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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1886

Page

7

Auction and market report of livestock and horses in New England

Prices ranged 185 to 200 dollars for business horses 1000 to 1250 pounds. Car lots and individual sales by C Miller, Yeoman, Powers Bros, and J H Fogg noted. Cattle and sheep trade active with many lots sold at Brighton and eastern markets. milch cows and calves in demand. Western cattle and sheep arrivals reported with varied prices. export and Liverpool market trends cited. stock-yard dynamics and cautions to farmers emphasized.

C Miller Town Ohio Powers Bros Brighton Monroe Hollis & Co J 8 Henry J B Remick Stee J C Libby & Son J D Hosmer R W Brown W Scollans F H Coolidge F Meloy Maine Piper & Blaisdell George Maxfield A Dawley J “Ginn Thornton & Lyford J H Fogg Hall Brown & Co Thompson & Son F A Hansford MO Hunt Breck & Wood JC Marshall J Y Keazer J Keazer George Hilliard Jl Parsons J Bailey Dow & Moulton Moulton & Flanders E F Adden Vermont EB French & Co A O Turner G E Smith MG Flanders Chase & W Kenfield O Ballard Ricker & Son J Caswell Hall & Seaver W G. Townsend F S Kimball A Williamson G H Sprige Os Hastings N K Campbell C Downer Combs & Farrar Massachusetts J S Henry New York C A Burdick S Y Southworth Hastings J A Hathaway Farrell & McFlynn E Farrel FS Kimball Chase & Kentfield Libby & Merrill RW Brown PW Thompson Otee Charlton Slac EF Adden W Fisher B Hilbert Flack & Son R P Pollard Liverpool Palestine Durham City London H St Hammond & Co Panvonia Soodo F Jennett & We Merrill W Hall Weiler & Libby R H Merrill W. W Hall J C Libby PW Thompson & Son RP Pollard JC Libby & Son Glac French & Co Union Market iYc G Wells S J H Foge P W J C Libby & Son Libby, Brown & Libby F H Coolidge & Son Glines & Weston New Hampshire Aldrich & Jahmson M O W Ricker W G Townsend A Pond F S Himball GH Louige B & Hastings Massachusets Ylenry Scattering SeoHars Southworth Bardie Brtehers Union Stock Yards Chicago New England Watertown Bird & Co

Watertown Cattle Sales Report Mixed Weights and Prices

Western beeves and numerous cattle lots sold by several firms at Watertown. Prices range across 60 to 75 cents per hundredweight. oxen, steers, heifers, cows, and yearlings traded with weights from about 700 to 1500 pounds. Multiple consignors listed including F A Maniford, G H Sprige, S Southworth, R E French & Co, and J A Hathaway.

Watertown Maniford Bec Stace Sprige S ¥ Southworth Alburn Lull Hartland R E French & Co G Hilliard Seollaus J A Hathaway

Maritime freight earnings across major ports show steady to easy markets

The compilation lists net receipts and grosses for ports including Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville. Exports to Great Britain and the continent are recorded alongside stock levels and daily market tones ranging from easy to quiet with mids. Consolidation shows five day totals with exports to Britain, France and the continent and aggregate stock across United States ports.

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

Chicago Market Report: Cattle Hogs and Sheep Fall in Prices

Chicago markets report cattle lower with 1100 receipts and 2000 shipments. Steers priced at 38.60 to 516, stockers 2.15 to 3.40, cows and bulls 1.75 to 3.15, Texan cows around 220 to 250, steers 2.60 to 3.40. Hogs fall with 18,000 receipts and 1000 shipments. roughs and mixed 3.50 to 4.65, packers 4.15 to 4.60, lights 5.50 to 4.35, ships 4.20 to 5.40. Sheep ease with 6000 receipts. natives 2.25 to 4.30, Western 2.40 to 3.75, Texans 2.25 to 3.10, lambs 3.50 to 4.75.

New York Oct. O Ohio St. Louis Minnesota United City Extra India Western Steam City Steam Continent South America State Lomea Liverpool Toledo Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Foreign Markets Report from London Trade Desk

London market notes wheat and corn mixed with quiet activity. Wheat off coast and for shipment shows little inquiry while English markets are steadier. Paris prices ease slightly and Liverpool spot wheat weakly neglected. Manchester Guardian cites overall calm demand and potential monsoon risks in India.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Mark Lane Paris United Kingdom Liverpool California Manchester Guardian Calcutta Bombay Central Provinces Ragpoorna

Market Notes From Liverpool Cloth and Grain Prices

A review notes small shifts in home textile orders with steady prices for fabrics such as chooties and daconets and little change in cloth costs. In Liverpool, winter wheat and corn hold at prior levels while pork, bacon, lard, and cheese show defined prices. Cotton remains dull with buyers favored, and futures show muted activity across major months.

China Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Imports and Exports October 6 1886 Cumberland Nova Scotia

Shipping list from St John New Brunswick records Steramer Cumberland with mixed consignments including 14 cases eggs for F H Bowles Co 16 cases eggs Foster Weeks Co 20 cases eggs A O W Mead Co 12 do W N Whippie 5 do GC Rockwell 2 do E J Russell 4 do O Smith 138 do L Arthur 150 barrels apples A O W Mead Co 17 cases eggs 18 bags wool 17 do turnips 61 barrels potatoes 7 tubs batter 10 half chests tea on order

ST. John, NB Steramer Cumberland Bowles & Co Foster, Weeks & Co Mead & Co Rockwell Russell Smith Arthur

Hull Exports Report From Atlantic Steamers and British Ports

Export list dated October 6 1886 from Hull via New York details steamer Bassano clearing October 5 with assorted goods including sugar pries stoves paint and apples. other vessels from Weymouth and Liverpool NS to Dorchester Moncton Yarmouth and Buenos Aires list commodities such as meal flour cornmeal pork lard cotton and lumber and shipments from Liverpool England on Steamer Palestine with vast cargoes including finished leather canned beef bacon and machinery plus miscellaneous consignments from Flores and related markets.

Hull England New York Weymouth Liverpool Dorchester Moncton Crown Prince Ieteghan Bess Yarmouth Montebello Buenos Ayres Arg Eng Palestine Carrie W Clark

Receipts Chronicle of Oct 6 1886 Rail Goods Totals

Detailed freight receipts from multiple railroads listing bales of wool bbls of oil and other commodities. Entries include Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine divisions with consignments of wool cotton corn flour oats beef pork butter cheese eggs leather and various packaging units across several stations.

Trade Goods Transfer Summary From Express and Sea Routes

Roll s 1 bundle 45 bags 4 cases leather 20 hides and bundles skins 2 bundles calfskins. By express 15 bbls grease 546 rolls 33 bundles 4 bbls leather. By sea 567 bales cotton 686 do wool 53 bbls beef 20 do grease 238 half chests tea 570 bags coffee 100 hhds 1620 bags sugar 130 hhds molasses 1 tubs butter 245 cases eyes 230 bbls apples 89 alo potatoes 10 do sweets 37 rolls 76 bundles 56 bays 31 casks like leather 107 green hides 20 bundles 18 casks skins

TSSG ORD Wy Cotton Bickcos Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston &Providence Railroad Id Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Poot and Shoe Buyers Listed Across Cities

A long catalog of buyers and representatives from Augusta to Havana, Boston, and beyond, listing firms and individuals in shoe and general merchandise, with Craws and Co affiliations, plus notices for lumber and glue manufacturers and suppliers in Boston.

Rail schedule for Fall River Line routes and towns

A dense list of weekday and return train times across the Cape Cod region and nearby towns. It enumerates departures from Hipston to New York via Fall River Line, and numerous intermediate stops including Ashmont, Hyannis, Braintree, Provincetown, Cohasset, Hingham, Wareham, Nantasket, Scituate, and more with varied morning and evening options.

Hipston New York Fall River Fallover Ashmont Béarnstabie Sivannis Yarmouth Sandwich Hyannis Braintree Hetarn Bs Dok Oks Oke Bridgewater Return Breton Ay See Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Wareham Cape Cod Provincetown Welldeer Cohasset and Hingham Meturn Cohasset Hingham Cottage City Wood’s Hall Breturn Wood's Hall East Bridgewater Brockton Abington Mmeturn East Milton Westuincy West Quincy East Weymouth Wewmomouth Wreturn East Werymouth C Kl Hreturn Weymouth Taunton Tannton Biarkson Square Miarshileid Jetara Gio Mattapan Milton Neponset Aaprev Heturn Mattapoisett Middleboro Weturn Nantasket Beren Iso Ames Ooo Ene Amsrset. OG. Oems Nantucket Wood’s Holl Ams Ae ME Neport Sreturn New Bedford Moeturn North Easton Stoughton Handolen Randolph Zeturn Wflymouth Duxbury Quincy Scituate North Scituate Sea View Shawmut South Duxbury Paunton Central Station Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth Wollaston Kreights

Complex 1836 Boston West trains schedule excerpt reel

Train timetable fragment from Boston to the West and Troy via multiple hubs, detailing departure times, connections, and stops including Concord, Nashua Junction, Gardner, West Fitchburg, and Albany. Mentions Pullman and sleeping cars, with general superintendents listed and notes on Sundays and station-specific stops.

Causeway Street Boston West Syracuse N. W Chicago St. Louis X. Rims Eine Pullman New York Central St. Mouis North Adams Gardner Athol West Fitchburg Wachusett Ashburnham NS. Rendell East Beerfield Wyest _Sheerfield

Coastal Train Timetable Fragments From Northeastern Routes

Schedule fragment lists numerous coastal and inland loops with times at Cohasset Hingham Nantasket Beach Weymouth Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth Fall River Brockton Taunton Newport New York South Braintree and way stations. Mentions RRENDRICK as General Manager and arrival by boat or train notes.

Cohasset Hingham Nantasket Beach Weymouths Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth Fall River Brockton Taunton Tom Newport New York South Braintree

Boston and Lowell Railroad Schedule Excerpts 1886

Public timetable notes local and long distance service from Boston including stations on Causeway Street and Washington Street. Lists departures to Plymouth Montreal White Mountain resorts and New York via Shore Line with various frequencies, parlor and sleeping cars, and a Mansfield wait rule. Also covers Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and many other routes with midday and evening trains and Sundays.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Tirougist Fort Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon Ehuver Gunetton Montpeliere Essex Junction Kearlingtoen St. Albans Dientreal Pullinan Seontreal Central Vermont RR Passimpsie RR Brontreal Fabyan Keethichem Jefferson White Mountain Manchester Concord N. Bi SUN Keene Peterboro Millsboro Met Hillsboro

Rail timetable for Central Massachusetts R R stations 1856

Central Massachusetts R R announces summer trains from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations with daily and Sunday schedules. Stops include Wet., Oakdale, West Boylston, Hoegiston, Berlin, Bradson, Rackbottom, Sudbury, Wayland, Met., Weston, Waverly, Belmont, and others. Lucius Tuttle, general passenger agent, and C. S. Mellen, general superintendent, sign off.

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Concord R. R. and Branches Schedule Change

On and after June 28, 1886 trains depart Boston from B and L depot for Manchester Concord and upper railroads at 7 50 am Ex Sundays 1 pm From B and M depot at 7 30 am 12 m 5 mn Returning from Concord to Boston at 5 30 7 30 10 20 am 2 60 Ex 3 35 6 00 Ex 6 27 Ex pm Sundays at 7 i LE Chamberlin Sunt

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Trains Schedule From Boston to Nearby Towns and Cities

Timetables list departures to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and many stops. Times include early morning sessions around 6 to 7 a.m. with runs to Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Melrose Reading Wakefield and Wilmington. Evening and late trains extend to 9 to 11 p.m. with connections to Portland Bangor and Leviton and notes on workingmen’s trains.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Amdover Dover Danvers Exeter Greiad Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence veo +O Aee Mme Fo Mes Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Stoneham Seog Sis i Merrimac North Andover Newbury Port Reading Wakefield Wilmington Dever Portland Bangor Leviston Ronnding and Way

Eastern Division Train Schedules From Boston to Coastal Towns

Rail timetable lists multiple daily departures from Boston to Amesbury and coastal towns including Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Everett and Newburyport with varied times and notes on branches and services. City ticket office details and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains are noted.

City Washington Street Portland Bancor James T. Furber

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