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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1888
Page
7
Chamberline and W O Rogers report a strong week with 142 cars received, compared with 50 last year. Since season start 838 cars have arrived, up from 135 at the same point last year, with a large train expected Monday morning.
Receipts for the week include pork 337 bbls, beef 23 bbls, 133 car tons fresh, lard 1374 tierces, 995 cases and 1765 packages, hams 375 bbls and 326 tierces, bacon 5768 boxes, tallow 239 bbls and 56 tierces, grease 334 bbls and 93 packages, tongues 20 bbls, preserved meats 2375 boxes, live hogs 16273. Last year’s week lists larger pork 492 bbls, beef 37 bbls, lard 2339 tierces, 894 cases and 2742 pigs, bacon 8711 oxes, and live hogs 23673. Markets show pork in steady demand, lard firm, smoked meats steady. prices quoted for various cuts in multiple cities including New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati with ranges from 7c to 19c for different meats and by the hundredweight or package.
Raw sugars stay firm and quiet amid steady refined activity. Havana and Matanzas warehouses hold 22 000 bags and 1150 hhds with weekly receipts and exports tallied. Prices for Muscovado and centrifugal sugars are listed with polarization, while freight figures to the United States are noted in gold.
Cotton brokers report Liverpool prices firmer at dawn, while Southern selling of guano cotton steadies the close. Louisiana and Mississippi face rain damage, August manipulation ends, and market minds expect tighter supply ahead. Planters brace for delayed movement due to high bagging costs and rail rate cuts. New York quot at 10 3 4c to 8 1 4c nearby. futures opened firm, closed steady.
Consolidated one day totals show net receipts 4609 with exports to Great Britain 402 and total U S port stock 183605. Regional figures list Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point and others with varied receipts, stocks, sales and exports. Agha York Cotton Exchange closed Monday September 3.
Stock yards report slow cattle trade at weak prices in Kansas City with receipts of 2760 cattle and 1495 hogs while sheep 1988 steady. Chicago cattle receipts 5000 slow and 10 to 15 cents lower with hogs 6000 receipts dull and weaker. Cincinnati hogs stronger. Western and Texas cattle and lambs show varied demand and prices across markets.
Market notes show quiet demand and uncharged prices for tallow and coffee in New York. Whiskey, turpentine, and petroleum markets hold steady with last reports, turpentine closing at 36 1 2 cents and resin, tar, and petroelum figures noted. RSW and case prices listed.
Imports and exports list ships and consignments across Havana Matanza s Boston Jamaica Port Antonio Port au Prince Liverpool plus numerous merchants and goods. The ledger details steamer Navarro Hondo Progress Orlando Cephalonia and many firms including J G Freeman Green Knaebel & Co F Austin & Co and Baring Bros & Co with bags of sugar cocoanuts hides limes logwood and vast cargoes of textiles hardware and wares.
A long, fragmented shipping list from Windsor to Kingston detailing exports and cargoes. Items include flour cornmeal lard beef soap and refined oil at Windsor, beef cornmeal pig iron whiskey tar stove linings acid and other goods at Saint Joan, various commodities in Charlottetown and Halifax, and steamer and schooner cargoes in Port Acadia Kingston and Kingston Jamaica. Entires mention quantities such as 650 barrels flour 212 barrels cornmeal 15 barrels refined oil and 25 half barrels flour across multiple ships and ports. The document reads as a logistical ledger of ocean trade with numerous unit counts and assorted goods.
A compact ledger of shipments and staples across several railroads. Boston and Albany reports wool, flour, corn, oats, malt, millfeed, tallow, grease, beef, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, straw, lumber, leather, hides and skins in diverse quantities. Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony railroads itemize similar wool, flour, cornmeal, corn, oats, malt, bacon, tea, coffee, hams, potatoes, and related staples.
Legal notices announce probate citations for Margaret Ruthven of Cambridge and Daniel Leahy of Cambridge, with publication in the Boston Post. Citations require appearances on specified September dates to show cause and to comply with filing, administration, and recording actions.
Railroads schedule lists many daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway streets for Augusta Bangor Portland Bar Harbor and other points. Special trains include Boston and Mt Desert Limited Express with extra fare and steamships from Portland on select days. Multiple stations and times across Maine New Hampshire and nearby locales are shown.
Boston and Albany Railroad timetable page lists numerous departures and connections to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and New York from Boston station Kneeland Street and through tickets to all points. Frequent trains throughout the day include morning and evening departures with several cross connections at Northampton Worcester Palmer and other towns. Dining car service noted on select trains with express options to New York and frequent stops along the route.
A ledger style summary lists hundreds of freight items shipped by New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine and other lines. Wool bales, flour sacks, oats, millfeed, tea, coffee, sugar and goods in bales, boxes, barrels and casks are itemized with counts and divisions by railroad division and carrier. The entries show volumes by bales, boxes, bbls, and tons, including leather, hides, pelts, eggs, dairy products, and produce, across multiple routes and consignments.
Foreign markets report steady to firmer prices in London Paris and Liverpool with wheat quiet at times yet firm in Paris and Liverpool. California wheat shipments loom with futures climbing while spring and winter wheats hold firm and corn prices show steadiness amid a broad demand landscape.
Bye Andersigned hereby gives notice that he has been appointed assignee of the estate of G Philip Morrill of Boston insolvent debtor. The second meeting of his creditors will be held at the Court of Insolvency at Boston September 7 1888 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which meeting creditors may be present and prove their claims. Frank E Fitz 23 Court Street.
Massachusetts Superior Court Suffolk? requests a divorce decree for Hattie A. Wardwell of Boston from Charles W. Wardwell now of Cleveland Ohio. She alleges long desertion beginning July 1 1882 and ongoing for over three years. Date August 31 1888.
The Suffolk Superior Court orders libellant to publish the libel and order in Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve Wardwell at his last known address to show cause by the first Monday of October. Clerk Jos. A. Willard files and attests the true copy.
A dense list of Western Division departure times and stops from multiple towns including Rochester Farmington Andover Exeter Great Par is Georgetown and more. It covers weekday and Sunday trains with numerous early morning and afternoon slots, noting connections at North Lawrence Malden Melrose Highlands and Sielrose among others.
A dense listing of rail services departing from Boston Causeway Street to numerous towns including Amesbury Biddeford Chelsea Dover Great Falls Rochester Hampton Kynan Marblehead Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro North Conway Peabody Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport Gloucester Salem and more with frequent morning and evening times, various through services and notes on branches and special trains. The schedule cites dozens of stations, times, and service patterns across multiple days and regions.
Fragmentary timetable lists Cape Cod division departures to Buzzards Bay and multiple towns with inconsistent times and misspellings. Entries include Barnstable Chatham Hyannis Falmouth Onset Provincetown Sandwich Wellfleet Wareham and Woods Hall with varied 9.00 am start times and afternoon departures, plus Sunday trains toward Buzzards Bay and surrounding areas.
The document lists Providence Division timetable details with numerous routes, stations, and Sunday changes. It notes departures from Park Sau New Work and Shore Line at 11.30 pm Sundays, and new 6.30 pm times with varied Sunday exceptions, covering Canton to Hyde Park, Foxboro, Readville, Attleboro, India Point, Heights, and multiple towns, including adjustments by day and location.
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