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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1884

Page

3

Essex Company Declares $8 Per Share Dividend

The Essex company has declared a dividend of eight dollars per share, payable May 15. The Shore mills of Fall River have declared a dividend of two percent.

Essex Company Shore Mills Fall River Boston Maine Lowell Machine Shop State Street WM. A. Burke

Miscellaneous fruit and commodity market notes

Trade in tropical and foreign fruits remains steady with receipts meeting demand. Valencia oranges quoted per case and box, lemons and bananas listed with varying prices. peanuts, popcorn, sugar futures and refined grades show general steadiness or mild weakness. molasses trade quiet with regional and New York quotes across varieties.

Michigan Indiana Ohio Minnesota New York Southern City Milwaukee Lt. Louis Chicago Duluth Toledo St. Louis Detroit Nigher Dali White State Canada St Louis Pew Uplands Orleans Cincinnati St. Loui Eastern Creamery Vermont Canadian Nova Scotia New Brunswick Houston Rose Burbank Peerless Eastern Ova Scotia Danver Florida Charleston North Carolina Choice Worcester County Valencia Jamaicas Baracoas Virginia Wilmington Porto Rico Cuba

Superior Court First Session May 9

Proceedings list cases for tort and contract trials before Judges Blodgett and Barker. Conroy v Riley details a fatal assault at Madison Park in 1882 and ensuing death. other docket items include Kendall v Boston and Albany and Morrison v Hollander with trial status noted.

Superior Court Blodget Charles E. Kendall Boston and Albany Railroad Company John B. Doyle Same Hf. E G. H. Swasey A. Ss. Soule Henry Conroy Thomas Riley Madison Park Conroy Riley Ht. E. Swasey Russ & Bolster

Municipal Courts May 9 Hearings And Sentences

In central court Judge Churchill heard cases like larceny with fines of 20 plus costs for Charles Howe and John Ward, and John Sullivan fined 10 plus costs for junk buying from a juvenile. Others faced truancy sentences, drunkenness terms, and jail or reform school holds. In South Boston Isaac Sylvester and Robert Hickey each faced 300 bond for examination on larceny. juvenile John Connolly implicated. East Boston bound over minors William Lewis and Lawton brothers for playing ball on Sunday.

Central Court Churchill Charles Howe John Ward John F. Sullivan James Johnson Edward J. Barrett House of Reformation John McCann John Dugan Mary E. Hayes House of Industry Lottie O'Hara John Mullen Michael Sheevin Thomas Harmon Randolph B. Selden Frank Lewis South Boston Isaac Sylvester Robert D. Hickey John Connolly Hickey East Boston William Lewis Joseph Frank Lawton

Failures Across U S and Canada Rise Over Week

Summary of seven day business failures reported by telegraph to R G Dunn Co. total 191 in US and Canada, up from 179 last week. Notes suspensions in New York City. Meetings held in insolvency cases with assignees named. Boston creditors’ actions highlighted. various firms in Boston Brockton Haverhill and Norwich fail or restructure with assets and liabilities specified. Several regional failures including J T Patterson Bridgeport and Glasgow suspension noted.

Telegraph R. G. Dunn & Co United States Canada New York City McKim John J. Williams John R. Storr William S. Sheen Winthrop M. B. Hammond William P. Nickey William Ss. Fletcher James H. Flint Merchants’ Bank of Boston Shaw Middlesex County L. Child Brockton Kingston Street Boston J. R. Fillebrown Tremont Street Peter P. Redican Washington Street Davis & Taylor Levi Timson & Co Atlantic Avenue Augustus Hardy & Co Charlestown Street Gorge O. McLain Haverhill F. W. Dorr J. Hotchkiss & Burnham New York State Ford F. Smyth Albany Smyth John H. Locklin Jeweller Lowville N. Y Teiled Swayne & Co United States Chemical Works Philadelphia Rainey, Knox & Co Glasgow Scotland Dunlap & Twaddell Suffolk County George H. Elson William Miller Superior Court Free Hospital Murdoch Liquid Free Co Gaston Miss T Miss K Our Free Hospital ApSwstf Commonwealth Suffolk Boston Post Jos. A. Willard

Militia Roster Changes Led by Promotions and Resignations

This week’s militia roster shows commissions and resignations across several regiments. Major Charles L. Hovey replaces Rockwell in the First Infantry. J Moulton and H C Durkee receive promotions at Company C. William De Lue and Henry Carstensen move up in ranks. Sanders and Braynard rise within Company L. Williams and Duchesney take captaincies in their units. Sullivan and Curtin fill officer roles as O Brien resigns. Fifth Infantry sees First Lieutenant Holland resign.

Charles L. Hovey Rockwell Fifth Regiment of Infantry Wmn Hi Holland

A New Air Line Project and Cross-Continental Plans

Reports from Des Moines and Montreal reveal ambitious railroad developments. An air line from Mercer Pennsylvania to Council Bluffs Iowa is proposed with 300 miles shorter than rivals and a Mississippi crossing at Keithsburg Illinois, plus a southwest line to the Missouri line in Van Buren. Ontario and Quebec railway completes a Montreal Toronto through route, freight to run soon and passenger traffic by July, potentially challenging Grand Trunk. Crossings abolition proposals request road-by-road grade crossing counts. Other items note West Shore bond funding, Reading company profits and deficits, a new passenger pool agreement, and the Denver and Rio Grande March earnings drop.

Financial Chronicle Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific West Michigan Chicago and Transcontinental Association St. Louis Special Committee For Reorganization Northern Pacific North Pacific Atchison, Topeka and San Francisco Texas Pacific Wisconsin Central Common Flint Louisiana Missouri River Boston and Maine New York New England Woonsocket Division Toledo Delphos Burlington Dayton Oregon Short Line Sonora Bell Telephone Mexican Washington Mills New Hagsland Telephone Calumet Hecla Huron Catalpa Erle Mipacaen A Marine Bank Boston Jersey Central Denver Wabash Lackawanna Western Union Erie Wabash Road Des Moines Eastern and Western Ai Line County Recorder Secretary of State Mercer Council Bluffs Mississippi River Keithsburg Missouri State Line van Buren County Thomas W. Osborn Waldo R. F. Phillips J. W. Frey Ontario Quebec Montreal Toronto Ontario and Canada Grand Trunk West Shore Metropolitan Trust Compay Reading Company Joint Executive Committee Denver and Rio Grande

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