Cattle and Sheep Market Reports From New England Yards
The report notes steady cattle prices due to Western cattle quality and rising demand. It lists steamer cargoes to Liverpool with cattle and beef quarters, and details extensive sheep and lamb trade with prices across Canada and local buyers. Milking cows, veal calves, hogs, and horses are reported with varied prices and stock movements at Watertown and Brighton yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Liverpool
D Hi Elliott
HW H Hammond
Watertown
New England
Cattle Sales At Brighton Auction Listing Several Lots
Farrell and McFlynn sell 10 beeves average 11580 lb at 4144¢ live weight and 12 beeves 1400 lb at 4%4 c, plus 9 beeves 1300 lb at 465, 8 beeves 1840 lb at 4%4¢, 6 beeves 1150 lb at 414c, and 2 others 1150 lb at 4% gc 4 Ib. A.N. Monroe offers multiple lots: 18 head avg 1625 lb at 530, 16 head avg 1520 lb at 5c, 15 head avg 1410 lb at 430, 20 head avg 1370 lb at 445, 15 head avg 1380 lb at 465, and 16 head avg 1722 lb at 540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Farrell & McFlynn
A N Monroe
Market Reports October 26 Flour and Grain
Flour market remains firm with mills asking higher prices on spring patents and good demand at old quotes. Corn and oats steady with limited business at higher corn prices. First call sales totals 5,400 bush February No 2 white at 39¾c. after call 29,700 bush Feb at 39 1/2c and 6,400 bush Feb at 39 3/8c. settling price 35¾c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sbVec
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Canada Superior
Canada
Bush
Crowes State
Eastern
Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Dairy and Grains
Butter grades hold steady with strong demand for choice stock. cheese and eggs show mixed, mostly quiet activity. poultry demand steady. Liverpool cotton futures rise then settle. New York prices mixed but steady. Beans seeds hay and rye straw supply steady. potatoes and sweet potatoes with steady to firm prices. tallow and various dairy quotes listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
New York
Vermont
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
New Hampshire
Choice
Canada
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
Bush
West
North
Houston
Hebrons
Norfolk
Banana laden Aguan sails from Jamaica October 28
The steamer Aguan is due October 28 from Jamaica with a cargo of bananas and oranges for Seaverns & Co. The Norfolk steamer, due Friday, carries 1300 barrels of sweet potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Seaverns & Co
Fruit Market Receipts Mixed With Steady Demand by Region
Receipts of apples are large with steady trade. Only choice lots bring full quotations. Grapes demand steady and fair. cranberry market firm. Quinces fair supply. sales at 3 4 per bush. Pears in good demand at full quotations. Prices list for apples cranberries grapes pears oranges lemons bananas and nuts with regional varieties and unit prices from Cape Cod to York State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combination Sale
Russell
J F Drew
Ohio
John Bain
Boone County
Ila
Henry, Lll
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Gravenstein
King
Hubbardston
York State
Harvey
Cape Cod
Cave Cod
Country
Dianas
Pears
Seckle
Beurre Bose
Beurre Ad
Anjou
Sheldon
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Baracoa
Market prices for vegetables and produce listed
A list of wholesale produce prices appears with onions Maltas tomatoes cabbages beans beets squash lettuce parsnips turnips celery cauliflower pumpkins spinach and others. Prices include per basket per bushel per box and per barrel with figures such as 2 dollars for a basket and 275 per barrel for onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Provisions and meat prices list including pork lard and beef
A historical price column lists diverse pork and lard cuts with values such as long cuts 17.50 to 18.50, backs 17.50 to 18.00, light backs 16.50, lean ends 18.50, extra tongues 16, prime 14.50, mess 16.50, fresh ribs and sausage per week, bologna at 6 per 1b, lard tierces 7.75, city dressed hogs 7, country dressed hogs 6.75, hams 11.5 to 11.75, smoked shoulders 42 1/2c, corned shoulders 7 1/2c, ribs 84 9c, rib bacon 10 1/2 to 11c, boneless bacon 11 1/2 to 11 1/2c, pressed hams 11 1/4 to 14 4c, beef extra plate 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
City
Canada
Rio
United
Long Island
Jersey
West
Western Steam
Tierces City
Continent
Liverpool
Straits
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
ST. Louis
Fresh Meats Prices and Cuts From Nearby Lots
Listing of beef and lamb prices by cut and grade. Fresh beef includes steers, hinds, rounds, chucks, and loins with prices per hundredweight. special notes on plate, mess, and tripe. Other fresh meats cover lambs, mutton, yearlings, and veal with range pricing and quality descriptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Trade Centre Market Reports Drawn From City Sides
Trade centers across New York Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Cincinnati Toledo Detroit St Louis report mixed commodity activity. Flour receipts and exports hold steady while grain prices and pork lard and whiskey show firm to softer trends amid variable receipts and shipments.
Kansas City Hog and cattle markets report Oct 26
Hogs steady with 9009 receipts and 638 shipments in Kansas City. Chicago market shows cattle receipts about 12 000 with steady hogs at 24 000 and ships around 8 000. cattle mostly lower with steers and stockers priced at 275 490 and 310, cows bulls and mixed at 125 270. Lambs and sheep likewise steady with natives and Western and Texan categories listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Western
Texans
Cotton market report from Augusta Galveston and New Orleans
Cotton market notes for October 26 show Augusta Net receipts 1901 and sales 1525 with steady tone. Galveston Net receipts 2555 and exports to Britain 4060 and continent 1053, with sales 3028 and stock 69 752. New Orleans Net receipts 13890 and gross 14845, exports to Britain 6855 and coastwise 4343, sales 5000 and stock 187 733, firm mid 9 1 16 cents. Mobile Net receipts 1551 and gross 1651 with exports not completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galvyeston
Great Britain
Continent
Maritime Market Movements Across Atlantic Ports
For five days totals show consolidated net receipts at 196 949, with exports to Great Britain 62 799, France 9 317, and the continent 47 342. Stocks at all United States ports total 603 964 while shipments and coastwise totals vary by port including Savannah Norfolk Philadelphia New York and St Louis with mid ranges in price quotes and steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Charleston
Wilmington
Great Britain
Norfolk
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Ex- Bee
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool
The London market reports cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn higher. Wheat and flour in Paris and Liverpool set firmer tones with various grades priced, including Australian, Chilian and Walla Walla wheats. Manchester notes a tame yet firm market, while Havana reports sugar steady at $325 per quintal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Walla Walla
Paris
Liverpool
California
Michigan
Manchester
The
Guardian
China
India
Japan
Havana
Imports and Exports. October 26 1887 Antwerp and Liverpool lists
Shipping brief with detailed consignments from Antwerp and Liverpool showing steamer cargoes and imports including wood paper wine glass billets iron steel bags hides skins and various merchandise. Accounts name firms such as Baring Bros & Co Fuller Dana & Fitz Drexel Morgan & Co J B Moors & Co and more as they record quantities of goods from Buenos Ayres and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Ames
Baring Bros & Co
Cumner, Jones & Co
Marshall, Son & Co
Miine & Co
Dodo Norway Steel and Iron Co
Do Do Naylor & Co
Moors & Co
Buenos Ayres
Annie Lewis
Rice & Co
Goree
Mvors & Co
Naylor & Co
Jones
Sheldon & Co
Pierce & Robertson
Pierson & Co
Norway Steel and Iron Co
North Lonsdale Steel and Iron Co
Thos Groom & Co
Jere Abbott & Co
Mannerson
Benton
Terra Cotta Museum of Fine Arts
Storer & Co
Chase & Co
Warren & Wood
Torrey, Bright & Capen
Boston Thread and Twine Co
Purdy & Nicholas
L Libby & Co
Dalton & Ingersoll
Abram French & Co
de Jones, McCaffee & Stratton
Hoisery Jordan, Marsh & Co
Macallar, Parker & Co
Hinckley Bros & Co
Baring Bros & Co—39 Causes Machinery Stone & Downer
I. Hooper & Co
As&j Brown & Co
Morrison
Chessman
Noyes
Harding
George Buchanan
Snow
Boston Athwnum
Fasigi & Co
Liverpool
Lambert Bros
Sherburne
Dennison Mant Co
Nomer Bros
Linder & Meyer
Morey & Co
Lass Hills
Turner & Co
Wright
Riley & Gray
Leigh & Co
Wing & Evans
Dame & Co
Shepard
Thos Leyland Co
P . San Fernando
Hastings
Staple Receipts by Rail Lines in Oct 1887
Detailed freight list shows Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Boston & Lowell, by Express and by Sea. Items include cotton wool flour corn oats beef and more with counts such as 86 bales cotton for B A line and 301 bales for Grand Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburgi Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Amoskeag Manufacturing Declares Scrip Dividend
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co directors voted at the annual meeting on November 5 to declare a scrip dividend of 333 334-100 dollars per share payable December 15 1887 to stockholders of record at the close of business Tuesday November 1 1887. The scrip issued on or after November 10 1887 can be redeemed in cash or exchanged for shares at par in multiples of one thousand dollars and delivered November 10 1887 at the treasurer's office No 60 State Street. it will not be mailed. T Jefferson Coolidge Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoskeag Manufacturing CO
Uesday
State Street
T. Jefferson Coolldge
Boston
A. Blanchard
T. Jefperon Goouipge
Boston and Maine Railroad Dividend Notice 1887
Dividend of five dollars per share payable November 15 to stockholders of record October 27 at the treasurer's office Boston. A. Blanchard, Treasurer. Also Ashton Valve Company declares 2 percent quarterly dividend payable November 1 and fifty dollar per share semi annual dividend payable December 16 to stockholders of record November 1. Treasurer T Jefferson Gooupige. Northern Railroad to pay three dollars per share November 1 to stockholders of record October 18. George A Kettell, Treasurer. Boston October 15, 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Valve Company
Franklin Street
Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 1887
Boston and Maine publishes a detailed schedule of through trains on Western and Eastern divisions. Listings include departure times from Haymarket and Causeway stations, connections to Augusta, Halifax, Eastport, Rockland, Lewiston, North Conway, Portland, and Maine Central routes with limited days and steamer transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Angor
T. Sohn
Halifax
Provinces
Naymarket St
Eastport
Calais
St. John
N. B
Portland
Haymarket Sq
Rockland
Castine
Southweet
Bar Harbors
Lewiston
Gonecord
N. H
North—Haymarket
North Conway
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox& Lincoln Railways
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Station
Trains depart Boston Haymarket for Aston Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Exeter Great Falls and many northern towns with frequent morning and evening departures. Sunday listings include Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston and other regional stops with multiple daily times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket Square
Aston May
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Maverhill
L & Mj
Georgetown
Mennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Medford
Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Weading
M. Wakefield
Wilmington
Power
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Sowell
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading
Wavy
Boston Area Train Schedule Lists Many Daily Departures
Eastern Division timetable shows trains from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and many other towns including Chelsea Dover Everett and Salem with numerous daily departures and Sunday trains. City ticket office at 306 Washington Street lists James T. Furber as General Manager and D J Flanders as General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Meverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Malls
Ehester
Hampton
Beach
North Mampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Spain
Fiynn
Barbiehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newbury
Port
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Eckport
Gloucester Tranch
Salem
Work Markor & Beach R.R
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Newburyport
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable October 10 1887
Boston station on Causeway street lists through service to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville 92m land7pim to St Johnsbury New art Sherbrooke and via Montreal air line to Montreal Sleeping and parlor cars offered. Local service from Boston includes Manchester Nashua Lowell and surrounding towns with diverse hours and Sunday listings. Timetable states full information at stations and is signed by GEO. W. STORER and GEO. W. MELLEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Wilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin Lebanon
Whiteiver Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newart
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Keene
Peterboro
Blillsboro
Concord
Ford
Amherst
SUN
Lowell
Billerica
Mass
Bedford
Lexington
Arlington
Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
Central Massachusetts R R schedule fragment 1887
Train times listed for Boston to Ware Barre Rutland and surrounding towns with several stops and Sunday timings. Officials named include W Storer and Gen Pass'g’r Ag C and Gen Suvt. Bae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Ware
Barre
Rutland
West Boyston
Oakdale
Tis
Wesen
Sun
M. Rocknatter
Boston to New York and other routes train schedule
Posted timetable lists multiple line departures and returns from Boston to New York and to surrounding towns including Ashmont Barnstable Braintree East Weymouth Milton and several others with numerous daily times across weekdays and weekends. The dense OCR shows extensive minute details for city and regional rail connections and seasonal changes.
Passenger boat schedules from New York and coastal towns
A dated timetable lists arrivals and returns for Fall River Line routes from New York to Weymouth Hingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth Newport Taunton New Bedford Middleboro Brockton and South Braintree with multiple times and stations plus signature GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK as agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
New York
Fall River
Fall River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Hyannis
Braintree
Ami
Cottage City
East Ridgewater
Brockton
Abington
West Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Matapan
Milton
Mattapan
Neponset
Return
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Plymouth
Duxbury
Howover
Bridgewater
Buzzard’s Bay
Airey
Beares
Cohasset
Mingham
Hingham
Taunton
Harrison Square
Newport
New Bedford
North Easton
Stoughton Randolph
Stoughton
Randolph
Seituate
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean Street
Weymouths
Scituate
Marshfield
South Braintree
Reurn
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen
Boston and Providence Rail Route Schedule Update
Rail timetable issued for Monday May 30 1887 showing trains from Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Mail with return times. includes Providence Pawtucket Taunton and towns like Reauville and Peturre with multiple departures and arrivals throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Providence
Timetable Scraps Reveal Transit Schedules and Delays
Fragmented OCR shows bus and train times across West Roxbury, Highlands, and Dedham with returns and later adjustments. It lists daily patterns, late evening departures, and connections with Providence, noting supervisor remarks and route anomalies.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ece
J Kendell
Hollis & Co
R B Goodfellow
F Hayden
B Hurlbert
D Keef
Holt & Thompson
Weiler & Libby
J Keazer
R W Brown
W Fisher
Piper & Blaisdell
G P Flack & Son
Maine Cattle, Beef and Store
G Wells
Benjamin Weston
Madison Bridge
Libby & Son
William Dyer
Pittsfield
Libby & Harriman
I C Libby & Son
W Scollans
R E French
J C Libby & Son
HS Battles
Maine
Hall & Son
H Coolidge & Son
W E Curtis
J H Heng
Libby& Son
Breck & Wood
Aldrich & Johnson
E F Adden
Moulton
F Melntire
Pond
G Kimball
M G Flanders
BS Hastings
N K Campbell
W Ricker & Son
Fs’ Kimball
Flint & Blanchard
HS Butties
French & Adams
Hall & Seaver
JS Henry
Scattering
D Fisher
T Fisher
O C Robinson
Horse Market
HB H Brown
James A Hathaway
BF MelIntire
J M Flanders
A'S Moulton
Tvsse
Lloilos
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Slteamers
Virginia
Sugar Bay State Sugar Refinery
Boston& Maine Railroad
George A. Kettell
Pall River Line
Railroads
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Splendid
Pigrim
Bagenge
L. H. Palmer
Awe Mabey A
Ila Ao
MSU
EIU
Rae
Abzimah
Vis
College
Asay
U.a
Wilhe Ave
Hontreal & West
Reliable Central Vermont
Patman
Pullman
Fiedburg
M. Wayne
Central Seeman K. KR
General Mann
W. Cummings
San St. Albans
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence Railroad
Padre of State
Ron Pyobree
J. W. Richardson
Boston Ae Folsom
Boston & Providence Ri
Concord RE. KR
B. and
Ai. H. E
Cams Pa
Eee
Bae
Whitman
Iton Heights
Pawtucket
Ead
Etna Aay As
Wel
Asa
Vm Oe
Reauville
Sturn
Wan
Xu A
Ss Irn
Dedham
Gor
Boviston
Veturn
Tu i
Vial
Anan
Weve
West Roxbury
Highlands
Stoughten
Mt. Hope
Arren
Brista
Ednesda
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Federal Streets
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