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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1884

Page

3

Money market and stocks show mixed activity in Boston

The Boston money market remains quiet with banks meeting regular needs and discounting limited for favored customers. Mercantile paper quoted at 5 to 6 percent, corporate at 4 to 4 1 2 percent, and call loans 3 to 4 percent. The stock market ends dull and heavy, with several rail and utility issues slipping while Bell Telephone gains and New England firms post varied changes.

Mercantile Corporation New York

Wall Street Mixed as Vanderbilt Pressure Drops Shares

New York markets show faint strength early on with gains in rail stocks, but Vanderbilt pressure drags most listed issues lower. Lake Shore tumbles from 673 to 64 4, while Union Pacific and New York Central swing on heavy volume amid ongoing bond irregularities and talk of new Vanderbilt bonds.

Boston Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Atchison and Southern Kansas Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Peoria Missouri River Union Pacific Southeastern Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad James M. Prendergast Pullman Palace Nashville Stanley Matthews Pullman Palace Car Company Atlantic and Pacific Flint Pere Marquette New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore Water Street Prime Mercantile Vanderbilt Lake Shore New York Central Michigan Central Canada Southern British Bank of North America New Jersey Central St. Paul Northern Pacific Northwestern Missouri Pacific Jersey Central Lackawanna Western Union Denver West Shore Delaware and Hudson Pennsylvania Ohio Mississippi Rhode Island Renssalear Saratoga Delasware

Week’s Market Roundup Shows Petroleum Spark and Squeeze

Markets mostly quiet beyond petroleum where new wells yield high and short interest squeezes prices. Grains weak, provisions active locally with packers behind orders. Sugar firmer with good outlook. Butter dull, cheese firm, eggs in demand. Cotton quiet and down as stocks rise. Metals dull. Calumet and Hecla dividend signals reduced output and fires hurt mines. Black copper graded 24 percent, 50 percent output drop. Steel rails see $25.50 at mills, Boston sellers ask $29.

Calumet Hecla Boston Uplands Gulf Gambier St Domingo Barnstable Bay Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Haddock Gozen Liverpool London Glasgow Antwerp Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane California Baltimore Portland Fall River Providence Salem New York New Haven New London Portsmouth Philadelphia St. Louis Illinois Ohio Indiana Michigan Stone Minnesota Choice Bakers Muscatel Valencia Turkey Virginia Palermo Malaga Florida Jamaica Warren Powder Mills Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Eagle Manila Guatemala England Continent Buenos Ayres Calcutta Eglington Canada Pacific Railway Company Elaine New Bedford Paris Kentucky Vermont Choice Canada Houston Boston and Western Worcester County Carolina Patna Rangoon Java Turks Island Trapani Cadiz Chicago Foucauld & Co Otard Dupuy Hennessey Pellevoisin Lion Bond John Gibson Newcomb Buchanan Co Anderson Nelson Nelson New G.O. Blake Sumac Sicily Trinidad Port Spain Porto Rico Muscovado Faneuil Pembroke Barbadoes Cienfuegos New Orleans Gunphowder Imperial Hyson Gurng Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Souchong Oolong Havana Madeira Ivison Graham Pato Pennsylvania Australia New Zealand Orleans Duluth Arley United C. Vallow City Extra India Western Steam South America Speller Wealx ST Louis Albany Brighton Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit

Cotton and commodity markets in a dull trade period

The cotton market remains dull with limited spot purchases and light futures activity. Reports show prices for Upland and Gulf cotton mostly steady near 7.33 to 11 cents, while a wide array of goods from drugs to dry goods and groceries see sparse activity, steady prices, and steady freight and shipping rates across Atlantic routes.

Manufacturers Hopeful After Spring Trade Slowdown

Manufacturers believe spring trade will rebound to normal levels after a backward start. Farmers refuse to sell grain at low prices, money scarcity stalls circulations and collections, causing trade stagnation. Footnotes note boots and shoes shipments to outside New England fell from 45,312 to 37,804 cases, and total shipments since January 1 dropped to 999,677 from 2,311,900 year over year.

New England Manu

Watertown Cattle Market Report October 22 1890s

Market totals show cattle 2495, sheep and lambs 13962, swine 17834 with varied regional arrivals. Prices listed for market beef, store cattle, hides, wool and livestock from numerous states and Canadian provinces. droves from Maine to Vancouver, plus export notes to England and Glasgow.

Livestock Sales Report From Brighton Trade

Moderate trade as hogs sell at 150 per head with 25 856 head for the week. Canada cattle: two cars for AN Monroe. Western cattle 122 lb at 6 c, 1481 ths at 6 St, 1374 ths at 6 c, 1325 ths at 6 c, 1425 ths at 6 c. Milch cows sold at 45 to 70, various, by Aldrich Johnson and others. One pair oxen 125, nine cows for milk 375, other cows 5 70 per head to 70 by Libby Son.

Maine Gaus Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Vans Abs Ckae New York Canada Watertown Brighton Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Glines & Weston Wells & Richardson W Harriman Libby & Son J Knight Libby & Willer Merry & Caswell H Webster H Coolidge & Son JS Fogg Thompson & Son D P Burton SH Wardwell EA Hollis New Hampshire J Curtis J M Bean TJ Courser G Heath Breck & Wood JS Fry A Wilcox Aldrich M Pike Dow & Moulton E F Adden Seattle George Harris J O Sanborn C Philbrook Hastings T Connors Bailey M G Flanders Hall & Seaver L W Tinker Kimball C W Bragg Leow M P Whallen A Williamson J M Dyer Gilfillan & Blanchard N K Campbell P Gleason Taylor & Harpin C H Kidder Ecg Rowell H N Jenne Woodward & Howe A B Kidwards C P Burke G W Brownell Britten & Savage J H Thomas H V Whipple S M Flint A C Kebbling Massachusetts M B Stone RK Worthern J S Henry Scattering Glasgow A N Monroe Stockholm Venetian Liverpool AN Monroe J O Brine Waldensin J A Hathaway Gilfillan & Co I B Sargent Hnjenne Britton & Savage O C Robinson Geo Mooney Eastern Railroad CU Philbrook Harriman S H Wardawell Weiler & Lie W J Knights F H Durham Tige B W Harriman DL Fisher Hathaway & Jackson Brighton Yards Chicago E H Eames J F Stetson Farrell & McFlynn T B Sargent & Co Oe & Son Monroe Sigc Aldrich & Johnson F H Coolidge

Financial report from London markets and shipping notes

London markets show US bonds at mixed yields and several railstocks trading near prior levels. Commercial news notes slow wheat cargoes, heavy wheat voyages, quiet corn, and steady to firmer Paris wheat with fluctuating prices in Liverpool for wheat corn and domestic provisions. Cotton futures remain quiet but steady.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool United Kingdom Paris California Et c Lara Uplands Orleans

Boston Imports and Atlantic Cargoes Reported

In Boston reports, Rosario shows 16 779 dry hides and kipss shipped by Bark Mendoza. Spring brings 3 000 dry kips via A & SE. R W Rice & Co consigns 42 bales moise. GON ee Brig Dart delivers 360 tons logwood. In Rio de Janeiro, Advance arrives with 177 bags coffee. St Jago outputs include Brig Musson with 136 holds sugar and Brig W E Stowe with 180 hhds 6 tierces 40 bags sugar. Yabacoa schooner Jennie Beazley brings 208 hh is molasses from Baring Bros & Co.

Rosario Mendoza A& SE Rice & Co Ropes & Co Dart Dupuy Riboul Rio Janeiro Advance New York Wendell & Phillips Boston ST Jago SJ Musson Sugar Standard Sugar Refinery ST Jago. Brig W E Stowe Yabacoa Jennie Beazley Molasses Baring Bros & Co

Foreign Exports Detailed by Trade Routes

Adelaide exports list shows bark Providencia shipments including shovels and scoops, tobacco, sugar, plaster, doors, machinery, and hardware. Sydney and Halifax trade include dyewood, marble, flour, and carboys. Surinam cargoes feature fish, meat, butter, oil, matches, candles, and textiles in varied tonnages and boxes.

Adelaide Providencia Cass Sydney C B Halifax Schoner North

Receipts of Staple Goods by Railroads Oct 22

Detailed inventories from Boston and Albany, Grard Junction, Providence Hallroad, Old Goleny, and New York and New England railroads list wool cotton flour corn wheat millfeed bacon cheese butter margarine tea sugar apples hides leather skins and other staples in bales, sacks, boxes, and cars with varying quantities. Names of railroads and item counts indicate broad commodity flows and supply levels.

Boston and Albany Railroad Bates Wool Grard Junction Railroad Providence Hallroad Old Goleny New York and New England Railroad Dales Pelta

Freight Goods and Shipments Across Regional Rail Lines

A dense ledger-like item lists cargo quantities by rail lines and routes including Eastern, Fitchburg, Lowell, and Maine Railroads. Entries enumerate flour, cornmeal, oats, tea, leather, hides, pelts, wool, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, lumber, and fats with bales, boxes, drums, and cars, plus sea transport totals. The figures reflect trade and commodity flows by railroad and ship, noting numerous units and container types.

Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Peabody

Contested Divorce Hearings In Supreme Court

Supreme Judicial Court hearings on October 23 before Judge Colburn concluded some contested divorce cases but left the list unfinished. The remainder will be taken up Monday as the court remains in consultation in the interim.

Supreme Judicial Court Colburn C. Allen

Superior Court session and a proposed northern air line

The Suffolk Superior Court resumes with Luther A. Wright v Lorenzo C Paul. A prior verdict for about 1300 favors the plaintiff, with equitable set off claimed against payments to Samuel Oakman. A second topic covers a proposed 1200 mile air line from Council Bluffs to Punxsatawney via northern Illinois Indiana Ohio to feed coal regions, with $40 million capital and notable investors. Also notes on express company litigation and Boston area railroad financials.

Luther A. Wright Lorenzo C. Paul East Cambridge Samuel Oakman Jb. C. Gilman R. D.smith C. 8. Lincoln Council Bluffs Town Punxsatawney Jefferson County Ilinois Indiana Ohio Clearfield Pittsburg & Western Pittsburg New York W. P. Hubbard Samuel Morrill Samuel Osborn William Phillips Phillips H. A. Schwanecke H.C. Mobrey James Murdock W. P. Howland Pennsylvania Express St. Louis Baltimore and Ohio Express Company American, Adams United States Express United States Circuit Court Treat Baltimore and Ohio Company Adams American United States Baltimore and Ohio Boston Revere Beach Lynn Boston Roads

Insolvency Notices Across Several States and Firms

Edward Henshaw & Co Boston go into insolvency with debts around 25675. Henshaw personally liable for 100000 bond. private assets include 60 owed to debtor. A Tighe meeting adjourned due to attorney absence at East Boston. Monroe & Newton Woburn seek composition with 40 cent dollar offer four months after court confirmation. James Bradley Lawrence liquor dealer failed. Samuel Berry Springvale grocer failed. Essex insolvency cases include Fernald Howe Evans Lamphear, Kingsburys, Surrey Day, Iva Elis Haverhill, Hasaltine assigned, Meclintire and Story assignees, Lefavour Son Topsfield, Boyd Jones assignee. John Woolredge case continued to Nov 20. MacLatchy Moncton failed seeking 25c on dollar. Temple Lewiston attached. Carpenter Providence retired, assigned to Colwell. involved Lambertville rubber paper debt. Carpenter endorsed Lamertville company for 18 years. Genest & Co Saccarappa failed liabilities ~2000. U F Grant Savannah assigned to A Shelton. assets 80560 liabilities 120000 preferences 16600. Jamison Osceola failed. Bowman liabilities 771000 assets 553000. Julius Moses Streator confessed judgment 13069. Milligan Chicago confessed judgment 5264. Suffolk County real estate attachments: Hazelton vs Durgin 3000 tort. Guthrie vs Seger 200 contract. Lockport Banking Association general assignment with deficiency around 60000. Stott Louisville fancy goods failed and assigned.

Edward Henshaw Boston Court Street Monroe & Newton Woburn Monroe James Bradley Lawrence Mass Samuel Berry Springvale Sanford Essex County George W. Fernald Charles E. Howe Edwin Evans John W. Lamphear Henry Kingsbury Henry L. Kingsbury Cynthia A. Surrey Sargent S. Day Iva Elis Haverhill Charles Hasaltine John W. Meclintire Essex Albert Story H. A. Lefavour & Son Topsfield Boyd Bb. Jones John Woolredge MacLatchy Moncton N. B W. M. Temple Lewiston Charles E. Carpenter Art Carpenter Carpenter Lambertville Company Lambertville Mondey Providence Rhode Island Connecticut J. A. Genest & Co Saccarappa U. F. Grant & Co Rice and Commission Savannah A. Shelton J. H. Jamison Osceola Arthur M. Bowman San Francisco Julius Moses William V. Milligan Chicago

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