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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1883

Page

3

Money market and stock activity in Boston and New York

Boston and New York money markets show little change with banks discounting mercantile paper around 5 percent for regular customers and higher for others. Call loans with collateral range 4 1 2 to 5 percent. The Boston stock market remains buoyant with western rails leading gains and Union Pacific and Credit Mobilier developments noted. earnings of Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis reported strong for August, and rail projects expanding double tracking in Boston.

Boston New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Credit Mobilier Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Dwight Flint Pere Marquette Marquette Houghton Ontonafon Common Iowa Falls Sioux City New England Blackstone Mexican Central Southern Division American Bell Telephone Huron Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore Water Street

Quiet wheat and flour markets press on steady prices

The market remains quiet with steady quotations for flour and grain. Western superfine at 3 50 to 4, Minnesota bakers 5 50 to 6 50 per barrel, and various patents up to 8. Winter patents 7 7 10. Corn meal and oats also listed, with butter and eggs showing firm demand and mixed quality levels across regions. Cottonseed meal firm at 27 30 ton. Provisions: pork and lard quiet, beef steady, dressed hogs 7 14 to 7 46, poultry in steady demand.

New York New Orleans Minnesota Duluth Red Southern Wate Gilgc Somameo BSS Iec Fish Island United Uiet South America Liverpool Gloucester Nova Scotia Ickie Labrador Halifax Pogie Cape Ann Advertiser ST. Louis Rge C. Bailey Sc. Park Milwaukee Toledo Michigan Bet Chicago Cincinnati Illinois St Louis Indiana Ohio Good Western Prince Edwern Vermont Saps Cana New Brunswick Choice Canada Rhode Islands Portlands Boston Baltimores Williams Bartletts Massachusetts Crawfords Timothy New Jersey Texas Worcester County Philadelphia Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Saiem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Bates Tosten and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad Iast Ted Bane

Schooners Loading Provisions at Lockport and Nearby Harbors

Lockport ships Bell Brandon with 50 barrels flour 115 barrels meal 10 cases lard while Clementspor t s Adelia carries 100 barrels flour 50 half barrels meal 4 barrels petroleum oil. Belleverus Cove reports Donna Belle with 125 barrels flour 125 barrels meal.

Lockport Bell Brandon Clementsport Adelia Belleverus Cove Donna Belle

London bullion, markets stay steady on September day

London financials report bullion on Bank of England balance quiet. Atlantic and Great Western firsts and Erie seconds quoted with various prices. Wheat and corn cargoes steady but dull. Liverpool wheat quiet, corn firmer. Provisions and other commodities listed with mixed changes.

Railroad Matters and Railway Updates

The Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad reports improved equipment orders, rails and cars, and lower costs. July expenses reached 65 percent of gross, with maintenance costs high but net earnings rising to 51,678, while freight reductions and iron ore softness affect overall revenue.

Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company Westinghouse Oswego Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Delaware, Lackawanna and

Court Record Norfolk Grand Jury Arraigns Multiple Defendants

In Norfolk County Superior Court on September 6 Judge Gardner presided as the grand jury reported. Arraignments included Thomas Oney and James Dean of Medway for breaking entering and larceny with not guilty pleas. James Tumbleby of Boston and Thomas Donnelly of Franklin found guilty of larceny. Others were acquitted or discharged. notable charges included assault, illicit conduct, and adultery with various defendants.

Thomas Oney James Dean Edway Timothy Mullens Stoughton James Tumbleby Boston Dedham Thomas Donnelly Franklin William H. Bennett Frank Jones Brooklyn Medway John W. Owen Quincy Ann Bell Sharon Katie L. Whiting Jackson T. Evans Wrentham Jackson Katie Evans Edward W. Moore Braintree

Engstrom v Melburne Defrauded Nevada Mine Case On Trial

No 677 Frank G Engstrom sues John G Melburne and others alleging defrauding him of a silver mine in Nevada. Trial to continue this week as plaintiff seeks damages for loss of property after allegedly being misled into appointing Allen as attorney to dispose of the mine. Plaintiff's counsel C Cowley and D L Pickering. defense Conant and Cosmerhold.

Frank G. Engstrom John G. Melburne Nevada Allen C. Cowley

Boston Court Dockets Report Larceny and Assault Cases

Joseph Anderson faces larceny charges with bail set at 100 dollars for trial on September 9. Frank H. Bar low jailed for four months for idleness and disorderliness with an appeal to higher court. Miles E. Butler arraigned for assault, fined five dollars plus costs, appeal filed. Lena Carey committed for drunkenness third offense, six months. Daniel Sullivan charged with assault, fined ten dollars and costs. Lotterio Batterio arraigned for assault, case continued to September 11. Herman Wolf in South Boston arraignment for assault, held in five hundred dollars for the superior court.

Joseph Anderson Frank H. Barlow House of Industry Miles E. Butler Lena Carey Daniel Sullivan Lotterio Batterio Boston Herman Wolf Charlestown Joseph Williams Bunker Hill Central Court James Graham Kneeland and Hudson Streets Michael Mullin William Brown Thomas McGuire

Duncan to be admitted as attorney at law in Suffolk court

Notice from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Suffolk district for April term 1883 states that on Tuesday September 11 at 9 o clock A M, if no objection is made, David B. Duncan will be admitted as an attorney at law upon qualification. Clerk John Noble notes date September 6, 1883.

Messrs. Wieser & Friesch Zacatecas Mexican Central United States Mexican Railway Mexican Railway Investment Company, Limited Mexican Railway Company, Limited Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad Company John F. Ward Louisville, Ky Louisville Nashville Ohio Mississippi Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court David BD. Duncan John Noble

Mining notes reveal far reaching Batopilas ore yields and new work

The report covers Bodie operations for week ending Aug 25 with ore crushed at 155 9-10 tons and bullion shipped at 7,672.76. Batopilas group in Chihuahua reports 864 silver bars produced May 1880 to May 1883 totaling about 950,400 dollars, with six month ore output figures and plans for road improvements to speed New York transit to seven days.

Bodie Consolidated Ontario Batopilas Chihuahua Batopilas Company Col Shepherd American and Pacific Railway New York San Pedro and Martinez Roncesvalles Philadelphia Col. Huffer

Contrast Between Blackburn Knott Shows Sharp Governors’ Split

The Louisville Courier Journal contrasts governors Blackburn and Knott, describing Blackburn as emotional and expansive while Knott is cool, exact, and highly disciplined. Knott is portrayed as cold yet trustworthy, with a narrow but educated approach and a taste for austere public service.

Blackburn Dana Proctor Knott Louisville Courier-Journal Kentucky Gov. Knott

Reverend Samuel Keley Dies After Pygmia Spiritual Leader

Obituary notes Rev Samuel Keley aged 82 of Quincy died at Washington Street residence on Sept 6 after injuries from Aug 15 at Old Colony depot Boston. Born Salem NH Feb 1 1882 he pursued ministry, married twice, survived by son Prof Samuel Kelley and numerous affiliations including Masons and Sons of Temperance. Funeral at Quincy Unitarian church and list of other deaths follows with brief biographical notes.

Samuel Kelley Washington St Quincy Old Colony Boston Father Kelley Richard Sybil Kelley Salem N. H Atkinson Academy Newmarket Methodist Theological Seminary of Concord Mary Ann Sherborne Emeline Robinson Charlestown Mass Massachusetts States Masonic Order Grand Temple of Honor Sons of Temperance Grand Lodge Paul Revere Post Portsmouth National Sailors’ Home Unitarian Church Daniel Dorchester D.D Natick D. M. Wilson Edward Norton The Congregational Church R. T. Sawyer Universalist Church E. T. Cotton Episcopal Church of

Meeting of Creditors for Parker and Gannett Held

Creditors of Parker and Gannett met Thursday morning and named a four member committee to review Parker’s statement and propose terms. Liabilities total 98,600 with assets 89,000. Names on the committee are George G. Taylor William E. Wood John S. Patten and Lawrence. Suits against F Shaw and Bro also filed in New York courts by National banks for combined sums.

Parker & Gannett Parker Messrs George 8. Taylor William E. Wood John S. Patten Lawrence F. Shaw & Bro New York National Park Bank Supreme Court Fayette Shaw and Brockley Shaw Metropolitan National Bank Market National Bank

Ticket broker Fogg cleared in larceny case at municipal court

George O. Fogg, a railroad ticket broker at 83 Devonshire Street, faced larceny charges over tickets from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad before Judge Churchill. Fogg testified he bought the tickets from a regularly authorized agent and paid. The railroad company did not appear and the complaint was dismissed.

George O. Fogg Devonshire Street Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Churchill Fogg

Terre Haute Woman Sues Merchant for 50000 Damages

The Hon. D W Voorhees represents a young Terre Haute woman in a suit against a Greencastle merchant for 50000 damages over alleged breach of promise of marriage. The merchant, newly married, denies engagements to marry but admits employing her to sew shirts and praising her workmanship.

D. W. Voorhees Terre Haute Ind Greencastle

Harvest and farm notes from the rural column

The Hop crop prospects look strong with Wisconsin ahead of recent seasons. Nebraska reports good small grain yields, high oats output, and a record hay harvest. Fall work urged for spring farming, with fall plowing, draining, manure spreading, and seed-bed preparation. Anecdote about Rev Jim Keene shows community gifts in California.

Wisconsin Nebraska

Orchard crowd asks for apples from fallen fruit

A crowd of young boys asked a gentleman for apples from his orchard. He allowed them to take fallen fruit, but they returned, preferring grafted fruit over what had fallen from the trees.

BUST OF $23,000 WINE STOCK FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC TRIP

The Inter Ocean notes authorities seized about $23,000 worth of wines and liquors intended for excursionists aiding the last spike ceremony of the Northern Pacific railroad. The party is limited to 250 gentlemen, allowing a rough bust size by calculation.

Chicago Inter-Ocean Northern Pacific Railroad

Whale carries Jonah around world proves odd tale

A European scientific journal argues that if the Jonah tale is true the voyage would require a whale to swallow and regurgitate him after crossing the Mediterranean then passing the Strait of Gibraltar, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, entering the Persian Gulf and reaching the Tigris, implying a global circumnavigation.

Mediterranean Nineveh Straits of Gibraltar Cape of Good Hope Persian Gulf Tigris

Hemlock Bark in Beer Adulteration Plot Unveiled

A dialogue describes hemlock bark being scraped from ships and used as an adulterant in beer. It explains that bark seldom burns, is not nutritious, and is ground for shipment to brewers who avoid reporting ingredients. The bark provides bitterness and a dark color while cutting malt and hops costs.

Chicago

Boston Trade Failures Reflect Moral Shift in Public Opinion

The Boston Shoe and Leather Recorder notes growing public sentiment that recent trade failures are both financial and moral. The era of old-time Boston conservatism appears to fade as businessmen push unprofitable ventures to block competitors. Lydia E. Pinkham's Laboratory in Lynn Mass ships millions of packages of its Compound worldwide.

Boston Shoe and Leather Recorder Boston Lydia E. Pinkham Lynn Mass

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