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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1887

Page

8

Prices of store cattle and livestock markets

The column lists prices for store cattle and fat stock including working oxen milch cows and calves and sheep and lambs. It covers prices in Brighton Watertown and mills markets with many individual sales figures for milch cows oxen pair weights and prices from various buyers and sellers across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York and Canada. It notes a firm market tone in Brighton steady or rising prices for cattle and a weaker sheep market with Western stock influencing prices.

Brighton N. B A N Monroe Hollis & Co Davis F H Coolidge & Son Wardwell Glines & Weston J C Libby & Son J D Hosmer H M Taft W Scollans J S Henry Watertown New England C H Fletcher Iowa Russell J R Simmons Fredericktown State of Maine Bishop Lewiston Welch & Hall L. H Brockway Lansing Mich Clinton Mass International Horse Exchange Quinn & Hale Indiana J F Thompson Ontario England C N Hollis Eagle Bridge RL Lovell West R P Pollard RE French & Co Aldrich & Johnson Maine M W Hastings Bethel Wardwell Bros Libby & Son Cole & Sand Fred Fairbanks Springfield H Bird & Co George Harris Whitefield Mr Little M G Flanders W A Farnham JA Hathaway BS Hastings O Ballard

Markets by Telegraph New York May 4 Flour and grain prices

Market report from New York shows flour receipts exports and sales across multiple grades including No 2 and extra orders for Western and State flour. Wheat futures and spot prices rise with shipments and receipts detailed for Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Detroit regions. Other commodities noted include corn oats rye barley pork lard butter cheese and petroleum with mixed changes and steady to firm tones across items.

New York Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Milwaukee Rio Petroleum, United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Western Liverpool Detroit Michigan Ste Cincinnati Chicago ST. Louls

Hog market reports from Kansas City and St Louis

Kansas City hog sales mostly 4 90 35 with 11 500 receipts expected today and 14 855 yesterday. Shipments valued at 130. St Louis hogs softer with Yorkers at 5 5 15, mixed packers to 5 20 5 35, butchers to 5 30 65 45, easing slightly.

Kansas City ST Louis

Maritime Net Receipts and Stock Across Major Ports

Net receipts and stock levels are listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York and other ports. The figures show daily receipts gross exports coastwise sales and stocks with notes of firmness and mid rates. some entries reflect exports to Great Britain and unsettled jottings.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Mid Lodge Wilmington Norfolk C. Philadelphia Baltimore Great Britain New York

Commodity trade figures across ports and exports

Consolidated five day net receipts total 8221 with exports to Great Britain 7112 France 285 and the continent 4198. Stock at all United States ports stands at 414 661 while Cincinnati and St Louis report mixed net receipts and ship ments with varying stocks and mid market prices.

Acces C. Cincinnati C. St. Louis Louisville Great Britain France Continent United States

London and Liverpool Market Report May 4 12:30 PM

Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn firm with arrivals pending. Paris and Liverpool quotes indicate wheat and flour prices firm, with English markets steady and corn in demand. Shipments from India to the UK and Continent reported. May futures firm for wheat and corn. London market notes warmer English weather.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Michigan England Great Britain India United Kingdom California

Imports and Exports at St John New Brunswick and Nearby Ports

A terse listing of cargo shipments and shipper firms across St John NB Ilolio Mayaguez Aguadilla SaGua and Barrington NS detailing bark Edward May Joseph Baker John F Rottman La ura Sch Minnie Davis lobsters and large sugar consignments including carriers Baring Bros Co and Continental Sugar Refinery Each entry records vessel name cargo type quantity and consignor or agent reflecting a raw mercantile record from a historical shipping ledger.

ST. John Steamer State of Thurston, Hall & Co Waite McKeever & Hall Drake Dodo Perkins Johnson Brown, DeLoria & Co Judge Charles Lawrence D Spears Clement Iloilo Edward May Mats Baring Bros & Co Mayaguez Barkentine Joseph Baker Birds Sugar Continental Sugar Refinery Aguadilla John F Rottman Sagua

Shipping cargo list from numerous vessels

A sailed cargo roundup from multiple ships and schooners lists items loaded and cleared at Glasgow Hull Maitland Great Village St John s Hayti Little Glace Bay including flour oatmeal asbestos cottons iron tubes linen oil sugar lumber bricks codfish chairs pork and other provisions across vessels like Grecian Martello Ambherst Libbie T Sir Maggie Willett Bark Zulma Norrona and more with tonnage and quantities specified.

Glasgow Scot Hull Eng New York Martello Maitland Bear River Shorts Great Village Yarmouth ST John's Maggie Willett Glace Bay Norrona

Railway Freight Goods Totals From Regional Lines

A OCR tally lists cargo moved by Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence and Old Colony railways including cotton bales wool barrels flour oatmeal oats feed malt butter cheese livestock leather hides pelts and eggs with quantities varying from single items to hundreds across multiple consignments. The figures show a busy trade in agricultural commodities and basic supplies reflected in rail freight during the period.

Leather and supplies moved by multiple railroads across New England

The report catalogs shipments and stockpiles across several carriers including New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston and Maine and Boston and Lowell. Items listed span cotton wool flour cornmeal oats potatoes tea coffee butter eggs beans apples and diverse leather hides skins and pelts with quantities in bales barrels sacks bbls and boxes.

Ronghsar Osleta Sivas Ette New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A dense list of footwear buyers and representatives from numerous cities and firms across the United States. Names include J A Smith Moore Marsh & Co Atlanta J R Grambling Grambling Spalding Co Atlanta W W Draper Draper Moore O Augusta T White J Bb White & Co Baltimore Mullen Jr Tucker Smith R Jandorf Co New York P Smith K P Smith Bloomington I D Smith Co Ad Burlington F O Adams Ad en R Ne H A Brown Barhyat Co Buffalo Bronner Bros Co Chicago Selz Schwab Co Dovenmuehle Farnum Bowen Pratt Brooks Laws Meis Benckenstein Durrell Gates Butterworth Ringgold Crane Cady Miller Culter Ad Dallas Howell Dixon Mackey Stickney Shoe Co Galveston Blum Bertsch Rindge Bertsch Co Grand Rapids Bertsch Kansas City Barton Huiskamp Murphy Comstock Lafayette Keith Neale Bar on Warren Streng Owen Sutcliffe Lynchburg Witt Leavenworth Knox Memphis Vogel Minneapolis Hefflefinger North Star B Co Montgomery Stern Wollner New York Greacen Hollins Nashville Hollins Sons & Co Natchez Moore Manning Lawrence Cushing Petersburg Wright McGowen Borland St Joseph Smith Frazer J Baum St Louis Gauss Gotzian Tarbox Gotzian St Paul Heinrich Foot Schulze Toledo Smith Simmons Dewey Wheeling Hughes

Atlanta J A Smith Moore, Marsh & Co John R Grambling Grambling, Spalding & Co W W Draper Draper, Moore & O Augusta T White Bb White & Co Baltimore J Mullen, Jr Tucker, Smith & Co M Daniel R Jandorf & Co V P Smith K P Smith & 40 Bloomington Smith Smith & Co Burlington O Adams G Adams H A Brown TW Barhyat & Co Buffalo M Bronner D McGrath Bronner Bros, Co Chicago C McLaughlin Selz, Schwab & Co Cincinnati J Benckenstein J Benckenstein & Co W Durrell Durrell Bros & Co Verer George W Cady GW Cady & So Vero FE Culter Miller, Culter & ‘O Dallas Tex J S Howell The Blankenship & Blake Co R Nee Ind G L Dixon Dixon, Mackey & ‘A Fon Lu Lac Wis C S$ Stickney Stickney Shoe Co Galveston Aaron Blum Mobile Ala M Wollner Wollner & Lowenstein New York Portland Ore Aiken Aiken, Selling & Co Richmond E Wingo Wingo Ellett & Crump Seneca Falls Addison, Craw St Joseph A T Smith Smith Frazer B& 8 Co St Louis Joseph Baum J Baum & Co T Gauss Gauss Boot & Shoe Company St Pant Minn Freeman Gotzian & Co St Paul B Tarbox Tarbox & Co St. Paul Heinrich Foot, Schulze & Co Toledo Smith, Simmons & Peabody Rodgers Dewey, Rodgers & Jo Wheeling E Hughes Vance, Hughes & Co

Atchison Topeka Santa Fe stockholders annual meeting notices

Notices from the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Company and others announce stockholders meetings in Topeka and Boston. The railroad meeting on the Sunday in May 1887 will elect directors and consider acts and contracts. transfer books close April 5 and reopen May 6. Special meetings address voluntary dissolution and expanded association purposes.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company Topeka Kan State of Kansas Board of Directors William B. Strong Boston New Yor Custhuiriachic Mining Company Broadway Co.t. Barney Boylston Market Association Mason Building Kilby Street William P. Kuhn Wecheshire Railroad Company Iy Pene Enst. Stewart

Through Trains on Both Divisions for Boston & Maine

Railroads announce through service on both divisions with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Services cover Augusta, St. John, Halifax, Lewiston, Manchester, Concord, North Conway, Portland, and connections to Maine Central, Grand Trunk, and Knox & Lincoln lines.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Lpm Causeway St Banfor St. John Halfax Therovinces Pam Hastport Calais N. B Halifax Portland Haymarket St Lewiston Anchester Concord N. H North Haymarket Sq North Conway Portland— Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways Haymarket Sg Yanh

Western Division Train Timetable Listings

Trains depart from Boston area stations to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with numerous daily times for Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Lowell Malden Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and other towns. Sunday trains listed for Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading Way Stations.

Boston Station Maymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Via South Lawrence M Lowell Malden Medford MBM Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington Lawrence Lowell Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Boston Station Timetable Listing Historic Trains and Stops

The document lists numerous train times from Boston Station across many towns including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Middleton North Conway Peabody Danvers Portmouth Revere Rockport Salem Swampscott Yenham Wolfeboro and Sunday services with multiple daily departures and through connections to Montreal St Johnsbury Quebec and northern lines. It cites city offices and railroad officials with fare and route details for local and long distance services.

Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Ne Ee North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portamouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Saugus Ranch Swampscott Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. Juhn Halifax aVia Sangus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square Washington Street Jam T. Parber D. J. Flanders Causeway Street City Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weira Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Montpelier Essex Junction Burton St. Albans Montreal Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Pullman Central Vermont R. R Passumpsie R. R Moontreal Mannchester Concord N. H SUN Keene Peterboro Millsboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua

Time table listings for various towns in Massachusetts

A station time table lists departure and arrival times for many towns including Wilmington Stoneham Woburn Winchester Medford and Lexington. It notes through trains and local services with full information obtainable at stations. General superintendents Mellene and Storer sign the notice.

Wilmington SUN Walnut Hill Stoneham Woburn Winchester Medford Ase-Auy Concord Mavns Billeries Bedford Lexington Sut Rm. Arlington Mellen George W. Storer Pass'g

Boston and Providence Railroad Train Schedule 1887

Train times listed for Boston to New York and Providence routes, with Shore Line Fast Express and Mail services, including departures and returns from numerous towns such as Attleboro, Mansfield, Brockton, Hyannis, Fall River, Nantucket, New Bedford, Quincy, and Wooster, effective February 28 1887, detailing weekday and Sunday variations.

New Fall River York Boston Old Colony Tjpp Baa New York Brooklyn Jersey City Old State Mouse Rendrick L. H. Palmer Old State House Stonington Boston & Providence Railroad Washington State Street Hoston & Providence R. EK J. W. Richardson A. Folsom Boston & Providence R. R Boston & Providence Shore Line Meturn New York Steamboat Providence Bey Dodgeville Hebronville Pat Attleboro North Attleboro Manalela East Foxboro Sharon Meadville Hyde Park Mit Hope Clarendon Hill Kreturn Forest Hills Smamarca Plain Moylston Roxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Return Stoughton and Canton Mt. Hope Warren Bristol Mansfield A. A. Folsom Ashmont Eturn Bridgewater U.38 Ami Brockton Buzzard’s Wareham Buzzard’s Bay Cape Cod Provincetown Werfleet Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Cottage City New Bedford Wood’s Hall East Bridgewater Abington East Milton Westquincy Weal Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Tawton Morrisos Square L.us Marshfield Mattapan Milton Neponset Mattapoiscet Middleboro Nantucket Wood's Hall Newport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Iplymouth Duxbury Quincy Scituate Sea View Shawmut South Duxbury Central Station Déartreet Whitman South Weymouth Wot Jasten Heights Wood the Weymonths Amcouth Duxbury Road Plymouth Pall River Btockton South Braintree J.K. Kendrick

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