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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1884

Page

3

New York Market Morning Summary Oct 21

New York quotes show money easy at 142 2 percent on call and prime mercantile paper at 5 6 percent. Bar silver 110%. Foreign exchange weak at 4 8 0 4 8 1 4 for long and 4 4 6 4 1 4 for short sight. Governments strong. State bonds quiet. Railway bonds firm. Stocks up early in the afternoon with gains from the day’s low, Jersey Central among those advancing.

Boston Mercantile New York Union Pacific New York Central Northwestern Lackawanna New Jersey Central St. Paul Lake Shorelly Denver Firsts West Shore Firsta Northern Pacific Firsts Atlantic & Pacific Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Denver Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Northwestern Sinking Fund Chesapeake & Ohio Cleveland & Pittsburg Youny’s Michigan Ohio Indiana Minnesota Bakers New York Rollers St. Louis Southern Southern Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota City Mills Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Detroit Toledo Duluth Yoledo White State Iwaxkoe Canada Prime Mercantile Paper Jersey Central

Market Report Shows No Core Improvement Across Trades

General trade remains stagnant with iron dull and depressed while cotton shows slight firmness for cloths due to Fall River shutdown and raw cotton easing. Reported speculation places cotton at June 1 1835 for prices as rags remain embargoed. Dry goods stay quiet with no major gains anticipated until the presidential race resolves. Oil market sees renewed excitement with volatility in Pittsburg New York and Boston.

New York Liverpool York State Florida St. Andrews Messrs J.C. Houghton & Co Otto G. Mayer Lsc Glasgow Rio Mocha Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Doningo Virginia Tennessee Pembroke Huron New Orleans Cienfuegos Ik Barbadoes Ai Rico St. Croix Porto Rico English Islands Carolina Patna Rangoon Eausier Turkey London Valencia Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Centennial Beacon Light United Pipeline Pittsburg Oil Exchange Penn Bank Suo C. E Uplands Orleans American Commercial Exchange New York Commercial Bulletin Boston

Prices of Sheep and Hides in Brighton Market

Prices of sheep and lambs in lots and from bids, with spring lambs and veal calves listed. Hides, tallow and skins priced for Brighton and country hides with weights and conditions. Classification of cattle and sheep defines quality grades from bullocks to two and three year old steers, plus notes on Western hogs in the Brighton market.

Maine Hampshire Vermont Oak Rhode Island Ieee Sale Ee New York Canada Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Brighton N.B

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg line plan and railway notes

The article outlines the reorganization plan for the Rochester and Pittsburg railroad into the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg railroad with capital stock details and preferred dividends. It notes the Order of Railway Conductors conference in the city, ticketing practices lowering rates to Kansas City, and updates on freight lines and court cases in session, plus various rail connections and personnel.

Boston Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Mexican Central Missouri Pacific Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio City of Mexico Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Gould Flint Pere Marquette Pullman Lowell Boston and Albany Boston and Maine Fitchburg New England Cambridge Metropolitan South Kansas Western Burlington Missouri River Sonora Toledo Delphos Eastern American Bell Telephone Erie Charles E. Adams Erie Telepone Company Lowell Courier Adams Calumet Hecla Hecela Portage Lake Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Black Hill Huron Franklin San Pedro Rochester and Pittsburg Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Company Order of Grand Divison Washington Street Canada British Provinces United States C. 8. Wheaton Elmira N.Y William P. Daniels Cedar Rapids Iowa Ontario National Line Vermont Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Rome Watertown Michigan Central Wabash St. Louis Pacific Chicago and Northwestern Waterloo Magog Sherbrooke Portland Quebec Quebec Central Railway Intercolonial Railway Lower Provinces

If You are Sick or Well Read This

A pamphlet from 1884 promotes Murdock Liquid Food Co. Boston as a treatment aid for infants and chronic diseases. It claims hospital beds at the Free Hospital of Seventy Beds for Infants and Women with Chronic Diseases and urges physicians to admit contagious cases. It advises offering 5 to 20 drops of the product per feeding and regular dosing for caregivers.

Free Hospital Murdock Liquid Food Co Boston American Medical Association Richmond Washington, D. C American Institute of Homeopathy Milwaukee Wis Deer Park New England Medical Gazette

Total Receipts of Staple Products Oct 21 at Port

Table lists total receipts of prince staples from all shipment points for Oct 21 versus last year. Items include sugar, molasses, flour, butter, cornmeal, cheese, oats, eggs, wheat, malt, hay, millfeed, tallow, leather, lard, beef, pork, bacon, tea, skins, coffee, and sugar with figures in bales, bushels, boxes, and other units. Strong entity names include Wool, Molasses, Cornmeal, Eggs, Wheat, Leather, Tea, Sugar, Skins, Coffee. Dates and place are implied by port reporting.

Cate London Eng Stockholm City Liverpool Samaria Lockport HAYTI Carrie Purinton Montevideo Uruguay Cape Island Bessie Williams Lunenburg ST John and Fredericton Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York New England Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Peabody, Salem

Patent Infringement Suit Heard In U S Circuit Court

October 21 before Judge Colt Nathan Rosenwasser et al versus John Berry a bill in equity seeks an account and an injunction for patent infringement of a percolator. Defendant alleges the specifications are ambiguous and fail to describe an operative combination while denying infringement and urging lack of novelty. Attorneys Clifford for plaintiffs Lunt for defendant.

Nathan Rosenwasser John Berry Bill Equity W. H. Clifford W. F. Lunt

Judge Colburn Case Involves Peaganbrook Pollution In Natick

Augustus P. Martin mayor sues Luther E. Gleason to restrain discharging polluting matter into Peaganbrook a Cochituate tributary. Gleason owns Natick hotel with sewer into the brook claiming prescriptive right and ownership disputes. Main issues: whether a taking occurred and if Gleason holds a prescriptive right. Hearings in contested divorces resume today as bench meets for consultation.

Augustus P. Martin Luther E. Gleason Peaganbrook Natick Cochituate Peagan Brook D. P. Nettleton E. F. Dewing

Townsend Heir Seeks Injunction Over Roxbury Estate Sale

Annie Rose Townsend petitions in equity court for an injunction to halt the sale of the Townsend estate in Roxbury. Adopted in 1859 by John P Townsend, she claims heir-at-law interest. Judge Colburn granted the injunction until further notice as the case reexamines division among heirs.

Annie Rose Townsend Laura D. Townsend John P.townsend Equity Court Colburn Townsend Roxbury

New York Bankers Resume Cairo Firm After Panic

Donnell Lawson Simpson of New York resume Cairo bankers fail as Ralli Bros Cairo suspend payments. Government pays £40,000 into Banque Generale to avert panic. New York branch investigated in 1880. cashier Storrs sent to raise funds. firm to dissolve and settle deposits. Multiple U S creditors and firms report attachments and failed liabilities across states.

Ralli Bros Cairo Banque Generale New York Messrs. Donnell Lawson & Simpson Lockport N. Y James O. King Adam Wheeler Worcester James O'Neil Lawrence Roha Nelson Springfield Mass Samuel Berry Springvale G. Lafountain & Co Lewiston Sleeper Bros Franklin Falls M. H John M. Rollins Dover N. H C. Huntoon & Co Fish Charles H. Linsley Baker Colchester Walter V. Gill Marius P. Schenck & Co Fulton D. Silver Sparta Hhis D. Schwartz Fort Worth Tex J.J. Mallard & Son Nash John C. Breneman Tams City Wadham & Farrell Milleasant Mich Charles A. Fuller Minneapolis Washington Grant George T. Butterfield Levin Corcum Michael W. D. O’keefe Mary Prattley

Napoleon's Alps and the Simplon Pass tale echoed in a medical ad

An old ad links Napoleon urging no Alps to a tale of crossing mountains, then promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for chronic blood, lung and liver diseases. It claims relief from consumption, skin issues, tumors and fever sores. Endorses the product with a heroic metaphor.

Napoleon Italy Alps Simplon

Creditors meet at Houghton over Wolverine mine debts

At a creditors meeting in Houghton Michigan on October 16 the Wolverine mine shows liabilities of 112000 dollars with only about 3000 dollars in supplies. Some expect a sale now could yield twenty cents on the dollar to creditors.

Wolverine Mining Company Houghton, Mich Portage Lake Calumet and Hecla Black Hills Calumet Company Calumet Hecla Bodie Free Press Consolidated Pacific Bonanza Belvidere Company Fortuna Lode Fortuna

Young Men's Christian Union Announces Season Classes

The Young Men's Christian Union lists season classes including vocal music bookkeeping 3 classes penmanship 2 classes commercial arithmetic free hand Gracie mechanical drawing phonography advanced phonography elocution elementary French 2 classes advanced French elementary German advanced German and Spanish totaling 18 classes. Ladies are admitted to several classes. Class cards with full particulars are available at the rooms 18 Boylston street.

The Young Men’s Christian Union Commercia Boylston Street

Boston and regional firms face uncertain banking mix

A fragmented list of ins titutions and manufacturers appears, naming Boston and Fitchburg rail lines, banks including National and Suffolk National Banks, and the Amoskeag and Cocheco mills among others, signaling a broad economic network with varied financial partners and industrial players.

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