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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1882

Page

3

Print Cloth Market Steady with Weekly Output Figures

The print cloth market remained steady from last quotes with 56xG60s at 8hc and 64xG4s at Sic. A week’s production reached 150000 pieces, deliveries 153000, sales 129000, and stock on hand 571000 pieces.

Market Prices for Butter Cheese Eggs and Sugar

Market notes show stable dairy prices with Porto Rico and Cienfuegos molasses quoted for various grades and a minor decline in refined sugar. Cotton markets report Boston spot middling 12 1/4 to 12 1/2 cents, low middling 11 3/4 to 12 cents, with New York middling at 11 11/16 cents and futures steady up.

Eastern Creamery Franklin County New York Vermon Vermont Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Cape Nearby Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Belmont Cuba Manila Superior Extra Superior Java Boston Liverpool Norfolk Baltimore State Western Chicago Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Providence Railroad Eastern Railroad Leatherwell Railroad Maine Railroad Itchburg Dascoks Salem New Orleans Ohio Minnesota City Mills West Indies Europe South America Barney Came Closi Rio Laguayra Jaicaibo English Island Carolina Louisiana United Philadelphia Pigaeicc Dalene City City India S@Sige Estern Old State Gloucester Coe Rem

Imports at Boston Ship Scene Chronicle

Boston trade round up shows extensive consignments list from Liverpool and various firms including Baring Bros & Co and Jordan, Marsh & Co. Numerous crates, casks, cases, and bales across hardware, fabrics, machinery, glassware, and groceries arriving for Boston markets. Names include Owens Bros, Parker & Gannet, Hart & Young, and C F Hovey & Co among others with firm-backed totals and diverse goods.

Liverpool Eng Atlas Hessians Baring Bros & Co Warren & Co Jackson Jones Lord Carter, Dinsmore & Co Lowell Card Co Upton Warren & Blanchard Owens Bros Soda Gees Pees Fee Breyker Conant & Bean Heyer Bros Sheeran Cumner, Jones & Co Mandell & Daniell Bates & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Ives Shepard, Norwell & Co Lewis, Brown &Co P Rockwell Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Clark, Adams & Clark Abram French & Co Machinery Brown Paper Co Indigo Waste Howe & Goodwin Artists Wadsworth Bros & How Cunningham & Co Alexander Bros Baldwin Bros & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Moors & Co Hart & Young Bradford & Anthony Read & Sons Thurber & Co Stevenson, Pierson & Co Webster & Co Oliver Ditson & Co Saylee H White & Co Brown & Taylor P Hollander & Co Weil, Dreyfus & Co Browning & Co Levy & Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Vinal, Pope & Co Thread Brown & Griffiths Tilden, Thurber & Co Hart & Re Pkgs Warren Bigelow, Kennard & Co Berger & Co

ComparativeTable of Monthly Receipts at the Port

The table lists total receipts of major staples from all shipment sources for September this year and for September in 1881 and 1880. It highlights year over year changes and shows the volume of imports for each staple, reflecting port activity and trade patterns during the periods compared.

United States Perch New York Boston Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Baltimore Pittsburg San Fran Louisville Milwaukee Providencet Inc Kansas City Cleveland Dee India P’lis Hartford Columbus Lowell Syracuse Memphis

Cotton Markets in Several Cities Trade Notes

Galveston and Wilmington report varied receipts with market weak to unsettled. Middling prices range from 10 to 12.5 cents across Norfolk Charleston Savannah and Louisville while New Orleans New York and Philadelphia show midpoints around 11 to 12 cents with some higher and lower quotes. Net and gross receipts tallies are listed for multiple ports as the market moves.

Mercantile Corporation New York Clearing House United States N.Y Toaus Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Lowell Worcester Cleveland Pittsburg Hartford Springfield Providence New Haven Portland Memphis Louisville New Orleans Kansas City Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Cincinnati Milwaukee Peoria Indianapolis Galveston Norfolk Charleston Pero Osinnd Ocd Great Britain Sanaare Britain Rawaesse

Week's fish arrivals and market prices reported

The week ends with 46 fishing arrivals, including 10 from Georges Banks totaling codfish and halibut, 12 from western banks, 2 from Grand Bank, 2 off Greenland coast, and 13 from mackerel voyages. Aggregate receipts list codfish and fresh halibut in thousands of pounds plus mackerel. Domestic ports add hake and cured fish. Market quotes show firm salt fish, mackerel prices, and varied fish oil prices with regional price notes and weekly shipment data across major ports.

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Financial market notes from London and Havana

London reports discount rates for bank and trade bills with small gains despite a weak finish, noting strong Canadian railway activity and mixed stock moves including Louisville and Nashville and St. Louis and San Francisco. Commodities show steady wheat, dull Liverpool coffee, and varied cotton futures while Havana sugar markets ease to lighter trading. Gold fluctuations ease, with Spanish gold at 185 and exchange premiums narrowing.

London New Jersey Central Erie Denver Rio Grande Lake Shore Oregon California Louisville Nashville St. Louis San Francisco Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Orleans Havana Matanzas United States

Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages in Suffolk County

Suffolk County transfers list multiple property deals in Boston on Sept. 16 19 22 27 1882 and earlier. Notable entries include Ellen Davis to Charles F Morse at 377 Beacon Street for 1 with mortgaged Mt Auburn cemetery, William W Dromey to Catherine Drummey at Oneida Street for 1 quitclaim, Mary Burns to John Mahoney at Gold Street for 1800, Andrew J Brown administrator to Neil Campbell for 675 in East Boston, and various parcels in Roxbury Dorchester Chelsea and West Roxbury with dates and sizes ranging from 200 to 11 100 square feet plus several mortgages to institutions and life insurers.

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The English Sparrow and Its Pestilent Impact on Birds

A Massachusetts author laments the widespread introduction of the English sparrow from England in 1869, arguing it harms native songbirds and infests Boston common. He cites observations of caterpillars and seeds, questions sparrows’ insectivory, and urges legislative action to remove the sparrow from protected bird lists and curb its spread.

Canaria Canary Islands Europe Canary England Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge Boston Common Norway Boston H. A. Purdie Nuttall Ornithological Club Providence New York Trenton Philadelphia Washington Chicago United States Elliot Jones National Academy of Sciences J. A. Allen Museum of Comparative Zoology Robert Ridgeway Smithsonian Institution C. C. Abbott N. J Roosevelt Cambridge Club Somerset Street Temple Street State House Dixwell T. M. Brewer Jamaica Plain A. M. Frazer Watertown Nuttail Ornithological Club Massachusetts Connecticut Baltimore Shelburne Mass

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Evans & Doane Attleborough National Bank Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company America Steam Appliance Company National Mount Wollaston Bank of Quincy Lechmere National Bank of East Cambridge Fall River National Bank Northampton National Bank Newburyport Mechanics’ National Ocean National Adams National Bank First National Bank of Lynn Attleboro Savings Bank First National Bank of Cambridge Plymouth National Bank First National Bank of Malden Marblehead National Bank Railroad National Bank of Lowell Hingham National Bank Liousatonie Railroad Company Richardson, Hill & Co No. 40 Water Street THE Boston Stock Exchange Brokers’ Board Ifig St. Lovet Oye Webu A. Parisie Maine Pritts ES Canon Seana Enee Port Teee Tol St. Bo Ebee Eave Wis Cen Scae Ise Atlanticc Calumet & Hecla Bell Telephone Boston Mining Stock Exchange Ams Wet Esis Ccvasse Honanza Sr Nanza Vel Ieeen Catal Ceeecse Sa & P Francis Regulating Eee ONGC Milton Nova Scotia Ann Wilson W. 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Knights & Co Washington Street Pavilion Hotel Hobbatio Harris & “ Auctionf Albert Howe & Co Market Street Brighton Gelett Samuel Hatch & CO Congress Street Oliver Street Henry & Hatch Devonshire Sts Johnson, Moody Smith, Fegan & Baker Lincoln Street W.R. McKey & CO Summer ST Keystone Rubber CO. Limited Vincent & CO New Orlean A. S. Richards & 60 Reade St Summer Street Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Line John Wilmerding Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO White St Bound Brook Woollen Miles White Street F. G. Wolber Townsend & Fargis Leonard Street Samuel Bunting’s N. B R. F. Pancoast & CO Market St Merchant St Uadelphia Beers Lippincott, Son & CO Henry C. Bird & CO O’clark Sales Squires Rogers Brussels George M. Atwood Court Street Boston and Albany Railroad Kneeland Streets Howe James F. Gay Boston and Albany Railroad Corporation Sullivan Bros. & Libbie School Street RK. L. 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