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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1883

Page

3

Money Market Report and Exchange Rates

The money market remains quiet with moderate enquiry for funds. Banks discount mercantile paper mostly at 5 to 6 percent. Loans on call with collateral range 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 percent. Clearing balances 3 percent. New York funds discounted 12 to 15 cents per $1,000. Foreign exchange quiet with London bills at 48 2 to 48 5. Paris francs 52 3 to 52 3 1/2 per dollar. Reichmarks 94 1/2 to 95. Government securities listed.

Boston New York London Paris Belmont SUMAC Sicily Canada Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Delaine Texas Georgia California New Zealand Montevideo

Market Summary From New York September 5

On call money 2 percent with good supply. Prime mercantile paper 4.6 percent. Bar silver 1093, subsidiary coin 4 discount. Foreign exchange quiet at 4.81 for long and 4.854 for short sight. Rail bonds firm with several issues advancing to new highs. coal shares lag due to alleged manipulation. Stocks closed mixed with notable gains for Louisville and Nashville and Northwest while Reading and Jersey Central slid. Transactions totaled 403,300 shares.

New York Burlington and Quincy Evansville Terre Haute Jersey Central Kansas City and Northern Ohio Central Milwaukee St. Paul Texas and Pacific Denver Rio Grande Reading Lackawanna Northwest Oregon Transcontinental Louisville Nashville Canada Southern Missouri Pacific Union Pacific Northern Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Texas Pacific Wabash and Western Western Union Gould Sage Sinasmuch Williams New York Central Omaha Lake Shore Erie & W Michigan Manhattan Memphis Northwestern New Jersey Ohio &Mississppi Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Dec Phila St.l.& Pa Ing Milwaukee &St.p St. P Ee Ieee No Pacific Oregon Trans Golla SBE Canada Pa Green Hull Reading Co Capaepia Philadelphia Nova Scotia Cumberland Clearfield Franklin Java Maracaibo Rio Liverpool Shellac D C Otto Gambier

Liverpool cheese and butter markets listed with prices

A dated market report from Liverpool and New York Mercantile Exchange shows creamery butter, cheese, and egg prices, with firm tone noted. Chicago grain and hog receipts and prices along with larded and stockyard figures accompany the report. A Berkshire steamer arrival with 750 barrels of sweet potatoes and peaches cars are listed for shipment.

Liverpool John E. Whitworth New York Mercantile Exchange Eastern Creamery Western Eastern Chicago Chicago Park Berkshire Norfolk Boston New York and New England Railway

Boots and shoe trade brisk amid September activity reports

The fall boot and brogan trade stays strong with orders flooding factories into October. Retail demand is waning while wholesale buyers stock up. shipments this week reach 73,467 cases and year to date 1,880,254, with Chicago and New York among major shipment points and many regional cities listed.

Chicago San Francisco Cal St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Nashville St. Joseph Des Moines Minneapolis Minn Dubuque Kansas City Dayton Buffalo Rochester Toledo Lynchburg New York City Vicksburg Miss Columbus Ft Wayne Ind Indianapolis Evansville Omaha Neb Grand Rapids Mich Montgomery Ala Mobile Detroit Milwaukee Wis Richmond Norfolk Knoxville Tenn Charleston Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah San Antonio Tex Dallas Charlotte Chattanooga Ft Smith Ark Farmersville Fayetteville Greenville Lancaster Meridian Openka Pine Bluff Petersburg Rome Springfield Wiliamsport Denver Col Portsmouth Bloomington Davenport Wheeling Quincy, Il Allegheny Akron Washington, DC Athens York Wilmington Austin Houston Columbia, SC Ft Worth Easton Selma Shreveport Elmira Utica Hornelsville Troy

Receipts of Staple Products Across Multiple Railroads

List of cargo movements and quantities for September 5 detailing wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, barley, tallow, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, calf skins, meal, grease, and goods sent by Maine, Easterroad, Grand Junction, By Sea, Peabody and Salem Expresses, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence Railroads and others. Includes bales, bushels, barrels, sacs, boxes, cases, rolls, and sides across numerous routes.

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

Total Receipts of Staple Products September 5

The table shows receipts of principal staples at this port from shipments, comparing with last year. Figures include cotton bales, molasses cases, wool, butter, flour, cheese, cornmeal, eggs, corn, beans, oats, wheat, potatoes, barley, hay, rye, lumber, millfeed, leather, tallow, pork, lard, hides, grease, skins, pelts, tea, sugar, and kips. Notable entries: flour 5,610 barrels. flour sacks 8,286. wheat 5,866 bushels. corn 53,986 bushels. pork 83 barrels. lard 125 tierces. hides 30310 pounds of hides. The column notes some reductions in the 1882-83 period and partial in-transit amounts.

St Domingo Enred Bank Nova Seickie Shore Oe Ste Nova Scotia Bank Haddock Prince Edward Island Halifax Minnesota Bae Wituter St Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Illinois London Valencia Sultana Smyrna Turkey Palermo Messina Warren Powder Mills Eureka Loston Sporting du Pont Manilla Slac Rio Grande Montevideo India Buenos Ayres Buffalo Dufi Hsion Russia Barbadoes Porto Rico Wilmington Oakum Calcutta Boston Maguires Labrador Bank Do Straits Do Menhaden Elaine Kentucky Manila Paris Rochelle Oriental Centennial West Soneow City and Western Country Boards of Trade Boston Produce Exchange Ganton Utica N. Y Little Falls Elgin St., Albans Montreal Vermont Nova Scotia Prince Edward's Island New Brunswick Canada Rhode Islands Portlands Jerseys Baltimores Codlin Astr Williams Tletts Massachusetts Vinelands Texas Worcester County Parkers Nedrk Ieee Philadelphia England Pacific Coast New England Franklin Hampshire Hampton Counties Connecticut Suffield Rangoon Dsc Patna Liverpool T. Martin's Trapmi Yond Marks Island Eesskins Waco Kips, Duce Uplands New Orleans Slic Nec English Island St. Domingo City Extra South America State Pennsylvania Chicago Congo

Imports at Boston and Glasgow and Guantanamo trade list

A dense shipping manifest lists imports at Boston ANNAPOLIS and Glasgow with steamer cargoes including butter eggs potatoes and removals, plus iron pig iron bricks herring and fowl. Guantanamo schooner Wm Buck and Demerara bark St Lawrence appear with tonnage and sugar consignments.

Glasgow Scot R Leeson & Co Linder & Meyer L C Chase Ford H White & Co Geo Fisher Guantanamo Wm Buck Continental Sugar Ligeum Vita Demerara St Lawrence RC Cushman Co

Live Stock Market Totals and Arrivals by State

Detailed listings show cattle, sheep, calves, horses, and swine by state totals, farm classes, and yard arrivals. Prices span market beef and store cattle, plus assorted hides, tallow, pelts, and calfskins, with classifications for cattle and sheep by quality and age.

Export cattle and sheep trade and weekly yard sales

The report details extensive cattle and sheep exports with five steamers sailing for Glasgow Liverpool and London carrying thousands of cattle and hundreds of sheep. It lists numerous consignors including J A Hathaway J Blair AE Goodfellow Linzham & O Brine and George A Sawyer and notes steady market prices for cattle at Boston and Albany yards Watertown and Brighton with mixed lots of sheep and lambs sold at varying rates. It highlights veal calves and dairy stock activity in Maine Vermont Massachusetts and western states and mentions the rally in dressed beef prices and a robust veal and poultry trade.

P& L N.hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Watertown Boston Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern Maine New York Newee Old Colony Providence N. B Thi & Shaw Wood & Breck J C Marshall H Infreon FS Kimball M Tyler G B Evens Hai J Carroll Farrar & Combs WI Bragg WG Townsend J S Henry JD Hosmer J Liman J C Burgess O C Robinson E Smith W Fisher B Hurlbert Fisher Monroe Hillis & Co G Leavitt Farrell & Stetson Pitch & Hames George A Sawyer JE Thomas Hathaway & Jackson Canada C H Potter Hastings M Lanronette Liverpool Cattie Scandinavian Glasgow J A Hathaway J Blair AE Goodfellow Linzham & O'Brine Marathon George H Hammond & Co Iowa C M Acre & Co J Black A E Goodfellow D Mcintosh Newcattle City London Buigation J McShane T Bonner Llyrian A N Monroe Lingham & O F Jewett & Co Sigc F H Coolidge Scattering George Baldwins Brighton Landing AN Monroe Chicago Fitch & Hanes Crelch C O Rowe Brighton Hollis & Co Aay Jersey Libby & Son C O Howe Ayreshire Durham Coolidge & Son Ward & Breck

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Prices Across Cities

Cotton market steady with mid to low middling in New Orleans and Savannah. New York firm cotton, mixed grain and flour futures with varied receipts. Reports cover Philadelphia and other ports, with notable activity in New Orleans, Galveston, Charleston, and Louisville. futures and cash prices show firmness in some regions and softness in others.

Rders Penas Boston New York Hardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore Water Street Philadelphi Imid Savannah Ressee Sseenerssee New Orleans Louis Louisville Middlin Baltow Great Britain Memphis Mid. Lolge Galveston Charleston Esscose ION Ee Wilmington Maanesess Norfola

Southern Pacific Land Grab and Rail Earnings Report

A Washington despatch notes protest against issuing land grant certificates to the Southern Pacific Railroad and against filings by New Orleans Pacific Railroad. It also covers changes on the Fitenbur rail line, leadership shifts at the Southwestern Railway, and earnings comparisons for Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific, Long Island, St Paul, Hannibal and St. Joseph, Rome Watertown Ogdensburg, and Mobile and Ohio railroads for July and August 1883, highlighting growth and projected leadership.

Boston Western Railroad Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Southern Kansas Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Evening Post Supreme Court of Massachusetts Creditabilier Company Union Pacific Railway Company Union Padge Credit Mobilier Union Pacific Bookkeeping Rawlins Wyoming Yellowtone Park John R. Bothell New York Lowon Unionacific Central Pacific Railways Bothwell Oola Lakes Col. Wallace Ofennsylvania Eastern Ton Maine Tchburg Newland Newport Passumpshilroad Company Expt Henry C. Cleveland Coven Elijah Cleve New Southern Pacific Washington Dunn Secretary of the Interior Gen. Rosecrans Cobb Department Southern Pacific Railroad Company Texas Pacifico Railroad New Orleans Pacific Railroad Company New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Robert Codman Fitenbur Wm. B. Stearns Hoosac Codman Southwestern Railway Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific Missouri Pacific Road Marion and Indianapolis Marion Independence Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Newport News Montreal Chapman Syndicate Southeastern Railway Messrs Chapman Martin Long Island Railroad Company St. Paul Hannibal and St. Joseph Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Mobile and Ohio Railroad

Financial wires report from London and Liverpool markets

Atlantic and Great Western 1sts 419%, Erie 317%, Illinois Central 13219, Pennsylvania 5934. Wheat and corn quiet on passage. flour and corn values steady. Liverpool markets show wheat quiet, cotton firm with high sales. London wool sales active. Havana sugar and gold prices steady as exchange dull.

London Atlantic and Great Western Erie Illiois Central Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Reading New York, Ontario and Western St. Paul Common

Barker Dearing and other Boston area nuptials

Notices record multiple 19th century Boston area marriages and nuptials: Joshua E Barker to Emma Dearing in Boston. Walter F Bicknell of Boston to Sarebh A Chase of Portland. Inez E Simmons to Gibbons Hayes in Boston. John Work to Matilda M Apperly in Boston. Ebenezer A Witherell of Abington to Delia 8 Lewis of Charlestown.

Work Apperly Boston John Wright John Work Matilda M Apperly Witherelis—Lewis Charlestown W T Perrin Ebenezer A Witherell Abington Delia Lewis

Death notices from Medford and surrounding towns

Deaths list includes Kate Adams 18 from Medford, Daniel Bullard 72 from Sherbur, William Cobleigh, George Carter, Isaiah Goodwin 63, William Gilbert 21, Josephine Guild 40, Mary Hamill 25, Magdalena Heidenrich 64, Edward Hennessey 62, Jacob Holmes 71, Elija Meers 82, Agnes McMillan 83, William Russell 4, Ellen Robins Rye Beach NH, Alice Whitney 5 months, plus a note on Massachusetts mortality for week ending Sept 1 1883 with population estimates and town figures.

Adams Medford Kate Elizabeth Adams Bullard Sherbur Daniel W Bullard Cobleigh South Boston William A Cobleigh Cambridge George P Carter Goodwin West Medford Isaiah Goodwin Revere Street Boston Gilbert William A Gilbert Guild West Roxbury Josephine George K Guild Hamill Mary E Hamill Heidenrich Magdalena Heidenrich Henn&ssy Edward Hennessy Holmes Cambridgeport Jacob R Holmes R McKendry Crooked Tree Elija Meers Canton Mecmillan Southport Eng Agnes Jackson McMillan Russell Dorchester William A Sol Smith Alice A Russell Robbins Rye Beach Ellen Hedges Robins Chandler Robbins Whitney Newton Lower Falls Alice Whitney

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Bost Finance and Trade Berlington S Quincy Pacific R. L. Day & Co Tas National Mame Isasas Ssscdneseus Socerdveeale Brockton Nat Bank Cccecevescustahedeuncessecs Waumken MANU Nic WeeSe Horee Ris Beach Cassesseveseeves Iloe L&d St. Louis Co Sesewseenena Goisibseuses Topeka & Santa Fe National Tube Works Cccesecesssessunes Sss Loo Amencad Electric Francis Henshaw & Co Atlas National Bank Lake Champ'nim Burlington & Missouri Washington Ming. Oye Revere Beach & Lynn Rad Dover Womdh Bee Highland Street Rae Fire and Marine Insurance Highland Street Railway San. & Cleve Seeeseees Lode Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Tee Bowker Burl & Quincy Burlington & Missouri Riv New England Mortgage Security Company Mile Street Saltonstall Llerton Pratt Farnsworth R Austin Corbin J. Baxter Upham Francis A. Osborn Sidt Santos Ae S. Wigglesworth Syron P. Bush HA Atkins Ohn Webster Amos T. Prothingham Arles L. Fun F. Brewster le Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company O. Square Perp Boston Stock Exchange Brokers’ Board Baleo Lo’st Stem Top Santa Fe At. & PA Igi Cesses Evewense Boston Water Power Mfg. Co Mel Tel Osccese Catalpa Eben Tol . Cin. & Sf NEW York Financial East Tenn Ian Fort Wayne Bonston Sland Bos Hart & Erie Lou N. Alb Man Peenesechcasves P’k & Pac St. Lissescens Kan Pac Evesseesens Lehigh Esessece Mobile & Ohio Morris & Essex St Joseph St Paul & 80 Mutual Union Tel Nash. & Chat So. Pac Norfolk & W Alton Sesseenes Ven Gilg Serres Co Cecesess Rock Island Chicago & Alton St. Louis Csccecaactll St. L N.O St. P. Minn San Clev Ceccesee GY POE Fic Cvs L., del. & Burl COD Cobl Cececsesenes Foss Sas Wells Fargo Ccssece Cove Veces lMorm Ontario Quickriver Soolatrgs Cevassdsesers Ade Boston Boot and Shoe Trade Annapolis, N Dee Delong & Seaman G Hale & Co TD Baker Dunley & Co Hale & Co Frank Mason George O Rockwell Geo W Musso Alice Dowley Mead Doe R G Warner Crowell & Pettingill Jas D Chase Reed T Hill & Co Duke F M Holmes Amos Keyes & Co Mark Marston Framnas Baring Bros & Co Windsor Annapolis Akt Nish Pei Flora Meteghan Doyle Brighton and Boston Post George J. Fox Swine A. Nonroe R Hussey J Wister & Son Howe Libby & Hon Secattie Hampehire KFE Adeten Telegraph Bales Tober Ayor Railroad Matters Wisconsin Central Wisconsin Central BR Rew Milwaukee and Northern Reese St Paul Lake"Winnebago R. R Sinca Sc Bebsubnc Conuasncanhicasa Asensegesade Milwaukee & Northern KR. R Iscc Sie Iecesa Sce Lewis J. Bird & CO Washington Street Corner State Hudson, Amass Massachusetts Central Railroad Osgood Eeey Westinghouse Laconia Car Co Boston and Hudson Stephen M. Crosby Massachusetts Loan & Trust Co Postoffice Square Ezra H. Baker American Loan & Trust Co Congress Street Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Orleans Sydney State Board of Health, Lamacy and Charity EMP Cambri Lawrence Mmar Nats Co Chen Ivelles Odor Sis Wong Eborough Wer Waitham Northampton Weymouth Yde Park Ntanceadeoss Marblehead Plymouth Scse Gardner Tsecsocs Acs Wakefield Westborough Provincetown Tigre Walet Nantucket Osseees Edgartown Somerville Holyoke Gloucester Worcester Chelsea Taunton Haverhill Fall River Falls River Lynn Newton Malden Newburyport Caras Nus J. Nowman & Sons Howe &Sibley New York Stock Exchange Massachusetts Central Railroad Company New England Trust Company S. N. Aldrich, Thos. H. Perkins, Henry Woods Ee Bondholders John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire Street Grant & Ward Wall Street R. Rb.onds N. Y. Stock Exchange U.S. Grant, Jr U. S. Grant Ferdinand Ward James D. Fish Jazatt Insurance Benj. F. Stevens Jos. M. Gibbens Fire Insurance North American Insurance Co State ST Hilby Street E. E. Patridge Albert Bower Stetson Moseley & CO Fist E Street Kilby St Baeder, Adamson & CO Newark and Rosendale Cement Waldo Bros Chaddock’s. Fire Srick P.S. Huckins & CO Central Square State Street Southern Pine Lumber Harles W. Lewis Lewis & Hall telecTuThSts Lawrence Duck Co Francis &G Commercial Street Federal Street Qhanning Street Leather Square Jonas Fitch Equitable Vine, Tufts and Corey Streets Navy Yard Hemetropolitan Warehrouseco Foot Milk Street Frascati Italy Palazzo Pentini Lake Albano Miss Wells Condotti Care Bankers Spada & Fiamini Summer Hotel and Summer Board Falmouth Mass S. F. Dimmick Beachmont Revere K. Richmony Atlantic House Revere Beach Lynn & Revere Beach M.gilman Conway House Conway N. H Depot L. H. Eastman Vue de L'Eau Crescent Beach Crescent Beach Station E. J. Freeman Sherburne Thomas H. Soule Bay View House J. Patterson Ocean View Martha’s Vineyard Abram Osborn Gifford Ant Gifford Way & Hill Steamboat Landing Provincetown Harbor Barnstable Bay Narragansett Hotel Brock Island B.1 Atlantic Ocean Geo. H. Ely Aquidneck R. I Peilham Corne Streets Lewis F. Attleton Ocean House N.chapman Whitehall Bellevue Avenue S. H. Gilmore Berkley BR. I Spencer H. Gilmons Perry Washington Sqr G. H. Gman Milleroll&hull, Jr Coolidge Bowdoin Square Jones I. N. Andrews & CO City Hotel Congress Square Portland J. W. Robinson & Son United States W. H. McDonald Summer St Ingalls & Hatch Franklin Coal CO Lykens Valley Mastern Oo Elisha Moseley Dorchester Avenue COAL Lehigh, Shamokin Steve Cumberland and Sidney Jesse Tirrell & CO Persian Lahore Agra Mazulipatan Indian Antique Daghestan Bokhara Yerroda Mecca A. M. Bates Boston Carriage Repository Haverhill Street Repository New Haven Concord Tvers Harmess A. F. Bates Boston Stock Exchangce Turday Old Colony Railroad Company Old Colony Iron Co Boston and Albany RR Cambridge R R Highlana Street Railway Champaigne Up Chicago, Burlington and RR Mutual Union Telegraph Company St Louis County Jackson, Lansing Saginaw R. Rist M&s Warsaw Linnois Grand Trunk R R &S Miln St Pauls Dublin Newngland Meter Security Michigan Central Railroad Morton Line Tremont National Bank Cheshire Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad BR. EL. Day & CO Lima Bembers The National City Bank Old Lowell National Bank Southwestern Telegraph Ea Ae Yeu Union Gorton Manufacturing Co Fell River Sagamore Manf Co Globe Nail Co Benes American Rapid Telegraph Co City of Boston Southwestern Rutland RR Horatio Harris & CO. Auctioneers and Commission Merchants Nickerson’s Wharf Brantford City Cyrus L. Harris & Co Central Wharf Dublin Stout Albert Howe & CO Market Street Warren Avenue A. Maw Court Street Aus Eae Boots & Shoes Ati P.M A. S. Rickards & GO Garb & Advances Societe Summer Street Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Line Samuel Bunting’s Catadeane Nolohs N.B Pincott
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