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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1883

Page

3

Exchange rates drift on light demand in London Paris Frankfurt

Foreign exchange is weaker on light demand with bankers 60 day bills on London at 48 24, short sight bills at 48 4 to 48 5, and commercial bills at 48 1 per pound sterling. On Paris francs are at 51 8 for short sight bills and at 52 14 per dollar for 60 day bills. Reichmarks 60 day bills are at 94 3, and short sight bills at 95%.

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Liverpool and Utica Cheese and Butter Trade Report

Liverpool and Utica markets show firm and dull tones with higher grain and hog prices. Butter and cheese trading slow. pork and lard rise. receipts up. poultry plentiful and of mixed quality, sent to canners in Portland and Ward's factory amid warm weather.

Liverpool Elgin Utica St Albans New York Portland Ward

Maritime cargo listings from several ships in Surinam Yarmouth and Charlottetown

The report itemizes cargo aboard the schooners Sadie Willcutt Charlie Waubeck and steamer Cleopatra with quantities of fish, flour, canned goods, butter, tobacco, rope, nails, kerosene, and other supplies. It notes destinations Surinam Yarmouth N and Charlottetown via Tignish.

Surinam Sadie Willcutt Yarmouth Cleopatra Tignish Charlottetown Pet

Vast Commodity Totals Across Railroads in Dense Freight List

A dense ledger of goods moved by multiple railroads and sea routes lists bales cotton wool flour corn meal oats barley millseed and more. It records numerous quantities by railroad including Lowell Maine Fitchburg Eastern Grand Junction and Old Colony with items such as butter cheese bacon lard hides pelts and leather alongside sacks bags and cases.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and Newland Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad Ics

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report Nov 27

Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details Watertown Union live stock sales for Nov 27 with cattle sheep calves horses swine prices by grade and delivery. The report lists totals by state and road car counts, beef price ranges from first to third quality, store cattle prices, hog and lamb prices, hides and pelts values, and notes on market classifications and regional distinctions.

Nasiecanee Boston Lowell Maine Albany Fitchburg Eastern New York New England Providence Old Cal Brighton N. B Boston and Albany

Cotton Markets Drift Higher Amid Firm Prices and Strong Wheat

New York reports cotton firm with an adv-16c, 103 bases sold and forward deliveries active. Flour receipts and exports steady to dull, wheat futures up 2-2.5c with highs of the day. corn and oats rise on brisk trading. Prices for rye, barley, and various flour grades noted with general firmness across grains and livestock.

D. W. Darling iGeorge William Baslou & Co Tower, Giddings & Co New York Messrs. Denslow, Easton & Herts Boston Darling, Denslow & Co Enslow New York Tech Exchange Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Atlantic Nd Pacific Chicago Burlington and Juiney Cedar Rapids & Missouri Railroad Iecorrespond Union Pacific Union Acuic Bill Traver Caryort Keene U. P Dillon St. O Western U.P Three Bears Flint Piere Marquette Louisiana Missouri Detroit Lansing Northern Kansas City Fortcott Gulfcommon Toledo Cininaté St. Louis Wisconsin Central Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Fitchburg Old Colony Eastern Eastern Railroad New York and New England New York and New England Railroad New Rk Northern Pacific Sénora Denver Ize Java Maracaibo Rio Janeiro Reading Co Philadelphia Franklin Liverpool Newark Gambier St Domingo Minnesota Winois Indiana Ohio Michigan Linois Onodo Dto Nova Scotia Haddock Malaga London Muscatel Valencia Smyroa Florida Messina Mili Shorts Calcutta Rio Grande Montevideo Buenos Yres Madras Buenos Ayres Cape Good Hope India Porto Rico Barbadoes Cienfuegos Wilmington Oakum Maguire's Labrador Oriental Boston Sieng Elgin Jersey Carolina Rangoon Turk’s Island Cadiz Bond Trapani Mauilias Troilcs Belmont Sumac Sicily Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Wisconsin Texas California New Zealand Memphis New Orleans Savannah Britain Sieduah Kew Louisville Great Britain Augusta Uplands Duluth Canada Ileeigher United

Grain and meat markets across Chicago and Midwest rise

Chicago and St Louis show firmer flour and higher wheat while corn and oats gain modestly. Pork and lard demand strengthens with varied cash and future prices. Milwaukee and Cincinnati report higher pork and bacon values as hogs and cattle receipts rise.

Chicago Seee Oatsner Jan- Vail SC Lew Corm ST. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo

London and Liverpool Markets Close in Frigid Trade

Atlantic and Great Western firsts and several rail and cargo price notes appear with mixed signals. Wheat and corn shipments lag in buoyant port markets. Liverpool prices show slower grain demand, with flour, wheat and corn figures listed alongside carriage and provisions data.

Annual Meeting News From Old Colony and Related Railroads

The Old Colony Railroad stockholders met at the United States hotel with President Charles F. Choate in chair. Directors elected unanimously include Choate Ames Borden Brayton Cobb and others. Choate warned that canal ties may not affect Old Colony, while a committee nominated an auditing panel. Separate reports from New York Lake Erie and Western and Baltimore and Ohio railways show earnings, leases, and changing profits.

Old Colony Railroad The Old Colony Railroad Company United States Hotel Charles F. Choate Southborough Frederick L. Ames Baston Thomas J. Borden Fall River John 8S. Brayton Samuel C. Cobb Boston Ariel Crocker Thomas Dunn Newport Francis B. Hayes Charles L. Lovering Taunton William J. Rotch New Bedford John J. Russell Nathaniel Thayer Lancaster Royal W. Turner Randolph Choate oEpenen Caps Cod Canal Old Colony John R. Brewer Hingham William J. Rust William Savary Henry H. Faxon Ames New York, Lake Erie and Western New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company Theron R. Butler Charles Dana F. N. Doake Thos. Dickson Harrison Durkee J. D. Fish R. Snydam Grant James Goodwin Solomon 8. Guthrie Hugh J. Jewett John Taylor Johnson Cortland Parker John Fred Pierson Homer Ramsdell Jacob H New York Pennsylvania Ohio New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Company Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore Central Ohio Lake Erie Chicago Pittsburg Connellsville Wm. F. Burns Robert Garrett John Spear Nicholas John Gregg Wm. W. Taylor James Carey Coale G. A. von Lingen Decatur H. Miller Joshua G Montreal and Lake Champlain Fort Covington N. Y Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Malone Grand Trunk Line Buffalo Springfield Ritchie Danville Railroad Company Jay Gould Russell Sage Norfolk and Western Railroad Company Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Court case on import duties for iron scrap and punchings

Christine J. Burgess versus Peter Grattam et al resumes with jurors. L. P. Brandeis leads for plaintiff while A. A. Ramsey and N. L. Grattam defend. United States versus Joseph Brigham involves a duty dispute for 3112 dollars and 25 cents. Government alleges import from England on Nov 4, 1279 of 120 tons scrap iron in useable form and a large amount of punchings and bar ends. defendant claims all iron is scrap and duty applies to scrap iron. 269 tons of the punchings are cited. statute defines scrap iron as iron once used. Trial under George P. Sanger for the United States and A. A. Runsey for defendant.

Christine J. Burgess Peter Grattam L. P. Brandeis A. A. Ramsey N. L. Grattam United States Joseph Brigham England George P. Sanger A. A. Runsey Harrison A. Royce the Merchants Despatch Transportation Co S. B. Allen Thomas Savage Aug. Russ Benjamin Kimball John Edmands Same Samuel Oakman Lorenzo C.paul Lorenzo &C. Paul Et al Samuel E. C. Gilman Oakum R. D. Smith C. S. Lincoln Paul

Louisiana lottery agent held on mails fraud charge

United States Commissioner count for November 27 reports Louisiana state lottery agent L. F. Crosby arrested by a Post Office Inspector. Crosby remained in $500 bond before Commissioner Hallett on a charge alleging illegal use of the mails.

L. F. Crosby Louisiana State Lottery Post Office Field Hallett

Superior Court verdicts and sentences on liquor and vice

On November 27 in Superior Criminal Court before Chief Justice Brigham Angelo Ferrari was found not guilty of assault and battery. Peter McHenry was fined $100 plus costs on a liquor charge. Elsie Dewer faced trial on a charge of keeping a disreputable house.

Superior Criminal Court Brigham Angelo Ferrari Peter McHenry Elsie Dewer Central Court Parmenter Frederick Heintzleman James Lee William McCutchen George L. Schencken John P. Bolan Frank Hook Lechmere National Bank of Cambridge Howard Slade Daniel Roach House of Correction Superior Court Kate Fennessy Adams Rust Bros. & Bird Billings, Clapp & Co Roxbury James Foley Rogers Avenue Boston and Providence Railroad Hugh McGiffigan Edward Thompson Frank Kelley Belmont Street Boston Patrick Barry Burns Barrett

Jury still out in Taunton shop injury case

At Taunton, a tort action against Taunton Locomotive Works seeks 20000 dollars for injuries after a new board in a shop allegedly tripped the plaintiff. Defendants deny negligence, claim lack of due care by plaintiff. Jury viewed the premises. plaintiffs’ counsel William Gaston and C. L. B. Whitney, defendants’ R. M. Morse Jr. and H. L. Fuller.

Rockwell Joseph Benshinoil Charles H. Jackson Joseph Bennett M. Holbrook S. Hesseltine George H. Rankin Taunton Locomotive Works Taunton William Gaston C. L. B. Whitney R.M. Morse, Jr H. L. Fuller

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