Dull Market Stages Weakness Across Stocks
The stock market opened quiet with prices heavy and weak amid political and dividend news. Key moves include Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe down from 70 to 70.3, Chicago Burlington and Quincey slipping, Union Pacific at 55, and Mexican Central declines. Financials show Flint and Pere Marquette weekly earnings down, Mexican Central railway September earnings near 250k, and Boston Water Power and Brookline Land moves. Boston area land sales aim to cut company debt, while New England Telephone faces leadership changes and Erie Telephone faces internal strife amid mounting debt and potential supply cuts.
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Calumet
Heela
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Messrs
E. W. Kingsbury
W. J. Frost
D. P. Kimball
Guov
A. H. Nice
Thomas Talbst
New York
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Burlington and
Quincey
Union Pacific
Gould
Flint
Pere Marquette
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Mexican Central
Wisconsin Central
Pullman Palace
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Fort Scott
Gulf
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Maine
Lowell
Eastern
New England
Mexican Central Railway
Telegraph
New Mexico
South Pacific
Oregon
Sonora
Cincinnati
Sandusky
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo, Cincinnati and
Boston Water Power
Brookline
Brookline Land Company
Jamaica Plain Aqueduct Company
the Land Company
Gell Telephone
Loren N. Downs
New England Telephone Company
Ingham
Erie Telephone
Erie Telephone Company
C. J. Glidden
State National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Market National Bank
Merchants National Bank
First National Bank of
Yarmouth
Atlas National Bank
National Hide and Leather Bank
Vermont
Massachusetts
R K Co
Colorado Telephone Co
Iamcpshire
City of Cleveland
Atchison, Topeka
Middlesex B R&s
Shace Sunelk National Bank
Holyoke Water Power Co
Lamson Cash Railway Co
Telephonic Signal Co
Cheshire Railroad
Cook County
Eckhorn
Missouri Valley
Town Falls
Sioux City
Mansfield & Franinzham
Boston and
Stock Market Turbulence Hits Vanderbilts on Rumors
New York markets opened firm then sank as reports said Canada Southern and Michigan Central earned only fixed charges in the first nine months of 1884. Railway stocks led declines with heavy selling and a late rally, while West Shore plans to cut passenger rates sparked fears of broader rate battles.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Vanderbilts
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Lackawanna
Union Pacific
The
Stock Exchange
Lake Shore
Tyle
New York Central
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Fuurther
West Shore
Kent
Northwestern
Isa
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Tennessee
Chicero
Denver
Delawsere and Hudson
Kansas
Texas
Oregon
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific
Séo
St. Paul
Lawson, Douglas & Co
Dsey
Gould
Wand
Joany
City Mills
Minnesota
Southern Steady
Milwaukee
St Louis
Detroit
Toledo
West
Milwaukkee
St. Louis
Sotec
Chicugo
Canada
Butter and Cheese Trade Shows Modest Shifts This Week
Butter stocks show small changes from last week with 16 490 tubs and 2520 boxes sold, while ex sones rise to 55 517 tbs. Cheese receipts reach 10 961 boxes, with exports at 121 710 ts. prices steady to firm on best goods. Kegs and eggs in short supply at steady or improving prices. provisions and miscellaneous items noted.
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New York
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St Louis
Centennial
Beacon Light
Petroleum
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Leo
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Foreign Markets and Bank of England Decline Reported
London stocks show declines with US bonds and British rails mixed. Bank of England bullion falls by £485,000. reserve ratio rises to 3 54 percent. Paris weekly gold and silver drops noted. wheat and corn prices ease in London and Paris with shipments and prices listed.
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London
USS Bonds
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Great Western
New Jersey Central
Erie
New York Central
Illinois Central
Pennsylvania
Philadlphia
Reading
Mexican
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St Paul
Paris
Tank of France
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
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Continent
United Kingdom
England
Insolvency and business failures spread across states
A Boston insolvency court list shows Jellison and Petterson with modest divides and debts. Weymouth, Quincy, Medway, Dedham, and other towns report first and third meetings, assignees named, and continuances. Major receivers and failures include Wall Street Bank creditors, Bell Air Manufacturing, Novelty Chair, Palace hat store, and various firms across Maine, New Hampshire, Ontario, and beyond. A Chicago despatch details Davies Atkinson & Co. facing a $110,000 defalcation by junior partner Atkinson, with preliminary shortages around $200,000. Public notices close with two estate attachments in Eva W. Plaisted vs Fanny J. Plaisted and Gilbert White vs Horace Partridge.
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J. M. Jellison
Boston
F. Petterson
Dedham
Albion L. Ruggles
Medway
Charles C. McUan
Braintree
Robert S. Clisby
Samuel A. Tuttle
Alpheus Sanford
J. Henry Brooks
Milton
Wiley & Weld
Boots and Shoes
Lynn
Bell Air Manufacturing Company
Pittsdeld
Cheney & Garland
Iaco
Evans
J. H. Walling
Palace Hat
W. W. Thorn
Mercer
J. McKnight
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McKeesport
Niled
I. Silver & Co
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B. F. Kohler
James G. Bailie
John A. Atkinson
Chicago
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Board of Trade
Atkinson
Kenwood
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Fanny J. Plaisted
Gilbert White
Horace Partridge
Supreme Judicial Court judge Colburn to hear remaining cases
In Victoria 16 the Supreme Judicial Court under Judge Colburn takes up remaining uncontested divorce items and the unfinished contested cases from Judge Allen. Colburn will resume equity hearings in the equity room Friday with No. 15761 pending.
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Colburn
Allen
Dudge
Equity
Cambridge
A. M
Lawsuit notes in Boston court rounds and settlements
In Boston court sessions Judge Gardner and Judge Staples preside. Cases include Rogers versus Hollen, assigned to an auditor from the jury. Lyman Abbott assignee versus Amory Fisher, an insolvent debtor action for recovery of four horses two harnesses and one wagon claimed as converted property with alleged preference fraud under insolvent law. Various other docket items and unfinished actions listed with attorneys. A later session covers Mary Flaherty administratrix versus New York and New England railroad for negligence of servants resulting in Thomas Flaherty's death. jury verdict for defendant. Also George De Forrest Lord versus City of Boston seeking land value for Seaver street acquisition for West Roxbury park. proceedings resumed and unfinished.
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Curley & Nash
Nathan Morse & Jd
Bullard
Mary Flaherty
New York and New England Railroad
Thomas Flaherty
First Street
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H. EK. Bolles
George de Forrest Lord
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Seaver Street
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A. J. Livingston
John Powes
Conant & Cormihall
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George F. Richardor
George H. Stevens
John Davis
Middlesex
Lowell
Dennis Sullivan
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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John O' Brien
Sullivan
Larceny and disorderly cases hear in central court
In central court before Judge Forsaith Henry Farren appeals a one year sentence for larceny Maurice Nambro and Charles C Mitchell face $200 bonds each for larceny Roderic McIntire fined ten dollars for dis charging a pistol Nellie Saunders idle and disorderly six months in the house of industry Charles C Mitchell held on $300 for larceny Louis Cardinal of 55 Causeway street held on $200 for adulterated milk with intent to sell John Dono van held on $100 for larceny Leo Cohen held on $100 for larceny Augustus Randolph idle and disorderly held on $200 George Harrison fined twenty dollars for maliciously breaking glass plus costs
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Central Court
Causeway Street
John Donovan
Leo Cohen
Augustus Randolph
George Harrison
Oxford Gold Mining Company Plans Stock Listing in City
The Oxford Gold Mining company reports 125000 shares of capital stock with par value, and a bullion account of 100050. Mines in Lake Cataba district Nova Scotia include Mill lode and Colemin lode with 1 to 3 feet thickness. Yields 48 and 14 per ton, respectively. Eighty are in development and a 10 stamp mill plus 61 claims. Dividends to date total 36000 and 12 payments in 18 months. Plant includes boarding house for 70 miners and extensive hoisting systems.
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Hall-Anderson Gold Mining Company
Nova Scotia
Boston Mining and Stock Exchange
J. C.D. Morrison
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Oxford Gold Mining Company
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Treasury
Jersey Central Rail Charge Struggles and Lease Fallout
Jersey Central fixed charges due Oct–Dec likely at least 1.31 million, with earnings uncertain. Reading may not pay after 66 days, risking stockholder action. Reading could owe for improvements with bonds or stock, and New Jersey Central holds claims for supplies. Friendly directors among Reading and New Jersey Central could force a receiver balanced by court, under which stockholders face implications.
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Jersey Central
Reading
Red Reading
New Jersey Central
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
South American Earthquakes and Seaborn Destruction Report
An elderly American, A. D. Holcomb, recounts the Concepcion earthquake from the city’s collapse to the dawn, describing night terror, ground upheaval, and a 40 foot tidal wave at Teleahuan a that left hundreds dead and the shore littered with corpses and fish. The account ties to wider devastation across the province and mirrors the San Francisco Call’s eyewitness focus.
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Concepcion
San Francisco
Teleahuana
A Father's Letter to His Son at School
A long affectionate letter from a father in Sanfrancisco Ingleside to his son at school. He sends thirteen dollars and explains finances for education, clothing, and winter living, noting harsh winters and past hardships. He jokes about education, speaks of Grecian myth and languages, recalls hazing, and ends with well wishes and health notes.
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Sam Hill
Manitoba
Gosling
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Rocheforte’s Reform of a Clerk’s Life at the Seine Prefecture
Henri Rochefort recalls being a lazy clerk in the Seine prefecture cemetery bureau who never worked, instead financing theater tickets. A hump-backed colleague covered his duties while he pursued rehearsals for a Vaudeville piece starring Francine Celtie, as Baron Haussmann confronts the ignored employee.
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