Wool production debate over Western states and Texas figures
A discussion critiques Mr. Lynch's wool yield figures comparing Oregon, Texas, California, Colorado and New Mexico. The exchange notes reported sheep totals and argues a dramatic rise in Oregon and Territories is unlikely amid declines in Texas and other states. It also questions a claimed 11,200,000 lb clip rise despite lower annual wool usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Bureau
Texas
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
Territories
CATTLE MARKET REPORT FROM BOSTON AREA 1858
The Boston Post summary for the week ending March 7 1858 reports live stock totals at market including cattle sheep and swine with arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. It covers prices for market beef store cattle hogs and sheep plus details on hides tallow and skins and remarks on supply and demand conditions. It notes improved horse demand but larger supply limiting price gains and details on milch cows springers veal calves and public sale figures. The report references multiple yards and dealers including Watertown Brighton and local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton and
Watertown
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Ian
Brighton
Chicago
JS Henry
Neac
Breck & Wood
Aldrich & Co
W Scollans
P W Thompson & Sor
H M Tait
C Libby & Son
J Carroll
L Choice
Coolidge & Son
W Mentz
Mt Victory
Ohio
Russell
E Berry
LW Brockway
Welch & Hall
International Horse Exchange
CH & E Snow
Michigan
North
New Hampshire
Flint & Blanchard
Byec
Robert French
L Hutchingson
Oange
Gitlin & Snow
Orford
M G Flanders
Maine
Boston
P W Thompson & Son
Nat
S B Hathone
Richmond
J C Libby
S H Wardwell
P W Thompson
W Melloy
Frme
NE Winn
Libby & Son
BW H Coolidge & Son
Cattle Market Reports From Watertown and Brighton Yards
Market notes describe cattle shipments for Liverpool aboard the Palestine and Pavonia, listing consignors and cattle counts. Western cattle were slow, dealers expecting higher prices, with prices shown for numerous lots at Watertown and Brighton yards and details on weights and prices per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Liverpool
J A Hathaway
J Rollinger
TS John
Gould & Morgan
Pavonia
Wheat and grain markets ease then rally on strikes rumors
Wheat opened lower with light local demand and cheaper prices abroad. May wheat touched 80 1/4 cents as buyers appeared. corn moved weak then short sellers and bulls traded amid strike rumors on Rock Island and St Paul lines, closing strong for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnum, Reardon & Co
California
India
Rock Island
St. Paul
Wheat and Corn Market Report with Broad Grain Quotas
The March market notes steady to firm price levels across grains. Wheat and corn futures show active trading with varied cash bids, while oats and barley ease slightly on spot demand. Rye and millfeed hold near steady, with steady to firm meal and flour quotes and mixed oats sales on multiple lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada
Choice
New York
Boston and Maine Rail Through Trains Schedule 1888
Boston and Maine announces daily through trains across Western and Eastern divisions starting March 1 1888 with station times from Haymarket and Causeway including Augusta Haymarket St Causeway to Portland Calais Meachland and South West Harbor routes plus Maine Central Knox Lincoln and others via Haymarket and Causeway stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Yam
Barger
St. John
Mullifax
Provinces
Hayimarket Sq
Causeway
Mastport
Calais
St. John, M
Halifax
Portland
Haymarket Sq
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North
Haymarket
North Conway
Poretland
Maines Central
Gran Avenir
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Wholesale dairy and bean prices in regional markets quoted
Quotations cover Western creameries and New York Vermont dairy lots with prices for butter cheese eggs and beans. Receipts and jobbing notes show varied values, with packers quoting fresh Western and Eastern goods and futures-like firming in several categories amid quiet markets.
Market Summary for Dairy and Produce Across Cities
Chicago butter steady to firmer with light receipts. Cheese unchanged. eggs lower with Western firsts at 17. New York butter and cheese unchanged. eggs weak Eastern firsts 17 42 18c. West 17 1 14 18c. Beans steady. Dried apples dull. St Louis butter and eggs unchanged. Liverpool cheese 56s colored 59s white. Cincinnati butter firm with good export demand at 80c. Eggs dull and declining at 11c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Jane
Western
New York
Vermont
Vermont Dairy
Lastern
Ohio Choice
Haas
New Hampshire
Michigan
Bush
California
West
North
Red Top
Jersey
Poulrry
Northert
Norfolk
Bermuda
St Andrews
Celery
United
Hebron
Western Steam
Fierces City Steam
State
Lake
Straits
Chicago
Texas
ST. Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Minn
Wyoledo
Cincinnati
St Louis
Liverpool
Fruit price report shows steady old prices for apples
Apples remain quiet at old prices as supply is large and buyers feel easy. Florida oranges grow scarce while prices stay firm and Mediterranean fruit declines ahead of the expected steamer arrival. Palm Palermo and Messina boxes list varied prices, cranberry demand remains quiet at prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spy
Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Florida
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Cape Cod
Meat market prices steady with mixed pork beef and lamb quot
Provisions show steady pork and lard markets with varied cuts and prices. Beef remains steady with multiple plate and brisket prices, while mutton and veal stay firm with limited supply, noting a fair demand for fresh beef and smaller receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Market notes on sugar molasses tallow and turpentine prices
Raw sugar prices hold steady while refined demand remains quiet. Molasses offers Ponce Porto Rico at 40c per gallon and Cienfuegos at 27c. Tallow markets steady with city rendered 44% to 47c, country 41/4 to 14c, rough 2 to 4c. New York pages show turpentine at 40 40.4c and petroleum at 6% 7 cents per gallon with related by products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
New York
London
Trade centre reports steady receipts and firm exports
New York March 7 reports show plour receipts totaling 15 977 plgs and exports 6190 bbis 10 074 sacks with steady sales of 32 000 bbis Western and State. Prices quoted for city mill extra 5900 bbis at 440 475 and Minnesota extra 9800 bbis at 290 490 with several other grades and regions listed. Southern demand fair, grain and wheat exports 83 071 bush with 62 000 bush sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Rge
Cotton markets close with steady to dull tone across regions
New York spot cotton ends lower with middling uplands at 10 8-16 cents and futures opening irregular. Liverpool spot steady at 67-16d uplands and 542d means, with varied futures across months. U.S. port stocks and receipts reported, including Savannah, New Orleans, and Norfolk, showing quiet to dull demand and mixed exports to Britain and the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nev
Deei.cs del
Jatesee Bof Cece
Liverpool
Uplands
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
West Point
Coastwise
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
France
Continent
United States
Hogs and Cattle Market Report Across Cities
Market rounds up from St Louis Proba Kansas City and Chicago with hogs selling mostly at 4 90 to 5 60 in St Louis and firm butchers up to 5 60. Hogs quiet in Kansas City with large receipts and shipments. Chicago grain and provisions steadier with flour and wheat prices and stock figures listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Marsh
Chicago
London Foreign Markets Report March 7 to 12
Markets show quiet but steady activity in wheat and corn across London and Liverpool. Cargo movements on the passage to Great Britain and the continent are listed with quantities and prices, while Antwerp notes unchanged spot wheat prices with No 1 California and No 2 red winter quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Great Britain
California
Antwerp
Exports from Hull via New York March 7 1888
Steamer Colorado cleared March 3 carrying 270 cases paint 17 bales ravs 408 bales cotton waste 2 half bales 5 cases 1 keg hardware 36 cases medicines 1101 bales bagging 2750 boxes 6f bbis dyestuffs 100 tierces loins bo bbis pork 5bOO buckets LOO half bbls 150 bbls lard 40 bales wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell
By Express
Aus
Neem
Hull
New York
Colorado
Staple Goods Receipts Record for March 7 1888
Boston and Albany Railroad shows transaction receipts listing 3 bales cotton 189 bales wool 1250 bbls flour 1350 bushels of corn alongside the date and carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Train Schedule for Boston and Providence Railroad May 30 1887
The timetable lists multiple daily departures and returns from Boston to New York Providence and other towns, with varied times for Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail. It notes weekday, Sunday, and holiday adjustments and includes many intermediate stops and special late trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Providence Railroad
Boston
Shore Line
New York
Providence
Eebronville
Boston to Montreal and New England Rail Schedule Highlights
Local and long distance rail times from Boston on Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street list daily and Sunday departures to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield Branklin Lebanon and White River Junction St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Montreal and other points. Parlor and sleeping cars noted for Montreal. numerous local stops across New England with broad time windows from early morning to late evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Boston
Causeway Street
Washington Street
Old State House
Wilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Hiaverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Branklin
Lebanon
Whiteiver Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Pam
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Clarenent
Mountrelief
Kinsex Junction
Burlington
J. &Ibhbans
Montreal
J.R
Boston Air Line
Western Division Train Schedules for New England Stations
Passenger trains depart from Seston Station and Haymarket Square for many hubs including Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with a wide array of listed times. Sunday trains show Dover Kinverhill Manchester Lawrence Portland Bangor Lewiston and other stops with daytime and evening departures across multiple routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Seston Station
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Abover
Dan Vers
Exeter
Great Falls
W Mavehll
Georgetown
Menniebunk
Biddeford and Lace
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Medford
Biellrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newbury Port
Reading
Satem
Wakefield
Wilmington
Dover
Kinverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Stedford
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Bending and Way
Regional Train Schedule Across Massachusetts and Seacoast
Eastern Division timetable lists departures from Moosten Station to Amesbury and many nearby towns including Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Revere and Salem with multiple daily times and special services on Thursdays and Saturdays via the Saugus and South Reading branches. The detailed list covers York Harbor Keach W. and Portland Bangor and other destinations with numbers indicating morning and evening slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moesten
Causeway Street
Amesbury
M. Bseverly
Ss Middeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Falls
T Rochester
Hampton
Geach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyvent
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Mockport
Gloucester Kennech
York Harbor & Keach W.if
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolleboro
Lynn and Way
Newovouryport
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Malifax
Salem
Sangus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Central Massachusetts Division Open to Northampton Trains
Time tables announce trains from Boston and Causeway Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst South Amherst Belchertown Mondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Statiana Jeffersons Oakdale West Boylston Budson Sudbury Wayland Weston Waltham Belmont and Waverley with multiple daily departures. Full schedules and local and through train information are available at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Massachusetts
Northampton
Boston
Causeway Street
Portand Street
Hadley
Amherst
Belchertown
Mondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Statiana
Jefferson's
Oakdale
West Boyston
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Budson
Sudbury
Eckbottom
Wayland
Dean Weston
Waltham
MNDAY
Belmont
Waverley
Waltham and
Way
Hudson
Amus Tt
Furber
D. J. Planders
Gen'l
Gen’l
Old Colony Special Notice of Passenger Baggage Rules and Schedules
Passengers on this line may have baggage checked. Baggage may be left at 8 Old State House after March 5 1888. Weekday trains from Boston to New York Fall River Line at 6 PM. Return via Fall River Line at 5 PM. Detailed local schedules list numerous stops including Ashmont Barnstable Myannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Nantucket and Plymouth with complex return times. GEO L. CONNOR and J B KENDRICK named as general passenger agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
Old State House
New York Fall River Line
Far River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Myannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Cottage Cit
New Bedford
Mast Bridgewater
Vila Brocton
Abington
Stockton
West Quincy
Weymouth
East Weymouth
East Weymout
Mattapanm
Milton
Mattapan
Neponset
Middlecboroy
Nantucket
Wood's Hall
Biymouth
Duxbury
Quinney
Hanover
Rockland
Whitman
Brockton
Wellaston Heights
Wes Bridgewateer
Cochesett
South Ease
Wy. Bridgewater
Wood Hall
Return
Bridgewater
Breckton
Buzzard’s Bay
HM Provincetown
Chatham
Provncetown
Chatam
Cohasset and
Hingham
Ami
Cohasset
Fall River
Taunton
Harrison Square
Newport
North Easton
St Randolph
St Ten
Randolph
Scituate
South Duxbury
Taunton Central Station
Dean Street
Weymouths
Cohouse Scituate
Marshfield
Ilyouth
Plymouth
Marshyfield
Taumneton
South Braintree and Way
South Brains Tree
Middleboro
New York
Geo. L. Connor
Gen. Pass
Olb Colony Station
Bria
Providence
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Nex
Goston
Lin
Old Colom Ocbeatinn
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G W Bleiler
G Peavey
Nobie Bros
D A Abbe
Freelove & Co
BS Hastings
Brighton Yards
Farrell & McFlynn
Monroe
Chicago Markets
USA
Ou Bay
Dlilea Eree
Joe Ky
Dune
Railroads
Boston & Maine Railroad City Violet Office
Amy
Field
Wey
Mit
Retur
Maica Plain
Pawtucket
Dodgeville
M. Attleboro
Etuen
Pio
Nor II
Foxboro
Bas Hg Sharon
Attleboro
Readville
Marendon Hills
Forest Bills
Oylston
Roxbury
T.u
Im. Dedham
West Rexbury
Uke
HOV
BOW UI
Vy Dau
Peseneen
Canton
Mt. Hope
Yarren
A. A. Folsom
Nees ,Fo
Seth
Bay
M. Serine
RY “Aoae
New
Stonington
York
Ashingence
Greet
Chardsos
Mont
Eal
Vila Downines
Keene
Petercore
Hillsboro
Milford
Greenfield
Nashua
Billerica
Apyerence
Walnut Rel
Woburn
Winchester
West Medford
College Ham
Winter Ein
Maas
Reformatory Station
Hedford
Lexington
Arlington
Hentora
Lexington and Way
Mancord
Expr
Well
Dons
Chester
Con
Rolly Wss
LAD Waveriey
I.vo
V.zv Belmont
Howe
Bowe Teugs
Romy
Onghs
Monerhal & Wesp
Rebhhatchie Central
Fiesture
M. Wagner Palac
Central Vermont
Rk. HK
Offie Reo
Washington
L. H. Palmer
Agt
J. BR. Kendrick
Concord KR. FR. Avd
Upper
Tatoo
H. E
Chamberlin
Jacksonville
Empire Growing City
Naples
Tampa
Magnificent Beach
Apola City
E. S. Eaton
New England
Boxton
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire St
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