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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1884

Page

3

Print Cloth Market Quiet Week with Production Data

The print cloth market remained quiet through the week with quotations at 66x56s and 64x64s. Prices ranged around 3 1 16 cents and 3 cents respectively, while stock on hand stood at 255,000 pieces and production for the week at 140,000 pieces.

Grain and farm market report with mixed prices and firm cotton

The market shows a downward turn for grains with spot quotes barely sustained across steamer mixed and No 2 white corn, while QATS and Kayes indicate firmer tones in various grains. Butter and eggs rise in prices, while pork, lard, and fresh meats hold steady. cotton futures open steady with New York spot uplands at 107 1/4 and daily listings across commodities reflect a tight, diverse agricultural trading day.

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Debt totals and bearer bonds from old naval fund record

The document lists interest bearing bonds at various rates and refunding certificates tied to the Navy pension fund. It details total principal and interest, uncancelled noninterest bearing notes, certificates, and gold and silver certificates with substantial figures and deductions for lost or destroyed amounts, concluding with total cash in the treasury.

Europe Saratoga Havana Navy Pension Fund Cscicdineekialcumeuss Pacific R. K Prumadals Ous Cubis Osgi United States Tomuehesdse Gebakemnmebeecs Pacific Railroad

Grocery and supply totals from Salem market listing

A fragmented 19th century style list shows quantities of flour sacks, tallow, lard, bacon, butter, eggs, apples, lumber, cotton bales, wool bales, potatoes, and hides. Items include 200 sacks flour 6 bbis 6 bags tallow 50 cases 25 half 400 tubs lard 2 bbis tongues 35 boxes bacon 127 tubs butter 473 cases eggs 126 bus potatoes 135 roll hides and 7 bales cotton.

Halifax Carroll Liverpool Eng Cayenne Florence L Schepp Hake—S ST John N B ST Pierre Mart Emma Dales Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Salem

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Prices Across Cities

Cotton market highlights by telegraph show steady to firm tones in several hubs with mixed net receipts and shipments across Baltimore New Orleans Galveston and St Louis while New York Kingston and others report steady to unchanged grain futures with bids for corn wheat and oats. Domestic markets list cotton steady at 107 to 1116 cents per pound and flour wheat oats and corn prices with export demand and inland trade shaping activity across major ports and cities detailed by city and port figures. Continuous notes on exports shipments and receipts accompany price levels and market tone.

New York Prime Mercantile West Shore Stock Exchange Lackawanna Bull Pool Bears Union Pacific Northwest St. Paul Lake Shore Western Union Central Pacific Missouri Pacific Michigan Central Louisville Nashville Oregon Transcontinental Louisville and Nashville Minnesota Illinois St Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan Ilinois St. Louis Noutton Vermontana Nova Scotia Burbanks Peerless Beauty of Hebron Queens Jersey Australia Melbourne Gulf of Suez London Nolae Pennsylvania Oregon Missouri Texas California Uplands C. Orleans City Chicago Canada Rio Tierce Beef City Extra India Tierces City South America Elgin Creamery Liverpool Louis Pennsylvania Railroad Company Pittsburg Erie East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company D. N. Speer State of Georgia Fourth National Bank Brunswick and Macon Wisconsin Central Railroad Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company

Market headlines from London to Havana and Liverpool

Financial notices from London and Liverpool show mixed commodities with wheat firm and corn steady, while Havana reports a dull sugar market due to weak money conditions. Cargo statistics include stock levels, weekly receipts, and exports, with freight rates and exchange figures for the period March 1.

Havana Matanzas United States

Military notices and events at Bulfinch street armory

Major Young of the First cavalry issues farewell order. Leave granted to Lieut Henry Andrews of company A. National Lancers annual levee March 12 at Bulfinch street armory. Several enlisted men listed as deserters from units G first infantry B ninth infantry G ninth regiment and battery A first artillery. The drum and fire corps of the first infantry plan a minstrel entertainment in Boylston hall Thursday evening.

Young Cavalry Henry Andrews National Lancers Bulfinch Street John McMarr William O’brien First Infantry Charles J. Chaffee Thomas Keefe William C. Morey Martin D. Mahoney Charles Rand John B. Doyle James C. Lavin Stephen J. Moran Bartholomew Nagle John J. Shannon Ninth Infantry John F. Moran James V. Lyman Edward B. Andrew Daniel Lb. Barnes Joseph Baxter William H. Costello Warren B. Keith John F. Powers George S. Poole William F. Wills William S. Wells First Artillery Drum and Fire Corps The Boylston Hall

Memorial of Pacific National Bank stockholders sent to Congress

The memorial signed by 100 stockholders, including Paine Webber Co Edwin Reed William Aspinwall George H Frost and C M Clapp, has been forwarded to Congress man Morse and will be presented to the house soon. Knox and Needham plan a defence with lawyer Ranney of the third district.

Pacific National Bank of Boston Messrs. Paine Messrs Knox and Needham Ranney

Watertown lenders, Ballard arms suit and wide ripple failures

Bradstreet reports 237 failures last week up 19 from the prior week amid one holiday and 85 more than the 1882 week. Middle states rise 54, New England 28, southern 58, western 79, Pacific and Canada show mixed shifts. Creditors outline settlements as firms from Watertown Lumber to Howes & Co and dozens of Ontario and U.S. merchants face insolvency, attachments, and assignments with offers ranging from 20 to 60 percent.

Dent New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Baltimore San Francisco Cincinnati New Orleans Louisville Pittsburg Inc Milwaukee Kansas City Cleveland New Haven Memphis Columbus Peoria Lowell Worcester Portiallg Springfield N.Y Bradstreet’s United States Bradstreet Middle States New England Pacific States Territories Canada Watertown Lumber Coma H. H.arsons & Co Detroit Ballard Repeating Arms Works Mass Pratt & Whitney Company Hartford H. J. Darby Cheshire George F. Haskell Peabody Ecomoe W. H. Goldsmith Chicopee Thomas Wheelock Gray & Co Fall River H. Ritz Mitchell Ont Rh. E. Patterson Milton N. B Lewiston Benton Bros St. John Wm. Ives Wm. Robertson Palmerston Isaac F. Pigeon Montreal Ezra Russell Carpenter Portland Joseph Russell John C. Sumnerside Gorham W.C. Downs Waterboro Rockwood & Eldridge Vassalboro Riverside Elmer Mitchell E. Andrews John R. Adair Wallingford H. L. Parker Lyndonville Thomas H. Smith Mary E. Carolan New York City William Ruddiman Howes & Co Tl. H. Landon Stock Exchange Exchange Howes & Macy R. W. Howes Howes Mr. Macy Mr. Howes Landon William L. King Brockport N. Y C. H. Bower & Co James Beattie Caledonia J. W. Sullivan & Co Elmira Murphy & McCardle Kingston Michael J. Madden A. N. Fournier Morristown A. W. Fiteh Legge Speedsville John Higgins S.J. Wood Grocer S. R. Stewart Thomas Farley Newark N. J Patrick Lynn Spitz & Frederick N.J Boiling Springs West Rutherford Hopper S. Mott David H. Farrell Frederick Fenton & Co John Woodside & Co Sheriff BH. Smith & Co Hartman, Elliott & Co Alfred H. Love James Lilley Brown, General Store Hamilton N. C Brown & Pritchard W. D. Waples & Co W. D. Waples Savannah John Miller & Son J. J. Baker Atlanta W.J. Norwood & Co Warrenton Carter & Miller E. Point Scott & McCracken Senatobia Miss Albert B. Pitcher Conneaut James Nicholson Boots and Shoes Terre Haute Ind Eddy, Harvey & Co Turs A. Murphy Furniture St. Vincent, Mainn M. M Julius A. Palmer Mary Braman Peter 5 Foley Rachel Holmes Lynn

Florida Railway and Navigation Company Formed in Consolidation

At a stockholders meeting Friday and Saturday the Flor ida Central Western Florida Transit Peninsula Fernandina and Jacksonville and Leesburg and Indian River railroads merged under the Florida railway and navigation company name. Directors include C R Cummings F W Peck W Bayard Cutting Thomas C Platt L M Lawson E H Harriman E N Dickerson H L Horton Elijah Smith D L Yulee C D Wilard J M Schumaker B S Henning. The system covers 509 miles of completed track and extensions north and south will start at once.

Florida Central Western Florida Transit Peninsular Fernandina Jacksonville Leesburg and Indian River The Florida Railway and Navigation Company C. R. Cummings F. W. Peck Chicago W. Bayard Cutting Thomas C. Platt L. M. Lawson E. H. Harriman E. N. Dickerson H. L. Horton New York Elijah Smith Boston D. L

Court Record Rounds Up Various Civil and Criminal Proceedings

Rescripts issued in Abel Goss versus W R Ellison declare verdict for the defendant over a horse loss case. James Hammond confirms state lunatic statute not applying to Spakeman case. Rise & Blackmar win for North British in Hyde Park fire loss suit. Trustees of Duggan estate discharged over surplus real estate proceeds. Folsom versus Grant centers on pass book admission of debt. Dolliver versus Parks finds defendant valid pilot bond defective, action dismissed.

Abel Goss W. R. Ellison Ruggles Boston Lynn Lowell Cambridge Ruggies Goss Elison K. B. Callendar J. M. Way Daniel A. Gleason West Boylston Commonwealth Wm. Spakeman Betty Spakeman Taunton Spakeman J. W. Hammond Rise & Blackmar James P. Litch Smith Davis H. H. Mather J. G. Holt H. J. Edwards EB. G. Pratt Joseph Folsom Clement R. Grant Tie Pixintis Plaintiffs R. Grant J. H. Hardy George Sheffield William H. Dolliver James Parks Blanche Windsor N. 5 W. E. Russell J. B. Richardson

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