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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1889
Page
7
Chicago and New York grain markets show firm to dull activity with mixed receipts and exports. No 2 red wheat ranges around 82 to 84 cents. corn bid at 46 to 46.5 cents. oats around 35 to 37 cents. rye and mill products listed with steady demand.
Butter receipts total 8720 pkgs up from 7961 pkgs last year while buyers hold off. Oleomargarine 2016 pkgs, cheese 1053 boxes. Liverpool prices lift cheddar and Western flats. Eggs firm with Westerns at 14 to 14% and Michigan scarce at 15c. Beans rise. grass seeds quiet. potatoes 26 cars with New York Vermont Bur-banks 50 to 55c. Poultry and seed oils plentiful. hay prices steady. rye and oat straw quoted.
Readable figures show crate and bush prices for onions beets carrots lettuce and cucumbers with natives and Southern varieties. Norfolk boat due Friday reports cabbage beans and potatoes quantities in pkgs bbls and crates as prices vary by item and origin.
The Dithmarschen and Kong Alf are due Saturday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Bergenseren is due with Baracoa bananas for WW and C R Noyes. Brunel sailed from Palermo June 14 with Messina lemons for Boston. Timor passed Gibraltar June 5 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons, and Palermo lemons. Colla due about June 24 with Samana bananas for Bey State Fruit. Viking due from Banes with bananas for Seaverns Co. Unita due Friday with Baracoa bananas.
Apples receipts compare today with last year with 35 bbls versus 21 bbls. Prices cite $250 per barrel for choice lots and $125 to $150 per half-bbl crate for Southern green apples. Oranges lemons fair demand with stable market. strawberries firm at 14 to 6 cents per pint. Florida peaches rising with varied crate prices, Gooseberries up, cherries slow, New York state fruit arriving in poor condition, and California fruits well supplied with peaches $2 per crate. Pineapples fair at 7 to 10 cents. watermelons first arrivals at 30 to 40 cents each. two cars awaited tomorrow.
Receipts today total pork 77 bbls. lard 20385 tierces. bacon 804 boxes. dressed hogs 0. Estimates compare with last year showing declines in several items. Prices quoted include long cuts 14 14 25, lean ends 14 60, sausages 92c, fresh ribs 94c, lard 680-690 per tierce, and other regional figures from New York Chicago and Cincinnati markets.
New York cotton firm with upland grades quoted from 8 5 16c to 11 5 16c. Futures opened and closed steady as Liverpool and other markets show stable to firm tones with American sales around 10 000 bales and varied regional receipts and stocks across Augusta to Louisville.
Exports to Great Britain total 5721 and to France 187 while the Continent records 1043. Domestic stock stands at 224059, reflecting current inventory and trade activity.
Stock yards in Kansas City report 4242 cattle receipts with lower prices for ship stockers. hogs see weak to fair trading as receipts reach 10 174 and prices range from 4 0 to 4 15 for heavies and mediums. Cincinnati and Chicago markets show Hogs lower or steady with mixed grades and shipments escalating, cattle receipts at Chicago around 15 000 with beeves and steers down, and sheep markets largely steady to higher across regions.
Sugar receipts today 1271 bbls 910 hhds and 4746 bags vs last year 3 bbls 1076 hhds and 13421 bags. Market quiet thin Cuba sugar refining 7 7 sc centrifugals 96 test 8 8 sc Manilas 644c Lloilos 5% Javas Nos 10 to 11 8 8 Vac. Refined sugars steady demand firm prices pulverized 958c powdered 9 1 2c granulated 914c confectioners A 8 4c standard A 858c Belmont A 9c extra C 8c yellow 7 4 c. Wholesale grocers price 9 sc for granulated. Molasses receipts today 1527 hhds 87 tierces vs last year 55 bbls 649 hhds 60 tierces. Market firm fair demand Fancy Ponce Porto Rico 45c P gal Porto Rico common to choice 37 43c New Orleans 46 47c Cienfuegos 33 25c black strap 15c boiling grades 50 30 30 3 ec
Turpentine closed at 37.4 cents with rosin at 112. given, tar at 10 cents and petroleum at 7.10 cents. RSW at 6.90 cents and cases at 8.80 cents. Coffee New York Rio firmer with fair car at 1742 cents. Whiskey market steady at 102 dollars.
Live stock totals for sheep cattle and lambs and swine show 4008 102380 23039 this week versus 4029 10320 21363 last week and 11938 16534 a year ago. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards include cattle sheep and veals with prices for beef store cattle hogs hides and skins listed. Late arrivals at Brighton highlight dozens of cows and cattle sales with prices from 35 to 75 dollars for milch cows and springers plus export trade notes from Boston ports to London and Liverpool.
Cattle dealers report steady Western cattle prices at Brighton yards with lots selling from 450 to 475 live weight. Farrell & McFlynn moved 7 cattle averaging 1160 pounds at 455, a 12 head 1400 pound lot at 475 Went, and other steers at 465 to 460. Monroe cattle ranged 450 to 475. Over 2000 head have been exported from these yards while city butchers were slow to arrive.
Shipping records show various consignments arriving June 19 1889 at various ports including Arroyo and Viequez with goods from Abram French Co Hills Turner Co W H Davis Co Stoddard Lovering Co and others. The list notes crates cases bales casks and bags of sugar molasses linen paper woollens machinery oil dyes and salt among the items.
A dated export summary from June 19 1889 lists shipments from Tampico Halifax St Johns Port Williams Windsor Hull and Liverpool. Cargo includes hardware cases boots and shoes lard cornmeal flour pork beef canned meats and various goods aboard schooners and steamers with quantities and destinations.
London and Liverpool report wheat quiet and corn firm with mixed futures. Paris markets show quiet wheat and flour, California wheat prices for August to December listed. breadstuffs steady in Liverpool with mixed corn and pork, bacon, lard, cheese and tallow prices noted.
Baltimore Maryland G W R George of G W R George and Co Cincinnati Ohio W F Thorne of W F Thorne and Co Columbia South Carolina E Ehrlich of M Ehrlich and Sons Tre Chicago Illinois C W Marks Minneapolis Minnesota C B Heffelfinger of North Star Boot and Shoe Company Montgomery Alabama Charles Hann St Louis Missouri John H Schafer of Schafer Swarts and Co Ad Wheeling West Virginia G W Boyd of Boyd and Co Tre
Trains leave Boston Station Haymarket for Portland Alton Bay Kennedy Farmington and other stops with times listed. Sunday services include Dover Maverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford and Portland Bangor Lewiston.
Detected multi town rail times from Portland to Salem and beyond show varied departure slots. The list includes Amesbury Beverly Biddetors Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport York Harbor Salem and more with morning afternoon and evening trains.
Timetables list frequent rail departures from Boston station and Causeway Street to Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Nashua and many suburbs including Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Lowell North Billerica Stoneham Woburn Lam Wenchester Concord and Montreal with varied daily times and routes. The OCR shows inconsistent punctuation and several misread names but conveys a dense network of trains and approximate departure times through the day.
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