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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1883

Page

3

Treasury circular on payment of bonds from 120th call

United States securities moved differently with 3s down 4 percent and currency 1 percent higher as of 1895. A Washington despatch dated March 27 announces the April 4 1883 redemption by the Treasury of bonds in the one hundred and twentieth call, totaling 5 000 090 dollars with interest to payment. Bonds must be presented by 10 a.m. the day before each redemption. excess beyond 5 million is deferred to the next date. Transmission should note the secretary of the treasury for redemption and the payee name. A closing-bid table for March 26 and 27 shows varied bids across coupon and registered bonds. The report also covers stock activity in Boston with notable moves in Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific and others along with earnings and lease discussions involving the Eastern railroad and the Boston and Maine. A Vermont Central railroad litigation end is reported, and Mexican Central bonds trade at 72 1/2 percent.

Treasury Department Washington D. C United States Department Secretary of the Treasury, Loan Division Washington, D. C Secretary of the Treasury Tdycob Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Louisiana Missouri Little Rock Fort Smith Eastern Railroad Company Eastern Railroad Boston and Maine Journal Maine Eastern Lynn Burlington Vermont Central Railroad Francis A. Brooks Vermont Central Railroad Company Central Vermont Railroad Company Mexican Central Southern Division Messrs. Perkins New York Prime Mercantile Chicago St. Louis New Orleans Fort Worth Denver Hannibal and St. Joe Texas and Pacific Burlington and Quincy Richmond and Danville New York Lackawanna and Western Stock Exchange Central Pacific Michigan Central St. Paul Rio Grande Antil Mutual Unition Canada Southern Sierra Grande Robinson Sonora Belle Isle Iron Ltanssactions The Delaware & Hud Denver & Biog Han Louisville& Nash Lake Erie&w Manhattan Memphis & C Missouri Pacific Northwestern New Jersey Northern Pacific Ohio & Missisippi Ontario & West Ohio Central Pacific Mail Peoria Phila Jad Milwauke St.p St. P Texas Ch Bur & Q

Brokers' Board Sales March 27 Bond Prices and Closing Quotes

Market totals show bond prices and closing sales with values for multiple issues including A. T. & R. C. 73, Chi & Q 4s, KCSJ & CB73, Mex. C. %, NY&NE.7s, Northern Pa 6s, and Sonora 7s. Railroading equities list Bos & Albany, Boston & Maine, Chi Bu&Q, Fitchburg, Lou & Mo, Mass. Yen, N.Y.&N.E., and Western lines with varying bid and ask figures. Mining firms Atlantic Min., Osceola, Anouez, Quincy, San Pedro, and Catalpa appear with share quotes.

Ee Ee Ee Hig St. Lo St. Mar A. T O. Chi & Q Silo Ny&ne Bos & Mame A Chi Bu& Q Fitchburg Lou & Mo Rive Lou& Mo N.Y N. KE Old Colony Bosw P Bel Tel Boston Gas Bay St Tel Co Bos & Nor Tel Aie Io Atlantic Anouez Ice Osceola Quincy Oo San Pedro Catalpa

Market Summary From Despatch to the Boston Post

Despatch reports New York markets on March 27 with money on call ease due to April government bond payments. Stocks closed dull yet firm, led by railroad issues such as Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans and Texas and Pacific land grants. Trading volume low at about 15,000 shares, with notable declines in Central Pacific and Michigan Central and a partial rally midday before general weakness returned.

Breadstuffs Flour and Grain Market Report

Market news shows daily prices steady across flour and grain sectors with small lot trade. Prices quoted include western superfine at 3 50 to 3 75 per barrel. Minnesota bakers brands 5 25 to 5 50. winter patents 6 78 to 7. corn meal 38 315 bbl. oats steady with western 6 25 6 50. rye 80 to 93c. barley quiet. mill feeds firm. butter cheese eggs varied by region. vegetables and fruits mixed with steady to firm quotations across many items.

Boston Daily Boston Shorts Liverpool Elgin New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Creamery New State Dairy Chicago Minnesota Illinois St Louis Indiana Ohio Canada West Vermont New York Western Creamery Fallinade Choice Canada New Brunswick Nova Scotia Maine Aroostook County Red Top Western New Orleans City Southern Huegorc Rio Martinique United Continent South America Tym ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo

Retail Prices at Faneuil Hall Markets

Retail price list from Faneuil Hall markets dated Wednesday March 28 shows steady to firm prices across fresh meats, pork and poultry, with slight advances in hams and rib items. Fruits vegetables and dairy display broader assortment and mixed moves, while fish prices remain mostly steady except shad and striped bass.

Faneuil Hall Philadelphia Vermont Bermuda Martinoes Malaga

Wholesale Goods Listings From Glasgow and Yarmouth

A dense inventory list from Glasgow and Yarmouth shows numerous firms and items in transit. Entries include bbis spirits, domestics, beef, canned goods, hides, paper stock, mackerel, mdse cases, and large iron shipments, with steamer connections and multiple firms like W Wheeler, J W Holbrook, Bernd Bros, Mackintire Lawrie, Ewing Bros, and Shepard Norwell noted. The record reads like a harbor and wholesaler ledger detailing quantities, consignors, and destinations across regions.

Bbis Leonard & Clark Wheewright & Co Holbrook Bbis Beef North M Y Henderson Hill & Cutler Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Moors & Co Andrews Boston Dyewood Co Dana, Stoddard & Kendall Brown Bros & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Bates Ing Bros & Co Ewing Bros & Co H & L Chase Allan & Co van Low & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Yarmouth Steamer New Brunswick Miller

Steamer City Point clears with mixed cargo from Annapolis

Foreign Exxports at Annapolis and Yarmouth report Steamer City Point cleared March 27 with cargo including dry goods, machinery, tea, coffee, pork, and oils. Steamer New Brunswick clears March 27 with meals, flour, bait, ship supplies, and packed goods. Schooner Viola clears March 27 from Grand Menan with 90 quintals loose codfish.

Annapolis City Point Yarmouth New Brunswick Edson Manila Grand Menan Viola

Receipts of Staple Products From Multiple Railroads

A historical ledger lists shipments by Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Old Covey, Boston and Albany, Providence, and other lines. It details quantities of cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, barley, beans, peas, lard, butter, eggs, bacon, meat, sugar, tea, coffee, hides, leather, and more across dates and routes, reflecting widespread trade and supply activity.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Covey Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad Boston Lowell Maine Albany Fitchburg Eastern New York New England Providence Old Colony N. B

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report March 27

Live stock and price data from Watertown Union Market reported by George J. Fox for the Boston Post. Cattle, sheep, lambs, swine, and horses shown with quantities by state, rail car counts, and price ranges for beef, store cattle, swine, and hides. notes on quality classifications and age groups.

Watertown Union The Boston Post George J. Fox

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and commodities notes

Cotton prices ease across markets with mixed receipts and steady to dull tone in New York and Southern ports. Grain and flour fluctuate with March deliveries and spot prices, while Chicago hogs and cattle trade closes softer on overall demand.

London and Liverpool Wheat and Market Reports

London reports weak demand for wheat and corn with few bidders and holiday tone for cargoes. Mixed American corn offered for March and April, prices around 28s, market quiet in England and France. Liverpool grain prices shift lower with various grades. Receipts show large weekly wheat deliveries. Cotton in Liverpool dull, futures weak. Havana market displays stable sugar and fair demand for Spanish gold.

London Beerbohm Liverpool Michigan England de Orleans Havana

Goodrich H Bush Case Before Judge Colt

The case of Goodrich H Bush indicted for frauds on internal revenue laws removing spirits from his Westfield distillery and stamping packages without cancelling stamps was resumed. Counsel Gen Butler and Prentiss Cummings were absent. Henry W Ely of Westfield conducted the defense from the outset. The government closed its case and the defense opened. The court adjourned at noon.

Goodrich H. Bush Internal Revenue Westfield Gen. Butler Prentiss Cummings Henry W. Ely

Libel in U S court over seaman wages injury on schooner Norman

March 27 hearing before Judge Nelson in Windsor Nova Scotia to Philadelphia voyage dispute. Seaman McCarthy alleges gasket failure caused skull fracture and paralysis after being struck on ship in motion. Claims worn gasket known to master but not replaced. seeks $6063 wages and $5000 damages for master’s negligence. Parties dispute pleadings and joining wage and tort counts. Testimony concluded. jurors excused for one week.

Boston Richmond Philadelphia C. T. Russell, Jr Frank Goodwin Traverse

Arraignment on Counterfeiting Case Continued to Thursday

Before Commissioner Hallett Demetrio Bella faced arraignment on a continuance for counterfeiting. The case was further continued to Thursday next at 10 o clock.

Hallett Demetrio Bella

Supreme Judicial Court March 27 cases in chambers

The Supreme Judicial Court session before Chief Justice Morton and justices handles Union Pacific railroad company versus Credit Mobilier of America and a separate matter Lewis P. Bartlett versus Lewis P. Bartlett Jr trustee. A mortgage dispute over a 1859 note to Lorenzo Locke for complainant’s wife, her administrator after her 1873 death, with Locke’s 1881 death affecting parties. Decision reserved for full bench.

Supreme Judicial Court Commonwealth Morton Field C. Allen Colburn Holmes Union Pacific Railroad Company Credit Mobilier of America Sidney and Francis Bartlett Wm. F. Russell George Putnam Chambers Devens Lewis P. Bartlett Lewis P. Bartlett, Jr Lorenzo Locke Locke Wm. B. Durant John H. Hardy

Trial of Geer v Boston and Lo well railroad underway in Middlesex County

Superior Court session before Judge Barker covers an action of tort for damages from a train collision near West Roxbury junction. Henry E Geer claims injuries after rear cars struck during movement. Defendants argue passenger seating not fixed. Hearing continues. lawyers include Stevens Conant Carmichael for plaintiff and George George Richardson for defendants. Municipal court notes outline multiple assault cases, shopkeeping on Sunday, weapon assault, and larceny with varying fines and remands.

Henry E. Geer Boston and Lowell Railroad West Roxbury Junction Lawrence Boston George Stevens Conant and Carmichael John H. George George F. Richardson McCafferty Joseph Clark Bartholomew Neadon House of Correction Joseph Mallon Bunker Hill John McCarthy Roxbury Court George Charles H. Shepard Superior Martin Maley

Hearing on Cape Cod Ship Canal incorporation petition

The hearing on the petition of William Seward Jr and others for incorporation as the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company will be held on Tuesday April 3 at 10 A. M. in the designated court.

William Seward, Jr Cape Cod Ship Canal Company

Bartlett Stevenson Wedding in Boston Events

Notices of marriages in Boston on March 24 William L Bartlett to Elizabeth Stevenson James Gilbert to Minnie Payton and William P Hartshorn to Nellie M Pike announced by reverends in Medford and Boston contexts involving local couples with dates in March.

Bartlett—Stevenson Boston Henry Morgan James L Bartlett Elizabeth Stevenson Gilbert—Payton Allen Brown William Gilbert Minnie Payton Hartshorn—Pike Medford R P Ambler William P Hartshorn Nellie M Pike

Lease Clarifies Railroad Consolidation Fines and Provisions

The article reviews the New Hampshire law on railroad consolidation, correcting a misimpression that penalties were only a $1 fine. It details that two rival corporations may not consolidate without legislative approval, and that violations incur fines up to $500 plus injunctions. It also touches on related federal cases and notes regional railroad developments and a public notes section.

Land and mortgage transfers in Boston and Roxbury 1883

Property deals across Beacon Street Roxbury and West Roxbury include Beacons Street purchase by Francis Higginson for 20250 and Linus Child mortgage deals totaling thousands. Transactions list land buildings mortgages in Boston Revere Winthrop and Brighton Street and related parcels dated February through March 1883.

Beacon Street Boston Roxbury Mill Corporation Francis J. Higginson Fulton Street Linus M. Child William C. Blake Maria Catherine Blake Brook Avenue Hiram B. Robinson Hugh A. Madden Bowdoin Street Beacon Hill Charles Cullis Faith Mission Brighton Street John O’rourke Ann Jane Burns Pleasant Street Caleb A. Curtis James T. Eldridge Downer Street Patrick Murray Francis Mealey Dudley Street Ellen G. King James Krows Maria C. Blake Et al Holyoke Street Back Bay Catherine C. Jones Artemus W. Gates Roxbury Vernon Street Alphonso Brooks Augustus B. Farley

Residential and commercial buildings listed by ward on Meridian and related streets

A compilation of properties with owners and details: Brick J Henry Stevenson dwellings and offices on Meridian Street and Central Square. A Woods Machine Company dwelling on Dorr Street. Charles Faulkner mercantile six story flats on Pearl Street and Atlantic Avenue. N M Jewett family hotel on Clarendon Street. Wooden Geo W Hargrave dwellings on Marion Street. Gustin N Bartusch five dwellings on Lamartine Street. James Galvin dwelling on Magazine Street. Ambrose H Abbott dwelling on Pratt Street.

J. Henry Stevenson Meridian Street Central Square A. Woods Machine Company Dorr Street Earl Street Charles Faulkner Mercantile Pearl Street Atlantic Avenue N.M. Jewett Clarendon Street W. Hargrave Marion Street Gustin N. Bartusch Lamartine Street Roys James Galvin Magazine Street Ambrose H. Abbott Pratt Street Linden

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