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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1884

Page

3

Money Market in Boston Beset by Low Rates and Bank Movements

Boston money market remains easy with lenders offering low rates and bank liquidity tightens as large cash back to lenders reduces mercantile paper. New York exchange holds at par plus small premium, call money varied with security. banking sector shows mixed strength and pending policy debate at Saratoga bankers’ convention on currency expansion.

Boston New York Exchange Corporation Bankers’ Convention Saratoga John Thompson Congress Secretary of the Treasury Bank of England Portland Lloyds B. Hussey Bolivia Iquique Pabellon de Pica Liverpool Boston Harbor Hussey Russell Harvard College Samuel Bunting

Reece Button-Hole Machine declares 1 percent dividend

The Reece Button-Hole Machine company announces a quarterly dividend of one percent payable October 1. Richardson, Hill & Co. handle stock orders with private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily stock quotations available at No 40 Water Street Boston.

Reece Button-Hole Machine Company Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street United States Great Britain Fyadc Mobile Cincinnati New Orleans Wilmington Augusta Louisville Memphis Chicago John H. George Boston and Lowell Railroad American Express Company Baltimore and Ohio Road Pullman Way Detroit

Closing Prices and Stock Highlights from Market Ledger

The report lists closing prices for bonds and stocks across multiple sectors, with figures for rails, mining, telephones, and miscellaneous listings. Key lines show value movements for Denver ext, KCS&M6s, NY&N E, Ore R & N C, and Union Pacific among others, alongside ex-dividend notices and trading ranges.

Nm&s P Ny&n E NY & N Ye Suston & Alb Bos & Maine Bu & Q KaCy S & M Ile Quincy S. Bos A Bell T Eng Atchison Mexican Central Boston Penneceee EE Atch Santa Fe Atlantic & Pacific Bowman Ccocescsess Godanza Dev Boston Water Power Guseil Tummel Woods Pac Ccccercessenseee Ocatalpa Mining Cedar Spring Dunkin Ccncesssesesen Dian Se Union Pacific

New York Financial Markets Fall as Granger Earnings Loom

New York September 1 traders report money easy on call while stocks remain weak and prices slide, led by Granger earnings rumors and fresh quarterly reports from New York Central and others. Key rail and union lines decline with some firmer pockets in Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific amid heavy selling. Total shares traded around 209,400 with mixed final quotes.

Boston New York Times New York Levi C. Wade Mexico Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Kansas Atlantic and Pacific Kansas City San Francisco Albuquerque Needles Colorado River Southern Pacific Mojave Junction St. Louis Union Pacific Jay Gould Broadway Gould Mr. Ames Ames Adams Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Road Chicago and Eastern Illinois Company Bell Telephone Enie The Erie Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company Manchester Lowell Glidden New England Ingham New England Telephone Company Crawbaugh Vail Bell Company Syracuse Downs Prime Mercantile New York Central Northwest St. Paul Lackawanna Louisville and Nashville Lake Shore Missouri Pacific Kansas and Texas Northern Pacific Western Union Granger Trunk Line City Cincinnati—Park St Louis Milwaukee Chicago Western Steam South America Cincinnati King and Butchers Union Stock Yards Montana Wyoming

Debts, cash in treasury and market reports summary

Debt totals show principal 1,216,526,400 with interest 10,205,203.48 and non interest debt items including old notes and certificates. total debt and cash in treasury noted with month end figures. Reports from coal and iron markets discuss suspension ideas, price movements, and a proposed mutual insurance for rubber firms. crop condition notes cover cotton and grain across southern states with varying yields and drought impacts.

United States Transportation Betwice Cevevescsm Sloan Philadelphia Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Mutual Insurance Corporation F. M. Shepard Goodyear Rubber Company Times-Democrat Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Yazoo County North Carolina South Carolina Texas Jefferson Salwon Falls Great Falls Lewistown Bates Mills Commercial Exchange

Liverpool and London market notes on wheat and provisions

Commercial reports from Liverpool show winter wheat at 7s 7s 34, spring at 63 11d 7s, California averages 7s 7is 2d, club 7s 4d 7s 8d, corn 58 5d, and peas 63 8d. Provisions list pork 773 6d and bacon 493 6d 5ss 6d, lard 39s 3d, cheese 50s, tallow 363, with London noting breadstuffs full but steady.

Commercial Liverpool California Lara London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane

Oceanic Import Ledger Totals by Steamship Lines

A detailed ledgers list imports at multiple ports including Boston, London, Savannah, Charlottetown and Glasgow. Items cover steel, glassware, pottery, leather goods, rags, paper stock, rosin, coffee, hides, lumber, canned fish, and chemicals. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros & Co, Naylor & Co, Horace Partridge & Co, Ives Bellamy & Co, and Brown Bros & Co appear as consignors or agents with quantities ranging from single cases to thousands of barrels, crates, and bales for various steamer shipments.

London Eng Durham City Baring Bros & Co Abram French & Co Steel Naylor & Co Horace Partradge & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co Thos Groom & Co Horace Partridge & Co Waldo Bros Blake Bros & Co Hoxie & Co Webster King & Co Iron Naylor Moulton & Goodwin Oilmen’s Savannah Gate City Pamedeck Boston Rubber Shoe Co Billings & Eaton Batley Lancaster & Co Leonard & Clark Dumber Lewis Boots Marquete & Varney P Morse George McQuester E Newball Ozledain Stark & Co Rosin H Winslow Parker, van Wart & Co Plymouth Cordage Co Peters Remick & Co Hichardson & Dennie Safford & Sargent Sampson Snelling Stetson, Mosely & Co Charlottetown Pel Worcester Arthur & Co Brayton & Harrizon Knight Mead Rockwell & Son Russell & Co Ring Oliver Smith Sanborn Sanborn—2 Dodo KE H Tobey—61 Bbis Mackerel Whitney, Pousland & Co Winsor & Son Cutler Griffin & Co Storey Beaman Bros Jona Bigelow & Co Delong & Seaman Dudley & Co Western Express Glasgow Scot Waldensian R Leeson & Co Naper Moors & Co Ford Seavey, Forter & Bowman Mica Union Mica Mining Co Campbell American Tool and Machine Co Salmon E T Russell & Co Phelens Hull Sorrento Charles G Lundell Charcoal Iron Naylor, Benzop G Hail & Co Jones & Co Yarmouth Steamer Dominion Jones.& Co G Hall & Co Moise Thos Dame Sydney McDonald Job & Co Flora Wilde Ayer J. C. Ayer & Co Lowell Mass

Trade totals by region and commodity in imperial markets

A historical roundup lists weekly values for England, Porto Rico, and the Caribbean as well as other territories. It catalogs imports such as dry goods, sugar, hemp, molasses, and raw rubber, with figures for Jamaica, Bahamas, Haiti, Mexico, and more, highlighting broad trade figures and commodity groups.

England Porto Rico Trinidad Guadeloupe SUGAT ST. Lucia SUGAL Mexico Cccca Cvessnese Jamaica Bahamas Eykeo Buenos Ayres Belgium Dominion OF Canada Italy Cape OF Good Hope Cuba Manila China

Haphazard Trade Ledger of Commodities and Countries

A scrambled OCR ledger lists commodities such as naval stores tar and pitch fats oils and lubricants and diverse goods including fish soap sugar and molasses. It notes values by country England Nova Scotia Chile and others totaling 1 492 978 dollars across various items like beef butter coffee spices tobacco and cotton fabrics.

Esee Brass Wales Emgland Nova Scova Newfoundland and Labrador Quebec Sweden Noorway

Commodity listings from railroad and coastal trade ledger

A dense OCR of freight items lists quantities of grains, foods, oils, animals, textiles, and other goods by railway lines and sea routes. Entries mention potatoes, wool, butter, beans, oats, flour, beef, sugar, coffee, leather, hides, and bales with varying units and transport modes across multiple locations and carriers.

Staple Receipts at Port Sept 1 1884 vs 1883

A table lists totals for principal staples at the port including transit, comparing 1884 and 1883. Items include cotton bales, molasses, wool, butter, flour, cheese, eggs, oats, wheat, beans, malt, apples, millfeed, potatoes, tallow, hay, beef, pork, lard, leather, tongues, hides, grease, bacon, skins, tea, molasses, pelts, and other goods with quantities in bales, cases, bbls, bushels, and tons across the two years.

Boston and Albany Rand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Astern Maine Raiload Lowell Rai Peabody, Salem

Business Troubles and Rail War Crises across Cities

The Halstead Haines and Co sale ends with 380000 dollars realized. Day Bros creditors meet in Northampton to choose an assignee. Paulding Kemble & Co assign due to Foundry Association suspension. Electric Cable Manufacturing and Eber Brewing also assign. Wabash strikes a deep fare cut to St Louis triggering a western passenger war and broker boycotts amid receiver actions.

Day Bros Northampton Mass Josephus Crafts Paulding, Kemble & Co Cold Spring N. Y West Point Foundry Association Gouverneur James N. Paulding Peter and Gouverneur Kemble Gouverneur Paulding Foundry Association Kemble Coal and Iron Company Halstead, Haines & Co Electric Cable Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia Eber Brewing Company Quincy Russell & Co Bankers Zanesville Chicago Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company Cleveland, O Suffolk County Commonwealth Henry H. Kimball Pacific National Bank William Bassett Albion Street New York Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway St. Louis Wabash Brokers’ Association

Court Record from September Term Instructs Grand Jury

The September term opened with jury instructions and a report due Saturday. John J. Gallagher arraigned for perjury pleaded not guilty and held on 2000 bail. Lyman Duffy held on 1000 bail for breaking and entering. Dr Townsend, once convicted of blackmail, released on 5000 bail. Charlie Street jail holds 161 prisoners, 97 for trial, 22 for sentence, 9 for other, 4 for witnesses, 2 for fines and costs, 1 judgment editor.

John J. Gallagher Lyman Duffy Dr. Townsend Charlies Street

Probate notices list numerous wills admitted in Judge McKim

Wills of many deceased persons including John Floyd Juliette Binney Johannah Ruddie Sarah Beals and others have been admitted to probate. Letters of administration issued for estates of several named individuals including Mary J Davies Henry F Miller John C Smith Lizzie E Beck and more in the same matter.

John Floyd Juliette P. Binney Johannah Ruddie Sarah R. Beals Benjamin Lincoln Catharine A. Tuttle Prudence M. Rogers Elizabeth McCulpha Bridget Travers Ellen G. Peirce Jean Baptiste Dolidon Benjamin F. Wing Mary E. Dana Eleanor Derby Fanny RK. Dudley Michael O’leary William Loney George W. Cummings

Municipal Court Sept 1 arraignments and fines list

In the central court Judge Parmenter arraigned James Doherty for assault held in 200 dollars. Mary J. Craig larceny case continued Monday. Frank Wilson larceny six months in house of industry. Joseph Thomas assault held in 200 dollars. John L. Stevens third drunk six months in house of industry and assault fined one dollar and costs. Charlestown court James Gillis assault fined 10 dollars and costs. Phillip Riley larceny held 800 dollars for superior court. East Boston Thomas Scott malicious mischief fined 10 dollars and costs. Roxbury Patrick Foley fined 20 dollars and costs for neglecting to support minor child. Thomas Bull Jr fined 10 dollars and costs for walking on railroad track. H Kennedy larceny fined 15 dollars and costs.

Central Court James Gillis Phillip Riley East Boston Thomas Scott Roxbury Patrick Foley Thomas Bull, Jr H. Kennedy

A Remarkable Mystery of Billy Patterson’s Payer

A Baltimore note merchant Patterson was struck during a mortgage collection in Carnesville Franklin county. He offered 1000 reward for the assailant. Mrs Jennie Corey of Athol N Y says her father Geor W Tilleston struck him and seeks the reward after a copy of the will was sent to her.

Patterson Betsey Patterson Jerome Bonaparte Baltimore Carnesville Franklin County Billy Patterson Jennie G. Corey Athol Warren County N. Y Geor W. Tilleston

Raymond Whitcomb Tours Expand To California Winter Parties

Messrs Raymond and Whitcomb continue winter excursions to California after two years of effort. The Hotel del Monte at Monterey hosts guests, with 135 excursionists last season staying months. Two trips begin November 6 and January 8, lasting two months, then Pacific coast visits. A Sand Wich Islands venture may follow in spring aboard Oceanic Steamship Company steamers. Inquiries to W Raymond 240 Washington street.

Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb Pacific Coast California Hotel del Monte Monterey San Francisco Sandwich Islands Oceanic Steamship Company W. Raymond Washington Street

Our City Hotels Fill With Southern and Western Merchants

The city hosts crowds of southern and western merchants buying goods for fall and winter trade. The political year is presidential, with business outlook better than expected. Crops are abundant and harvest nears completion. America can feed 50 million children and 56 million overseas. The speaker asserts pride in the country and urges action on public health and monuments.

America Bartholdi

Wreck of Tallapoosa Sparks Witty Exchange Aboard Gale City

A passenger aboard the Gale City recalls a remark by officers and crew after the Tallapoosa collision. They discussed Mrs. Chandler and her trunk, remarking she would fuss like her for not saving it. The anecdote highlights the mood aboard following the wreck.

Boston Post Gale City Chandler Gate City

Canadian National association and Toronto fair notes

A Toronto movement the Canadian National association promotes independence from England with 350 members at Toronto University. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition opens September 10 with an electric railway and events including a grand firemen’s demonstration. Notable visits by officials are planned, while political shifts show liberal gains in Lennox.

Toronto England Canadian National Association Toronto University Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Ontario Grand International Firemen John Macdonald Montreal Hawley Lennox Roe Dominion John A. Macdonald House of Commons

Office banter about cholera in New York Graphic humor

In the New York Graphic a funny man jokes with a proof-reader about fear of cholera. The proof-reader quips that no one in the office need fear the disease if they can endure six months of the jokester’s puns. The exchange ends with a wry jab at workplace morale.

New York Graphic

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