London financial snapshot May 7 Consols and stocks quoted
London prices show Consols at 99 16 for money and 99 1/2 for account United States 4s at 132 Atlantic and Great Western firsts 32 Er ie at 29 1/4 Illinois Central 117 Mexican ordinary 5 2 5 St Paul common 67 Paris advances place 3 per cent rentes at 87 67 42 centimes bullion entering Bank of England balance £34 .
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London
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Erie
Illinois Central
St. Paul
Paris
Bank of England
Commercial Matters Report Price and Demand Signals
A historical market note lists varied commodity readings: iron unsatisfactory, copper quiet, tin easy, lead irregular, zinc dull, antimony quiet, flour quiet and steady, corn firm, oats firmer, rye flour quiet, graham steady, cornmeal slow, oatmeal quiet, rye unchanged, barley steady, millseed quiet, cottonseed meal firmer, malt dull, hops quiet, butter lower, cheese steady, eggs higher, beans quiet, grass seeds in fair demand, potatoes steady, sweet potatoes quiet, poultry quiet, hay strong, straw steady, truck in good demand, pork firm, corned beef quiet, fresh beef higher, lambs and muttons plenty, apples steady, oranges in good demand, lemons fair movement, dried apples slow, sugars easy, molasses very firm, tallow steady.
Print Cloth Market Trends In Fall River Report
The print cloth market in Fall River remains active and firm with strong demand for spots. 64x64s hold at 313 to 316 cents, indicating steady pricing and robust purchasing activity.
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Fall River
Pig Iron Market Relative Stagnation Amid hopeful Producer View
The pig iron market remains in an unsatisfactory position with dullness and weakness reported from many regions. May trade often shows improvements, while Alabama production rises yet Eastern consumption lags. coal price cuts boost pig iron makers, and rail price instability looms.
Commodity price list for iron and steel products and metals
Antimony quiet as sales occur in small lots by Iron Pennsylvania with No1 at 18 and No2 at 17 per ton at shipping points. Reports show varied prices for pig iron from Eglinton and Summerlee, and for bars shapes beams channels tubes plate and sheet iron from mills and stores. Includes prices for nails horseshoes copper tin lead zinc and other materials with ranges and discounts for trade.
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Alabama
West
New York
Pennsylvania Iron
Pennsylvania
Board of Control
London
Southern
Eglinton
Summerlee
Gartsherrie
Cro Langloan
Coltness
Norway
New England
Russia
Baltimore
The Option Markets Wheat and Grain Rallys in May
Wheat opened with free selling amid rains and drought reports from California Oregon and Washington. Traders split between bullish views due to low prices and expectations of a large U S crop bearish bets suggesting 70 for July wheat. May firm oats firm corn firmer and steady with shipments large. Hogs supply light and prices bid up as shorts cover amid cautious outlook for tomorrow’s run.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Boston
Northwest
California
Oregon
Washington Territory
Armour
Shorts
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Dakota
Minnesota
Seaboard
Flour and grain prices and carload deliveries report
John E. Welsh lists carload grain lots chiefly for flour and corn. Today inspections totaled 120 cars across mixed corn, steamer corn, No 2 and No 3 white oats, with receipts of flour at 2752 barrels and 10,333 sacks. The market remains quiet yet steady as demand improves and flour sales rise, with spot prices quoted for various flour grades and wheat products.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Boston and Maine Rail Schedules Through Trains 1889
City Ticket Office lists through trains to Western and Eastern divisions with times from Haymarket Square Causeway Street Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland and Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln routes. Stations include Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor St John Halifax Calais Eastport and Portland connections with steamer links from Portland on select days.
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Augusta
Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
Bangor
Bar Harbor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Knockland
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Southwest Harbor
Bar Marbor
Millbridge
Machiasport
Portland
Concord
N. Hi
North Conway
Maine Central
Grand Trask
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Grain Market Summary and Prices Across Cities
Market reports from New York Milwaukee St Louis Chicago and Detroit show steady to firmer prices for flour corn oats rye and wheat with receipts and exports listed. Notable figures include No 2 red wheat around 83c to 84c, No 2 white oats near 36c, and various flour and rye flour quotes. Shipping and export activity noted alongside quiet spots in several grains and miscellaneous commodities.
Butter and egg market briefs with varied regional quotes
Butter receipts 1306 packages versus 1347 last year. Demand quiet, prices down, market easy in buyers favor. Cremeries and imitations show low activity with quoted ranges from 16 to 22 cents. Eggs firm to higher in many regions after Island boat arrivals. East and West quotes cited.
Market Report on Fresh Produce Prices
The market shows moderate demand with ample supply. Prices observed include cabbage 1 25 per barrel, onions 2 dollars per barrel, Bermuda onions 1 per crate, Spanish onions 85 cents per crate, beets 25 cents per bushel, hot house 2 dollars per bunch, carrots 1.50 per barrel, lettuce 50 to 75 cents per box, turnips 65 cents per box, radishes 50 cents per dozen, cucumbers 9 dollars per 100 count, rhubarb 3 cents per pound, parsley 1 dollar per bushel, green peas 1 2 per crate, asparagus 1 dollar per dozen bunches, string beans 1.75 per crate, Florida tomatoes 3 dollars per crate, Southern cabbage 3 dollars per crate, summer squash 1.50 per crate.
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St Andrews
North Carolina
Savannah
Norfolk
Chicago
Florida
Fruit Market Prices and Supplies Report
Apples receipts 334 bbls today versus 300 last year. Demand quiet, market unchanged. Aldwins Maine $2 2 26 5 bbl. Massachusetts Baldwins $1 1 25 bbl. russet $1 75 2 25 P bbl. common 50c $1. Oranges and lemons well supplied with steady prices. Floridas small supply, full prices. Messina lemons $3 4. Messina oranges $3 50 400. Palermo lemons $3 4 50 box. Palermo oranges $3 560 400 4 box. Valencias $4 5 reg. large $5 6 P box. Florida choice $350 400 P box. Strawberries well supplied, sales 20 25. Dried apples dull at old prices. Evaporated fancy 6% 742c, good to choice 5%a 6c. sun-dried 3 4c. Pineapples Jamaica, sales 15 25c each. Bananas well supplied, Jamaicas $1 2c bunch. Baracoa reds $125. Baracoa yellows $120 150.
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New York
Milwaukee
St Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Peoria
Canada
Michigan
California
Lima
Old Rices
Clover West
Orth
West
Jersey
RI Kent
P Bush
Bush
Timothy
North
Hebrons
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Vermont
Vermont Hebrons
Burbanks
Rose
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edwar Island
Florida
St Albans
Cincinnati
Elgin
Batimore
Eastern
Western
North Choice
Liverpool
Utica
Baltimore
New Hampshire
Nova Scotias
Islands
Aldwins
Maine
Massachusetts
Baldwins
Russes
Jamaica
Harris & Co Auction Sealed Today for Valencia Oranges
Harris and Co conducted a day auction selling Valencia oranges at 385 5 50 per regular, 6 16 600 per large, and 4 75 5 3714 per extra large case. The firm will auction Wednesday the cargo of the steamer North Anglia containing 1900 boxes and 900 half boxes of Messina oranges, 1600 boxes Messina lemons, 7400 boxes Palermo oranges, and 12100 boxes lemons.
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H Harris & Co
Valencia
North Anglia
Steamers Deliver Oranges and Bananas to Boston Firms
The Schweigaard is due Thursday with Baracoa bananas for WWE and C R Noyes. Kong Alf due Thursday with Jamaica bananas to Boston Fruit Company. Caledonia passed Gibraltar April 16 for Boston with 2400 boxes Naples oranges 200 boxes Catania oranges and 2000 boxes Catania lemons. Cervin passed Gibraltar April 27 with 2000 boxes Mesina oranges 1300 half boxes Messina oranges 1200 boxes Messina lemons 5750 boxes Palermo oranges 20000 boxes Palermo lemons. Viking due Thursday with a cameo of Banes bananas to Seaverns and Co. Ditmarschen due Friday with bananas for Boston Fruit Company.
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Schweigaard
Baracoa
WWE& C R Noyes
Kong Alf
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Caledonia
Gibraltar
Boston
Naples
Catania
Cervin
Palermo
Viking
Banes
Seaverns & Co
Ditmarschen
Provisions Market Update With Regional Prices and Receipts
Pork and pork products receipts listed for today include 7 bbls pork 375 tierces lard 150 cases hams 11 bbls bacon 293 boxes dressed hogs none. New York Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and other markets show varied pork lard and beef prices with regional firmer tones and numerous receipts. Fresh beef demand remains firm while hind quarters and choice steers show strength in price.
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Choice City
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Fresh Meat Prices Segmented by Quality and Type
Market notes show varied pricing for beef and veal cuts with light to heavy hindquarters and loins listed in cents per pound. Lambs and muttons offer quiet demand with Spring lambs at 25¢ per pound and yearlings around 8 8.5¢. Eastern and Brighton lots show range from 4 to 9 cents.
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Chicago
Brighton
Hog and cattle markets update from major midwest yards
Kansas City stock yards report mixed cattle and hog receipts with steady to firm prices. Chicago and St Louis show heavy hog demand and varied steer and feeder quotes. cattle shipments large and market activity slow at times. Peculiar spelling and OCR errors aside, figures indicate steady local demand and cross city price alignment for cattle and hogs.
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Kansas City
Peoria
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Aor
Sugar and Molasses Market Report From New York
Sugar and molasses prices and trade notes, with current bids for Cuba, Manila, Javas, and refining grades. Refined sugars show slight declines while demand remains fair. various grades priced from 7 to 9 cents per pound, belts for raw and domestic markets noted. Believed supply receipts compare with last year, market steady in Malassee and New Orleans areas.
Cotton markets mixed with firmer New York closes
New York cotton prices firming with sales of 629 bales. uplands and Gulf grades mixed from low middling to middling. Futures opened weak then closed firm. Liverpool and other U S and international markets show varied receipts, stocks, and quiet to firm tones.
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New York
Oc Ccoescse
Ie Ve
Dales
Liverpool
Cceccecaeeuas O Se
Augusta
Galveston
Mid
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
United States
Market Roundup: Tallow Receipts and Commodities Slump/Soar
Today’s market shows tallow receipts at 76 bbis and 7 bags, vs yesterday 39 bbis and 6 bags. Various prices quoted for grease, coffee, whiskey, turpentine, and petroleum in New York and city markets show mixed activity with steady to firm tones in several sectors.
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New York
City
Rio
Turpentine and Petroleum
Petroeum
Imports And Exports From Charlottetown May 7 1889
Shipping list from Charlottetown PEI and Hull England shows Steamer Colla 8479 carrying potatoes eggs dry goods tobacco pipes and scrap steel from a variety of firms including Hoston Produce Co Glasgow James Scott Milne & co and Baring Bros & co. The cargo includes 195 bales paper stock 105 cases granite blocks and 29 bales rags among many items.
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Charlottetown
Pei
Hoston Produce Co
Glasgow
Scot
Boston Dyewood and Chemical Co
James Scott
Milne & Co
C Heath & Co
Moors & Co
Jo Rero
Baring Bros & Co
Granite O Clements
Coone
Houghton & Dutton
Leeson & Co
Hooper, Lewis & Co
Moise J B Allan
Milne, Chalmers & Co
George N White
Nickerson & Baxter
Johnstone, Jr
Granite
Jones Bros
Backus
Simons, Hatch & Whitten
International Steamship Line
Bases Dry Goods
Stoddard, Lovering & Co
Hull
Eng
Galileo
Iron Brown Bros & Co
Washburn & Moon Mani
Te & Co
Exports May 7 1889 Yarmouth Windsor Liverpool trade
Shipping list from Yarmouth and Windsor and Liverpool rates details cargoes on the steamer Yarmouth and the Istrian schooner Lord Mayo, including feed cloth and hardware, meats, grains, dairy, and live stock consignments with quantities listed in bales tons crates and cases.
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Yarmouth
Chevarle
Windsor
Lord Mayo
Liverpool
Eng
Istrian
Foreign Markets Update from London and Liverpool May Day
London reports cargoes off the coast with limited inquiries and few offerings. Wheat and corn markets quiet in Paris and England while Liverpool sees steady wheat, firmer mixed American corn, and unchanged pork and bacon prices amid steady to firm futures.
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London
Siice
Mark Lane
Calcutta
Paris
Liverpool
England
Great Britain
California
Varis
Boston and Albany R R timetable February 4 1889
Time tables show heat and through train service between stations and connections to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Toledo. Daily vestibuled Wagner Cars, drawing rooms, dining car service Worcester to New Haven. Tickets and sleeping or parlor car reservations at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street Boston.
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Albany
West
Boston
Connec No
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan Central R. KE
Cleveland
Ledo
Lake Shore
Michigan
Toledo
Worcester
New Haven
Washington Street
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Station
Liberty St
N. R
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
J.N. Magna
New England
Washington &T
New York
ALL River Line
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Providence
Bageage
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Park Square Station
Stonington
Washington, Cor. State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
C. H. Briggs
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report May 7 1889
Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details week ending May 7 1889 at Watertown Union Market. cattle and sheep totals, market prices for beef and store cattle, swine, sheep and lambs, plus arrivals by shipper and prices for Western and Northern stock. notes on specific lots and buyers with price ranges and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Union Market
Watertown
J A Uathaway
BS Hastings
Western Division Train Timetable From Boston Station
Trains to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington listed with many stop times from Boston Haymarket, including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill and surrounding towns. Sunday services include Dover Waverhill Manchester and Portland lines with multiple departures throughout the day.
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Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington Alton M
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Overhill
Georgetown
Hennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Medford
Melrose Highlands
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Meading
Salem
Wakefield
Boston Station Trains to Amesbury and Nearby Lines
Eastern Division schedule lists trains from Causeway Street to Amesbury and surrounding towns including Biddeford Great Falls Roches ter Hampton Beach Lynn Newburyport Rockport Salem and more. Provided times cover morning afternoon and evening with branches via Saugus and York Harbor plus workingmen and via South Reading branch notes.
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Amesbury
Tom
Meverley
Biddeford
Marblehead and Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
avVia
Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Boston to Northern and Central Mass Through and Local Trains
Boston Station Causeway street shows through service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville 9am 7pm for many spots. Local Boston service to Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell etc with frequent departures. Central Mass Division lists through and local trains to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Worcester and more. Timetables available at stations.
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Lowell
Boston
Causeway Street
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren Haverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Penigewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and Jefferson
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Adohnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
Northern RR
Montreal
Boston Air Line
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Meene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Billsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Lawrence
Walnut Hill
Stoneham
Woburn
Winchester
West Medford
Concord Mass
Kreformatory
Billerica
Betora
Bedford
Northampton
Hadley
Belcher Town
Fondeville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Rutland
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Hudson
Sudbury
Mockbottom
Wayland
M. Weston
Waltham
M. Waverley
Belmont
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Enee
R& W
St. P
St. Oi
Sis
Texas Pacific
L. E
Eeen
Oregon Inn
Eee
Pacific Mail
Silkete
Pullman Pal
W. Union
Ug Sg
American Oil
Sears
Perry Coal
Tenn
C. & Aeee
Cameron Coal
Eeee Chic. Gas Tr
Lead Trust
Sugar Trust
N.W
Tre ‘ A. Nav. Isis
Erle
Kan. P. Cons
Tex. P. Eee
Maton Gs
Tr. Rec. J.C. He
Tex. P. R. Toc
Pac. Isis
Dao. 2Ds.% Ltd
W. Shore
Alta
Plutus
Ss.il Potosi
Con. C. & Va
Savage
el Cristo
S. Nevada
Sullivan Y Homestake
Ontario
D. E. Carter & CO
Bankers & Commission
Washington St
Farmare
CS Williams & Co
Minneapolis
Teaws
St Wis
Tvac
John E. Welsh
State Street
Railroads
City Ticket Ofice
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada Extra
Lake
Dea
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Malassee
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Jdn Carter & Co
Boston & Albany
R. R
Hartford, New Haven
Ars
A. 8. Hanson
Gen. Pass. Ag
Central RR. of
Watertown Union Live
M G Flanders
HV Whipple
C. T L Johnson
York
Haven
Nevada
Springfield
Ceea
Artford
N. Y
N. BE
New London
Willimantic
N.Y
N. EE
Saan Trade
G. & Hempstead
Ooxycokryd RB. KR
N.H
H. E. Chamberlin
Sapt
Western Division
Boston Station
Waverhill
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Causeway
Street
York Harbor & Beach
B.E
Ham
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Bangor St. John
Stoneham and Wavy
Lexington and Way
Manchester and
C Express
Central Mass
Division
Portland Street
Waverley
Hindsone
Way
James T. Furber
J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas
Stonington Line
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