed and George W Storer general passenger agent C S Mellen general superintendent noted.

Boston and Lowell RR. R Causeway Street Boston Jefferson and Way SUN Hudson Roeckbottom Sudbury Wayland Py Sun Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham Geo. W. Storer Paas Mellen

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule Fragments

Timetabled departures list multiple Boston and Maine routes from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Service includes Augusta, St. John Halifax, Eastport Calais, Lewiston and Portland, Nanchester Concord, North Conway, and Maine Central lines with varied morning, afternoon, and evening departures on select days along with connections to Halifax and other provinces.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Bauer St. John Halfax Provinces Aymarket Sq Eastport Calais St. J. H Halifax N. H Portland Haymarket Sq Lewiston Nanchester Concord North Haymarket Sq North Conway Portland— Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Trunk Maox & Lincoln Haymarket

Western Division Train Timetable Chicago Era Style

Detailed schedule lists numerous trains from Boston area stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and back with numerous intermediate stops and Sunday trains. It catalogs departure times from Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and more with return trips and weekend variations.

Boston Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haver Ul Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Qin Return Pato Malden Meafora Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington

Boston to Amesbury and branches rail schedule data

Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston Station to Amesbury and connected stops including Chelsea Dover Everett Rockport Salem and Lynn with numerous daily times and branches. Notable officials are James T. Furber general manager and D J Flanders general passenger agent.

Amesbury Ener Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Eee North Hampton Rye Beach Epawich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Ewharscare North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Saugus Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portland Bangor St. John Halifax aVia Saugus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Old Colony Train Schedules From Boston to New York 1887

Timetables detail weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line starting June 6 1887 with return times to various towns including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis and others. The dense entries list multiple destinations and numerous departure and return times across regions and through connections, reflecting a comprehensive regional rail schedule.

Boston New York Fall River Line

Coastal Rail and Boat Schedules Cited by Kendrick

New York via Fall River timetable shows multiple legs between Cohasset Hingham Plymouth Fall River and Taunton with arrivals and returns at 4.05 pm 5.30 pm 7.05 pm and other times. J R Kendrick general manager notes on departures trains boats from Fall River to New York and vice versa and on arrival of boats from any York.

Ashmont Rae Return Barnstable Yannis Yarmouth Sandwich Hyannis Braintree Hirlagewater Réekton Buzzards Bay Ance Bay Wareham Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Cape Ad Provincetown Hellfleet Cohasset Hinghamy Hingham Wools Faineturn Woods East Bridgewater Abington Brockton St East Milton Wes Quincy West Quincy East Milton Mouth and Weymouth East Weymouth Weymouth Fall Taunton Giennion Fe Marriea Squa Sue Marshfield Milton Baben Iatlapen Ereturn Neponset Mattapoisett Be der Middle« Oro Aim J Ren Fou Nantucket Col Il Newport Bedford Return Aee Easton Stoughton Mensdolph Randolph Einen Easton Plymouth Duxbury Rotur Bigba Rte Tis Sees North Scituate Seituate Blam Sea View Shawmut South Duxbury Pe Root Ee Dean Street Hitman Ee Weymouth Whitman South Bagengi Bay Pay Pit Wollaston Heights Aem Wood's Hall New York Fall River Strates Feiymouth Duxbury Road South Braintree New Bedford Middleboro York Fall Riv J. R. Kendrick

Libel Notice for Joseph Wetzell in Suffolk Court

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts orders libellat ive notice to Joseph Wetzell to appear before the justices in Boston Suffolk County. Publication required in the Moston Post once a week for three weeks, last on or before sixty days prior to the first Monday in September 1887. Attorney Evis Ha Gmer NxHoon represents the libellant.

Massachuwrk Ee Judicial Court Supreme Judicial Court Holden Boston Suffolk Theresa Wet Zell Joseph Wetzell Dedham Norfolk County Massachusetts Commonwealth Warren Joseph Wetze Ibellee Ana Mary J. Caroline Albert Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Moston Post John Noble Henry A, Clapp Evis Ha Gmer School Street

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