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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1884

Page

3

Money Matters in Wall Street and Cotton Markets

Market notes show firm interest rates with discounts for mercantile paper and call loans. Boston stocks drift weak as Union Pacific and other rails face bear pressure. government examiner concerns and possible receiver actions loom. Cotton futures close steady with steady domestic prices and Liverpool quotations. notable activity in bonds, rails, and commodities across New York and Boston markets.

New York Orvers Boston Tickaréson, Hill & Co Mhihuielphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street

Wall Street Money and Stocks Mixed Amid Vanderbilt Drag

New York markets opened firm but weakened as Vanderbilt shares fell sharply. Large declines hit Lake Shore and New York Central, with Canada Southern also slipping. Afternoon rally followed, but final sales left many names down. total trades reached 341,500 shares with mixed results across rail and bank equities.

New York Atti Lust Prime Mercantile Foreign Exchange Weath New Orients Pacific Firsts Texas Pacific Vanderbilts Center Pacific Missouri Pacific Somue Vanderbilt Lake Shore New York Central Canada Southern Central Pacific Solee Northwest St. Paul Lackawanna Lly Kansas Texas Pacific Mail Ly Union Pacific Western Union Rock Island Omaha

Market Snapshot Shows Mixed Commodity Trends and Shipments

Sugar refining steady with strength, grain prices ease, provisions steady, butter firm while cheese weak and eggs in fair demand. Potatoes soft, western wheat and corn quiet, cotton firmer. Futures higher on Liverpool demand. dry goods activity rises at jobbers. Carload inspection lists mixed corn oats and rye stock as filtered in the week.

New York Canada Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Vermont New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Nova Scotia Wood Island New Brunswick Boston Amily Mess Continent South America Cincinnati East Buffalo Kansas City New York State Long Island North Carolina Timothy Norfolk Berk Vileneta Messina Palermo Virginia Wilmington London Java Havana Viequez Muscovado St. Domingo E.e Porto Rico Cuba Centennial Beacon Light Palatine Wittsburg New Orleans Liverpool Orleans Bates Jane Delivery United States Commission Commercial Exchange Jane Sheawlye Michigan Ohio Indiana Minnesota Baker's St Minn Uiland Louis Toledo Peoria Toleto Ste. Chicago Clower

Selow Will Be Found a Digest of the Markets Local and Telegraphic

Flour and grain news feature highlights market movements with local and telegraphic notices. Included are price ranges, supply cues, and notes on demand from mills and shippers impacting transportation and regional commerce.

Selow

Fishermen's Price List From Cape Ann Advertiser

The Cape Ann Advertiser itemizes seafood prices including box, Noland tucks lie bloaters at $1, smoked alewives 75c, mackerel various prices, Nova Scotia herring at 4 25 per barrel, large trout at 14 per barrel, codfish and haddock 5, halibut heads 3 50, tongues 9, sounds 11, alewives 36 50, salmon 18, fresh halibut sales, plus oils and byproducts such as pure medicine oil 1 10 per gallon and pogie scrap 12 per ton.

Nova Scotia Pogie Cape Ann

Imports at Boston and distant ports list extensive goods

The long shipping list from Boston, Liverpool and other ports details steamer cargoes and consignments including tin plates, casks, packing, woollens, paper stock, coal, and various commodities. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros co operate with merchants like Stoddard Lovering and Day Callaghan. Notable items include tin plates, boxes, sodas, and molasses with destinations including Yarmouth NS and Havana.

Boston Liverpool Eng Moors & Co Ethereal Bros Baring Bros & Co Hilton, Weston & Co EK & F King & Co Stedman & Fuller Manus Co Clark, Adams & Clark Kennedy & Murphy Stone & Downer Despatch ‘Transportation Co Yarmouth IG Hail & Co TJ Jones & Co

Steamers' Return From Liverpool With Dense Cargo Lists

ARECIBO PA Schooner Annie Bell reports 500 new molas and 100 shooks for trade, plus 1000 heads and 72 bales sugar. Lighter cargo includes 49,033 pounds butter and 72 feet lumber. Also mentions Liverpool steamer arrivals Pavonia and Virginian carrying diverse goods and livestock.

Liverpool Eng Pavonia Arecibo Annie Bell

Receipts of Stapie Products Overview June 10

A long list of consignments from multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence New York and New England Eastern Fitchburg and others. Entries record bales wool bbls flour corn meal bushels meat bacon lard eggs butter cheese beans and various leather hides and boxes with numerous quantities.

Liverpool Eng Virginian Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Raurosd Care Lumber Peabody and Salem

Principal staples port receipts comparison year over year

Total receipts of principal staples at this port from all shipment points are listed with 1884 and 1883 figures. Items include cotton, butter, wool, oleo, cheese, flour, eggs, meal, beans, oats, apples, corn, potatoes, wheat, lumber, leather, hides, bacon, and molasses among others, with varying units and quantities.

Kips Doles Pkge

Alabama claims judgments listed with interest in Washington

A Washington report details multiple judgments in the court of commissioners of Alabama claims, with interest at 4 percent. The entries name assignees, survivors, executors, and firms such as S. Schiffer, Eggers & Co, Frederick Vieton & Achelis, Wales & Co, and Young & Kinmons, with dates from 1861 to 1864 and amounts ranging from a few hundred to over one thousand dollars, all payable to various claimants or estates.

Washington Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims Charles M. Rogers Jonas P. Jacobs Samuel Schiffer S. Schiffer and Nephews, $170935, Sept. 15, 1863; 1882, George H. Eggers Thomas Basse Eggers & Co C. Frederick Mebius George F. Vieton Thomas Achelis Carl Vieton Frederick Vieton & Achelis G.F. Vieton Geo. F. Vieton Thomas B. Wales Thomas B. Wales, Jr T. B. Wales & Co Geo. W. Wales Mary A. Wales Nathaniel H. Emmons, Jr Samuel F. Emmons Robert W. Emmons Nathaniel H. Emmons Young & Kinmons Israel G. Whitney Frederick H. Bradlee Wim. Minot James B. Bradlee John Tt. Morse, Jr Francis HH Sewall Tappan Wainwright & Tappean Joseph P. Johnson Belknap Union Wharf Company Mary N. Adams John Adams Reuben Freeman Elisha Burch Joseph M. Caton Sxnother Union Woof Company Nathaniel P. Holes Nathaniel Holmes Newiman Smith

Lightning Sets Fire to Stable. One Horse Killed in Haverhill

A heavy shower in Haverhill, Massachusetts, felled by lightning, burned Frederick Rogers' Georgetown stable and killed a horse. Loss estimated at $1000 with insurance. In Thomaston, Missouri, a thunderstorm struck incidents including a fence, a window, and a barn roof, injuring a room and damaging property.

Haverhill Mass Frederick Rogers Georgetown Thomaston Lightnin Edwar E. O'Brien Dr. Walker Capt. Turner

War rant in insolvency sought against Lynn estate

F Shaw Bros assignee Ferdinand A Wy man petitions Salem court for a war rant in insolvency against the estate of John Wooldredge of Lynn. Demand on notes charges fraudulent transactions. Notes total 49 thousand and change dated Feb 1883 to June 1883. Hearing scheduled in the Essex court of insolvency at Salem next Tuesday.

Ferdinand A. Wyman Salem Court John Wooldredge Lynn C. H. Ward Thomas Wooldredge D. Brooks F. Shaw & Brother Essex Court of Salem R. W. Emerson & Co Gaston, Sr. Piper R. W. Emerson Maachinery George H. Maddock W. B. Rice Supreme Judicial Court Equity Joseph Smith Lawrence P. Smith J . Andrew W. Newman Eustis Street Boston Highlands Edward Kerr Haverhill Street Boston Bb. F. Durphey Randolph Mass Joseph B. McDonald Wood Woburn DD. F. Davidson Springfield L.G. Joslyn & Co Worcester W.J1. Cooper Montreal H. May & Co Willian Lancey General Merchandise Hartland Theophilus Hopkins Portland Silas B. Starbird Skowhegan L. Wright Auburn Orlando H Kennebunk Andrew Bennett George E. Mitchell Manchester N. H Best & Co Liliputian Bazaar Twenty-third Street New York City van Wagener Carhart, Whitford & Co Europe Fernandez & Castillo W. K. Leggett Cuba Carsley Bradstreet London Mitchell & Castner Commission Dry Goods St. Louis Charles Thatcher John Callahan & Co Louisville Suffolk County Real Estate Edward A. Foster Arthur F. Williams

Rail Road Matters and New Deals Across Vermont Lines

A St Albans despatch reports a near total ousting of an old Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain board, with 100 percent stock votes ushering in new directors aligned with Central Vermont. The 118 mile line links Rouse’s Point to Ogdensburg and aids St Johnsbury and other feeders, while a 12 mile Lamoille Extension includes a Lake Champlain trestle. Funding from Vanderbilt and Phelps enabled the project, aiming to form through routes via Portland Boston and New York Central systems. Also noted are Newburyport and Amesbury railroad hearings, Wabash ticket refusals, and mixed earnings notes. Vermont stockholder meetings postponed to June 26.

Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Ogdensburg and St. Albans Central Vermont Rouse’s Point Central Portland Boston New York St. Johnsburg Rome Watertown New York Central Oase’s Point Swanton Maquam Meigs Elevated Charles River East Cambridge Harbor and Land Commissioners Oregon Navigation Company Oregonian Road New York Railroad Commissioners Consolidated Railroads of Vermont

U S Circuit Court Trial in Pension Fund Embezzlement Case

Elizabeth S. Barrett stood trial before Judge Clark on June 19 charged with converting to her own use funds from pensioner Dwight A. Barrett. C Almy Jr argued for the government and Edward Avery for the defendant.

U. S. Ceircult Court Clark Elizabeth S. Barrett Dwight A. Barrett C. Almy, Jr Edward Avery

Supreme Judicial Court case on railroad fares and liquor licenses

The June 19 filing reports a Middlesex railroad dispute over a location grant to lay track and a fare cap of six cents Medford to Somerville, with a director’s acceptance but no written guaranty. It notes mandamus petitions to sign liquor licenses, legal questions on mayoral ministerial duties, and cites Braconier and Moylan regarding police commissioners power. Additional courtroom items include various civil and criminal cases and jury actions from the Superior Court.

Middlesex Norse Railroad Company Ys. Ce Somerville Broadway Medford L. M. Child S. C. Darling K. M. Atwood A. P. Martin M.M. Cunnitt Braconier Packard Mass Board of Police Commissioners Commonwealth Massachusetts City of Toston Elec Branconier Board of Aldermen Nolens Volens Edward Avery T. J. Gargan Atwoon J. A. Maxwell Cunniff A. J. Bailey Mayor Boston E. A. Horton Union Club R. F. M. Atwood M. M. Curain Supreme Court Mandarius Martin Jenks Curran Devens Atwood Cunnitt Bailey Maxwell New York

Local defendants face varied charges in court

Michael Bryson of Newton faces simple assault with a $20 fine and costs. Frederick J. Scribner of Littleton is found not guilty on counts one and two but guilty as charged on counts three to six, with details to follow. Michael Barrett of Lowell is sentenced to one year at the house of correction for larceny. Charles Landry of Lowell remains on trial for breaking and entering.

Emmet Dr. E. B. Foote New York Dr. Foote Othello Superior Criminal Court Gardner Howard West Sarah Mason Isaiah E. Crowell John J. Coffey James Sullivan Storoeed Timothy Shuckrow Wm. Murphy Michael Bryson Newton Frederick J. Scribner Littleton Michael Barrett Lowell House of Correction Charles Landry McCafferty Richard Vierney House of Industry Mary Shreck Kate McGuinnis Reformatory Morris Hamburg William E. Barrows Mary A. Robinson William A. Sims Martha A. Sims South Boston Frank McCarberry James Carney Highlands Court Matthew Rogers Peter Richburg

The Doctor Appeals For Country Homes To Curb City excess

A doctor discusses urban excess and heat resilience, contrasting Havana’s stone houses with New York’s woolen wear. He argues country homes would curb intemperate habits, urging readers to see life beyond city hustle and embrace calmer, healthier routines away from the daily rush.

Havana Fogg

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