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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1887

Page

7

Northern parcels and cash receipts detailed in shipments

Readable OCR notes show 78c for cash for No 1 Northern at 7614 77c for cash for No 2 Northern, 75. 7416 75c for cash. Receipts mention 118,160 bush shipments not given.

Northern

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities May 3

Market updates from St Louis Kansas City Peoria and Chicago show hogs mixed and mostly weaker with prices around 4.60 to 5.50 in Chicago and sales at St Louis near 5.40 for the high end. Cattle receipts in Chicago total 3000 with dull demand and lower prices. hog receipts reach 15000 with varied lots. Sheep markets are slow with woolled and Texans cited and lamb values around 4.50 to 5.75.

ST. Louis Kansas City Peoria Chicago

Cotton Markets Report for May 3 1887 Across Ports

Market summary of cotton receipts and sales by port including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Baltimore Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Louisville and consolidated four day totals with stocks and mid price ranges. Distinct firm quiet and steady notes indicate overall steady demand and port-wide activity.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Lac Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Continent Baltimore C. Cinecinnati C.hiladelphia Great Britain St. Louis Louisville France United States Chicago J F Pratt Bowen & Pratt Cincinnnati John Allemong J & A Simpkinson & Co Cincinneels Laws Cincinnati H Meis C Meis & Co J Benckenstein J Benckenstein & Co W Durrell Durrell Bros & O J Gates J Gates & Co Butterworth Butterworth & Co Cran G Ringgold Ringgold & Co H L Crane H L Crane Boot and Shoe Co Cleveland George W Cady G W Cady & Co Chillicothe E Culter Miller, Cuiter & Co Dallas Tex J S Howell the Blankenship & Blake Co Evansville Ind G L Dixon Dixon, Mackey Aaron Blum Blum Grand Rapids Mich C Bertsch Rindge, Bertsch & Co Kansas City J P Sidwell W Kendall B&s Co Craw K L Barton Barton Bros Keokuk Huiskamp Huiskamp Bros Lafayette W Comstock Murphy & Comstock Keith Neale, Keith & Barlow A Warren Warren & Co M J Streng Bamberger, Streng & Co G A Owen J H Sutcliffe Sutcliffe & Owen Lynchburg D Witt Witt & Watkins Run Leavenworth Kan A Knox Catlin & Knox Tenn H Vogel Hill, Standish & Co Minneapolis Minn Hefflefinger

Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool Trade Quiets

Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn movement with prices firming. British imports for the week reach 247000 quarters wheat and 123000 quarters corn. Liverpool notes firm breadstuffs and strong American corn. Manchester observes a conference holiday with subdued but firm tone amid cotton market pressures. Wool sale series dates set for June and September with large arrivals and quiet overall. Havana reports quiet exchange and weak sugar.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool California Michigan Antwerp Paris Great Britain Manchester The Guardian Havana

Imports and Exports May 3 1887 Mediterranean Ports

Imports and exports list vessels and cargoes from Mediterranean ports and Caribbean locations. Steamer Effi cient from Messina carried fruit boxes pigs olive oil maccaroni and other goods. Steamer Ludwig Holberg from Palermo carried bananas cocoanuts and sugar. other vessels loaded lobsters molasses and more at Sagua Ponce Matanzas Vieques Barrington.

Mediterranean Messina AS & J Brown Sumac Phelps Bros & Co Palermo AS & J Brown & Ta Baracoa Ludwig Holberg R Noyes Sagua Harbinger Hugh M Pchs Walter Swan Barrington Bessie Williams Karclay & Vo

Maritime cargo lists from St John Yarmouth and Liverpool trade

Shipping and port records show assorted goods across three vessels and destinations. Items include beans bread and flour at St John. corumeal lobster cases and hardware at Yarmouth. mineral oil leather and cotton at Liverpool with extensive meal and beef tonnage noted.

ST John Yarmouth Dominion Liverpool Eng

Receipts from Boston and Albany and Grand Junction lines

A dated 1887 list records for the Boston and Albany Railroad, Grand Junction Railroad, and Old Colony Railroad showing cargo such as cotton, wool, flour, oats, malt, meal, pork, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, apples, lumber, tea, hides, and various containers. Totals include hundreds of bales, barrels, sacks, and chests across multiple lines with several consignments.

Boston & Albany Grand Janction Railroad Old Colony Railroad Baes Beemer Reese Eres Callakins Bales

Freight Items Across Rail Lines And Markets

A long OCR string lists commodities by railroad and line, including butter, cheese, eggs, oleo, tea, coffee, lumber, leather, hides, wool, flour, cornmeal, sacks, and many car and bale counts. Multiple railroads such as Providence, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, and Boston and Lowell appear with varied lots and quantities.

Providence Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Real Estate Transfers Across Suffolk County

A sweeping list of property deeds and mortgages across Suffolk County with transfers on Berkeley Street Sussex Street West Dedham Street Roxbury Washington Street and more. Transactions show buyers sellers dates April and amounts including loans to local banks and trusts with numerous parcels and street corners noted.

Multiple City Firms Listed as Ad Agents in 19th Century Directory

A long OCR fragment lists numerous names with firms across U S cities in a telegraphic style, followed by Boston city notices. It includes law and trading firms from Atlanta to Worcester, then Boston city bonds bid by Alfred Turner, and probate citations for Dedham. The text mixes business names, locations, and a Boston city loan proposal from 1887.

Boston City of Alfred T. Turner Mass Dean Elizabeth Walker Suffolk Joseph Walker Adin

Probate Court Cites Chelsea Executor Absent Three Years

Mary Cutter, co executor with Henry C., petitions removal for neglect of duties and absence from the Commonwealth for three years. A citation orders the executor to appear in Cambridge Probate Court on the fourth Tuesday of May at 9 AM to show cause. Publication and service terms are specified with notices in the Boston Post.

Supreme Judicial Court Holden Boston Suffolk Marietta John W Gloucester Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Boston Post Henry A. Clapp Charles Bb, Carroll Court Room Court Square Fred H. Seavey Sherif Joseph R. Churchill C. D. Austin EB. A. Austin Dedham of Norfolk Boston Fest George White Esquire Avril Jonathan Cobb Register Massachus Setis Middlesex Lucy Elizabeth Paine Cambridge Robert Dickson Smith Geornce M, Brooks J. H, Tyler Thomas Dalton Joax W. McKim Enid Air George Cyrus P. Smith Hanover New Hampshire Iseston Jenny W. McKim Sa Ak Elijah George James M. Keith Lcense Déiham Norfolk Petiioner Grover White Joumonwealth OF Massachlsetts Mary A. Crowley Mary J. Crowley J. Frank Crowley Lostin Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Commonwealth OF Mary Cutter Chelsea Henry C Rust Commonwealth Grorck M, Brooks J. J. Tyler Frances H. M. Wheelock Joan W. McKim Elijiah George Donn W. McKim Elliah George Edmund J. Baker Horace E. Ware Richard C. Humphreys Joan W. McKin Massachla Ellen Breslin Robert Grant

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route ScheduleMarch 1 1887

Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for North Adams Troy Albany and West with listed times and services including drawing room car Albany express sleeping cars to Chicago and St. Louis and through tickets West. Local times show numerous stops such as Cambridge Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Nashua and Worcester with Sundays and special through-ticket options. Officials John Adams J Whitmore J R Watson announce the Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable and ticket office details.

Boston Causeway Street North Adams Troy Albany West Chicago & St. Louis Chicago St. Louis Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverey Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller's Falls Greenfield Lincoln I Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Nashua N. H North Leominster Saratoga The Nion Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Winchendon Keene Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington Montreal St. Albans Worcester Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams J. Whitmore Trafic J. R. Watson Boston & Albany R.R Springfield Pittsfield Ibanysand South Framingham Syracuse Nsw Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Toledo Muffalo Niacara Falls Chatham Hudson Palmer Ware River Hartford New Haven New York Millbury North Grafton Westboro Suthw Me Cordaville Ashland Milford Saxonville Natick Wellesley Wellesley Mills Newton Lower Falls Aburndale West Newton Bentonville Newton Faneuil Brighton Allston Farm Brookline Cypress Street Reservoir Chestnut Hill Newton Centre Newton Highlands Central Cheshire R. KR White River Junction Vermont Points West I . M. Hire & Monadnock Pullman Palace St. Albana Ottawa Altawa Ogdensburg Central Vermont Pullman Carson Lowell Pullman R. R Benton J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Agr Ang

Mortgage Transfers On Cumberland Sussex And Newbern Streets

In South Boston on April 23 to April 28 several mortgages are recorded. George W. Nason transfers to John P. Treadwell a mortgage on land and buildings Cumberland street northeasterly side for 100 dollars. Samuel H. Harris and others mortgage to Robert Treat Paine on estates Nos 9 and 11 Sussex street for 700 dollars. George W. Nason mortgages to Thomas A. Johnston on Cumberland street northeast side for 6000 dollars. James M. Galvin mortgages land and buildings on the westerly side of Newbern street to Moses V. Clarke for 300 dollars.

Berkeley Street Henry M. Taylor Nathaniel Harnden Sussex Street Robert Treat Paine May F. Harris John H. Storer West Dedham Street George W. Nason Daniel Shannon Walter H. Roberts Richfield Street James Foster May R. Mason King Street Bricuron Francis Bryant George F. Pinkham Englewood Glendon Avenues South Boston James VY. Devine James McNamara Seventh Street Abagail M. Grady Abby Grady I Street Dasee Phineas J. Stone Daniel Danley Medford Street Eva S. Edmunds Silas Davis Vearl Street Chelsea George H. Poor Thomas VP. Healey Jefferson Avenue J. A. McCann Ashmont Charles W. Higgins Charles W. Cook Burt Avenue Wistonor Edward J. Belcher Dallas W. Belcher Winthrop Fred H. Seavey Frances IL. Lincoln Pioneer Cooperative Bank Chester Avenue Sloou Mary J. Brennan Albert D. Bosson Ocean Avenue Revere John Robbins Evangeline E. T. Simpson Dorchester Ditto Henry Foss Brighton Five Cents Parnes Bank Riverdale Street Michael F. Phinney Daniel W. Keckler John A. Stetson Third Streets Hannah Welch Abbie A. Butler Hudson Street William R. McLaughlin Et al Ansel F. Gurney Ballou Avenue Farmer KE. Thomas Bbethesda Lodge Eighth Street John P. Treadwell Cumberland Street Samuel H. Harris Et Ax Thomas A. Johnston James M. Galvin Moses V. Clarke Newbern Street

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