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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1882

Page

3

Money Market and Exchange Report From Boston Evening

The Boston money market shows firm demand with high rates. Mercantile paper discounts above 6 percent, with out of town paper at 7 percent. Bank call loans 4 to 6 percent, corporation paper scarce. New York funds discount 7 to 10 percent. Clearinghouse balances 1,960,445. Exchange quiet and weak with London bills near 48 to 49. Paris francs 519% to 5233 per dollar. U.S. securities irregu lar. treasury notes show high numbers issued. closing bond bids varied. Despatch notes on 5 percent funded loan redemption call. Stocks section noted but incomplete.

Boston New York London Paris United States Treasury Department Java Maracaibo Rio Hiladelphia Clearfield Nova Scotia Cumberland Shamokin Lorberry Lyken's Valley Lehigh Uplands Gulf Hotchkiss Wolstein St. Domingo Newfoundland Hake P_E Labrador Malaga Valencia Sultana Smyrna Norfolk Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana St. Louis Oriental Falcon Sporting Manila Sisal Kemp Montevideo Buenos Ayres Santa Fe Rio Grande Dakota Calcutta Patna East India Bengal India Russia Philadethia Porto Rico New Orleans NAVAL Wilmington Meee Acae Angers Dle Straits Do Caine Bon Liverpool Bondana Cadiz Trapani Turks Island Singapore Cassia New England Brandy— Planat & Co Orard, Dupuy Hennessy Pellevoisin Martell St Croix Jamaica Bay Tum Do Bunker Hill Sumac Sicily Formosa Japan Rts gueeRe Ae Westants Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Tagane Hyson Skin Havana Pennsylvania Wisconsin Marleira California Maine

Review of the Boston Market for the Week Ending Oct 18

New York dispatch reports extensive activity on Oct 18 with money rates 5 to 6 percent and prime mercantile paper at 6 8 percent. Government bonds and railroad stocks moved broadly, with Illinois Central, Lackawanna, and Louisville and Nashville leading gains, while Robinson Consolidated declined. Vanderbilt brokers bullish on St Paul and union Pacific. market wide fluctuations followed by a strong close up about 14 34 percent for the day.

Boston Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Missouri River American Express Company Wells Fargo West Missouri River Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Connorton Valley Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Indiana, Bloomington and Western Wisconsin Central Union Pacific Toledo St. Louis Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore Flint Pete Mar Palmer Denver and Rio Grande McAndrews Gen. Palmer Denver and Rio Grande Railway Utah Denver and Rio Grande Salt Lake Colorado Denver and Rio Grande Western Company Rocky Mountains Denver and Rio Grande Company Pittsburg Central Pacific Ross Denver New York New England Conn Eastern Revere Beach Lynn Seld Massachusetts Central Burlington and Oregon Short Line Mexican Central Sonora New Mexico and South Pacific American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Catalpa Copper Falls Crescent Pr’s. Sales Hig'st. Oe Atchison, T. Oe F Sane Tees A Eel & Mo B. & Quin N.y.en A. T. ES. Fosseeseseue Tees Ore Bos Rev Ee & Lynn Sean Wor Nashua Tee Land Boston War Bell Telephone Van Pullman Bonanza Atlantic Wees Bodie Consolidated Crescent Mining Jatalpa Mining Coch Lake Ld Tee Connotton Valley Empire Adenne Turon St. James An Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Smpuc San Pedro R. L. Day & Co National Bank of North America Houston National Bank Wee Freeman's National Bank Itaigaig Union National Bank Nationa Bank Natomal Security BK Cedarhapids Mi and I Railroad Cambridge Horse Railroa Rosten & Lowell Vermont Massachusetts Mass Central Michigan Centre Gay Cambridge Horse Old Colony Rd Atchison, Tope Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Boylston Mutual Insurance Co Dwelline House Insurance Co Man Fire & Marine Ins. Co Dorchester Gaslight Co Sree Boston & Albany Ra Old Colony Vt. & Can Cccnecossessors Cin Francis Henshaw & Co Hamilton National Bank Eagle National Bank Tremont National Bank Ey Freeman's National Bank Sobs Eek Shoe & Leather National Bank Tremont Ae Bank Eecerene New England ‘National Webster National Bank Beneenee See and Leather National Bank Blackstone National Bank Suffolk National Bank Appleton National Bank Lowell National Bank of Republic First National Bank National Bank State National Bank Market National Bank Exchange National Bank Connecticut River Vermont & Massachuse Connecticut & Pass Michigan Central Boston Wharf Co Matthew Steam Packing Rutland Railroad Fis Lowell & Lawrence Rd Lake Champ É Mass Milwaukee Lake Shore Western Texas and Pacific de Rio Grande Division Hannibal and St. Joseph Indiana Bloomington Northwest Rock Island Texas Pacific Wabashes Northern Louisville Nashville Northern Pacific Northwestern Ilinois Central Lackawanna Illinois Central Richmond Danville Ares Robinson Consolidated Decatur California Bradshaw Central Arizona Wall Street G. F. Baker Western Union Board Gould St. Paul Vanderbilt London Amsterdam Omaha Chicago and Alton Railway The Stock Exchange Union Fitchburg Railroad Corporation Watertown T Houghton Union Yards Hathaway & Jackson Texas Howard Weishing SP Winter Downer Brighton Landing Monroe Albany Sye C Leavitt & Son Dye E Farrell Sloc Slee Fitch & Eames Sage G F Howard R Lingham F Jewett J McShane Glasgow A & T Tiernan Maine New Hampshire Cattle & Son Libby & Gilman

Trade and Its Outlook for Liverpool and Markets Summary

Liverpool cheese prices firm at 125s per cwt with creamery butter steady. New York mercantile prices show butter 35 36c eastern creamery, 33 35c western. eggs 78c. Wheat and corn futures mixed with October oats and hog market receipts at Union Stock Yards hitting high volumes.

Liverpool Norfolk Baltimore E Whitworth New York Mercantile Exchange Eastern Creamery Western Eastern Chicago Mee Union Beerbohm Mark Lane United Kingdom Milwaukee New York

Commodity price tables from a 1882 mercantile report

The item lists receipts and stock levels for October 11 to 19, 1882, with quotations for sugars Muscovado and Centrifugal, Porto Rico and Cienfuegos molasses, salts, seeds, spices, spirits, salts, nitrates, tea, tobacco, and wool. It reports distribution totals, stock figures, and bid prices, reflecting a broad mercantile market snapshot.

Java Porto Rico Cienfuegos

Cattle Market Reports Live Stock at Brighton and Watertown

Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details October 18 livestock arrivals and prices. Records show cattle and swine totals by state, yard arrivals at Brighton and Watertown, and car counts by railroad. Beef prices range from first quality to third quality, with store cattle and fat hogs noted, alongside hides and skins pricing for varied byproducts.

Rhode Island USL Brighton Boston Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern Maine New York England Old Colony N. B

Dairy and cattle totals from widespread regional sellers

A compiled list shows numerous farms across New England and beyond with cattle and sheep tallies, including Glines & Weston 16 cattle, Hollis & Co 2 800 sheep, J H& B Weeks 118 f sheep, 66 sheep, and many more. Arrivals at Brighton report milch cows and store stock demand with consignments from A N Mon Toe and Leavitt & Son, plus pricing on Ayrshire cows and match steers.

Glines & Weston Littlefied & Bragdon Hollis & Co Rew Hampshire Gordon & Flanders J H& B Weeks LC Gilman N Sawyer Wood & Breck C F Adden George Hilliard J C Marshall S Is Luther 1B Sargent JO Sanborn J Hancock A M Poor Dow & Moulton Aldrich John Johnson Vermont J S Kimball Edwarda Seattle Hall & Seaver J B Renmick Flint & Weston C H Burke S ‘Nelson J Counter J Consher Ce Martin & Squier A Williamson W G Townsend M P Whallen R G Kimball R S Hastings Clearland H G Rollins G H Sprigg & Go N K Campbell J Quinlan F S Trimble J Engram H D Bryant Massachusetts J S Henry Geo Tucker New York W Fisher Mp W Hayes O € Robinson G Batchelder Hurlburt G McBride G Berry Rogers H Bush D Fisher D McCarthy Monroe Hathaway & Jackson O H Potter Brighton C Leavitt & Son Coolidge & Son S M Parsons J D Husmer Williamson Diman Devon

Imports at Boston Savannah Steamer Gate City 11 kits fish

A fragmented ledger of imports listing vessels such as Gate City and Hunter, with items including sacks of cotton seed meal, bales hides, bbls rosin, oranges, lemons, cigars, paper stock, and various goods from firms like Hill Cutler, Billings Eaton, Crocker Blake, Proctor Hunt, and Newmarket. Entries cover Boston and Annapolis Nova Scotia ports with numerous quantities and partner firms.

Boston Savannah Gate City Pickett & Co Scott Hall Franks Waite Hill & Cutler Blanchard & Co Billings & Eaton Peta. & Co AS & J Brown Ellis & Co Fowler Hatheway & Bales Breed & Bros Bush Turner & Co Rice Hutchins & Co Randall Rt & Co Soe & Co Waltham Rosin White Bros & Sons Warren & Co White Bros Annapolis Hunter Gay & Co Baldwin & George Easton Lawrence Delong & Seaman George C Rockwell Hill Forrest Gilmore McPherson & Kendall Hanscom Baker & Co Cummings Garland Hale Rand & Co Cape Island Minnie Currie ST Pierre, Mart Montezuma Sugar Brown Bros & Co

Foreign Exports. RAMEO to Glasgow and Port Natal trades

List of goods and quantities exported from RAMEO to Glasgow aboard the Ernest J Simes and from Glasgow aboard the Waldensian to Port Natal with cargoes including flour canned meats machinery oysters and various shop and farm goods. Also notes steamer cleared October 10 and Brig Catherine Auld shipments of wagons axes building materials lumber and related items.

Rameo N F Ernest J S Simes Glasgow Scotland Waldensian Port Natal S A Catherine Auld

Receipts of Staple Products by Rail Lines

A dense list of freight yields from multiple railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York and New England, Providence, Eastern, Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Peabody and Salem, and sea routes. Indicates numerous bales cotton and wool, flour, oats, corn, wheat, barley, middlings, tallow, butter, cheese, eggs, tea, sugar, leather, hides, lumber, and potatoes with quantities across October receipts. Named lines and regions appear throughout.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Providence Railroad Eastern Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Peabody and Salem

Total Receipts of Staple Goods at Port Oct 18 1882

A tabulated report compares total receipts of principal staples at the port for 1882 and 1881. The figures cover cotton, wool, butter, cheese, flour, oats, beans, wheat, apples, barley, potatoes, malt, rye, millseed, cotton seed meal, tallow, lard, hides, bacon, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, and related products, with notes that foreign sea receipts are not included.

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Markets by Telegraph Cotton Prices and Receipts

Cotton market report across Augusta Wilmington Galveston New Orleans and Savannah with net receipts gross receipts stock levels and price tiers. Middling and low middling ranges listed for each center, market described as quiet and steady in several cities while others show irregular demand and steady sales.

Augusta New York France Savannah Louisville Norfolk Great Britain ST. Louis

Market summaries across cities show mixed commodity activity

The report notes steady and firm Wheat and Flour in Chicago and Milwaukee, with pork and lard quoted lower or steady in several markets. Corn and oats drift, while receipts and shipments vary. Detroit and Cleveland report steady petroleum and wheat trends amid a broader range of grain and meat prices.

India Dog2ae Old State Peat Saa Cael Chicago Minnesota ST Aes Peer Serpe ST. Louis Milwaukee Sic C. Cori Toledo Corm Tlec G&c the Drovers’ Journal Cincinnati Detroit Michigan New York Cleveland

Foreign Markets. Financial. London Oct 18

Overseas market notes show US 45 and Erie shares varied while London wheat and corn prices moved differently. Mark Lane firm for wheat and corn. Liverpool prices for flour, wheat and provisions listed. cotton futures dull with multiple delivery dates, prices and receipts detailed.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Liverpool California Ave Uplands Orleans

Property Transfers and Auctions Across Boston Area

A dense list of property transfers and mortgage dealings across Boston and neighboring towns. Notable items include quitclaims and deeds on St Botolph Street, Pearl Street, and Chelsea parcels, with figures ranging from $1 to $25,000 and dates in 1882. Auctions feature multiple Somerville dwellings with bids around $2,300 to $4,100.

Boston Charles A. Rice Lucinda Potter Robert Rausch Mary A. Bradford Catherine C. Humphreys George N. Parker James Currie Ary A. Crowley Mary J. Crowley John Hatchmore Same Charles W. Morris John F. Crowley Robert Murray George R. Hichborn & Co Fitchburg Street Somerville James Dolan Samuel Hatch & Co Kendall Street C. F. Berry Hammond Street Abram Levi

Rail earnings rise as lines report October gains

A Vine Bluff despatch notes Texas and St Louis Narrow Gauge voting to raise capital to 15 million. St Paul gains Des Moines access via Des Moines Northern with Madrid terminus. St Lee and Francisco Railway shows 1881 to 1882 increases. Humiston and Shenandoah line opens for local freight October 10 and through freight November 1. Chicago Western Indiana railway sold to a railway syndicate.

St. Paul Chicago and Omaha Vine Bluff Ark Texas and St. Louis Des Moines Des Moines Northern Madrid St. Paul and Council Bluffs St. Lee and Francisco Pailway Ounny Chi Humiston and Shenandoah Humiston Iowa Wabas

Evory v Burt and Packard over patented shoe construction

Alexander F. Evory and others sue John W. Burt and Frederick Packard to restrain infringement of Every & Heston patent No. 59,365 for a boot and shoe construction eliminating side elastic lacing and front lacing while expanding tops to fit and be water tight. Defendants deny infringement. case heard with decision reserved. Betts of New York represents complainants. Noyes represents defendants.

Alexander F. Evory John W. Burt Frederick Packard Every & Heston Frederick H. Betts New York George D. Noyes

Verdict for defendant in Graves v Shaw suit at law

No. 1182, Charles H. Graves et al versus Thomas F. Shaw. Jury returns verdict for the defendant. Attorneys J H Fisk for plaintiff and C J McIntire for defendant. Case involves a sled incident with goods to be delivered to Gustavus Jackson and Mandell Daniell. Plaintiff seeks 10000 dollars for injuries from a fall into an elevator well alleging defendant negligence. Defendants deny fault.

Charles H. Graves Thomas F. Shaw J.H. Fisk C. J. McIntire John Heinmuller Gustavus Jackson Jackson Mandell J.daniell Onterial Conbury David B. Fletcher L. Powers D.C. Linscott and Southard Jennie Callaghan Thos Brien Boston Laintiff Charles F. Page J. A. Maxwell Clement Littlejohn Et al James Cheever O. S. Knapp I. R. Clark C. H. Chellis R. M. Morse, Jr

Municipal Court Pending Trials For Break In And Drunk Elsewhere

October 18 court session before Judge Forsaith concluded multiple defendants faced charges from breaking and entering to theft with bonds set for trial in the superior criminal court. Names include Frank Watson Julius Klein William Tannis Samuel Averill Charles Morse William Donlan John E Cullivan Edward Brennan and William Carson. Dorchester case Patrick Brennan faced second drink and assault on his sister with two months on the island and a $10 fine plus costs.

Judge Forsaith Frank Watson Julius Klein William Tannis New York William H. Thames Avon Street Superior Criminal Court Samuel Averill Charles Morse William Donlan Charles Roberts Brighton Avenue John E. Cullivan Edward Brennan William Carson Fox Dorchester Patrick Brennan

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