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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1886

Page

6

The Money Market and Street Notes From Oct 1 Boston

The Money Market today shows no change from yesterday. Call loans at 4 1/2 percent. best double named business papers at 5 percent. best single named notes at 5 1/2 percent. fair descriptions at 6 3/4 percent. Clearing house loans at 4 percent. New York funds at 1 5/16 to 1 1/2 percent discount. Total exchanges 13,537,904. New York exchanges 184,566,825. government securities listed. foreign exchange firm with sterling and franc rates. Boston stock market lighter but firm, Mexican Central quotes, and a lengthy note on a debenture issue and its collateral. Also reports a copper deposit found near Sudbury and shipping-rate commentary from the Marquette Mining Journal.

Boston New York Mexican Central Wade Dwight Braman Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company Tristee

London Market Summary of Stocks and Bonds

London on October 1 reports Consols at 100 15-16, U S bonds 4s 13134, do 4 12s 115, Atlantic and Great Western firsts 5433, Erie 36%8, do seconds 10414, Mexican ordinary 53%4, St Paul common 9832, Northern Central 11644, Pennsylvania 6144, Reading 184s.

Michigan Central Erie St. Paul Hannibal & St. Jo Consols Western Pacific San Francisco St. Jo & Grand Island Jersey Central Denver & South Park Kentucky Central Metropolitan Indiana, Bloomington & Western London U. S Central Pennsylvania Reading Adams Express Ontario & Western Alton & Terre Haute Oregon American Express Los Trans Boston Air Line Pullman Palace Che & Ohio Ghiich & Allegheny Rich & Danville Chicago & Alton Rich West Point Roch & Pittsburg Eeereee Quincy Rock Island St Louis San Fran San Eve, St O. Cieve & Columbus Mg Consolidated Coal Kyle del & Hudson St Paul, Min & M del & Packs St Paul & Omaha Den Rio Grande Ao L Texas Bpacific Pacific Eas United States Wabash Stl & Pac Fort: Wayne Houston & Texas Wells Argo Expey J Illinois Central Western Unionesac Hocking Valley Ind Bloom West Kansas Texas NY &N England Lake Erie J A Manhattan Memphis Cent Pacific Pen & RG den & Rt West Y & Pac Kk & Rt Missouri Pacific Essex Giro Northwestern Norfolk & Wrst Northern Pacific Lao Nord Oslo Wes Shore

Market Snapshot: Stocks, Bonds and Curb Rates Quiet

New York trading on October 1 shows money on call tight at 6 to 17, last loan 6, closing 5 asked. Sterling exchange dull with quoted bills around 4.52 to 4.85. Government bonds dull but firm. rail bonds steady to firm. Northwestern leads activity, other issues quiet. market ends fractions above day's lows after an irregular open.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Northwestern New England

California mining stock report from San Francisco

The San Francisco market note lists official closing prices for mining stocks on October 1. Names such as Bodie and Crown Point appear among the listed tickers with figures implied by the column captions, reflecting a snapshot of the mining sector's performance on that day.

California San Francisco Pulver Css S Sss DY Birewa Esse Bodie Siegeie Ene Bog Mono Cal & van Bee Savage Ieee Ee Ss Crown Point

Market Roundup: Grain and Produce Prices Steady

Flour dull corn quiet oats steady rye quiet light demand for rye flour butter quiet but firm cheese firm eggs firm beans unchanged apples in good demand potatoes sell well hay fair demand straw firm tallow dull sugar steady molasses quiet no changes noted in provisions or poultry and game

Hubbardstons Baldwins Buerre de Anjous Buerre Bose Sheldons Buifums Louise Bonne de Jerseys Delaware Marthas Northern Creamery Vermont Th E Tia@il se Chicago New York Eastern Creamery Michigan Nova Scotia Island Bush Choice Timothy North Do West Jersey Maine New Brunswick Aroostook Do Hebrons Hebrons Burbanks Virginia

Flour and Grain Market Slips amid Quiet Trading

Market reports a quiet session with oats easing and prices down while corn and wheat hold steady. Transactions include 2700 bushels October No 2 white oats at 36 12 cents and 21 600 bushels year at 30 34. Settling prices edge lower. various flour, meal, rye, hops, and fruit quotes listed as receivers' prices for bulk lots.

Lee Lower Minnesota Bakers New York Roller Michigan Michigan Roller Ohio Indiana Illinois St. Louis Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New York Smink Bush

Business Troubles Hover Over Chicago Millinery Firm

A. S. Gaze & Co. of Chicago confessed under the First National Bank for 97000 and assigned stock to B. J. Merland. Liabilities total 750800, many to Eastern houses. assets around 650000. Store at Wabash ave and Adams st closed, sheriff and deputies took possession for the bank. judge later ruled no sale of goods. Assignee bonds set at 2000000. Other insolvencies listed in Boston and North Carolina notices.

A. S. Gaze & Co Chicago Jnderwent First National Bank B. J. Mefarland Wabash Avenue Adams Street Nickerson HB. Clafin & Co Prendergast Richard A. Atwood East Eighth Street South Boston Judkins Daniel A. Johnson Blue Hill Avenue Murphy & Co Hafters Washington Street John J. Scully Charles M. Gardner Haverhill Burwell Bros Henderson N. C Henry H.tubbs East Bloomfield Greorge Jenkins of Lynn

Trade Names and Partners Across States and Cities

A ledger style listing dozens of firms and partners across Baltimore Burlington Cincinnati Detroit Fernandina Havana Memphis Pittsburg Salt Lake City St Louis and more. Names include Weinberg Bros Lawrence Berry & Co Lester Co Adams Laws Hickman Robin son & Burtenshaw Prescott Craedo & Co Goodbar Love & Co Schmertz & Co Young Brown Desnoyer Fuller Childs Co among others, indicating a broad business network.

Baltimore Weinberg Weinberg Bros Lawrence Lawrence, Berry & Co Bighamton H Lester Lester & Co Burlington O Adams A G Adams Cincinnati H Laws Laws & Co J B Hickman Hickman, Taylor & Co Detroit Mich Charles E Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw Fernandina Fla J H Prescott Craw Havana Cuba Josiah and M Velle Craedo & Co Thomas Blanco Memphis

Steamer Route to New York From Stonington at $3 Fare

The steamers Massachusetts and Rhode Island, noted for precision and elegant equipment, run on the inside Stonington line to New York. Fare is quoted at three dollars per trip.

Massachusetts Rhode Island Stonington New York

Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic Adverts a New York Patent

Menmans Peptonized Beef Tonic is pitched as a complete beef preparation with blood making and life sustaining properties. It targets indigestion dyspepsia nervous prostration debility exhaustion overwork and pulmonary diseases. Caswell Hazard & Co. New York proprietors. Sold by druggists.

Mensman Caswell, Hazard & Co New York Druczists

Market steadiness in dairy and produce items across regions

Butter and cheese markets hold firm with Western and Northern creamery lots in demand. Eggs, beans, potatoes, and produce show steady pricing, light receipts, and selective demand. notes include specific regional quotes for creamery butter, Vermont and New York dairy lots, and various bean and seed prices.

Market Prices for Produce and Poultry Items Listed

A flood of items appears with prices for fruits vegetables and poultry. Entries include marrow squash turban squash green corn native onions carrots native tomatoes lettuce peppers celery and more with bush and P bush packaging terms. Poultry and game prices list west turkey spring chickens fresh killed live fowls green geese ducks and woodcock among others with tallow prices for city and country grades.

Do Tima Sivey Turkey

Provisions of all kinds remain about the same as last quoted

Market notes list extensive meat prices including pork and lard with various cuts and prices per 100 pounds, fresh ribs and sausage, lard in pails, hams and smoked shoulders, beef items from extra plate to ground, and fresh meats such as lamb and mutton with regional prices. Also notes eastern veal and Worcester county ranges.

Brighton Worcester County

Cotton and sugar markets show steady quotes and dull spot

Cotton prices held steady with mid uplands and gulf around 9.53 to 9.24 cents. Liverpool futures opened steady and closed easy across months. New York and London quotes mixed with dull spot demand and a total of 87,200 bales traded. Sugar raw and refined held steady with varied profits and duties noted by the Treasury. Molasses, oils, and pipe line certificates listed with prices and activity.

Uplands Gulf Liverpool Mid Uplands Orleans New York Cate Imran Mareliy Pepi Dlee Pth Mit Uplands Sazna Centrafugal Manila Treasury Porto Rico Cuba

Grain and flour markets show mixed tone across cities

In Minneapolis Oct 1 wheat No 1 hard opened at 72 5 8 cents for October and 74 3 4 cents for November with 171 056 bush receipts. Cincinnati notes dull work, lard weak, whiskey up, and bulk meats easy. Toledo reports wheat easy, corn dull, oats nominal with substantial receipts and shipments. St Louis records flour quiet, wheat higher at 74 4 2 to 75 cents, oats firm, rye steady, barley 60 to 67 1 2 cents, whiskey 112, provisions lower, various receipts and shipments across grains and barley totals.

Minneapolis Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis

Cotton Markets Weekly Summary From Atlantic Ports

Cotton market report shows Augusta Augusta-Net receipts 1646 and stock 6508 with steady tone. New Orleans receipts 5978, gross 6855, stock 44,460, exports to France and the continent. Savannah receipts 6926 with stock 61,565 and quiet market. Philadelphia firm at 11,253 receipts and 9,627 stock. New York cross 23,550 with exports to the continent and stock 86,687, easy to mid. Net weekly receipts 156,164 across U S ports, exports 67,950, stocks at all ports 24,039, and Liverpool stocks 377,000 with last year 450,000.

Oct Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans France Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville C. Consolidated Ferance United States Liverpool Nes Oe Ei Ross Breis

Markets by Telegraph Flour and grain prices drive New York report

New York markets show flour receipts 20,994 bbls and exports 12,784 sacks with mixed Western white and Minnesota extra flour prices ranging from 45 to 65 cents per pound, and substantial wheat sales 156,000 bush. Chicago and Milwaukee follow with firmer wheat and steady to lower provisions, including pork at 930 dollars and lard around 6.05 to 6.10 per 100 pounds, while oats and corn show varied quotations and steady beetled prices across regions.

New York Oct Minnesota City Mills Chicago United Western Steam Tierces City Steam Continent P T South America State Western Liverpool Milwaukee London Chamber of Commmerce Mark Lane California Bes Paris New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal New South Wales

Cattle, hogs and sheep market report from Chicago

Chicago cattle receipts reach about seven thousand with two thousand shipments, steady prices for shipping steers and cows. Hogs strong with steady to higher quotes. packing and shipping near four fifty, some declines noted. Sheep receipts around two thousand with Western and Texans volumes and lambs firm near three to four dollars.

Chicago

Chicago and Midwest Live Hogs and Meats Market Report

Chicago reports unchanged prices for loose meats and mixed meats with specific bids including long clear and short rib terms. Kansas City notes hog receipts and shipments. St Louis shows hog prices and worker quotes. Peoria records quiet hog market with daily receipts and shipments.

Chicago Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria

Foreign Markets London and Liverpool Trading Oct 1

London reports cargoes off coast and quiet demand for wheat and corn with limited buying, California wheat offered and prices mixed. Liverpool notes steady bread stuffs, improved demand, American receipts, and varied grain and meat prices amid rainy weather.

Imports and Exports in Liverpool 1886 Listing Goods and Firms

A detailed shipping ledger from Liverpool lists numerous import entries for 1886. It names firms such as Harwood & Beardsice Cusinne & Bliss and Stone & Downer with varied goods including pianes, paper goods, tin plates, earthenware, linens, hosiery, dyes, machinery, trusses, and pig iron. The long catalog records quantities like cases, boxes, casks, tons, bales, and half cases, alongside associated firms and suppliers including Reed & Barton Shreve Cramp & Low and many others, reflecting a broad import activity.

Liverpool Scythia Pianes Harwood & Beardsice Gadse Cusinne & Bliss Carter, Rice & Eco Pianes Corder Stone & Downer Dls Steel Fuller, Dana & Fitz Reed & Barton Jones, McDunee & Stratton Abram French & Co Thomas Taylor James A Hayes & Co Hollander & Co Stearns & Cor Hewins & Hollis Cunard Soule Neal, Morse & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Thomas Maor James Waldie City Machine Co Lowell Machine Shop Holder & Herrick Somerset Club Ives Bellamy & Co Charles Schoenhof Stowell & Co Partridge & Co Pierce & Co Noyes Harding Mackay AS &J Brown &Co L Hooper & Co

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