Fleet of North Bay vessels seek better fares at Portland
The fishing fleet is largely idle as catches shrink and six ships arrive from North Bay with fares between 60 and 320 barrels. Emma W Brown and M L Wetherer head to Portland for likely better treatment. Bay treet vessels are expected with fares 80 to 200 barrels amid a broad fish scarcity. Weekly arrivals show 44 fares and totals of cod, halibut, mackerel, herring, pollock, spurling, salt herring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Emma W Brown
M L Wetherer
Portland
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland
Eastport
California
Halifax
Haddock
Gloucester
Georges
Grand Banks
Cape Shore
Iceland
Grain Market Report Across Cities and Wheat Prices
John E. Welsh reports a quiet market with carload grain prices across cities. Domestic flour quotations range from fine to patent. New York receipts and prices show weak to unsettled tone. Chicago and St Louis receipts and quotes indicate fluctuation. Oats and corn futures firm with high mixed and steamer grades trading on track and call bids observed.
Markets Report Butter and Dairy Prices Decline on Supply Shortage
Receipts today include butter 890 pkgs and 1146 oleo, eggs 2660 cases, beans 549 bbls, potatoes 21 cars, hay 59 cars, straw 9 cars. Last year’s figures show higher volumes in many categories. Butter demand is lackluster for lower grades while finer creameries hold steady. Western creameries price around 24c with firsts and extra firsts at 20-27c. Eggs remain firm with scarce choice lots. cheese trades slow with large wholesale supplies. Potatoes and beans show mixed demand as Western and Atlantic markets adjust. Continuous notes of rising prices for finer creameries if supply tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
New York
Vermont
Chicago
Sage
Lltec
Liverpool
Americas
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newark
Bush
California
Lima
Canada
Houlton Hebrons
Houston Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Hebrons
Burbanks
White Stars
Brunswick
Jersey
Boston Produce Company
Eastern
Timothy
West
Clover
North
Red Top
Market Notes Onions And Vegetables From Durable Trade
The market is well supplied with a quiet trade. Prices include onions 75¢ per bush and $2 per barrel, Spanish onions 87/2¢ per crate, Western onions $2 per barrel, beets 50¢ per box, carrots 40¢ per box, lettuce 25 to 40¢ per head, turnips 35¢ per box, Parsnips 50 to 60¢ per box, Savoy cabbage 50¢ per barrel, red cabbage $1 per barrel, pumpkins 75¢ per barrel, squash and marrow 10 to 18 dollars per 12, Hubbard 18 to 20 per ton, spinach 20¢ per bush, cauliflowers $1 per box, celery $2 and 4 per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cape
St Andrews
Fruit Market Receipts Show Weak Demand and Wholesale Prices
The market for apples remains weak with buyer advantage as stocks pile up. Kings at 34.50 dollars, Hubbardstons 2.50 to 3.50 per pound, Western mixed lots 2 to 2.50, Ben Davis 2.50, Snow 2.60 to 3.50, Baldwins 2 to 2.50, Michigan greens 3, Talman sweets 3, Eastern Talman 2.50, Michigan mixed 2.50 to 2.75, Harveys 3. The oranges and lemons market clips Jamaica fruit steady at 5 to 5.50 per barrel, 2.25 to 2.50 per box. Sicily lemons quiet at 5.50 to 6.00 for 300 count, 4.50 to 4.50 for 360 count, and 24 for 420 count. Florida oranges rising with sales at 4. For bids, Florida mandarins small supply at 6.65 to 8 per 6-box case. Grapes market well supplied but dull, requiring sale at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbardstons
Ben Davis
Snow
Baldwins
Michigan
Michigan Talman Sweets
Eastern ‘Talmans
Harveys
Jamaica
Sicily
Florida
Prices and stock trends for fruit and tobacco in markets
The report notes easy prices to prevent stock accumulation with native lots plentiful and selling at current rates. Several fruit and tobacco items show firm or rising prices, including Salems and Dianas, Niagara baskets, Concords, and Cape cranberry lots. Almeria grapes remain firm, with common to good at 4 to 7 per barrel and fancy at 10 to 12.50 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Jonas
New York
Almeria
Steamer Arrivals Bring Palermo Lemons in Season
The Devonshire is due about Nov 15 with 750 boxes of Palermo lemons after sailing from Palermo on Oct 26. The Santiago is due Nov 9 carrying 900 boxes of Palermo lemons via Hall England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devonshire
Palermo
Santiago
Hall
England
Fruit Sales Auction of 9400 bbls Almeria Grapes
Auction notice states 9400 barrels of Almeria grapes aboard the steamer Pontiac will be sold in New York on Monday. The sale aims to convert cargo into cash for the carrier and consignors, with commodities expected to attract buyers at the city auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeria
Pontiac
New York
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Boston
Fred A. Locke
Court Square
John 8. Fitzpatrick
Sherif
Wolf Levi
John B. Fitzpatrick
Alfred A. Marcus
David Collens
Pub c
Frank Hi. Nuttes
New York & New England Railroad
B. Fuller
Lorin L
Fuller
Martha Smith
Abigail A. Tufts
County of
Lexington Street
Frank E. Dimick
Robert Wright
Gilman Sargent
Meridian Street
Ebenezer Curtice
Phineas Sprague
London Street
Robert Wricht
Margaret J. Gilman
Decatur Street
John G. Haselett
Frank Casey
Sarah J. Cheney
Oe J. Cheney
Sylvia J. Cheney
A .Oo
George T. Bosson
Evans Street
Dorchester
Foret Avenue
N.Y
Frank K. Deering
East Boson
Sumner Street
Harper
Haywood
East Boston Company
Daniel Crowley
John Doherty
Provisions market report with varied meat prices
Receipts today show tallow 121 pkgs, lard 736 pkgs, bacon 837 boxes, hams 31 bbls, preserved meats 500 cases, pork products bid high. Prices across regions list long cuts to backs around 12.50 13.00, lean ends 13.26 13.60, lard 6.70 6.75, sausages 9c, sausages and bolognas. beef and veal quotes follow regional trends. New York and Chicago markets noted firmer pork and steady beef, with general market softness in St Louis and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Choice
Brighton
Market roundup Hog and cattle prices across cities
Kansas City steady cattle with steers at 3 425, cows 1 30 235, stockers 255 285, range cattle 2 20 245. Hogs 367 2 380 heavies down, Yorkers 380 385. Sheep 325 437 steady. Cincinnati hogs easy 325 410, packers 380 400. Receipts 3700 shipments 1800. Chicago cattle dull lower beeves 4 60 505, steers 2 80 480, stockers 1 90 290, Texas cattle 150 260, Western rangers 2 40 360. Hogs receipts 22000 shipments 8500 strong to higher, mixed 3 75 400, light 3 80 415, heavy 350 24 00, ships 3 3 80. Sheep receipts 6000 shipments 1000 steady closing weak natives 2 75 5 00, Westerns 3 60 4 10, Texans 3 44, lambs 4 25 5 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
City
City Mill
St Louis
Chicago
State
Michigan
York
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton market report shows steady futures in New York and Liverpool
New York cotton is quiet with 248 bales traded and steady futures. Opening and closing quotations for November through September show mostly firm to steady tones. Liverpool market reports middling at 511-16d with 8000 bales sold. Domestic ports list receipts exports stocks and prices across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Brunswick Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville with overall firm to steady tones and significant stock totals. Consolidated U S port stocks reach 497,824 with weekly net receipts 312,059 and exports to Great Britain 178,705 and France 34,663.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ccecereee Ess Lu,03c 10.09c¢ 10.02¢ March .Cccacevsecsssers
Seagee Ees
Liverpool
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
New Orleans
France
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Brunswick
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Sugar and Molasses Market Report Across Goods and Prices
Sugar and molasses receipts and pricing data across raw and refined sugar, centrifugal and Java grades, and molasses. Quoted prices cover Cuba refined grades, pulverized and powdered sugars, standard and Belmont options, and molasses varieties including Fancy Ponce and Cienfuegos with daily supply figures and last year comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
New York
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbados
Commodity Prices Hover in New York Trade Turpentine Gasoline and Coffee
Turpentine closed at 48 49 cents with resin near 10742 at 112 percent and tar at 260 while petroleum finished at 7.70 cents with RSW 7.35 and cases 9.36. Coffee New York Rio remains steady and quiet with fair cargoes at 19 cents. Whiskey markets in the west hold prices and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Williams Storage Boston Exports November 1 1889
Listings from St Joan's NF Burgéo NF Yarmouth NL Clementport NL Liverpool Eng describe quantities of flour, beans, pork, oil, kerosene, and various goods loaded or shipped by multiple vessels and firms. The record enumerates items by location and tonnage, including crates, bales, cases, and casks across regions. Strong entities include Williams Storage, St Joan's, Burgéo, Yarmouth, Clementport, and Steamer Virginian with numerous cargo tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Joan’s
Burgeo
Kinburn
Yarmouth
Clementsport
Liverpool
Eng
Virginian
Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool Trade
Foreign markets show wheat and corn firmer on passage and for shipment while London and Paris markets stay quiet. Liverpool reports steady prices for winter wheat and mixed American corn with improved demand and steady to higher quotes for pork bacon and lard lower, with stock figures in centals for wheat corn and flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Retail shoe buyers listed across cities for firms
A list of boot and shoe buyers by city and firm personnel includes Spragins Brooks Brooks, Halle, Daniel, Pretzfelder, Adler, Smith, Brown, Brooks, Maclauchlan, Young, Culter, McElhany, Lowenthal, Howell, Plonsky, Sears, Breath, Hendricks, Patterson and Green with firms based in Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Dallas Dubuque Galveston Indianapolis Los Angeles Louisville and other locations. The roster names individuals and their associated companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spragins
Buck & O
Baltimore
F Clantice
Brooks, Rogers & Co
I Halle
S Halle & Sons
M Daniel
R Jandorff& Co
H Pretzfelder
Stretzfelder
Kline
H Adler
Cohen, Adler & Co
Bloomington
D Smith
H Patterson
Patterson, Thomas & Co
Tre
Los Angeles
Cal
C L Fisher
Louisville
J B Green
Green, Huffaker & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
John E. Welsh
State Street
General Markets
New
Congress Street
L Grauman
L Grauman & Co
Mansfield
St Joseph
J C Curley
Tootle, Hosea & Co
I Cahn
Cahn, Nickelsourg Co
Lamkin & Foster
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington Amien’s
Incolin Street
Goodyear Wells
United
Erie Telegraph and Telephone CO
Chas. J. Glidden
Boston & Maine Raileroad
Amos Blanchard
Otis Company
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
Summer St
GEO
F. Fabyan, Treas
Recorder Printing CO
Lincoln St
William Nichols
Nichols
Temple Place
Monument Beach
Daniel D
Kate Gannett Wella
R. P. Hallowell
Clement Smith
C. W. Eliot
Conservatory
E. Tourjee
Mass
Froebel
Mary F. Eastman
Tewksbury
Maple Wood Convent
Waterloo East
P. Q
Montreal
Mr.s. Gilman Bowen
Vienna
Tremont Street
Tiverton
MR. Louis Ritter
Tucker Building
Boylston Street
Williams. Fenollosa
Salem
Susan Cheever
Music Hall
Isaac Bassett Choate
Pinckney Street
Harry Benson
Laurel Street
Roxbury
G. Hubbard
Newbury Street
E. W. Tyler
Yomdmon
Massachusane
George C. Holmes
Edwin Morse
Boston Post
Boston Evening Record
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
John H. Paine
OLD Colony Railroad Company
Multon Branch
Boston & Providence Railroad
West Roxbury
Sherborn
Wrentham
Boston & Providence
Pleasantview
Massachusetts
John S. Brayton
J. R. Kendrick
G. M
Arwell Bros
Lorcheater St
Caroline A. Sumner
Payson E. Tucker
Mary I, Dupee
Martha Sumner
John W. McKim
Esquire
Register
Massachou
James
Freeman
Loston
Said
Sarah L. Freean
Joan W. MeKr
Massachu Wj Setys
Eugene O’reilly
Jane O'Reilly
Jane Finn
Jonn W. McKim
Elijiah George
Commonwealth OF Massachus Seits
Reginald C. Heath
Wellesley
Minor
Harold Williams
Grovor Wuhite
Jonathan Cobb
Ec Otlce
Jess Holbrook
Henry F. Spencer
Otlce
Elizabeth Ann Nicholson
Ann E. Nicholson
Catharine E. Murphy
Henry M. Perry
Clara J. Perry
John B. Parkinson
Saint Paul
John Parkinson
Commonwealth
Helen C. Parklinson
Chen Parkinson
Congress St
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Gate City
Clyde Line
Lewis Wharf
Second Street
Daniel Ayer
Matilda Ray
Josiah Dunham
Robert Ray
Spruce Lumber, Alpheus “Ba
Stetson
Richards & CO
Ee Auctioneers
Bromfield Street
OFI
Harrison Gray Otis
Aldine
Elzevir
Koburger
Audubon
America
L. P. Atwood & CO
Pemberton Square
Phillips Street
Philips Street
Ne Crossing
Roundy & Hobbs
Court Street
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
Blue Hill Avenue
Clifford
Fairbury Street
Roxbury District
McLaughlin & Sons, Auctioneers
Savannah, Ga
Murphy’s Wharf
Lincoln Street
S. S. Carlton
Lerms
WM. Story
Holbrook & Fox
No. 12
Post Office Sq
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
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