Wheat and grain market report and price list
Grain items and prices across several cities show mixed activity. Wheat No 1 hard and No 1 Northern firm in Minneapolis. Milwaukee and Cincinnati report steady flour and firm corn. Chicago notes No 2 spring and No 2 red ranges. Oats, rye, barley steady to dull. pork, lard, and whiskey markets show modest firmness in St Louis and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Rio
Petroleum— United
Tierce Beef Peety
Tierces Western Steam
S.A
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Northern
Cincinnati
Toledo
ST. Louis
Barney
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan
Mixed U.S. livestock markets show firmer hogs and cattle
Hogs firm with bids around 460 to 490 in St Louis Peoria and Chicago markets. Cattle receipts about 2000 in Chicago with heavier, lower trade for shipping steers 3.20 to 4.30, stockers 3.04 to 2.10, cows and bulls 2.10 to 3.80. Lambs steady to higher at 4.75 to 6.00, Texas and Western cattle noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Peoria
Une Chicago
Texas
Cotton Markets May 20 1887 Consolidated Stats
A detailed lint market summary across ports from Augusta to Liverpool with net receipts, exports, stocks, and prices. Key centers include New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York with firm or quiet levels and mid price quotes. Comparative week and year figures show national and foreign trade activity and stock levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Ross
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Continent
Great Britain
United States
Liverpool
Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool
London reports mixed farm goods and steady wheat with firm English markets and weaker corn. Paris and Antwerp show quiet or steady wheat while Liverpool futures reflect steady wheat and weaker corn amid heavy storms. Prices quoted include No 1 California wheat and red winter wheat for prompt shipment, with various English and American grains and provisions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Imports May 20 1887 Sagua and Barbadoes cargoes
Sagua reports schooner Charles A Coulomb with 200 birds of sugar and 3063 bays. Barbadoes lists barkentine Lillian with 460 birds of sugar via Baring Bros Co and 26 puncheons molasses. Port Williams Nova Scotia schooner I G Curtis with 3188 bush potatoes and G C Rockwell 1 box eggs. Goree West Africa bark Jonnie Cushman with 3618 dry hides 62 pkgs rubber 4 vkes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagua
Charles A Coulomb
Barbadoes
Baring Bros & Co
W H Greeley & Co
Port Williams
Curtis
Rockwell
Goree
West Coast
Africa
Jonnie Cushman
International Shipping Ledger of Raw Goods at Sea and Ports
A dense ledger lists cargoes from multiple ports including Saint John and Yarmouth, detailing steamer and schooner consignments with eggs, potatoes, lobsters, fish, skins, and vast sums of sugar, cocoa, and mdses. Numerous firms such as Bateman, Bowles, Davey, Barclay, and Clements appear across lines, recording quantities in bales, crates, cases, and bars as ships arrive and depart for Liverpool, Trinidad, and other destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
ST John
Arthur & Co
Bowles & Co
Cutler
Mead & Co
Whipple
Brown
Butler
Roberts
Rockwell
Clements
Yarmouth
JS Hall & Co
Barclay & Co
Beade, Adamson & Co
Ellis & Co
Delong &, Seaman
Lockport
Electra
Trinidad
Cuba
Elisha Gibbs
Foster & Co
ST. Thomas
Corinne
Hoxie & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Pavonia
Sherry Wood, Pollard & Co
Bixby & Co
Ames
Hollings & Co
Groom &Co
Hayes & Co
Wadsworth, Howland & Co
Carpenter
Hovey & Co
Trasses
Iveson
Boston Public Library
Estes & Lauriat
Reynolds
Houghton & Dutton
S S$ Pierce & Co
Porcelain Jones
McDuffee & Stratton
Brandy Wood
Pollard & Co
Jackson, Mandell & Daniell
Mohair L Chase & Co
Ultramarine I Strong & Co
British Hosiery Co
Moise Jordan, Marsh & Co
Warren & Blanchard
Folsom
Nute & Newell
J & J Murdock
Moise Stone & Jowner
Shoninger, Moses & Co
C Chase & Co
Little, Brown & Co
R Leeson & Co
Elliott
H Roffe & Co
Lawns Shepard, Norwell & Co
Chenery & Co
Dodo Shoninger
Moses & Co
Seccomb
Keher & Sons
Pope & Co
Hanlon & Co
Kennedy & Murphy
Clark & Co
Power
Moors & Co
O’rourke
Marshall, Sons & Co
Moise Blakeslee & Co
Hunnewell & Sons
Davidson Rubber Co
Hewins & Hollis
Codman & Shurtleff
Champagne Hartman & Ubbard
Frost & Adams
Baldwin Bros & Co
Trains to New York and Local Runs via Fall River Line
Passenger train schedules updated for May 18 1887 with daily outbound to New York via Fall River Line at 6 pm and return at 5 pm. Includes Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sand wich regional stops and extensive weekday and Sunday services with numerous intermediate towns and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Ami
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Nis
Soewer Ans
Raintree
Bridgewater
Brockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Onset Bay
Wareham
Cohasset
Hingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
Wood's Hall
East Bridgewater
Abington
West Quincy
East Milton
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Lisoam
Fall Hiver
Taunton
Harrison Square
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Matta
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Ate
Middleboro
Nantucket
Newbedford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Return
Duxbury
Quincy
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
Shawmut
South Duxbury
Central Station
Deantreet
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wolkaston Heights
Weymouths
Plymouth
Duxbury Road
South Braintree
Kor
J.R. Kendrick
Probate notices for estates in Cambridge and Boston
Probate Court notices from Middlesex and Suffolk counties dating to May 1887 cite George B. Mason as administrator of Elizabeth Are estate and Edward Tuckerman trusteeship final accounts, plus licenses to sell John Grimes estate and executors Alexander Dunn Melissa J. Smith Hanora Sheahan, and other estate administration matters in Boston and Newton with publication requirements in the Boston Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachus
Setis
Middlesex
Elizabetit
Cambridge
George B. Mason
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Esquire
J.H. Tyler
Register
Charles A. Cotting
Suffolk
Joan W. McKin
Elwah George
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Othe
John Grimes
Newton
Said
Jabez A. Sawyer
Eynister . Tyler
Bee
Catherine M. Hearn
Alexander T. Dunn
O'Tice
Melissa J. Smith
Augustus Smith
John T. Hurley
Hooston
Jons W. McKim
Elijah George Register
Boston and Maine Through Trains On Both Divisions
Rail service details list schedules for Boston and Maine lines to Augusta Haymarket and Causeway stations with multiple daily departures including St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other hubs. Express connections to Shaw Easeport Calais and steamship linkage from Portland appear listed with times at Haymarket and Causeway stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Baner
St. John
Halfax
The
Provinces
Shaw & Easeport
Calais
St. Jonn . B
Halifax
N. H
Portland
Lewiston
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Knox « Lincoln Railwayes
lHaymarket Sq
Commodity Totals From Multiple Rail Lines and Ships
A historical stock of goods lists measurements by rail lines and carriers, noting bales of wool, flour, corn, oats, rye, malt, feed, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, hay, straw, lumber, tallow, grease, leather, hides, skins, calves, pelts, and more. Includes Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine divisions, Boston & Maine Western, Boston & Lowell, and express and sea transport entries with varied quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Bollen's
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Anne
Renee
Bot
Exports Report From Atlantic Ports May 20 1887
Shipping list chronicles cargoes at Yarmouth Barbadoes Aspinwall Elmina Charlottetown and Bark Sea Gull with vessels brig WH N Clements schooner Mary E McDougall and bark Sea Gull carrying flour pork beef lumber sugar kerosene and other goods. Records quantities of millfeeds oatmeal cotton carpet sweepers pigs hardware marble dry goods fertilizer and tweaks in lobster barrels and oil products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Barbadoes
Bwl
Brig
Clements
Aspinwall
Usc
Abbie Clifford
Elmina
Charlottetown
Pei
Mary E McDougall
Receipts and Shoe Buyers Tour the Rail Towns of 1887
Receipts dated May 20 1887 list 57 bales of cotton for the Boston and Albany Railroad. The town hosts boot and shoe buyers from Albany, with a long string of named firms and agents across cities from Athens Georgia to Wilmington North Carolina, detailing representatives, firms, and routes including Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati and more. The roster includes W F Freeman Rd Athens Ga C W Baldwin Baldwin Fleming, and many others such as J Richardson J Richardson & Fon du Lac, M Rothenberg Marks Lich enstein & Co, E H Lewis Lewis Bros & Co, James Warnock Am, W M Laird Am, J A Fields Austin Fields, A W Tedcastle R G Clark & Co, and M Hessburg Pa among numerous others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Freeman
Athens
W Baldwin
Baldwin & Fleming
Tre
Baltimore
Eichengreen
Eichengreen & Weil
A F Horner
F & IW
Horner
H Pretzfelder
D Pretzfelder, Kline & Co
Bloomington
J T Challis
Charleston
A Hunt
Hunt & Co
M Drake
Martin, Drake & Sons
Cedar Rapids
George
George, Weeks & Co
Chicago
D Wells
M D Wells & Co
Til
Marks
J F Pratt
Bowen & Pratt
Cincinnati
Louis Manss
Manss Bros B& S Co
Ehapmentty
W Laws
H Laws & Co
Chattanooga
G Oehmig
Oehmig
Johnson & Co
Tenn
M Smartt
Smartt Bros . Co
Dubuque
B Pickenbrock
Dallas
Tex
E H Lewis
Lewis Bros & Co
Detroit
Mich
J McLogan
D Robinson &Co
Sues
J Richardson
J Richardson & Co
Fon du Lac
Wis
Charles Stickney
Stickney Shoe Co
Craw
Fort Worth
Gallipolis
W H Andrews
J Dages & Co
E. Indianapolis
Ind
V K Hendricks
Hendricks & Cooper
Indianapolis
A Jones, Jr
Jones, McKee & Co
New York
James Warnock
Pittsburg
Penn
W M Laird
H Childs, Jr
H Childs & Co
J R Gregg
Greeg & Elliott
William Pickersgill, Jr
Philadelphia
J A Fields
Austin, Fields & Co
John T Monroe
Monroe Bros & Co
Trepac Ore
F S$ Aiken
San Francisco
Cal
I Cahn
Cahn, Mikelsburg & Co
San Antonio
Goldfrank
Goldfrank, Frank & Co
Selma
Ala
Ullman
Obendorft & Ullman
Salt Lake City
Utah
M McAllister
Zion
C MI Shoe Co
Topeka
Kas
M Payne
M Payne & Co
Wilmington, NC
Bear, Jr
Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County May Transfers List
Suffolk County records show multiple May deeds transferring land and buildings on West Castle Lincoln Commonwealth Berlin Beacon Elmo Wyombek and other streets. Buyers include Florence Sullivan Archibald Howe Eugene Thayer Michael Freeman Jr Samuel Shapleigh Mary Rowe and George Uriat among others with nominal $1 considerations and mortgaged back arrangements. Notable parcels include Lincoln Street parcels 5000 and 3514 square feet and a 14270 square foot Granville Street lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Castle Street
John W. Webster
Florence A. Sullivan
Lincoln Street
William D. Martin
Archibald D. Howe
Rona
Commonwealth Avenue
Henry Lee
Eugene V. &. Thayer
Berlin Street
William Minot
Michael Freeman, Jr
Beacon Street
William P. Kuhn
Andrew C. Wheelwright
Beacon and
Charles Streets
Elmo Street
Isaac Saunders
Matthias Donnelly
Ditto
John J. Baldwin
Henry
Lawrence
Joseph
Waterman Et al
Southenan
Washington Street
Samuel M. Shapleigh
Mary E. Rowe
Wyumbeck Street
John V. N. Stuits
Ros Linpdale
William J. Hawkins
Charles H. Wise
Ue Street
West Roxpury
Charles H. Williams
George Uriat
Granville Street
Dorchester
Mary E. Homer
Joseph W. Homer
Longmeadow
Batchelder Streets
Yean W. Homer
James Murray
Batchelder Street
Edwin B. Haynes
Land transfers in Charlestown Chelsea and Revere May 10 to May 11
A series of property deeds are recorded. Screw Company sells land on Jeffries street for 50000 dollars. Edward Doherty transfers land on Everett street for 675 dollars. John H Hayes and partners sell land and buildings on High street for 4900 dollars. John B Guelpa transfers land on Carroll street for 400 dollars. William Browning sells five lots on Second street totaling 4750 dollars. Charles H Putnam transfers a Walnut avenue lot of 1430 square feet for 115 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Can Screw Company
Jeffries Street
Edward Doherty
George W. Rgrave
Everett Street
Charlestown
John H. Hayes Et al
Francis Raynes
High Street
Chelsea
John B. Guelpa
Frans L. Malmstrom
Carroll Street
William A. Browning
Stephen P. Weld
Second Street
Revere
Charles H. Putnam
Frank Corday Welles
Walnut Avenue
Mortgages Recorded for May Dates in Boston Area
A list of mortgage instruments filed May 7 to May 10 involving William S Leavitt Timothy O Brien Charles Becket Francis J Ohara John Federden James Molloy Nehemiah W Colwell Seth R Haker Guy A Clifford James Stevenson Benjamin H Stinson Ames Flagg Horace P Chadbourne. Lenders include Home Savings Bank Brighton Five Cents Savings Bank Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company East Boston Savings Bank Rollin W Allen Reuben Greene and others with loan amounts from 500 to 15000 dollars covering various properties on Tremlett Street Neponset Avenue Webster Avenue Charter Street Cambridge Street Washington Street Shirley Street Pleas ant Street Sumner Street Bond Street Weston Street Roxbury and East Boston. May 7 to May 10 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Leavitt Et Ax
Home Savin Bank
Tremlett Street
Timothy O’brien
George C. Moulton
Neponset Avenue
Charles O. Becket Ax
Brighton Five Cents Savings Bank
Webster Avenue
Brighton
Francis J. O'Hara
John R. Neal
Charter Street
John Federden
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insuranceompany
Cambridge Street
James Molloy
East Boston Savings Bank
Orleans Street
Boston
Nehemiah W. Colwell
George Curtis
Washington Street
Seth R. Haker
Rollin HW. Allen
Cooper Street
Guy A. Clifford Et
Reuben Greene
Shirley Street
Roxbury
James Stevenson Et al
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Pleasant Street
Benjamin H. Stinson
Charles P. Grimmer
Sumner Street
Ames Flagg
Francis
Hesseltine
Moe
Bond Street
Horace P. Chadbourne
Hannah H. Draper
Weston Street
Probate notices from Massachusetts courts in 1887
Public probate citations list for the will and estate matters of Mary A F Kendall Ann Darton Perkins Boynton detailing executor actions and court dates. Notices require appearance at the Suffolk Middlesex probate sessions in Boston and Cambridge with weekly publications in the Boston Post and final dates in early June 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Mary A. F. Kendall
Boston
City notices and revised railroad schedules 1887
Public notices from the Assessor and Boston Hall urge taxpayers to file property returns by June 15, with schedules detailing Shore Line trains to New York Providence Pawtucket Attleboro and other towns. The document lists complex daily departure and return times, service names, and conditions, signed by A. Folsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciry Hall
Boston
Board of Assessors
Benj. Cushing
Train schedule changes due to Connecticut laws
Boston and Providence Railroad announces after May 29 the 10 a.m. Sunday Boston to New York and 10 a.m. Sunday New York to Boston trains will be discontinued. A 4 p.m. Sunday Providence to Boston train and a 1 p.m. Sunday Boston to Providence train will run starting June 5. From May 30 the Shore Line train departs New York for Boston at 1 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. A. A. Folsom, Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beturn
Stoughton
Canton
Barton
Mt. Hope
Warren
Mristol
Yuesday
New York
Mansfield
Shore Line
A. A. Folsom
Connecticut
Boston
Providence
Trains Leave Boston for towns in Western Division
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Haymarket to Alton Bay Rochester Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Micellonebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence and more with multiple daily departures and return trips including late evening services and special workingmen's train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Micellonebunk
Biddeford
Saco
Lawrence
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Hiss
Malden
Meaford
Teta
Melrose Wirghinnda
Stoneham
Melrose
Nets
I. Ave
Bagcol
Merrimac
Andover
Newburyport
Salem
Wakefield
Ize
I. m
Wilmington
Amesbury
Beverly
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
North Conway
a_m. Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Hevere
Krockport and
Gloucester
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Sixway
Train timetable excerpt from Boston area lines
A dense timetable lists hourly passenger train departures and routes across numerous Massachusetts and New Hampshire stations. It includes Boston connections, through services to Montreal and Quebec, local branches, and notes on via Saugus and South Reading routes, with many times and station pairs.
Train Schedules from Causeway Street to Northern Stations 1837
Central Massachusetts R R stations announce Monday February 21 1837 departures from Boston for Jefferson Way Stations Hudson Rockbottom South Sudbury Way land Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham with multiple daily times including express services and Sunday trains. Messages from GEO W Storer assistant general passenger agent and G Mellen general superintendent confirm route and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Lowell R. R
Causeway Street
Jefferson and Way
SUN
Hudson
Rockbottom
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
Belmont
Waverley and Waltham
Geo. W. Storer
G’t Agt
Mellen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montreal & West
Oie Eenne
Sesmons
CostFoNt
Lowell
Central Vermont
R.R
W. Hobart
W. Cummings
St. Albans
NEW
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence
Bath Station
Wasma
State Street
Boston & Providence RB. B
J. W. Richardson
Boston & Providence R. R
Ead
York Uimicea Cae
Old Colony
Palgrim
Bristol
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
L. H. Palmer
Concord R. RK
Manchester
Concord
B.and M
H. E. Chamberlin
Yazeee
EL M. Robbins
Mer
Prentiss
Eli M. Robbins
MO. Prentiss
Charles F. Russell
Seth P. Smith
Court Street
Hammond, Rice & CO
Stephen A. Lovejoy
Havens System
Haven's Colleges
N. Y
Philo
San Frangiece
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Probate Court
Edward Tuckerman
Epwakgp
J. Jenwins
Railroads
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany Railroad
Meriden
Miss
M Rothenberg
Marks, Lichenstein & Co
F Beals
Beals, Torrey & D
C H Vogel
Hill, Standish & Ad
Coashville, Tenn
W Hall
Hall & Ordway Manufacturing Co
Nashville, Tenn
Hollins, Jr
Hollins, Sons & Co
Nashville
G Throne
Adams, Throne & Co
Suffolk County
Ann Darton
Samuel Darton
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
Massachtus Setts
Perkins Boynton
Herbert A. Boynton
Geonar M. Brooks
Iain Shy. H. Tyler
City Notices
Boston & Providence Railroad
Meturn
Retuarn
Paturn
Pawtucket
Heturn
Atticbor
Hebronville
Sturn
North Attle- 1830
Matica
Saerimary Ervey
East Poxdoro
Vary Iam
Bmeturn
Amal
Sharon
Hteturn
Awe Rik Rrq
Emdville
Park
Aia Abs
Clarendon Hills
Forest Hills
We Bao. Gov
Ue. BI
Havana
Hoxbury
Dedham
Spring Street
Migilands
Haymarket
Sam
Medford
Bangor
Reading and Way
Boston Station
WAN Era Akareneeteer
Lynn and Way
aVia Saugus
wWorkingmen
South Reading
Haymarket Square
City
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Montpelier
Exsex Junction
Burlington
Montreal
Woodsville
St. Johnsbury
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Claremont
White Mountain
Pullman
Central Vermont R. R
Passumpsie
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Billerica
Walnut Hill
Reu Sun
Woburn
Winchester
Igo
West Medford
College Hill
Silico P Sun
Mass
Pe Hom
Penrice
Bedford
Bedio
George W, Storer
Pass’g
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