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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1885

Page

3

Pork and Lard Prices Across Markets and Stocks

Market notes report pork and lard trading steady to mixed across cities. Prices cited for prime and mess cuts in Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee and New York, with hogs, cattle and sheep receipts and shipments, and notes on bulk meats and bacon activity.

St Louis Chicago Michigan Minnesota New York Milwaukee Detroit Toledo Western Boston City Boston and Western Cincinnati St. Louis Western Steam City Steam Continent South America Union Criile London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool

Foreign Exports. Istrian lists cargoes cleared at Liverpool port

The Istrian cleared March 14 at Liverpool and carried varied cargoes including wagons toys tags paint woodenware organ material bobbins machinery furniture egg beaters bases woollen rags chopping trays cider cheese staves beef mutton cattle extract maple ash lard bacon coal flour lard cups tongues bladder lard clams and other goods. Other vessels named Fury at Portland and Edmund at Yarmouth carried salt meal pork kerosene oil rice and miscellaneous items such as rope copper whiskey beer bicycles glass lead sheet iron and fishing gear.

Liverpool Eng Istrian Portland Yarmouth N S

Route plans stir San Diego hopes amid costly California Southern line

The Alta Californian reports the California Southern extension from San Diego to Daggett could push nearly 5 million dollars into a 200 mile desert rail system. Insiders push steamship links San Francisco to Guaymas as a prelude to bond sales while critics question profits to cover 5 million in bonds. Daggett, 462 miles from San Francisco, would shorten a routed path around the ocean, but the venture risks a financial crash as freight and passenger volume seems slim.

Alta Californian Atchison and Topeks San Diego Pacific Coast Colton San Francisco Guaymas Atchison Comany California Southern Daggett Pacific Mojave California Atlantic and Pacific Atchison and St. Louis Southern Pacific J Wall Street News

Census of 1900s Cotton and Grain Goods Ledger Notes

A fragmented ledger lists various commodities with units and quantities across multiple railroads and regions. Entries include cotton bales, wool bales, flour bushels, corn, oats, wheat, butter, lard, beef, tea, coffee, sugar, and eggs, linked to lines such as Providence Railroad and New York and New Brunswick Railroad, with hundreds of itemized totals and miscellaneous measurements.

Isuston and Aipany Hatiroac Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York New Jumber Psg Llenburg Vales Maine Aureas—Astern Maine Railroad—Western Division Owel Rallroad Peabody, Saierk Land Caleb Pelta Cousse Paris

Court cases heard in Nashville contract suit details

The Superior Court first session on March 16 heard cases No 1674 and 1675, involving B S Rhea et al versus Frank S Wheeler et al and Geo W Stamback versus J P Wheeler, all arguing about corn sales and alleged misrepresentation. Verdicts favored the defendants in both cases. In No 1774 Charles H Bacallus Abby S McDonald seek $360 31 for materials and labor on a house repair, with defense that contract was with the husband as authorized agent. trial conducted with W B Orcutt for plaintiff and N B Bryant L Cowan for defendants.

B. S. Rhea T al Frank Wheeler Et al Geo. W. Stamback J. P Wheeler Nashville Tenn Hh. W. Hutchins Henry Wheeler Paul West Charlie Sarah Marer John W. Walcott New York the Vendome Francis Peabody, Jr Charles A. Prince E.w.hutchins James Devereux Marvy E. Bailey South Boston Henry F. Naphen F. Hutchinson

Marine Bank troubles and Pompe bonds loom in era of insolvencies

The era of business distress extends across states with the Marine Bank bond of Pope Cole Co and insolvent firms in Maine and Connecticut. Attachments target Butterworth hats in Franklin, Gordon apothecary in Livermore Falls, and Nichols general merchandise in Cherryfield. Stamford builder Holt fails with $8,000 liabilities. In New York, the Fish case proceeds, detailing loans tied to Grant Ward securities, and a $1,000,000 bond for Pope Cole trustee. West Virginia Wheeling faces severe finances as city workers are paid in discounted orders. two loan measures fail. Additional notices record Suffolk County and Columbus Mississippi assignments and attachable contracts.

George H. Butterworth Franklin George A. Gordon Livermore Falls H. E. Nichols & Co Cherryfield N. O. Jones China W. W. Holt Carpenter Stamford Conn St. John, Hoyt & Co Lumber James D. Fish Marine National Bank United States Court New York City Nathan D. Cabell Fish Grant C. Morton Stewart Pope, Cole & Co Baltimore Wheeling West Va A.J. Coleman & Co Grocers Columbus Miss L. H. Snell Suffolk County Heal Estate Thomas Bisbee Patrick F. McGaraglie Great Western Insurance Company J. Ashtop Preston Henry A. Emerson Charles J. Shed Jacob C. Stanton Same Samuel Tompson M. J. Cole P. J. Cole Charles C. Trowbridge Frank M. Kingsbury

Medieval Trade Oversight by City Companies Highlighted

A Quarterly Review piece notes 14th century city companies vigorously checked trade and manufacture. It cites cases from the Remembrancia showing sham hats burned, potters deceiving buyers with false metal pots, and quarrelsome penalties. Citizens enjoyed strong regulatory protection then.

Quarterly Review Aleguie Sopere West Chepe

Glass cutting underwater with scissors method

A Pittsburgh Despatch note explains that glass can be cut underwater with scissors by keeping the glass level and removing small corner pieces first. Softer glass cuts best. edges may be rough, but the technique yields straight breaks and useful shapes when a diamond is unavailable.

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Boston aldermen discuss street works and ferry directors

The regular meeting chaired by Alderman Whitten reviewed petitions for street grades and paving, sewer projects, and pole allowances. Nominations were confirmed for city roles including sealer of weights, undertaker, and bridge superintendents, with elections for East Boston ferries directors and various bridges.

Board of Aldermen Alderman Whitten John Murray Keyes Street Ward 28 Fobes, Heyward Chardon Street New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Commercial Street South Market Street Atlantic Avenue Patrick Sullivan Boston Wharf Company John M. Way Aspen Dunreath Copeland Warren Walter J. Cammery Malvern Street Sealer Michael D. Collins Daniel P. Sullivan Benjamin Krintnall Edward Carl Wm. W. Bryant

Goose versus ostrich and other ancient dietary oddities

All the Year Round notes historic views on goose eating and birds like ostriches. It cites Galen Aristotle Herodotus and Pliny on animal flesh desirability and seasonality, from hawks and foxes to dogs horse and camel traditions, including Persian horseflesh and camel roasting.

Julius Cmsar Galen Father Christmas Aristotle Herodotus Pliny Persia

Indiana's oldest inhabitant dies in Sullivan County asylum

Vincennes dispatch reports Mrs. Malinda Evans, born in 1779 in Tennessee, died in Sullivan county poor asylum at age 106. She had no living relatives, wandered to the poor house, and was buried unmarked, leaving no traceable heirs. The piece calls for a prominent tombstone to honor her as Indiana's oldest resident.

Vincennes Malinda Evans Sullivan County Indiana Tennessee

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