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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1883

Page

3

Flour and grain prices steady amid dull market conditions

The market shows steady quotations across flour and grain with western superfine at 3 50 per bbl and other flour grades up to 7 50. Corn, oats, and rye trade lightly with mixed prices. butter cheese eggs hold firmer values amid steady to rising tones. Provisions and meats remain steady with modest gains in pork, beef, and lard. vegetables and fruits show mixed but firm demand as receipts stay light.

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Receipts of Staple Products by Rail and Sea

A detailed tally of shipments from multiple railroads and sea routes listing cotton wool flour tea eggs beans apples potatoes leather hides skins and assorted supplies. Quantities include Maine Railroad 2411 bus barley 2241 bus cornmeal and Fitchburg lines with large flour corn and wheat totals, plus coastal and express carriers.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railread

Foreign Fixports. Liverpool and Yarmouth cargo listings.

The Samaria departing Liverpool on March 16 clears with 17,575 bushels corn 16,706 bushels wheat and diverse goods including leather, machinery, dry goods, shoes, pottery, dyes, butter, beef, pork, cheese and other commodities. The New Brunswick leaving Yarmouth clears March 19 with meal beef dried apples pork trout and dry goods. Baracao Cuba schooner Carrie D Allen carries lumber and stone.

Liverpool Eng Samaria Yarmouth New Brunswick Baracoa Cuba Carrie D Allen

Unclear ledger of goods and shipments across firms

A fragmented OCR listing details numerous items and quantities tied to multiple firms in Palermo and Matanzas. Entries include spirits, hides, lumber, cotton, rosin, soda fountains, paper stock, seeds, cattle products, and fruits, with varied quantities and vendors.

JB Wheeler White Bros & Son Billings & Eaton Helman Edwards & Brackett Dame & Co Greenough & Co Puffer & Son Osgood Leonard & Clark Parker, van Wart & Co Tufts Hill & Cutler Holbrook Ross, Turner & Co Palermo Brimstone Sumac D H Tully & Co Matanzas Norma Nash, Spaulding & Co

Value of Imports into the Port of Boston Week Ending March 16

The weekly report lists imports into Boston port for the week ending March 16, highlighting totals by commodity and country of origin. Figures show patterns in shipping, with notable cargo volumes from allied and industrial suppliers and shifts in trade activity reflected in port receipts.

Boston

Cotton Markets and Market Prices Across Ports

Market reports from Baltimore New Orleans and other ports show fluctuating receipts and stock levels. Middling cotton prices listed with coastwise and foreign sales. Kansas wheat and Chicago flour markets note dull to steady trends. New York reports demand for fabrics with steady orders.

Baltimore New Orleans Great Britain Csscu Hiladelphia Norfolk Corguwir Ness Qoosslock New York Css Galveston Coastwis Cincinnati Tani Asaenas Tocomisi Biedestes Sicchieseegesss Louisville Savannah France Continent

London and Berlin market briefs mixed on currencies and commodities

London reports mixed stock prices with Consols and rail shares around 1021 16 while German Imperial bank shows a 2 560 000 mark rise in specie. Commodities, especially wheat and corn, are described as easier in freight and steady in price with various quotations from Mark Lane and Liverpool markets. Coffee in Rio de Janeiro shows a good crisis with prices around 43 00.

London Paris Bank of England Berlin Morton, Bliss & Co New York San Francisco Bank of British North America New York City Canada United States Western Railroad Atchison, Topeeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Chicago and Alton Railroad IS&2 Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Flint Pere Marquette Eastern Connecticut Passumpsic Old Colony New England American Loan and Trust Company Central Vermont Vermont American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Catalpa Quincy American Spiral Telephone Wire Company Nathan Cleaver Lyman B. Jewell Gorham Gray Daniel Swett Marshall Jewell Messrs Henry Clews & Co Europe Aes Erie New York Central Nets Central Rauateses Central Mexican Central Ontario Weber St. Paul Imperial Bank of Germany Commercial Beerbohm Merchants Exchange Mark Lane California Liverpool Canifornia Pondon Rio DE Janeiro

Supreme Judicial Court Docket March 19 Descriptions

Reports from the Supreme Judicial Court showing multiple cases including Glaspy v. Cabot and Glaspy v. Power, with Swasey and Dyer for plaintiffs and Dodge for defendants, plus City of Lowell suit Dean v. Lowell. Noted verdict of 600 dollars for a May 1882 injury via defective stairs and other tort actions, replevin, and stock advance cases. Superior Criminal Court lists Teehan on probation for larceny and a trial for adultery involving Ruisseau and Eaton.

Supreme Judicial Court Commonwealth Morton Justices Field C. Allen Colburn Holmes James Glaspy Samuel Cabot, Jr James Power G.R. Swasey C. G. Dyer F. Dodge B. Dean City of Lowell J. G. Abbott J. N. Marshall I. Lincoln James Gray Et al Rufus Cook E. Merwin G. W. Park W. M. Brewster J. C. Warner Superior Criminal Court Rockwell Thomas Teehan Margaret Ruisseau Lyman $. Eaton

Brady v Cushing ends in defense verdict in Middlesex court

In Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Barker ruled in favor of the defendant Brady in a suit over a lot of Brennan’s fixtures and stock in trade attached by a sheriff’s deputy and sold to Frances Jewett. The case questioned true ownership. Peter R. Lamson represented the plaintiff and J J Parkman the defendant.

Brady

Wills admitted to probate and estates placed under administration

The wills of Mary Rogers Samuel Ford Mary Keelar James L Wilson Christopher Jones John Dowd Thomas H Odin Rose McLaughlin John A Brown George Glover and Elizabeth Holmes were admitted to probate. Letters of administration were taken out on the estates of Robert F Ready Edward Hodges James W Drake Kate Crorkin Abraham M Brigham Sarah Moreas Richard Sefton Clara Pfeffer Hannah Basto George W Lothrop Tilton E Emery and Mary A Ricker.

Mary Rogers Samuel Ford Mary Keelar James L. Wilson Christopher Jones John Dowd Thomas H Odin Rose McLaughlin John A. Brown George Glover Elizabeth Holmes Robert F. Ready Edward Hodges James W. Drake Kate Crorkin Abraham M. Brigham Sarah Moreas Richard Sefton Clara Pfeffer Hannah Basto George W. Lothrop Tilton E. Emery Mary A. Ricker

Drennan Waives Examination in Breakin Case Judge Palmenter

In a Boston session Judge Palmenter heard Charles J. Drennan waive examination on breaking and entering and hold him for trial in the superior criminal court at $1,000 bail. Other defendants faced various charges and fines across Brighton East Boston South Boston courts including malicious mischief assault indecent exposure and larceny with sentences ranging from fines to two months in the house of industry.

Palmenter Charles J. Drennan Superior Criminal Court Richard Connor John Roach James Sullivan Henry Barnes Brighton John Dillon East Boston Garrett Sullivan Bernard ¥. Melaney Fred Recommendus House of Industry South Boston George Sullivan Thomas O’donnell

Boston Land Transfers and Mortgages in 1883 1885

Notices list multiple property transfers and mortgage actions across Boston area. Entries name grantors, grantees, deed values, property sizes, and dates from February 1883 to March 1885, including South Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Brookline streets.

Charles Street Charles H. Wetmore Caroline Jackson Ray Street Ellen Gookin Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank Hulbert Street Worthington Street Kate Marcus Alfred H. Perkins Howes Ryder Edward H. Ryder Francis McGrath William Minot Edward D. Sohier Charles Norvell Charles C. Bragg Michael Mallen

Comical Fire Scenes At Albany Delavan House

An Albany Argus reporter described a slight fire in the Delavan house Albany. Most damaged rooms housed legislators whose odd antics drew laughs. Senators Lynde and Pitts, Ira Shafer, and others featured in humorous scenes while a blue book and a poodle were noted. The hazard proved past and observers enjoyed the spectacle.

Delavan Albany Albany Argus Senator Pitts Ira Shafer Shater Senator Lynde

Lease of the Eastern gains Boston and Maine control

Boston and Maine stockholders are told in a circular that leasing the Eastern railway secures immediate control of depots yards and deep water facilities in Boston avoids costly land purchases and raised tracks and links traffic with White Mountains summer resorts and Maine coast destinations while limiting their financial exposure to interest on fixed debts and net earnings sharing.

Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Boston White Mountains Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine

Creditors face mixed results from widespread business failures

The report details numerous insolvencies across the nation including Odd French & Co of St Louis with assets far below liabilities, Pfirman & Plan of Cincinnati facing large recoveries, assays of Boston grocers and exporters, and several firms in New York and Chicago announcing assets and deficits. Многие firms assign or default, with committees appointed to determine best courses for creditors.

Odd, French &Co St. Louis French Pfirman & Plan of Cincinnati Hoadly Albert A. Robinson Federal Street Boston Harris Gold Old Judge Wiley, Wickes & Wing New York City Wickes David W. McLean CEF Pel G. W. McLean New York New England Pacific States Canada W.T. Allen & Co Chicago Augustus Rice Continental Chrome Company George W. Rigby Newton George A. Hentz & Co Beach and Albany Streets George L. Wadsworth Grocer Auburndale L. P. Hagan Samuel Hecht & Co Nations Philadelphia Charles R. Brainard Pemberton Square Adams & Co Hawley Street Lucius .W. Miller & Co New Orleans J. M. de Cardenas Key West Fla J. H. Clingan Delaware Atkinson & Gilbert Searam Oakland Frank T. Fay Watertown Myers & Son General Merchants Marengo Rush & Geiger Gainsville Ala

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