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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1888

Page

6

Boston Money Market and Stock Notes Amid Quiet Rates

The Boston money market closes quiet with clearing house rate at 4 ¼ percent and time paper at 4 to 5 percent. New York funds pass at par less 5 cents. monthly exchanges show strong totals while Maine stock activity slips. Market commentary notes dissatisfying sentiment, with calls for reform and a focus on rail and land securities, including Atchison and Central Massachusetts implications.

Boston Clearing House New York Maverick National Bank Portland Water Company Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Savannah Charleston United States United National Bank Reichsmarks Maine Lockwood & Crosman F. M F. R. Lockwood F. M. Lockwood & Co J. Heron Crosman Fred T. Quirck Crosman & Quirck Newstreet Irving A. Evans & Co Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Uoon Potter Atchison Missouri Pacific Kansasity London California Southern California Southern Railroad Company San Diego Flint & Pere Marquette Burlington & Quincy New York World Chicago, Burlington & Quicy Union Pacific Pullman Palace Cleveland Massachusetts New York Mail and Express Central Massachusets New York, New Haven & Hartford Boston & Maine New York, New Haven & Nrtford Roads Masachusetts New England New Haven Northampton Gay Pond

Williams & Co. Stocks on Boston Exchange Deals

New York Stock Exchange activity shows trading Feb 29 with 160 101 shares moved. The listing notes shares sold, opening, high, low and closing prices for the day and compares to the prior session.

New York San Francisco Cal Cve-Oen Auitens Esces Lelcher Nevada Crown Point Savage Sierra Nevada Eureka Union Gould & Curry Utah Hale & Norcross Yell

Central Car Company Declares Two Dollar Dividend

The Central Car Company announces a dividend of 2 per share. Kansas Investment Co pays its mortgage interest due March 1 at its new banking rooms 101 Devonshire street corner Water street.

Central Car Company The Kansas Investment Co Devonshire Street Corner Water Street

Wall Street Money Markets and Stocks End Quiet Yet Dull

New York reports easy money on call from 2 to 3 with the last loan at 2 and closes near 244. Prime mercantile paper at 442 52 and bar silver at 95 14. Government bonds dull heavy. rail bonds irregular. Active stocks shrink after noon, closing quiet and weak with certain issues slipping. notable declines in Richmond & West Point, Ready, St. Paul and others.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Bears Richmond & West Point Ready St. Paul Lackawanna Missouri Pacific Louisville & Nashville Burlington & Quincy Norfolk & Western Tull Road Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Pacific Cleveland Colinebus Cincinnati Indianapoli Erie Lake Sucre Kansas & Texas Bs New York City & Northern Lai Norfolk & Western General

Foreign Financial Markets Report From London Feb

London markets show varied quotes with Aviantle Erie Pacific and other stocks listed. Bond prices include Consols and Atlantic lines with figures for several railways and Mexican Central. Paris rentes quoted at 2127 and money rates around 3 percent for the account.

London Erie Pacific St York Central United , Atlantic & Great Western Great Western Illinois Central Paul New Pennsylvania Paris

Commodity Market Bulletin Shows Steady Prices Across Items

Wool, flour, corn, cornmeal, and rye stay steady while oats and barley remain quiet. Butter and eggs hold firm or quiet, beans show fair demand, and potatoes with sweet potatoes and foreign potatoes display mixed movement. Meats and fats such as pork, lard, hams, mutton, veal, lamb, sugar, molasses, and tallow show varied but steady or fair demand patterns.

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Wool Market Steady With Firm Prices Across Regions

The wool market stays steady with buyers opposing price rises. Unscoured bases dominate sales while sample bags and foreign advices support prices. Medium fleeces scarce and Montana wools scarce, prices varied by region with strong demand for line wools and pulled wools remaining steady. Oregon Washington and Australian wool markets show mixed stability.

Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan California Territory Wisconsin New York New Hampshire Vermont Kentucky Indiana Missouri Misouri Deane Wolf Mich Montana Texas Southern Kansas Nebraska Maine Oregon Medium Valley Washington ‘Territory Australan Montevideo Cape

Cattle Market Report from Brighton and Watertown

Weekly live stock prices and arrivals reported for Boston Post by George J. Fox. Prices for beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, swine, hides and tallow listed with ranges and averages. Notes indicate fair trade but no rise in values across grades, with low rates on common stock.

Brighton Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Gabe

Financial Market Tumbles After Bank Panic in St Petersburg

In St Petersburg on February 29 the suspension of Schaskolosky and Kahn triggered a market panic. Native bank shares slid about 26 percent as ruble value dropped to 19 pence, marking the lowest level in fifty years. The report notes discount in open market for short bills at 24 4 21 4 percent and bar silver at 43 13 16d per ounce, with India Council bills allotted at a rupee decline. Bank of England balance today shows bullion outflow of £16000.

India Council Bank of England ST. Petersburg Schaskolosky & Kahn

Bran New England cattle market steadies amid mixed demand

Last week prices show weak stock yet stronger sheep and lamb sales. Western hogs stay steady while veal calves and cattle in Maine and Watertown show varied prices. Brighton and Watertown yards report fair to good demand with several milch cows and springers sold, and horse and beef stock moving at mixed rates.

West New England Brighton Hollis & Co Farrell & Nagle Monroe JS Enry A Williams W Scollans B Foss MD Holt Giues & Weston Tratton & Wardwell H M Tait Aroosicok County J C Livuby F H Coolidge & Son AB Engrem Turday Russell GS Lisle Seeley Illinois Welch International Horse Exchange CH & E Snow Huch Union Walpole JS Henry TL Jobison; 16 Sheep, Weighing 1225 Lbs, At 6%Se, By Whipple & Parahbam Dow & Moulton Breck & Wood Maine Turner & Pierce CR Hall Gives & Weston Union Market Eich CG Libby Aldrich & Jounson J C Libby J Low Clinton Foss Norseman Liverpool J A Rutland Callie Watertown W G Townsend CD Pease Robert French

Chicago Markets End Week With Mixed Grain Movements

Reported by Farnum, Reardon and Co the Chicago markets closed firm as cold weather fears unsettled shorts. Wheat and flour on passage to the United Kingdom and Continent rose by 1,496,000 bushels while corn shipments fell by 600,000 bushels. Receipts at Western joints remain light.

Farnum, Reardon & Co United Kingdom

Market Reports Flour and grain receipts compare monthly

The February 29 market report shows flour receipts at 83 213 bbls and 158 810 sacks with other grains listed by type and amounts. Comparisons to 1887 include higher flour and corn totals, with oats, barley and hops also detailed. prices for flour, cornmeal and other staples are given, plus note on market steadiness and demand.

Bates Sintq Jan L Barney Minnesa Bakers Michigan Nads Superior Canada Choice New York New_York

Produce Receipts and Butter Market Report

Receipts for the month ending February include butter 88,547 tubs and 12,301 boxes, cheese 82,151 boxes, eggs 138 boxes, beans 9,280 bbls, potatoes 385 cars and 189,118 bush, hay 950 care, straw 84 cars, poultry 16,114 pkgs, sweet potatoes 1,410 bbls. Prices show a steady quiet butter market with broad wholesale quotations and various cheese and dairy price levels across Western and New York markets.

Wester Western New York Vermont Ohio Graves Hale Eastursts New Hampshire

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