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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1884

Page

3

Union Pacific Earnings and City Money Market Report

Union Pacific takes another drop as earnings news ripple through. The piece details money rates, banking discounts, mercantile paper, corporate paper, note brokers, and country bank firmness. New York funds discounts and daily clearing house totals are reported for Boston financial observers.

Union Pacific Charles River Street Railway Boston Corporation New York

Wall Street Mixed as Bonds Slip and Stocks Falter in Late Trading

New York financial notes show 4 percent on call funds, mercantile paper at 5 to 6 percent, and nominal foreign exchange. Government bonds ease, rail shares weaken, and the market closes weak with major names like Lake Shore, Northern Pacific, and Dublin papers under pressure. Lackawanna leads gains while Northern Pacific preferred sinks. overall activity totals 417,900 shares.

Boston York Brokers’ Board Telegraph Denslow, Baston & Herts Darling, Denslow & Co Darling New York Stock Exchange Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Friends of the Road Atchison Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Flint Pere Marquette Iowa Falls Sioux City Louisana Missouri Albany Fitchburg Providence Maine Central Revere Beach Lynn New England Charles River Street Railway Company Denver Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Pacific Atchison Land Grants New Mexico South Pacific American Bell Telephone Erie Ate Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Massachuetts D. H. Bates E. A.eslie E. F. Leighton C. J. Sheen E. C. M. Bruce W. H. Ijams Treaser Milk Street Rch Alabama London Lackiwanna Northern Pacific New York Central Linceis Central Manitoba Lake Shore Gurlington Quincey Oregon Transcontinental Northwest Adla. M Oregon St. Paul Rock Island Louisville Nashville City Western Union Lackawanna Missouri Pacific

Market report shows mixed grain and byproducts activity

Grain prices drift with limited demand and quotas. No. 2 mixed and steamer varieties show varied bids from 51c to 63c, while oats, rye, and barley trend weaker or steady in multiple cities. Butter and cheese demand soft with some declines. eggs steady on eastern stock, overall dull trading across major markets.

New York Peoria Toledo Chicago St. Louis Clower White State Milwaukee Canada Vermont Best Western Liverpool Cheddar Star Western Nova Scotia

Financial update global bond and commodity notes June 26

U S bonds quote 4168 11314 with various yields. Bank of England balance on hand at £ 26,000. Bank of France reports gold up 3,518,500 francs and silver 1,280,000 francs. Liverpool wheat prices steady to dull with corn and pork at varied London and Liverpool quotes. Shipping cargoes and transit data show wheat and corn moving to Continent and UK markets.

Michigan Michigan Roller Ohio Indiana Minnesota New York Roller St Louis Southern Wisconsin New York St. Louis City Chicago Milwaukee Louis Clower Detroit Toledo 1Ondon U .S Erie Ahmois Central Pennsylvania Mexican Canadian Pacific St. Paul Common London Bank of England Paris Bank of France Liverpool California Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Continent United Kingdom

Fish price report for week ending June 26, 1884

Codfish prices quoted for large and medium fish with various byproducts. Hake, haddock, pollock, and other seafood items listed with units and rates. Several large fish sales from Capershore and Philadelphia. dealers reluctant to sustain high prices. Herring, trout, halibut, oil, and byproducts prices included, with fresh halibut cargo sales noted. Cepe Ann Advertiser.

Georges New Western Bank Old Bank Philadelphia Nova Scotia Labrador Cepe Ann Advertiser

Shipping Freight Goods Listed From Liverpool and Yarmouth

Detailed ledgers show steamer Missouri at Liverpool with 27 bales and 29 cases, including paper stock, skins, leather, and china. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros, Stone & Downer, and J Moors & co supply earthenware, tin plates, carpets, hardware, and textiles. The Alpha at Yarmouth lists codfish, lobsters, halibut, eggs, potatoes, and other perishables, with consignors JG Hall & co and E S Ellis & co among the buyers and shippers.

Liverpool Eng Missouri Jere Abbott & Co Baring Bros & Co KK & E Sorts & Co Adams & Clark Norcross Mellen & O Dodo Jones McDuffee & Stratton Abram French & Co Jaggers Bond, Parsons & Co Albert Berger & Co Claflin, Larabee & Co Allston Newhall & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Clapp & Batley Baring Bros Moors & Co Pierce & Co Briggs & Co E Jose & Co Torrey Yarmouth JG Hall & Co E'S Ellis & Co Delong & Seaman

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads Listed

A compiled ledger shows receipts across multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Providence New York and New England Eastern and Fitchburg with quantities of wool flour oats bran grease tea butter cheese eggs bacon beef pork lard tallow and lumber. Goods are listed by railroad and item with units such as bales, bushels, boxes, cases, chests, saddles, and tons along with entrails of leather hides pelts and skins indicating broad trading activity. The record aggregates numerous consignments dated June 26 and includes diverse commodities like wool, flour, corn, oats, and butter, reflecting extensive material movement.

Boston and Albany Railroad Granta Junction Rayrosd Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Haliroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Maime Railroad Becadevax

Staple Product Receipts at Port Show June Totals

A table lists total receipts of principal staples at this portay from all shipment points for June 26, comparing with the same date last year. The figures cover in transit commodities and reflect year over year changes.

Wildcat Seen On East Hill After University Escape

A wildcat that escaped from the university was seen near East Lawn hotel between Milo Valley and Orin Cornelius homes on East Hill just before dark. Two hounds pursued it to the woods but left the track, picking up a rabbit trail instead.

Ithaca Democrat University Milo Valley Orin Cornelius East Hill East Lawn Hotel

Gigantic Consolidation and Rail Talk Across the West

A New York despatch outlines a planned merger among St. Louis and San Francisco, Southern Pacific, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and Kansas City lines, plus Houston and Texas Central. The deal aims to create a vast system spanning west of the Mississippi to the East, potentially challenging Gould assets.

Rochester Pittsburg Walston H.brown Walston H. Brown Walston H. Brown & Bros New York St. Louis San Francisco Southern Pacific Houston and Texas Central Huntington Gould Mississippi Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Central Pacific San Francisco Bulletin Central Pacific Railway Company Charles Crocker

Multiple New England firms face insolvencies and attachments

Boston area creditors announce receiverships and failures including J M Horton and the Boston Sewing Machine and Cabinet Company. Liabilities exceed assets in several cases with receivers named, compromises offered, and large bank and insurer claims. Names include J F Paul, F B Allen, Anson F Abbott, George H Cowell, and Stout Co linked to broader market impacts.

J. M. Horton Tremont Street Boston F. W. Haskell Boston Sewing Machine and Cabinet Company J. F. Paul James A. Berrill Washington Street Hi. M. Porter General Merchandise Williamsburg Mass H.C. Wheaton Worcester F. B. Allen East Braintree Anson F. Abbott Waterbury Conn George H. Cowell John H. Robinson Robinson's Tea and Coffee Company Bridgeport Mercantile Shoe and Leather Bank Joseph Stout Purdy Anderon Stock Exchange Metropolitan Edwin J. Isaacs New York James H. Elliott Albany N. Y Broughton & Hawk East Braney William V. Magnum Men Newark N. J Middleton & Co Washington Lathrop & White Atlanta H. L. Shepard & Co Foundry Cincinnati Lindell Hotel Association of St. Louis Charles A. Scudder Henry Ames J. H. Chassaing Suffolk County Salem Marine Insurance Company James M. Hagar Emanuel Downing Leander E. H. Jones

Five Story Tenements and Schoolhouse Listed in Boston Ward 17 19 23

Boston city records list multiple L. R. Cutter properties including five story flat roof tenements and stores at 5 7 South May street and 1 3 South May street ward 17. Additional five story flat roof tenement at 1294 1598 Washington street and 1300 1302 Washington street ward 17. Charles Davis five story flat roof tenement No 6 Ball street ward 19. J H T Adams three story flat roof dwelling No 99 Ruggles street ward 19. A two story pitched roof schoolhouse No 971 Parker street ward 23.

L. R. Cutter South May Street Washington Street Charles Davis Ball Street J. H. T. Adams Ruggles Street City of Boston Parker Street A. T. Stevens Taylor Street Elizabeth Urban Enfield Street Mabel G. Bacon Englewood Avenue New York and New England Railroad Forest Hill Avenue A. C. Drake Adams Street Fort Simpson J.S. Hillard Gold Street Edmund Keyes Medford Street Isabella K. Jarvis West First Street Boylston Congregational Church Amory Street Boston Dyewood and Chemical Company Border Street New England Conservatory of Music James Street Miletus H. Jackson Maxwell Street Ferdinand Kelly Keyes Street Owen Mullen Patrick Nelson Whitney Street H. H. Taylor Albany Street Amos W. Staten Rolin Avenue J. W. Kelly Ubpamed Street Mount Hope Avenue HH. E Bachelder Amory _ street W. HH. Sayward Sayward Street B. Hall Sheridan Street E. F. Dunham Unnamed Washington Pp. Cousens Dennis Street I. Pratt, Jr Pratt Street W. A. Kingsbury Burpham & Son Yale Street H. W. Cottle H. P. Morris Ricker

Gloucester Isinglass Co vs Joshua 8 Chase Injunction Granted

Gloucester Isinglass company seeks to restrain Joshua 8 Chase from infringing Rogers patent for glue from fish skins. Granted. Holden E. Slocum of New Bedford pleaded guilty to assault on a crew member and was fined $20. John White of the C B Hasel tine pleaded guilty under summary process for cruel treatment and fined $20.

Gloucester Isinglass Company Joshua Chase Rogers Holden E. Slocum New Bedford President Second John White C.B. Haseltine

Commissioners Court Held Sailor Cruelty Examines Beating Cases

On June 26 in the U S Commissioners Court Judge Hallett set bail for John White mate of the schooner C B Roseltilne at 100 dollars for the September term on a cruel treatment charge aboard the high seas. Charles C Bartlett mate of the bark Jennie E Cushman faced a 200 dollar bail for examination today on a beating and wounding charge against J F Steinforth aboard the high seas.

John White C. B. Roseltine United States District Court Charles C. Bartlett Jennie E. Cushman J.F. Steinforth

Supreme Judicial Court case on Scituate Savings Bank petition

Commonwealth v Scituate Savings bank involves Charles G Davis trustee seeking $552 07 and dividends from Eliza Jenkins deposit in a suit Porter financed. Court held no consideration for deposit book and treasurer lacked authority to bind bank, Davis petition dismissed. Craig claimed Jenkins deposit assignment and sought deposit as his. Davis represented petitioner. Williams opposed.

Supreme Judicial Court Commonwealth Vs. Scituate Savings Bank Charles G. Davis Eliza Jenkins Porter Davis Jenkins Craig C. G. Davis Geo. F. Williama

Supreme Court Rescripts on Bacon Parker and Whitcomb Case

Supreme Court June 26 rescripts discuss Bacon vs Parker. Plaintiff claims land and warehouse lease duties. court rules against recovery and renders judgment for defendants. Second case Proctor vs Whitcomb involves a $2500 note. jury verdict for plaintiff upheld with interest adjustments.

Supreme Court Jerome A. Bacon David Parker Pearl Street Thomas E. Proctor Lydia C. Whitcomb Whitcomb & Thayer Eliot National Bank Eliot Bank

Local Court Decisions Result in Guilty and Not Guilty Rulings

Under Judge Gardner, Rowell was found not guilty on an in cest charge. Mamie Hawthorne and others were found guilty of keeping a house of ill fame. Minor Thomas Ford pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received probation. Finney Dean Howe and John Albee faced various verdicts including house of ill fame and lottery. Nagle brothers pleaded guilty to assault and battery. Drury case for throwing stones was not processed.

Mamie Hawthorne Thomas F. Ford William Finney Lillie Dean Alice Howe John Albee House of Correction George Thomas Nagle Thomas J. Drury

Court Docket Reports Multiple Defendants with Varied Violations

Before Judge Bacon George E Russell of Wakefield was found not guilty on breaking and entering Isaac Ray of Maiden fined 50 dollars and costs for liquor keeping and nuisance John Burns of Lowell drunkenness sentenced to one year in the Lowell workhouse Joseph Houde of Marlborough liquor nuisance 50 dollars and costs William Connors of Marl borough liquor nuisance 50 dollars and costs Edmund Langeline of Marlborough liquor keeping 50 dollars and costs Moses Kenney of Marl borough liquor nuisance 50 dollars and costs James Barnes of Cambridge liquor nuisance found guilty sentence deferred Francis Locke of Cambridge liquor nuisance jury out

George E. Russell Wakefield Isaac Ray Maiden John Burns Lowell Joseph Houde Marlborough William Connors Edmund Langeline Moses Kenney James Barnes Cambridge Francis Locke Central Court James Hennessey Brighton Wm. Connell Bunker Hill District Henry Hurley Abram Lewis

I Never Voted Wrong and Stayed Disfranchised

A humorous exchange reveals a general admitting he never voted and is disfranchised, claiming he has not lived in the state a year. The scribe notes his home is in St. Louis and presses, but the general insists he will not vote for Blaine or for anyone.

St. Louis Blaine

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