Trade and port tonnage and sales report overview
Consolidated three day totals show net receipts 21 712 with exports to Great Britain 32 226 France 594 and continent 22 106. stock at all United States ports 739 653. Individual ports report varied activity with firm to mid prices across New Orleans Savannah Charleston Norfolk and other hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Continent
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
France
St. Louis
Middige
Louisville
United States
Foreign Markets Report From London March 7
London markets show wheat and corn firm with steady to improved demand across European centers. Paris and Antwerp quote higher wheat, California grains pricey, Liverpool spot wheat above buyer quotes, Cuban sugar steady with high polarization and gold prices noted in Havana and Matanzas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
California
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Michigan
Antwerp
Aavana
Matanzas
Imports and Exports. Imports March 7 1887 Antw erp and Hamburg
A listed ledger of shipments arriving at Antwerp Hamburg and London with multiple firms names and cargoes including madder dyewood and chemicals gin half-pipes cases wool leather whiskey and many metal and textile goods. The long inventory cites steamer names and quantities across several ports.
Trade cargo list from Savannah and Yarmouth ships
Shipping ledger items show the steamer City of Macon transporting oranges and many bales of cotton, hides, and lumber. Other firms like Adams Bros, Bourne & co, and Curtis & co appear with boxes of oranges and cans as cargo. In Canada bound goods include 54 bales wool and 11 bales hides among numerous freight items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Savannah
Macon
Kendall
Lowell Bros
Leonard
Lowell Bleachery
Cotton Leyland Steamship Line
Patch & Co
Rogers & Co
Seaverns & Co
Snow & Co
Sherman
Southwick
Sawtelle & Pratt
Simmons & Co
Sands & Co
Wing
Winn, Ricker & Co
Wallace
G Hall & Co
Sca
Sca Isk
Exports From Windsor Ship Nell Flour and Meal
The schooner Nell sails from Windsor Nova Scotia on March 7 1887 via Hantsport carrying 498 barrels of flour and 315 barrels of meal for export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Hantsport
Diverse railroad cargoes and mortgage notices listed in Boston area papers
Totals of cotton wool flour corn oats wheat malt millseed and other goods loaded by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and Boston and Lowell. Also long list of mortgage deeds filed with amounts from 400 to 12500 on properties in Dorchester Chelsea Roxbury Roslindale Brighton and Winthrop with dates in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Express
William H. Murphy
Henry J. Weil
Wheatland Avenue
Dorchester
Annie M. Leeds
Chelsea Savings Bank
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Henrietta B. Caverly
Newton Talbot
Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Thomas R. White
James W. French
Claremont Park
Thomas P. Webber Et al
Franklin M. Pevey
Elmo Street
John C. Hewlett
Boston Penny Savings Bank
Amherst Street
Roslindale
William J. Griggs
Thomas B. Griggs
Western Avenue
Brighton
Nathan Matthews
Richard F. Briggs
Hannah M. Carney
Wellington Street
William B. Floyd
East Boston Savings Bank
Revere Street
Winthrop
George Sauer
Andreas Blume
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Real Estate Transfers Across Suffolk County in Late February
Suffolk County listings show transfers on Boylston Street Dorchester Belden Street Elmo Street and Boston Eastman Wenonah Cherry Liverpool Liverpool Putnam Bennington Crest Avenue Harvard Street Everett Street and more. Notable values include 8500 on Dorchester Avenue 3638 at Eastman Street and 2900 on Liverpool Street with various mortgage backs and transfers among named individuals and guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbridge G. Knight
Catherine E. Gigie
Elmo Street
Mahala M. Webber
William D. Martin
Jerome N. Fiske
Boston and
Eastman Streets
Allah W. Wright
Henry Hall
Dorchester Avenue
Roxbury
Thomas Hearns
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Cherry Street
Jonathan French
Charles Jenkins
Wenonah Street
Georgianna Kingsbury
George Sauer
Spring Street
William Stearns
Boston
Catherine E. Richardson
Annie Ryan
Liverpool Street
Rs Dunbar
Asa B. Lansil
Charles R. MacLaughlan
Putnam and
Bennington Streets
Brookline
Hezekiah G. Chase
Guardian
William J. Griggs
Harvard Street
Brighton
Chelsea
James M. Currier
Fred G. Peavey
Crest Avenue
Allston
John D. Lovell
Mary E. Whipple
Everett Street
Cyrus Butler
Trade Names Linked to Major Firms Listed in City Directory
Bay City Michigan to Birmingham Alabama and beyond show a roster of agents and firms including Kittredge of C L Kittredge Co Rich & Beiderman Pa J D Frank Am Clarksville Tenn Meinhardt of Black Bros W H Laws Co HR Green Co Cincinnati W H Laws Selz Schwab Co Chicago A C McLaughlin D O Neill Sons Craw Des Moines W B Bentley Huntsville I Schiffman Shaub of Shaub Bro Craw Massillon D T Frank Pa G R Whitehurst Craw Okolona J Rubel Ad Savannah F A Einstein Ad Toledo J S Rodgers Dewey Rogers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
H Kittredge
Kittredge & Co
Birmingham
Ala
R Rich
Rich & Beiderman
Canton
Charleston
O'Neill
O'Neill & Sons
Craw
Des Moines
W B Bentley
Bentley & Olmstead
U S
Huntsville
Okolona
Miss
J Rubel
J Rubel & Co
Savannah
F A
A Einstein
Einstein’s Sons
Toledo
J S Rodgers
Dewey, Rogers & Co
Legislative Hearings Set for Savings Banks and Drunkard Care
Massachusetts committees announce hearings in Boston at the State House. On March 9 at 10 a.m. the Banks and Banking Committee will hear on investments in savings banks and legislation to pay deposits to foreign executors. Also on March 9 at 10 a.m. the Prisons Committee will hear on establishing a state institution for care and reform of drunkards and redirecting drunkenness cases from penal institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wealth of
Massachusetts
State House
Boston
J. Varnum Fletcher
Edmund Hersey
Committee On Prisons
Commonwealth
Frank W. Jones
Joseph H. Gleason
Divorce Bill Filed By Frances McCarty In Massachusetts
Frances McCarty of Boston petitions the Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court for a divorce from Timothy McCarty, alleging intoxication and extreme cruelty since 1881 and seeking custody of their minor child Frances McCarty. The filing is dated March 3, 1887, with attorney Charles H. Patten representing the libellant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massacho
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Frances McCarty
Timothy McCartly
St. John
New Brunswick
Timothy McCarty
Commonwealth
Fran T McCarty
Frances
McCarty
Mark
David C. Hennessy
Charves H. Patten
Suffolk 88 Supreme Judicial Court Libel Notice
The libellant is ordered to notify Timothy McCarty to appear before the Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court in Boston on the first Monday of June to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. An attested copy of the libel and order must be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with the final publication at least sixty days before the June date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Timothy McCarty
Boston
Boston Post
John Noble
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court
A. D
Sarah E. Merrow
Beverly
Fasex
Commonwealth
John W. Wiite
Ossipee
Carroll
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Irregular Transit Timetable Snippet Across Multiple Routes
Fragmentary schedule data lists varied times and routes including Norwich Line and New London connections. References to Milford Bowdoin Providence Norwood and central stations appear with a mix of AM and PM slots and prices. The legible items hint at a moving timetable rather than a cohesive article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Wmilford
Mt. Bowdoin
Britain
New London
Newtown
Norwich
Norwood
Phil Providence
Train Schedule Update for Northeast Rails 1887
Rail schedule outlines daily Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express at 10.00 am and 1.00 am with returns at 8.00 am and 2.00 pm Sundays 10 am. Shore Line Mail 1.00 pm Sundays. Steamboat Stonington Line 6.30 pm Sundays excepted with returns at 5.00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord R. RR
Boston
Manchester
Concord
N.H
New York
Shore Line
Meturn
Providence
Paw
Tucket
Hbeturn
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Manefield
East Foxboro
Meeturn
Sharon
Canton Junction
Rendville
Hyde Park
Mt. Europe
Clarendon Hills
Moyleton
Roxbury
Tale Des Dedham
West Roxbury
High
Stoughton and
Canton
Bovton
Mt. Hope
Jarren
Bristol
Mansfield
Beonore Line
A. A. Folsom
Stonington L CO
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Boston & Providence
Stonington
New
Fall River
Gre York
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
J.R. Kendrick
L. H. Palmer
Trams Run From Boston to New York and Cape Cod Area
Schedule lists weekday and Sunday tram departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with return times, plus iterations to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth and Sandwich, and branches to Brockton Milton Cohasset Hingham and East Milton. Details include numerous times for towns and lines across the region and connections to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Bey de Smmu Mening Tase
Oszard’s Bay
War Las PR
Buzzarc
Warehan
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Wellfleet
Cohasset and Hingham
Return
Cohasset
Hingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
East
Ridge Water
Krockstone
Abington
Bruce Loo
East Milton
Weymoutha
Brockton
Taunton
Newport
Braintree and Way
South Braintree
Launton
Oron Arriof
J. R. Kendrick
Boston and Lowell Railroad Time Table Overview
Through and local trains from Boston and many New England points to Montreal, St Johnsbury, Plymouth and more. Timetables list hourly departures, Pullman sleepers and parlor cars, with stations at Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street. Mail and general schedule details provided by Mellan and Storer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novereal & West
Central Vermont
Pullman Carson
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
R. Lit
Washington Street
J. W. Hobart
J. W. Cummings
St. Albans
Causeway Street
City
Old State House
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin Lebanon
White River Junction
Jon
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Bristol
Claremon
White Mountain
Northern Division
Pullman
Montreal
Central Vermon R. R
Passimpsic R. R
SUN
Greenfield
Nashua
Lea
Wilmington
Walnut Hill
Steineham
Woburn
Winchester
BAO
West Medford
College Hill
Winter Hill
Concord
Mass
Billerica
Bedford
Mexington
Pu. Arlington
Mellen
George W. Storer
Paas
Through Trains on Boston and Maine Divisions
Train schedule list notes departures and arrivals on multiple routes including Augusta Portland Lewiston and North Conway with Milwaukee style times and stations Haymarket Causeway St. St. John Halifax and Eastport. Frequent daily departures for various connections on Jan 1 188%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bamtor
St. John
Malifax
Provinces
Eastport
Calais
Halifax
N. S
Portland
Lewiston
Lanchester
Concord
M. H
Haymarket Square
North Conway
Causeway Street
Train Schedule for Eastern Division Boston to Seaboard Towns
City ticket office 306 Washington Street lists weekday and weekend departures from Boston Station with times to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester and many branches. Pullman cars noted on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Fuber general manager and D J Flanders passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Gicle
Great Falls
Rochester
Bizaw
Beach
North Mampton
Marblehead
Reomsecott
Middredton
Newburypor
North Conway
Peabody and Angers
Portsmouth
Mevwere
Li.Lo
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Sa LO
Saugus Bravch
Swiscott
Wolfeboro
Eynn and Way
Newburyport
Portland
Mangor
St.ohn
Allfax
Salem
aVia Saugus
wWorkingman
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
Bangor
James T. Fuber
D. J. Flanders
Gener
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamburg
Baumwall
Boston Dyewood and Chemical Co
D_ Billby
Wood, Pollard & Co
John Miller & Co
H Graves & Co
Cologne
Pierce & Co
Stone & Downer
Koopman & Co
Damien
Moise Cushing & Bliss
Fielder, Moeldner & Co
A& W
Bird & Co
Cassidy
Marble Works
Shreve, Cramp & Low
Peabody
Pray, Sons & Co
Wellington & Co
Messenger, Jr
Burr, Brown & Co
Boston Wall Paper Co
Davenport & Co
Bumstead & Co
Jace Shoninger
Moses & Co
Moise Grout
Warren & Blanchard
Bridgham & Co
Jos Breck & Sons
Lowell Machine Shop
H Brown & Co
Morton, Rose & Co
Marshall, Son & Co
Hovey & Co
Beal, Higgins & Henderson
Balder, Adamson & Co
Simons, Hatch & Whitten
Brown
Durrell & Co
Ewing Bros & Co
Boston Button Co
Ete Talbot, Wilmarth & Co
Brigham
Ete Shepard
Norwell & Co
Morse, Wilson & Co
Smaith
Tin Holder & Herrick
Flowers, Etc
Holt, Clark & Co
Houghton & Dutton
Nichols & Farnsworth
Shoninger
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Wilder
Oakum Baring Bros & Co
A & Bird & Co
Port OF
England
Germany
Belgium
Wang Sea Ask
Italy
Sumac
Azores
Ewe
Neemneienisionieniis Wood
Hayti Pacman Logwood
Goree
Nova Scotia
Demerara
Cuba
Scotland
Ki ‘Gars
Renee
Oakwin
Bhp
Australasia
Argentine Republic
Sanneanen
Suffolk County
Boylston Street
P. Lighthill Et al
Shepherd Brooks
William T. Hersey
Edward B. Manatan
Belden Street
Medical
Humphreys
PRICE
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Fulton St. N.Y
U. S
Humphreys’ Med. Co
Fulton St
N. Y
Kidder
WM. F. Kidder & Co
John Street
Cron
Frank A. Noyes
George A. Noyes
Noyes
Court Square
Fred. H. Seavey
Commonwealth OF Massachaww Setts
Frank R. Morse
Edward H. Going
Thomas J. Huggins
David A. Ball
F. R. Morse & Company
Court Room
WM. D. Martin
Dedham
Meney
Abram G. Paul
Massachtus
Setts
Nathan F. Carruth
Elijah George
William B. Welch
James B. G. McElroy
Frederick H. Rudd
Mark W. Cross
Sudbury Street
ATENT
McC. Perkins
Washington
Court Street
N. B
United States Supreme Court
Patent Office
Henry A. Clapp
Jos. A. Willard
William Choate
Railroads
York & New Engl
Boston Station
Rk Akhwah
Feare
Lukt Weucoald III Croft
Martin
LM. Dorchester
Aise
Mies
P.M
PR Ae
Mom Ween
Borest
Maj Lweluy
Em Islin
Rs Leu A An
Prrroury
Dudoon
Ty Eeu
Riefe
Mart Arvard
Athout
Bird
Tone
Reet
Ellis
Ford
New York War
Tford
Vans
Paradelphia
Ndville
Eos Am
UU Adios
Stree
Rockville
Conn
Southbridge
Wiltc
Walpole
D. C
Waterbury
Willimantic
Winslow
M. Webster
Leavy Daily
Zeanal
Norwood Central
Woorsoucket Division
Noa
Needham
Weer
Atestiamea Tor
Anora Amey Aera
Woonsocket
Tys
Nota Mey
Middletown
New Haven
Hartford
New Bitain
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
NEW Ongland Limited
E.c
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
New Brita
New Laven
Trenton
Richmond
Points
A. C. Kendall
Gen'l Pass
Boston & Providence Railroad
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Lands
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Rata
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M.rse Sau AM
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Westees
Mattapam
Mohey
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Neponset
Milton
Mati
Windleboro
T.ae
Uesaaays
Luutsuiey
Yia Woods
Rand
Wurertl
Ae ‘O
Fies
Mdolph
Orv
Ames
Een
North Seitus
Scituate
Sea View
Shawimu
Mee
Sears
Taunter L
Whitm South Weymouth
Hitman
South
Wollaston
Dean
Wood
Haymarkst Square
Alton May
Andover
Haver
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Lawrence
North la
South Lawrence
Melrose
Viac
Ndover
Uo Hsel
Hlands
Farmington
Weaceee
Exeter
Falls Hill
Eds
Wey
WLU Nan
DAR
Necham
Reading
I Li
Wakefield
Maverhill
Wasw
Rence
Medford
NEA
Mlvcul
Corner State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
Boston & Providence R. BR
SUN Y
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Jesioen and
Lowel
Aeue Street
Jefferson and Way
Psx
Rockbottom
Sudbury
Pw. Sun
Rm. Wayland
Pt Sun
Weston
Belmont
Beaverley and Waltham
Geo. W. Storer
Pass
G’r Agt
Boston & Maine
Tom Me
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