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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1885

Page

3

General Farm Produce Prices and Market Report

Hay and straw hold firm with mixed grades at around 10.20 to 10.23. Beans and potatoes steady with varied quality. numerous vegetables and fruits show wide price ranges due to cold weather and irregular trucking. Florida oranges scarce. Savannah boat imports include potatoes beans tomatoes cucumbers cabbage peas spinach and asparagus. prices for many items noted across multiple lots and vessels.

Peerless Burbank Queens White Brooks Jersey Florida Savannah Charleston North Carolina Norfolk Boat Norfolk Kale Maryland Virginia South Carolina Bermuda Rio Java Maracaibo Laguayra Jamaica St Domingo New York Sige Fameull Pembroke Cherokee Huron Mohawk Cienfuegos Porto Rico New Orleans Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Ce Sa Oolong Japans

Shipping and cargo listings from multiple ports

A consolidated page lists diverse cargoes and orders from Yarmouth NS to St Thomas, detailing crates and cases of eggs fish and lobsters, sugar and hemp bales, lumber, corks, and bananas. Numerous firms and steamer or schooner arrivals are referenced, with quantities in crates, cases, bbls, and weights.

Sanborn & Co Darling & ‘Osmer Hinckley, Ayer & Co T Russell & Co Cutler Delong & Seaman I & Griffin & Co Knowles & Son William Oaker Yarmouth Dominion Barclay & Co Gulathread Cheney & Myrick Clements Ellis & Co Ellis & Son J & Hutchinson Johnson Marston & Co Robbins Baracoa Linn W & C R Neves Brunswick F C Yarnel George McQuesten & Co Lisbon Mayer Matanzas Charles A Coulomb Progreso Lisahemp Boston Cordage Co ST Johns P R Kate Wentworth Sugar Standard Sugar ST Thomas Mary Sprague

Value of Imports Into the Port of Boston for the Week

Weekly import ledger shows total values across categories and regions headed by Boston. Includes dry goods, ropes, yarns, carpets, paper stock, textiles and machines from Germany and Argentina Republic, with Barbados Trinidad Nova Scotia Porto Rico and others listed. Total imports for the period reach 1,076,973 dollars with miscellaneous items and currencies noted.

Biessseneess Fee Germany Seesseesevsees Argentine Republic Padvet COPE Barbadoes Fousenold Cevccseen

Turfs Island and Hayti Goods Lists on Haytian Republic Steamer

A May 9 clearance lists cargo from the Haytian Republic steamer including flour 80 bbis, lard 34 cases, crackers 16 pails, pork shoulders 10 cases, canned meats 1 pkg, corn starch 2 boxes, hominy 10 boxes, soda 20 bags, bran 75 bus, oats 5 boxes, butter 8549 ths, cheese 75 boxes, codfish 200 bbls, alewives 119 bbls, mackerel 1500 boxes, herring 105 bbls, pork 10 do, backs 140 quarter bbls flour, soap 4 quarter, tobacco 25 cases, kerosene oil 4 do, canned fish 50 cases, lumber 106,782 feet, cotton gins 6, and many more items listed. Also records cargoes for Valparaiso Chile, Var Patterson’s Cove Campobello, Parsboro New Hampshire, Halifax Newfoundland, Rosario Argentina, Omny Nova Scotia, and Omny New Zealand.

Minnesota St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago St Louis New York Ohio City Yellow Will Toledo Liverpool Turks Island Hayti Haytian Republic Valparaiso Isaac Jackson

Summary of Week Ending May 8 Trade Values and Countries

A partial listing shows extensive commodity categories with total value around 1,249,673 dollars. Items include agricultural products, breadstuffs, clogs, clocks, leather goods, hardware, and textiles. Country breakdown lists Brmiot, Newfoundland and Labrador, British West Indies, and British Possessions in Africa among others.

India Oakum WWE Sessies Duckaws Newfoundland and Labrador Africa Dutch Guiana

Receipts of Railroads Goods and Provisions Across Lines

A compiled list shows Albany and Providence railroads handling cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, lard, butter, oil, cheese, eggs, potatoes, lumber, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, bacon, and more. Entries record bales, bbls, boxes, cases, and bags with numerous quantities across Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New, Fitchburg, Maine, Maine Western, Lowell, Peabody and Sea routes, reflecting large scale freight and provisioning movements.

Sosten Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Rairoad Peabody, Salen Moiseses Dbis

Shoeshank packing device patent in suit upheld injunction

An opinion files in the case of Jenkins et al. against David G Gurn over letters patent No 1 577 dated Feb 9 1875 for an improvement in machines for making shoe shanks. It concerns a packing device attached to a forming die in a machine for cutting and bending shoe shanks. The court finds the device operative and useful, discusses prior patents Kellogg Weymouth Baird Briner, and holds infringement by the defendant. Decree grants injunction and accounts as prayed.

Todarini i VT Rem Kellogg Weymouth Baird Briner Comprison Lagg Harvey Siver Eben D. Jordan Isaac Hayden Silver and Gay Jordan, Marsh & Co Hayden Supreme Court Defendents D. F. Crane J. D. Ball Charles H. Bartlett Et al George J. Raymond George S. Raymond George J. Raymond & Co Raymond Stewart Raymond & Co W. F. Kimball R. Lund Wm. R. Bowditch Charlies F. Chickering Tremont Street J.J. Myers J. B. Warner Hutchins & Wheeler John Campbell D. W. Russell G. T. Gallagher E. P. Brown

Decree Entered in Swan v. Standard Sugar Refining

In U S District Court on May 11 before Judge Nelson, John Swan et al. vs The Standard Sugar Refinery, a decree for libellant’s was entered in December after hearing and today the amount was fixed at 2000 dollars, claimant appealed. The question was whether it was a general average.

John Swan Standard Sugar Refinery Libellant’s

Court records reveal mixed rulings in early Boston cases

Superior Court first session details a dispute involving George L. Underwood and Boston Five Cents' Savings Bank over a disputed 1830 assignment by Ann Scanlan with trustee Chick challenging the deed. The docket also includes tort claims for ejectment at Shawmut avenue and numerous case entries, with several dismissals and motions on amendments. A second session covers Michael S. Kelleher vs. Edward A. Hunting and others over a disputed sale of 1 Fay street and assorted docket reconfirmations.

Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Central Massachusetts Eastern Old Colony Boston Albany New York New England Telegraph Wade Mexico Oregon Short Line Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Bell Telephone Erie Boston Water Power M. Y. B. Edgerly Brookline Avenue Water Power Company Calumet Hecla Quincy Osceola Huron Franklin Lake Superior Ea Huron George L. Underwood Savings Bank Ann Scanlan Charles G. Chick Danvers Asylum B. C. Moulton C. F. Kittredge Bank A. H. H. Andrews Aaron Jacobs Jos J. Johnson Shawmut Avenue Johnson Newton J. E. Bates C. J. Brooks Davis Fitzgerald Dawe Buttrick White Butler Dean Tripp Laziett Brann Same Arthur Levett Tarpy Field RE. R Slade Mead Barnard Chopper Messenger Dennie Goodnow Daws Rockwell Michael S. Kelleher Edward A. Hunting and al Samuel A. Way Fay Street de Carte J. A. Maxwell H. D. Hyde Messrs. Rountree & Co Devonshire Street Dorchester Millville Shawmut

Probates and municipal court actions under Judge McKim

Wills of Wright Roehl Sheerin Walsh Cabot Rutledge Slocomb Easte Hollingsworth Crownshield Dixwell Donahue Collins probated. Administrations taken for Luce Brett Heman Congdon Kimball Beal Watson. In Municipal Court Judge Parmenter: Maguire jailed a year as common drunkard. Breen held $500 for Sunday liquor sale. Clifford $300 for larceny. Crowley $2000 for assault with intent to kill. Heath $500 for embezzlement. Flynn $1200 for breaking and entering. Collins $200 for drunkenness third offense. Williams six months in house. Lomasney $1500 for breaking and entering.

McKim Caroline J. Wright Ela F. Roehl Michael J. Sheerin Johannah Walsh Samuel Cabot James S. Rutledge James Slocomb Charles H. Easte Jane M. Hollingsworth Harriet Crownshield Anna P. Dixwell Frances B. Smith Daniel Donahue John Collins Maria Luce James J. Brett Jen T. Heman Wallace A. Congdon Mary F. Kimball Alden B. Beal Marston Watson Central Court Parmenter Thomas F. Maguire Island Maguire Patrick M. Breen Castle Street Jennie Clifford Tilla Elliott Lyman Street Timothy Crowley Stephen Heath James H. Freeland Michael Flynn Smith & Greenough Julia Collins Anna Williams House of Correction Michael Lomasney Superior Court

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BR Bankers Congress Street Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway First Mortgage Blake Brothers& Co State Street Brewster, Galt & Estabrook Foote & French, Bankers Congress St Sauk Northern Pacific R Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R Oregon Railway & Navigation Burlington & Quincy R. BR Muscatine Cattle Company John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire ST Gales Brokers’ Board Owen Me C.T& W Pu & A Val Rep Valley A.T Ve Ce At& Pac Gaston & Aib el Pea Vin San&Clev Nor & Worces Isi Old Golony Oregon SL Heine Wis Calum & Hecla Aspinwall Boylston St L Boston Mining American HK Ill Coy Csecestees Atlantic & Pacific Ecs Sis Sania Fe Rowman wWilver Boylston Street Land Bulwer Boron Lang Eccesscrees Crescent Mining NEW York Financial Alabama Missouri Vanderbilts Omaha Lackawanna Northwest Western Railroads Delaware and Hudson New York Central Gould Delaware and Judson Michigan Central St. Manhattan Consolidated Vanderbilt Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Iowa Denver and Rio Grande Consolidated Louisville and Nashville Mobile Firsts Missouri, Kansas Texas General Missouri Pacific Central Iowa Chesapeake and Ohio Delaware Hud Denver Bio G Brisonesecescence Texas Louisville Nashichigan Central Manhattan Cccoce Veertummensan Adams Express Pullman Pean Serent Ta Alton & Terre Hauir Rich & All American & TM Ceeses BOM Rich W. 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Omny N S Flora ER Hale Glenn Pike Brown Brooklyn Sarah Frances Eer Lavinia M Brown Susan F Ie Willard J Clough Somerville Grace Isabel J A Emma Cammon Damoreau Charles F Damoreau Feyh South Boston Henry Feyh Reading Charles Gibbs Whitinsville Pone Louisa George L Gibbs Daugles P Whitin Jaquith East Boston Iiss A Augustus D Jaquith Nutter Winchester Leonard Nwutter Parker-Alb Boston Highlands Oliver R Parer Pearce Deborah B Nelson Pearce Ears B Root Eka Bemmont Annie Thomas Richardson Saroni Emeline Saroni Ilson Samuel H Wilson Semel Aland A P Wilson U. 8 Circuit Court Judge Colt U.S. District Court Nelson Pitman Moreland Gilchrist Te Laureli Sameale Chapin Holbrook Knowlton Laney Joslin Railroad Matters Messrs. . K. Vanderbilt Frederick W. Vanderbilt Dr. W.S. Webb John Newell Lake Shore Road H. W. Gray W.S. Hoyt Frank Foster H. B. 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