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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1883

Page

3

New York Financial Report May 22 Prices and Rates

New York financial news reports money on call very easy at 2 3 percent, offered 2 3 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 6 percent. Exchange strong with rates up to 48512 for 60 day bills and 489 for demand. actual business around 4844 485 long and 488 short. Governments weak. state bonds quiet and strong. railroad bonds irregular. Stocks close strong on a broad recovery. weekly exports excluding specie 66 373 589. Mining stocks active and generally firm.

New York Boston Post

Corn Exchange Prospects Dim as Sales Fail to Clear

Call sales at the corn exchange showed more sellers than buyers with no sales of oats or corn. Grain receipts today included 55,465 bushels of corn and 1,000 sacks of wheat, while week end elevators held large stocks of corn and oats. Butter and cheese markets showed varied activity in Eling, Utica, and Little Falls, with prices easing and demand cooling. Chicago wheat and corn futures drifted, with May and June prices tracking lower amid general market softness.

Corn Exchange Elgin Utica N. Y Little Falls St. Albans New York Merchantile Exchange Eastern Creamery Chicago Ant Way Cats May Park Jane London South Wales Queensland Sydney Port Phillip Adelaide Cape Natal Adelade New Zealand

Breadstuffs and grain prices steady with dull trade

Market report shows flour and corn meal steady to higher in parts, with spring and winter wheats quoted across regions. Butter, eggs, and cheese move downward or steady, while meats and poultry hold firm. vegetables and fruits show mixed demand and price shifts across apples, strawberries, potatoes, and onions.

Savannah Cotton Goods and Supplies Ledger Listing

Detailed Savannah ledger of imports and shipments listing cot ton bales, dry hides, pitch pine lumber, rosin, spirits, leather and various goods from multiple firms such as Carroll & Son, Boott Cotton Mills, Cunard Steams, W.E.H. Martin, Appleton Co, and many others. Includes quantities like 125 bales rice 38 casks splits 4 160 sacks corn and 613 half crates vegetables among diverse vendors and commodities.

Savannah Columbus Carroll & Son Dodo Barry, Thayer & Co EH Martin Dodo Boott Cotton Mills Amoskeag Manusco Appleton Co Dodo China Mills Cunard Pullard Dorosind Davis & Son Bates Dry Hides Henderson J. Jones & Co Chas W Lewis Bartlett W & RC Milliken Jas Wright Manusco Bernd Bros RK H_ Dickson Foster Sewell & Day Cordage Co Massachusetts Cotton Mills Hemp Sewell & Day Cordage Co Billings & Haton Mattrasses

Historic Port Clearances and Cargo Details from May Exports

Liverpool reports include Aleppo cleared May 18 with 22 724 bus cargo items such as cases bobbins and leather. Smyrna lists Bark Souvenir cleared May 22 with paint, canned lobsters, agricultural goods, and petroleum. Sydney and St John show Annie Duncan and Alice S clearing May 22 with flour, meal, kerosene, bricks, oatmeal, and lime. Port George and Wm Wallace show cargoes of flour, meal, and acid.

Liverpool Eng Aleppo Smyrna Turkey Bols Petroleum Sydney Annie Duncan ST John Alice S Port George Wm Wallace

Receipts of Staple Products List by Rail and Sea

A detailed list shows shipments received by multiple railroads and sea routes. Items include bales of cotton and wool, flour, corn and oats, butter, eggs, leather and hides, lumber, beef, molasses, tea, beans, potatoes, and various casks and bags. Entities include Lowell Maine Fitchburg Grand Junction Peabody Salem New York and New England Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence and sea routes with quantities per item. The entry outlines volumes by source and mode, indicating broad commercial activity.

Union Pacific Chicago and West Michigan Iowa Falls Sioux City Illnois Central Company Boston Maine Old Colony New York New England Albany Concord Railway Bell Telephone Western Union Telegraph Company Bell Telephone Corporation Western Union Company Dolbear Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad P& L Mbs New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Lowell Eastern Providence Old Golony, CO Brighton N. B

Markets by Telegraph Domestic Markets May 22

Cotton quiet and 1 16c higher with 497 bales sold and forward deliveries up 2 3 points. New Orleans prices 1144s. Flour receipts 16 847 bbls. exports 761 bbls. Market in buyers favor with light jobbing demand and moderate export inquiry. sales 15 300 bbls. Ohio St Louis extra at 49 10 7, Minnesota extra 6 60 7 40, city mill extra 5 25 5 80, No 2 2 60 3 65, superfine 3 85 4 25.

Sierra Nevada Union Consolidated Sierra Grande Missouri and Ohio East Tennessee Kansas and Texas Metropolitan Ohio Southern Oregon Richmond Alege Union Pacific Wabash Lackawanna Central Pacific Northwests Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwest Milwaukee Lake Shore Western Michigan Central The Stock Exchange St. Lo Canaaa Southern Wu, C Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver & Riog Baily Han St. Jo Kansas Louisville& Nash Lake Erie & W Manhattan Memphis & C Missouri Pacific Northwestern New Jersey Tihs New York Northern Pacific Milwaukee &St.p St. P Omana Texas Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Oregon Trans.Co East Tenn Kowies St. Lo’st At& P At& SF Denver Nyen E A.T At& Paj Une Bios & Maine Bos & Alb Oh Bu & Q Flint & P N.Y N.E Nashua & R Old Colony Hos Nor Ce Tropical Acataida Sullivan Ee Se Pos Land Boston Mining Stock Exchange Ieccee Arta Beles Santa Fe Jonanza Development Dowman Scc Ca Boston Lana Boston Water Power Catalpa Mining Sige Eesrawses Mass N. M N. E Sato.s Suluvar Manila Siciles Belmont Barbadoes Porto Rico Boston Liverpool Uplands Orleans Manchester Hull New Orleans Ohio St Louis Minnesota Southwell Stern Exbus Rye Canada Adige United Continent South America New State Tim Tim C. Spelter ST. Louis Toledo Commercial Bulletin Cincinnati Detroit Sehx Lolge

Prices and supplies drift in grain markets and real estate notes

Wheat and corn show mixed moves with export demand and speculative activity. receipts, spot purchases, and futures prices are listed across Chicago St Louis Toledo Milwaukee and New York markets. In Suffolk County transfers, numerous Boston area properties change hands with mortgage and deed notes recorded and several auctions scheduled.

Congress St Congress Boston Mass A. L. Brown

Financial market snapshot from London and Liverpool May 22

Consols and railroad stocks listed with varying percentages. Wheat and corn markets steady with English and French wheat quiet. Liverpool wheat weaker. Flour and commodity prices shown for Liverpool and London. receipts indicate large wheat imports from America. Cotton futures listed with daily trading ranges and U.S. export activity.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Michigan England

Court Record Infringement Suit Over Sole Edge Burnishing Machine

In a case before Judges Lowell and Nelson the Union Edge Letter Co. sues Benjamin F Spinney et al seeking an injunction and account under patent 173284 dated February 8 1876 granted to Charles H Helms for an improvement on a sole edge burnishing machine for shoes. The defense denies infringement if any of the Tayman patent. Hearing led by J E Magnadier for plaintiff and Thomas W Clarke for defendant.

Lowell and Nelson Union Edge Letter Co Benjamin F. Spinney Charles H. Helms Lad J. E. Magnadier Thomas W. Clarke

Supreme Judicial Court Hearing on Equity and Mine Fraud

The Supreme Judicial Court hears hearings in equity with contested divorces set for Wednesday. Frank B. Dole et al. sue John Wooldredge over a Placerville California Prospect Fiat mine deal allegedly misrepresented by Robinson and agent Pinkett. Plaintiffs claim a scheme to defraud, demanding equity relief despite a legal remedy argument. the court overruled the demurrer and allows equity relief alongside law.

Supreme Judicial Court Holmes Equity Frank B. Dole John Wooldredge Placerville Cal Robinson Pinkett Jeintfly Bill mm Equity J. A. Gillis A. A. Ramsey F. A. Dearborn

Prison terms and fines in local court docket

John Daley received seven years in the state prison for arson. James A. Phillips was convicted of larceny with sentence deferred. Catharine Clark, labeled a common nightwalker, was sent to the house of industry for eight months. Nellie Doherty, a common drunkard, was fined five dollars plus costs. Complaints against James F. Fitzgerald and John English for evading the liquor law were not pressed. George H. Friel was found guilty of breaking and entering and larceny.

John Daley James A. Phillips Catharine Clark House of Industry Nellie Doherty James F. Fitzgerald John English George H. Friel

Court Announces Hearing Schedule and Trial Motions Rule

The schedule states hearings at 4 o clock or after jury waived cases. All motions for new trial not brought up and passed upon by the court will be overruled. The notice outlines court procedure for ruling on motions and sets expectations for the day's docket.

Samuel E. Sewell Caira Robbins Lexington Eli W. Robbins Ellen Stone E. R. Hoar Samuel Hoar N. L. Graffam Julia Burns James McKowen Cambridge Michael McKowen EB. H. Jose Executrix D. F. Crane

Superior Court First Session May 23 Before Judge Aldrich

Case docket from the Boston Superior Court listing multiple entries across sessions. Includes Brookman vs Massasoit Packing Co resumed for jury, Scully vs Toner for personal injuries from 1852 assault, and numerous in-order case references. second session before Judge Knowlton features Anderson vs South Boston Railroad and related remands, with additional cases listed for the Boston and Maine rail lines, Norfolk County matters, and other miscellaneous actions.

Superior Court Aldrich John J. Brookman Massasoit Packing Company R. M. Morse, Jr A. R. Brown E. A. Alger Fanny Scully Charles Toner Boston Charles H. Fleming J. F. Cronin Knowlton George Anderson Pro Ams South Boston Railroad Company Fourth Street South Boston L. M. Child Robert D. Smith Paul West Kalamazoo, Allegan,and Grand Rapids Railroad Guar Rutland Rutland BR. KR Fremont, Elk and Mo.Val Rist National Bank of Redemption Blackstone National Bank Vermont and Canada R R Co Lockwood Mills Boston Wharf Co Busell Trimmer Co Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co Leavenworth, Topeka and Southwern RR Atch Union Pacific Revere Beach Cusibuiuachie Mining Co Mexico Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad National Bank of the Commonwealth Northwestern Telephone Co Boston and Norther Telephone Co American Loan and Trust Co Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Cambridge Rutland Railroad Union Pacific Railway Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford First National Bank of Provincetown Mass Maine Bristol County Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Racine and Southwestern Division Ohio W Va

Municipal Court Actions May 22 In Boston Trials

Judge McCafferty saw Dennis oy delayed on incest charges with $5,000 bail pending trial. John Burns held $800 on assault. Charles Kehoe held six months for neglecting a minor plus six months for second offense. Kehoe fined $5 and costs for drunkenness. All appealed. In South Boston, John Cain and Ann McCarthy held $390 each for lewd and lascivious cohabitation, to be tried in superior court.

McCafferty Dennis Oy John Burns Superior Court Charles Kehoe House of Industry South Boston John Cain Ann McCarthy

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Pinkeam Western Avenue Lynn Massachusetts Loan and Trust Co. Capital Liberty Stephen M. Josby Frank Wre Dikloutuls Yolds Square Moses Kimball Prank W. Reynolds Henry A. Rice Richard H. Stearns T. Albert Taylor Thomas Talbot Samuel A Pee T. Ephen Crosby Isaac FE Joseph Ie UN L. Hollingsworth Brown Bros. & 60 Sterling & French Exchange Geo. E. Bullard Louis Curtis Henry & Hatch Devonshire Sts Johnson, Moody & CO Devonshire Street Boots & Shoes Ati P.M W.R. McKey & CO Summer ST John C. Wilmerding Messrs Upham, Tucker Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co White Street Upham, Tucker & Co Thomas Street MIWT Burdett & Denni Burling Daniel H Burdett New Haven Steamboat Company Steamboat Traveler E. R Kiduer Peargay & CO Devonshire ST Brown, Riley Samuel D. Crafts Exchange Place S. B. Townsend Kilby Street Basset, Whitney & Co., Bankers & Brokers Advertiser Middlesex Banking Compompany Middletown Conn Evans & Doawne Crant & Ward Wall Street R. R. Bonds N. Y. Stock Exchange U.S. Grant, Jr U. S. Grant Ferdinand Ward James D. Fish D. Henderson ANKER Globe Cutty Arizona Massachusetts National Bank of Boston Globe Or Silver King Coffin & Owenry Iowa Lands Iowa Farm State St Davenport Brice S. Evans & Son Equitable Building Henry C. Bird & CO Oriental Rugs Portieres A. M. Bates Boston Carriage Repository Haverhill Street Maine Depot SMW A. F. Bates W.h.smith & CO Washington Street A. S. Richards & GO Reade St Summer Street Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Line Ferarg John H. Draper John H. Praper & CO Land S. Front St 24Th St East River George A. Osgood Wm.Cramp & Sons Phila Skp Clendinning Samuel Bunting Lippincott. Son Cyrus L. Harris & CO Central Wharf Rowe's Wharf Arlington Dyewood Mills H. Kl. 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