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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1888
Page
7
W Mead owns four cars while R Tuttle has one car and G L Fisher one car. Rice and Holway own one car. JS Chamberlain and Co own two cars, and WO Rogers and Co own two cars.
Pork markets show steady demand and firmer lard with wide quotes across products from long cuts to backs and shoulders. New York and Chicago bids reflect firmer lard and lower egg prices while beef and other meats hold steady with steady loads and regional price ranges.
Sugar trade remains quiet with firm prices for Cuban and Manila sugars. Refined sugars show steady demand at old quotes while wholesale grocers pay 7 1/2 cents for granulated sugar. Molasses markets stay firm with New Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos prices cited, though overall New York trade is quiet.
Stock yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 6132 with active demand. Cattle prices range native cows 2.25 to 2.70, steers 3.10 to 3.40. hog receipts 4003 with prices up 5 cents heavy 6.10 to 6.35, lighter 5.75 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 2371, tone steady 3.40 to 3.75. Cincinnati hogs stronger. Chicago cattle receipts 6000. hogs 11,000 with heavy 5.95 to 6.45, light 5.80 to 6.35. sheep 5000, natives 3.40 to 3.75, western 3.25 to 3.90.
Boston weekly import and export figures show cotton and other goods moving amid rising prices. Liverpool and New York markets firm with light Mississippi crop damage and strong demand. heavy activity in Boston imports across acids oils coal and refined products, with totals across multiple categories and foreign trade partners. Estimated value by country highlights Great Britain and Argentina among top sources and destinations.
Market activity is quiet with steady prices across tallow at 6 6% and 3%2 4c, and prime City at 4c bids on large lots. Coffee from New York to Rio shows higher levels with fair cargoes as demand remains lukewarm, while whiskey in Cincinnati sees active demand and firm pricing at 114 dollars.
Chicago Today quotes price at 120 for market. St Louis notes whiskey steady at 114. New York turpentine closes at 642 36 percent with resin 1e 02 percent 107 and tar 215. Petro eum closes at 648 7Mc with RSW at 74 percent and cases 956c.
Report by George J Fox notes live stock totals and price ranges at Union Market Watertown and beef cattle trade. West shipments were light with several buyers and notable sales by Hathaway Moulton Flanders and Scollans. lambs from Canada Vermont and others strong at around 6 cents per pound.
The listing details extensive shipments to multiple lines including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg and Boston & Maine. Items include wool bales, flour bushs, corn oats wheat, feed, tea, butter, eggs, potatoes, leather and hides, with quantities and box counts noted.
A long list of goods imported aboard ships including Mareca Calabria Santiago and other vessels. Items include window glass steel sheets rags paper stock leather colors nail rooks wax and oils. Multiple firms listed such as Baring Bros & co J A Hayes co and Stone & Downer. Shipments originate from Antwerp CIENFUEGOS Hull and Bay State Sugar with quantities and ware types enumerated.
Ledger of shipments from New Richmond Port Hawkesbury Picton Halifax Yarmouth and trails of mackerel eggs lobsters herring and other produce. Many firms and vessels listed with goods like eggs canned lobsters oil furs and hardware. Wheat receipts at Liverpool and market quotes follow with weather notes in England and Europe.
Shipping list from Digby and Polis Nova Scotia plus St Pierre shows steamer New Brunswick cleared Sept 3 with dry goods hardware groceries millinery and ships supplies. Yarmouth NL steamer lists hardware oil dry goods canned meats cornmeal farm implements and fruit. Amherst NS schooner Harry Morris carries second-hand household effects.
London report notes wheat firm with no corn offerings and one wheat cargo waiting sale off the coast. Prices quoted at Mark Lane and Danubian markets show wheat quiet but firm, with Australian wheat at 33s 6d and shipments to Britain and the Continent detailed. Liverpool and Paris markets show firm wheat, rising corn, and specific price levels for No 1 California and red winter. Weather in England fine. Grand totals list wheat and flour on passage to Britain and to the Continent, plus weekly shipments from Bombay, Kurrachee, and Calcutta for Britain and the Continent.
A regional list names numerous boot and shoe buyers across the United States including O M Pratt of Smith Pratt Merrick in Augusta Georgia, A J Gouley in Craw Georgia, William Mulherin in Baltimore Maryland, D G Rogers in Columbus Ohio, S C Belknap in Chicago, J J Fontius in Cleveland and more. The inventory shows buyers from Cleveland to Detroit, York to Norfolk with firms and locations spanning Georgia to Texas and beyond.
Notice of the third meeting of creditors for Jennie F. Rand at the Court of Insolvency Boston October 12 1888 at 10 a m. Creditors may attend and prove claims. Assignee will present accounts for allowance. Boston Sept 1 1888. Frank E. Fitz 23 Court Street Boston
Leonard C Klaker petitions the Suffolk Superior Court to enforce a mechanic lien against a Glenwood Street building and its Roxbury land. The lot, 44 by 128 feet, is bounded by Glenwood street and adjacent parcels. The lien totals 203 dollars 86 cents for mouldings and labor under a contract with Charles A Jefferson acting for George W Soren of New York, owner at the time. Estate matters handled by Gaston & Whitney.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Superior Court Suffolk 13 July sitting orders petitioner to publish notice in Boston Post of pending petition to Soren and interested parties. Court requires appearance on the 61st Monday of October 1883 to show cause why petition should not be granted. Clerk Jos. A. Willard and assistant clerk Edwd A Willard attest.
Through trains on western and eastern divisions list Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with times for Bangor Bar Harbor St John Halifax Eastport Calais and Portland connections. Included are Maine Central Grand Trunk and Lincoln lines with Haymarket and Causeway Street departures and multiple daily sailings and steamer links from Portland and Halifax.
A dense list details trains from Boston to Alton Exay Rochester Farmington Andover and many Massachusetts towns with various departure times throughout the day and a Sunday schedule. The array includes routes to Wilmington Wakefield Melrose Malden Medford Newburyport and other hubs with morning afternoon and evening services. The fare also hints at a weekday and Sunday service pattern across multiple lines.
A dense OCR fragment lists varied train times, stations, and routes including Riverside, Newton Highlands, and Worcester area services. It mixes weekday and Sunday patterns with numerous times, destinations, and local station names, suggesting a timetable page with partial legibility.
An array of timetable fragments lists multiple stations including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Lynn Salem Rockport Gloucester and Newburyport with varied departure times across morning noon and evening. The garbled OCR includes notes on branches and special trains such as Workingmen's trains andthursday and saturday operations.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous times for Belmont and Waverley routes including morning and afternoon departures, via Miller's Falls, and Brattleboro connections with notations like ROR runs and irregular digits, rendering a partial schedule.
Timetabled departures and arrivals for Cape Cod Division trains from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and other Cape towns. Lists morning and Sunday schedules with multiple stops including Bourne, Chatham, Wellfleet, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Wareham, Nantucket, and Woods Hall, with times and via notes.
Fragmented timetable for Providence Division trains listing departures and destinations such as Attleboro Canton Junction and Central and Reslindaie. Includes Sundays and weekday patterns with numerous times, stations, and notes about additional trains and lines.
The notice lists train times for the Northern Division from Boston through Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster and Fitchburg with various departures at 7.15 am 11.05 am 2.15 pm 4.30 pm 6.25 pm 11.15 pm including Sunday and Wednesday/Saturday only services. It cites timetable offices at the Old State House Boston and names L. Con Gen Passr Agent as issuing agent dated July 1 1888.
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