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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1883

Page

3

Dull Boston Stock Market Sees Mixed Rail and Tech Moves

The Boston market opened modestly firm then softened. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rose to 24 but eased. Chicago Burlington and Quincy moved to 1243 1244. Union Pacific faded to 96. Eastern Boston and Maine lease nears completion with minimal opposition in Maine. New Hampshire rails face anti monopoly talk. Bell Telephone advances amid legal wins. mining stays quiet though Coxheath mine reports weekly ore gains.

Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Buti Chicago Burlington and Quincey Union Pacific Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Mexican Central Mexican Central Railway Chihuahua Marquette Houghton Outonagon Toledo St. Louis Flint Pere Marquette Maine Eastern New Hampshire Col. French New York New England Col American Bell ‘Telephone United States Trenton N. J Nixon Bell Telephone Company Andrew Albright John J. Ghegan Newark Ghegan People’s ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company Bell Alexander Graham Bell People's Telephone and Telerep Company 8. D. Oliphant Bell Company United States Supreme Court Coxheath

Wall Street Opens With Irregular Notes and Western Union Suit

Despatch reports Money on call at 6 percent with 6 7 percent prime mercantile paper. Government and state bonds firm, rail stocks uneven as Texas incomes slip and Union Telegraph dispute looms. Gould defends consolidation at Western Union suit, claiming valid meetings and increased stock value. Market closes irregular and generally weak with mining dull and large volume.

New York London Paris United States Boston Post Prime Mercantile Texas Jey Gould Williams Western Union Telegraph Company Western Union American Union Atlantic and Pacific Gould Bates Hatch Buffalo Philadelphia Chesapeake and Ohio Lake Shore Richmond Danville San Francisco Iron Mountain Ohio Central Texas and Pacific Land Grant Colummbus Chicago Indiana Central Erie St. Paul Michigan Central Minneapolis Manitoba Rochester Are Central Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacifics Northern Pacific Harlem Navajo Bodie J.C Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver & Rio G Btaig Hant Jo Bay Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Memphis& C New Jersey Ohio Rmea Peoria Phila Read Bal Big Oregon Trans.Co Big Ag of Koch. & Pitts Fe East Tenn Siumal Union

Market Dull on Flour and Grain Trade Across Regions

The market shows steady to dull movement with no notable shifts in flour grades from Western supertine to Michigan and Illinois straights. Butter and cheese varied in price, eggs easing, and cornmeal and oats trading with modest activity. cotton and sugar markets hold uneven but stable sentiment amid general quiet in commodities and ports data.

Bsc Canada Canada West Vermont New York Choice Maine

Imports at Boston and Antwerp cargoes listed

In Boston imports include cement hogs, skins, bales of wool and hides, sundries, paper, rope, and bottled beer from firms such as Rathbone, Brown Bros, Baring, Henderson, J S Morgan, Stoddard Lovering, Richards & Sona, and others. Belgian Antwerp steamship Nymphan carries 1800 tons wire rods unloaded by Naylor & Co with assorted goods.

Boston London Eng York City Rathbone & Co Brown Bros & Co Baring Bros & Co Morgan & Co Henderson Bros & Co Moors & Co Pacific Mills Antwerp Nymphan—u Naylor & Co

Foreign Exports Listed from Sydney and Liverpool Voyages

A Commerce summary shows Bark Addict Sleeper cleared March 29 with tar, tobacco, nails, and rations totaling numerous cases and bales across Sydney items including tools, furniture, and machinery. Liverpool steamers Tilyrian and Jowa cleared March 23 and 28 carry butter, beef, lard, cotton, cattle, and meat products among varied cargo, while St Pierre and St John minor entries note cleared vessels and assorted goods.

Sydney Nsw SGO Liverpool Eng Jowa Rae Tee Regulus Cassey Snutton ST Pierre Mar ST John Susie Prescott

Market Report Cotton and Grain Across Several Ports

Distillations of cotton futures and various grain markets from Wilmington to Detroit show mixed activity. New York steady at mid upland prices, flour and wheat shifting with export demand, while Chicago and St Louis report varied pork, hog, and corn futures amid evolving supply.

Bales Wilmington Ligstock Eeessee Ees Mid Great Britain France Sige Sciencerese ATI Chelain United States Ville

London and Liverpool Market Reports and Medical Adverts

London wheat, flour, and commodity prices show quiet trading with steady to firmer tones in March trading. Liverpool cotton sales reach 119,000 bales amid varied receipts and futures. An unrelated medical ad promotes Dr Graves’s Heart Regulator for heart disease symptoms and relief.

Turkey Valencia Palermo Messina Florida Malaga Manila Superior Manila Cienfuegos Porto Rico Boston New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans London Beerbohm The Merchantn’ Exchange United Kingdom Iverpool California Avetai Elddee Clendinning

Council Bluffs Railway Push Sparks Regional Race

A new Council Bluffs and Northern railroad company forms with a board of directors and plans a northeast line crossing major lines near Denison and Storm Lake. Two rival routes, the Diagonal and Merrill's Toledo Oskaloosa and Western, race to reach Council Bluffs with subsidies and surveys in progress. The Diagonal boasts 370 miles of road and aims to reach the city by August, while other projects probe possible paths toward St. Joe or Kansas City amid a flurry of speculation and funding talks.

Council Bluffs Diagonal Goy Merrill Toledo Oskaloosa Western Winterset Bluffs St. Joe Kansas City Des Moines Osceola Southern Davis City Decatur County Chicago and Alton St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha Chicago and Northwestern Denver and Rio Grande Indiana Bloomington and Cambridge Railroad Edward Cobb Boston Ola Colony Railroad South Boston Mason Car Manufacturing Company Springfield Elegan Court of Common Pleas New York Ry. Morgan Union Pacific P. A. Rogers Troy and Boston Railroad Boston, Hoorac Tunnel Cornelius Vanderbilt Detroit Michigan Central Canada Sersemeers

Boston Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages 1883

A compendium of quitclaims mortgages and transfers across Boston districts including Tremont Street Newbury Street Brighton Street East and West Roxbury Charlestown Roslindale Saugus and Winthrop listing names such as Patrick Fitzpatrick Catherine Morris Reuben Smith George Abbott Ellen Wheaton Davis King and others. Auction sales include Sullivan Bros. & Libbie and Samuel Watch & Co. with amounts from 1 to 19 300 dollars. Attachments recorded March 27 28 1883 against real estate.

Tremont Street Minor S. Lincoln Massachusetts Horticultural Society Newbury Street Walter Sunnewell Ezra H. Baker Brighton Street Reuben Smith Et al Wm. C. French Reuben Smith Gerge Abbott Boston Marion Street Patrick Fitzpatrick George W. Hargrave Paris Street Catherine Morris Robert Hodson, Jr Border Street Ellen W. Wheaton Patrick Morrison Dorchester Wesley Avenue Patrick Finley Catherine FE. Finley South Broadway Davis P. King Sumner Pratt Sullivan Bros. & Libbie Decatur Street Thomas H. Hallam Samuel Watch & Co Dartmouth Street Appleton Street Charles A. Jones Lawrence Street Albert J. Bainford Kh. Knights & Co Ashburton Andrew F. Leatherbee Samuel P. Faulkner Heal Samuel Appleton Chicago Cook County Milnois Annie M. Appleton Samuel Abbie L Hartwell Bedford Massachusetts Suffolk Roxbury Garbett & Woods Avon Alice St. Ellis Harriet Everett Street East R. H. Eddy Annie M. Jones Annie M Appleton Esther J. Jones Abbie L. Harswell Mortuagee BR. L. Day & CO Housatonic Rrailhoad Company Bridgeport Conn Ucghardes K. Averill Miso Wm.g. Brooks St Firemen’s Fire Insurance Comp’y OF Congress Street Henry C. Short National Bank OF Commerce OF Boston G. W. Harris Prescott Insurance Company F. H. Stevens Boston, March 28, 1883. Mbh23 6T the Neuil National Bank OF EH Faneuidston T. G. Hiler Bostor Suffolk National Bank Edw Tyler Mount Vernon National Bank OF Boston Chauncy Street REI Merchants National Bank G. HU. Chan

Importers seek limited bonded whisky imports into Canada

J T Pratt of Louisville with Canadian financiers met Canadian ministers to seek permission for a defined quantity of American whiskey to be imported into Canada in bonded warehouses under strict controls. Possible points include Ontario city and a Quebec facility with goods arriving via rail and river routes. action under government review.

United States Ottawa Ont J. T. Pratt Louisville National Spirit and Wine Association of Dominion Ontario Quebec Baltimore Philadelphia St. Lawrence Kentucky Detroit River Windsor Buffalo Niagara Falls Montreal

Rumors Place Gen Gordon for Florida Senate Seat

A Jacksonville lawyer says Gen Gordon could become Florida's next senator as Senator Call's term ends in 1885. He notes Gordon's popularity and a clean record, contrasting with Senator Jones who is viewed less favorably due to the election tie and his self made image amid Florida politics.

Call Gen. Gordon Jacksonville Florida Harn Jones Senate

French infantry to drop epaulettes for gold braid knots

A ministerial decree ends the gold epaulette for infantry. Officers will wear a dolman with heavy brandebourgs and a kepi, replacing the tight tunic and shako. Shoulder knots of gold braid indicate rank as in the artillery, signaling a broader move toward new dress for common soldiers.

Europe

Rival Republican Lines Drawn Over Tariff Debates

The Brooklyn Eagle notes Boston Herald confuses tariff debate with Sam Randallism but distinguishes between Randallism spread in Pennsylvania and nationwide Republicanism. It also endorses Bull’s Cough Syrup, citing strong demand at 25 cents a bottle.

The Brooklyn Eagle Dem Boston Herald Sam

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