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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1889
Page
7
St Louis grain futures report shows Wheat cash bids 4c. May 95 4, June 92 4, July 82. Corn cash bids 28 56c, March 28 4c, April 29 5 sc, May 0 8c, June 31 sc. Oats cash bids 25 ec for May.
The market features mixed receipts and quiet to steady trade across grains and fats. New York and Chicago show firm to weak moves in wheat corn oats and rye with varying bids No 2 red wheat at 95 96 12c in New York and No 2 spring around 99 100c in Chicago.
Butter markets show no price changes with demand quiet. Quotations list Western creamery and Vermont grades in the mid to upper 20s and low 20s per pound, with various dairy products and oleomargarine prices noted as steady or quietly trading. Cheese remains steady with little activity in the market.
Small lots of Southern tomatoes arrive with sales at 1 dollar per crate. Beet pens arrive priced at about 5.175 per ash. Market shows quiet demand with plentiful supply. Prices listed include row Smash 50 per ton, Hubbard 70 per ton, cabbage 75 to 90 cents per barrel, red cabbage 2.25 per barrel, onions 1.25 per barrel, Bermuda onions 1.75 per crate, beets 0.40 to 0.50 per bush, carrots 1.25 per barrel, lettuce 0.50 per bush, celery 1 per dozen, parsnips 0.75 per cent, kale 0.75 per barrel, parsley 2 per heat.
In Chicago provisions opened weak but buying by Thursday sellers pushed the market higher. Estimated Saturday hog receipts at 10,000 with packers purchasing 11,000 and shippers 7,000 leaving 2,000. Lard and pork prices quoted across a wide range with steady to firmer tones in several items. Beef and other meats largely steady with mixed changes in cut prices and market tone.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 3636 with slow steady demand. hogs receipts 11261 mark lower with heavies 450 465 and light 435 450. sheep 38 25 460. Peoria hogs easier at 450 470. St Louis weak with hogs 450 465 to 475. Cincinnati hogs steady to 470. Chicago cattle receipts 7500 shipments 4500 strong with best 485 and steer 290 400. Yes receipts 19000 shipments 6000 opened easier, closed steady 460 474. sheep 4000 receipts 2000 weak natives 425 500 Western cornfed 440 475 lambs 480 600.
Apples show quiet demand for choice lots with prices unchanged from last quote.
Florida oranges firm while Mediterranean fruit holds steady. Messina lemons at 2 3 25 a box, Palermo lemons 2 3 25, Valencia boxes 3 50 to 5 50, Florida choice oranges 3 4 per box. Dried apples steady with evaporated fancy 6 4 2c. sun dried 3 4c. Cranberries scarce. choice bbl 9 10, Jersey 1 75 to 2 00 per case. Grapes Almeria scarce 6 dollars.
The Lorenzo D Baker is due March 11 with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. The Effective passed Gibraltar Feb 22 and heads to Boston around March 10 with 9600 Mesina oranges 800 Messina lemons 12 100 Palermo oranges 5900 Palermo lemons. The Trinacria due March 18 after Gibraltar March 2 carries Palermo Messina Catania oranges and lemons plus Valencia oranges. The Wallachia is loading at Palermo for Boston. Edwin passed Gibraltar Feb 23 to Boston with boxes of Messina and Palermo fruit. Marmion due March 14 with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company.
Snow and Co conducts an auction Monday selling 861 cases Valencia oranges 1500 boxes Florida oranges 600 bags California pea beans and 25 half barrels pickles.
Sugar markets show firm raw and refined prices with limited trading. Cuban and Havana supplies hold steady with centrifugals and Javas quoted. refined goods rise 1-16c. Molasses remain firm, with Ponce Porto Rico and Porto Rico grades trading quietly. New York foreign lots firmer at 22 1/4c.
Cotton markets show quiet tones in New York with middling at 103 16 rare, sales totaling 700 bales. Futures opened and closed steady as Liverpool spot holds at 511 16d for uplands and 542d for low mids, with 10,000 bales sold and 18,000 bales received there. Consolidated seven day U S port totals rise to 82,262 net receipts and 730,215 stocks, with strong gains in export figures to Great Britain and the Continent.
The report shows tallow steady with city prices at 4% and country 44c. New York states tallow stronger with 100 hogshead sales at 49 to 160 and 47 to 49c range. Turpentine closed at 51 5 ¾ c, rosin 115 117 ½, tar 180 190, petroleum 7.25c with KSW 7.15c and cases 9.15c. Rio coffee firm at 19¢. whiskey unchanged.
Goods shipped from Havana and Halifax ports listed with vessels such as Brig Edith and Schooner Gladys. Includes 20 cases mo lasses, 24 500 bush salt, 400 bbls frozen herring, 63 bbls herring, 121 potatoes, 2 hhds beer and other consignments by Warner Jarvis Delong Seaman W H Ring McKeever.
On March 8, 1889, exports include Woodside tea 12 boxes and Bar Clay codfish 2 cases from Saint Andrews New Brunswick, schooner Alhambra 2000 bush corn 30 barrels of apples, and Bark Enigma 488599 feet lumber from Buenos Ayres Argentina.
Inventory listing receipts from Boston & Albany and other railroads show large quantities of cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, barley, meal, tallow, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, leather, hides, and lumber. Entries include Grand Junction, Keston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England Kalirona, Bee Railroad, and Boston & Maine divisions with hundreds to thousands of units recorded.
London and Liverpool quote subdued demand in breadstuffs with wheat quiet and corn steady to firm. Prices show small gains in English country markets while Paris and Antwerp stay steady. Liverpool receipts reach 66 000 centals with no American grain. pork firmer and lard and cheese steady as tallow holds.
Fall River reports a dull mill stock market with light cloth sales and fallen bids. The lead news includes probate citations for the estates of Franklin C. Shedd and a trustee appointment under the will of the deceased, with court dates in March and required public notices in the Boston Post.
The Philomathean Society elected President G. A. Dunn Vice President Miss O Hagan Secretary Miss Crook Treasurer G B Fiske The Beacon Association chose J W Dutton President and Miss O Hagan Treasurer G R Hoskins 90 was named Beacon editor in chief for the year A sophomore reception for freshmen was held at the college building last evening.
A sweeping essay argues Atlantis existence is a door to modern medical critique. It claims physicians resist layman ideas and proprietary remedies like Warner's Safe Cure, citing Dr. J. G. Holland on innovation in medicine and the clash between practice and discovery.
Partial timetable listing stops from Cape Cod division with 8.15 am and 4.15 pm patterns. Notes include Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Nantucket Mondays and various towns plus Woods Hall reference and odd times.
A dense list of train times and routes for the Providence Division detailing departures from Park Square Station to New Work and various destinations including Attleboro Canton Junction and Mansfield. The fragment lists numerous hourly and half hour times, Sundays schedules, and notes for additional trains.
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