Oil Market and commodities mixed in heavy urban trades
Market reports show oil prices and related goods moving unevenly across cities. Hogs and cattle futures vary with receipts and shipments tallied, while sugar, molasses, and coffee quotes shift amid refinery and port activity. oil certificates prices and cotton futures also noted.
Cattle Market Reports From Brighton and Watertown
Weekly Livestock totals show Sheep Cattle Lambs and Swine at Brighton and Watertown with arrivals and varied prices. Market notes anticipate a slim next week amid caution from dealers and a possible presidential election impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton and
Watertown
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Cove
Cattle and Lamb Trade Report From Waterbury and Nearby Ports
The letter details export trade and markets for cattle, sheep and lambs, noting English market pressure, weekly Liverpool shipments, and various steamer movements. It covers milch cows, veal, store pigs, fat hogs, live poultry, and a Watertown cattle market, with prices, stock sizes, and buyer/drover observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woking
H Coolidge & Son
Jersey
Liverpool
Savas
Nomeman
Kansans
J A Hathaway
J Bollinger
Canada
Glée
Bannan
Ogdensburg
J B Sargent
P W Thompson & Son
Townsend
G P Flack & Son
Whipp
Farnham
Morehouse
Maine
Harrison
Yce
Hall & Son
P W
Thompson & Son
Alec
Merrill
Heta Son
Harriman
Watertown
Eastern Mann
England
Imports and Exports. Imports October 31 1888
Shipping list from Liverpool reports steamer Bavarian carrying 46 bales moise, 51 casks soda ash, 100 drums causide soda, 53 bales pa T waste, 6 casks 10 kegs orange leads, 50 bags rivets, 124 casks bleaching wherss, 262 do, 104 do soda ash, 1() drums caustic soda, 293 bbls grapes, 116 do mt ee, 122 bales wool, 4 do yarn, bleaching powders, card wire, card cloth, 108 bu sheep, mpeg quantities, soda crystals, soda ash, figs, sumac, hides, china clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Moise Bros & Co
B. & F King & Co
Gardner
Moors & Co
Bariros & Co
Morey & Co
Lumber and freight items from Boston area rail lines
A fragmented list records lumber rolls bags bolls and pelts with multiple entries tied to Boston and Maine Railroad Western Division and Lowell System. It includes eggs potatoes butter grease flour cornmeal bales lard and varying car counts along with leather and miscellaneous goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division
Boston & Mains Railroad
Lowell
Foreign Markets and Wheat Futures Narrowly Steady
London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat firm and firmer for passage and shipment. California wheat price listed at 42s 9d. Paris and Liverpool markets show quiet or firmer activity with various wheat and corn prices noted. American and Danubian corn steady, futures for November through March listed. breadstuffs and cheese show modest shifts as bonds of demand hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
California
Paris
Liverpool
England
Exports from Digby NS Schooner Seraphine and Grace Bradley
Export list from Digby Nova Scotia dated October 31 1838 records cargoes aboard the schooners Seraphine and Grace Bradley bound for Demerara. Items include flour pork tobacco lard apples cabbage codfish oysters poultry cheese and other commodities totaling extensive consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digby
Demerara
Grace Bradley
Staple trade totals itemized for 1837 to 1888 receipts
An 1888 receipt listing staple goods such as tea, coffee, sugar, butter, flour, oats, eggs, cornmeal, oleo, cheese, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, and bacon. Columns show quantities in bales, boxes, sacks, barrels, and carloads with multiple year references.
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Eliza J. Richardson
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Ilness
John W. McKim
Esquire
Ann
Elwah George
Register
Massachusetts
Susan H. Swett
William Minot
William B. Swett
Wm. Minot, Jr
Keaton
Jenny W. McKim
Elijah George
Receipts From Major Railroads Reported for Oct 31 1888
A dated ledger lists cargoes for several railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Division detailing cotton wool flour corn oats oats sacks and various staples. Totals show hundreds of bales boxes barrels and cars including eggs apples butter cheese meat leather and hides across multiple lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchbure
Leither
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Sunday Trains Schedule Includes Multiple Cities
Dover to Manchester and beyond serves several hubs with morning departures at 8 am and evening runs through 9 15 pm. Key stops include Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Ban Lewiston Reading and Lewiston area lines with varied daily times.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bangor
Bar Marbor
St.ohn
Haliax
Eastport
Calais
St. John
Halifax
Portland
Hortenwres
Mauseway St
Portland—Haymarket St
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox & Lincoln
Dover
Lawrence
Manchester
Lowell
Medford
Ban
Lewiston
Reading
Montreal
Fabyan
Boston
Conner
N. M
Eene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Spm
Concord
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfeld
Nashua
No. Billerica
Wilmington
Woburn
Winchester
West Medford
College Sisi
Winte Hill
Concord Ass
Weebartawany
Billerica
Bedford
lWam
Lexington
Ta, Ja Bedford
Lowel
Mo. Lawrence
Stomekum
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and Concord
Express
Belmont
Sunverston
Waltham
Madson and
Way
Northampton
Eee
James T. Furger
J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas’t
Boston to Amesbury and coastal stops train timetable chaos
scattered timetable data lists departures from Boston and surrounding towns including Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett Marblehead Newburyport and Salem. the fragmentary schedule shows multiple daily trains with varied times and routes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Widdefora
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton In
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipewich
Lynn
Marblehead and
Scott Branch
Pesyear and Banvera
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport
Gloucester Branch
Salem
Ts GL
Ami
York Leben & Beach
E.R
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Woolfeberg
Egan and Way
Newburyport
Stone
Malifax
Selb
Roe Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Cape Cod Division Timetables and Stops
Train and boat schedule for Cape Cod division lists departures and arrivals with multiple towns including Bourne Brewster Hyannis Falmouth Nantucket Sagamore Wellfleet and Yarmouth. Timings show morning and afternoon slots with several stations such as Woods Hall Park and Wareham noted.
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Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barmstable
Bourne
Bourne- Sales
Brewster
Cataumet
Ee Ham
Cottage Ity
Park
New Bedford
Fairhave
Falmouth
Hyannis
Marwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Woods Hall
Eeene
Sandwich
Sagamore
Yarmouth
Wellfleet
West Barnstable
Waream
Providence Division Train Schedule Fragments Route Times
Schedule fragments list numerous train times and destinations for Providence Division services. Includes Park Square Station to New York Shore Line, various stops such as Attlebeers Canton Junction Foxboro Readville and Newport, with weekday and Sunday patterns and numerous time entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square Station
Stonington
New York
Washington, Cor
State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
O. H. Briggs
Sunda New York
Atchlebeers
Boylston
Boslindale
Central
Highland
West Roxbury
Sike Street
Canton Junction
iDedhan
Ae Se
Dodgeville
Exist Foxboro
Foxboro
Foeces Wills
Hazelwood
Hle
Hyde
TD Ok
Mt. Hope
Clarendes Hills
North Atticbore
Providence
A . Readville
Phare
Bsee
M .Rumford
India Point
Sharon Heights
M. Stoughton Central
Can- Som
South Walpole
Yrantham
Walnut
Stone Haven
Warren and
Bristol
Mansfield
bTaunton
bNew SS Eurerd
Norton
Fall
Fall River
bNewport Ies Fatigen
New London
Ned
Newport
Wickford Planction
Bur
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Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
VY. A
Ieee
Ted Confectioners
Porto Rios
Ie Rico
Chalee Badoes
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
J E Carter & Co
Glosing & m
Graring Am
Pening
Bighess
West
Orleans
Adgusta
Galveston
New Orleans
France
Continent
Perane
Mid - Mobile
Mala Ste
Memphis
Savannah
Dull
Mid Charleston
Great Briain
Norfolk
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Uuis
Ouisville—Firm
Mid
United States
Rio
Brose
Brighton
Hollis & Co
JS Henry
Merrow & Pulsifer
W W Hall & Son
Linlich
Glines & Weston
FUG
R W Brown
Bow
J D Hosmer
oCbby & Son
J H Gilman
TRE Sheep and Lamb Trade
Jack & Son
Morris
Humphreys
J. I. Case
Eay
Jay Eye Seo
Phailiss
C. J. Hamlin, Esq
Village Farm
Commodore Kittson
Midway Park
T. G. Yeomans, Esq
Princess of Waynes” &c., &c
A. C. Congesti
T. Aoa E Greimaticus
Ofte Lungshoe Bc
B.B
C.d
C. J.K
Homeopathic Med
Fulton Street, N. Y
Medsical Publications
Cold Weather Music Books
Menard
Mindergarten
Jenk
Oliver Ditson & Co
Npreinen Eementeerseysemnpeirioems
Commonwealth OF Massachava
Court OF
Sur
Ulk
WM. P. Tyler
John W. McKim, Oalee
Albert L. Richardson
Noah B. Smith
Loston
William M. Noble
Frank H. Crombie
Orge L. Morse
HSE
A. Patch
Ostonce
James F. Farley
William J. Smith
Probate Sotices
A. Gonsingham
Frances Ann HO
Marblehead
County of
Essex
Saia
E. W. Hoop
Sena. Beacon
Ary Ahearn
Pach
Mary E. Ahearn
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Middlesex
Frances L. Holbrook
Seid
Charles N. Bacon
Cambridge
George M. Brooks
Ana Oe Ee J. H. Tyler
Massachlaw Setts
Holden Wwiltz
Pierce
Wellesley
Said County
Wallace L. Pierce
Calvin P. Sampson
Diham
George Whte
Jonathan Cobb
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Louis C. Leary
Archibald M. Howe
Oston
Massachnhl
Calvin Ellis
Edward W. Hooper
Joan W. McKim
Si Berens
John Ballard
Charles 8S
Rackemann
Ruth Owen
Anna H. Pleseh
Jonny W. McKim
Elwah Glorge
Caroline P. Howard
Somerville
JOSEPH _W. HOWARD
Washington L. Prescott
Charles J. Prescott
Geord M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Seen
Edward M. Brewer
Joseph Brewer
Mess
Lucy A. Jones
Martha A. Bruce
Commonwealth OF Massachus Set
James Dillon
George Uriel Crocker
Withers
Jons W. McKim
Eehrite Elijah George
Massachussetts
Gottfried Haussmann
Kathrina Haussmann
Joan W. McKrat
Alice Gertrude Hosmer
Charles T. Hosmer
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Ommon
Wakefield
Middlesex County
Crystal Lake Park
Elijan George
Commonwealth OF
Francis Hall
Witheas
Railroads
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Pilgrim
Old State House
D. KR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Pepe Central
GOS Foret
Elina Carson
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Er Carnee Bertha
Senero Fice
Pep Asenaicari
Ston Botte
G. W. Cummings
Gen. Pass
Ag Bi Albans
Jase & 1802
New
Philadelphia & Reading
New York Depot
C. R. BR
N. J
Liberty St
North
A. A. McLeod, Co
G. Hancock
Vice
Gen. Pure Gen. Pass
Philada
Boston Connect
Stonington Line
Trenton
Bound Brook
Philadelph
Central R. R
New Red
Labert
Lla.ia
Depot
Daiohe & Reading R. R
Greenests
New England
Washington Street
Toor
Summer Street
Kuston
Boston & Maine City Ticket
Bedngington Stud
Altonie Wredheater
Farmington
Ee Auvers
Exeter
Hmaverhill
Georgerows
Renee Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Sara Ter
Tee
Tim. Maldent
Nk Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Akeneld
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Wells
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Pennigewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and
St. Johnsbury
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Claremont
Montreller
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Boston Air Line
Central Mass
Portland Street
Hadley
Belchertown
Bondesville
Gilbertville
Barre
Rutland
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Hudson
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wayland
US Bae
As Ton
Seplesem
Fall River Line
Shore Line
No. 3
Old State Ouse
Central Division
Ashmont
Raiptre
Brockton
Ea Sinaiee Los Mincham
Loos
Rasene
East Bridgewater
Abington
Milton
West Quincy
East Weymouth and Mouth
East Weymouth
aFall River
Taunton
Bieckioay
Suansays
Pear
Tamn Sir
Paes SaenEy
Tas
Criddleboro
Nantasket Beach
Neponset
Nore
aNew Ee
Aim
aNewport
North Easton
Stoughton
Rospton
Earry
Duxbury
Uiney
Kopm
Rockland and Hanover
HBO
Seit- Nates
Pra Se Ani
Shawmut
Braintree
South Duxbury
Taunton Feental
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Johaston Heighee
Wentridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Framingham and
Marlboro
Gandars
Fayville
Sunda Oe Southboro
Bolton
Northboro
Leominster
Pediane
Pratt's Junction
Ebeedlass
Old Colony K. K
J. R. Kendrick
M EO. L. Connor
Pass’r
Navy
R. Fiat
N. H
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