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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1887

Page

7

Milling Prices and Commodities on Hand for Spring Trade

The bulletin lists track, mixed cereals, and millfeed prices. Bran at 18 to 25 per ton in sacks. winter wheat $1950 to 2000 per sack. winter feed and middlings steady at 1975 to 2375 per ton with some higher fancy. Cottonseed meal 24 25 per ton for prime on spot, firm at 23 25 2360 to arrive October. Rye quiet at 65 to 70 cents per bush for New York No 1. Malts by grade from Canada 85 to 95 cents, state six row 75 to 80, two row 65 to 70. Hops prices for 1886 Eastern and New York 14 to 15 cents. common 10 to 13. good to choice 1885 5 to 8 cents.

New York Canada Eastern Vermont Northern Choice Ohio Choice Northern Sage New Hampshire Bush West Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Rose Hebrons Burbanks Peerless Minnesota Chicago Northern Rio Petroleum—United Western Tierces City Continent Liverpool Straits Minneapolis Hardin Northern Lower Detroit ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Minn

Butter and dairy markets show firm prices and varied stocks

Butter holds firm with Elgin activity at 254gc and substantial cheese sales in New York and Utes. Reports on Liverpool stock range from under to over 350000 boxes, with large discrepancies in official totals. Prices for butter, cheese, eggs, beans, poultry, and other staples remain steady, while cotton futures and exchange quotes imply a mixed market tone.

West Elgin New York Jacese Utes Li Ye Liverpool Midland Railway Produce Exchange New York Produce Exchange

Fruit market report shows steady demand and mixed supplies

Apples liberal and choice stock in good demand while peaches are nearly sold out. Cranberries strong at Cape prices of 6 to 7 per barrel and 8 6 for country lots. Quince supply ample with fair demand at 450 4 75 per barrel. Grapes plentiful with moderate demand. Bananas and oranges arriving on Hondo to Seaverns & Co. Prices listed for apples pears oranges lemons bananas grapes by variety and origin.

Cape Seaverns & Co Gravenstein Pearl—Bartlett Seckle Palermo Aspinwall Port Limon Jamaica Baracoa

Market Listing Shows Broad Demand for Various Produce

A readable vendor catalog notes strong interest in trucks and a wide range of vegetables. Prices appear for onions matias 225 Pp basket and tomatoes 50c a bush, green corn native 150 175 per barrel, beets 40c per bush, lettuce 50c per box, cucumbers 150 per 100, peppers 1.37 per plush, and other items with varied unit formats.

St Andrews

Market Report On Pork And Lard Stocks And Prices

There is no change to note in pork and lard with fair demand at steady prices. Hams are unchanged. W J Wilcox reports lard stocks by cable for Oct 3 87 and earlier periods, noting large Chicago shipments not reflected in stock totals. Beef, lamb, veal, and mutton trends are steady or good, with various cut prices listed for pork and lard products.

W. J. Wilcox Company Tierces Samburg Bremen Antwerp Havre New York Chicago Kansas City

Trade Centre Reports Mixed Grain and Flour Prices

New York markets show flour receipts 27 586 pkgs exports 9539 bbls and a steady trade with spot prices for wheat and corn varying across grades. Chicago and Detroit note quiet provisions, while Minneapolis and Milwaukee report mixed wheat trends and firm flour, with various receipts and shipments across the Midwest.

Hog and cattle markets report from Kansas City and St Louis

Hogs slow in Kansas City with estimated receipts today around 8500 and shipments not reported. Official receipts yesterday were 2245. In St Louis hog markets steady with sales and trading ease noted, and overall figures showing mixed activity across yards.

Kansas City ST. Louis

Packers and hog market wrap from Peoria and Chicago markets

Peoria hogs steady with sales $425 to $470 and receipts around 400. Chicago cattle and hogs show mixed results with natives firm at $125 to $300, hogs opening strong then closing lower with weights $4.25 to $4.80, receipts about 24 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle, sheep steady for good grades with lambs $4.50 to $5.10.

Peoria Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Cotton Market Report Net Receipts and Prices Across Ports

The cotton market overview records U S port activity October 4 with net receipts, gross and exports to Great Britain, coastwise exports, and stock totals. Notable ports include New Orleans Savannah Charleston Norfolk Baltimore New York and Cincinnati with firm steady or dull mid price quotations and regional stock figures. Consolidated four day data show exports to Britain and the continent, stock across United States ports.

Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore New York Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville C. Consolidated France United States

Foreign Markets Update from London and Liverpool Trade Floors

London reporters note wheat quiet but steady, corn firm with cargo sales and arrivals. Paris spot wheat firm while corn rises. Liverpool markets show wheat firm with good demand, mixed Western corn firmer, peas higher, and provisions steady with minor price shifts.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Quiet Wool Auctions See Prices Dip at London Sale

London wool sales show a softer tone with weaker competition and lower prices across most categories. Buyers from home, continental, and American markets purchased smaller volumes as 282000 bales offered this series, with 132600 home, 108000 continental, and 1200 American buyers.

London Cape of Good Hope Natal Continental Besticross Victoria New South Wales New Zealand Queensland Greas Sind South Australia Swan River

Imports and Exports October 4 1887 St Johns and Clemensport

Shipping list notes River Avon at St Johns with 350 bhls 2 tierces 11 bbls sugar for Gossler Co Bates Barnet 156 bags do. Lyon Co 839 bags sugar. St Jago reports brig W E Stowe 1325 bags sugar for Whitney Pousland Co. Clemensport schooner Emma E Potter 216 boxes 850 quarter-boxes smoked herring 6000 feet piling 70 cords wood Delong Seaman.

ST Johns Gossler & Co Bates & Barnet Logwood Lyon & Co ST Jago W E Stowe Sugar Whitney, Pousland & Co Clemensport Emma E Potter Wood Delong & Seaman

Exports From Various Seas and Cities Freight Lists

Export entries dated Oct 4 1887 list schooners Annie M Bell Levose Libbie T Mystic and steamers Yarmouth Scythia British Crown Marathon with cargos of flour meal kerosene oil beet cornmeal middlings and other goods. Locations include Pubnico Annapolis Digby Great Village Liverpool London and changes in cargoes and quantities across ships and ports.

Pubnico Annie M Bell Annapolis Digby Levose Great Village Libbie Yarmouth Mystic Liverpool Eng Scythia London Ene Steamer British Crown Steamer Marathon

Untitled Inventory Fragments From Seaboard Periodicals

Listed items include bacon boxes eyelets and plates, rum bales skins toys and paper goods, beef mutton flour cotton wheat cattle and lard among others. Entries reference TERPOOL Eng Steamer Bays and OTUSKET WEDGE NS with terse notation on cases tierces and bbls.

Terpool Eng

Staple Shipments by Railroads in October 1887

A tabulation of cargo receipts across multiple rail lines lists cotton, wool, flour, oats, corn, oats, malt, feed, tallow, grease, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, hay, lumber, leather and hides. Entries cover Boston and Maine, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Lowell, and Boston & Maine divisions with numerous carloads and bales registered.

Boston & Ivery Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Railroad Express Sucar Osaka

Boots and Shoes Firms List from Major U S Cities

A compiled roster of boot and shoe buyers and firms by city including Fox & Curtis in Altoona J P Smith in Bloomington A C McLaughlin Selz Schwat z Co J B Hickman Hickman Taylor Co W F Thorne C Meis in Cincinnati Henry Meis in Cedar Rapids A B George Weeks Co in Detroit W L Carnahan Bend Olmsted in Des Moines Aaron Blum L H Blum in Texas Indianapolis Hendricks & Cooper Kearney C A Munroe Am Macon J M Dunwoody Witkowski & Dunwoody Memphis Goodbar Co A Grotz Craw Reading F W Curtis Curtis Jones Co Rochester L P Ross St Louis D Lindsley O N Lindsley Shoe Co Am St Louis W H Dittman G F Dittman Schafer Swarts Savannah F A Einstein Rehfisch Boot and Shoe Co Pa San Francisco P Rehfisch Toledo O Smith Smith Simmons Peabody C W Bell R H U Lane Co Toledo R R Lee Fuller Childs Co

Altoona Penn G Fox Fox & Curtis U S Bloomington J P Smith R P Smith & Son Chicago A C McLaughlin Selz, Schwatz Co Cincinnati J B Hickman J Taylor Hickman, Taylor & Co W F Thorne Thorne & Co Henry Meis C Meis & Co Cedar Rapids Mich A B George George Weeks & Co Detroit E Smith HS Robinson & Beene Ben Des Moines Bentley Bend Olmsted Fort Wayne Ind L Carnahan Carnahan & Co Arece Tex Aaron Blum L & H Blum & O Indianapolis K Hendricks Hendricks & Cooper Re. Kearney St Louis H Dittman Dittman & Co J L Schafer Schafer, Swarts Savannah A Einstein Einstein’s Sons San Francisco Cal P Rehfisch Rehfisch Boot and Shoe Company Toledo Smith Smith, Simmons & Peabody C W Bell HU Lane & Co R Lee Fuller. Childs & Co

Insolvency Notice in Prentice & Company Case

Suffolk county notice declares warrant issued against Theron H Prentice of Somerville and Virgil H Prentice of Boston partners in Prentice & Company rubber stamps. Debts cannot be paid or property transferred. Court of Insolvency in Boston to hear creditor proofs and appoint assignees on October 20, 1887 at 10 AM. Thomas Fee Jr., Deputy Sheriff, Messenger.

Court Room Court Square Boston Suffolk Thomas Fee, JR

Third meeting of creditors in Welch insolvency

The third meeting of the creditors of William B. Welch an insolvent debtor will be held at the Court of Insolvency Boston Massachusetts on Friday October 14 1887 at 10 o clock a m Creditors may be present and prove claims and the assignee s account in the OC will be station Pepe B G McElroy Assignee

William B. Welch Boston Mass Pepe B. G. McElroy

Boston Post legal advertising notice and standards

The Post remains the leading Boston paper for legal notices including probate insolvency and court reporting. Advertisers are urged to designate the Boston Post with care and accuracy as copies and documents are returned to attorneys the day after appearance.

Boston Post the Post Boston Post

New York Boston Train Arrangements and Schedules 1887

Train timetable and connections for New York to Boston routes, Shore Line, Fall River Line, and coastal stops. Details include departure and return times, Sunday trains, connections with Providence and regional towns, and officials GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK noted.

New York Fall River Weymouths Hingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth Chasset Weymouth Brockton Taunton Newport South Braintree New Bedford Middleboro Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Gen. Pass

Boston and Maine Rail Schedules Through Lines and Divisions

Rail timetable for routes from Boston to Maine New Brunswick and Canada including Agusta Haymarket Causeway street Eastport Calais Rockland and western diversion services. Weekend and Sunday trains listed with departure times and stations. notes on workingmen's trains and special branches.

Agusta Haymarket Sq Lae Causeway St Fangor Sar Wiarbor St. John Balrfax Causeway St Eastport Calais N. B Halifax Portland Rockland Castine Southwest Mar Harbors Tom. Sewistein Manchester Concord M. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket St Maine Central Grand Prank Kienox & Lincoln Railways Hayimarket Sq

Boston and Albany Rail Schedules Daily Timetable Chunk

Local time tables show times on all divisions of this road. Through tickets to all points are on sale at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. Various Boston to Springfield Pittsfield Albany New York and Worcester links with extensive listed departures and connections.

Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire R. BR White River Junction Central Vermont Ches I . M. Hire & Monadnock Pega Allman Palace Mutland St. Aliana Washington Street C. A. Faxon A R. Stewart Keene, N Boston & Albany R.R Springfield Pittsfield Albany South Framingham Cyraccuse NYW Buffalo Cleveland Chicago Detroit Worcester Toledo Niacara Falls North Adams New York Biibury Cordaville Ashland Milford Saxonville Natick Wellesley Wilts Abendale West Newton Newtonville Newton Faneuil Brighton Alliston Cottage Farm Brookline Cypress Street Reservoir Chestnut Aml Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills Breookline Lipston Hanson H. T. Gallup Moverual & West Reliable Central Vermont Pullman Lowell Wagner Palace Washington Percets J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Galass Stonington LS Massachusetts Rhode Island Boston & Providence Railroad Stonington State Street Providence R. R J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Sup’t Nashua N. H Ayer Junction North Leominster SUN Union Square Somerville M. Sun M. Waltham Miller’s Falls Southston Hoosac Tunnel John Adams

Railroad Officials Named in Traffic Bureau Listing

RAILROADS J WHITMORE General Traffic Manager and J R WATSON General Passenger Agent named in the transportation bureau roster. The brief notice identifies the two executives and their positions within the railroad company.

J. Whitmore J. R. Watson

STATE ELECTROTYPE FOUND AT IRON WORKS

A reported electrotype facility at Damon Sate and Iron Works on 110 Sudbry Street, with PES-FfIREM and BORGLS and PEROUF mentioned in connection with stereos and related equipment. No injuries or further details provided.

Pes-Ffirem and Borgls & Perouf Damon Sate and Iron Works Sudbry St

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