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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1884

Page

3

Money Market Quiet as Mercantile Rates Edge Higher

Boston money market closed quiet yet firm with mercantile paper at 6 to 64 percent, miscellaneous at 7 to ¾ percent, call loans with collateral 5 to 6 percent, and banks asking 5 percent. New York funds discounted 5 to 20 cents on S1000. Clearing house exchanges totaled $10,158,572 with balances at $1,265,914. weekly exchanges were $59,252,042 and balances $7,620,297. International Trust capital subscription rose to 90,009.

Boston Mercantile New York Clearing House International Trust Company

Digest of Markets Including Flour and Wheat Prices

Digest from a market page shows flour and grain prices with many varieties listed, including Michigan and Minnesota rollers, spring patent, and winter wheat extra. Wheat futures and spot quotes shift modestly with receipts and shipments noted for Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee. Freight notes, receipts, and exports are summarized alongside butter cheese eggs pork and lard market conditions.

Michigan Michigan Roller Ohio Indiana Co Roller Minnesota Baker’s New York Roller St. Louis Southern Silas Eetoes St Louis Milwaukee Chicago Detroit New York Cales Corn—Duill R .Toledo Dullana Peoria Rye Western Vermont Lye Iélie Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick

Chicago and Milwaukee Agree on White Lead Price

A pact among 31 grinders and dealers from Chicago and Milwaukee settles white lead at 6 cents per pound in 100 pound lots, stabilizing prices amid competition with Yaukee and Missouri lead works. The agreement aims to curb dealer profits from cutting, with tariffic and import factors likely keeping prices firm. On the market, on call trading showed a quiet tone with mixed car bids and recent price activity across white lead futures and related commodities.

Chicago Yaukee St. Louis Milwaukee Missouri

Cotton market report with mixed futures and global bids

The market opened at 56 cents and traded actively with declines and rallies across New York and Orleans cotton. Futures show June through April prices, with steady close and 35,000 bales sold. Liverpool, Manchester quotes drift lower on global demand, while prices reflect a cautious, steady tone across uplands and middling grades.

New York Orleans Liverpool Uplands Manchester

Financial and Commodities Notes From London and Liverpool

London bond and stock figures show mixed activity with US bonds quoted at various levels and railway shares listed. Liverpool market reports quiet wheat trading and weak demand for cargoes with little business overall. spring wheat around 73 to 74d and corn inactive as of 12 30 P M.

Liverpool California London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange

Imports at Beeston Liverpool Eng Steamer Cephalonia

A long list of goods bound for Beeston and Liverpool describes imports aboard steamer Cephalonia and other vessels. Items include salt, brandy, wine, oil, wool, rum, hardware, books, machinery, glass, and fabrics from numerous firms such as Tock salt, Hymes, Dwyer, Weil Dreyfus, Ellerton Whitney, Jones & co, Mason Chapin, W Shartlett, Stone & Downer, Cumner Jones, Wheelock, and many more, with destinations including Beeston, Liverpool, Antwerp, Cadiz, Porto, and Barbados.

Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Dwyer & Co S. Hoenhof Weil, Dreyfus & Co Hardware Hill «Langtry Tillotson & Power Pierce & Co Topliff Baringros & Co Boris & Co Sanderson Bros Steel Co Allen Lane Co Coast Iron S A Swang & Co Mason, Chapin & Co Downing & Co Shartlett & Co Steve & Downer Preston & Co Richardson & Co Ibale Baring Bros &Co P Hollander & Co Horace Partridge & Co Peyser & Co Lawrence Wright Manus Co Pray, Sons & Co Miise Carter, Rice & Co Little, Brown & Co van Stone & Downer Bumner, Jones & Co AH Roffe & Co Neale & Morse Jas Strong & Co Jones & Co Wheelock & Co Frost & Adams Moise Stedman & Fuller Webster King & Co Jolley Baring Bros & Co Larrabee Pierre & Bertson Wim Read & Sons Davies Read & Sons Wright Bros Jordan, Marsh & Co Torney & Sons Muse Dedille Co Gay & Wolf Alex Paul & Co Littaner & Rollins Bernard & Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Cumber, Jones & Co Bradford, Thomas & Co Hogg, Brown & Taylor Dupee Walker & Co Rey R J Halley Hovey & Co Cushing & Bliss McDowell & Adams Mdre Stone & Downer Antwerp de Ruyter Hills Turner & Co Joseph Birtwell & Co Jacob Wirth Bama Brig Libbie Reinery Cadiz Ephriam Williams Tiyrnes Genoa Port Spain Abbie Cliford RW Grande Mary Lonisa Trinidad Barbadoes Ned White Tierces Spal Geesier & Co Cardenas Hark Payson Tucker

Wide spread failures hit traders and firms across regions

Over the past week Gradstreet’s reported 198 failures in the United States, up from 184 the prior week and higher than the 1883 1882 and 1881 corresponding weeks. Many failures involve small traders under $5000 capital. notes and debts stretch from Boston to Rutland and New Hampshire with creditors expecting reduced recoveries.

United States Gradstreet’s Canada Johh Woolaredge Wyman F. Shaw & Lros C. H. Ward F. Shaw & Bros Monsey Mr. Ward Charles McConnell Boston W. F. Wade & Sons Hay Charles H. Tufts Wakefield Mass N. Ducharme Salem Joseph D. Marlow Grocer Lowell New York Howe Scale Company Rutland Edward S. Rapallo New Hampshire Chemical Pulp and Paper Company Bristol N. H E. R. Freeman Middletown James R. Keene William Vernon & Co Philadelphia W. W. Gilbert Rising Farm Gardner & Gates Mobile Ala Gardner & Copp Cotton Commission Merchants New Orleans Leroy, Moore & Co Greenville Mich Walter Gilson Sheldon St. Joseph State Savings Bank Donnell, Lawson & Simpson Nena Wall Street St. Louis D. L. Wing & Co Planet Litclefield Wing & Co Downing Downing, Shirtwood & Co Springfield Wing Litchfield East St. Louis Suffolk County F. A. Hawley & Co William G. Pierce J. W. Wheeler Elizabeth C.B. Blaney Julia O'Connell Delia Lee Catherine Keilson John Julia Sullivan

West Shore litigation and Fitchburg track progress

A June dispatch reports United States Trust Company v New York West Shore and Buffalo railway. Receivers Russell and Houston may issue up to 500000 in certificates at par, with funds to pay operating and court-allowed expenses, taxes, and labor claims. Major Fitchburg Vermont and Massachusetts upgrades include a new Connecticut River bridge and second track from Miller’s Falls to Wendell, with broader expansion and timetable changes across Eastern, Old Colony, and Boston Lowell lines.

Amory Boston Lawrence Merrimack Nashua Washington Atlantic Gt. Falls Androscoggin Boott Chicopee Franklin Hill Fall River Davos King Philip Osborn Sagamore Shore Tn Bank Blackstone Columbian Commerce Eagle Market North North America Redemption Republic Second National Shoe and Leather Suffolk Traders Union Webster Atlas Boylston Howard New England Slate First National of Salem Merchants of Railroad of Lowell Freemans Maverick Merchandise Old Boston Third National Io Railroad Vermont and Canada Railway Eastern N. H Connecticut Passumpsie Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Caion Pacific Portsmouth Great Falls and Conway Boston and Albany Burlington and Missouri River Nebraska Jh& Print West Shore Trenton N.dj United States Trust Company New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company United States Circuit Court Horace Russell Theodore Houston Fitchburg Vermont Massachusetts Greenfield Orange Wendell Connecticut River Miller’s Falls Montague Erving Eastern Railroad Company White Mountains Mt. Desert Wolfboro Portland Lewiston Vpland Springs Rangeley Lakes White Mountain Bangor Bar Harbor Pullman Palace

Whaling Bark President Mate Held on Assault Charge

Holden E. Slocum of New Bedford, mate aboard the whaling bark President, was held in 400 dollars bail to the September term of the district court on a charge of beating and wounding C. J. De Silva, a crew member, while at sea.

Boore Hallett Holden E. Slocum New Bedford District Court C. J. de Silva

Motion for New Trial Reserved in Dr Blood Townsend Case

In Superior Court on June 21 before Judge Gardner a motion for a new trial in the case of Dr Blood and Dr Townsend was heard and the decision was reserved.

Superior Criminal Court Gardner Dr. Blood Dr. Townsend

Municipal Courts Roundup in Central District

In the central court Judge McCafferty sent Carrie Loring for being a common nightwalker to await June 21, fined Ede Wells for malicious glass breaking, and held William Murphy for June 27. Timothy Perara faced $300 bond for June 24 assault with a pistol. Mary Ford jailed for embezzling $100. John Wilson fined for larceny. Martin Burns fined after embezzlement and tied to larceny and show case breakage. Mary Cosgrove alias Mary Eames and Olga Anderson held on idle and disorderly charges for late June. East Boston: John Carey, Thomas Fitzgerald, Cornelius Sullivan held in $1000 each for grand jury action over breaking and entering L. A. Noyes’s stable and $300 property larceny. South Boston: Charles Chaffee convicted of assault and battery, fined $10 and costs, appealed and held in $200 bonds for superior court.

Central Court McCafferty Carrie Loring Ede Wud Wells William Murphy Timothy Perara Mary Ford John Wilson Arceny Martin Burns Mary Cosgrove Mary Eames Olga Anderson East Boston John Carey Thomas Fitzgerald Cornelius Sullivan L. A

Old Dominion Copper outputs set May record at Globe mine

Old Dominion Copper Company reports May bullion output at a record 480 tons from 2790 tons of ore, average 17 percent, bullion 98 percent fine, with May profits around 39 048 dollars. United Verde smelter produced 171 tons of black copper with 86 percent fine and 120 ounces silver per ton, gross copper 44 460 dollars, silver 20 420 dollars, net about 25 000 dollars after expenses, average 1600 dollars daily. Dividend of 45 000 dollars to be declared July 14, totaling 142 000 dollars over seven months of operation. Batopilas Silver Mining Company bookkeeper releases a detailed reply to an article misrepresenting its management and annual report, noting receipts 1 225 4791 dollars and disbursements 1 049 589 34 dollars from Dec 1, 1879 to Jan 6, 1854, and profits above dividends by 66 397 65 dollars over four years.

Old Dominion Copper Company Globe United Verde Copper Company Batopilas Silver Mining Company Board of Trustees Spuceee Engineering and Mining Journal

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