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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1883

Page

3

National Banks Organized and Stock Market Roundup

The treasury department announces the organization of several national banks led by The First National bank of Salisbury North Carolina and others in Cleburne Texas Tipton Iowa Webster City Iowa Seattle Washington and Bismarck Oak among capitalizations of 50000 each Angua Mackintosh and Nehemiah Ordway head the banks The Boston stock market shows dull trade with rail and telegraph sectors edging activity Little Rock Fort Smith bonds tumble amid a circular urging debt relief and scrip funding The earnings of Union Pacific and various regional lines are reported with mixed results and consolidation plans for Erie Telegraph and Telephone proposed to boost efficiency The Norwich Worcester line advances extending to Groton with a 350 000 cost and stock purchases authorized

Ein Étienneteeeetae Cc-Csecacss Schiewes D. C Treasury Department First National Bank of Salisbury N.C W. Cole I. H. Faust Cleburne Tex Capital Christopher W. Mertz Oliver S. Heath Tipton Herbert Hammond A. Snyder Hamilton County National Bank of Webster City Leslie A. McMurray O. K. Eastman The Merchants’ National Bank of Seattle W. T Angus Mackintosh William H. Reeves Capital National Bank of Bismarck Oak Nehemiah G. Ordway William G. Nixon Boston Little Rock Fort Smith Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Atlantic Wall Street News Union Pacific Southern Way Southern Pacific Little Rock and Mass Little Rock and Fort Smith Arkansas Joseph H. Converse Union Pacific Railway Company Vicksburg and Meridian New York New England Old Colony Worcester Nashua Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company Allyn’s Point Groton Comn Norwich and New York Transportation Company American Bell Telephone Loren Downs Lowell Companies Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company Lowell Syndicate Southwestern Telephone Company Northwestern Telephone Company Erie Northwestern Southwestern Treasury Treasuries William Abbott London England Grand Trunk

Pome ices. Closing Prices. Sales.

Closing price listings and sales figures for various securities and mining companies. Includes prices for railroads, utilities, and miscellaneous stocks with highest and lowest quotes, trading volumes, and notable shifts across multiple sectors. Entities include At& P, KCFEFS&G, B& MRGs, Union Pacific, Wisconsin Central, and Western exchanges.

Reece Een Ahemay Lo’st At& P Bae At& Pats Brube L Ris Ug Ge Poe Ao Roy Iiss Flint & P. M Ce Lr&es Cs Nor Rd NH Wi N.Y N.E Wor & Nash Quincy San Pedro Boswp Bell Tel Bay St Tel Co Los & Mex Arch Top Santa Fe DBO Covsees Boston Water Power Bay State Sven Union Pacific Rd Wisconsin Central Com

New York Stock and Money Market Report Details

Money easy at 2445 3 per cent with prime mercantile paper at 4 5 per cent. Bar silver 1104. Foreign exchange steady and bonds active. stocks weakened on Chicago rumor then rose to day high after denial. Specific rail and city bonds advanced. railroad stocks led gains before broad selling cooled. Transactions totaled 235,006 shares with notable moves in Denver and Rio Grande, New York Central, Reading, and Missouri Pacific.

New York Prime Mercantile Tennessee Chicago Rio Grande International Great Northern Richmond Allegheny Chesapeake and Ohio Great Western Lehigh Wilkesbarre Texas and Pacific Danville Stock Exchange Shorts Denver New York Central Reading New Jersey Long Island Louisvile New Albany Manhattan Beach Metropolitan Colorado Pullman Evansville Terre Haute Houston Texas Bodie Sonora The Peece St. Lo’st Canacan Southern Central Pacific Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver & Biog Eti Osee-Reeee LU Northwestern Northern Pacific Sly Qhio & Mississppi Ontario & West Seine Medes Milwaukee &St.p St. P Omaha Texas Pacific Union Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Canada Pa Oregon T.co

Daily Boston exchange report lists 48 cars and grain receipts

The document records 48 total cars including mixed steamer lots and oars, with receipts of corn 64 025 bushels wheat 925 oats 14 900 shorts 5 400 oatmeal 580 sacks, flour today 3 296 bbls 3 826 sacks, and various grain and bean price notes. It notes market bids for corn and mixed exports, price movements in cheese eggs and beans, and futures for July October and other months. A Norfolk Baltimore steamer arrival brings cabbage peas potatoes cucumbers apples and onions, with potatoes offered around 1 18 to 1 34.

Boston Commercial Exchange Cincinnati New York Canada Tember Saas Cileabe Board of Trade Norfolk Baltimore Boston

MARKET REPORTS ON BEANS PEAS POTATOES AND PRODUCE

Prices for beans and peas fall as demand remains soft with varied quotations for Canada choice and common green northern peas. Potatoes show volatile quotes amid large receipts, while garden vegetables and fruits list lettuce onions cucumbers and strawberries with steady to weak hay and straw. Provisions meats and fats move lower or steady as markets refocus amid widespread farm goods price shifts.

Canada West Western Creamery Eastern Creamery Choice Western Dairy Franklin County Vermont New York Nova Scotia New Brunswick P. E Canada Courh Florida Norfolk Bermuda Boston

Sugar and fruit consignments from Caribbean to Boston and Cadiz

Emports listed across ports including Boston and Cadiz with Brig H C Sibley carrying 1 926 baskets sugar for Cyrus Wakefield Co. Ralph M Hayward 414 lasts salt for Cadiz. Steamer Craigallion 1 081 hhds 14 bbl sugar to Humacao Puerto Rico. Bellmore 855 hkde sugar 127 tierces 250 bags sugar to Port Antonio. Mary Bradford schooner 2 860 bunches bananas 17 500 cocoanuts to Trinidad via A A Kensall Co. Lane brig 520 hhds sugar 66 tierces to C O Foster & Co in Trinidad/Cuba.

Boston Batavia H C Sibley Cyrus Wakefield& Co Cadiz Ralph M Hayward Humacoa, P R Craigallion Port Spain Bellmore Hkde Port Antonio Mary Bradford Kensall & Co Trinidad Cuba Bng JH Lane O Foster & Co

Foreign Exports. Cattle and goods from Liverpool and Nova Scotia

A historical shipping list reports exports from Liverpool to include 652 head cattle 919 head sheep and 75 crates of various goods plus 6466 bushels of wheat 58843 bushels of corn and pork cheese lard and leather items. Also listed are cargoes from Bridgetown Halifax Pubnico and Port Antonio with flour meal cornmeal white wood kerosene oil dyewood and miscellaneous items.

Liverpool Eng Misour Bridgetown Adan Halifax Delta Pubnico Seven Brothers Port Antonio Jessie H Freeman

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroads and Sea

A dense list of commodity receipts dated June 25 reports quantities of flour meal corn lard butter cheese eggs beans potatoes apples lumber leather skins and other goods conferring to Maine Fitchburg Eastern Grand Junction New York and New Haven lines plus the Providence and Boston routes and sea shipments. The ledger shows hundreds of bbls sacks bales cases and barrels across railroads with numerous named consignors and destinations.

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

Total Receipts of Staple Products June 25 8

The table lists the totals of principal staples received at this port from all shipment points including in transit goods, compared with the same day last year. Figures cover commodities across sources and reflect current receipts versus prior year.

Porthy

Markets Report from Cotton Exchanges and Bourse Results

Markets by telegraph show cotton receipts and sales across Savannah Wilmington Augusta Memphis New York Orleans Norfolk and other ports. Prices remain mostly steady with middling ranges around 9 7 16 to 10 cents and mixed figures for gross receipts stock and shipments across the trading network.

Savannah Cassevees Wilmington Ce Augusta St Vaacaonu New York Britain Orleans Great Britain S.cees

London and Paris Financial Roundup June 82

Atlantic and Great Western firsts 4814 Erie 3734 New York Central 12144 Pennsylvania Central 6014 Ontario and Western 27 St Paul common 106 Bank of France weekly statement shows declines in gold and silver Bank of England reserve ratio rises to 41 15 percent Wheat and corn cargoes slow in transit Liverpool markets mixed prices and firm English and French markets remain cautious Havana sugar and gold quotes with 60 days gold premium noted Holiday observed tomorrow

Canada Tani C. Oats Dene Recov Tani Us English Island Havana Hice mm Petroleum United Continent South America Liverpool Gloucester Labrador Nova Scotia California Ogie Cape Ann London Atlantic Great Western Erie New York Central Pennsylvania Central Ding Ontario and Western St. Paul Common Paris Bank of France Bank of England Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange

Grand Tront Railway of Canada and A Trust Circular

Summary notes the June circular by William Abbott praising Grand Trunk Railway despite hostile press and urging continued growth. Also reports Delphos Trust circular to T C and S L subscribers about extra 2 percent call and securities to be distributed, with details on bonds and assets. General notes cover New Brunswick railway surveying Edmundston and Fitchburg line expansion toward Orange and Greenfield challenges.

Grand Tront Railway of Canada William Abbott London Eng Grand Trunk Railway Toledo Cincinnati and St. Louis Delphos Trust Cincinnati and St. Louis Cincinnati Toledo, Delphos Spring Grove, Avondale and Cincinnati Railroad Company First Marine Oedo, Cincinnati and Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company Toledo and Delphos Trust New Brunswick Railway Company Edmundston River du Loup Fitchburg Railroad Company Orange Boston Miller’s Falls Greenfield

Court Record In Suit Over Fire Policy Change

Charles T. Oakes sues Manufacturers Fire and Marine Insurance over a policy claiming loss prior to a 1877 conveyance to his wife. He testified that Aug 29, 1877, he notified the insurer of the deed and mortgage and handed over the policy to cure the defect, while mortgage security remained with Andover Savings Bank.

Charles T. Oakes Manufacturers’ Fire and Marine Insurance Company Andover Savings Bank

Endorsement on Policy Shows Election to Continue Insurance

The defendant endorsed $1,600 on a house policy with Andover Savings Bank after a breach of condition. The policy was returned to the plaintiff and no premium was refunded. The court ruled the evidence inadmissible, directing a verdict for the defendant, which the plaintiff excepted. The rescript states that if the company knew of the breach, the endorsement was an election to continue coverage, making the evidence admissible. Attorneys: John F. Andrew, Paul West for plaintiff. Nathan Morse, E. W. Hutchins for defendant.

Andover Savings Bank John F. Andrew Paul West Nathan Morse E. W. Hutchins

Municipal Courts Chronicle June 25 in Boston area

Judge Forsaith handles common drunkard Mary Doran to six months in the house of industry. Various defendants face assault extortion robbery larceny breaking and entering and other charges with bail and examination dates set. Notable actions include John J. Brown convicted for non support and held for six months, and Jacob Sheffer's manslaughter examination underway.

Forsaith Mary Doran House of Industry Oliver Ausphar Robert H. Vaun Charles Becker John Cosgroove Nellie Abbott Charles Latrop Alexander McCabe Fannie Seymour Douglass Brooks G. T. Cuniff Brooks Cunlitt David J. Parker South Boston John J. Brown House of Correction East Boston Frank E. Morse Chelsea Roxbury William Mosely Jacob Sheffer New York and New England Railroad

Individuality in Dress Sees Radical Fashion Change

A 19th century fashion note highlights radical shifts in women’s dress driven by lavish fabrics and exclusive styles. It describes street and house wear, new silhouettes, Watteau folds, lace cuffs, Monks hoods, and accessories emphasizing individualized, tasteful attire over hourly trends.

Roper de Lyon Dennie June Lasselle Leavin Jady Habbeton England Florence France

Cottonseed as Feed and Oil in Farm Economy

Cottonseed crop in America reaches 3,000,000 tons with 180,000,000 bushels. oil mills used 180,000 tons of seed for oil last year, while remaining is wasted. Refined cottonseed oil now ideal for cooking, equal to lard. cottonseed cake rich in nutritive matter for stock. animal excreta also increases in value. Also notes on fences, bread testing tools, July periodicals on fiction and essays, and current magazine trends.

Gulley Society For the Promotion of Agricultural Art and Science Montreal America Connecticut Monthly Howells Crawford Lothrop Hawthorne Fot Helen Harkness The Atlantic Mr. Crawford Mr. Lothrop Newport Harpers the Spain Prof. de Mille Manhattan Julian Hawthorne Beatrix Randolph New York Philip Bourke Marston Lippincott Miss Tincker P. Demings Tompkins Padrie Jose T. A. Janvier W. O. Bates North American Review W.S. Holman Arthur Blake Ellis Julius H. Seelye O. B. Frothingham Z. R. Brockway Reformatory Elmira N. Y Elbridge T. Gerry William Hayes Ward James M. Pullman Dai United States Supreme Court Francis J.lippitt Albert Leftingwell J. Harrison Lippincott’s C. J. Stille University of Pennsylvania Greece Rome Harper’s George Cary Eggleston Popular Science Monthly E. Blackwell M.D George Lies United States Mr. Lies H. Sutherland Edwards T. W. Higginson New England John H. Ingram Chatterton A. R. Boteler Frank B. Sanborn Boteler Dad George W. Cable New Orleans Charles P. Stone Washington Lingela Harpers W. L. Stone St. Nicholas Tinkham Brothers Argonauts Maurice Thompson Robin Hood C. G. Leland Charles Barnard Brooklyn Bridge Jean Ingelow Celia Thaxter Kate Greenaway Rags, Tatters & Co New Hampshire Sargent Harvard

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Finance and Trade iNew National Banks Financial Ossip New York Mall Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia No. 40 Water Street Foote & French Congress Street Congress Square Boston Stock Exchange Brokers’ Board Boston Mining Stock Exchange NEW York Financial Eaeresennese Hannibal & St Joseph Uston TeBsons Pacific Ind Bloom West Colum Pac Lou N. Alb Den Man P’k & Pac Chic St. L Adams Ohio & Mis Alton & Tee Hante Oregon Improvement Co American Rich & A Boston Air Line Pta Ae Rich Dan Rich W. B Chicago & Alton St. A sSieseneeseo Pel Bard Cisco San St .Colum Minnesota Mllnois Indiana Ohio Ichigan Tllinois Michigan Palermo Messina Paracoas Manila Porto Rico Uplands Peterpool Tober Solge Milwaukee the Commercial Bulletin Telegraph Lune West Wesn Avia Aeecveien Essen Ess Vecespccsnses Ko Kos Marset SOCK Siveies Mid ST Louis Seeeseee Rts Arket Louisville Commercial Railroad Matters Court Record Sutperson Post Century Alexander F. Oakey Jans Hals Magazine of Art Mark Antokolsky Wilno Slade Art Schools of London George Tinworth Noyon Botticelli Antokolsky Richard Grant White Washington Adams B. Frothingham J. H. Morse Henry James Anthony Trollope International Review G.H. Badger W. H. Rideing Hampstead E. F. Brentnall R. W. Macbeth Olive Logan E. V. Smalley H. M. Byers Zurich Princeton College Henry J. van Dyke, Jr Charles Burr Todd Harriet Waters Preston Oxford F. D. G._Carpenter Boomtown J. A. Henshall H. B. Ellwanger Wheelman Science Oswald Nature Open Letters the Atlantic Edith M. Thomas E.R. Sile H. C. Bunner Helen J. Cove T. W. Dewing John Vance Cheney Francis David Morice Jenny P. Bigelow Robert Browning the Manhattan Nora Perry Buckingham Ballard Ida M Ballard Clarke Caroline L Clark John M Clark Charles Street Gerhard Bernard Gerhard Eeeee Francis Holeren Kahler Charlotte Kahler Kramer Rudolph Kramer, Jr Eat Stoughton Lizzie Melcher Itchell Charlestown Mary Mitchell Po Suk Jefferson Pratt, MD Pokem Eponset Abigail F Pope J. Newman & Sons Tremont St Ladd Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia FE. Pinkham Western Avenue Lynn Gar Ayer Aver James MayNarp W. 42d Arger J. C. Ayer & CO Lowell Bodea Ee of Odeon Clendinning Fannie A. Dodd Desi Tremont Street Corman Newae Qeistustulyr New England Mortgage Security Company Ore Ion ¢ Company Mil Ki Street Henry Saltonstall E. Ellerton Pratt I. D. Farnsworth Charles Lista Wigglesworth P. Bush Elisha Atkins John Amos T. Et Charles L. Flint J. Ksop Brewster Wisconsin Central Railroad Henry F. Spencer Pemberton Square M 22 Mort John A. Stewart Edwin H. Abbot Eis Securities F. A. Hawley & Coo Bainkers Devonshire Water Streets Postoffice Jerest Brown, Riley &O Bankers Congress St Congress L. Brown WM. J. Riley Aew York Stock Boston Stock Samuel D. Crafts Exchange Place Neen Ee Ae Ee Erm Bighland Street Railway CO Aa St. Railway Co Highland Street Railway Company National Rockland Bank Je2ott Samuel Little Grant & Ward Wall Street R. R.onds N. Y. Stock Exchange U.S. Grant James D. Fish Ferdinand Ward Iowa John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire Street Jazatt Coffins& Henry Iowa Lands State St Davenport Evans Corporation Notices Worcester & Nashua Rek, CO Board of Directors W. Hammond Waumbrerg Steam Cotton CO Messrs John L. Bremer & Co H. D. Sullivan Topeka Salina Western Krrk. Coo Kansas Vicinity National Bank of the Republic Milk Street Eing Ee Fitchburg Railroad Company Mason D. Benson Jesuw Manchester Millis John C. Palfry Jer6tojy Ee Ee Vermont & Mass. Railroad CO Fitchburg Railroad Co Franklin N. Poor Norwich & Worcester K.R. 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Son & At Leonard Daghestan Gordes Whitney, Howe & Sibley Manchester Mills Pacific Mills Washington Mills Weston Electric Light Co Juliana Lode Mining Co Ios Howard National Bank Manufacturers’ National Bank Eliot National Bank Blackstone National Bank Boston and Lowell Railroad Co Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co Metropolitan Horse Railroad Overland Telephone Co Parent Co Tropical Telephone Co Suburban Telephone Co People’s Telephone Co Colorado Telephone Co Overland Telephone Bay State Telephone Co People’s Tarot Oe National Beli Tade Co Maine Abe Water Power Guy City of Chicago Cambridge City of St Louis Francis Henshaw & CO Merchants’ Building Bostom Stock Exchange National City Bank Amoskeag Manufacturing Co Freemans National Bank Boylston National Bank Abco Boston National Bank National Market Bank of Brighton Fairbanks Scale Co Boston Gas Light Co Hill Manufacturing Co Lyman St Massachusetts National Bank Merchants’ National Bank Continental Mills Aumkeag Steam Concord RR Co Dwelling House Ins Co American Insurance Courlington and Missouri River RR Istmos Waewaang Fitchburg Clinton New Bedford Old Colony Railroad Company Wakefield Middlesex Horse Railroad Asco Lateral Boston Tron Co Jan An Forbes Lithograph Co Boston Machine Co KK. Bk. Day & CO Boston ‘Srock Exchange City of Newton City of Lynn City of Manchester Revere Rubber Co Blackstone National and Bank Metropolitan National Bank Dedham National Bank First National Bank of Danvers Laconia Mfc Co Ees Ae R R Horse Co Machianet National Bank W. Michigan RR Denver and Rio Grande RR Cedar Rapids Iowa Falls Northwestern RR Charles River Horse Chine Stree Railway Missouri Albert Howe & Co Market Street Brighton Warren Avenue Horatio Harris & CO. Auctioneers and Commission Merchants Fulton & Co S P Horace Pao Banover Street S P Stairs Cary, Fulton & Co Messrs. Newell, Adams & Co Pearl Algo Fulton Bros Lawrence Estate of Cary, Fulcomers aa&Co Horace Partridge Johnson Moody & CO Boots & Shoes Creenbaum & CO San Francisco Cal Pearl Street Benzi Price Liberal Advances A. S. Bichards Hos Reade &T Quick Summer Streets Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Line
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