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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1889

Page

7

Mixed grain markets and receipts across cities

Receipts and shipments for corn oats wheat rye and barley vary by city. Prices shown include No 2 white corn at 37 38c and No 2 red wheat around 82 82c store with minor shifts. markets described as steady dull or firm across New York Chicago Detroit Milwaukee St Louis and Peoria.

York Detroit Milwaukee St Louis Toledo Peoria Chicago Louis New York C. Milwaukee Canada Michigan New_York

Butter and dairy prices and receipts across markets

Receipts today show butter, oleomargarine, cheese, eggs and potatoes with steady or quiet demand. Prices quoted across Western and Vermont creameries range 14 to 20 cents for butter, with jobbing up 1 2 cents. cheese in New York and Vermont ranges 5 to 10 cents. eggs steady with various regional quotes. potatoes listed by variety with prices per bushel or ton.

Market Report Shows Steady Poultry and Farm Prices

The market is dull and steady with live poultry trading quietly. Fresh killed Northern and Eastern chickens sell at 18 22 cents, fowls 16 16 4 cents, Western ice packed chickens 10 11 cents, turkeys 15 14 cents No 1, 12 14 cents No 1, 10 11 cents No 2. Hay and straw receipts today total 19 cars hay and 2 cars straw, with choice prime hay at 18 60 to 19 50 dollars. Rye straw and oat straw priced steady, East swale 10, East prices for various hay grades listed.

Vermont Eastern Creamery New York Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Baltimore New York Extra Ohio Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Nova Scotias Islands California Lima Floridas Tennessee East Swale

Norfolk boat carries mixed produce with varied market quotes

The Norfolk boat due Friday transports 700 crates strawberries 120 pigs and 1200 crates peas. Market quotes list onions beets carrots lettuce turnips and many ready markets with prices per crate bush or dozen. Items include cucumbers rhubarb parsley green peas Florida beans tomatoes cabbage and squash with regional price ranges.

Norfolk Bermuda St Andrews North Carolina Savannah Florida

Market Report on Fruits and Produce Prices

Apples and receipts show 651 barrels today versus 165 last year with quiet demand at old prices. Oranges and lemons market well supplied with steady demand. Messina lemons and Palermo options listed. Valencia oranges at 3 25 to 5 12 percent per case. Holy Land oranges at 1 26 to 2 20 per box. strawberries in good demand at 20 to 25 cents per quart. Tennessee berries 19 to 21 cents. dried apples quiet. pine apples steady 12 to 26 cents. bananas active at old prices with Jamaica and Baracoa varieties. steamer Dana delivery noted. coconuts at 25 per 1000 count.

Baldwins Choice Maine Messina Palermo Tennessees Floridas Snow & Co Aracoa Baracoa Dana Seaverns & Co

Banana and Citrus Shipments Bound for City Firms

The steamer Carl Konow arrives Saturday with Baracoa bananas for WW and C R Noyes. Lorenzo D Baker due Friday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Marmion due with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Caledonia passed Gibraltar May 4 bound for Boston carrying 5700 Valencia oranges 1100 Palermo oranges 6100 Palermo lemons 2400 Naples oranges 200 Catania oranges and 2000 Catania lemons. Fitzroy passed Gibraltar May 9 bound for Boston with 1700 Messina oranges and 1500 Messina lemons.

Carl Konow Baracoa WW & C R Noyes Lorenzo D Baker Boston Fruit Company Marmion Caledonia Gibraltar Boston Palermo Naples Catania Fitzroy Messina

Market Report on Pork and Beasts and Beef Prices

Hog and pork product receipts today in detail with year over year figures and current quotes across markets in New York Chicago and St Louis. Prices cover pork cuts lard hams bacon tongues and dressed hogs plus beef plate and mutton values with notes on market tone and receipts.

New York Chicago St Louis Brighton

Hog and Cattle Markets Across KC St Louis Peoria Chicago

Market reports show steady to lower cattle and steady hog prices across major yards. Kansas City receipts 4273 cattle with mixed butchers 220 250 and stockers 275 315. hogs 16674 with heavies 390 420 and medium to lights 411 742 430. sheep 894 at 360 415. Chicago cattle receipts 13000 with beev es 420 440 and hogs 34000 with heavy 420 450, light 435 475. St Louis hogs dull to 435 445. Peoria hogs 430 440. sheep strong nat 385 Western 370 415.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Chicago Texas

Sugar and Molasses Market Report From Today

Trade is quiet with a steady market for sugar and molasses. Quotes cover Cuba refining grades 6% s, Manila 5% 4c, Java Nos 10 to 11 at 7c, and refined sugar at 944c pulverized 9 4c powder.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas

Sugar market notes and molasses receipts

Granulated, confectioners' A and other sugar grades listed with bid prices and a note that New York sugar markets are unsettled and refined lower. Molasses receipts today include 50 barrels and 50 punch barrels. last year 3 barrels, with 638 birds and 20 tierces. Market described as quiet and unchanged with various regional prices for Ponce Porto Rico and other grades.

New York Ponce Porto Rico Forte Rico En Orleans Cienfuegos

New York and Liverpool cotton markets firm with steady openings

In New York cotton is firm with 627 bales sold at various grades and prices. Futures opened quiet and closed steady as Liverpool reports steady demand and sales of 12,000 bales with 10,600 American bales received. futures in May and other months show firm quotes. Regional markets show mixed receipts and steady to firm prices across cities from Augusta to St Louis, with totals and stock levels listed.

New York Vince Su Cnc Eee Oetbc Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Continent Cincinnati Mid LLC St Louis Louisville Consolidated France United States

Market Report Across Commodities Today and Last Year

Ta'low receipts show 85 barrels and 75 tierces with 39 barrels and 2 bags a year earlier. Prices vary by commodity with oil and turpentine steady. New York notes 350 birds sold, coffee and whiskey steady. turpentine closes at 39 cents, rosin 1.24, tar 2.10, petroleum 7.10 cents, RSW 6.85 cents, cases 8.75 cents. Market tone described as quiet and firm across sectors.

New York Rio

Cattle Market Report From Brighton and Watertown

Market shows beef cattle firm with Western cattle at higher prices. Arrivals near 4000 head and steady to rising demand for Milch cows. sheep and veal calves also firmer, while heavy stock remains abundant. Export trade notes United States cattle entering Liverpool markets amid high supply.

New England Vermont Massachusetts Buss United States Liverpool Liverpool dropped 4c d w, with the range 10@ 10Lec B th. Bien rence Stockholm City London Sheen N Morris Siberian Glasgow J A Hathaway A J Snowden Nebraska Norseman J Kollinger J Gould Bostonian

Cattle Market Report from Watertown and Brighton Yards

Western quotations for cattle rise on light Chicago run as Boston markets see firmer demand. J C Libby W W Hall P W Thompson among eastern dealers. Milk cows and springers sell well with several lots at high prices. Veal calves scarce with prices down from last week. Hogs and young pigs steady while live poultry sells on contract. Notable sales include J A Hathaway and Breck & Wood offerings. Boston buyer Colonel Leavitt expanding Chicago purchases for Boston buyers.

Chicago J C Libby W W Hall P W Thompson J 4 Gilman Union Market F Savage Williamson Libby & Son Flic Watertown Nebraska A J Snowden England Glasgow Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont J A Hathaway N K Campbell Claremont Rossiter Tey M A Herrick Sullivan County Unity Leonard W. W Scollans J Casey Shaftesbury Liverpool Norseman FS Kimball HV Whipple Brighton Yards Colonel Leavitt Boston Ormerly Brighton N Monroe

Imports May 15 1889 Cargo Summary

Shipping records show multiple vessels at bear rooms and ports including Baracoa Dana and Celina cargoes of cocoanuts bananas sugar and molasses, Hull Eng Buffalo coffee iron hides wool and steel, Venice whiskey and paper stock, Melbourne Regina wool, Port Antonio Marmion and Port Morant bananas coconuts and pineapples, Rosario D A Brayton wool skins, Zanzibar cargoes of hides cloves pepper and personal effects orders. Names include Seaverns J Morgan Sheridan Thayer Lincoln and Brown Bros & Co among others.

Baracoa Dana Seaverns & Co Bearbadoes Celina Morgan & Co Arbadoes Tierces Sugar Standard H A Turner Hull Eng Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Moise E Peabody Brown Bros & Co Milne & Co Geiler Abram French & Co Gardner & Bros Cleveland Bay Stallions Shire Sheridan Bros E & F King & Co O Dame & Co Linder & Meyer Fenno Bros & Childs L & DS Riker James Skinner Thayer & Lincoln Sherburne Metgalf & Co Beach Dodge Haley & Co Mediterranean Cervin Messina Truit AS & J Brown & Co Palermo AS &J Brown & Co Melbourne Regina Port Antonio Jam Boston Fruit Co Port Morant Rosario Brayton Zanzibar Stark Wheatland George Ropes

Exports May 15 1889 Guysboro Newfoundland to Glasgow and Liverpool

A detailed ship cargo list shows schooners Verittas Eliza Bell and others from Guysboro Bear Harbor and international steamers Catalonia and Siberian carrying flour oatmeal meat pork beef lard cornmeal oil and miscellaneous goods. The entries include quantities such as 900 sacks oatmeal 74 head cattle 3240 boxes bacon and 25 410 tbs cheese among diverse items.

Guysboro Glasgow Scot Siberian Bear Harbor Eliza Bell Oakum Liverpool Eng Catalonia

London and Liverpool Wheat and Corn Markets Report

May 15 reports from London Liverpool and Manchester show wheat quiet to steady with mixed futures and spot demand. wheat at 68 114d for May to November in California contracts and 6s 6d to 7s 54d for different wheats in Liverpool. Manchester notes unchanged market, listless tone, slack export yarns, looms running under contracts, and firmer wide shirtings while lower reeds remain quiet.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Manchester The Manchester Guardian India China Japan

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

Local buyers from Carroll Adams Baltimore Tucker Smith R Jandorf Simpkinson and N A Hunt visit the city. The note lists names and firms in Charleston and Baltimore as participating in a shoe trade gathering.

Cnet Md Carroll Carroll, Adams &Baltimore J Mullen, Jr Tucker, Smith & Co Tanners, Md M Daniel R Jandorf & Co H Simpkinson J & A Simpkinson Charleston A Hunt A Hunt & Co

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