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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1883

Page

3

Money market and stock list in Boston market report

Quiet money market with light demand for funds. Banks discount mercantile paper at 5 percent, call loans 4 to 5 percent, and corporation notes 3 4 and 4 4 percent. Stocks show dull, firmer telephone shares, with mixed railroad and mining movements and earnings notes through June.

Boston New York Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Union Pacific Atlantic and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Little Rock Fort Smith Chicago and Alton Louisiana Missouri River Albany Old Colony Providence Rutland Preferred Messrs Messrs. Prout & Walker, the Attorneys of the Rutland Railroad Company Clements & Sons Haven Clements Mexican Central American Bell Telephone Northern Telephone Bay State Tropical

Dividends Declared by Regional Firms and Banks

Dividend notices from Taunton Taunton's Phenix Crucible Company declares $1250 per share. City and Chapin National banks in Springdale pay 3 percent semiannual. City National Bank of Holyoke 34 percent. Boston Marine Insurance $5 per share. Concord and Portsmouth railroad $350 per share. First National Bank of Merrimac 3 percent semiannual. Lawrence Duck Company 4 percent semiannual. Potomska Mills $3 a share semiannual.

Phenix Crucible Company Tauntonians City Chapin National Banks of Springaekd City National Bank of Holyoke Boston Marine Insurance Company Concord and Portsmouth Railroad First National Bank of Merrimac Lawrence Duck Company Potomska Mills

Wall Street Mixed as Denver Drops, Market Recovers Later

New York financial notes show a steady market with 4 percent bonds firm but railroad shares slipping after a midday drop in Denver. By close Denver recovered slightly to 421, with overall activity modest as several rails and individual stocks traded up or down amid mixed sentiment and volume around 167,800 shares.

New York Prime Mercantile Denver Rio Grande Canada Southern Denver and East Tennessee Houston Texas Metropolitan Richmond Danville Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Rock Islands Texas and Pacific West Shore Buffalo Wabash Chicago Burlington and Quincy Lackawanna Northwest Alton Terra Haute West Point Colorado American Cable Attan Mobile Alabama Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Manitoba Jersey Central New York Central Michigan Central The Stock Exchange PCR Eeeee Wame St. Lo Canaan Southern Central Pacific Delaware& Hud Denver& Riog BNO Hon. & St. Jon Kansas & Texas Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Lake Erie& W Michigan Oatisson Memphis Northwestern New Jersey Ontario & West Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Phila. & Read Milwaukee&st.p Lodge L St. P Texas Pacific Union Pacific St.l Western Union Roch. & Pitts M and M

Market Trade and Commodities Report Summary

Trading update shows cash export corn at 67c and Liverpool cheese at 57s 6d cwt with a 1s 6d advance from yesterday. Chicago wheat futures rise and fall through $1.08 to $1.07, with corn and oats moving on nearby contracts. Pork and hog shipments appear in union stock yards with receipts of about 20,000 and price ranges around $6,630 for light and mixed packs.

Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Chicago

Market Row of varied commodities and trends

Alcohol quoted at 221 222 gal. cement at 125 per barrel. coal dull with firm anthracite. cotton steady in Boston and New York. coffee quiet with Rio cargo late. beeswax prices easing. dry goods slow as woollen production shuts down. future cotton deliveries show mixed prices and high port stocks.

Rio Java Maracabo Franklin New York Liv Uplands Orleans Consolidated Daily

Market Report Shows Quiet Grain and Commodities Trading

Grain prices steady with mixed corn and oats. soybeans and hay softer. Hides, leather, oils, and naval stores hold near steady, while produce and butter markets show light demand and cautious pricing amid ample arrivals.

Trade quiet as holidays slow season for rubber goods

The report notes a holiday lull with buyers returning slowly and small dealers dominant. Production remains steady though below capacity, prices for raw materials stay high, and shipments are up year over year though per weekly totals slight.

Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Toledo New York City Philadelphia Nashville Galveston Tex New Orleans Savannah Dallas San Antonio Macon Atlanta Knoxville Richmond Pittsburgh Milwaukee Wis Detroit Mich Memphis Tenn Quincy Grand Indianapolis Ind Evansville Omaha Neb Denver Col Bloomington Thi Portsmouth Montgomery Ala Mobile Wheeling Binghampton Syracuse Troy Albany

Maritime cargo mixed in multiple port listings and ships

The passage catalogs goods aboard vessels and at ports including ASPINWALL ANNAPOLIS SURINAM RUSTICO RUSTICO PEI CADIZ FREDERICTON PICTOU. Items consist of canned goods cement hardware food fuel and vast quantities of bbls flour pork timber and oils with numerous bulk units and cargo types noted for each location.

Aspinwall Palo Alto Annapolis New York Surinam Rustico Pei Darling Cadiz Spain Emily Fredericton N B Harriet Chase Pictou Bonnebell

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroad Lines

Merchant receipts list June 27 across lines including Lowell and Eastern railroads with cotton wool corn wheat flour butter cheese beans lumber hay leather calf skins and hides totals by bale box case bale and car, plus tobacco and sugar items, reflecting trade volumes and stock movements.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem Old Colony Railroad New York and Newland Railroad Boston Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products at the Port June 27

A tabulated report lists 1883 receipts by commodity such as cotton butter flour eggs oats cornmeal and wheat with 1882 comparisons. The note mentions a data anomaly: sacks of four in the 1882 column are reduced to barrels.

Wisconsin Central Railroad Henry F. Spencer Boston Pemberton Square Edwin J. Abbot Boston Water Board Boston and Lowell Railroad Mystic Wharf Charlestown Cumberland Water Board

CATTLE MARKET REPORTS SHIPPING AND PRICES AT BRIGHTON WATERTOWN

Live stock at market includes cattle sheep calves and swine with arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. Rates list beef store cattle veal lamb ranges and note English demand and export shipments. Stock trains expected and market steady though western cattle firm at higher live weights.

Sk'p& L Mbs Maine Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Canada Watertown Boston Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern Newee Providence C O Howe E E Brookings Libby & Son H Coolidge & Son J J, Barrett J F Lowrey New Hampshire I B Sargent C P Breck Aldrich & Johnson F Wood Dow & Moulton J O Sanborn M Pike A J Piper W G Townsend A H Kidder R P Pollard H N Jenne B'S Hastings A Williamson L Green F S Kimball JB Remick RE French W Ricker JH Thomas MG Flanders J Carrol Hall & Seaver W E Best RG Kimball Sargent & Turner George Bleiler J Dimon C Leavitt & Son Jarrell & Stetson Fitch & Eames States Liverpool London Victoria George H Hammond & Co A N Monroe J O F R Lingham Istham D McIntosh F Jewett & Co M Acre & Co CH Kidder Kidder & Robinson H Kinder At&chb E O Howe CP Breck EO Howe IC Libby & Son H Coole Edge F $ Kimball J B Remick RE Franch J H Thomas M G Flanders KG Kimball J S$ Henry Skittering B Hurlbert D Fisher Hoosac Glasgow RP Pollard Hathaway & Jackson Brighton Landing New England C. Leavitt & Son Farrell & Stetson Brighton Cambridge J Carroll Slive

Market Summary of Cotton and Commodities Across Cities

Cotton markets show dull to steady tone in Savannah Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with middling around 9 13 16c to 10 3 4c. Grain and flour futures move uneven with Chicago and New York reports noting mixed cash and futures. wheat around 1 00 to 1 05, corn around 53 56c, oats 29 34c, pork and lard prices mixed across regions. markets reflect limited demand and cautious sentiment.

Connecticut Massachusetts Lee Havana Pennsylvania New York Ohio Wisconsin Michigan New York X Tbs Delaine Texas Territory Georgia Kentucky Missouri California Montevideo Oacoen Mia Tau Ovese Ross Baltimore Phil Adelphea Aldiecbsenias Great Britain Mark Tduil Mic Ing Galveston Louisville United States St Loul Uplands New Orleans Minnesota Do White Chicago Porto Rico St Jago Antigua Trinidad Jamaica Barbadoes Cuba India South America Liverpool Lake Séc. Park ST. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Ae Co Ox & Ged

Atlantic and Great Western firsts in London market report

Commercial London report notes limited activity in wheat and corn markets with slow cargoes and unsettled English weather. Liverpool quotations steady for flour and mixed for corn while U.S. grain receipts rise. Liverpool futures drift lower with American bales selling in modest volumes and ongoing price declines for nearby contracts.

Real Estate Transfers in Boston Area 1883

Suffolk County transfers list numerous 1883 deeds across Boston neighborhoods including West Cedar Street, Hammond Park, Kneeland Street, Montgomery Ave, Silver Street, Dorchester Avenue, Old Harbor Street, Maverick Street, Havre Street, Central Square, Ashland Street, Capen Street, Union Street, and more. Transactions include quitclaims, mortgages, and sales to and from individuals, banks, and rail entities with property sizes ranging from minor lots to several thousand square feet.

West Cedar Street Sarah E. Allen Tay Edwards Hammond Park Horacce D. Chapin Adolphus J. Blanchard Nathan Cushing Kneeland Street John Jeffries James Keenan Montgomery Ace Albert C. Russell City of Boston South Boston Silver Street Mary Lynch George Wares Edward A. Kenney Sixth Mary A. Ryan John Perske Old Harbor Street Charles H. Hersey Denis L. Reardon Dorchester Avenue Emigrant Savings Bank David A. King Maverick Street Edward J. Foster John Fi. Fre Havre Street Peter Callahan Patrick Cona Central Square George L. Thorndike William H. Thorndike Summer Dorchester Brighton Newton New York and New England Railroad Company Henry Lee Boston and Albany Railroad Company Union Street Elvira Wethern John Prince Street Ezra T. McIntire Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Porter Street East Boston Margaret Dineen Timothy McCarthy Howard and Magnolia Streets John Emerson Joseph Guild Et al School Street West Roxbury Charles C. Robinson Rufus Ellis

White Mountain travel book praised for thorough guides

A Boston publisher promotes a richly illustrated book on the White Mountains. It details how to reach the region from Boston and other cities, describes towns along multiple rail lines, lists hotels with proprietors and capacities, and outlines numerous trips offered by the company. Readers are urged to obtain the book at No. 5 State Street, Boston, to view inducements and low vacation rates.

Luther L. Holden White Mountain Boston New York Providence Montreal Saratoga Concord Montreal and Profile Franconia Notch Pemigewasset Valley Whitefield and Jefferson State Street White Mountains

Court Record in Nelson Court on Five Defendants

Grand jury returns seven indictments against five individuals. George Beechman faces two counts for unlawfully taking letters from the post office. Patrick Devine indicted for larceny of canvas from the United States. Roswell F. Peabody faces two post office letter theft charges. Abel Prescott accused of collecting more than $10 in pensions. Richard W. Wallace charged with selling liquor without a special license.

George Beechman Patrick Devine United States Roswell F. Peabody Abel Prescott Richard W. Wallace

Probate Court Wills and Administrations List

In Middlesex County Probate Court before Judge Brooks S the wills of John Coggin Melrose Mary Richardson Framingham Sarah A Brown and James Hunt Framingham Phineas Green Reading Josiah Webber Lowell James Smith Joseph Obrey Cambridge Harriet Macreading and Marshall A Lewis Newton Rathena Blanchard Sutton N H Daniel A Sanborn Brooklyn N Y Susan T Cox Malden were presented. Letters of administration were granted for Sarah Aplin Cambridge Marshall Basset Woburn Charles S Cook Lowell Daniel H Dimond Somerville Jane McGrath Framingham Betsey Whitcomb Medford Fannie Higgins Townsend Bridget Kennedy Cambridge Mary W Evans Wakefield J Gilbert Waltham Esther Morse Newton Amos T Monroe Waltham Edward Winslow Newton Polly Hunting Malden Margaret Hanahan Lowell also known as Margaret Henan Lowell Catharine Beattie Cambridge Mary E Munson Waltham Edwin Harrington Sudbury.

John Coggin Melrose Mary Richardson Sarah A. Brown James Hunt Framingham Phineas Green Reading Josiah Webber Lowell James Smith Joseph Obrey Cambridge Harriet, Macreading Marshall A. Lewis Newton Rathena Blanchard Sutton N. H Daniel A. Sanborn Brooklyn N. Y Susan T. Cox Malden Sarah Aplin Marshall ¥. Basset Woburn Charles S. Cook Daniel H. Dimond Somerville Jane McGrath Betsey Whitcomb Medford Fannie Higgins Townsend Bridget Kennedy Mary W. J. Evans Wakefield J. Gilbert Waltham Esther Morse Amos T. Monroe Edward Winslow Polly Hunting Margaret

Jurors Reduced City Assessments in Middlesex Court

In Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Staples presided over Hitchings versus City of Somerville and others. Jurors lowered multiple property assessments and the court adjourned to Friday morning with waived cases to be heard Saturday.

Superior Court Middlesex County Staples Hitchings City of Somerville Richardson Same McCormick Cushman High Brooks Brackett Frye Fuller Fuller Et al

Wills approved for Littlefield and Dean in county records

Probate reports confirm wills of Sarah F. Littlefield of Stoughton and Hannah B. Dean of Dedham were approved. Admin letters issued for Timothy A. Stetson Weymouth John W. Blackman Walpole Sarah W. Adams Dedham Eliza H. Wright Hyde Park Ellis A. Darling Wrentham and Nancy J. Wallace Hyde Park Benjamin F. Shumway Medfield guardian appointed for Joseph H. Harding insane.

Judge White Sarah F. Littlefield Stoughton Hannah B. Dean Dedham Timothy A. Stetson Weymouth John W. Blackman Walpole Sarah W. Adams Eliza H. Wright Hyde Park Ellis A. Darling Wrentham Nancy J. Wallace Benjamin F. Shumway Medfield Joseph H. Harding

Obituary notices and closings from Massachusetts town deaths

List of death notices from multiple towns with dates in June 1883 and ages, including Fannie Barcom Abbot, Sidney Butterfield, Robert Bacon, Daniel Chany, Mary Churchill ill, Sadie Garland, Margaret Garrett, Naomi Hatch, Gilbert Hewitt, Charles Hildreth, and a summary table of mortality across 39 cities and towns with population estimates to March 1, 1883.

Abbot Cambridge Fannie Barcom Abbot Butterfield Boston Sidney Butterfield Bacon Roxbury Robert Bacon Chany Waverley Daniel Butler Chany Churchill Brookline Mary Churchill Plymouth Garland Sadie P Garland Garrett Margaret L Garrett Hatch Naomi Hatch Hewitt Taunton Gilbert E Hewitt Hildreth Natick Charles Hildreth Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity Springfield Salem Newton Westfield Lowell Holyoke Haverhill Weymouth Fall River Lynn Somerville Worcester Lawrence New Bedford Chelsea Gloucester Brockton Malden Newburyport Fitchburg S.W. Abbot, M.D

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