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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1887

Page

7

Sheep and cattle trade report with mixed demand and prices

The Sheep and Lamb Trade shows mutton and lamb buying steady in the city with over 10 000 head from the Boston and Albany line this week. Cattle export slow. Maine stock movement uncertain amid disease scare. milch cows and veal prices varied. Western stock firm at times with top beves and draught horses noted.

J S Henry Taft C T Peace New York B Hurlbert W Scollans Farrell & Nagle Hollis GA Sawyer Hollis & Go Monroe Hathaway Boston & Albany Breck & Wood Te Pth Hall & Seaver Hollis & Co RE French Aldrich & Johnson J Hartwell S Kimball Richardson R H Rogers Ohio City Russell Montreal Wisconsin International Horse Exchange H Boone Michigan Brown & Purkey Indiana Palestine Liverpool A N Monroe G H Hammond & Co Maine Portsmouth P H Merrill Merrill & Doble CH Merrill Newport Merrill & Yoble E F Adden H Merrill F_H Vermont A Williamson F S Kimball W G Townsend R E French & Co M G Flanders N K Campbell Hastings W Ricker Massachusetts J S$ Henry Scattering Watertown Berry Long J A Hathaway J A Baldwin George Baldwin Bradford Corinth John Chapman J Y Keazer Brighton Yards Old England

Market Report on Flour Wheat and Commodities Prices

New York March 9 Flour receipts and exports detailed with 12 627 bbls and sacks exports 7523 bbls 21 060 sacks steady sales 14 600 bbls good to choice Western and State prices listed Western extra refined values and various regional grades Wheat receipts 69 300 bush exports 157 836 bush lower sales 296 000 bush No 2 spring No 1 bard No 1 red and No 2 red pricing 91 26c to 92%c rye dull barley dull corn firm oats active sugar coffee and petroleum notes included with price ranges and delivery terms

New York St Louis City Minnesota Rio Petroleum—United City Extra India Western Continent South America State Liverpool Lake Detroit Michigan Chicago Aukee Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis

Market Summary from Detroit to Cincinnati March 9

Grain and produce prices hold steady or rise across regions with Chicago and Milwaukee showing higher wheat and corn. Pork and lard firm, butter and cheese steady, rosin quiet. multiple city markets report shipment and receipt figures for flour, wheat, corn, oats, barley, and whiskey with varied parity and freight notes.

Hogs and cattle market report from Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City notes hog prices at 5 40 to 5 60 with 7 000 receipts and 2 563 shipments. Chicago reports cattle strong with steers 36 5 10 and hogs 5 70 to 6 10, while Peoria and St Louis show hogs steady to higher and mixed packing trends. Sheep receipts around 3 000 with natives and Western prices listed.

Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago

Cotton Market Report from Augusta to New Orleans 1887

Market summary for March 9 1887 across ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated United States ports. Reports show receipts gross exports stock and firm or steady or quiet tones with price levels in brief ranges and references to shipments to Great Britain France and the continent.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis France United States

Foreign Markets Report From London Paris and Liverpool Trade Notes

London markets report wheat firm but not active and corn quiet amid steady to firmer English and American prices. Paris and Liverpool show mixed futures with quiet wheat and dull corn as cargoes and country markets hold steady earlier gains. sugar trades quietly in Havana with continued steady sales.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Walla Walla Paris Liverpool California Havana

Staple Shipments and Receipts from Railroads in 1887

Receipts dated March 9 1887 list Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Providence railroad tonnage and cargo. Cotton wool flour corn oats wheat malt pork and bacon appear in multiple lots, with bales and barrels counted alongside leather tea sugar butter eggs and other staples. Entries show varied quantities across three railroad lines and numerous products indicating a broad trade sample.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad

Historic Railroad Freight Ledger Items Across Carloads and Goods

A readable compilation lists shipments by railroad lines including Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, and by service modes. Entries itemize bales wool, flour sacks, bbls molasses, eggs, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, cases butter and cheese, apples, potatoes, grains, and various boxes and cars.

Bates Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Boston and Providence Railways Train Schedule Changes

The railroad announces new daily departures from Boston to New York and Providence with updated return times and connections. Shore Line Fast Express at 10.00 am and Shore Line Mail at 1.00 pm are listed, along with numerous local stops and return times, effective February 28, 1887.

Boston & Providence Railroad Boston New York Shore Line Breturn Providence Pawtucket Return Dodgeville Hebronville Attleboro North Attleboro Milansfield East Foxboro Sharon Meadville Myde Park Mit Hope and Clarendon Hills Forest Hills Bamaica Pisin Boylston Tebe Roxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxby Highlands Meturn Em. Stoughton and Canton Mansfield A. A. Folsom

Boston to New York and Cape Cod train schedule update

Old Colony trains list weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m and returns at 5 p m. The timetable covers numerous stops including Ashmere Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Cohasset Hingham Wareham Provincetown Cohasset and Taunton with varied morning and evening services and notes on connections and special runs. J Kendrick central manager signs off.

New Fall River Boston Old Colony Minsie New York Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House J.R. Kendrick L. H. Palmer Ashmene Barnarabie Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Return Braintree Bridgewater Buzard’s Bay Wareham Burnard’s Bay Hingham Cottage City New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington East Milton West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Harris Rad Marshfield Mattapan Milton Mattap Neponset Mattapoisci Oildham Middleboro Wood’s Hall Nantucket Wood's Hall Newport Geo North Easton Stoughton Randolph Aim Plymouth Duxbury Avington Quincy Scituate North Scituate Sea View Shawmut South Duxbury Central Station Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth Broo Ann Laston Heights Puth Weymouth Wol Cohasset the Weymouths South Stations South Braintree Benton Kendrick Gentral

Through Trains on Boston and Maine Schedules 1887

Train times listed for multiple routes including Augusta Haymarket Causeway St stations and connections to Ban Kors St John Halifax Eastport Calais Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portlannd with departures at various morning and afternoon slots and connections via steamer from Portland.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Bankors Haymarket Sq Lewiston Manchester Concord Haymarket Square North Conway Taymarket Square Causeway Street Portlannd Maine Central Grand Trund Knox & Lincoln

Western Division Train Schedules by Towns and Times

A detailed listing of Sunday and daily trains across towns including Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford and Reading with dozens of departure and return times. The schedule covers stops such as Andover Exeter Great Falls North Andover Newburyport Salem Wakefield Wilmington and nearby towns.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Hiddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Relrase Highlands Stoneham Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington Aim Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Boston Station Train Schedules for Multiple Cities Listed

Train timetables from Boston station extend to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many others with numerous departures. The listing includes Clocks and times for daily and weekend runs and notes Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. Officials James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders appear as general manager and passenger agent.

Wolteboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Galifax Salem aVia Saugus wWorkingman South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Adverts 1887

A dense 1887 timetable listing through and local train services from Boston to Montreal and northern New England routes. It notes stations on Causeway Street and Washington Street with daily schedules, local point departures, Pullman and parlor cars, and multiple regional connections. Managers Mellen and George W. Storer are named as general superintendent and assistant general passenger agent.

Pullman Palace Rutland Burlington St. Albans Ottawa Montreal Ogdensburg Washington Street Boston O. A FAXON Stewart Keene N. H Boston & Lowell Railroad Causeway Street Old State House St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebecq Bristol Claremont White Mountain Pullman Central Vermont R. R Passumpsie R. R Manchester Concord N. E Son McMeene Peterboro Hillsboro Rm. Wilton Milford Amherst Qireenfield Nashua SUN Lawrence Wilmington Walnut Hill Winchester West J College Wail Winter Bills Mass Willerica Mexington Arlington Bedford Mellen George W. Storer Pass

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