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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1883

Page

3

Bears prevail in steady stock market downturn

The bears dominate trading with relentless selling both locally and in New York. Prices appear set to stay lower for an extended period, signaling continued downward pressure across markets.

Vast Livestock Trade Reports With Cattle and Hog Prices

A detailed market summary covers hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs, and calves. Prices range with live hogs at 6 10c, cattle sales across Watertown Boston and Albany yards, and Maine and Vermont dealers listed. Several firms and buyers are named, with volumes and weights noted.

Sige Saksef RG Kimball Thurston & “Shaw W L Engrem Yeals Maine C O Howe J P Elwell C# Libby Hi Coolidge Sargent & Tuer R P Pollard H W Jenne L W Lin Rem G Hippineg FS Kimball Massachusetts J S$ Henry Ew York G McBride O © Robinson Watertown F Whitton Hew Pen Cune T.J. Courser J O Sanborn Bird & Co Brighton Landing Chicago Boston Albany C. Leavitt, Jr Sc. Farrell & Stetson J. McFlynn Fitch & Eames St. Maine Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Newland Old Ox Colony Providence

Stock orders promptly executed at Boston and New York offices

Richardson, Hill & Co. execute orders in stocks and ponas via private wire to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily quotations of all stock markets available at their office, 40 Water Street.

Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street

December oats sold by Knowles and Coon to Proctor Bros

Market notes show No. 2 white oats at 40c for December, with 52 carloads today. Liverpool cheese and butter quotations steady, New York butter market weak, exports for week ending Oct 13 listed, Chicago grain firm with pork and hogs little changed.

Buenos Ayres Buffalo Corhimon Choice Porto Rico Torbadoes Wallard Oi Boston Oriental Centennial Lara London Ireland Atlantic Isla Liverpool New York Canton Elgin Lil Little Falls Utica St. Albans Bucter Dwil Liverpool Ca’s Carolina Rangoon Patna Java Cali Beard Knowles & Coon Proctor Bros Chicago Uplands Minnesota West Indies Saies Lena Canadda Western Selec Rio New Orleans City Extra India Continent South America Gopper Tim ST. Louis Milwaukee Toledo Michigan Cincinnati Detroit

Maritime Trade Wharves List Broad Nova Scotia Goods

A long OCR list from Annapolis to Hayti details shipments by steamer and schooner. Items include chickens pork apples eggs fowls butter potatoes herring cod fish oil and assorted cargoes from Locke & Hurd Chapw Bros O F Bertwell and many others, with destinations Pubnico Liverpool Canso Dorchester and Hayti among entries. The fragment catalog records counts, boxes and bales for fish meat produce and general cargoes across multiple vessels and ports.

Annapolis N .S New Brunswick Locke & Hurd Chapw Bros Benganson Farnum JR Ellis & Son Bisnchard H McMillan J. Hale & Co Cochrane Holmes Baker Mead Parke Dudley & Co White Bros & Co Rockwell Delong & Seaman Sarnbomm Broward & Lonergan Dodo ET Russell & Co Amos Keyes & Co Lynch Burt & Henshaw Dunbar Dodge & Gott Gay & Co Griffin & Co Hartwell Clements Pubnico Halli & Co Liverpool Canso Whitney, Pousland & Co Muchaunus Harbor Lab T Russell & Co Rosario Dporchester N. B Emma C Hayti Alps Logwood Lyon, Dupuy Co

Imports Listed by Foreign Exports at Ports in New Zealand and Australia

A diverse catalog of commodities exported through PORT CHALMERS AUCKLAND NZ SYDNEY NSW and ANNAPOLIS DIGBY NS ST JOHN NB includes bark Abiel Abbott bark Alma and numerous items such as plaster kerosene oil hardware nails shoes tobacco furniture oil and lumber. Entries list quantities like 150 barrels 37 000 lobes and hundreds of cases across goods ranging from spirits and medicines to agricultural tools and canned fish.

Port Chalmers Auckland Abiel Abbott Pkus Sydney Nsw Annapolis Digby New Brunswick ST John

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads

A fragmented ledger lists shipments by Oct. from Stapie Products and various railroads. Items include cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, leather, pelts, lumber, and bales of hay, with numerous bbls, cases, cars, and sacks across Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, Peabody and Salem, New York and New England lines, and sea consignments.

Cain Esseus Seeers Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Br Peabody and Sa New York and New England Railroad

Cotton and grain market report across multiple cities

The bulletin compiles arrivals and receipts for cotton and flour, with prices and market notes from Augusta, Savannah, Louisville, Memphis, Cincinnati, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and other hubs. It records net and gross receipts, market tone, and transitory shifts in staples like wheat, corn, oats, rye, pork, lard, and flour.

London Financial Roundup Markets Steady on Wheat and Bonds

London and Liverpool reports show Bank of England balance, United States bonds, and rail stocks steady. Wheat cargoes light with prices quoted. imports to the UK rise modestly while flour and corn markets reflect varied demand. Cotton in Liverpool remains dull but futures trade shows tentative firmness across months.

London Beerbohm Merchants Exchange Liverpool United Kingdom California Orleans

Meeting of Creditors List Butterworth & Co Liabilities

At a creditors meeting in Cincinnati Ohio Hon Benjamin Butterworth presented a balance sheet for Butterworth and Co boot and shoe dealers. Liabilities total 14026159 assets 10936548. Creditor consensus offered 50 cents on the dollar with a three member committee appointed for investigation.

Butterworth & Co Cincinnati Benjamin Butterworth Charles E. Johnson J. A. Haskell Isaac L. Prouty Frank Grass Little Rock Ark C. V. Rex S. M. Brigham Suffolk County Hammond H. Haskell Chelsea Dorchester Grocer Manchester N. H Norbon and Wieder Glass, Paint and Color Manufacturing Company of St. Louis Stephen Sagen

Navy Yard Repairs Nearing Finish on Cunard Ship Batavia

Repairs on the Cunard steamship Batavia in the dry dock at the navy yard are nearing completion and her removal is expected next Friday. The Powhattan from Halifax is due today, and rumors say Ossipee may arrive to receive her battery. Pay Director G K Thornton is detached to settle accounts. Charles W Abbot will report by November 11. Lieut Frank E Sawyer has been seen aboard Swatara as a basher and orderaby at week’s end.

Cunard Batavia United States Navy Yard Halifax Ossipee G. Kk. Thornton U.S. N Charles W. Abbbot Frank E. Sawyer Swatara

Court records for Fiagici and related cases heard

Court records show Flegier Engraving Machine Co and Harvey Fiagici cases sent to muster with defenses upheld, hearings on plaintiff exceptions, attorneys listed. Also Charles W Higby v Columbia Rubber Co concerns alleged contempt over patent corset improvements with potential infringement ruling, decision reserved. Grand jury reported 12 indictments including postal theft, assault on crew, smuggling, illicit distillery. trials begin Tuesday Oct 30.

Lowen G. M. Plympton New York F. P. Fish Grand Jury Charles H. Gurney Boston William M. Patterson Jefferson Borden Charlies H. Marston John W. Atkins Joseph H. Knoblock John Moran Michael Durant Somerville Internal Revenue Laws

Lien Decision Dismisses Libel Against Hathaway Steamer

Judge Nelson rules Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company as mortgagee had no notice of libel for coal supplied to the Hathaway steamer in 1882. Libel dismissed after four months credit lapse. libellants delayed action and failed to press collection. Notice given for civil trials and calendar procedures. equity and admiralty arguments to proceed.

Benovict, White & Co Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company New York Philadelphia Boston Hathaway Steamship Company Yarmouth Loan and Trust Company United States Nelson Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company Mortagees Hathaway Company S. J. Thomas M. F. Dickinson, Jr

Boston Court Dockets Aged Cases On Coal Sales And Damages

Judge Rockwell presided on a tort action by Joseph F. Dean against Geo W Dewey and partners over about 1500 dollars for three coal cargoes sold on misrepresented capital of a new partner. Verdict for plaintiff of 1541.07. defense argued notes paid. Included are numerous docket entries and juries from other cases across the Second Session in Boston court with observers and attorneys listed.

Joseph F. Dean Geo. W Nathan Morse L. W. Howes Johnson Massachusetts Boston Worcester Lowell Cambridge Springfield Gloucester Chicopee Fall River Provincetown Leach Lawrence Lynn Field Somerville New Bedford Salem Holyoke Chelsea Taunton Newton Haverhill Brockton Malden Newburyport Fitchbure M.D

Supreme Court Docket In Oct. Session At Middle Sex County

October 17 notes show Judge WM Allen presiding as Armstrong case resumes. Libels for divorce set for Monday Oct 22 with counsel to appear. Court begins 9:15 AM. list includes Chase, Walker, Batten, Boughton, Litchfield, Forsyth, Underwood, Anderson, Putney, Lucas, Rice, Jannotta, Strobel, Kittredge, Thompson, Sanford, Peck, Wilder, Osborn, Mosher, Sullivan, White, Andrew, Clarke, Ferrin, Sias, Husted among others.

Armstrong Wheeler Et al Blodgett Chase Walker Batten Broughton Boughton Litchfield Forsyth Underwood Anderson Foutney Putney Lucas Kittredge Thompson Sanford Sanfor Peck Wilder Osborn Mosher Sullivan White Andrew Clarke Ferrin Ferriz Sias Husted

Jury verdicts in two Cambridge court cases presented

Before Judge Barker No 1265 Hiram Whitney et al sue John Howe with a verdict for plaintiffs for 0 048 in a promissory note dispute over notes and lumber bills. Ann Sargent vs Elizabeth Dobbins trial over a loan with mortgage assignment. attorneys listed. This is the last jury term. Monday court returns to Cambridge for jury waived cases.

Hiram Whitney Et al John Howe George F. Rubensow J. Ladd F. T. Greenhalge Ann Sargent Elizabeth Dobbins J. W. Qua C. Conley J. W. Morrison Cambridge

Toledo, Cincinnati and St Louis rail line faces receiver hearing

Bonds holders and directors of the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis railroad travel to Cincinnati for Saturday hearing on appointing a receiver in place of Dwight. Boston-area securities hold interest. President Phillips declines receivership, praised for handling amid obstacles. Also notes meetings of New England ticket and freight agents, baggage limits, and related rail matters.

Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe New York Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Boston Gould Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Marquette, Houghton Ontonagne Wisconsin Central Common Flint Pere Marquette E. B. Phillips Toledo, Cincinnati and St Worcester Nashua Lancaster Court Street Mexican Central New England Sonora American Bell Telephone Pullman Palace Car Company Quincy Sullivan Toledo, Cincinnati and Phillips Boston Transcript New England General Ticket and Passenger Agents’ Association Pathfinder Railroad Guide Walter Pearce Hartford and Connecticut Western N. P. Loomis, Jr Clearing House

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