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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1885

Page

3

Grant family letter and Ward scandal quoted in 1885 letter

In a New York dispatch dated October 2 1885 Colonel Fred Grant disputes Ferdinand Ward profits claims. The letter outlines Ward’s alleged $206 000 and $230 000 excess payments and Fred Grant’s detailed finances including deposits, house funds and Vanderbilt loan. The statement asserts Ward’s treachery and defends Fred Grant and his family.

Ferdinand Ward Fred Grant W. A. Purrington Grant Boys Grant New York Father Grant & Ward Philadelphia East Sixty-sixth Street Long Branch Vanderbilt Walker Mr. Ward Ward Fish and Ward Senner

Mugwumps and Politics Across the Nation

A collage of satirical and political notes from Chicago to Cincinnati critiques mugwumps, party factions, and figures like Ben Le Fevre. It cites editorials and private comments on Endicott, Sherdian, and various newspapers, noting voter registration, campaigns, and shifting loyalties amid a tense political season. The piece blends humor with commentary on public sentiment and party alignment.

Boston Money Market and Stock Activity Report

The Boston money market remains easy with low rates and acceptable security. Loans on call and various papers show moderate to strong demand. New York funds range near par with discounts. Exchange and securities moves feature gains in Boston Water Power and Franklin mining amid land sale rumors to Boston and Albany railroad, with dividends anticipated.

New York

New York Financial Market Rebounds Amid Active Trade

New York October 3. Money on call remains easy at 1 2 per cent closing at 1 percent. Bar silver at 102 1 2. Foreign exchange active. quotations steady. Government bonds dull. state bonds heavy. railroad bonds strong. Stock market opened steady, rose through the day, closing with broad gains on active lists. Missouri Pacific led advances, Gould stocks showed strength, Oregon Transcontinental notes and Oregon Navigation discussed for refinancing. Rumors of a prominent house in financial trouble circulated but no confirmation.

Atchison Goddard Transcontinental Association San Diego Pacific Ocean Southern Pacific Waterman Atlantic and Pacific Riverside Arlington Los Angeles Wisconsin Central Railroad Company Chicago Great Western Western Indiana and Belt Line Wisconsin Central Western Indiana and Belt Line Union Pacific New York St. Joe Grand Island Oregon Improvement Company Prime Mercantile Stock Exchange Wall Street Tcat Missouri Pacific Gould Vanderbilts Lake Shore New York Central Texas and Pacific Oregon Oregon Navigation Oregon Transcontinental Texas and Pacific Denver Rio Grande Missouri Kansas Texas Consolidated Consolidated Indianapolis Bloomington Western Iowa Eastern Division Lawson, Douglas & Co Pacific Central Mail Texas Pacific Pacific Mail Texas Southern Louisville Nashville Geney London Villard Boston Manhattan Western Union Committee On Reorganization Fn G

Wheat and flour markets show firm tone across regions

Flour receipts 5976 bbis and 980 sacks with strong bids from jobbers. Prices hold for spring patents, St Louis straight floors and Michigan choice rollers, while lower flour grades stay steady. Wheat and corn markets firm in Milwaukee and Chicago with mixed reds and winter varieties. rye, oats, and barley show modest firmness alongside steady meal seeds and fat hogs and cattle market activity in Cincinnati and Chicago.

St. Louis Michigan Chicago Wisconsin Minnesota New York Ohio St Louis

Cotton Market Summary Week Ending October 9 1885

Net receipts at U S ports 191597 203497 total to date 626503 588032 Exports during week 7552 114150 total exports to date 204447 259180 Stock at all U S ports 390354 361694 Stock inland towns 41325 27793 Liverpool stock 395000 504000 American afloat for Great Britain 771000 11000 Market tone steady at Cincinnati dull Philadelphia easy Mobile firm Charleston Louisville quiet at Atlantic and Baltimore Steady at other principal points

Ees U. S United States Liverpool Great Britain Coscccsc Cincinnati Philadelphia Mobile Charleston Louisville Auta Baltimore Galveston St. Louis

Foreign Markets Report Shows Wheat Prices Edge Higher

Atlantic and Great Western and other securities quoted. Wheat firm offshore and in Mark Lane markets. Paris and London wheat and flour firm. California wheat prices vary with shipping status. Liverpool market shows firmer winter and spring wheat with bread stuffs strong. Manchester reports little change, with cloth weaker after orders.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Mark Lane Paris California Liverpool P. Y

Gloucester Market Prices for Week Ending October 8 1885

Gloucester Fish Market quotes for week ending Oct 8 1885 lists codfish prices from large Georges at 3 75 per quart to small at 3, new bank 3 and 250 per quart, dry cured at 3 50 and 2 50, shares 3 25 and 2 50, cusk 25g, huke 2 25, pollock 1 75, slack salted 2 55, boneless and prepared fish 8 4%c tb for hake haddock and cod, smoked halibut 7 9c per lb, smoked salmon 1 le per tb, mackerel in light stock, last sales 6 50 6 75 per barrel, inspected shares 17 20 per barrel for 15s, 7 9 for 23 and 4 49 for 33, fresh halibut today 11 and 7c per lb, merring Nova Scotia large split 5 per barrel, medium 3, Labrador 4, round shore 3 25, trout 11 per barrel, pickled cod 6, haddock 5, halibut ads 3 50, tongues 5, sounds 2, tongue sounds 7, alewives 3, salmon 15, fins 16, fins and napes 6, No 1 shad 12, sword fish 10, pure medicine oil 5 1 2 percent, crude 55c, blackfish oil 50c, cod oil 35 10c, pogie 30c, fish scrap 9 per ton, liver 6 per bucket, fish waste 2 per ton. Cape Ann Advertiser.

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Imports at Heston and Liverpool Steamer Cargo

A lengthy list of imports was landed at Heston and Liverpool aboard Steamer Iowa and steamer Alpha, including mdse, ceramics, groceries, hardware, wt goods, and industrial items. Named firms such as Jere Abbott & Co, Woullens Little & Larkin, and Carter, Donsmore & Co appear with quantities like 136 bags, 300 drums, 182 barrels, and 279 pig hides, among numerous other consignments and consignors.

Liverpool Eng Iowa Aring Bros & Co Jere Abbott & Co Woullens Little & Larkin E & F King & Co Pierce & Co Carter Donsmore & Co de Gilman Bros Vo Co Carter Harris & Hawley Hollings & Co Jones & Co Sayles Oatmeil MA Humphries Joe Miller & Co Abram French & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Pope Manusco Richard Briggs J H Pray Bells Tree Dodge, Haley & Co Hlder & Herick Baring Bros & Co Thomas & Co Wetherell Bros Leigh & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Macallar, Parker & Co Simpson & Co Stone & Downer Burgess & Goddard Elias Howe Storer & Co Joel Goldthwaite & Co Warburton Stoddard, Lovering & Co Tully & Co As&j Brown & Co India Goree Jennie Cushman Butman & Co

Chicago Wheat Market Strong in Late Chicago Note

A late special from George A. Eldredge & Co. reports Chicago wheat opened up then retraced, closing near day’s lows amid active corn demand and firm cash prices. Oats and winter wheat prices showed mixed movements with strong on call activity and varied bids and asks noted for futures and cash.

Messrs George A. Eldredge & Co Chicago Emery & Hodges No. 28 State Street Cables Commercial Exchange

Receipts of principal staples at this port to day

The table shows total arrivals of key staples from all ship points, including trans-shipment, comparing today with the same day last year. Cotton, sugar, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, cheese, beets, wheat, barley, pelts, coffee, malt, rye, hay, straw, lumber, tallow, leather, pork, lard, hides, skins, tea, skins by various lots, with quantities in pounds, bales, and barrels for 1885 and 1884.

Transis Ubl Dubee Millseen Lesther Leathar Dales Tielves

Receipts of Staple Producta Across Multiple Railroads

A lengthy 19th century cargo ledger lists receipts by railroad lines including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Maine and Lowell. Entries cover wool flour cornmeal oats malt feed pork lard hams butter cheese beans apples hay lumber leather hides skins pelts eggs and more with hundreds of bales boxes and bushels recorded, detailing quantities per railroad and division.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony New York New Englang Fitchburg Rainroad Maine Railroad Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell Railroad

District Court Docket Highlights Oct 9 1884

Proceedings resumed before Judge Nelson with maritime collision cases Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co v Wesley Gove and Rose Standish. United States v Cunio on bail release. Thatcher executor v Doo little probate ruling contested by undue influence. numerous divorce case assignments postponed to Monday. list includes Maxwell v Aid Society and others.

District Court Nelson Boston and Hingham Steamboat Company Wesley Gove Rose Standish Dabney Frank Dodge United States Anthony Cunio William Haynes Thatcher Et al Doolitle Ellen O. Cooke Newton

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