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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1885

Page

3

Market clearings show improvement over prior week

Weekly aggregate clearings reach 751,681,755 with a 10.2 percent year over year drop, while last week rose by 73,344,323. New York and several cities gain over the prior week though overall national business remains uneven. Several stocks and bank shares adjust in value as trusts and local bonds move through week notes.

New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburg Louisville Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis Indianapolis Cleveland Hartford Peoria Columbus New Haven Memphis Portland Springfield Syracuse Lowell New York City Milwaukee

Fragmented Bank and Railroad Stock Listings From Salem Era

A dense OCR snippet lists numerous banks such as National Bank of Commerce Asiatic National Bank Naumkeag National Bank Warren National Bank and Revere National Bank alongside railroads including Old Colony Railroad Boston and Maine Railroad and Central Railroad of Iowa. It also notes bonds and securities from Ames Manufacturing Company and Boston Belting Company with varied prices and dates, painting a broad snapshot of regional financial instruments and infrastructure entities.

Amory Amoskeag Everett Merrimack Tremont Suffolk Androscoggin Boott Chicopee Franklin Great Falls Lawrence Sandwich Glass Thorndike Appleton, Hamilton Dr. Woollen Lyman Atlantic Blackstone Boylston Commerce Fourth National Manufacturers Revere Webster Old Boston Second National Boston National Columbian Merchants Eagle Eliot Globe Howard State Messrs. R.L. Day & Co Grand Rapids, Mich City Hall Second National Bank National Bank of Commerce Blackstone National Bank Nat Bank Asiatic National Bank Salem Naumkeag National Bank Salem Lead eihek _ Warren Nat Bank Peabody Seouth Danvers Bank First National Eastern Railroad Central Mass R Cheshire Railroad McKay & Bigelow Boston & Sandwich Glass Lamson Uash Trailway Boston Sara Tenons Chicago San Rutland Ames Manufacturing Company Francis Henshaw & Co Boylston National Bank Acekas Revere National Bank Atlantic Nat. Bank Webster National Bank Soiromboono Naumkeag Nat Bank Old Boston National Bathk ARCO TD Ewr Noe Isin Boonies Moston and Maine Railroad United States Boston and Maine Regia Low Railroad of Vermont New York New England Ogdensaad Isas TED CO Siis Nickteinives Wesda Gescaiey Sdis Franklin Com Lawibson Evecees de Cessecce Mme Okies Ins Aimamal Sy Sue Sulch Sda Ah Maauicher Saoreo Tag Secageenieicsactae Chicago & West Michigan Rd Rutland Railroad Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Basia Wit National Car Co Cabee Union Metallic St Louis County Barington& Mexes Gas Burlin & Soo Wisconsin California Southern KasCity Scottand Gulf Cam City Top Theack Ccaee Sbesskad G. Rapids Kallama New England Mortgage Security Co Franklin Telegraph Freeman's National Bank National Revere Bank Lawrence and Co Canton M' S West Michigan Old Boston National Bank Concord Portland Saco Portsmouth Maine Coutland Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Lake A Houghton and Ontonagon Burlington Missouri River

Money markets and bonds steady in New York May 9

Money on call remains easy at 1 1 2 percent with little change in foreign exchange. Government bonds are quiet and strong with small advances in currency and 6s. State bonds show increased activity, especially Tennessee issues, with prices firm. Rail bonds, notably Seconds New and West Shore, see heavy trading.

New York Tennessee West Shore New York Central Chicago Northwest Vanderbilt Cammack Central Lake Shore Central of New Jersey Iowa and Dakota Extension Erie Firsts Consolidated Gold Lake Shore Consolidated Louisville and Nashville General Mortgage Minnesota St. Louis Central Pacific San Juan Union Pacific Alton Terre Haute Green Bay Winona St. Paul Louisville Nashville New Orleans Mobile Great Western Ohio Southern Europe Havana Lawson, Douglas & Co London Erie Illinois Central Pennsylvania Bank of England Paris Berlin Louisville and

Incomplete OCR notes on biosanes and assessments

fragmented text lists Biosanes and Onta names with references to assessement paid. mentions Colorado and Sierra Nevada with disjoint terms such as Union, Norcross, standard scores, and voting-like fragments. Unable to determine coherent event or outcomes.

Onta Sanemene Cal & VA Penerens Clorado Rene ORE Ansavess Naka E Pifmoun Csccoscee Union Tees Bodte Eet Hare & Norcross Sierra Nevada

Interior Trade Reports Show No Marked Improvement

Reports from the interior indicate no marked improvement in trade as the breakup of the granger roads pool fails to aid distribution. Farming activity depresses country merchants, with wheat regions increasing spring wheat acreage to near last year.

Granger Minnesota Dakota Boston New York Memphis West Tennessee Arkansas North Mississippi Alabama Messrs. Hill, Fontaine & Co Long Island Howard Fall River Slade Mill Rome Department of State Pesaro

Wheat Market Digest Shows Damaged Winter Crop Trends

A market summary notes firmer flour and grain prices due to wheat declines in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. It cites weekly receipts of 34 480 bbls and 87 990 ska with last year higher, describes regional shipments in Milwaukee Chicago St Louis and New York, and warns the winter wheat crop is damaged with spring planting likely increasing. The report also records exports and a lighter worldwide demand with visible wheat supplies at about 39 46 million bushels versus prior weeks.

Boston New York Clearing House Canton Connotton Valley Railroad Court House Briggs Albert N. Parlin Sherrodsville Bowerstown Coshocton Zanesville Atlantic and Pacific Mexican Central Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Oregon Flint Pere Marquette Pullman Palace Pennsylvania Albany New York Railroad Commissioners E.ee Eastern New England Maine Lowell Connecticut Passumpsic Michigan Central Pueblo Arkansas Valley Oregon Short Line Oregon Navigation Mkansas City Clinton Springfield Boston Water Power Aspinwall Henry D. Avde Ingham Vail Driver F. J. Boynton Erie Telephone Bennett Erie Telephone Company Erie Calumet Hecla Quincy Osceola Franklin New York Commercial Bulletin Lake Ile London St. Louis Michigan Minnesota St Louis Illinois Ohio City Indiana Kansas Milwaukee Milwaukee No 2 Co Chicago Tay Srbio Detroit Toledo Hoosac Liverpool Lew Dor City Extra India Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Union Texas Smyrna Valencia de Valencis Chicoco St. Loui- Tency Centennial Beacon Light Llic Fall River Orleans

Busy grain markets across multiple cities with mixed receipts

Receipts totaled thousands of bushels with shipments varying by city. Chicago and New York showed higher bids on corn and oats amid firmer pork markets, while oats and rye fluctuated. milk and butter markets remained unsettled as stocks dwindled.

Foreign markets and commodities report from London and Liverpool

London and Liverpool markets show mixed stock activity with Consols at 98 3 4 and 98 7 16, paring gains by afternoon. Ocean freight and wheat, corn, and breadstuffs steady or soft. Havana sugar quiet yet firm with plentiful warehouse stocks and US-bound exports. Currency exchange remains firm with premiums on short sight drafts.

Havana Matanzas United States

Imports at Boston ships list items across trades

A detailed import manifest from Boston lists goods aboard multiple vessels and consignors. It itemizes earthenware, do emblems, embroideries, dyes, textiles, wood, hardware, wines, books, linens, leather, oils, and more from numerous firms such as Jones McDuffee Stratton, Crosby Gauge, Hart Young, Little Brown, N H Emmons, and Baring Bros, with destinations including Barbadoes Mayaguez Cape Island and Barrington. Various cargoes are reported with quantities like crates, cases, bales, boxes, and tons, including 904 boxes earthenware and 2731 boxes tin plates.

Liverpool Eng Samaria French & Co Miller & Co Dodo Jackson, Mandell & Daniel Sears Boston Button Co Hart & Young Saddlery Kennedy & Murphy Stedman & Fuller Manus Co F Hovey & Co Wheelock & Co Schoenhof Barbadoes Baring Bros & Co Barrington Sarah E Hyde T Nickerson & Co N S Minnie Davis Marston Mary F Smith Ceara New York R & E Boris & Co Boston Mayaguez P R James R Talbot Sugar Brown Bros & Co Baracoa Lida Fowler

Foreign Exports and Cargo Listings Across Canadian Ports

Shipping consignments report diverse exports and cargo from Halifax Port Hawksbury Pictou Charlottetown St John and Frederickton NB Rostock and Weymouth NS Yarmouth NS and St John NB. Steamer Worcester carries bananas rubber goods dry hides linens and works, while other vessels load cornmeal flour tar pitch roofing materials and agricultural goods for Europe and Atlantic markets.

Halifax Port Hawksbury Pictou Charlottetown Worcester ST John and Frederickton Rostock Ger Elizabeth Ahrens Bbis Petroleum Weymouth Yarmouth ST John N B Freddie

Old docket actions set for May third session in court

The court announces the old docket of actions not on the trial list and untouched in a year will be called at the opening of the third session on the second Monday of May. If no answer is filed they will be defaulted and cases inactive for one year may be dismissed unless good cause is shown. Clerk Jos. A. Willard confirms.

Jos. A. Willard Dorchester Millville Shawmut Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Bridget Lyons Dubuque Matthew Dolan Boston Suffolk Frobate Cambridge Boston Post Grorce M. Brooks, Esquire

Municipal Court Roundup Faces Several Larceny Cases

In the central court Judge Adams hears Georgianna Neilson charged with larceny of $5 from Richard Williams and held in 800. Alice Kemp accused of larceny of 950 dollar earrings from Ellen Maharty held in 200. Margaret Camervon charged with theft of goods worth 82 from Lucy Freeland held 500. James A Ellis neglecting minor child held 200. Mary Vaughn and Maria Brown charged with mutual assault and battery held 100 each. William Young alias Greeley and William Kimball arraigned for larceny of a horse, buggy and harness from Samuel M Gray held 1200 each for Wednesday appearance. juveniles Pettigrew, Gill and Connelly charged with larceny of a watch and chain valued 20. Gill sentenced to four months in the house of industry. Pettigrew and Connelly to house of reform for juvenile offenders.

Central Court Mary Vaughn Maria Brown William Young Alias Greeley William Kimball Samuel M. Gray Providence Fire Department Thomas Pettigrew Coleman Gill Patrick Connelly Gill House of Industry Pettigrew Connelly House of Reformation

Creditors press offers as failures cascade across states

The list shows creditors accepting W V Everson’s offer of 40 cents on the dollar for Hanover Street Boston and Charlestown estates. Multiple firms face failure or asset disputes. Lamson & Goodnow calls a creditors meeting. Enoch Seavey reports $3600 debt with $700 assets. A S Buzzell and others file compromises. Courts see attachments and assignments. foreclosure questions arise in Steele Mackaye’s Lyceum theatre matter. several consignments and claims span Massachusetts to New York and beyond.

W. V. Everson Hanover Street Boston Old State Prison Charlestown Asa A. Brown Malden J. Dudley Littledale Fitchburg Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Company Shelburne Falls Enoch Seavey Haverhill A.S. Buzzell Grocer Milford E. A. Palmer Lumber Hollis C. BE. Beedy Phillips Ephraim W. Woodward & Son Concord N. H Joseph I. Ordway Providence RB. I G. W. Edmunds David Fitzgerald R. I George J. West Husted & Bronson Recreation Nor Seene Conn Jeremiah M. Pelton Fast Fourteenth Street New York City Steele Mackaye Lyceum Theatre New York Bateman, Richardson & Co Baltimore Leon Seleger Fayerweather & Millen White Lake N. Y Joel W. Whitney General Merchandise Surrey Daniel Macpherson Louisville Agricultural Company Louisville Safety Vault and Trust Company Joan Burkhart Boots and Shoes Sedalia

Resigning Water Commissioner and City Projects Noted

Charles H. Dalton resigns as water commissioner. Water board awards storehouse contract at 221 Federal Street to F. H. Tarbox for 2641 dollars. Thirteen trees girdled in Washington Park Roxbury. Sewer committee hears abatement petitions for 10 of about 200 estates along Stony Brook. Petitions claim premature betterments, non-benefit to abutters, and high charges. Health board orders 142 144 and 146 Foundry Street South Boston vacated due to defective drainage.

Vork Charles H. Dalton The Water Board Water Department Federal Street F. H. Tarbox Washington Park Roxbury Committee On Sewers Stony Brook Board of Health Foundry Street South Boston

Indictments Include Arson and Fraud Charges Against Several Men

Grand jury for the May term handed up indictments naming Samuel C. Abbott and Julius A. Penniman for arson. George Green John Martin Edward H. Welch and James Riley charged with escaping from state prison. Jacob W. Wilbur William F. Collins charged with cheating by false pretenses. Charles H. Foster for forgery. George W. Ryan cheating by false pretences. Phineas F. Drew for embezzlement and larceny.

Grand Jury Samuel C. Abbott Julius A. Penniman George Green John Martin Edward H. Welch James Riley Jacob W. Wilbur William F. Collins Charles H. Foster George W. Ryan Phineas F. Drew

Egg Thrown at Irish Leader in Cork Provokes Jest

The Louisville Post reports a prank in Cork where an egg was hurled toward the royal highness, framed as an Irish attempt to “throw off the yolk” in a playful, satirical caption reflecting the era’s tone.

Louisville Cork

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