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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1883

Page

3

Foreign Exchange Rates and Bankers’ Sterling Listings

Foreign exchange is inactive at yesterday's close with actual business quoted. Bankers' sterling sight 4884, 60-days 485. commercial bills 60-days 483. Francs sight 516, 60-days 5183. Reichsmarks sight 951, 60-days. US$45, guilders sight 403, 60-days 40. ING Col. COM idacccuon 33 00 Homestake. Ontario and other entries appear as stray figures and names.

Daily Grain and Dairy Market Report Summary

A broad daily market summary covers winter wheat and oats with mixed car counts, corn and peas receipts, and railcar tallies. It notes cheese, butter, and egg price movements from Elgin to Utica, New York, plus New York mercantile exchange trends and London wool sales, with grain and pork futures data and stockyard receipts and movements.

Crain Shorts Maritime Association Liverpool Elgin. T Little Falls Utica Canada Boston Chicago Dsc Union London New South Wales Queensland Sydney Port Phillip New Zealand Port Philip

Market Summary of Flour and Grain Prices Across Regions

Flour prices hold steady amid westward wheat advance with minnesota and indiana stocks listed. Corn, oats, and rye show dull to steady trading. butter cheese eggs softening while beef and pork demand remains steady. garden vegetables and fruits in season with regional price spreads noted. miscellaneous livestock and provisions details included.

Isutter New York Maine Vermont Nova Scotia P. EB. I Faneuil Hall Pressenham Philadelphia Maryland Norfolk Malaga Bermuda Hamburg Sm &P

Foreign Kixports: Multiple vessels cleared May 29 and May 25

Rotterdam to Halifax to Barbados and St Pierre trade consignments listed by vessel. Guisseppina E Vincenzo clears with 100 bbls sperm oil and goods. Ringleader sails from Halifax with flour cornmeal acid and rakes. Herman from Barbados with second hand sugar bird shocks. Alma from Georgetown with flour cornmeal kerosene coal tar hardware and more. Tarifa and Therian from Liverpool with vast cargoes of corn, cotton, leather, furs, dairy products, machinery, and general merchandise. W B Mackie from St Pierre with iron bars and rum shooks, Neil Dow from Murray Harbor with flour and cornmeal, Delta from Yarmouth with flour and fish.

Rotterdam Hol Guisseppina E Vincenzo Halifax Ringleader Barbados Herman Georgetown Pei Alma Pkys Liverpool Eng Tarifa Pkus Missionary Therian St Pierre Mart Mackie Murray Harbor Neil Dow Yarmouth Delta

Cotton markets across cities show dull trade and mixed receipts

May 29 reports from Wilmington Augusta Briar Cliff Savannah and New York note dull to quiet demand for cotton with middling around 10 4 10 1 16 c and varied gross receipts. Grain and flour futures edge higher in New York while Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit markets show mixed wheat corn oats and pork/lard activity amid steady to firmer prices in some regions.

Boston Wilmington Augusta BRIAR Waneanon Savannah New York New Orleans Mobile Continent Cecese Philadelphia Stockseserese Stochecossess Occoves Louisville Charleston ST Louis Ebe Lovell Ee Mark Midling Norfolk Coast Ohio City Minnesota Cornmont Canada State White Southern Aboc Gesiec Chicago Bona United South America Liverpool Tim ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo Michigan Cincinnati Detroit

London Ledger Reports Quiet Wheat and Corn Trade

May 29 London market notes show steady but quiet movements for wheat and corn with firm Liverpool prices. Wheat receipts reach 264,000 centals, 170,000 of which are American, while cotton in Liverpool remains dull but easier with up and downstream prices listed.

New York Prime Mercantile Valencia Palermo Messina Florida Malaga Tgc Manila Superior Manila London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool England California Orleans

Concord A Resol ution for Consolidation Carried

Annual meeting of the Concord railroad in New Hampshire approved the directors' report and defeated a stock vote amendment for consolidation. Directors elected included J Thomas Vose and Frederick Smyth with 16,176 ballots cast. A motion to unite multiple regional lines was debated and then referred to future action, while Pearson's alternative to avoid amalgamation failed. The meeting adjourned after votes and protests over stock ownership and voting rights.

Concord N. H G. B.chandler Manchester J. M. Mitchell Mr. Chandler Mr. Mitchell Henry C. Sherburne George E.todd Alvah W. Sulloway Northern Railroad Franklin Low J. N. Pearson K. S. Nutter M. Howe John M. Mitchell J. Thomas Vose Boston Frederick Smyth Samuel N. Gell Benjamin A. Kimball Francis B. Hayes James W. Johnson Enfield John H. Pearson L. D. Stevens Concord Railroad Corporation Boston, Concord Samuel N. Bell Mr. Pearson Pearson Wm. L. Foster Daniel Barnard Franklin Stevens Mitchell H. Kk. Slayton B. E. Badger Boston, Concord and Montreal Bangor Sullivan Mount Desert Maine Central Bar Harbor Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Lake Champlain New

Court Docket of Civil Cases Names and Docket Numbers

In the second session Judge Knowlton presided over the Charles G Ballard versus Henry Bond promissory note suit, cases listed include 2970 Rowan v Gray, 3456 Hayes v Adams, 8358 Sheergold v Richards, 3462 Clement v Mystic Rule, 4362 Stacey v Wilson, 402 Ham v Matthews, 2658 Quick v Wolffsohn, 3414 Mathewson v Marsn, 1224 Mann v Cook, 3449 Diettrich v Wolffsohn, 2448 Karcher v Supreme, 3440 English v Donovan, plus 2719 Loud v Mahoney, 2781 Kenney v Habich, 2782 Sames Hitchcock, 2729 Kenney, 1619 Archer, 1435 Mitchell v Boston Cath. Cem. Assn., 2817 Dewey v Jones, 239 Young v Airola, 2723 Boyd v Frink, 251 Cowan v Corey, 2857 Jackson v Bay State Tron Co., 2295 McFarland v Boston, 2399 Beals V v Langley, 2901 Bruce v Willard, 2229 Banning B. & S. Co. v Davis.

Rowan Gray Hayes Adams Sheergold Richards Clement Mystic Stacey Knowlton Charles G. Ballard Henry Bond Loud Mahoney Kenney Habich Sames Hitchcock Boston & Maine R. R Archer A R Mitchell Boston Cath. Cem. Assn Dewey Jones Young Airola Boyd Frink Cowan Corey Jackson Bay State Tron Co McFarland Boston Beals Langley Bruce Williard Banning B. & 8. Co Davis

Jury Adjourns On Robbery Charges For Higgins And Murphy

The jury was put on adjournment in the cases of John J. Higgins and Dennis Murphy, tried on charges of robbery. Lawrence H. Sexton, a policeman, convicted last term of assault and battery upon Robert Pike of South Boston, was fined $100 plus costs and paid. Patrick J. Donovan’s liquor law case was settled, while D J Donovan received four months in the common jail.

John J. Higgins Dennis Murphy Lawrence H. Sexton Robert Pike South Boston Patrick J. Donovan D.J. Donovan

Superior Court Sentences include fines and jail terms

May 29 before Judge Bacon Lawrence H Sexton charged with assault and battery fined 100 dollars and costs D J Donavan sentenced to four months in common jail Alexander Tenney convicted of breaking and entering to be sentenced on Thursday Several minor cases disposed of

Lawrence H. Sexton D. J. Donavan Alexander Tenney

Boston Municipal Court Roundup May 29

Judge Forsaith presided as Mahoney received six months in the house of industry for common drunkenness. Andrews fined 15 dollars. Appleton case continued to June 7 due to her absence. McDermott fined 10 dollars for assault. Marr’s case continued to June 1. Lawrence held for trial in superior court on larceny. Crowley held for trial next Friday for assault. Hurley’s assault case continued to June 5. McKay fined 10 dollars for assault. Hayward sentenced to six months for larceny. East Boston: O Grady held 100 dollars for examination June 6 for stealing a ride. Highlands: Mulvey fined 15 dollars for assault. Reagan v Boston Gas Light hearing unfin ished. court viewed premises at Commercial Point. At district court Nash held 300 dollars for assault on crew member Nasn. chief mate Nash discharged. Gillholm held 300 dollars for June district term for assault with knife.

Forsaith William C. Mahoney House of Industry George W. W. Andrews Harry F. Watson May Appleton Ashland Place Miss Appleton James McDermott Frank Marr Nellie Lawrence Patrick J. Crowley Michael C. Hurley Tena McKay William Hayward House of Correction East Boston J.J. O'Grady Highlands Court James Mulvey James B. Reagan Boston Gas Light Company Justice Holmes Supreme Judicial Court Commercal Point Hallett Charles I. Nash Rotterman District Court Edward Gillholm High Seas Nash Gillholm Nasn City Haut Aston Cumberland Sydney Lehigh New York Philadelphia Scranton Lackawanna South Boston East Highlands Elmwood Street Dorchester Charlestown West Roxbury Brigtton Ward Benj. F. Anthony My2imwemws Committee On Fuel

Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages in Roxbury and Boston

Listings show transfers of land and buildings in Roxbury Dorchester and South Boston with prices from 1 to 16 thousand dollars. Transactions include mortgages and mortgagee sales. notable entries cover Warren Street Roxbury James Kelley to Henry Kelley for 9800, and a Norman Street sale in Dorchester for 4300 to J B Turnbull.

Marlboro Street Henry Warren Street James A. Kelley Henry Kelley Elliot Five Cents Savings Bank Same Parker Street Charles W. Morris B. Stone Washington Street Ebenezer Weld John L. Batchelder Dorchester Avenue Elizabeth Cundy Silas Peirce William H. Cundy Henry Pfaff Brighton Warren Avenue Boston Avenue Chapman Streets Oree Shawmut Avenue Chapman Street Middlesex Steet Dover Street WM. C. Oodman J. G. Freeman Aplows Kilby Street Ce Coffins& Henry Iowa Lands Iowa State St Davenport Chambers of Star Store Jonas Fitch Equitable Building

Nationwide Fire Insurance Rate Rise Planned

A general advance in fire insurance rates is set to take effect next month across cities and large towns. Companies claim competition and rate cutting reduced profits, prompting consolidations. Uniform increases will apply though local advances vary from 10 to 40 percent depending on area.

July 4 celebration plans approve budget changes

The general committee ratified Monday's sub committee programme with modest edits. Sailing regatta funds rise to 1200, printing down to 400, East Boston ferries cut to 200, and a bicycle race added with 250. Mayor to name his committee later this week. Democratic council members plan a Thursday caucus on removing N F Merritt. Board of health favors prohibiting interments in Kearsarge burial ground and will hold a city hall hearing on Sept 18.

East Boston Board of Aldermen N. F. Merritt Merritt Board of Health Kearsarge City All

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