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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1887
Page
7
The market closes with varied bid and ask quotes across futures and spot prices. Sugar and refinery markets show steady or firmer levels with refined sugar at 64c per pound and raw sugar holding around 41-46c per pound. molasses prices cited for several origins.
Trade center reports show flour receipts and exports with prices for city mill types and futures for wheat corn rye oats and other commodities. Prices and editions span New York Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Cincinnati Toledo St Louis with varied receipts shipments and market tone.
Chicago hogs steady with receipts about 19 000 today and 64 156 for the week. light hogs 4 25 to 4 40, mix 4 25 to 4 40, heavy shippers 4 40 to 4 80. Cattle receipts around 2 000, market quiet. Cincinnati hogs 38 30 to 4 75, other cities report varied meat prices and steady to lower ranges. Chicago cattle and hogs show mixed activity with shifts in price.
Augusta through Consolidated markets report net receipts 39,669 for one day with exports to Great Britain 21,498 France 5,491 continent 9,810 and stock at all United States ports 515,074. Prices listed as firm to quiet with mid 9s to 16s in various ports and several specific port figures for receipts gross sales and stocks.
Beerbohm notes cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn active. Two cargoes of wheat arrived since the last report, one sold and one awaiting sale. Cargoes on passage and for shipment. Wheat quiet and corn steady at Mark Lane.
Liverpool bread stuffs and corn markets show steady winter wheat at 6s 8d, spring 6s 3d, and elub wheat 6s 4d with mixed Western corn. Havana sugar markets steady to quiet as stock and receipts shift, with prices in polarisation and freight rates noted. exchange remains firm with Spanish gold at 2 50 14 to 2 39 dollars.
Shipping and cargo figures from Jamaica to Yarmouth and Antwerp list bananas cocoanuts oranges eggs potatoes codfish mackerel herring and other commodities aboard Steamer Elsa Vyarmouth Gothenburg City Mindoro Sea Witch and Hermann. Includes values, quantities, and participating firms such as Boston Fruit Co. and Brown Bros & Co. with extensive vessel and commodity tallies.
A list of shipments from Paysandur, NS and UK ports detailing cargoes by vessel. Golden Sheaf brings coal oil ploughs and beams. Evangeline loads flour. G H Day carries acids and merchandise. Iceland handles pork, confectionery, and hardware. Iceland and other ships report extensive goods including marble, dry goods, and furniture. Liverpool steamers Virginian and Palestine export vast consignments of wheat beef bacon flour oil cake corn and cotton with assorted merchandise.
Record of shipments across Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony and New York & New England Railroads listing bales cotton wool flour corn wheat bran bacon lard tea butter eggs leather hides and other staples with quantities and carloads for October 15 1887. The figures detail varied volumes by railroad and product distribution including many bales sacks and boxes.
The record lists varied goods by railroad divisions and express services, detailing cotton, wool, flour, oats, barley, leather, butter, eggs, apples, hay, lumber, and more. It notes quantities in bales, barrels, bush estimations, rolls, tubs, cases, cars, and other units for Fitchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Lowell, and By Express and By Sen shipments.
A broad roll of names and firms from Baltimore to Wilmington appears, listing individuals such as J Mulien Jr, Bangs, W C Carroll, Adler, Ramsdell, Smith, McLogan, McGraw, Bertsch, Marks, Roney, Else, Monroe, Lott, Stern, Putney, Noyes, Schafer, Lindsley, Walker, Smith, Einstein, Rodgers, Lee, Smith, Bell, and French tied to various manufacturers and trade firms across multiple states. The items resemble directory or attribution entries for shoe-related businesses or brokerage partners.
Libby Leonard of Boston requests a divorce from James Leonard, formerly of Wisconsin, on grounds of separation since 1884 and his 1886 conviction for passing counterfeit money and seven years six months prison term. Libby notes faithful conduct and continuous residence in Boston, filing August 25, 1887.
In Suffolk, Massachusetts, the libellee is ordered to appear before the court on the first Monday of January 1888. An attested copy of the libel and order must be published in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks, with the final publication at least sixty days before the return date. The clerk confirms the copy and signatures.
Warrant in insolvency issued for Albert F Locke and Eugene A Horton of Boston owners of A F Locke & Company. Creditors meet October 28 1887 at 2 PM in the Probate Court Boston for proof of debts and assignee selection. Second meeting for Leonard Borchrevine insolvency set November 4 1887 at 10 AM. Assignee Howard P Harris and attorney Stearns Butler listed. Several other notices assign John Cobb Henry R Symonds with meetings in East Cambridge and Malden Middlesex.
Trains depart Loston Station with weekday service and multiple stopping points including Ashcroft Baltimore Street and Endicott. The corrected schedule lists numerous times and routes across towns such as New Britain Middletown Willimantic and Norwood with return times and connections.
Rail service details list daily through trains from Boston and Maine lines to Augusta Bar Harbor St John Halifax and the Provinces with varied departure times from Haymarket and Causeway streets along with connections to Eastport Calais Portland Mus, and regional lines including Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln.
Rail list shows multiple trains from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and other towns with varied departures throughout weekdays and Sundays. Includes times for Andover Dover Danvers Great Falls Floverhill Georgetown Mabbett Merrimac Newburyport Reading Wakefield Wilmington and Wakefield with Sunday trains and workingmen's service.
Dense OCR list shows partial train schedules across multiple towns including Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach Ipswich and Gloucester. It includes various departure times and station notes with incomplete data and garbled terms.
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany Railroad issued June 27 list daily express and local departures from Boston to Springfield Albany and beyond. Through tickets available at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston with schedules for Worchester Framingham Pittsfield and Newton areas and connection details. Hanson H T Gallup Gen Pass Agt Gen Sup.
The notice lists freight and passenger services from Boston to multiple towns, with schedule details for Oct 10 1887. It mentions connections through Causeway Street and Washington Street stations, local stops to Montpelier, St Johnsbury, White River Junction, Wells River, and Montreal, including parlor and sleeping cars.
A dated railway timetable lists numerous partial train times and stations including Lawrence, Woburn, Concord, Bedford, Arlington and Arlington stations. It notes through trains and local service with several times in the morning and evening and urges readers to obtain full information at stations. The notice is signed by N. Geo. W. Storer and Geo. W. C.S. Mellen as general superintendent and general passenger agent.
The notice lists weekday train times from Boston via Fall River Line to New York and return times, with extensive stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Marblehead and many coastal towns. It details services from multiple branches and seasonal changes effective Oct 17 1887 and mentions other regional routes and transfer points.
A garbled timetable describes trains from Boston to Needham Woonsocket and beyond. It covers daily departures except Sundays, ranges of departure times, and notes about stops, express services to New York via Middletown and New Haven, connections to Hartford and Providence, and lines to Philadelphia and Washington with Pullman and dining car details. It also mentions the New England Limited and Rhode Island connections via New London and steamer links.
A fragmented rail timetable lists various times and routes, noting departures and arrivals between Boston Warren Bristol and other hubs. It mentions specific days, delays, and a supervisor signature A. A. Folsom as superintendent.
Fragmentary ad claims CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO markets Adies Penny Royal Pills under a bold slogan. It references ordering by mail with a 4 cent stamp and lists Goopwin & Co as Boston agents, with Philadelphia as the origin.
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