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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1885

Page

3

Forei4% Exports and Ocean Freight Cargoes Across Ports

Detailed cargo lists from Liverpool London Yarmouth Bridgewater Baracao and Lisbon show multiple commodities cleared on May 8. Items include beeswax white wax cat casts leather beef pork lard flour wheat corn tobacco sugar machinery tools and ships stores totaling thousands of units across several vessels.

Chomimereiar London Beerlesbo Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool England Cslifornia Liverpooi Eng Mer Catatonia Yarmouth Steamer Dominion API Giue

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroad Lines

A historical inventory lists staple goods shipped via multiple railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Maine Eastern and Western divisions, Maine, Lowell, and Peabody Salem expresses. Items include bales of wool, flour, meal, oats, millfeed, malt, tallow, hams, butter, cheese, sugar, tea, coffee, molasses, eggs, pork, lard, leather, hides, pelts, pelts, lumber, and various case counts with numerous bales and boxes.

Boston and Albany Grand Jen Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Maine Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Railroad Peabody, Salem Uae

Total Receipts of Staple Products May 12

Total receipts of principal staples at this date from all shipment points including in transit goods compare with the same day last year. The table presents totals for multiple commodities and shows year over year changes.

Market cattle and livestock prices and classifications

A detailed 19th century market listing shows cattle and sheep prices across qualities, store cattle, and hides plus carcass and hog pricing. It lists car counts by railroad routes Boston and Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Boston and Maine totals, with Western and Canadian data. Also includes classifications of cattle and sheep by quality and weight, plus lambs, calves, and yearlings.

N.hampshire Vermont New York Boston Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Maine Brighton

Annual report of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

The document covers the year ending December 31 1854 with figures on miles operated earnings and operating costs. President Huntington notes a 10 percent fall in gross earnings and nearly 20 percent drop in net earnings due to coal and ore mine closures rates and competition. The report discusses labor and equipment preservation and local shipment disruptions along with competitive pressures from northern trunk lines.

Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Huntington

Annual Railroad Commission report and early May earnings

A report from the Deputy Railroad Commissions secretary highlights the twelfth annual report with hundreds of pages of statistics and supervision notes. At the United States Car Company meeting in Concord New Hampshire several directors were elected. Early May earnings show mixed results across major lines including declines for Detroit Lansing Northern and Chicago Alton, gains for Canadian Pacific, and a decline for Omaha. Pullman’s stock buy proposal was declined by Central Transportation.

Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Burlington and Missouri River Kansas Union Pacific New York Putnam, Messervy & Co Wyoming Nebraska Julesburg Denver Iowa Omaha Juiesburg Northwest Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwestern Tripartite Council Bluffs St. Paul Marquette, Houghton and Atlantic and Pacific Flint Pere Marquette Mexican Central Pullman Palace Kansas City Springfield Memphis Ft. Scott Gulf Consolidated Vermont New England Eastern Colony Portland Saco Portsmouth Fitchburg Bell Telephone Boston Brookline Aspinwall New Park Calumet Hector Franklin Huron Lake Superior J. D. Minor Pacific Mining Company Bodie California Pacific No. 2 Prime Mercantile Alabama Missouri New York Central Eain Lackawanna Lake Snare Oregon Transcontinental Louisville Nashville Vanderbilt Lake Shore Vanderbilt Party Friends of the Kansas Pacific Oregon River and Navigation Company Northern Pacific San Francisco Southern Pacific Central Pacific Ore Bears Huntington Oregon Navigation Company Chesapeake and Ohio Wabash St. Louis Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio New Orleans Long Island Richmond Danville Virginia Europe Chicago Tribune New Albany Worcester Hoosac Mountains Utica Rome Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Dunkirk Erie Ashtabula Cleveland Toledo Goshen Elkhart Laporte Niagara Falls Lake Erie Wilton Milford Amherst Station Nashua Lowell W. C. Ray State OF Michie State of Michigan Detroit Lansing and Northern Raiload Northern Pacific Road Chicago and Alton Railroad Canadian Pacific Road Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Court Record Shows Pro Forma Verdict Pending in Bond Suit

Supreme Judicial Court on May 12 heard Eliot National Bank v Beal administrator over a Royal B Conant bond of 5000 with Beal to report to full court. Judge Holmes directed a pro forma verdict for the defendant after debate on statute of limitations. Also noted are parallel matters in Smith v NY and NE Car Trust and Brookline railroad bridge widening petitions.

C. Allen A. D. Chandler Brookline Railroad Commissioners William Aspinwall Washington Street E. R. Hoar M. Williams C. A. William W. Aspinwall T. H. Talbot G. C. Hodges Eliot National Bank Beal Moses C. Beal Royal Holmes A. A. Ranney J. BR. Clark A Gaston L. B. Whitmey Smith New York and New England Car Trust Company N. Y A.D. Chandlers C. A. Willams F. H. Talbot George W. “Iorse S. H. Tyng Oston Market Street Brighton Cambridge Laintiff Geo. H. Kingsbury M. Babson Johannah Sweeney John Muldoon Owen Muldoon Charles Steeve Kellogg Z. H.dudley Lane Gilbert Vs Berlin Mass

Superior Court May 12 Trial Summary Slates Mixed Outcomes

In the Superior Criminal Court on May 12 Judge Aldrich presided. James Sullivan and Joseph Callahan faced larceny charges with a hung jury. Margaret McCoy was acquitted of assault and battery. John Barker and Michael Malley stood trial for breaking and entering. George H. King and Albert Young pleaded guilty to larceny and were fined $15 plus costs. Margaret Sullivan pleaded guilty to assault and battery and received one year at the house of correction. William Rooney appeared on a drunkenness and malicious mischief warrant, fined $1 and costs for the first offence, with the second matter put on file.

Superior Criminal Court Aldrich James Sullivan Joseph Callahan Margaret McCoy John Barker Michael Malley George H. King Albert Young Margaret Sullivan House of Correction William B. Rooney

Municipal Courts May 12 Larceny Robbery and Drunkenness

In the central court before Judge Parmenter Georgiana Nelson charged with larceny of 5 dollars from Richard Williams held in 800. Lewis Howard charged with robbing Ching Dung Sin of 975 held in 1000 for appearance upstairs. Catherine O Connor third drunk six months in house of correction. William Downes charged with larceny of 48 dollars from Eugene Graves held in 800 for appearance May 18. In South Boston court John T Healy on a charge of bastardy waived examination held in 400 for the superior court.

Muunicipal Central Court John T. Healy Superior

Impersonator Marshall Adams Dies at 46 in Indianapolis

Marshall Adams known for portraying Old Black Joe died May 11 in Indianapolis at age 46. He began on stage as a child of 10 with one of the Christy brothers and remained a minstrel performer throughout his career. Frank W. Curry councilman dies at 29 in Charlestown residence of his father. He died May 12 of consumption, a Charlestown High School graduate class of 1875, and served on the common council in 1883. He was active in society and with the St. Mary's church temperance group.

Marshall Adams Black Joe Indianapolis Christy Brothers F&x Frank W. Curry Main Street Charlestown Young Men’s Temperance Society St. Mary’s Church

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