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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1886

Page

3

Stage Novelties and Week At Theatres

The week features Mme Modjeska as Viola at Globe Theatre. The Mikado begins its seventeenth week at Hollis Street Theatre tonight. The Private Secretary starts its second and last week at Park Theatre, with near-sold seats. Oxygen closes at Bijou Theatre as Miss Thompson’s company delivers strong shows. The Jilge will close at Museum stage as Boucicault’s engagement ends. Margaret Mather reports large audiences at Boston Theatre. her week ends with The Honey Moon repeated Saturday afternoon. Louis Aldrich appears at Howard. Wing Lee and Mary Brandon supported by John Ince and Dora Goldthwait. Maude Granger stars Camille, Frou Frou, and Cora the Creole across the week at different venues. Gillette's Engagee is presented with Olive Weat. World's Museum features Lack-Wire, Baby Alice Dunbar, Walter Stuart, Giovanni’s Bird Circus, and more. Bianchi Corelli’s opera company continues in the amusements hall with Patience. Morrissey’s Hibernica and other acts fill the stage.

Ita Hollis Street Park Theatre Bijou Louis Aldrich Howard Athesiwaimans John Fe, Ince Wing Lee Dora Goldthwait Mary Brandon Aldrich Aaring Joe Saunders Windsor Theatre Cora Beiot Gilpert Olive Weat Belinda Treherne Lack- Wire Alice Dunbar Walter Stuart Giovanni Pall Bianche Corelli Morrissey Hibernica Messrs. Baker and Farron Augustin Daly Boston Museum Mortis Street Ene Mikado Globe Joseph Murphy Kerry Gow Shaun Rhue York Marin English Opera Company Boston McCaull Opera Company Black Hussar Museum Museum Company Howard World’s Museum William Gill John J. Braham Haverly Glebe Theatre Lotta Miss Anderson Dnes Helen Dauvray London Nat Goodwin Fannie Davenport Fred Bryton Hoyu Frane Rummell Ovide Musin McCaul Opera Company Millecker Russia Mathilde Cotrelly Marie Jansen Louie Leblache de Wolf Hopper Merk Smith George Boniface Oth Rs 4. A. M’glewen American Opera Company

Twelfth Night at Globe with Modjeska as Viola

Review notes Mme Modjeska as Viola at Globe Theatre with a large attentive audience. While not the ideal Viola, she is charming and graceful with a strong overall performance. Announcement lists future engagements for Modjeska and various theatre company plans across Boston venues including Park Theatre and Boston Museum, plus upcoming operatic and concert programs and notable performers.

Hotel Fire at American House on Hanover Street

A blaze at the American House on Hanover Street last Saturday drew the fire department with multiple alarms. The east wing, storage rooms for mattresses, and upper floors were ruined by smoke and water. many guests and servants lost belongings. Damages near $56,000. the building insured for $180,000.

Hanover Street Ermittin Dacey Bis

Eastern Transfer float trial from South Boston to East Boston docks

The Eastern Transfer Company's float moved ten loaded cars about 260 tons between South Boston and East Boston during a Saturday trial run. Towed by Camila and Argus, the trip included officials Perkins, Bidwell, Allen, Bixby, and Bissell, who praised the experiment and planned further trips as conditions permitted.

Eastern Transfer Company South Boston New York and New England Railroad East Boston Eastern Division Boston and Maine Railroad Camila and Argus Boston Towboat Company Perkins Bidwell Allen Bixby New York and New England Bissell Boston and Maine Philadelphia St. Louis Trunk Line

Quiet Money Market and Broad Clearing House Gains

The Saturday Bosvver reports a quiet week with little rate change. Banks discount notes 3.25 to 5 percent, city savings banks at 3 percent, call loans 3 to 3.5, and New York funds at par to a small premium. Clearinghouse borrowing rates show slight shifts. Weekly gross exchanges across major cities rise, with New York and others posting gains and overall trade improving. 227 U.S. failures noted, vs 208 last week.

Bosvver New York Sterling New York Bank Boston Post United States Boston Phila Chicago St. Louis Baltimore San Fran N.orleans Pittsburg Louisville Milwakee Kane City Detroit Minneapois Omaha Denver Sane Galveston Cleveland Hartford Indianapolis Memphis New Haven Portland Columbus Otia St. Joseph Sprngfield Worcester Cowell N.Y San Francisco Philadelphia Bradstreet Canada Cincinnati New Orleans Milwaukee Kansas City Providence Minneapolis Peoria Springfield Lowell Syracuse

Forty Associates formed in Hyde Park for real estate deals

Hyde Park forms the Forty Associates a group of leading citizens to buy and sell property with a monthly five dollar assessment. Members aim to accumulate at least one thousand dollars before dividends from investments. F M Tirrell elected president and E H Williams secretary treasurer. Reverend Henry A Barry to join the Jesuit order leaving Hyde Park. Andrew Chamberlain takes Hyde Park Times mortgagee role after foreclosure on H E Hunt. Hunt launches Weekly Times attacking the action. Town meeting committees discuss annual appropriation with no firm decision.

Hyde Park F. M. Tirrell E. H. Williams Church of the Precious Blood Henry A. Barry South Jamaica Plain Society of Jesus Frederick Richard Barry Hyde Park Times H. E. Hunt A. W. Chamberlain

Market Mixed With Gains and Declines in Stocks

Prices show uneven moves with some names like Kestling up 55 and St Paul and Dalath at 57 while Western Union dips 2 percent. Week total shares traded top 2.26 million with rail bonds active, and notable moves across Erie second consols Oregon short lines and Green Bay incomes. Cotton settles mixed as grains and provisions hold varied gains, while hogs and cattle at major yards trend firmer or steady amid broad commodity activity.

Kestling St. Paul and Dalath Lackawanna Delaware and Hudson Western Union Texas and Pacific Pacific Mail Northern Pacific Erie Oregon Short Lines Green Bay Winona St. Peter Kansas Pacific Texas and Pacific St. Paul Chicago E. Illinois Morris and Essex Galveston Harrisbur San Antonio Houuston Texas General Louisville Washville Counsels New York City New York Susquehanna and Western First Oregon Improvement Kansas and Pacific Denver Oregon Short Line Milwaukee Seles City Extra India Continent St. Louis Cincinnati Kansas City

Ambiguous OCR List of Items and Names

Fragmentary OCR shows a list of items and proper nouns including 50 Reece Button Hole Mach 500 Sierra Grande Min 109 Bruns Ships Berth and addresses or brands like Union Metallic Pastering Mexican Telephone and Cataipa. The text lacks coherent narrative or dates.

Ee Cementeer St. Lewis Adoputea Cueserexc Sciacca West Eauanunelet Loo Security Mim Cee Vsee Cvvrecvesenaresersuares Sierra Grande Bruns

Historic U S Railway and Bank Securities Summary

A fragmented OCR list details bonds and stocks across banks and railways. Entities include 25 Continental National Bank, Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., Goulding Mills Malden, Rutland Railroad, Chicago Burl & Quincy, Boston Marine Insurance Co., New England Telephone, and various railroad issues with dates spanning 1880s to 1900s.

Continental National Bank Boston, Revere Beach Chicago, Burl & Quincy Krr Ceceeres Eveees Dtg Boston Marine Insurance Co Geasneee Cenaue McKay Metalic C.scercececcersees New England Telephone & Tel Seecacece Seceene Boston Osc Oras CO Ccccessecsecescassenes Kescebarkas Ckemens Ee United States Providence Chicago Brooklyn Boston Eastern RR Liltiness Grand Trunk Leavenworth, Top S. W Charles River Railway Coion Spring & Cin Pleasant Hill & DeSoto Fist Mort Rutland RR B. & Quincy G & Lake Burl Qu'y Railroad of Vermont Rutland

Wall Street Quiet After Reading Advances on Mixed Day

Money on call remains easy while bonds move strong. Reading stock surged late, closing up 3 q, amid broader dullness in Lackawanna, Jersey Central and Erie. Market firmed midday, weakened after 1 p m, then closed steady to firm as West Coast railroad labor tensions surface.

Atchison Sonora Topeka Equipment Company Galveston Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Boston Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe St. Louis San Francisco Fort Smith Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe Commercial Bulletin New York Uplands New Orleans Augusta Baltimore Cincinnati Charleston Galiveston Louisville Bye Mobile Tate Memphis Great Britain Norfolk Savannah Continent Coastwise Wamington Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading Wick Vanderbilt Lackawanna Delaware Buéson Jersey Central St. Paul Erie Common Union Pacific Manhattan Green Bay Winona St. Peter

Wheat Markets See Mixed Outlook on March Report

Measrs Emery Hodges report strong Wheat 19 on New York buying with heavy early selling by Hutchinson and others. Prices show fluctuations as private wires and export demand influence near term. Northwestern markets note persistent effort to hold prices amid rising visible supply. Minneapolis reports large receipts yet no famine signals, with analysts predicting eventual price decline.

Old Colony Boston Lowell Albany Bell Telephone Washington Garland Bell Company Erie Telephone Commercial Bulletin Bell and New England Erie Supreme Court Indiana Committee On Railroads Ohio Minnesota Arkansas Texas New York Commercial Bulletin Lake Lligc Baltimore London Cables Emery & Hodges State Strees New York Produce Exchange Hutchinson Ream Canaby Sim Cc. S. Lee Brewer & Wilkins Congress Street Lests & Co Singer Brega Eldridge Fleming & Barden Sia Hamlin & Brine Wer Roche Philadelphia Minneapolis St. Paul Minn Bard Duluth Bradstreet's Fall River Frovidence, R. L London Liverpool United Kingdom

London and Liverpool Market Briefs from March 6

Shipping and commodity notices from London and Liverpool report steady wheat and corn demand, mixed cotton prices, and steady provisions. London and Havana values cited include US bonds and railroad stocks, with market quotes for wheat, corn, sugar, and exchange figures.

London Beerboam Chamber of Commerce Liverpool California Uplands Orleans Bop Bavana Havana Matanzas United States United

Maritime Imports and Vessels Seen at Ports

Imports listed at Boston Halifax and St Johns reflect sugar fish and lumber movements. Steamer St Pierre and schooners from Delong Seaman and James L Brigham show frozen fish mackerel herring and old junk while Bark Electa bears 4587 sacks of sugars and schooner Forest Beile reports herring and mackerel in NF and Savannah lumber trade from William F Hail & co.

Halifax St. Pierre Jones & Co Revere Caribarien Electa Ramples Standard Sugar Refinery Bear River Percy H Read Delong & Seaman ST Johns Forest TJ Jones & Co Savannah Dadie Wilcutt William F Hail

Foreign Exports From Liverpool and Lockport Arrive

A list of items exported and shipped from Liverpool and Lockport includes wovenware, mapie, white oak, flour, bacon, cotton, leather, organ materials, domestics, apples, staves, beef, mutton, cheese, lard, beef and cheese quantities, oil, and hardware. Ships Virginian and Buelah are noted with cleared dates and cargo tallies across crates, boxes, and bales.

Liverpool Eng Bates

Receipts of Staple Products Across Rail Lines

Long list of consignments across multiple railroads detailing bales cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, corn, oats, wheat, malt, food, tallow, pigs, butter, eggs, apples, leather, hides, skins, pelts, and other commodities. Railroads include Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Eastern Division, Western Division, Lowell, and Boston lines with quantities ranging from a few boxes to thousands of bushels and bales.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston and Maize Railroad Boston and Maine Rat’road Lowell Railroad Express

Foetal Receipts of Staple Products at the Port

The table lists today's receipts of principal staples from all shipment points, including in transit, contrasted with the same day last year. Items include wheat, flour, sugar, molasses, eggs, beans, oats, potatoes, hay, barley, peas, leather, tallow, beef, pork, hides, skins, tea, coffee, and other staples with quantities in various units.

Marcc Corten Dazs Owsses Ogament Cnsres Doxea B.c Baga

Insolvencies Reported Across Boston and Nearby Areas

George W Burgess CoBoston late kitchen goods and oil stores at 631 Washington st shows liabilities 20190 assets 451 90 with stock mortgaged to 1200 and 1000. William B Orcutt Boston attorney filed insolvency petition liabilities about 5000 assets 300 in doubtful accounts and mortgaged office furniture. Mrs Harriet A French dry goods Boston failed liabilities about 500 assets 200 600. George Fain Fulton dealer attached, George Chatterton Providence file manufacturer attached, Washington p Pickering Boston insolvency with 169 40 liabilities no assets.

George W. Burgess & Co Washington Street Boston Florence Machine Company William B. Orcutt Court Street Ite Harriet A. French G. Fain General Fulton Kan George Chatterton Providence B. I Washington P. Pickering North Market Street

Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange Considers Dried Fruit Admission

A committee appointed Saturday afternoon by the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange will attend a hearing before the congressional Ways and Means Committee on admitting foreign dried fruits. The committee on a proposed bureau of credits reported favorably, was continued, and instructed to gather each member’s views on the project.

Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange Congressional Committee On Ways and Bureau of Credits Exchange

Financial instruments and bonds list fragment

A compressed OCR snippet lists multiple bonds and shares from various companies and rail lines with amounts from 100 to 9000 dollars. Items include Second National Bank, South Boston RK Co, Liverpool Wharf Co, Wakefield Rattan Co, National Eagle Rant, Grand River Valley Sa, New Mex and So Pacific RR, Rutland R RK, Pullman Palace Car, California Southern RR, and Boston and Albany RR among others with dates from 1886 to 1898.

Second National Bank Tremont National Bank Webster National Bank Great Falls Armory Millg Boston Belting Co Great Fails Manufacturing Atlantic Cotton Mills Nashua Manufacturing Co South Boston Horse Raily Pemigewassett Valley RR Fitchburg RR Ware River RR Eastern Na) Railroad Seeee Dhg Cincinnati New Mex & S Pacific Atch Top & S F Col Poac BR Vascenned Kas City Stro CB Ist Ceeseecess Hou & Onto Boston & Lowell Old Colony Norwich & Worcester Rutland BR Barton & Maine RR Hares Hudson National Bank Hudson Mass Manuf Nat Bank Union Cotton Mig Co Fall River Mass Hares Hamilton Ce Lawrence Gas Lt Union Cetton Co Boston Cyclorama Co Russell Trimmer Co Barber Erie Telegraph and Telephone Co Cleve Ganton RR Boston Revere Beach Lynn & BR Boston H RR Pacific Guano Co hKeece Town Wolfboro Sances and Montreal RR Sioux City and Pacific RR New England Mortgage Security Company Boston Water Power Co Rutland South Boston RK B Co Liverpool Wharf Co Wakefield Rattan Co South Boston RK Co National Eagle Grand River Valley Sa California Southern RR Boston and Albany Cleveland

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Mme. Modjeska Viola The Globe Theatre Modjieska AS Drediavie Mme, Modjeska Mary Stuart Camille Adrienne Lecouvreur Julia Singhieng Whittier Dredge Bullion Company Virginia City Nev Julius H. Rae A. A. Whittier F. M. Huffaker Carson River Virginia Chronicle Rae Dr. Rae Comstock Lode Ness Railroad Matters Atlantic and Pacific Central Division Redsfork I. T Bowden Springs Salt Springs Bowden Lithia Springs Central Pacific Oregon Portuguese Flat Cal Jacksonville Tampa Key West Sanford Fla Marietta North Georgia Gilmore County Aransas Pass Floresville Tex Beauregard Baltimore and Ohlo Chicago and Alton Lake Shore Michigan Central Forte Wayne Cseccccenes Pias Ene New England Railroad Club General Pathfinder Office Manitoba Company Northern Pacific Comany St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company Central Vermont Railroad Provinces Denver and Rio Grande Western Road Rio Grande Western New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Judkins Railway Wagner Pennsylvania Road Shenandoah Valley Chattanooga Atlanta Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Clearing House Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad Arizona Atchison and St. Louis Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company Milk Street Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Atlantic and Pacific Road Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad Company H.C. Sort Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company E. F. Winslow St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Arizona Mineral Belt Company Flagstaff Fof Gila County Aln Tonto Basin Globe District Northern Isaac ST. Burr National Bark of North America Justee Mineral Belt Construction and Improvement Company W. Eppy Union and Central Pacific Pacific Mail Line Oregon Short Line 63 Messrs West Michigan Toble Sandusky Flint Ontonagon Amory Atlantic Nashua Naumkeag Union of Lockwood Androscoggin Hamilton Langdon and Pepperell Continental Starket Second National Tremont Western Boylston City Commerce Old Boston Woodstown and Swedesboro’ Railroad Navies Bank Depositers Showalter Mortgage Co CAV BELL Putnam, Messervy & CO GO State Street Orcester Smu Adams, Lodge. CO. Bankers Ston Ogee Exchange Adams WM Blodget E. P. Merritt St. Johnsbury, and Other HH. Vener Congress Ram Margh Investmants Toun of Spencer Boston & Lowell R. BR Congress St Boston Stockh Exchange Brokers’ Board Abe Cnet St. Lo Oe Og & Lake Atto&sf Oleimon & Pac Bai & Lowel Os Se ' Deaton & Aid Uin San & Ulev Chic &W Fitchburg W. & Nash Becia Frankiim Quincy Ceee So” Ridge Masomllan Bots Grie Leipet LANE Compar Ng Boston Landsso Reston Water P Prieta Canada South N. Gec Central Oo E Chi & St. L West Delaware & Hud Kenge N Pacific Bang Jlusirg Edutations Agams Express Pittaburg Alten & Terre Cee Pribos Fick & All Rick É& Dsr Cacesasccee Bick Lowuis&é& Pred Central St. F Oni Sur Sur Quincy Wabash, Stl & Pac Os Gat Pouls & Pas Wels Fargo Wkiessayers Gin Ban & Ulev Cleve. & Colum Eehae Gon Cobissa Lou Alb Eovsees den So Park & Pac SECIS Wee Saseres Ccs Csen Kam. Pac St. L CORIO St Joseph Tyan Norgolk Oregon Improvement Co Cccesas Caledonia Colorado Ilai & Norcross Freeland Eesceess jConCal & Va Michigan M - Roller St Louis Wisconsin Miwaukeee Toledo Pat White State Skye Petra Newark Exwa Island New Brunswick Houlton Hnebrows Houlton Peerless Maine Vermont Burbanks Chenangoss Jersey Wilmington Yara Land Kentucky Havens Connecticut Massachusetts Pennslvania Beaver Fox Lynx Martens Mars Cadiz Trapani Turks Island Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street NEW York Financial Jravue Chicago Markets Canada Pacific Ilinois Central St. Paul Cominon New York Central Pennsylvania A.S. Richards & GO Phaeladalp Samuel Burting’s Lippincott, Son & CO Market Street Philnedelphia United State Svetlaya KB. L. Pay & CO State St Merchants’ Mirchange Building First Bloor Boston Stock Exchange Rancis Henshaw Merchants’ Exchange Hoomiat Pealers J. J. Audubon Park Row Gifford—Burrell Eith Charles A Gifford Westport Fali Burlington and Quincy Ogdenshore Lake Champlain Lowell RR Burlington and Quincy & B Sid Port Cotlatera A. M. Bates Boston Carriage Repository Traverhill Street Boston and Maine Depot A. mM. Bates Haverhill Street A. F. Batas Albert Howe & CO Sievket Street Brighton Whanson Deairad Sgiesroom Bew Ise Warren Avenue J. P. Dunsmore J. P. Dunsmors Horatio Harris Austioncers Ama Govsiasier Maerekance Bo Stesmahips Virginian Scotland Valencia Messina Oranges Messina Feust Oem Moselrey & CO Ix Street Kilby St Teble Pre, Adamson & CO Uoe Mags Mf. K. A. CO Broadway U. G. Balomon Ned
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