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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1887

Page

7

Market Roundup from Philadelphia and New York Hubs

Egg prices hold firm as New York stay steady while Cincinnati eggs firm at 10c. Butter and cheese quotations stay varied with Western creamery and Vermont dairy listings. Potatoes, hay, and straw show quiet demand, with bids in the 12 to 18c range for various grains and seeds.

Ohio Philadelphia Western New York Cincinnati Western Good To Choice Vermont EGGIS Choice Michigan Island Nova Scotia Bush Timothy North West Red Top Jersey East Wale Houston Vermont Hebrons New_York hebrons Northern Burbanks Maine

Fruit market notes on banana shipments and steady prices

The report lists shipments arriving or due from Fram Hondo Prydian and Savannah Norfolk boats with bananas oranges pines coconuts and strawberries. It notes steady banana prices, strong apple and dried apple demand, and a broad range of fruit and vegetable prices including oranges lemons and onions with regional quotes and crate or bbl rates.

Fram George H. Harding & Co Hondo Prydian Mediterranean Savannah Norfolk Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Spies Valencia Messina Palermo Florida Baracoa Aspinwall Jamaica

Market for packed meats steady with quiet prices

The market for packed meats remains quiet but steady with lard and hams unchanged, fresh beef in moderate supply, and veals and muttons at low prices. Beef and pork items show a range of steady quotes, including prime and extra prime cuts, and various sausage and bacon products priced across several grades.

Chicago Aes Soo MOG Sk Brighton

Cotton Prices Move Quietly on Liverpool Open

In Liverpool futures, May through November contracts show narrow ranges from 6 46-64d to 5 27-64d with a measured close. The spot market opens unchanged with moderate demand, quoted at 544 5% for middling inland and Orleans. About 7000 bales were sold.

Liverpool Orleans

Global Cotton Prices and Market Summary Report

The textile market shows rising cotton imports with a 32 759 bale increase from last year and a larger 104 123 bale rise versus 1585 figures, while 206 271 fewer bales are compared to 1854. Oil and sugar values hold steady with refined sugar near 6 13 16 cents per pound and crude sugar steady. Mola prices stay steady for cargo lots with Porto Rico crop at 42 cents and Cuba boiling at 20 cents.

Liverpool New York Manila Belmont Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph May 14 across US grain and flour trades

The market report covers New York flour receipts and exports, varied prices for No 2 to fancy flour, and bystate bids. It lists Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago and Minneapolis quotes for flour wheat corn oats rye barley and related goods, with shipments and receipts totals and price ranges.

Hog and cattle market notes across Peoria Kansas City and St Louis

Peoria hogs steady at 430 500 with 150 receipts and 124 shipments. Kansas City logs easier with estimated receipts 5600 yesterday 11469 official and 2536 shipments. St Louis hogs firm with Yorkers at 470 485 mixed packers at 400 plus butchers up to extra firm at 5. Chicago cattle receipts 800 shipments none steady beef steers to 486.

Peoria Kansas City ST Louis

Livestock Prices Report From Local Market

Receipts show hogs shipments and packers with figures for beef cattle and sheep. Texas cattle listed at 215 to 420, hogs at 450 to 490, packing at 490 and 610, sheep at 275 to 470, lambs 460 to 610.

Texas

Regional Cotton Receipts and Trade Totals Across Ports

Net receipts, gross sales, stock figures and exports listed for Augusta to Consolidated totals. Entries show firm markets in multiple ports with mid ten to eleven and fractions percentages, coastwise exports to Great Britain, and port stocks ranging from thousands to over 20 thousand bales.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Menphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Mid Vc Philadelphia Mid LLC New York Cincinnati St. Louis Ross Louisville United States

Foreign Markets Report From London and Havana

Market desks in London Liverpool Paris and Havana report quiet or steady wheat and corn demand amid mixed cargo activity. Prices show small shifts with breadstuffs unchanged in Havana and sugar markets closing quiet but steady. freight rates firm for sugar shipments to the United States.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Yaris Antwerp Havana Matanzas United States

Imports And Exports In Barbados 1846 Trade Ledger

A dense ledger from Georgetown Demerara and Liverpool lists Bark Electa and many vessels exporting and importing vast quantities: sugar, coffee, lobs, bananas, pineapples, cocoanuts, tins, woollens, cottons, leather, tinplates, sherry, earthenware, machinery, and bundled merchandise. The records show numerous firms like Brown Bros & Co, Gossler & Co, Blake & Ripley, Holt & Bugbee, and James A Hayes & Co coordinating steamer cargoes to Jamaica, Jamaica, and other ports with ships Electra Hondo Catalonia and others. Names include Barclay & Co, Richardson & Donnie, W H Davis & Co, Stone & Downer, A A Brigham, and many more. The list also notes quantities in bags, tierces, cases, bales, crates, and tons, reflecting mid-19th century global trade patterns.

Barbados Sugar Brown Bros & Co Georgetown Demerara Annie G O’leary Sugar Gossler & Co Barrington Boston Blake & Ripley Liverpool Eng Catalonia Holt & Bugbee Pierce & Co Richardson & Donnie James A Hayes & Co Hadley Co Briggs British Hosiery Co Boston Button Co Hradford, Tuomas & Co James F Maulien & Co Stone & Downer William Parr Miller Bros & Co Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Holder & Herrick Norcross, Mellen & Co Abram French & Co Chase & Co S & Pierce & Co Everett & Co Collins & Fourbanks Pkus Steel Henry B Jackson Bliss, Fabyan & Co Pkus P Hollander & Co American Express Co Kennedy & Murphy Jones, McDuttee & Stratton Allen Gardner Phelps, Dodge & Co Moors & Co Dry Walker, Stetson & Sawyer Cumner, Jones & Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Dry Goods Brown, Durrell & Co Ricelow Kennard & Co George E Crawley Schoenhof Horace Partridge & Co F Howe Snow Whitney Bros & Co Prince Nonantum Worsted Co J & J Murdock A_H Roffe & co John M O'Neil Kakas & Sons Baring Bros & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Alfred Boyd Manchester Robertson & Allison Skinner S P Pierce & Co

Staple Goods Receipts Listing By Railroads 1887

A detailed OCR list records receipts for multiple railroads on May 14 1887 including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Boston and Maine Eastern Western and Lowell divisions. The inventory enumerates cotton wool flour corn meal corn oats wheat middlings bacon lard butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes tea coffee hay lumber leather and hides in large quantities across many yards and depots.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County May 6 and 8

A compressed list of transfers across Suffolk cities detailing buyers and sellers on streets including Edgerley, Winchester, Warren, West Newton, Yarmouth, Rockport, Lamartine, Woodward, Sayward, Vinal, Greenwich, Atlantic, Victoria, and Franklin avenues. Several deeds include mortgage backs ranging from 1 000 to 10 000 dollars, and prices from 1 to 25 000 dollars.

Winchester Street James W. Edgerley James A. Gooch Edgerly Place Ditto Warren Avenue William H. Chadwick Joseph FF. Reynolis Waren Avenue West Newton Street William E. H. Dillaway Rose Gaffney Michael M. Cunniff Yarmouth Street Massachusetts Title Company Simeon Marcus Roxpery Henry W. Fernald Sarah W. Tillson Rockland Place Benjamin F. Ricker George Sauer Lamartine Street Benjamin F. Bean Et Ax Nelson V. Titus Woodward Avenue James McAnklin Donenes Herbert L. Darling William H. Sayward Sayward Street Cornelius M. Vinson Arthur H. Vinal Vinal Street Andrew J. Church Patrick Gilligan Greenwich Street Michael Finnegan McCurdy John D. McBeath Atlantic Avenue Arthur A. Kendall Sarah A. Thorpe Victoria Street Chelsea Jared R. Kibby Mary E. Goodwin Franklin Avenue William R. Pearman Edward McLellan Franklin Ouien

Mortgage transfers on Dorchester and nearby streets

Multiple mortgages recorded May 4 to May 6 involving land and buildings along Dorchester avenue Edgerly place Eustis Street Roxbury Warren avenue Yarmouth street and related properties. Names include Thomas Hurdet Rebecca Weld George Poor James Gooch James Edgerly Robert Clouston Samuel Weld Emeline Davis Henry Reynolds Simeon Marcus Otis Shephard Carl Carlson and West Roxbury Codpera. Amounts range from 600 to 6000 dollars.

Thomas Hurdet Ax Rebecca H. Weld Dorchester Avenue Ditto George H. Poor James A. Gooch James W. Edgerly Edgerly Place Robert H. Clouston Samuel Weld Eustish Street Roxbury Emeline A. Davis Henry R. Reynolds Warren Avenue Simeon Marcus Otis Shephard Yarmouth Street Carl A. Carlson

Boston and Providence Railroad Train Arrangements 1887

Train times for Boston to New York Providence Pawtucket and surrounding towns are listed with daily and Sunday schedules starting February 28, 1887. Notable connections include Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail with returns and delays noted. manager A Folsom signs as superintendent.

Boston and Providence Rail Schedules Change This June

Due to Connecticut law changes, the 10 am Boston to New York and 10 am New York to Boston trains will be discontinued after May 29. A 1 pm Shore Line train from New York to Boston starts May 30, with a 4 pm Providence to Boston return. From Oct 11 trains depart Boston for Manchester Concord NH and upper lines at set morning and afternoon times. Concord to Boston departures follow.

Connecticut Boston New York Providence Shore Line Folsom Concord R. BR Manchester Concord N.H N. H H. E. Chamberlin

Framingham and Marlboro Rail Schedule Details

Local and return train times for Framingham Marlboro Fayville Seonathboro Northboro Clinton Leominster and other stations. Daily and Sunday services listed with departure times from Boston and return options, plus ticket office locations and agent names.

Aacavan Framingham Marlboro Fayville Seonathboro Northboo Clinton Leomister Frehburg Berlin West Berlin Bolton Pratt's Duneton Titehburg Boston Sunany Newton Lower Falla Moston Welleley &Hills Worcester Gym Newton Highlands Brookline Oston Washington Street Hanson H. T. Gallup

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Schedule 1887

Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable shows Boston passenger station departures to North Adams Troy Albany and west with multiple daily trains including Chicago St Louis sleeping cars, various express and accommodation services, plus through tickets and office contact details JOAN ADAMS J WHITMORE and J R WATSON.

Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston N A Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Kellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R Cheshire Bellows Falls White River Junction Vermont Ches- A I . M. Hire & Monadnock White River Tion K. Shewari Keene, N. H North Adams Albany and the Wear Albany Chicago & St. Louis Chicago St. Louis Ayer Dunction Belmont Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Frehburg Gardner and Miller's Falls Qreenfield Lincoln Alarsboro Hudson and Maynard Ayer Junction Sroy and the West Unoa Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auby Worcester Jm. D Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street All Pointe West Joan Adams J. Whitmore Montreal & West Lowell Pullman J. R J. W. Hobart S. W. Cummings Gen. Pass St. Albars

Fall River Line schedules and Boston rail notices

Post 1887 service details list Fall River Line boat times from New York and return stops including Cohasset Hingham Weymouth Plymouth Taunton Brockton and Newport with varied am and pm returns. Also notices for Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation stockholders meetings May 25 1887 Concord NH May 26 1887 and Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company meeting May 17 1887 to discuss the Standard Policy and deposit notes.

Old Colony Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Ami Bridgewater Return Brockton Buzzard’s Bay Wareham Provincetown Ellfleet Hingham Cohasset Cottage City New Bedford Wood’s Hall East Ridgewater Ee Uington West Quincy East Milton East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Taunin Morrison Square Marshfield Mattapan Milton Neponset Mattapoinett Middleboro Nantucket Newport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Plymouth Abington Duxbury Uincy Seituace North Seituate Seituate Sea View Shawmut South Duxbury Central Station Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth Wollaston Heights Wood's Hall M. Cohasset Weymouths Lymouth Paxbury Road Wrymouth South Braintree Way South Braints New Beauford hOron J. R. Kendrick Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation Massachusetts Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company Mill Street

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