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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1886

Page

7

Agricultural price list with varied produce and seed terms

A dense price roundup lists peas, beans, grasses and hay with per unit and bulk prices. Includes seed costs for timothy, clover, red top, Jersey, and orchard grass, plus vegetables, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, lettuce, celery, cauliflower, eggplants, spinach, and cranberries, with regional and shipping notes.

Choice West Jnc North West Jersey Maine New Brunswick Aroostook Vermont New York Burbanks Virginia St Andrew Bush

Market Report on Apples Pears and Grapes Various Prices

Apples move slowly while shipping lots stay steady with Weavote prices for King Pabl and others. Pears show fair sale with Seckle native bush and Beurre d Anjou quoted. cranberries steady at 6.46 to 6.50 for choice Cape and 3.5 for country lots. quinces dull. grapes full supply. Delawares scarce. Salems steady. black varieties plentiful. dates for Salem Catawba Diana Concord Isabella listed.

Weavote King Pabl Gravensteins Hubbardstons Baldwin Harvey Sheldon Bush Buerre Bose Cape Salems

Provisions Prices Steady Across Pork and Beef Markets

A steady, fair demand for pork and lard persists with no change to fresh meat quotes. Listings show varied prices for pork cuts, lard, hams, bacon, and beef items including extra plate beef, prime mess, and fresh beef ranges by grade and cut across regional markets.

Lee Brighton Wwe Worcester County

Cotton and sugar markets steady in quiet trading

Cotton prices hold steady across mid uplands and Orleans with strong spot demand and 10,000 bales sold. Liverpool futures open firm then ease across months while New York futures stay firm. sugar and molasses steady with refined oils. pipeline certificates show activity and shipments in October 1885.

Uplands Eust Liverpool Orleans New York OCU Cies LEE Uigeen Esters Sss Nis Cardenas P. B Manila Belmont Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and commodity prices fall and hold

New York and St Louis market wires report flour steady to weak with receipts of 20 808 barrels and 386 300 bushels of wheat. No 2 red 74 75%c, No 2 white 844 86c, rye and corn prices mixed. Pork, lard, and beef markets mostly firm or weak with various exact bids and sales noted. dry goods and metals show general firmness.

New York Minnesota United Dallow Western Steam Continent South America Liverpool ST. Louis Great Britain Cincinnati Louisville France United States

Grain Market Roundup Across Cities on October 14

Wheat, corn, oats and barley prices move across Detroit Cincinnati Toledo Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis. No 1 white wheat 75 to 76 cents in Detroit. Chicago No 2 spring 71 to 71 3/4 cents. barley firm in Milwaukee. Minneapolis reports No 1 hard at 70 1/0 cents. Receipts and shipments listed for each city.

Berley Michigan Cincinnati Toledo Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis

Cattle and hog markets slide on varied receipts in Chicago

Chicago reports October 14 cattle sales with 10 500 receipts and 2 500 shipments. Shipping steers quoted 350 to 340, stockers and feeders 2235, cows and bulls 170 to 240, through Texans light supply steers 260 to 340 and cows 200 to 60. Hogs fall with 10 000 receipts and 8 000 shipments, roughs 350 to 420, packing 389 to 460, light weights 385 to 445, ships 420 to 325. Sheep decline with 6 000 receipts and 15 000 shipments, natives 204 to 240, Western 340 to 360, Texans 220 to 235, lambs 375 to 470.

Chicago

Foreign Markets Update From London And Liverpool

Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast with wheat prices firming as buyers and sellers diverge. California wheat ships in demand for distant delivery while near prospects quiet. Paris and Parisian markets show turn dearer as English and French soils trend upward. Liverpool wheat and corn offerings mixed but firm, sugar in Havana drifting as buyers stay aloof.

London Beerbohm California England Paris Liverpool Havana

Imports and Exports Oct 14 1886 Liverpool

Listing of imports and orders for steamer Kansas from Locke & Co and others in Liverpool and Boston firms, detailing grapes, mdse, bales, casks, cases, and various goods. Includes Great Village schooner Libbie T cargo and Liverpool Eng shipments with crates, cannel coal, salt, bleaching powders, and wool. Names include Baring Bros & Co, Conant & Bean, Jones McDuffee Stratton, and Dana firms.

Liverpool Kansas India Locke & Co Noyes Harding Harry Baring Bros & Co White & Co Prang Educational Co Boyce Blanding Moise Bacon Dana Esq W & C R Noyes Pierce & Robertson Waltham & Co Abbott & Co Stoddard Levering & Co Torrey Bright & Capen Pray Sons & Co Tully & Co AS & J Brown & Co Frost & Adams Shreve, Crump & Lowe H White & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Coleman, Mead & Co King & Co Dana & Co Dana, Stoddard & Kendal Boston Mfg Co Whitcher & Emery Bolls Steel Wetherell Bros Sanderson Bros Steel Co Farley & Sons Stone & Downer Wilbur Farrarr Rockwell Crowe & Co Eng Clark, Adams & Clark Sydney Warrior Job & Co

Exports on Fortunex Island Trade Report October 14 1884

The column lists shipments from Fortunex Island in the British West Indies detailing Sir Edith Mc Intyre as exporter. Items include 60,000 feet white pine boards 200 drums codfish 100 pounds assorted paints 4 boxes bacon 200 barrels flour 20 do potatoes.

Fortunex Island Bwi Edith McIntyre

Receipts October 14 1886 for Boston and Albany Railroad

Receipts dated October 14 1886 pertain to the Boston and Albany Railroad listing a single haul and related charge. The fragment notes an entry for a haul labeled cattan or cargo but provides no further details on amount or destination.

Boston & Albany Railroad Hsle

Wholesale Railroad Freight Goods List Chronicle

Long ledger style entry enumerates freight and commodities by railroad divisions. items include wool, flour, corn, oats, pork, butter, cheese, apples, lumber, hides, leather, sugar, tea, coffee, eggs, potatoes, and various bales, boxes, and cases totals. Railroads named include Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, Boston and Maine Western, Boston and Lowell, with divisions and multiple line items.

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

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A Baltimore list shows Bangs Bard Co and Adler Frank & Adler among buyers visiting from multiple cities including Chicago Cincinnati Columbus Detroit Havana Hornellsville Mansfield Memphis Macon New York Philadelphia Portsmouth Savannah St Louis Toledo and more. Trade firms and managers from agencies such as Reed Jones Co Wallace Elliott Co Goodbar Love Co Kelley Goodfel low Co Claflin Allen Shoe and Dewey Rogers Co are named.

Chicago Greensfelder Rosenthal & Co Par A C MacLaughlin Selz, Schwab & Co Cincinnati Geo M Daum James H Laws & Co W Laws H H Laws & Co Columbus O Jones Reed, Jones & Co Detroit Mich Charles E Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw Ft. Wayne Ind W L Carnahan Carnahan, Hanna & Co Ads Havana Cuba Josiah and M Velle Aedo & Co Craw Hornellsville William Richardson William Richardson & Co Mansfield H M Weaver H M Weaver & Co Memphis Tenn I M Hill Hill, Standish & Co Memphis, Tenn J M Goodbar E J Carrington Goodbar & Co Goodbar Love & Co Macon N M Solomon Coleman, Burden & Solomon New York City John E Jacobs Wallace Elliott & Co J St John St John, Kirkham & Co Omaha Toledo B Taylor American Hand Sewed Shoe Company Tre Rogers Dewey, Rogers & Co

Real estate transfers listed across Boston streets

A compilation of property conveyed in Boston and surroundings including Poplar Street West Canton Street Bowdoin Street and dozens of others with buyers William J Botch Mary Sanger John Jeers Gio Batti De Ferrari and institutions such as the New Bedford Institution for Savings Essex Savings Bank Randolph Savings Bank and Home Savings Bank among sellers and buyers across Dorchester Roxbury Jamaica Plain and East Boston with transfers dated Sept 18 27 28 and 30 involving parcels of land and buildings and occasional mortgaged conveyances totaling up to 120000 dollars and more.

Poplar Street Jotham Seavey Et Alexander P. Seavey Canton Street Mary 8 S. Sanger Et al Mary Adaline Sanger West Canton Street Bowdoin Street John Jeers Gio Batti de Ferrari West Chester Park Street William Smith Patrick J. Kerrigan West Chester Park Boylston Street William J. Botch New Bedford Institution For Savings Buckingham Street William Boynton Bertha Ruther Essex Savings Bank Porter Street Thomas Connell William Minot, Jr Dorchester Albert E. Pilsbury Helen M. Tucker Lauriat Avenue James N. Thompson Stillman A. Tucker Lyon Street Charles V. McConnell Randolph Savings Bank Tremont Street Helen F. Cross Herbert N. Wyman Whitfield Street Louis L. Fuller Henry L. Fuller Hallow Avenue Theodore A. Stevens Jones Avenue Pee L. Fuller Edwin G. Bentham Joseph Schroth Louis P. Wipperman Prentiss Street Thomas Gasheld Charles E. Bourne Wyman Street City of Boston Samuel Little Et al Walnut Avenue Crawford Street Homestead Street Jamaica Harriet L. Wentworth Robert M. Morse, Jr Centre South Streets Joseph H. Cannell Walter L. Macomber Second Street Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Elise Birkmaier Elise M. Naber K Street James V. Devine Thomas McCarthy Eighth Street South Boston Savings Bank Michael A Frank C. Wood Trenton Street Chelsea Nemiah Kenison Kate Toppiano Broadway Otis W. Merriam John W. Clarke Henry C. Starkey Spencer Avenue Arlington Avenue Roslindale Abbie H. Otis John Salzgeber Albano Street

Riddell Transfers Mortgage to Ranney creditor

Mary J. Riddell assigns a mortgage held by William S. Rand dated March 16 1884 in the amount 31 462 to Ambrose A. Ranney in a formal conveyance recorded for the mortgage action.

Mary J. Riddell Ambrose A. Ranney William S. Rand

Business Troubles Over Debts of J de Revera Co at Pearl Street

The Court of Common Pleas received schedules for Henry C. de Revera and Salvador Ros of J de Revera & Co sugar merchants at 117 Pearl Street New York. Liabilities total 1 412 235 81 with 73 068 54 contingents assets among nominal 55 042 47 and actual 737177. Assignee cites plantations in San Domingo but value unknown. Actual assets include 6357 77 cash and 1000 in office furniture. Doubtful book accounts 19 466 75 and bad book accounts 28 204 47. Creditors include Bank of Commerce New Bedford 120 000, Long Island Bank of Brooklyn 119 500, V De Ascouages trustee 44 065 47, Pioneer Iron Works Brooklyn 37 054 61, Richard Welch 56 000. unsecured include Mildred Guyouchese & Co London 47 687 90, Juan Rovede 30 390 17, Joseph de Ravera 150 389 27. Several Boston firms fail or settle, with varying discounts from 10 to 25 cents on the dollar. Names include Levi Severance Boston, Dorchester Furniture Mfg Co, J C Holmes Co, A E Homans & Co, Anton Kiasencki, F C Lamb & Co, John C Godfrey, Jones Bros, Micah T Pike, Mayer Campbell & Co, Wilkins & Buxton.

Henry C. de Revera Salvador Ros J. de San Domingo Bank of Commerce New Bedford Long Island Bank Levi Severance Boston William C. Foster & Co Dorchester Furniture Manufacturing Company J. C. Holmes & Co A.E. Homans & Co Anton Kiasencki F.C. Lamb & Co John C. Godfrey Jones Bros Chelsea Micah T. Pike Newport R. I Mayer, Campbell & Co Fort Smith Ark Wilkins

Rotary Presses Offered For Immediate Sale In Good Order

Rotary presses can be delivered at once with all appurtenances in good working order. They will be sold at a low price to buyers seeking ready for use equipment.

Old Colony Trains and Schedules for Oct 1886

Daily fare and time listings for Boston to New York and regional stops along Fall River Line with exact departure and return times, services to Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth and Sand Wich Provincetown Cohasset Hingham East Bridgewater Wareham Cape Cod division and many towns detailed. notes on weekdays Sundays and changes effective Oct. 4 1886 and Sept 6 1886 for Boston and Concord R R branches.

Boston New York Fall River Line Concord R. R B. and Manchester Concord N. H B.and H. E. Chamberlin

Trains From Boston Station Schedule September 26 1886

Corrected timetable lists weekday departures from Boston to Ashcroft and many New England towns including Hartford New York lines with through routes via Middletown Norwich and Willimantic. Also notes Sunday trains to Norwood Central and Woon Socket division serves Needham and intermediate stations with returning timings. Includes Norwood Central and River Street stops and mentions City of Worcester steamer connections.

Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston AT & OO Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellowsalls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R A. M Cheshire M. Press Pullman Palace Kutlinand Ogedensburg Washington Street C. A. Faxon R. Stewart Keene, N. 1 Boston Station Summer Street Ashcroftt Baltimore Pty Sp Fes Uwe Zou Bs Db Fishkill Landing Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street A Park Pio Manchester Mlattapan Milford Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Norwich Norwood Norwood Central Parsetucket Philadelpia Providence Putnam Readville River Street Rockville Southbridge Wiltecs Washington, D Waterbury Wer Spear Winslow Webster New Haven Pullman Danbury Fishkill New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Hiariford Willimantic Bristol Prp Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Washington Richmond Norwice Danielsonville City OF Worcester City OF New York W.H. Turner L Sup

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