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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1886
Page
7
The flour market shows quiet activity while corn oats and rye remain dull to steady. Butter cheese eggs and beans hold firm with a steady market for hay and pork and lard. Potatoes receipts are liberal and prices for apples molasses sugars move slowly.
Dull wheat keeps flour market quiet and prices steady. Corn and oats show slight activity. oats firmer but demand weak. November white wheat price at 8 cents shows a 44 cent rise from the prior day bid. London Times review notes Indian wheat crop scale, acreage, production and exports with mixed results. Millfeed and various grain and produce prices listed for cash and futures.
The butter market is firm for all fresh-made goods with steady demand for cheese and eggs. Receipts in New York show weekly totals and price ranges, while cotton, sugar, and cotton futures markets in Liverpool and New York are described with bids, asks, and closing contrasts. The report notes strong butter quotes, firm ghee prices, and steady poultry, with detailed regional price bands for butter, cheese, eggs, beans, cotton, and sugar.
The apple market is dull with crowded fruit and sales slow. Delaware peaches are nearly over though a few lots arrive this week. Jerseys are plentiful but poor in quality. Grapes sell fairly at 9c red and 4c black. Plums quiet. melons dull. musk melons at 1.75 to 2.00 and cantaloupes at 8d a barrel. Blueberries slow at about 4.76 per quart.
The list itemizes pork and lard prices with various cuts and weights, beef pricing for extra plate and family cuts, fresh beef grades, and other fresh meats including lambs, mutton, and yearlings. Prices reflect size, cure, and grade with regional terms, typical of a mid-20th century market bulletin.
The report details wholesale grocers prices for molasses refined oil and naphtha with varied quotations for Porto Rico Cuba and Centennial blends. It lists certs closed and opened dates with highs and lows, and notes crude and refined oil valuations per gallon and per pallou, reflecting 19th or early 20th century commodity trading.
Cotton was steady with mixed prices across varieties, while flour and wheat moved unevenly in New York and Chicago. Receipts and exports remained sizable, with corn and oats showing gains in some markets, and pork and lard fluctuating as buyers and sellers adjusted to current rates.
Providence and Fall River report a firm print cloth market with prices at 3% cents for 643 and 3 cents for 56x60s. Weekly sales total 24,000 pieces in Providence and 139,000 pieces in Fall River with stock on hand around 90,000 and 38,000 respectively, while production and futures volumes indicate continued demand into year end.
Augusta to Philadelphia reports show varied receipts and stocks across ports. Market tones range from quiet to firm with intra day changes in net receipts, exports coastwise, and sales, highlighting overall steady to dull activity across major centers.
Cattle receipts 3 carloads stronger with steers 950 to 1600 lbs at 3.20 to 6.20 per cwt, cows 2.20 to 3.00, bulls 1.25 to 2.63, stockers and feeders 1.60 to 2.50. Hogs receipts 2500, slow and 160 lower. packing and shipping 4.50 to 4.75 per cwt. Sheep receipts 100, slow, natives 2.00, Texans 2.50, lambs 4.00.
S Lee reports Hutchinson sold over a million bushels this morning, possibly the largest buyer as a market bull. Lindblom pegs visible supply up 2.4 million bushels this week, weighing on prices as Northwest receipts stay light and exports lag.
Observers say European crop is short while this country has the best wheat to sell and exports should stay large. Markets show October closes at 7758 for bid, corn at 4210 on the curb as cables conflict and strong demand persists.
Wheat and corn trends show ease off the coast and during passage with steady spot activity in Liverpool. Prices noted for winter and spring wheat, club, corn, and peas, with pork bacon lard tallow and cheese quoted. weather showery and markets described as slow in England and France.
Readable items list diverse cargoes at ports Ponce and Liverpool including sugar brandy wine olive oil hats almanacs textiles and hardware. Numerous firms such as Cushman W J Wyner Beal Higgins Henderson and Jordan Marsh & co appear among consignors and buyers with quantities in cases bales casks and boxes.
A detailed inventory from the Bulgarian clearing shows 15 cases lugs 26 bags 195 rolls 9 bales leather and various goods including beef, flour, tobacco and wheat. Additional consignments originate from Demarara British Guiana Norfolk and several Nova Scotian ports with steamer and cargo notes for the Energy Fury and Kezia brig at multiple harbors.
Readable items include iron pipe flour millfeed cotton bottles pearline hardware fish liver beef lard pork hams lubricating oils fruit vegetables eggs rope and more. Entries cover Steamer Alpha cargoes from Yarmouth Nova Scotia to Moncton and Alaska with quantities in barrels sacks crates and dozens.
Inventory list of shipments from multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine and others. items cover wool flour corn oats malt pork lard butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes hay straw lumber leather hides pelts and more with quantities.
A compact listing of boot and shoe buyers and firms across the United States and abroad. Names include Tarver B and Co of Beaufort South Carolina, Cowen & McGrath of Columbus, O F Willson of Wilson & Co Dayton, H V Lytte of Lytte Co Havana, J Ustah and M Velle of Craw Louisville Ky, and Monroe Bros & Co Philadelphia among others.
Notice names Arthur E. Jones as assignee and states the third meeting of Charles Newhall's creditors will be held at the Court of Insolvency in Suffolk on September 10 1856 at 10:00 AM. Assignee will present accounts and creditors may attend to object to the allowance.
Notice from the Court of Insolvency Suffolk issued Aug 27 1888 against John J Lane and Andrew P Lane of Boston grocers and provision dealers doing business as Lane Bros insolvent debtors. Creditors must meet Sept 16 1886 at 10 am in the Probate building Court Square Boston to prove debts and appoint assignees.
Suffolk insolvency notice warns creditors to refrain from paying debts or delivering property to ASA N. Wheeler. A creditors meeting to prove debts and appoint assignees will be held in Boston at the Probate building on September 16 at ten o clock in the forenoon. John Fitzpatrick, deputy sheriff, messenger, issues the notice.
Warrant in insolvency issued by Suffolk Court against John R. Cummings of Hess ton pilot. Prohibits payment of debts or transfer of property. Creditors invited to meet at the Court of Insolvency on September thirtieth at ten in the forenoon to prove debts and appoint assignees. Deputy Sheriff Joan B. Fitzpatrick serves notice.
Notice in Suffolk County Massachusetts warns creditors that an insolvency warrant is issued. A creditors meeting will be held at a Court of Insolvency in Court Square, Boston, on September 16, 1886 at 10 a.m. Deputy Sheriff John B. Fitzpatrick signs the notice.
Massachusetts probate notices cite Micha el Cunningham and Lydia S Russell with appoint ment of executors and trustees. Hearings set in Boston and Dedham for September and October 1836, publication for three weeks in the Boston Post.
Suffolk probate notices cite next of kin and creditors for letters of administration to Francis A. Perry, with hearings set September 13 1886 in Boston. Additional citations announce guardianship and wills filings for Jeremiah Westcott and Isaac A Kendall, with public notices to appear October 4 1886 and publication requirements in the Boston Post.
Thomas Riley administrator with the will annexed of the deceased’s estate presents for allowance his first account. The hearing is set in Boston Suffolk on September 6, 1886 at 10 a.m. to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Publication is ordered weekly for three weeks in the Boston West newspaper, the final notice two days before the court.
Probate notices announce Adela Barnes and Joseph Willard seeking letters testamentary for Julia O Connors estate with public bond waivers, and Margaret Colford cited for administration of the deceased, plus William P. Wesselhoeft appointed administrator of Mary H. Allen. Public notices require filing claims and payments, Boston Suffolk County.
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