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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1883

Page

3

Money Markets and Exchange Rates Report

Money demand remains moderate with mercantile paper at 5 and 54 percent. Call loans secured at 4 to 5 percent. corpora tion notes and acceptances at 4 to 5 percent. Country banks steady at 5 to 6 percent, bank balances 2 percent. New York funds par to 5 and 10 cents premium on 1000. Clearing-house totals $11,849,445 and balances $1,464,366. Steamship Servia brought $100,000 in American gold to Plock & Co. Foreign exchange quiet. London day bills 481, shortsight 4843, commercial 4793 per pound. Paris francs 52 for shortsight and 62 for 60‑day bills. Reichsmarks 60‑day 94³ and shortsight 95.

New York Servia Plock & Co London Paris Prime Mercantile Lackawanna Texas and Pacific Rio Grande Division Wabash General Annes Milwaukee and St. Paul Kansas and Texas Chicago St. Louis Northern Pacific New Orleans Pacific Erie Atlantic Metropolitan Rock Island Michigan Central Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacifics Villard Vanderbilt Western Union Missouri Pacific Manitoba Boston Oregon Navigation Canada Northwest Omaha Manitonba Stock Exchange Eee PT Cor Canaan Southern Denver & Riog BEI Esiesenceeas Asmoo. EO. BO Han. & St. Jon Kansas & Texas Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Fomrécaises Iei Sy, tanEle Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey Waukee &S Wabash

Fragmentary Financial List From 19th Century Ledger

A terse OCR fragment lists diverse entities including banks like Massachusetts National Bank and National Bank of Republic, rail and telegraph concerns such as Union Telegraph and Telephone, and industrials like Massachusetts Cotton Mills and Cambridge Gaslight. It also references various bonds and securities with dates ranging 1896 to 1912, and mentions canal or transport ties with Old Colony and South Boston lines. The text appears as a partial ledger or investment roster with scattered figures and incomplete names.

Francis Henshaw & Co Empire Steamboat Company Massachusetts National Bank National Bank of Republic Webster Nat. Bank Mechanics National Bank Massachusetts Cotton Mills Lowell Hieach South Boston Horse Cambridge Horse Silco Cambridge Gaslight Erie Telegraph and Telephone On Telegraph and Telephone Co Boston Athen Boston Revere Beach Lynn R Lynn Chicago Burl. & Quincy Clin Dub. & Minn Maine Central Webster National Bank National Bank of North America Cone Orrees Boston and Lowell Eeewernn Boston, Revere Reach Concord -Railroad Siseecovkebsvsaeseeeeetnen Charles River Horse Teevenereces Vhewenenes Napa Mining United Boston & Albany Fitchburg Law Northern Old Colony Newport & Riches Michigan Central Airies Detroit, Lansing & Toren Nashua & Lowell Rd Essex

Market rundown of commodities and staples

Ashes trade steady with green hulls and new corn arriving of excellent quality. Wool, candles, coal, coffee, cotton, dry goods, drugs, dyes and chemicals show varied demand with prices largely firm or steady. grains and fruits steady to firm with notable activity in cotton futures, butter and cheese exports rising sharply compared to last year. provisions and meats mixed as markets adjust, while naval stores and oils reflect steady to firm pricing trends.

Modia Java Maracaibo Rio Janeiro New York Liverpool Liverpool Uplands Orleans Sicily Bates Whita Do Gambier St Domingo Sapan Weod Georges Island Nova Scotia Shore Tée Esmumon Minnesota St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan Malaga London Valencia Sultana Turkey Palermo Messina Warren Powder Mills Eureka Boston Sporting Manila Cebu Bengal India Buenos Ayres Buffalo Russia Naval Wilmington Oakun Calcutta Palin Boston Labrador Bank Do Straits Do Menhaden Elaine Saari Oriental Texas Young’s New York Board of Trade St. Albans Elgin Canton Ill Little Falls Fim Utica National Bureau of Statistics United States Montreal England Fatherland Carolina Patna Bush

Commodity Prices Report From Historical Market Listing

The document summarizes a broad range of commodity prices and market activity, including sugars, tallow, tobacco, and wool. It lists refining sugar prices, Manila, and Yoilos grades, Sicily stock and American firmness, various tobacco wrapper classifications, fleece trade details across multiple regions, and extensive notes on wool categories and tonnage.

Market finds brisk demand as salesmen return home

Buyers surge this season with many visiting shoe towns to sample goods. Shipments of rubber goods rise with 44,387 cases this week and 2,310,054 since Jan 1, up from last year. Major destinations include Chicago New York Baltimore Philadelphia Detroit Dallas and many other cities.

Chicago Baltimore Buffalo Indianapolis Detroit Lil St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Louisville New York City Philadelphia New Orleans Albany Syracuse Dallas Tex Galveston Tex Savannah Charleston Atlanta Knoxville, Tenn Mich Washington, DC Augusta Columbus Wilmington Macon San Antonio Easton Scranton Binghampton Kimbra Utica Troy

Imports at Boston ANNAPOLIS NS Steamer New Brunswick goods list

A long OCR fragment lists imported goods at Boston and Annapolis NS including steamship New Brunswick, turnips, potatoes, apples, eggs, fowls, crates, and various firms such as Gillette Hemigar Chapin Bros and DeLong Seaman. It records quantities like bbis, cases, crates, and horses, with numerous company names and vendor items across multiple lines. The fragment ends with Salinas PA and Sydney CB cargo notes about sugar and a schooner North American.

Annapolis New Brunswick W & Forrest Jas Woodworth Mead Fanum Lucy Jacques McKeever & Co Delong & Seaman Hale & Co Gay & Co Lawrence Dudley & Co L. Blanchard Cleveland & Co KE & Co Griffin & Co Dodge & Gott Joseph Bond & Co Randall & Co Ellis & Co Salinas Dana Bros Sydney

Foreiga Exvorte and Trade Goods List at Annapolis to Cape Verde

A partially legible inventory lists items aboard ships and at ports: New Brunswick steamer, New York goods, and Cape Verde Islands trade. Items include marble, second hand carriage, drugs, boots and shoes, tobacco, flour, bread, meal, beef, kerosene oil, canned vegetables, meats, sardines, cotton, domestics, herrings, logwood, salt, tobacco cutters, mackerel, cordage, oars, sugar, brooms, nails, shingles, and tobacco boxes. The entry references routes between Annapolis, Digby, Cape Verde Islands, and Africa with multiple cargo items and quantities.

Annapolis Digby New Bruns Wwick Cape Verde Islands Africa Jennie Cushman

Receipts of Stapie Products Oct 34 Lowell Railroad data

Ledger fragment lists quantities of wool flour oats bran tallow pigs butter eggs beans apples potatoes hay lumber leather hides skins pelts across multiple railroads and sea routes including Lowell Maine Fitchburg Eastern Grand Junction New York and New England and Peabody and Salem Expresses with numerous bales bags cases boxes and bus totals.

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

Total Receipts of Staple Products October 24

A historical table lists total receipts of principal staples from all shipment points, comparing October 24 figures to last year. Items include cotton, sugar, wool, molasses, flour, cornmeal, butter, eggs, corn, oats, lard, leather, hides, dried goods, coffee, pelts, and sacks of flour, with year 1883 and 1882 values shown for many goods.

Lamson Cressey Noyes Yesteros Union Stock Yards Gotton

Cattle Market Report from Brighton and Watertown

The Boston Post dispatch dated Oct 24 by George J. Fox lists live stock totals for beef cattle calves and swine, arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards, car counts by line, and price ranges for market beef store cattle and various livestock. It notes Western swine prices, lamb and veal rates, hides and skins values, and definitions distinguishing quality grades for cattle and sheep.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Maine Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island New York Canada Brighton Boston Low Fitchburg Alpany New England Qld Colony Providence aSec

Cattle and Sheep Trade Across States and Markets

A detailed tally of cattle and sheep lots from numerous buyers and sellers across New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and beyond. Names include Dow Moulton Aldrich Johnson and Wood Buck plus many more. Market observations note quieter opening then revival with lambs fetching 53 and 44-46 cents per head and Western cattle holding steady prices.

W Brown Dow & Moulton F Adden J O Sanborn F Bothell Wood & Buck J W & B Weeks Aldrich & Johnson E Slocum Wi'tox G Marshal A Sanborn J G Leimick C H Burke Farrar H F Gilbert T Conners Cate ED Wilcox He Ichum Catte W G Townsend A Worthern Sir Kidred A B Edwards Hall & Seaver HE Ingerson Estrgent & Turner Martin & Squier FS Kimball NE Campbell French & Sm Stocker Stocker & Ricker, 139 Sheep; G H Sprigg Massachusette J D Hosmer J S Henry J Dimen New York J Samsden J Carroll W Fisher O © Robinson B Huavipert D Fisher N. T Russell J Shirley A N Monroe Hollis Co Hathaway & Jackson C Leavitt, Jr Farrell & Stetson Fitch & James Canada T McGrath M Fommer F Gussetin J Counter Hastings Mr Harris Caose H Ovelidge & Son Libby & Son Jill New Hampshire I B Sargent HF Acden J G Sanborn O F Bothell Wood& Breck A & B Weeks H A Wilcox Vermont C M Burke S H Eldred WG Flanders Whippe J W Newton Tinker & Kenfield H Ingerson Mart'n & Squier N K Campbell W Ricker Massachusetts Watertown Market Watertown Brighton Landing Boston Albany Fitch & Eames Leavitt, Jr Maine Fim Glines & Western Jerry Pratt Canada Reese Brighton Boston and Albany A. N. Monroe J.B. Remick F.H. Coolidge & Son J. Dimon

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and grain notes

Cotton and grain market summary from Augusta to Boston and inland centers. Reports show receipts, stocks, and prices with activity described as firm to steady in cotton markets and mixed to steady in grains and provisions across New York Philadelphia Baltimore Savannah Wilmington Cleveland Chicago St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati and other hubs, with specifics on receipts, stock, and closing prices.

Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore Water Street Augusta Great Britain BOG Coe Men Ogre Bok Savannah France Mobile Advertiser Henry J. Cardner & CO Chicago Board of Trade Coneress Street Chicago

Coffee prices in Rio with London exchange figures

Rio de Janeiro reports early coffee markets showing good firsts at 54 55 50 reis per 10 kilos. Exchange on London listed at 214 1/2 cents.

Rio Janeiro London

Court Record in Armstrong Case Closes for Legal Arguments

Supreme Judicial Court session on October 24 concludes testimony in the Armstrong case. Judge W. Allen presides as the jury is excused and arguments on legal questions are submitted to the court. Closing arguments before the jury will follow.

Supreme Judicial Court W. Allen Armstrong

Superior Court First Session Case Highlights and Docket

In the First Session, No 1324 Fannie McMahon sues Jeremiah O Connor for conversion of a 52 item schedule including silver spoons clothing and household goods. Goods in trunks previously held as board lien settled for 140 with 50 paid and delivery made. dispute over missing items. Second Session lists No 1387 John Campbell v Russell for extra work and house erection. No 1629 Catherine Hennessy v Grant Conner et al regarding a loan secured by property and mortgage dispute. cases resumed or suspended with counsel named.

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 George Wheatland Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Suffolk Boston Broad Street Atlantic Avenue Fort Hill Wharf Commissioners John L. Batchelder Francis B Hayes Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk County Harvey T. Litchfield Hull James H. McFarlane Salem Euben D. Jordan Charles Marsh Francis A. Hobart Nantasket Company Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company Nantesket Company Braintree George H Eager Newton Alfred Seh Thomas Leavitt Asaph Churchill Henry Norwell Linus M. Price Pacific National Bank Massachusetts Hospital Willam I, Bownieu

Probate Proceedings Presentments and Administrations

Judge Brooks presided as the matche list named Sarah L Brown Mary Hughes of Lowell Phabe Skinner Wakefield Frances Pierce Watertown Harriet A Magoun Joseph W Hammond Cambridge John C Stimpson Jacob Schwartz Malden George Coolidge Daniel W Bullard Sherborn. Administrations granted on estates of John A Parks Thomas Gorman Mary Nutter Edward Sullivan Lowell John P Chapman Pepperell John P Craig Somerville Peter C Hay Stoneham Walter H Leighton Marlboro Joseph Laws Pepperell Cornelius O Connors Winchester Till Robbins Acton Margaret B Hall Susan Dennison Edwin Carr Seth Cole James Hunnewell Cambridge Charles Hutchinson Leona E Neal Stoneham Joseph Reed Chermsford Mary A Magee Medford Mary P Parsons Somerville Sidney P Gleason Marlboro Nathan H Moore Framingham.

Brooks Matche Roda Sarah L. Brown Mary. Hughes Lowell Phabe Skinner Wakefield Frances Pierce Watertown Harriet A. Magoun Joseph W. Hammond Cambridge John C. Stimpson Jacob Schwartz Malden George Coolidge Daniel W. Bullard Sherborn John A. Parks Es Homas Gorman Mary Nutter Edward Sullivan John P. Chapman Pepperell John P. Craig Somerville Peter C. Hay Stoneham Walter H. Leighton Marlboro Joseph Laws Cornelius O'Conner Winchester Till Robbins Acton Margaret B. Hall Susan Dennison Edwin 8. Carr Seth Cole James A. Hunnewell Charles Hutchinson Leona E. Neal Joseph Reed Chermsford Mary A. Magee Medford Mary P. Parsons Sidney P. Gleason Nathan H. Moore Framingham

Lowell defendants face varied theft and assault sentences

Michael Brennan of Groton found guilty of larceny of a team and sentenced to six months at the house of correction. Lowell defendants John Hagan Michael Powers and Edward MacClary pleaded guilty to entering a store and larceny. MacClary gets two years, Hagan one year nine months, Powers two years six months at the house of correction. John Quinn and Thomas Walsh convicted of robbing Michael Kelley of $300. Quinn gets three years in state prison, Walsh awaiting sentence. James Wade jailed six months for larceny. Roger Lee three months for stealing a ride. Le Dame Rossallo of Lowell convicted of adultery and sent to the house of correction for two years six months.

Michael Brennan Groton House of Correction John Hagan Michael Powers Edward McCleary Lowell MacClary Hagan Powers Chouse of Correction John Quinn Thomas Walsh Michael Kelley Quinn Walsh James Wade Roger Lee le Dame Rossallo Lowel

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Top Santa Fe Elko Frank Seecia T. Tence Tol . Cin. & St. Es Union P Ence Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company O. Square R. L. Day & Co NEW York Financial Bert Rashes Bloom. & West Bos Hart & Erie Long Island N. Alb Rio Grande Sonauistposs S. P*k & Pac Erie Secongs Cecereses Mina Seeeer Kan Pac Pon Bensivecsuktrees MIO Pac. L. G St. L Man St. P. Man St. P Omana Chi San A. B. Taylor Temple Place Entre Rios Turks Island St. Martins Bond Cadiz Trapani Olge Singapore Canton Lama Batavia Cassia Zanzibar Belmont A Connecticut Havana Pennsylvania Kentucky Georgia California Australia New Zealand Boston Boot and Shoe Trade Liverool Norseman J A Hathaway D Mcintosh Geo McIntosh Newcastle City F H Coolidge & Son W C Fisher Glines & Wiston J G Littlefield C O Howe Libby & Merrill Keyser B Sargent Telegraph Bales Stade Tor Baviulsyv Livlile Onsen Hari Gaattia Coast Oes Sccc Cecsvess Steeetere Secs Ain Aureus Stoss Teceipis Cseressecerses Cerseveescce Norfale Cece Os Tre Stock Sc Emyntsqett TN Att Britain WU Aou Uplands Western Dull Ste Rio Saies Therce Beef Fim City Extra India Lord—Cath Continent South America Lake Tim Wyomings Montanas Milwaukee Toledo Great Western New York Central Fivois Central Reading Ontario Beerbohm Mereharry Exchange Mark Lane United Kingdom Court Record Judge Field Superior Court McMahon O’connor Ingalls Fenton Sturtevant Went Haines Smithworth Smith Greenwood Collins Johnson Davin Young Airola Steck Carter Campbell Russell Hennessy Connor Lewis Willcut McHugh Goodnow McColgan Martin Williams Kimball McVey McDermott Frazier Simmons Pingree Leyland Barnard Atkins Andrews Best Five Saw Bank Newman Fottler Same Hildreth Samailsi Bracklin Winkley Superior Criminal Court Brigham John Reagan Henry Hayes Richard Kilduff Middlesex County Barker Churchill—Catharine Mahony Delia Clarke Lawrence Hemmenway Grunk House of Industry Lace Franks Mary Burns Nathaniel Jamieson Roxbury James McManus Ayer Alden—Proctor Oberlin Fairchild Roma F Mansfield Abel R Proctor Arlington M. 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