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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1887
Page
7
Prices quoted for fresh beef and other meats include choice steers at 10 to 23 dollars, extra heavy hinds 9 to 11 dollars, rounds and loins 10 to 18 cents per pound, and various lambs, mutton, and veal grades ranging from 4 to 15 cents. Several lot sizes and prices appear for nearby lots and stock.
The Norfolk boat will bring 240 boxes of oranges and two refrigerators of strawberries, while the steamer Pontiac sails Thursday. Cargo totals include Messina oranges 7500 boxes, Messina lemons 7000, Palermo oranges 4200, lemons 8100, with the fortapata arriving in Philadelphia carrying 6000 Messina oranges and 1500 Messina lemons. Apple prices listed for Baldwin, Northern Spy, and russets. nuts and dried apples pricing also noted.
Liverpool cotton futures opened steady and closed quiet with multiple near term spreads listed. Spot markets showed solid business on hardening rates with large bale movements. New York prices for uplands and middlings noted. Pipeline certificates show fluctuating values and activity. sugar and molasses markets described as firm with varied grade quotes and refinery pricing.
The weekly Brighton and Watertown cattle market shows totals for cattle, sheep, and hogs along with arrivals to Watertown yards. It lists prices for market beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides and tallow, plus numerous cattle droves from Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York and western states with dozens of sale figures and buyer names.
Western sheep and Maine cattle trade at Watertown and Brighton yards show steady prices with mixed activity. Notable sales include 14 oxen at Union Market and multiple lots of Western steers, with buyers aiming for both home consumption and export markets amid embargo discussions in Boston.
New York March 30 Flour receipts and exports noted with firm white wheat values. Wheat receipts 112,200 bushels with No 2 red around 92 cents to 93 1/4, No 3 red about 89 3/4 to 90 cents, No 2 white near 94 3/4 delivered. Corn steady, rye and barley subdued amid mixed export figures.
Market wires report oats, coffee, sugar, molasses and oils held firm or steady with mixed movements in wheat and corn across Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Detroit. Pork and lard show varied pricing as receipts and shipments shift regionally.
Market notes from St Louis Kansas City and Chicago show hog prices mixed with declines in St Louis while Kansas City reports steady sales. Chicago lists weak cattle and slower hogs with varied prices for steers cows and sheep and light demand.
Net receipts at Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville show firm or steady markets with varied gross and net figures. Exports to coastwise Great Britain France and continent drive stocks and prices across ports.
Steamer Pontiac from Palermo 4541 pkgs fruit A S and J Brown and co 7869 do order. From Messina 6901 pkgs fruit A S and J Brown and co 7250 do do 15 pipes lemon juice 6514 cases essences order.
Buffalo cleared March 26 with 100 bbls sugar 50 tierces bacon 125 bbls beet 44 bbls 1000 half-bbls lard and related goods exported to New York via March 30 report.
Detailed ledger of quantities received by several railroads in March 1887 including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Vitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions and Boston & Lowell. Items include cotton wool flour corn oats wheat millfeed butter eggs bacon lard cheese leather hides pelts potatoes hay lumber and various bins and sacks with numerous counts and units.
The entry lists cargo counts by route and material including eggs, cars, lumber, leather, apples, potatoes, bags, and bundles. Quantities are given per express and sea shipments with cases, barrels, and rolls noted for each item and route.
London and Liverpool release show wheat and corn steady to quiet with mixed demand. Shipping totals include 1,901,900 quarters of wheat on passage to the UK and 342,000 to the continent, with prices cited for Calcutta and Danubian goods. wool sales at London and Havana sugar trade noted.
Middlesex jail release notes end the Robinson poisoning case chapter as Thomas L Smith walks free on $5000 bail and Dr Beers gains similar freedom. Authorities plan Mrs Robinsons trial in June while Smith and Beers are expected to testify for the government.
An advertisement extols Epps Cocoa as leading to better digestion and stronger health. It praises cocoa’s nourishment and quotes a Civil Service Gazette endorsement. It notes preparation with boiling water or milk and lists Fames Epps & Co. as London homeopathic chemists selling half-pound tins.
The Interior Department invites sealed bids for beef bacon flour and transportation and a wide range of goods for Indian service totaling about 89 million pounds of supplies plus transport. Proposals due April 12 1887 in St Louis and May 3 1887 in New York with certified checks of five percent. Bids to be opened publicly with bidders welcome.
Sealed proposals in duplicate for furnishing Stationery for the War Department and its Bureaus in Washington for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888 will be received until 1 p.m. on May 18, 1887. Forms and circulars available on request. Proposals addressed to the undersigned and endorsed Proposals for Stationery. C. HW. Hoyt Assistant Quartermaster U.S.
Rail schedule lists Augusta Haymarket station 8.30am and 12.30pm and 7pm at Causeway, with service to Bangor St John Halifax Eastport Calais Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Portland and connections via Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln lines to Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.
Trains depart Boston at Haymarket for Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with many small stops including Andover Danvers Exeter Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Newburyport North Andover Wakefield Wilmington and more. Sunday trains list Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford and others with regular and evening departures.
Extensive timetable lists departures from Boston stations to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Salem Rockport Gloucester and more. Notes include special branches Saugus Swampscott and Middleton routes, workingmen’s trains Thursdays and Saturdays, and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains.
Timetables detail through service from Boston Causeway Street to Plymouth Plymouth areas and New Hampshire towns Manchester Concord Nashua and many local points on White Mountain and Northern divisions. Daily departures 8 30 am 7 pm with Pullman and parlor cars to Montreal Quebec and Detroit routes. Station offices listed with addresses and contact names.
The notice lists Fall River Line schedules for Boston to New York and return, with multiple stops including Ashmont, Barnstable, Hyannis, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Cohasset, Hingham, Wareham, Provincetown, East Bridgewater, Brockton, Taunton, Whitman, Weymouth, and more. It notes weekday and seasonal service, transfer points, and remarks about boat arrivals, with J B Kendrick as General Manager.
A dense list of train times and routes appears, detailing departures and returns at Boston area stations and surrounding towns. It notes schedule patterns for weekdays and weekends, with adjustments for connections to Providence and the Shore Line, and mentions a supervisor.
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