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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1890

Page

9

Commercial Market Conditions and Wholesale Prices Noted

Market reports show varied trends across commodities with sugar easy and molasses in small stocks, rice active and corn advances. Prices for spices and nuts listed with specific rates such as pepper 10 12 cents white, cloves 12 18 cents, nutmegs 65 70 cents, mace 76 80 cents, and other items cited for Zanzibar Am boyna Canton Batavia Saigon.

Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Batavia Cassia Saigon

The Grocery Trade Market Roundup in Detail

Sugar demand remains moderate with only small lots moving. Prices for raw and refined sugars ease. London reports cane steady and beet firmer. Coffee weakens on strong Brazilian receipts and possible export duty changes. rice and spices hold firm with steady or mixed signals. Wheat and corn futures show weakness in some regions, but oats, rice, and corn markets display firm or rising tendencies. domestic flour prices hold steady amidst healthy demand.

New York London Antigua Porto Rico New Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo Rio Santos Brazil Java Europe United States Hantos Limor Padang Pale Brown Ankola Mandehelings Ayerbangies Maracaibos Jamaica Costa Rica Guatemala Mocha Glenorchy Japan Amoy Superior Formosa South Savannah Charleston Patna Milwaukee Comemighi Sagkes Seatac Ata Aincareke Te Ewes Ieee Leita Grand Junction Railroad SOO Boston & Maine Mast Boston Grand Junction Bitchburg Railroad Co Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Chicago Lee Bush

Hog and cattle markets show firm hogs and brisk trade

Cincinnati hog and cattle markets report firm prices for best heavyweights with slow progress on other grades. Chicago cattle receipts reach 4000 for the week, totaling 90,000, a record. Texans bring $165 230, bulls and cows $1350 260, natives $210 235, stockers $205 235, hogs brisk with 17,000 receipts and 5,000 shipments. market strong to open.

Cincinnati Chicago

The Provision Trade in Chicago Market Report

Chicago market opened weak but closed higher than Friday with heavy hog receipts and tight money hampering advances. Prices quoted for pork and beef products show steady to firmer levels, with detailed ranges for long cuts, short cuts, backs, tongues, and various processed items. Truck items list vegetables and fruits with current quotes, including onions, cabbage, cucumbers, and citrus from Florida, Jamaica, and New York, alongside a broad range of apple and grape varieties and bananas in steady or quiet demand.

Chicago Park Ieee Chicago Motion Choice Heavy Brighton

Produce Trade Prices and Market Report

The market for dairy butter remains firm with limited supply and steady demand. Western and Northern creamery products show price ranges from 18 to 26 cents, while New York market quotes for dairy and eggs reflect steady activity. Beans, poultry, and grass seeds are quoted with varied jobbing prices. hay and straw supply is adequate with prime hay commanding higher prices.

Lash Choice Cormon New York State Dairy State Creamery Western Dairy Western Camery Western Factory Figin Ohio Flats TaviAc Michigan Islands Nova Scotia New Brunswick Vermont California Lima Canada West North Alsike Lucerne Rediop Jersey Rhodesland Bent Bush Orchard

Potatoes and sweet potatoes market quotes and receipts

Receipts of potatoes are liberal with good demand and firm prices. Quotes include New Hampshire Rose Hebrons 75c bush, Vermont Rose Hebrons 75c, Burbanks 78c, Maine Rose Hebrons 2?4 bush, Nova Scotia Rose Hebrons 2 25 per barrel, Aroostook Rose 0.70 bush, Houlton Hebrons 83 85c bush. Sweet potatoes show small receipts and steady market with Eastern shores 2.25 bulk, Norfolks 2.0, Jersey doubles 2.50, Jersey bulk 2.25.

Florida Palermo Jamaica Nova Scotia Gravenstein Snow King Russell Greenings Ben Davis Harveys Massachusetts Baldwins Maine New Hampshire Michigan Hubbardstons Beurre Bose Bush Seckle Beurre Clairgeaus Vicars New York Virginia Cape Cod Almeria New York Marthas Isabellas New York Salems New York Brightons New York Delawares Vergennes Dianas Ethelred Golden Vales Hebrons Vermont New York Burbanks, 78c: Maine Rose and Hebrons, $2 254 Bbl; Nova Scotia New Brunswick Houlton Aroostook Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons Bulk Norfolks Jersey

Steamer Arrivals Glimpse Trade Cargoes

The Brunel passed Gibraltar Oct 15 carrying 700 boxes Mesina lemons for Boston and 10 900 boxes for New York. The Yamuri is due Friday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Co. The Norfolk boat is due with 500 bbls sweet potatoes and 600 bags peanuts.

Brunel Boston New York Gibraltar Yamuri Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Norfolk

Fruit Sales Auction Prices at Snow & Co

Snow and Co sold California fruits at auction today. Muscat grapes brought 55 95¢ per single crate and 1 30 per double crate. Vokay grapes sold at 2 06 3 00 per P double crate and 1 356 1 50 per single crate. Cornichan grapes fetched 2 40 2 62%2 P double crate.

Snow & Co California

Cotton Markets Show Quiet New York Trade Decline

The New York cotton market was quiet and easier with sales totaling 401 bales. Liverpool closed prices down 10 to 12 points from yesterday as futures remained in a broad decline. Spot Liverpool quotes fell to 5 11 16d for good middlings and 6d for ordinary, with 5 10 16d for middling uplands, amid 32,000 bales received and 3,400 American bales among the 5,000 reported sales.

New York Liverpool Cables Aracesack Sbreres Sisceniugr Shane Sss Wees IOC Sanualy Vie Pis Eds Peweles CSC Poueunelv Ag the Sivas Ee Owe Eialucald Liverpool

Print Cloth Market Report for Fall River and Providence

The week shows steady prints with activity in 64x64s and 56x60s. Fall River reports production 190000 pieces deliveries 146000 stock 527000 sales 300000 spot 17000 futures 373000. prices steady at 35 16 cents for 64s and similar for 56x60s. Providence notes quiet but firm at 35 16 cents cash for 64s with limited buyer willingness. weekly sales include 77000 pieces 64x64s extras and 23000 pieces 64x64 extras November December at cash 35 16 cents. Manufacturers hold 262000 pieces 64x64s and 30000 pieces 56x60s.

Fall River Providence

Wool Sales Quiet as Lands Gather Large Shipments

The London wool market is quiet ahead of the next sales series with arrivals totaling 69 17 bales from New South Wales 16 604 from Queensland 13 667 from Victoria 3399 from South Australia 727 from Swan River 351 from Tasmania 7404 from New Zealand and 14 606 from Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Of these 500 bales from Australia and 6000 bales from Cape of Good Hope and Natal are to be forwarded direct. Anticipated available stock for the next series reaches 150 000 bales. Imports during the past week come from New South Wales 1541 bales Queensland 6893 Victoria 567 New Zealand 550 France 643 Russia 2159 and others 257.

London New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Swan River Tasmania New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal France Russia

PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES AND COTTONSEED OIL MARKETS

Closing at 3pm November 1 1889 for PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES. Totals show 106 Charters and Crue shipments with refined oil at 7.60 cents per gallon and averages. Cottonseed Oil Certificates noted. Whiskey markets firm in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati at 1.14, Peoria whiskey 1.15 and spirits 1.17.

Biyack Boys Crue Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Peoria

Turpentine and petroleum prices in New York market

Turpentine closed at 112 cents with resin 1452150 and tar 250. Petroleum closed at 7.20 cents with ASW 7.60 and cases 9.85.

New York

Imports November 2 1890 Scythia cargo list Liverpool

Dense listing of goods shipped via Scythia to Liverpool includes earthenware and china ware crates, tins and hardware, rubber and leather goods, machinery from various firms, books, clothing, textiles, and fragile items. Numerous firms named with quantities such as crates, cases, boxes, bags, and casks. Identifiable entities include Mies & Thompson, Brown Bros & co, Estes & Lairardo, Little, Brown, and Co, Shreve Crump & Low, and Manchester Robertson & Co.

Liverpool Bis Scythia cClark Sawyer & Co Eardenware Dackson Cindy Wrang Educational Com JH Polley & Co K Koopman & Co T Russell & Co Brain French & Co chelass—Jones, McCatlee & Co Schlegal & Fouler Tt & D Lyons Winter & Smnaker Pierce & Co McBarron & Co Badls Steel Brown, McClure & Co Dana & Co Soyes Campbell W& Co Lorgis & Son A Paul & Co J & W Williams Is Turner General Whitter J W Chanut Brown, Wnarrell Col Do A T Purner, Jr Stone & Downer Llao Do R H Sears Wit Stuart White Bros & Co Ll prizy—Yates Isros & Col Arce Casas China Elly

Maritime Imports At Annapolis Digby and Digbyport

A fragmented list from ships including Bostonian New Brunswick Francis Z Mary Rose and Mary Rose trade shows cargoes of beef pork bacon cheese bread oil and meal. Items span biscuits calico leather hardware rubber and mining goods with numerous boxes cases bales and crates as vessels reach Annapolis Digby Digbyport Yarmouth Halifax and Halipan Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports.

Liverpool Eng Bostonian Annapolis Dig&gy New Brunswick Progress Digby Cumenitsport Francis Z Yarmou HI Mary Rose Pkus Ecran

Market Bulletin: Wheat and Corn Firm Despite Mixed Signals

London and Liverpool cargoes show wheat and corn firm with modest sales and arrivals. Prices quoted for winter and spring wheat rise while California and U.S. grain indices edge higher. pork and fats steady to firmer with lard and cheese holding.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Ingland California

Shipping News From Monbay Ocean Almanac Nov 3

Shipping notices list arrivals and sailings at Monbay with many vessels including Eihvelwold Bermpohl Glasgow Vet 20 new to Boston Fruit Co and Cumberland Thompson St Joan My and many other ships with cargoes and passengers. Details cover routes from Boston Philadelphia Portland Eastport Halifax and Digby with numerous schooners brigs and steamers in ballast or loaded with lumber mdse and passengers.

Eihelwold New Bermpohl Glasgow Boston Fruit Co Lew Brunswick Colby Ligby Annapolis Mdse E A Waldron Cumberland Thompson St Joan Eastport Portland Moise Lancaster Robinson Philadelphia Girard Santuit Sturgis Seth Lowe Trom Do Watertown Kelly Beverly Salem Tremont Craig Fantee Boston Ulmer Pascagoula Fla Vineyard Haven Sir Jennie Lockwoou Thomasson Simmons Alma Cummings Cummings Port Royal Vet Windsor Jacket Wyman Mass Ballast Marguerite Trinp Newport News Grasius Wiman Bennett Norfolk Woodward Abrahams Snow Manchester Haynes Matthews Maude Sherwood Kelley Baltimore Seus Mattie A Franklin McDonald George A le Freeman Frank T Stinson Hodgdon Dhs Eben Nettie Cushing Thomaston Carrie Crosby Hull Rockland Alida Braydon Sullivan Fes Rock Hobbin Jonesport Willard Ester Peax’s Island Davis Eagan Mt Desert Norcross Ripley Rockport Jachin Feltis Damariscotta Ludowick Bill Pierce Rockpert Selis Freetwing Williams Addie E Seavey Haggerty Newburyport Mary Hooper Hawes

Stormy Atlantic passages and port calls charted

Maritime notices record steamer Scythia reporting strong winds and fog during the late passage to Boston, with 44 cabin 40 intermediate and 37 steerage travelers aboard. Restitution reports sugar shipments, Suez Canal passage, coal calls at Malta and Gibraltar, and a steward’s leg injury aboard.

Scythia Roberts Liverpool Queenstown Alexander Martin Secythia Boston Light Restitution Sir Thomas Sourabaya Vecalongan Malta Gibraltar William Hughes Massachusetts General Salt Cay Elpiranda Ilatieras Sch Gem Boston Mass Pensacoola Lmmber John S Emery & Co Susan H Ritchie Perkins Brunswick Lizzie Heyer Thomaston Harrington Bkdwad Johnson Warren John 8 Emery & Co Lumver Rebecca F Lamuin Perry Diggins Apalachicola William L Bradley Lee Charleston Weymouth Harris Morris Carter Joggins Emnly White Cloney Apple River S H Shaw St John Herald Veazie Amboy Elias Crowell Bleetwing Maddocks Perth Amboy Vulcan Kennedy Athens Moraney Wilson Elizabethsport Charles McDouvald Griffin Fall River Puritan Harding Philadelphia Wil Y Hackett Hasson Newburyport Python Mail Kent Raritan River Sen Mary Now Sweet South Amboy Ada Parker Wiltband Skinner Nickerson Rodman K Ella Harnes Vince Hoboken Fannie and Fay Mchaffey Wild Vigeon Green Phildelphia Samuel 1 Russell Fidler Elias Ross Moore Millville Hattie Paige Crocker Carvon Caswell T B Garland Crosby Belle Halladay Deer Isle Annie F Kimball Kimball Boothbay Phineas Ui Gay Bryant Damariscotta Lillian Grindle Portland Chester Wood Saunders Eliot Annie & Conlon Seaward Newburg Winner Frye Havoken George W Collins Gordon Sullivan Cromwell Yorke Abelkna Florence Randall Randall Norfolk John J Hanson Oliver Agnes Manning Birdsall Ideleun H Benedict Rockett Baltimore Fawn Morgan Branin Fred Walton Rich Everett Eaton Hooken Barker Sargent Bartlett Erth Amboy James Rothwell Lombard Henry R Condon Brown AJ Miller Gavland Saco

Freight and Charter Listings From New York Ports

November discharge shows Shi Banegalo refined petroleum to Calcutta at 19 cents per barrel. Isabel ships refined petroleum to Shanghai at 500 dollars per voyage. Bedford ferries lumber and oil to Rio, Cornelia Zina sails Island to Guayaquil at 20 pounds. Baltimore notices coal charters for Portsmouth and Boston at listed rates. Annie J Vardee to Boston at 81 dollars.

New York Shi Banegalo Calcutta Isabel Shanghai Bedford Rio Janeiro Cornelia Zina Ship Island Guayaquil Baltimore Sih Calyia B Orentt Portsmouth Ralph M Hayward Boston Annie J Vardee William Hailey Allen

Oceanic Trade Winds Through Global Port Calls and Departures

Shipping news lists vessels sailing and in port from Antwerp to Yokohama. Entries name ships, captains, and destinations such as New York, Calcutta, Quebec, and Boston, with dates in late Oct to early Nov. Includes multiple bark, brig, steamer, and ship movements, reflecting busy international trade routes and loading at ports like Liverpool, Halifax, and Montreal.

Antwerp Friesland Berg New York Aarhaus Orion Bonnevie Arto Frank Pendleton Searsport Nichols Amsterdam Werkendam Bristol Strathay Crewe St John Cardiff Fred E Scammell Shaw Liverpool Hin City Camp Knox Santos Christiansand Norge Calamota Ocean Prince Colombo Gov Robie Calcutta Dunkirk Hi W Palmer Aylward ELBA Tynehead Philadelphia Boston Greenock Australia Nor Dahl Quebec Glasgow Amarynthia Montreal Sarmatian Havre la Gascogne Isle OF Wight Falcon Hansen Newcastle Star of India Dalhousie Kansas Clark Cleopatra Ganger Bell Exmouth Pernambuco Ulster Sheeker St Johns Palermo Thomas Anderson Swansea Maryland Luckhurst Shields C H Watjen Ger San Francisco Sharpness Britannia Amdersen Halifax Sables L’olonne Charles & Max Seville San Pietro Ital ST. Michavels Asphodel Batavia Vancouver Hong Kong Barbados Sunlight Thompson Golden Fleece Armstrong Levitart Hart Cernandina Elmstone Port Eads America Victoria Hammond Calcutla J L Skolfield Portland Skolfield Cuthona Erin’s Isle Frankistan Hamburg Kistua Godiva Roberts Sagua Aristomene Allison Dunadrennae Palmer Cheverte Glenora Card Hiogo Rappahannock Dickinson Champion Hammell Belle O’brien Hougerman Dear 26Th Halifax-Ar Pitt White Beremuda Aubrey A Moore Demerara Moncton Victory Sales Calais Frank W Cole Salem Milk River Hastings Durekee Aviona Leith Aberdeen Cassius Richard T Green Patrick Mobile Buenos Edmund Icts Centennial Clifford White Faulkingham Windsor Edward Slate Mcidonald Irene Rouse Ben T Biggs Ienderson Larvard Hi Havey Forsyth Silver Steels Quinlan Cerdic Beverly Winthrop Wood Point Towse Sanford Slat Athena Newburgh Marster Iolantne Lulu Nickerson Pann Yarmouth Mildred McLean

Maritime positions reported for ships in transatlantic routes

The log lists vessels including Ship I F Chapman from New York to San Francisco on Sept 26 at 34 08 N 26 43 W, Ship Melville Island from London to Port Town Send on Aug 15 at 16 S 36 W, Ship Dora from Santos to New York on Oct 31 at 40 33 N 71 06 W, and Ark Lindesnaes from Havre to Philadelphia on Oct 21 at 46 N 65 W with jibboom gone.

I F Chapman New York San Francisco Melville Island London Port Townsend Dora Santos Ark Lindesnaes Havre Philadelphia Low

Notice to Mariners Buoy Replaced at Graves Ledge

Boston on October 31 reports the whiskiz buoy at Graves Ledge, Broad Sound in Boston Harbor has been replaced in its proper position.

Boston Graves Ledge Broad Sound Boston Harbor

Whalers Arrive Off New Bedford With Whale Totals

Private despatches from San Francisco report the whaling schooner Bonanza under Captain Foster and the steamer Baleana under Captain Smith docking at the port. Bonanza carries six whales, while Baleana reports six, with other New Bedford vessels Abram Barker eight, Belvedere six, Bounding Willow and Grampus two each.

New Bedford San Franccisco Bonanza Foster Baleana Smith San Francisco Arctic Ocean Tuel Bonanza Abram Barker Guford Belvedere Whiteside

Steamer Spree Makes Fast Time to Southampton

The North German Lloyd steamer spree capt Williger arrived in Southampton at 8 AM after leaving New York October 25, completing the voyage in 7 days 39 minutes at an average speed of 18.1 knots. A nine hour repair stop occurred during the trip.

Spree Southampton Lloyd’s Williger New York

Marine notes recount storms and voyage details at sea

Bark Mantanzas reports gales from lat 30 to 37 east to south with damaged bulwarks and flooded cabins. Bark Catobusdoon Carland, from Singapore after 118 days, faced a heavy gale near the Cape of Good Hope splitting sails and yard, then traded winds across the Atlantic. Crossed the equator Sept 20, then steady trades north and south. Near Hatteras with west and northwest winds, sighted ship S F Chapman en route to San Francisco. Hypatia Hood details incomplete voyage from New York Oct 8 toward Little Rock?

Mantanzas New York Catobusdoon Singapore Ule Passage Cape of Good Hope Cape South Atlantic North Atlantic Equator Hatteras S F Chapman San Francisco Hypatia Hood

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