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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1883

Page

3

Foreign exchange and stock market report from Boston era

The market shows steady foreign exchange with London 0 day bills at 4813 and 60 day Paris dollars at 233 to 523. Boston stocks hold quiet, with Atchison up to 813, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy at 1233, Union Pacific 88, and mining shares timid. Bullion agency to rate corporations and disclose liabilities is proposed under Henry Bradstreet.

London Paris Boston New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Common Flint Pere Marquette Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis W.J. Craig Western Construction Company Dwight Drummond Indiana Illinois Craig Ohio Baxter New England Albany Eastern Maine Central Fitchburg Mexican Central Oregon Short Line Vermont Consolidated Atlantic and Pacific Marquette Houghton Ontonagon American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Northern Telephone Bullion Commercial Agency Henry Bradstreet Bradstreet Company Cedar Rapids and Missour River Towarb Land Co Calumet and Hecla Mining Co National Exchange Bank Empire Steamboat Go Argo Menlo Park Mfg. Co Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn RR Revere Beach Lynn Railroad Nat Bark Great Falls Manufacturing Co Old Colony Railroad Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska RR Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain &. H Second National Bank National Bank of the Republic National Webster Ar Cambridge Gas Light Co Aenington Tne Telephone Co Chicago Clinton Minnesota Rivorado Walnut Maine

Dividend Declarations From Multiple Firms This Quarter

The Pullman palace car company declares a quarterly dividend of $2 per share payable November 15. Glass company at Sandwich declares a 3 percent dividend. Bridgewater savings bank proclaims a 2.5 percent dividend. Crescent mills Fall River declares 2 percent. Fairhaven institution for sayings declares 2 percent.

Pullman Palace Car Company The Glass Company Sandwich Bridgewater Savings Bank Crescent Mills Fall River Fairhaven Institution For Sayings

Market ledger of grain and related commodities

Call board details mixed grain prices and cash sales for oats corn and wheat with October November December figures. Includes receipts of corn wheat rye shorts oatmeal sacks and flour plus cheese butter eggs meat prices and cotton gins shipping yard receipts and Chicago market closes with lard oil petroleum notes.

Liverpool Canton N. Y New York State Creamery Western State Chicago Union

Grain and market reports from October trade day

Trading notes show steady flour with mixed prices across brands and regions. Cornmeal oats butter eggs cheese and greens markets fluctuate with firm beans potatoes onions and apples, while cranberries and dried fruits stay steady to firmer as supply remains ample and demand varies.

Canada Do Western Aroostook Houston Rose New Hampshire New York Vermont Burbanks Peerless Eastern Do Northern Maine New Brunswick Jersey Extra Norfolk Eastern Shore Hubbard New York State Mimi Sweets Hubbardstons Ravenstein New Ennsland Alexanders Do Ag Anjou

Schooner Manzanilla and Leonard deliveries noted in Moncton and St John

Shipping entries list Manzanilla with 7 bbls pota and 3,000 feet hard pipe in Moncton NB Leonard with 125 bbls meal 3,000 feet hard pipe and 50 pkgs hardware in St John NB plus Busiis second hand express wagon.

London Eng Halifax Newcastle Glasgow Scot Waldensian ITM Mary R Smith Manzanilla Moncton Leonard ST John Busiis

Export values from Port of Boston week ending Oct 19

The Port of Boston reports weekly export value totals for October 19 with a long list of commodity groups including breadstuffs, coffee, spices, candles, leather, wool, and lubricants. The report covers measures by country origin and lists totals by product category and regional destinations totaling 1,000,260 dollars.

Boston Nriang Eee Moore CIC Suisecte Danish West Indies French West Indies Migueron Langley Micaly Diepen Newrfoundland and Labrador British West Indies Cccecces Africa Australasia Azores Madeira Quebec Ontario United States Belgium Aergentine Republic Hawaiian Islands

Receipts of Stapie Products and Railroads Trade Totals

Listing of shipments with Wool, Cotton, Meat, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, and other items from Stapie Products and multiple railroads and sea routes. Includes Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, By Sea, Peabody and Salem, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence KaiJroai, and assorted tons, bales, bushels, crates, and cases. Details varied quantities per line, reflecting the era's large scale commodity movements.

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

1883 1882 commodity table notes adjustments

A fragmented OCR of a historical commodity table lists assorted goods with 1883 and 1882 quantities. Items include cotton, wool, molasses, flour, butter, cheese, cornmeal, eggs, oats, wheat, beans, barley, rye, hay, straw, tallow, leather, pork, lard, hides, skins, sugar, and related measures. The text notes that sacks of flour to the 1882 column are reduced, suggesting a columnar comparison and data reconciliation.

Millseen Sven Ss Icmudot Cate

Cotton and market notes from Augusta and New York trading

Market reports show quiet to mid activity across ports with mixed receipts and steady to firmer prices. Commodities including cotton, flour, wheat, corn, oats, and oils move with slight shifts in futures, spot bids, and export demand. US ports reflect regional variation in net receipts and gross receipts amid a broad range of prices and market tones.

Boston New York Associated Banks of Inc Res've Ag Ceese Augusta Norfolk Baltimore New Orleans Great Britain Continent Louisville Uincink All Savannah Romiong Charleston Galvesyon Market Ea Mid Laige Philadelphia Eceipts Ecspess STOSS Cne Isuoces Paaveneces Mobile Aéeneans Igilian iGood Waeersess United States

Grain and hog markets through Midwest and Great Lakes

Multiple regional market notes report flour and grain prices including wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and futures for cash and upcoming months. Nebulous bids, hog, beef, and pork values shift with receipts and shipments across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit markets.

ST. Louis Comss UGO Tye Batley Chicago Milwaukee Toledo Corp Dull Cincinnati Detroit

Financial market snapshot from London and Liverpool trading houses

A condensed report from London and Liverpool on bonds and bullion, with U S and European price quotes. It notes bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England, wheat and corn cargo activity, Liverpool grain and provisions pricing, cotton futures in steady bid, and Rio de Janeiro coffee prices with weekly U S shipment figures.

London United States Atlantic Great Western New York Central Illinois Central Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Reading Milwaukee and

Court Record Summary of Supreme Judicial Court Arguments

The Oct 232 session before Judge Allen and Judge Field resumed the Armstrong case, likely occupying the week. Divorce cases were called with Wednesday listing Nos. 799, 269, 733, 784, 821, 988, 294, 99, 1 003, 1 012, 1 022, 1 029, 1 037, 1 049, 1 056, 1 088, 1 089, 1 090, 1 091. Asa Morse et al. vs. William H. Shill concerns a will arising from Thomas Whittemore of Cambridge. Decree to be settled by single justice. Crawford Maxwell vs John Clarke et al and vs Andrew Cochran et al are creditors’ bills. debtors discharged in insolvency, bills dismissed as creditors cannot attach. Ball, Story & Tower. Linscott and Lincoln.

Judge Field Asa P. Morse William H.shill Thomas Whittemore Cambridge R. M. Morse, Jr W.L. Harding Nathan Morse Horace G. Allen Crawford Maxwell John Clarke Same Andrew Cochran Ball, Story & Tower D. C. Linscott C. J. Lincoln

Nathan French vs Thomas Hey wood trial on fraud charges

No. 1422. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $540 for money lost at gaming three times the amount lost. Execution issued defendant arrested. He applied for the poor debtor's oath. Fraud charges followed. commissioner found defendant not guilty. Plaintiff appealed this fraud trial. Closing arguments began. Asa Cottrell for plaintiff W E Boynton for defendant.

Nathan French Thomas Heywood Asa Cottrell W. E. Boynton

Rail mileage and finance trends in October Bullion advance

Advance sheets of the October Bullion detail year to date railroad construction totaling 4,279 miles this year and 120,683 miles nationwide. Liabilities run about 7.2 billion dollars, with earnings near 646 million gross and 243 million net through Oct 1. Rates fall due to price pressures while stocks face trust and transfer issues.

Richee Poor Lowa Wabash, Lake Shore Grand Trunk Missouri Pacific Wabash Company Mississippi Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Kentucky Central Railroad Covington M. E. Ingalls Briggs S. Cunningham John Echo Mexican National Company Boston Waltham Fitchburg Railroad Company

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