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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1885

Page

3

Dividends and market notes June 1885 Boston Post

Payable in June 1885 list from Boston broker Joseph G. Martin shows dividends and interest due across several dates, with notes on Appleton Nashua passings, Boott and Wam p pauses, and Oregon Railway paying in New York. Pensions due. Grain and commodity prices, butter cheese eggs, provisions, and various farm produce prices and Atlantic shipping market details included.

Boston Post Joseph G. Martin State Street Bos Boston New York Appleton Nashua Mutual District Messenger Company Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Essex Company Lowell Machine Mercantile Insurance United States Washington Sub-Treasury Hallowell St. Albans Suffolkank

Trade and Outlook in Grain and Boots Trade Directory

A market report notes oats and corn price movements with bids and asks for July to year futures, along with a detailed car inspection list and a Chicago despatch describing bear pressure, large receipts, and anticipated Western movement. It also announces George C. Soren's new semi annual wholesale deal dir ector for the shoe and leather trade in Lynn.

Chicago Eldredge & Co Chio Messrs Emery & Hodges No. 28 State Street Milwaukee Northwest George C. Soren Arch Street

Flour and grain market digest listed below

A digest of markets, local and telegraphic notes on flour and grain. The brief item outlines price movements, supply signals, and regional trading activity for merchants and growers. Prices are reported with usual regional qualifiers and market tone.

2S SET my 1885 1884 Net receipts at all U S ports

Net receipts at all United States ports show 6 8178 for 1885 and 4 664 452 for 1884 with total receipts to date 4 746 193 and 3 646 612 respectively. Exports during the week 19 379 and 17 436, with total exports to date 3 521 451 and 3 646 612. Stock at all United States ports 449 476 and 473 175. stock in interior towns 31 009 and 33 850. stock at Liverpool 996 000 and 917 000. Stock of American afloat for Great Britain 58 000 and 45 000.

U. S United States Liverpool Great Britain

Financial market roundup and cargo markets report

London financial notes show PMI-Consols at 100 percent and key rail and utility stocks with varied first and second prices. Commercial cargo update cites easier wheat and corn movement, mixed American corn, and quieter passage markets. London and Liverpool wheat and corn prices steady to lower, with paralleled provisions and weather conditions noted.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Michigan

Gloucester Fish Market Prices End May 28 1885

Weekly market report shows codfish prices steady with Georges at 2 dollars per quarter and sales of vessels at 165 dollars shares 175 dollars western bank 190 dollars for a fare. Cured codfish quoted Georges 3 50 per quarter old do 2 50, new western bank 3, English cured 3 75, shares 3 and 2 per quarter. Mackerel, halibut, herring and other species listed with varying prices per barrel, box, and hundredweight. Medicine oils and fish byproducts priced, including pure medicine oil 8 cents per gallon crude 55 cents. Cape Ann Advertiser.

Gloucester Western Bank Old Bank Nova Scotia Labrador Cape Ann Advertiser

Maritime cargo summary from Atlantic ports and territories

Emports at Boston Yarmouth NL Halifax and various ports list steamer cargoes including fresh mackerel 58 crates lobsters 6 cases halibut 4 boxes salmon 12 mackerel and many other fish crates eggs and potatoes. Mediterranean ports show numerous shipments of fruit pasta seeds and bricks of goods. Caribbean and Porto Rico notes include live lobsters bananas sugar and sugar cargoes from multiple firms and steamer and schooner arrivals.

Yarmouth Ellis & Co TJ Jones & Co Cheney & Myrick Shumway & Co Delong & Seaman G Hall & Co K Robbins & Co Wpegeane & Coo Chillingham o_o Bros & co Mercadante Hardy & Co Franklin Rolfe & Co Tully & Co Cusimano & Co Brig Jura Hhds Sugar Kidder, Peabody & Co

Foreign Exports Listed by Port in Atlantic Trade

A long list from several ports including HALIFAX PORT HAWKESBURY and PICTOU NS and CHARLOTTETOWN PEI details cargoes aboard multiple steamers and schooners. Items span books glassware iron goods dry goods marble duck cattle hay rope tobacco and more with quantities noted per vessel and port such as London Eng LA POILE NF and ANTWERP BEL via New York.

Halifax Port Hawkesbury Pictou Charlottetown Pei Carroll London Eng Klysia LA Poile Lunenburg Arthur Moncton Dorchester Yarmouth Antwerp Bel New York

Receipts of Staple Products By Rail and Sea

A compiled list of shipments from multiple railroads Providence Grand Junction Old Colony Fitchburg Maine Maine Western Lowell and other lines detailing quantities of cotton wool corn oats wheat tallow lard bacon butter eggs cheese lumber leather hides pelts and more. Includes numerous bales boxes bbls sacks crates and cases with varying totals across regions and transport modes.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad—astern Division Maine Railroad Feepee Lowell Railroad Express Eran Tabie Gotion. Paies Sagar Hhds Dom.bia Bowes Bal’s

Bank suspends failures as week ends with 206 losses

National business failures reported by R. G. Dun & Co. and E. Russell & Co. show 187 in the United States and 19 in Canada, total 206, down from 239 last week. Suffolk insolvency court discharged several debtors and adjourned others. Multiple cases across Boston and neighboring towns moved or stalled with assets and liabilities detailed, while Shackamaxon Bank in Philadelphia suspended operations amid heavy overdrafts and a $200,000 overdrawn total personal checks issue.

R. G. Dun &Co E. Russell & Co United States Canada Suffolk County McKim Edward Henshaw Frank Blackmer Edward Henshaw &Co Lincoln Street Henshaw Clement Littlejohn & Co Atlantic Avenue Beano G Cornhill John Harvey Chelsea Charles ©. Hunter Washington Street Harry W. Lydston Cook Street Charlestown Farrell & Lynch John Goldsmith Dover Street John K. Stort Columbus Avenue John S. Laming Alonzo S. Drisko Commercial Street Dorchester George H. Withington Baker Ruggles Street Roxbury Horace W. Durgin & Co Taunton Preferred Page, Kidder & Co Boston, Briggs & Co Hartwell, Richards & Co Providence R. I Thomas Dana & Co Andrews, Barker & Brenton Videto Grocer Waverly Belmont Mass John Phillipps & Co Court Street Boston Joshua Benshimol William Black St. John N.B Stephen Whittaker Fredericton N. B Bruce M. Hight Skowhegan H. S. Barton Pittston Jason Weller Bangor Jeremiah Y. Wingate Dover N. H R. W. Brooks R.I R.I., Assigned To Early Sykes, Stokes & Kent Meriden Thomas Warner A. H. Wilcox F. G. Cramer Cramer & Co Cohocton D. Shattuck Shackamaxon Bank Frankford Avenue Norris Street Philadelphia T. H. Huggard John Rose William Bumm Fain & Fain Atlanta Tbhalmuler & Yengbecker Boots Henderson Senator Edward P. Ferry Grand Rapids Mich Michigan

Court Record in Rhode Island and Nantucket crimes

Report covers U S Circuit Court action with Henry H Warrington patent case against Merchants National Bank and Dennison Brown, plus grand jury indictments including ship wrecking, mail theft, forgery, embezzlement and other pension frauds. Notable sentence for William H Chadwick five years in Nantucket jail.

Henry H. Warrington Merchants’ National Bank Rhode Island Dennison & Brown New York Heard B. F. Thurston Wilworth H. Thurston Jaintiff Lewis Frost Charles G. Coe Gilman C Parker Hayti Abraham Q. Wendell Sullivan A. Freeman Knowles Freeman Geo. P. Miller Raphael Boris Ernst Boris Alden H. Harding Chas F. Cantry Taunton Frank L. Eager Frank Frier John H. Brown John T. Tims West Roxbury Thomas N. Cook Horace Saunders Pei Davig Lyons Fran Dragon Jonas F. Capelle John Gonzales New Bedford Charles P. Powers William H.chadwick Pacific National Bank of Nantucket

McGann vs Fenley seeks treble damages in gaming case

Second Session before Judge Rockwell. Mary A McGann sues James Fenley for 3000 treble damages for money lost by her husband at the defendant's saloon on Tremont Street between Jan 24 1883 and Jan 1 1884. Defense: general denial. Verdict for defendant. Attorneys Feely for plaintiff Brooks for defendant. Session adjourned to Tuesday next.

Bedelia Walsh Wm. W. Forbes A. F. Means J. P. S. Churchill H. J. Boardman Ellen Eisenhauer Arthur A. Whitney Hyde Park J. E. Cotter C. W. Bartlett Mary A. McGann James Fenley Tremont Street J .E. Feely C. J. Brooks

Boston and Maine petition to build Haymarket station under 200 signatures

Boston and Maine rails petition advocates Haymarket square depot to serve 20000 daily passengers. Residents question benefits versus Fitchburg and Maine access, while travel to central city hub remains preferred by riders. Maine Central notes early Bar Harbor service plus June 3 Mt Desert runs and Pullman through service to Mt Desert ferry. City of Richmond steamer reports rising June bookings from Philadelphia and New York. Other items include stockholder results, rail freights, and equipment plans.

Boston Maine Union Pacific New York New England Oregon Bell Boston Land Boston Water Power Boston and Maine Boston and Maine Railroad Haymarket Square Causeway Street Fitchburg Maine Central Railroad Company Bar Harbor Mt. Desert Mt.esert Ferry City of Richmond Philadelphia Manchester Lawrence Manchester, N. H Manchester and Lawrence B.F. Martin Samuel N. Bell Benjamin F. Martin Edward A. Abbott Joseph W. Smith Nathan Parker William A. Tower John A. White William P. Fowler Montreal Great Britain Chicago Erie Canal St. Lawrence

Proposals for Internal Revenue paper contract of 1885

The Treasury Department invites sealed bids by June 25 1885 for supplying cotton linen paper for United States internal revenue stamps for the year ending June 30 1886 with watermarked U S I R. Bids specify price per pound and delivery to the nearest rail or steamboat landing. The contract runs to June 30 1886 with possible yearly renewals and requires bonds guaranties and factory protections.

Treasury Department Commissioner of Internal Revenue Washinton D. C United States Internal Revenue Secretary of the Treasury U.S.1. R Rotary of the Treasury Aso United States Internal Revenue Washington, D. C

Proposals Sought for Beefs to Reformatory Massachusetts

Massachusetts Reformatory invites sealed proposals by June 1, 1885 for supplying ten thousand pounds per month of fresh beef for one year starting June 8, 1885. Deliveries to the reformatory as required. Right to reject any or all proposals reserved. Specifications from Superintendent Gardiner Tufts.

Massachusetts Reformatory P. O Warnerville Mass Reformatory Gardiner Tufts Post Orrick Washington D. C Agas Ilas Cornelius Hambien Louis Hamblen Suffolk Middlesexistry Deeas Boston Charlestown Somerville County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Archibald Babcock Dorrance Street Mystic Medford Cornelius Hamblen Middlesex South Archibald Cock Stevens & Sanborn Cornelius Hamiien Edwin L. Brown Planis Thomas Babcock Tup Colford Mindesex Freeman A. Langley Mortagee Farrell Court Street Bosway

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