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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1885

Page

3

Market prices on alcohol and commodities from port trade

The report lists steady or dull demand across goods. Alcohol values show minor shifts with gal and Cologne spirits noted. waxes, cement, coal, coffee, and cordage exhibit varied prices and steady demand in general. Multiple named goods and price points are cited, reflecting ongoing trade conditions.

Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Rosendale West India East India Java Maracaibo Laguarra Jamaica Rio Manila

Boot and leather trade shows cautious improvement this week

Business strengthens modestly as manufacturers receive mail orders daily keeping factories running. Cutters start mid month and salesmen take orders at last year’s prices. Leather prices rise while higher end goods lag. New England trades quiet due to weather with rubber goods kept on stock. Weekly boot shipments outside New England reach 55,208 cases, 1885 year to date totals 449,407 cases, down 53,349 from 1884.

New York Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington & Quincy Union Pacific Atchison Bull City Lenora Union Pacific Company Flint Pere Marquette Louisiana Missouri River Wisconsin Central Mexican Central Eastern New England Car Trust Ogdensburg Lake Champlain

London financial update shows mixed bond and stock quotes

Consols quoted at 97 1 16, US bonds at 4s 124 1 2, 4s 114 1 2. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 30 146, seconds 74, Canadian Pacific 40 34, Erie 14 1 2, do seconds 69 1 4, Illinois Central 12 9 16, Mexican 32 3 4, St. Paul common 76 3 4, New York Central 92 4, Pennsylvania 54 3 4, Reading 9. Commercial.

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Golden Medical Discovery Promises Vitality and Purification

A patient describes daily fatigue and loss of appetite and sleep and suggests Dr Paierces Golden Medical Discovery can purify the blood tone up the system and fortify against disease. It is touted as an anti bilious remedy improving general health and well being.

Shenandoah Valley Norfolk and Western System Chicago and Eastern

Early season plans hint at extraordinary sale by Simmons Co

The article hints at improving times or preparations for a remarkable sale that justifies mobilizing twenty extra hands early in the season. Jo will learn more next week when G. W. Simmons & Co. reveal their plans.

G. W. Simmons & Co

Market prices and livestock data from Boston region

A historical market bulletin lists car counts on various roads ledgers, with totals and double-deck adjustments. It then details beef prices from multiple qualities, store cattle values, swine and hog prices, sheep and lamb prices, hides and pelts rates, and cattle and sheep classifications. Remarks discuss lowered cattle prices, weak sheep market, light hog receipts, and dairy cattle trends.

Boston Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Maine Alpany N. B Brighton N.B Massachusetts J S Henry B F Wilder Breck & Wood Dan Brown RE French G H Sprigg Watertown W A Farnham Royalton Geof Fox J Engrem W M Hall R P Pollard B S Hastings G Crurebill J O Sanborn Brighton Yards Western Chicago Hollis & Co Adams Chapman A N Monroe Aldrich & Johnson A Williamson H M ‘Taft J D Hosmer M Scollans E Goodnow Libby & Son

Market report from Milwaukee and grain prices

Net receipts and exports noted for Great Britain France and the Continent. Market tone varied by port with dullness in Galveston Mobile Philadelphia Norfolk Savannah and New York quiet or easy elsewhere. In Milwaukee flour firmer wheat up No 2 at 77 3 4 cents corn 40 1 2 cents oats dull rye strong barley higher pork 12 70 lard 7 hogs 4 3 4 to 5 0 0 receipts listed for flour wheat barley speyside and other grains.

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Lease deadlock delays Oregon Navigation and Northern Pacific talks

The Daily Stockholder reports Oregon Railway and Navigation and Northern Pacific fail to reach terms on a long discussed lease. Naviga tion demands 7 percent perpetuity and 6 percent for three years while Northern Pacific offers up to 8 percent after three years. both sides remain far apart with opposition among stockholders. Also listed are West Shore earnings for 1884 and notes on reorganization, Canadian Pacific route speculation, St Paul annual report figures, and several regional railroad updates.

Oregon Railway and Navigation Northern Pacific Navigation Company Oregon Company Union Pacific West Shore West Shore Railway New York Buffalo Middletown Albany West Shore Road Canada India Russia Afghanistan R. 3 B. Angus Canadian Pacific Suez Canal China St. Paul’s St, Paul Long Island ST. Louis San Francisco Bol 142 Inc New England Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company

Supreme Judicial Court March docket notes

The March session before Chief Justice Morton and Justices Field Devens and C Allen heard arguments in cases No. 688 Lathrop versus Thayer et al with Shattuck and Churchill for plaintiff and Morse for defendant. No. 1226 Raymond versus Butterworth with Woodworth for plaintiff and Fellows for defendant. No. 1217 Innerarity et al versus Merchants National Bank with Sohier and Hayes for plaintiffs and Bartlett and Dabney for defendant. No. 1190 Ricker versus American Loan and Trust Company. No. 1102 American Loan and Trust Company versus street commissioners of Boston with Bailey for Ricker and commissioners and Spring for trust company. No. 1216 Maxwell versus Clark et al with Storey for plaintiff and Lincoln for defendant.

Supreme Judicial Court Commonwealth Morton Field, Devens C. Allen Horace A. Lathrop Horatio B. Thayer George O. Shattuck A. Churchill R. M. Morse, Jr Nathan B. Raymond A. F. Butterworth A. B. Woodworth H. B. Fellows Santiago Innerarity Et al Merchants’ National Bank E. D. Sohier F. 8 Hayes Sidney Bartlett Dabney James W. Ricker American Loan and Trust Copany American Loan and Trust Company Street Commissioners of Boston A. J. Bailey Ricker and Commissioners W. C. Spring Trust Company Cournford Maxwell John Clark M. Storey C.S. Lincoln

Supreme Court Ledger Notes Ad a Road to Damages on July Fourth

Supreme Court term records list Ada C Rice v Highland Street Railway for injuries on Tremont Street when struck by a car pole. Closing arguments underway. Various case numbers and defendants appear, including McCarthy v Doogue and Boston v City of Boston, with verdicts and attorneys named.

Ada C. Rice Highland Street Railway Tremont Street S. B. Allen T. Savage B. Wadleigh J. Hewins Boston Providence R. R Berkeley Street Gilmore Lumber Company A. A. Folsom Hichborn & Co W&s

Court rounds docket notes for Lowell cases and pleas

The record lists cases before Judge Blodgett including Harrington vs Cutler settled after partial testimony and Green versus Richardson on trial. It notes Lowell residents, insolvency claims, mortgage deductions, and bids on burned hotel property. Multiple matters involve sewer assessment abatements for Richardson properties and Adams versus Blanchard set for Thursday.

Charles A. Harrington George Cutler Joseph W. Green Albert KR. Richardson Billerica M. A. Blaisdell G. Fond G. R. Richardson Ragen City of Lowell Davey Advertising and Metropolitan Insurance Company Boyle Compt Clements Richardson Adams Blanchard

Fruit cargo at Fiske's Wharf from Mediterranean ships

Ex steamship Ravenhbill reports 8783 boxes Messina oranges 3526 boxes Palermo oranges 1782 boxes Messina lemons and 979 boxes Palermo lemons landed at Fiske's Wharf.

Lockport Willie Freeman Seavey & Co Delong Sea- Man Mediterranean Ravenhill Messina As& J Brown É& Co Phelps Bros & Co Cusimano & Co Bage Sumac Tully Pierce & Co Hooper & Co Ravenhbill Messina Oranges Palermo Oranges Palermo Fiske’s Wharf

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