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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1888

Page

7

Grain and Provisions Prices and Receipts Across Cities

Market notes show wheat and oats mixed today with corn firm in several hubs. Reports from Milwaukee Detroit Cincinnati Toledo Baltimore and Philadelphia detail prices for wheat corn and rye, with provisions mostly steady and receipts and shipments listed for flour, wheat, barley, and oats.

Milwaukeer Detroit Mich Cincinnati Yoledo Ellec Baltimore

Cotton Market Mixed as New York Prices Ease

New York spot cotton ends easy with middling uplands at 10 1/4 to 10 1/2 cents and lows around 10 cents. Liverpool spot quiet and easier. weekly figures show US port receipts and stocks rising while exports and shipments vary by region. overall market tone remains subdued with steady declines in futures.

New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans Siips Augusta Vic Galveston Continent New Orleans Great Britain Pensacola Mobile Dull Mit Ug Memphis Savannah Port Royal Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Newport St. Louis Cincinnati Louisville France United States Macon

Hog and cattle market summaries from major cities

Peoria hogs steady with mostly 450 to 540 dollars. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers at 490 to 540, packers 535 to 540. Kansas City hogs higher with 6000 receipts expected. Chicago cattle, hogs, and sheep showing firm to weak trends with various price ranges and regional buyers.

Peoria ST. Louis Marsh Kansas City Chicago Marcel

London and Liverpool grain markets report steady wheat and firmer corn

Foreign markets report wheat and corn firmness with wheat steady to higher in London and Liverpool. California wheat active with firm prices while English country markets hold steady. Anticipated gains in futures noted for No 1 California wheat and July corn.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Imports and Exports. Imports March 2 1888 Buenos Ayres

A terse list of consignments and cargoes arriving or leaving ports including Lark Auburndale with dry hides, N W Rice & co with hides, Emery & co with hides and stag skins, Cockburn Harbor noting beer kegs and carboys, Davenport with beer, various items for Cotton & Haley Hull England, Steamer Colorado with paper and books, Baring Bros counts bales of stock and wastes, J K Moors with cages and coils.

Buenos Ayres Lark Auburndale Rice & Co Emery & Co Cockburn Harbor Florence Davenport Cotton & Haley Hull Eng Colorado Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co

Vast 19th Century commodity list from ships and firms

A long catalog of goods and quantities tied to multiple firms such as Brown Bros & Co Dana & Co Jere Abbott & Co and Baring Bros & Co. Items include woollen goods glassware iron coal nails dolls china pottery sugar molasses rice oil and many other commodities cataloged by vessel and consignor across ports like MATANZAS PONCE SAGUA LA GRANDE and LIVERPOOL with detailed quantities and shipments.

Brown Bros & Co Dana & Co Baring Bros & Co Abbott & Co Moors & Co Downer Horace Partridge & Co Adams & Ingraham Moise Jordan, Marsh & Co Fuller, Holtzer & Co Louis Wolf & Co Union Bank of London Doombard & Co Stowell & Co Dewson, Williams & Co Jeremie Hannah F Carleton Logwood Lyon Ee & Co Matanzas John R Bergen Nash, Spaulding & Co Ponce Wasburn & Moon Mant Co Thayer & Lincoln Leigh & Co Stoddard & Kendall Boston Athenæum Lombard’s Sons Thos Leyland & Co

Exports Report from Cuba and Nova Scotia Cargoes

On March 2 1888 the bark Neptune from Cienfuegos Cuba carried 1750 shooks 358 barrels heads 560 bolsas hoops 68 kegs nails 30 cases kerosene oil 3 drums caustic soda 6 tierces lard 1 anvils 1 barrel shoe pegs 5 barrels oil 100 second hand molasses birds 15 coils rope. Off RHONE BAY Nova Scotia the schooner Orion carries 356 barrels flour 200 barrels cornmeal 123 sacks shorts 9 barrels refined oil 3 tubs 2 cases lard 10 bales oil cloths.

Cienfuegous Cuba Rhone Bay Orion

Staple Receipts at Port for March 2 1888

Principal staple totals and seven day receipts shown for cotton sugar wool molasses flour birds sacks butter eggs cheese oats cornmeal and more. Data lists day and week figures in bales boxes barrels and bags across numerous commodities with totals and per item changes.

Receipts Report of 1888 Railroad Freight

Detailed list of commodities shipped by multiple railroads on March 2 1888 including cotton wool flour oats malt feed grease butter cheese eggs beans apples hay lumber leather hides and other goods distributed among Boston and Albany Boston Providence New York and New England Fitchburg Old Colony Heston and Maine and Boston and Maine divisions with quantities and car counts.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Heston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad

Goods Transport Inventory Passages from Boston and Maine Rail and Sea

A dense list records cargoes moved by the Boston and Maine Railroad Lowell System and sea shipments. Items include cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, ham, bacon, tea, molasses, sugar, butter, eggs, cheese, potatoes, beans, lumber, leather, hides, and skins with quantities in bales, boxes, barrels, bags, and cases.

Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell By Express

Trustees Cite to View Ninth Account in Lowell Probate

Peter Thacher and Stephen Thacher, trustees, present tenth account for allowance. Citations issued to appear at Lowell Probate Court on the third Tuesday of March at nine in the fore noon to show cause. Trustees must publish this citation weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, last publication two days before court. Witness George M. Brooks, judge, March 2, 1888.

Commonwealth OF Massachu Middlesex Tabitha Shepherd Newton Jabez A. Sawyer Cambridge Boston Post Boston George M. Brooks Cerrne Elshiy T J. H. Tyler Peter Thacher Stephen Thacher Lowell Sal Court Gzorce M. Brooks Esquire J. H. Tyler Register Commonwealth OF Massachus Selus Nathan Sumner Hamlin Westford Charles 38. Hamlin Abbott Lawrence Francis Peabody, Jr Harriette W. Lawrence Suffolk Joan W. McKim Elijah George Joseph W. Balch Samuel Little Martha L. C. Gray Caroline L. Matthews Moses Clark, Jr Mary A. Grothusen News Ager Joan W. McKim, Esquire Massachuvy Nancy Dunbar Somerville Alfred T. Dunbar Otice Evereti Nuefolk John W. McKim Joan Brennan F. Shea

Massachusetts Notice in Superior Court Contract Action

The New Orleans Canal and Banking Company sues W Haynes and A Y Rogers of Haynes Rogers and William H Emerson trustee in Boston for ten thousand dollars. Defendants not in Massachusetts. court orders publication in the Boston Post and summons to Appear April 1, 1888, with publication three weeks. The case is continued to next sitting.

Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Suffolk Superior Court A. D NEW Orleans Canal and Banking Company New Orleans State of Louisiana Plf W. Haynes A. Y. Rogers Copartners Haynes & Rogers Parish of Orleans Defus William H. Emerson Boston Commonwealth Sifolk Boston Post Jos. A. Willard COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACH _ BETTS Harriett Hartt Frank Hart New York Frank Hartt Frank Harit

Through Trains and Schedules for Eastern and Western Divisions

Detailed 1887 timetable listing Boston & Maine connections including Augusta Haymarket Causeway Street routes Portland Lewiston Rockland and coastal services to Halifax Saint John and Bangor with Sunday and weekday departures and special trains. Includes major stops Dover Haverhill Manchester Lowell Stoughton Roxbury Dedham and Taunton with Pullman car notes and general agent credits.

Boston & Maine Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Jungor St. John Halifax Provinces Hartport Calais N. B Portland Haymarket St Tom Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbors Lewistenymarket Sq Mancheaster Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox& Lincoln Railways Genie Sq Lynn and Way Newburyyort Portsmouth Bangor Salem Vin Saugus Workingmen South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber J. Flanders Montreal Ola Vermont Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Central_ Vermont R

Transit Timetable Fragments Across Multiple Cities

Fragmented OCR shows a regional timetable with times and routes through towns such as Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Concord Amherst Nashua and Mt. Boston. Partial entries include morning and afternoon departures with irregular punctuation and currency symbols.

Dewy Pue T Keene Peterboro Milleboro Hillsboro Concord Wilton Amherst Nashua Sung

Central Massachusetts R R schedule opens to multiple towns

General superintendent GEO. W. Storer and the General Passenger Agent announce Monday August 20 1885 as the start date for the Central Massachusetts railroad line to run to Northampton Hadley Amherst Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Mutualand Jeffersons Oakdale West Boyleston Sudbury Hudson Sudbury Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and nearby communities with multiple daily departure times across the line including 7.25 am and around noon and late afternoon.

Lim Mwiawion SUN Bhitesica Bedford Lexington LO Norams Arlington Mellen GEO Storer Gen Central Massachusetts R. R. Row KR Orthan Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Mutland Jefferson’s Oakdale West Boyleton Clinton Berlin Bwudson Sudbury Sm Sun Rockbottom Warystand Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont

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