New York Market Highlights and Commodity Prices
New York trading on March 2 shows money on call at 4 to 6 per cent with mercantile paper at 6 61 per cent. Stocks closed strong after a volatile day led by Villard issues. railroad bonds rose and mining stocks gained late. Dry goods imports for the week totaled 4.5 million dollars, while Texas issues and East Tennessee incomes moved unevenly. Trading volume reached 77,737 shares as the market firmed into the close.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Texas
Delaware and Hudson
Houston
Waco
Jersey Central
Kansas
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Pacific
de Rio Grande
East Tennessee
Omaha
Denver
Rio Grande
Wabash
Michigan Central
Union Pacific
Oregon
Villard
Bloomington
Western
Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific
Sierra Grande
Robinson Consolidated
Alice
Green Mountain
New York Produce Exchange
New York Produce Exchange Bank
Post
Hallet
United States District Court For Colorado
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Denver and New Orleans
Denver and Rio Grande
Supreme Court
Denver and
Han, & St. Jon
Kansas & Texas
Lake Shore
Louisville& Nash
Michiown Gabel
Olly Tay
Sok
Manhattan
Memphis & C
Northwestern
New Jersey
Northern Pacific
Ohio & Missisippi
Alsais
Ontario & West
Ohio Centra
Pacific Mail
Phila
Reading
Milwaukee &St.p
St. P
Big Texas Pacific
St.l.& Pa
Ace of Western Union
Oregon Trans.Co
Liverpool and Boston Market Prices and Futures Quotes
Reported from New York Mercantile Exchange and Boston exchange with Butter, eggs and cheese prices, pork and grain futures for March to June contracts. Includes Chicago hogs, March wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley values, with stock and pork rib figures and date references to 1883.
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Liverpool
New York Mercantile Exchange
Elgin Creamery
State Dairy
New
Ohio
Boston Produce Exchange
Chicago
New York
Farnum, Rearden & Co
State Street
Pork
Lord
S’rt
Wool market holds steady as London sales advance
Wool sales remain firm with about 2,500,000 ths reported. London sale progress shows 4,078 bales from New South Wales and Queensland fleece with varied prices across greys, scoured, and locks. Port Phillip Adelaide and Cape sold strongly as prices held near last week. Hon. Lewis N. Gilbert represented a well-stocked Ware firm amid a booming market.
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London
New South Wales
Queensland
New Zealand
Cape
Natal
Port Phillip
Adelaide
Qobiec
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Iowa
Territory
Texas
California
de Fall
Canada
Lewis N. Gilbert
Ware
Record of Merchant Shipments and Goods Across Ports
A dense ledger of cargoes and consignments listing steamer Bavarian cargoes and various firms in Liverpool with bales, crates, casks, and cases of paper stock, dyes, woollens, and hardware, plus Mediterranean port orders and multiple schooners delivering oranges, fruit, hemp, sugar, and cotton to destinations including Leghorn and Calcutta with firms like Baring Bros, Franklin Rolfe, and J B Moors & Co. involved.
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Mediterranean
Geneva
Catalonia
Franklin Rolfe & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Rolfe & Co
Westervelt & Co
Calcutta
Bark Freeman
Whitney
Moors & Co
Brown Bros & Co
Foreign Exports from St John and St Thomas Ports
In St John New Brunswick schooner Beélian cleared March 2 carrying 125 bbis cornmeal 125 barrels flour 379 bars iron and related items 19 8 spikes 99 bbis hoop iron 1 chain 147 bars iron 14 barrels kerosene oil. In St Thomas Wisconsin bark Hancock formerly March 1 loaded 338 barrels flour 10 bags bran 15 barrels 15 baskets apples 398 tons ice 7 cases boots and shoes 10 do thatches 52 kits 1 box fish 30 cases lard 1 kg game 15 boxes oysters 3 barrels beets 1 box celery 20 bits sugar 30 067 feet white pine boards 10 pieces lumber 1 382 bushels shingles 1 spruce spar.
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ST John
Beélian
ST Thomas
Bark Hancock
Market News from the United States Ports and Grain Prices
At New York and across major markets on March 2 producers faced steady to firm tones in cotton and flour with modest demand. Wheat futures fluctuated but closed near prior levels, corn eased, oats mixed, and pork and lard moved lower in spots. Regional updates show price levels across Boston to Chicago with varied receipts and exports, including steel and petroleum alongside staple grains and livestock.
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Anne
Gilerfiour
Illinois
St Louis
Indiana
Hio
Michigan
New York
Linois
St. Louis
Canada West
Boston
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Manchester
Porto Rico
Minnesota
Western
Letheca Canada
Rley
Eipis
Rio
Petroleum—United
Rosin Finn
South America
Gloucester
Cape Shore
Good Acary Bank
Ee Shores
Newfoundland
Choice
Nova Scotia Dry Bank
Shore
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Labrador
Halifax
California
Cape Ann Advertiser
Chicago
Darley
Gom
Stieesei
Milwaukee
Toledo
Gorn
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Memphis
Sloc
Albany
Cincinnati
Detroit
London
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
Mark Lane
England
Manchester Guardian
New South Wales
Queensland
Havana
Market report from London and Liverpool trading hubs
Financial wires from London detail Consols and rail shares with prices for Erie New York Central and other lines. Liverpool and London wheat notes show quiet steady cargoes with cooler weather. Cotton in Liverpool ease futures flat and weekly totals given. Havana gold price listed in Spanish currency.
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London
Atlantic and
Great Western
Erie
New York Central
Thnons Central
Pennsylvania Central
Reading
Mexican Railway
Ontario and Western
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Burlington and Hannibal rail talks break off says Perkins
Mr E P Perkins president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy says negotiations with the Hannibal and St Joe over acquisition are broken off due to disagreements on terms. He notes Burlington offered fair stock value but Hannibal owners demand more. He doubts an immediate extension to Chicago and cautions it would favor Gould interests and the Wabash. The Mt Desert railway will be about one and one fifth miles long.
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Bears
Western Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago
Burlington and Quincey
Kiernan
Indiana
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Chicago and
Western Indiana
Quincy
Burlington and Quincey Road
Messrs. Sage
Gould
Hannibal and St. Joseph Road
Union Pacific
New York
Boston
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Toledo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
E. B. Phillips
West
M. B. Mann
Frankfort
State Line
Charlestown
L. B. Stinlson
Sandusky
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Marquette
Houghton
Ontonagon
Eastern
Old Colony
New England
Portsmouth
Great Falls
Conway
Northern
Massachusetts Central
Messrs
Charles A. Sweet & Co
Massachusetts Central Railroad Company
Lamoilie Valley Extension Railroad Company
St. Johnsbury
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company
Atlantic and Pacific
Albuquerque
Mexican Central
Bay State Telephone
Mexican Telephone
Lowell Courier
Northwestern Telephone Company
A. A. Coburn
Minneapolis
Lowell
W. A. Ingham
Charles J. Glidden
Loren N. Downs
Eli W. Hoyt
Freeman B. Shedd
A.A. Coburn
A. G. Pollard
Boston and Northern Telephone Company
Salem
E. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad Company
Mr. Perkins
Hannibal and
St. Joe
Burlington
Burlington and Southwestern
Kansas City
Hannibal
Missouri River
Kansas City, St. Joe
Council Bluffs
St. Joels
Perkins
Wabash
Chicago Tribune
Mt. Desert
Green Mountain
Consolidation Announcement and Railroad Updates
Officially confirmed, the Dubuque River division consolidation extends to Savannah adding about 166 miles to the river line. Denver and Rio Grande reports an 8700 rise in earnings for the fourth week of February with only 50 miles left to Salt Lake City and a Montrose to Ouray branch planned after Utah completion. Col Greene pushes Maine Shore Line Bangor to Calais with 12600 sought. if subscribed, Brewer to Sullivan road will be built in 16 months. Louisville Evansville St Louis directors reelect French as president Evans as secretary. Texas and St Louis Narrow Gauge completion to Dallas extended to April 1584. California sues Central Pacific for 2 million.
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Dubuque
Enicaee Iswaukee
St. Paul
Savannah
Denver
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Montrose
Ouray
Utah
Col. Greene
Maine Shore Line
Bangor
Calais
Brewer and
Sullivan
Louisville
Evansville
St. Louis
Jonas H. French
George F. Evans
Texas and St. Louis
Dallas
Insolvencies Hit Multiple Firms Across Several States
A long list shows D. W. Read & Co. suspending with 1881 assets of 297 600 and liabilities of 32 000, plus New York operations abandoned. Other failures include William D. Harding in Vineyard Haven with 1 200 liabilities and 600 assets, Taylor & Co. and G. H. Taylor & Co. in insolvency actions, and numerous small creditors’ bills and assignments in Boston, Chicago, Brockton, Peoria, and Jersey City.
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D. W. R. Read & Co
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
London
Suffolk County
Jamies Harkins
Endicott Street
William D. Harding
Vineyard Haven
Cottage City
Cleveland Paper Company
C. T. Beckwith
Chicago
United States
Taylor & Co
Anson Horton
Isaac
Emerson
Boots and Shoes
Brockton
Frank R. van Nest
New York City
van Nest Bros
G. H. Taylor & Co
Stationers
D. O. Goodrich & Co
Boston
Ives, Bellamy & Co
Hall & Edwards
Merchant Tailors
Washington Street
H. Fox & Co
Durhamville
Oneida County
N. Y
Charlies Lehman
Dry Goods
Peoria
Ill
J.C. Whittlesey
Fond du Lac
Hit
Cleveland Furnace
Steubenville
Lords Swear In New Peers Amid Ceremony and Favor
In the house of lords Lord Chancellor Selbourne and Lord Wolseley were sworn in with ceremony and simpler rites. Wolseley sat in the front cross bench between the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge after oath. Other new peers including lord alcester lord harrowby and the earl of wemyss will be introduced later.
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House of Lords
Selbourne
Lord Wolseley
Granville and
Kimberley
Wolseley
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Alcester
Lord Harrowby
Earl of Wemyss
Crescent and Catalpa Mines Produce 120 Tons Weekly
The Catalpa and Crescent mines now produce 120 tons of ore weekly. Coxheath Mining in Nova Scotia employs 75 men and accelerates development on two shafts. In Kimberley South Africa the district’s main mine, the Kimberly, sits in a town of the same name and employs thousands of natives. Diamonds lie in a stiff clay soil dug to 600 feet. Desert supply runs are costly and sickness is common year round.
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Catalpa
Crescent
Coxheath Mining Company
Nova Scotia
Kimberly
South Africa
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Charles H. Atwell
Ben J. F. Bayley
Sherift
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Room
Eastern RR
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Parent Co
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People’s Telephone
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Tadian Queen Mining Action
Glass Veneer
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Burton Stock ¢Ar Co
Reece Button Hole Machine Co
Horatio Harris & CO
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Pier 2
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Fiske’s Wharf
Albert Howe
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Warren Avenue
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Lippincott, Son & CO
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Ishare Boott Cotton Mills
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