Four steamers sail with cattle to Liverpool and Glasgow
Over the past week four steamers carried cattle. Michigan bound for Liverpool carried 123 for J A Hathaway and 97 for J Kollinger. Venetian to Liverpool with 110 for J A Hathaway and 50 for J Mollinger. Palestine to Liverpool with 62 for J A Hathaway, 66 for J Bollager, and 119 for J & C Coughlin. Siberian to Glasgow with 200 for J A Hathaway.
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Michigan
Liverpool
J A Hathaway
J Kollinger
Venetian
J Mollinger
Palestine
J Bollager
J & C Coughlin
Siberian
Glasgow
J A. Hathaway
Cattle Market Report From Watertown Sale
The movement of cattle for slaughter was small with few buyers at Watertown. Western cattle ranged in price with many average quality offerings. some cattle brought 4 5c per pound, extras up to 6 6%4c. Detailed sales include 17 Western steers at 1230 lbs for $4401c, 35 steers at 1505 lbs for 544c, 18 steers at 1349 lbs for 434, and others. Overall, lack of choice cattle and light Western turnout left many fine beeves unsold while prices held steady for similar quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
J A Hathaway
L Morse
Whipple
D Fisher
Livestock Sale Totals by Monroe Convey Prices and Averages
AN Monroe reports multiple cattle lots with steers and cattle averages. Twenty steers average 1550 lbs at byec lw, fifteen steers 1630 lbs at He, sixteen steers 1471 lbs atic, fifteen steers 1285 lbs at lower price, sixteen steers 1400 lbs at 414cc, sixteen steers 1495 lbs at 510, six cattle 1500 lbs at 4 ec, six cattle 1250 lbs at $460, six cattle 1150 lbs at 414¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atic
AN Monroe
Flour and Grain Market Reports From November 23
The flour market remains firm with high asking prices while dealers stay cautious. Cornmeal and the corn market show firm prices with steamer yellow and mixed on track, and No 2 white oats bid around 38 to 40 cents. Inspections recorded 60 cars with diverse wheat, corn, and oats lots. Millfeed and barley firm. Boston Chamber of Commerce not meeting on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Chamber 3 Commerce
Michigan
Minnesota
Canada Superior
Canada
Canada Extra
New York
Eastern
Market Notes Show Steady Prices Across Dairy and Produce
Butter and cheese prices hold near last quotes with light receipts for creameries and firm buyers. Western creamery and dairy products show mixed but steady day ranges. eggs and poultry also steady amid moderate demand. Beans, hay, and potatoes display firm demand and stable quotations across multiple regional varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
New Hampshire
Choice
Canada
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
West
North
Timothy
Jersey
East Swale
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
P. Bush
Burbanks
Hebrons
Island and New York barrel stock prices listed
The notice lists barrel stock prices for various items including bush and Chenangoes with cuts like 70c to 65 70c, 60a65c, and 58c, plus Norfolk yellow sweet potatoes at $2 25 G2 50 P bbl for choice and extra jerseys at $4 P bbl for double heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Island
Hebrons
Norfolk
Laallow
Market Report On Butter Cheese Eggs And Beans
In Chicago butter is firm with Elgin creamery at 29c. Cheese is firm, State factory and full cream factory seen. Kegs firm with Western extra ale. New York butter steady and in good demand. Cheese quiet, eggs firmer, beans and dried apples quiet. Liverpool cheese market steady at 6s |
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elgin Creamery
State
Western Extra
New York
Liverpool
Fruit Market Notes Mixed as Auctions Continue
Snow & Co. sold Malaga grapes at auction today for 3 25 to 3 65 per barrel while Harris & Co. plan Friday sales of 218 barrels of grapes and 1000 cases. Prices show little change with pears at 2 4 to 1 150 per bush, apples plentiful, cranberries firm, and dried goods steady.
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Malaga
King
Hubbardston
York State
Harvey, Me
Baldwins
Cape Cod
Pirate
Country
Sea
Bop
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Palermo
Florida
Virginia
Virginia Prime
Virginia Common
Grenoble
Naples
The Norfolk boat arrives with produce cargo
The Norfolk boat arriving Friday carries 250 barrels of sweet potatoes and 384 boxes of oranges to the port, signaling a busy shipment day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Boat
Local Produce Prices List From Western Market
A fragmented price list shows various vegetables with unit prices. Entries include onions and cabbages with prices per basket, barrel, or box, and specific varieties such as red cabbage savoy cabbage and Hubbard squash. Units and amounts are inconsistently recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Market Report Shows Firm Pork Lard and Steady Beef Prices
Pork and lard hold firm at old quotations while fresh beef remains quiet at prior figures. Prices for various pork cuts and lard products are listed, with ranges for ribs sausage ham and bacon. Beef and veal offer mixed steady levels, while other fresh meats show a quiet demand and prices near last quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Cotton futures steady with firm spot market in New York
Cotton futures in New York saw a firm opening and steady close as gains of 10 to 12 points trimmed, aided by Liverpool orders and light receipts. The spot market firm at 107 to 166 cents for middling uplands with higher prices for other grades, while Liverpool futures closed easy across several contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Shorts
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Grain market reports from New York trade centers
Flour and cornmeal trade steady with exports and large receipts. Wheat and oats show higher spot prices and active trading, with No 2 spring around 89 cents and No 1 Northern near 90 cents, while rye and barley remain dull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Southern
Canada
Commodity Price Currents Across Markets And Regions
Market notes show mixed Western sugar and molasses steady. beef, pork, and lard fluctuating with demand. Chicago wheat and corn steady to higher. Toledo oats, Detroit white wheat, Milwaukee flour and barley firm. St. Louis various grains and provisions steady to firm with steady whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collee
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Etroleum
United
Jersey
LOO Bbss
Tierces Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Liverpool
Lake
Chicago
Toledo
Minneapolis
Detroil
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Hog and cattle markets mixed prices in major regions
Across St Louis Chicago and other exchanges hog prices show steady to firm values with mixed packers and butchers holding at high levels. Cattle downside pressure appears in Chicago with weak receipts while hogs rise with strong demand. sheep and lambs also uneven with varied sale figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Chicago
Tomsco
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton Markets Report Net Receipts and Prices Across Ports
Net receipts and sales figures across major ports show firm or steady markets with varied exports. Highlights include New Orleans exports to France and Great Britain, Savannah and Charleston active in coastwise trade, and consolidated five day totals across the United States ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Losge
Augusta
Mid &Age
Galveston
Yone
New Orleans
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Great Britain
Baltimore
Charleston
Norfolk
C. Wilmington
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Continent
United States
Foreign Markets Busy but Mixed Across Europe and Britain
London reports wheat quiet but steady with American corn firm and Danubian gains. Liverpool notes wheat futures quiet while corn futures firm. Paris and Antwerp show limited movement. Manchester notes uneven price shifts but ongoing demand. Havana reports sugar market quiet with a refinery contract for 20,000 bags at prevailing gold rates.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Minnesota
Paris
Liverpool
California
Great Britain
Antwerp
Manchester
The
Guardian
India
China
Havana
Cardenas
London Wool Sales Report From November 20
London wool sales opened with buyers and sellers meeting at the exchange. Auction houses indicated steady demand as wool lots were offered across several grades with prices fluctuating modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Market report on colonial bale sales and pricing
Cross breds advanced as brisk bidding continued for a better class at full rates. Buyers from home and foreign markets competed openly as sales for Victoria South Wales South Australia New Zealand Swan River Queensland Cape of Good Hope and Natal closed. Prices shown include scoured greasy locks and pieces with varied denominations and days noting the overall demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
South Wales
South Australia
New Zealand
Swan River
Queensland
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Imports and Exports in Buenos Ayres November 23 1887
A detailed list from the Sarmiento and Virginian trade routes showing cargoes and consignors in Buenos Ayres and Liverpool, including dry hides, pig iron, wines, timber, and various commodities. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros & Co, W S Butler, Cushman Bros, and J B Moors & Co appear with quantities of goods like paper stock, bricks, pig iron, and potatoes.
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Buenos Ayres
Sarmiento
Baring Bros & Co
Tlasgow
Scot
S Butler & Co
Leitch & Co
Curtis
Train
Smith & Co
D Milne
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Nickerson & Baxter
Hooper, Lewis & Co
Ford
Kimball & Ceo
Waldo Bros
D & M Williams
Cotton
Cushman Bros
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Wilder
Linder & Meyser
Walbaum & Co
Dame & Co
Hayes & Co
Pierce & Co
Parker & Floss
Hardy & Co
Wright Bros
George Buchanan
Hooper
Erie Despatch Co
E & F King & Co
Boston Atheneum
Thomas Leyland & Co
Moors & Co
Riley & Gray
Leigh & Co
Linder & Meyer
Pernambuco
Brig
New Dominion
Peabody & Co
Brunswick
Fannie Whitmore
George McQuesten & Co
Shipping Exports Report From Glasgow and Atlantic Ports
A late November 1887 export roundup lists cargoes from Glasgow including steamer Siberian clearing Nov 19 with flour beef lard bacon cheese apples dye stuff ink and groceries among others. Atlantic coast vessels from Meteg han Weymouth Lunenburg Maitland Digby and Bar- badeos trade report sacks flour beef molasses coal and oats with several schooners and brigs carrying meat flour feed and bbls of various goods to Antwerp New York and other destinations.
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Glasgow
Scot
Siberian
Meteghan
Maitland
Milenda
Digby
Harris
Antwerp
New York
de Ruyter
Belleveaux Cove
Urbgin
Boston and Western Rail Timetable Issued for 1689
Local time tables list trains to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West from Boston station and Kneeland Street. Daily and Sunday services include through sleeping and dining cars to New York New Haven and Worcester with numerous connections and express options.
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Washington Street
Boston
Kneeland Street
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
North Adams
Chatham
Hudson
Palmer
Ware River
Martford
New Maven
New York
New Haven
Wocester
Westboro
Sea
Sieuth
Jaxonville
Freight and cargo listings from railroad and trade records
A dense compilation of commodities and quantities shipped via multiple rail lines and transport modes. Items include cornmeal, butter, eggs, apples, lumber, leather, wool, flour, oats, barley, beans, potatoes, cheese, pork, grease, and hides. Shippers noted include Boston & Maine, Boston & Lowell, and By Sea and By Express services with numerous carloads sacks bales and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Express
Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service Timetable
Boston station on Causeway Street lists extensive through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Maverhill Woodsville and more with multiple daily departures from 8:30 am to 9 pm. Sleeping and parlor cars available to Montreal. Station agents Mell en and Storer issue full timetable.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
Washington Street
Old State House
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
R.A
Boston Air Line
Central Massachusetts R R line timetable notice
Central Massachusetts rail schedule lists departures from Boston to Ware and Rutland with stops at West Boylston Oakdale and Jefferson and others. Times include 7.15 pm 12.05 am and 9.10 am with multiple daily runs and Sunday services. GEO W STORER is General Passenger Agent and C B Millen is General Superintendent.
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Boston
Ware
Ksarre
Rutland
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Bwudson
Si.n
Rockbottom
SUN
Subury
Wayland
Weston
Altham
Avertey
Belmont
Geo. W. Storer
Boston and Maine to Haymarket and Causeway Street Stations Schedule
A fragmented timetable lists train and steamer routes from Boston and Maine to Haymarket, Causeway Street, and surrounding lines. Includes connections to Augusta Haymarket, Portland, Rockland, Castine, Bar Harbor, and Lewiston with various departure times and stations noted.
Trains from Heston and nearby stations timetable list
A dense timetable lists departures from Heston Station and nearby hubs to Alton Bay, Manchester, Farmington and more with frequencies from early morning to late evening. Locations include Exeter, Haverhill, North Lawrence, Lowell, Maiden, Maiden, Salem, Wilmington and Portland with varied daily intervals.
Staple Goods Receipts and Totals From Nov 28 1887
Readable ledger style list of receipts for cotton coffee wool sugar molasses flour corn meal eggs oats wheat and more with totals for 1887 and 1886. Items include cotton bales sugar molasses flour cornmeal oats beans lard pork butter hides skins bacon and various mill products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvacs
Central Vermont Rails Rutland Route for Montreal and Ogdensburg
Boston passengers depart Vitchburg Depot for Montreal and Ogdensburg with through connections at Rutland to Saratoga and destinations on the Delaware and Lindson Canal line. Express service to Montreal West with Morning and Night schedules and Pullman accommodations. Tickets and berths at 228 Washington Street Boston via D. Faxon and S Stewart.
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Gentral
Vermont
Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Vitchburg
Causeway Street
Boston
R. R
Cheshire
K. M
Sraety
Pullman Palace
Burlington
St. Albans
Aditasaa
Washington Street
FAXON
Stewart
Keene, N
Nonergal & West
Central
Raulliman
Lowell
Chicago
Pulllman
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont Rh. A
J. W. Houart
Ss. W. Cummings
Vasa
Agt
NEW
Stonington
York Ee
Boston & Providence
New York
State Street
Hoston & Providence R
J. W. Richardson
Folsom
Old Colony Train Timetable Fragment
A cluttered OCR listing shows trains to New York via Fall River and the Weymouth area with numerous times for departures and returns. It includes routes via Taunton Brockton Hingham Cohasset Plymouth and seaside towns, plus Sunday schedules and two agent names GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK.
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Oexu
Aaexvy & LL
Dean Street
New York
Fall River
Weymouths
Hingham
Cohas St
Scituate
Marshfield
Oxbury
Lymouth
Plymouth
Cohasset
Falls River
Brockton
Pople
Taunton
Taunon
Newport
South Braintree
Way
Southraintree
New Bedford
Middleboro
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
Jen
Train Schedules for Goston Provide Lines May 30 1887
A dense OCR list outlines May 30 1887 train arrangements to Wooston New Work and nearby towns. It lists return times, express and mail lines, multiple stops such as Pawtucket Attleboro North Attleboro and Canton, with varied weekday adjustments and Monday to Saturday service shifts.
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Goston
Wooston
Shore Line
Teamboat
Stonington
Receipts show varied goods for several railroads in 1887
The list records cargo by railroad including Boston & Albany, Old Colony, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, New York & New England, Fitchburg and Boston & Maine Western Division. Totals include bales of cotton and wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, malt, feed, pork and butter, cheese and eggs, potatoes and apples, lumber, leather and hides, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, and bacon among many items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Old Colony Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Bates
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston to Amesbury rail schedule fragmented list
An East Division timetable fragment lists trains from Boston to Amesbury and surrounding towns including Chelsea Everett Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport and Portland with numerous departure times. Names of officials appear: JAMES T. FUR BER and D. J. FLANDERS as managers.
Concord R. Br. and Branches Train Schedule Milwaukee style
On and after Oct 9 1887 trains leave Lenin from B and L depot for Manchester Concord NH and upper calbons at 7 30 8 38 Ex 9 am 12 m 1 Ex 3 5 Ex 5 50 7 Ex pm Sauaeye 1 7 x d Returning leave Concord Ih for Boston at 7 30 8 35 Ex 10 20 cn 2 45 Ex 3 85 Ex 6 35 Ex pm Bundy at 655 55 ex 3 7 CAMB
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Ball
Newton Centre
Newton Hghlands
Faynville
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchburg
Beerlin
West Berlin
Wae
Botton
Pratt's Junction
Boston
Goaston
New York Kall River Line
Fa River Line
Barnstable
Rere
Sandwich
Lip Is
Braintree
Facia Devashian
Attleboro
Ares Ee
Bet Guetarm
B.oka
Headville
Toe
Saad
Dedham
West Roxbur
Mt. Hope
New York
Proveidence
A. A. Folsom
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Marblehead
Swampsc
Tom
North Conw m. Meabody
Danve
Mockport
Salem
Saugus Eri
LLLE
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Byan and Way
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Saugus
South Reading
Haymarket Square
City Ticket Office
Washington Street
Wortland
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Fassenga Acca
Concord R. BR
Lenin
B. and L
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Upper
Xalbones
Bundy
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