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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1888

Page

7

Market Report on Farm Goods and Livestock Prices

There is a slow movement in SwEeEr POTATOES at 450 for extra Jersey extras. Hay prices hold with choice at 17 18, fair to good 15 16, East fine 12 15, poor to ordinary 12 14. Oat and rye straws listed. Poultry steady. turkeys, chickens, and fowls quoted with varying grades. Game markets quiet. grouse, quail, ducks, mallards, teal, and geese priced by type and region.

Bush Burbanks Hebrons Peerless White Brooks MacIntires Champion Regents East Swale

Market summary of butter and eggs across cities

Butter prices show activity in Elgin at 89 cents with 1600 pounds sold. St Louis butter steady. Eggs strong at 121 cents and 138 cents in other listings. Cincinnati butter firm at 32 cents and eggs firm at 14 cents. New York butter and cheese unchanged with eggs firm at 154 cents for Eastern firsts and 1544 ldiec for Western markets.

Elgin St. Louis Cincinnati New York

Truck Market Roundup Highlights Stable Prices Across Produce

A fair demand for truck shows little price movement. Key West onions fetch 2 560 275 per crate with Bermudas at 83 325. Southern cabbage at 275 per crate. Florida tomatoes slow at 175 for small and 250 to 275 per barrel. Kale around 1 50 per bushel. native spinach and dandelions priced modestly. various native vegetables quoted per barrel, box, or ton including onions cabbage beets squash turban carrots lettuce parsnips and celery with noted prices.

Key West Florida Norfolk St Andrews

Fruit Prices Reported Across Oranges Lemons and Apples

Market notes show Florida oranges sold at auction with varied prices and several steamer cargo fruits moving at mixed rates. Palermo and Valencia oranges, Messina fruits, and lemons are quoted with multiple container and case prices. Cranberries remain scarce with Cape Cod prices listed for different pack sizes.

H. Harris & Co Florida Valencia Catalonia Benison Palermo Tallman Sweets Messina Cape Cod

Meat market reports steady pork and beef prices across listings

Prices for pork cuts remain steady with long cuts at 17.25 to 17.75 per unit and various trimmings quoted. Beef shows a slow movement with extra plate at 8.50 to 9.00 and beef hams at 21.50, while receipts rise. Lambs and mutton prices soften as lambs rise in volume and beef remains largely unchanged.

Friesa Chicago Brighton

Mixed Market Signals for Sugar and Tallow Prices

Sugar markets show steady raw prices with refined activity and granulated steady at 6 9 1 cent. Pulversized and confectioners grades quoted. wholesale granulated at 7 9 cent. Tallow remains steady with city rendered at 4 3 4 to 4 3 4 cent and country at 4 4 4 cent. Molasses and turpentine futures cited along with petroleum, rosin, and tar quotes.

Manilas Lloilos Javas Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos New York London

Market Reports From New York Trade Centers March

Flour and wheat receipts with exports and sales listed, including No 2 spring at 89c and No 2 red at 89 4 4c. Spot corn and oats prices show weakness, with white and mixed Western varieties mixed in. Petroleum firm at 95 7 8 cents, pork and beef markets weak, butter steady, cheese quiet, and various average prices for rosin, potatoes, and turpentine.

New York Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Ric Lovee United Peerless Burbank City Extra India Tierces Western Western

Grain and market summary across Chicago St Louis notes

Wheat lower and nerves steady across major markets as Chicago reports No 2 red at 82c and wobbling flour, while St Louis staggers with flour firm and pork at 14 to 14 26. Cincinnati and Milwaukee echo softer barley and weak provisions with mixed ship and receipt figures. Minneapolis shows No 1 hard at 76-77c and No 2 Northern 72-73c amid quiet demand.

Western Liverpool Lake Straits Chicago ST. Louis Barney Cincinnati Toledo Milwaukee Minneapolis

Cotton Market Wrap from New York to Liverpool

New York spot cotton ease with middling at 10 cents and lows near 2.5. Futures opened and closed quiet, March and May journeys around 9.6 to 9.8. Liverpool dull with uplands at 69s and Orleans at 6 7 16d. futures steady across several months. Regional receipts and stocks listed, with broad market tone described as easy to dull across cities including New Orleans, Houston, and Philadelphia.

New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Dull Galveston New Orleans Mobile Soo Memphis Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Savannah Charleston Louisville Great Britain France United States

Hog and Cattle Markets From St Louis Peoria Chicago

Market reports show hogs firmer in St Louis with Yorkers at around 490 to 515 and packers at 510 to 540. Peoria notes hogs steady near 505 to 546. Chicago cattle and hogs mixed with steadier cattle and stronger hog demand. steer prices 325 to 315, cows and bulls 230 to 350, Texas cattle 225 to 400. Hog receipts in Chicago around 14 000 with heavy and light categories rising. sheep and lambs also moving with natives and Western weights trading higher or easier in spots.

ST. Louis Marsh Peoria Chicago Texas

Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool

Beerbohm notes cargoes off coast with weak demand for wheat and corn. London markets quiet while Paris and Antwerp show steady wheat and mixed prices. Liverpool bread stuffs hold firm with steady pork and cheese. futures for wheat and corn fluctuate as weather worsens in England.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Imports and Exports March 20 1888 Arroyo PA

A historical ledger style list records the brig Olive Branch 218 with 23 tierces molasses Bates and Barnet. Steamer Gothenburg City 3214 steel billets 4711 do bars Norway Steel and Iron co 309 do do Naylor & co 1405 steel billets etc. Entries include Baring Bros & co J B Moors & co and Wright Bros consignments of glassware rags rags flax tow potatoes beans and moise for Baltimore.

Arroyo Olive Branch Hollings & Co Farley & Sons Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Moors

Exports March 20 1888 Barbadoes and St Andrews NB

Shipping report lists schooners Florence and Alhambra with cargoes of vegetables, codfish, beef, smoked fish, lager, starch, canned goods, lard, crackers, tobacco, butter, pork and other items. Items include 480 ton Florence voyage to Barbadoes and 25 pony carriages noted with assorted goods loaded at St Andrews NB, 1888.

Barbadoes Bwi Florence St, Andrews Alhambra

Trustees seek allowance of seventh account in Fletcher estate

The Suffolk Probate Court is notified that Samuel E Sewall and George A Dary, trustees under Richard Fletcher's will, have filed the seventh account. An appearance is required on March 26, 1888 at ten o'clock in Boston to show cause why the account should be allowed. The citation will be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks.

Samuel E.sewall George A. Dary Julia I. Jones Boston Suffolk Boston Post Joan W. McKie Elijah George Register William Minot Therm Harriet K. Bayley Dedham of Norfolk Groves Wri Esquire Jonathan Cobb

Sunday Train Schedules for Weymouth Plymouth and Beyond

Train times show departures from Weymouth Mingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury and Plymouth at 9.15 am with returns in late afternoon. Fall River via Brockton and Taunton service lists 4.45 am and 7 pm returns. Newport and South Braintree routes appear with morning departures and evening returns, plus Taunton and Middleboro connections. GEO L CONNOR is General Passenger Agent.

Old Colony Boston Old State House New York Ball River Line Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Wearmouth Sandwich Return Braintree Cottage City New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington West Pininey M. Return West Quincy Easteymouth and Weymouth East Weymouth Weymouth Ate Japan Militen Mattapan Neponset Milton Mattapoisett Middleboro Nantucket Wood’s Hall Plymouth Duxbury Quincy Hanover and Rockland Hanover Whitman Wollaston Heights West Bridgewater Cochesert South Easton Wood Bridgewater Jin Uzzard’s Bay Aim Buzzard’s Bay Provincetown Chatham Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Hingham Fall Isiver Taunton Morrison Square Newport North Easton Stoughton Randolph South Duxbury Central Station Dean Street Weymouths Mingham Scituate Marshfield Fall River South Braintree Ledford Geo. L. Connor Gen. Pass

Port List of Goods at Halifax Weymouth Yarmouth and More

A fragmented inventory from multiple vessels and ports in Nova Scotia lists shipments and cargoes including flour drums codfish herring corn beef and lard along with dry goods hardware and household items. Entries show schooners Lackawanna General Middleton and M C Rowe plus steamer Yarmouth with cargoes from Halifax Weymouth and Yarmouth NS and include quantities such as 75 barrels flour 132 sacks and 600 boxes herring among others.

Halifax Middleton Yarmouth Weymouth M C Rowe

Staple Goods Receipts Across Multiple Railroads

A lengthy 1888 Boston and Albany to New England rail network tally lists hundreds of items per railroad including cotton, wool, flour, oats, beef, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, and lard. Numerous bales, barrels, boxes, cases, and cars accompany totals for Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine routes.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County March 14

Transactions listed for Malden Leverett Wellington Beacon Washington Columbus Roxsbury and Dorchester items include land and buildings on various street fronts. Buyers include James P Barlow Lydia C Brownell Chester Guild John D McLaurin Richard C Flower Henry M Whitney and James A McAuley with mortgages to John Hancock Edward A White Worcester Savings Institution Law rence Curtis and others. Amounts shown range from $1 to $86000 and reflect purchases and mortgages.

Suffolk County Malden Street James P. Barlow Francis G. Coughlan John Hancock Life Insurance Company Leverett Street Lydia C. Brownell George Going Edward A. White Wellington Street Richard F. Briggs Charles R. Batt Beacon Street Chester Guild John H. Haines Washington Street John D. McLaurin Helen M. Sands Joseph Brewer Ben I. Gilbert Elihu White Sarah W. Glover John L. Ayer Columbus Avenue Richard C. Flower R. C. Flower Medical Company Roxsbury Henry M. Whitney Laurinda C. Whitney Falmouth Street Lawrence Curtis Ditto Worcester Savings Institution Dorchester James A. McAuley Fannie Brown Corbett Street Reuben Green

Mortgage notices for Fairfield Gilbert and Washington street property

George F. Mortgages serenates Fairfield Gilbert a mortgage on land and buildings at 122 Newton Street dated March 14 for 4600 dollars. John W. Sands et al to Reather J. McLaurin mortgage on land and buildings on the southeast erly side of Washington Street dated March 14 for 1100 dollars.

George F. Serenates Fairfield Gilbert Newton Street John W. Sands Et al Reather J. McLaurin Washington Street

American Bell Telephone Company dividend notification

Dividend of three dollars per share payable on Saturday April 14 1888 to stockholders of record at close of business March 1 1888. Transfer books closed March 24 27 and April 2 14. Treasurer William Driver Boston March 14 1884.

William

Cushman & Co Dissolved Partnership

Copartnership heretofore existing under the firm name Cushman & Co is dissolved this day by mutual agreement. F Cushman and H G Cushman sign as dissolvers on March 20, 1888.

Cushman & Co F. Cushman H. G. Cushman

Petition for Trustee Appointment Under Will in Middlesex County

Henry Collins of Brookline Norfolk petitions for appointment as trustee under a deceased's will proved in court. A hearing at Cambridge Middlesex takes place on the fourth Tuesday of March at 9 am. Notice to the public will be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with final publication two days before court. Judge George M. Brooks presides. Register J. H. Tyler notes.

Henry Collins Brookline Norfolk Cambridge Middlesex Boston Post Boston George M. Brooks Esquire J. H. Tyler Register Edward W. Howe Grover M. Brooks

Probate Court Citation for Frank Coleman Bond

To the next of kin and creditors in the estate of Michael Coleman deceased intestate Boston Suffolk County You are cited to appear at the Probate Court Boston March 26 1838 to grant administration on the estate of Frank Coleman without bond The applicant must publish this citation weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks with the final notice at least two days before the court George Register

Benjamin Ellis Mary D. Ellis Monmouth Kennebec Maine Suffolk Boston & Albany Railroad Company Boston Boston Post Joan W. Moki Esquire Elijah George Register Matthew V. Pierce Milton Dedham of Norfolk Grerce Whitsquire Jonathan Cobb Commonwealth OF Massachus Michael Coleman Frank Coleman Joan W. McKim AH George Commonwealth OF Massachu Peter Finnegan Margaret ¥. Finnegan Finnigan

License to Sell Estate Pending Debts in 1888

Charles M. Gay as administrator petitions the court for license to sell the entire real estate of the deceased to pay debts and charges. The hearing is set for April 2 1888 at 10 am. Notice requires publication in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks. Elijah George, Register.

George Gay Steuben Maine Charles M. Gay Admi Boston

Insolvency Notice for Edmund K Davies of Boston

The undersigned assignee William Tyner invites creditors to the second meeting of the creditors of Edmund K Davies an insolvent debtor to be held at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk on April 6 1888 at ten in the forenoon to prove claims and participate.

Edmund K. Davies Boston Suffolk William Tyner

Boston Post Legal Advertising Notice

The Boston Post presents legal advertising with careful court reporting. Advertisers should designate the Post as the paper for notices and ensure proofs are returned to attorneys the day after publication.

Boston Post Post Boston

Express Sunday and Weekday Train Schedule Framingham to Boston

Train times listed for Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Sierlin West Sterling Bolton Pratt's Bunction and Boston return routes. Saturday and Sunday runs include specific departure times and notes for exceptions.

Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Pam Southboro Northboro Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Sierlin West Sterlin Bolton Pratt Kreturn Boston Newton Lower Fa Lo Pa Wellesley Hills Worcester Newton Highlands Oston Etrookline A. S. Hanson H. ST. Gallup Pass

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