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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1883

Page

3

Money market and stocks show steady tone on Oct 23

Money market remains fairly steady with mercantile paper at 5 to 6 percent. Call loans and corporate notes on easy terms. New York funds at small premia and discounts. Stocks dull yet firm with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Union Pacific steady, rail and regional issues fluctuating. Court fight over Eastern railroad lease noted with postponed hearing.

Boston Mercantile New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific

Brokers' Board Sales Report Oct 23 Closing Prices

Prices and figures across stocks and bales from Oct 23 trading on Brokers' Board. Entries include Mex Cen 7s at $13,000 and 15 13 12h, railroads with multiple quotients, mining and misc equities like Am. Bell Tel and Mex Telephone. Names appear as Abbreviated tickers and dollar amounts with varied daily changes.

Ny&no Nas & Roch Cam Florse Elena Lou & Mo X &N Caiam Hecla Am. Bell Tel

Vanderbilt Shares Lead Stock Market Rally in New York

Money and stocks news from New York on October 23 describe a buoyant late trading session. Vanderbilt shares surged while Michigan Central, New York Central, and Lake Shore posted notable gains as speculative buying intensified and then cooled slightly near midday before finishing on a stronger note.

New York Prime Mercantile Michigan Central New York Central Lake Shore Western Union Union Pacific Manitoba Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Pacific Burlington and Quincy Erie Wabash General Oregon Navigation Vanderbilt Canadian Pacific Shorts Vanderbilts New Lees Portes Ersey Central Villard Oreguon

Grain and commodity prices at call board and exchange

Call board shows oats and No 2 white and mixed export prices with October November December figures. Car inspection at Commercial exchange notes wheat No 3 red one car and spring one car, various oats corn and mixed grades. Receipts today include corn 71450 bus wheat 32000 oats 16975 shorts 28995 bus oatmeal 75 corn barley 1200 bus flour 10720 bbis sacks 13665 half bbis 250. Liverpool cheese up 6d, Elgin butter and cheese prices noted, Utica and St Albans markets steady or firmer. Foreign export from New York week to Oct 20 butter 473252 lbs cheese 1423158 lbs. Wheat corn oats pork lard close little changed. Union Stock Yards hogs receipts 17400 value totals. Chicago stock of grain in store Wheat 7427784 bus corn 2068445 oats 234659 rye 8221938 barley 80242. Petroleum certificates opened at 1096 bid closed at 109% bid.

Vermont Malaga Corp Shorts Liverpool Elgin Little Falls Utica St. Albans New York Chicago Northern Franklin County Western Choice Nova Scotia New Brunswick PE Island Europe Canada Do Western Aroostook Houston Rose New Hampshire Burbanks Peerless Eastern Do Northern Maine Jersey Norfolk Eastern Shore St. Andrews Cape Cod New York State Hubbardstons Tavenstein New England Anjou Seckle Duchess Uplands New Orleans City Minnesota Milwaukee Aanuary Szige Siles Rio Trinidad United City Extra India South America ST. LO Wyomings Toledo Michigan Cincinnati Detroit

Trade in Flour and Grain Sets Stable Amid Steady Prices

Flour trade remains quiet with steady quotations from western superfine to patent brands. Cornmals show firmer tone with higher bids. oats and mill feeds mixed. Butter and cheese command firmer prices while eggs stay firm. market for beans, peas, and potatoes steady to firm. Provisions rise with Chicago activity. pork, lard, beef higher. fresh meats, poultry, and tropical fruits follow regional demand.

Chicago Boston Skye Texas Florida Palermo Manila Ce Manila Moilos

Long Shipping List of Cargoes and Goods Across Ports

A compiled inventory shows cargoes landed or reported at multiple ports including LIVERPOOL and HAVANA. Items range from bales wool and mdse to figs, glass, coal, and tin, with numerous firms such as Baring Bros & co, Hills Turner & co, Jordan, Marsh & co, and Great Western Despatch co mentioned as shippers or agents.

Liverpool Eng Baring Bros & Co Hills, Turner & Co Moors & Co Linder & Meyer Leigh & Co Brown & Griffiths Moseley & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Hoge Brown & Taylor K H White & Co Shepard, Nowell & Co Cushing & Bliss Bradford, Thomas & Co Hovey & Co Dupee & Co Williston, Knight& Co Hart & Young Great Western Spinney Rodocanachi Burgess & Goddard Chadwick & Chadwick Snow & Co Beach & Co Havana British Empire New York Samuel Boston Iloilo Sugar Standard Sugar Jacksonville H A de Witt James & Abbott Meteghan Willie A J Jones & Co Singapore Thos A Goddard Gambier Cyrus Wakefield & Co Cyrus Wakefield & Co—21594 Bdis Rattans Wakefield Rattan Co Bales Gambier Temple Ray

Foreign Exports Freight List From Various Ports

A compiled list of cargo shipments and quantities from ports including Yarmouth Nova Scotia Windsor Nova Scotia Port Wauksbury Cape Breton Lorne Nova Scotia Hantsport Nova Scotia Barbados Liverpool England detailing flour corn meal oils meats dairy fish and assorted goods loaded on steamers schooners and brigs with exact tonnages crates cases and bundles noted for each vessel and port across the Atlantic trade network.

Fragmented Historic Rail Freight Totals Across Lines

A dense OCR listing catalogs freight items by several railroads including Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern, Grand Junction, By Sea, Peabody and Salem, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, and Providence. It notes quantities of wool, flour, corn, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, leather, and other goods, with multiple bales, bbls, crates, sacks, and cars, reflecting diverse consignments and unit measures.

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

Port Receipts Compared With Last Year by Day

The table shows total receipts of principal staples at this port today from all shipment points including in transit goods, contrasted with the corresponding date last year to indicate changes in volume and activity.

Miller Walker

Cattle Market Report from Watertown Union Live Stock Sale

The Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details Oct 23 market results with totals for cattle sheep calves horses and swine by state, plus car counts by lines. Prices for beef and store cattle, hogs, lambs, calves and hides, and notes on classifications and regional rail joins are listed.

Markets by Telegraph Louisville to Detroit Cotton Goods

Markets by Telegraph reports steady to firm conditions across multiple ports. Cotton prices hold near mid range while grain and flour markets show mixed receipts and exports. Chicago and Cincinnati note quiet bellwethers with steady to firmer tendencies in pork, lard, and hogs. New York markets describe a quiet general tone with some price movements across wheat corn oats and rye.

Louisville C- Mobile Ceseice Svsevbes Bigusea Cas. Vearaece Charleston Eswcseeecives Bayaun Cincinnati Sorebencekan Ees Lveston Pecais Cece Esesces Britain Crescvecce UFR Ee Memphis

Financial market notes from London and Liverpool

London reports bond quotes and dividend style yields for United States and major lines. Cargo wheat flows and dull wheat market contrast with firmer corn. Liverpool and London prices show flour wheat corn and provisions with steady cotton and futures quiet. sizable wheat receipts and American share of arrivals noted.

Armstrong case occupies Supreme Judicial Court docket

Supreme Judicial Court met October 23 before Judge Allen and Judge Field in equity. The Abner Coburn versus Royal M Pulsifer et al hearing was set for today, with prior full coverage on Wednesday. Asaph Churchill and M M Bigelow appeared for the complainant, Lincoln for the defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court W. Allen Armstrong Abner Coburn Royal M. Pulsifer Asaph Churchill M. M. Bigelow Lincoln

Trials over fraud and property disputes before Judge Blodgett

In the cases noted No. 1432 Nathan French vs Thomas Hey wood the verdict favors the defendant after a fraud charge near the debtor's oath. No. 1324 Fannie McMahon vs Jeremiah O Connor involves missing items from trunks once held as lien for board. No. 387 John Campbell vs Daniel W Russell covers extra work on a house. No. 1629 Catherine Hennessy vs Grant Conner concerns a $750 loan secured by a second mortgage and disputed deed.

Blodgett Nathan French Thomas Heywood Asa Cottrell W. FE Boynton Fannie McMahon Jeremiah O’connor S. J. Drake George W. Searle W. W. Doherty Bacon John Campbell Daniel W. Russell Nathan Morse C. T. Gallagher E. P. Brown Catherine Hennessy Grant Conner C.F. Paige Paul West

Superior Criminal Court Liquor Case and Guilty Pleas

On October 23 before Chief Justice Brigham in Superior Criminal Court, James T. Fitzgerald was found not guilty in the liquor case. Addie M. Brown pleaded guilty to keeping a house of ill fame and was fined $100 plus costs. Luke Glancy pleaded guilty to adultery. Patrick Doherty pleaded guilty to attempted larceny.

Superior Criminal Court Brigham James T. Fitzgerald Addie M. Brown Luke Glancy Patrick Doherty Patrick Malley Ellen Bogard House of Correction John Brown Richard Dolan Arthur B. Mooney South Boston John R. Culgin Dorchester Newman Chittenden

Jury Foremen Chosen as Trial Opens in Court

Judge Prrman presided as two juries convened Leander Crosby of Billerica chosen foreman of the first jury and Warren L Knox of Winchester foreman of the second. Michael Brenner of Groton found guilty of larceny of a team from Edward O Connell and sentenced to six months at the house of correction. John Quinn and Michael Walsh of Lowell found guilty of larceny of 300 dollars and not sentenced.

Prrman Leander Crosby Billerica Warren L. Knox Winchester Michael Brenner Groton Edward O'Connell House of Correction John Quinn Michael Walsh Lowell JF Permet Kelly

Railroads seek funding for 20 million second mortgage bonds

Northern Pacific president Villard prompts preferred stockholders to approve a new 20 million dollar loan after detailing a 14.96 million dollar deficiency between planned bond proceeds and required expenditures. Costs rose due to larger divisions, tunnel overruns, and increased traffic needs, with extra funds tied to ongoing construction, equipment, and line renewals. A second circular on financials will follow midweek.

Villard Northern Pacific Railroad Willard Willamette Bridge Yellowstone Clark’s Fork Pend d’ Oreille Bozeman and Mullan Bismarck, Snake River and Willamette Minnesota, Dakota and Missouri Brainerd St. Paul Drexel, Morgan & Co Northern Pacific Company Midland North Carolina Railroad New York World Judge Barrett William S. Denny Midland North Carolina Railroad Company William J. Best Best Midland Improvement Company Denny Railroad Company

Pacific Bank Prospects in Government Suit Over Assessments

Washington dispatch reports Comptroller Knox urging swift equity against Pacific national bank stockholders to recover a 100 percent assessment. Rep Ranney, counsel for the government, expects a filed bill and favorable creditor dividends, while Knox cautions at best modest recoveries. Receiver Price has distributed funds and prepared assets, with about 2.4 million in claims and potential distributions around 60 to 75 percent if the 100 percent assessment is recovered.

Washington Ranney Pacific National Bank Europe Knox Price Treasury Francis & Hayes Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk County Harvey T. Litchfield Hull James H. Mci Arlane Beston George Wheatland Salem Eben D. Jordan Charles Marsh Boston Registry Francis A. Hobart Nantasket Company Boston Safe Depoit and Trust Company Braintree George H Eager Newton Alfred Scheff Elisha Thayer William H. Litchfield Royal M. Puilsifier Thomas Leavitt Asaph Churchill Henry Norwell Linus M. Price Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Samouen C. Copp William I. Boworrer

Iron trade shows mixed demand and possible restriction

Philadelphia dispatch reports iron market quotations with Nos. 1 and 2 foundry at 19 to 21 cents, forge at 17.50 to 18.50, and merchant iron around 21 to 21.5 cents. Demand remains active for small sizes while large sizes back up at mines, with production totals up 2,142,844 tons year to date and rumors of suspension next month.

Philadelphia Thomas Iron Pennsylvania Company Lackawanna Reading Lehigh Port Richmond

Nominations and school vacancies fill City committee acts

The city school committee chaired by Mayor Pal­mer filled a vacancy caused by Dr. Fleming’s death with Tim­othy J. Dacey elected over F Lyman Winnship. Teachers’ nominees include Rufus P. Westreins Emma C. Stuart and others for multiple schools. Non resident pupils face payment deadlines and potential dismissal if not paying. Latin added to evening high schools and referred to rules committee.

Palmer William C. Williamson Dr. Fleming Timothy J. Dacey F. Lyman Seeeeenee Ccs Cnccereseness F. Dyman Rufus P. Westreins English High Emma C. Stuart Andrew Elizabeth D. Muirey Dearborn Emma F. Briggs Dillaway Abby 8. Hapgood Dudley Emma H. Sibley Mary H. Dwyer Gaston School Sarah E. Deane Lewis School Anna M. Edmonds Lowell Annie M. Olsson Delia E. Cupringham Sherwin School Helen L. Hilton Dorchester Everett Johanna C. Wilkinson Gaston Louisa Thacher George Putnam Amy C. Hudson Mary E. Minter Bunker Bill Helen H. Shaw Mary Loveriny Howard School Cora S Bunker Hill Nellie L. Cullis Frothingham Carrie T. Hale Lawrence Hannah BE. G. Gleason Winthrop School Warrenton Street Eben R. Butler Corwins Gilbert O. Burnham Quincy Isabelle H. Wilson Wells Annie H. Gardner Dr. Rust Committee On Accounts Miss Peabony Committee On Examinations Miss Peabody Moran Crowley Garfield Committee On Rules and Regulations

Funeral services for F O J S Bazin held at home

The funeral of the late F O J S Bazin occurred yesterday afternoon at No 19 Union Park. A large attendance of relatives friends and business acquaintances heard Rev Savage speak in an overture style that touched hearts. The remains were laid to rest in the family enclosure at Forest Hills.

F. O. J. S. Bazin No. 19 Union Park Mr. Savage Forest Hills

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