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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1884

Page

3

Pork and Lard Prices Across Regions and Markets

Pork steady with prime at 16 16 50, mess 17 50 18, and clear 19 20 50 per bbl. Beef offerings quoted as mess 11 13, extra mess 13 50 14 50, family and plate 1350 14 50. Lard steady near 84 80 percent, hams in demand, and varied sales. Regional notes include New York pork and beef activity, Chicago and Cincinnati price moves, and extensive listing of tonnage, crates, and assorted goods in multiple cities.

New York Prime Mercantile St. Paul Union Pacific Lake Shore Jersey Central Joan Stock Exchange Quincy Northwest St Paul Lackawanna Western Union New York Central Grand Trank Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee Ohio Minnesota Detroit St Louis Loledo Toledo Vermont Liverpool Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Cincinnati Union New Orleans Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico Isc Bahia Pernambuco English Island Carolina Patna Rangoon Java Jamaica Messina Palermo Taracoa Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Wpitisburg Petroleum Exchange Oil City Petroleum Spirits Antwerp—Petroleum Iverpool Uplands Orleans United States

Trade goods freight list with varied commodities

A crowded OCR list details items shipped or stored by sea and rail. It includes potatoes, lumber, bales of wool and cotton, flour, tallow, corn, tea, cheese, eggs, apples, hay, hides, calf skins, leather, butter, sugar, boxes and cases. Numerous car and bale counts accompany each item, reflecting a broad historic goods movement.

Wright Manusco H Roffe & Co Rousmaniere & Kimball Dodo Brown, Darrell & Co Tilden Thurber & Co Hovey & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Newell, Adams & Co Timothy Smith & Co Bird Dee Brown, Thompson & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Messenger, Jr Marrett, Bailey & Co Messenger Bros & Jones Richard Bri JH Pray, Sons & Co Torrey, Bright Iveson & Co Hollander & Co Jackson & Co Macallar Parker & Co Jordan Marsh & Co White & Co Trainer & Co Simons Hatch & Whitten Baring Bros & Co Foster & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Savannah Macon Arnold & Tucker Barry, Thayer & Co Billings & Eaton Cohen & Co Fenno & Manning Dodo Nichols, Dupee & Co Lox Musical Instruments American Organ Co Ames Bernd Bros Chickering & Sons Grook & Co Clark George M Coburn P Dexter & Co Dyer, Waylor & Co George R Kager Goulston Harris & Co James & Abbot Webster King & Co Rosin Leonard & Clark Lowell Leonard Dumber Lewis Rosin May, Nash & Winslow New Ledford Cordage Co George K Newhall Oizendam Mackerel Potter & Wrightington Presson Pray, Sons & Co Price Ackerel Pickett & Co Royce & Co Richardson & Dennie Winslow & Co Williams Halifax Charlottetown Pet Arthur & Co Eustis & Aldrich Abbott VM Fraser Amos Keyes & Co Kimball & Co Knights & May A & O W Mead Russell & Co Rockwell & Son Rockwell Bros Oliver Smith Sanborn & Co Winsor & Son Burt & Henshaw Boris & Co Beaman Bros Dudley & Co Dame, Stoddard & Kendall L. Grimes Gilmore Junk Haskins & Montague Jones & Co A Wyman Whitney, Pousland & Co Yarmouth Greenwood Bros Adams, Chapman & Co Tibbetts Chamberlain & Co Rogers & Co Hall & Co Drake & Co Frye & Co Delong & Seaman Blanchard York Rogers Griffin G Hall & Co Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Dominion Boston and Albany Bus Corp York and New and Railroad Fitzhir Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Salem

Totals of Staple Receipts at Port Sept Eight

A table lists received quantities for major staples at the port comparing this year to last year. Figures cover cotton bales molasses flour eggs corn wheat oats butter oleo oil and fats, meat and animal products, leather hides and skins, tea coffee sugar and pelts with year over year totals shown in bales barrels bushels and other units.

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Court Session Opens in September Term Today

The U S district court begins its September term this Tuesday at 10 o clock. The grand jury will be empanelled and begin considering presentments to report later.

Postmaster Randall Examination Delayed in Peabody Case

U S commissioners court adjourned the planned Monday examination of Peabody postmaster Randall before United States Commissioner Hallett to today at the prisoner’s counsel request.

U. S. Commissioners’ Court Hallett Randall Peabody United States

Supreme Judicial Court Opens September Term

The Supreme Judicial Court convenes its September term today on Tuesday at 9 o'clock, marking the start of sessions for the term. The brief hearing schedule is expected to include preliminary matters and motions as the court enters the docket.

Supreme Judicial Court

Suffolk County Probate Court Wills and Administrations Noted

On September 8 before Judge McKim the Suffolk County Probate Court probated the wills of Anna Vincent Willard Dalrymple Richard Dee James Hall Michael O Leary Charlotte A Wright Ellen Quinn Jacob L Knowles Sarah A Davenport John Sullivan Alfred Greenough Stephen Butterfield and issued letters of administration for Mary C Henderson Michael Mitchell William Parkinson Milo J Burke Annie L Shaw George Stern Laurinda Dearborn Allen F Wooster John Duff Salem T Sawyer Phillip Murray Elizabeth Green Lizzie Hines John McLaughlin John H Reynolds Eliza C Bangs Michael Wheeler Julia Rollins and Abijah C Perkins.

Anna Vincent Willard Dalrymple Richard Dee James Hall Michael O’ Leary Charlotte A. Wright Ellen Quinn Jacob L. Knowles Sarah A. Davenport John Sullivan Alfred Greenough Stephen Butterfield Mary C. Henderson Michael Mitchell William Parkinson Milo J. Burke Annie L. Shaw George Stern Laurinda Dearborn Allen F. Wooster John Duff Salem T. Sawyer Phillip Murray

Criminal Court Actions in Sept 8 Session

Before Judge Gardner William Gallagher charged with assault sentenced to six months in the house of industry James Gary convicted of larceny seven months in the house of correction Patrick H Riley John Sullivan and Thomas OBrien pleaded guilty to larceny from a building Riley three months Sullivan five months Henry Wilson pleaded guilty receiving stolen property sentence deferred Samuel B Johnson arraigned for obtaining goods by false pretenses held in two thousand dollars bail

William Gallagher House of Industry James Gary House of Correction Patrick H. Riley John Sullivan Thomas O’brien Riley Sullivan Henry Wilson Samuel B. Johnson

Multiple court fines in central Charlestown South Boston and Roxbury

In central court Judge McCafferty fined Herman Young ten dollars for street selling without a license and Catherine E Connors bail was set at two hundred dollars after arraignment for assaulting a sheriff s officer with a pistol. David Sisk was fined ten dollars for third drunk. Sarah Powell held on trial in Thursday. In Charlestown John F Townsend was fined twenty five dollars and costs on assault and twenty dollars plus costs on a second count. In South Boston Michael Mahan held for grand jury on highway robbery and Daniel O Brien held for assault and battery, John Gorman fined three hundred dollars for third drunk. In Roxbury Matthew Kilpatrick fined ten dollars and costs for assault. John Barrett fined fifteen dollars and costs for idle and disorderly conduct.

Central Court McCafferty Herman Young Catherine E. Connors David Sisk Sarah Powell Charlestown John F. Townsend South Boston Michael Mahan Daniel O’brien John Gorman Roxbury Matthew Kilpatrick John Barrett

Suffolk County Real Estate Attachments Reported

Fragments show attachments in Suffolk County with cases including Homans vs Morton for $1000, Connor vs Crawford for $2900, Griffin vs Buck for $300, Finnegan vs Gilmore for $300, Simonds vs O Donnell for $500, and Simonds vs O Donnell for $509. Also listed are creditors and failures in New England and across the country including Williams of Enterprise and Weber of Hampton.

Williams Enterprise North Attleboro Mass George A. Weber Hampton Henry L. Hitchcock Yarmouth S. Perkins Auburn New England A. Ostrauss & Son Richmond A. T. McDonnell Fostoria D. D. Benson Buffalo Batson Bros Goodwater Ala H. M. Miller Toledo J. K. Sawyer Redburg N.Y S.J. Murray Niagara Falls N. Y Jonathan Halsted Shelby, Mich A. H. Meader Blufftop Cohort & Braerman Cincinnati Kingston Suffolk County Francis W. Homans George If. Morton John H. Connor Mary Crawford Bridget Griffin George H. Buck Mary Finnegan Patrick Gilmore George H. Simonds John J. O’donnell Same

Forty-first Reunion and Local Happenings at Salem and Nearby

The fortieth regiment held its annual reunion at Salem on Monday. Boston capitalists discuss a large hotel project in Nahant. In Cambridge, Joseph Read was fined 20 dollars for disturbing the peace. Charles White, employed by William J. Vass of Brookline, died from heat. Jacob O. Gilford of Inn is at the hospital with lockjaw after finger injury. Samuel Beard, Brookline hostler at Metropolitan stables, found dead. autopsy shows natural causes. In Salem, George P. Elliott and Henry M. Sillars face continued cases for setting fire to Joel Putnam’s shoe factory. Hyde Park high school classroom broken into. window panes smashed, books torn, birds mutilated.

Fortieth Salem Nahant Boston Cambridge Court Joseph Read Charles White William J. Vass Brookline Jacob O. Gilford Charles Street Inn Samuel Beard Hostler Metropolitan Fiora Street Salem Court George P. Elliott Henry M. Sillars Danvers Joel Putnam Hyde Park

Notable New Hampshire Obituaries Across Dover Nashua and Boston

Dover oldest resident Mrs Julia Sherry died Sept 8 at about 95 after half a century in Dover. Benjamin F Emerson longtime New Hampshire bar member died Sept 6 in Nashua, born Hollis July 3 1806, Union College graduate 1830. James A Lee prominent South Boston citizen died Sept 8 at 296 Fifth Street after a lingering illness. He served in council wards 12 and 15 in the 1870s. Rev Henry Hill longtime Nashua pastor and NH conference member died recently in the west. He was a Civil War chaplain in the 3rd NH Volunteers for three years.

Julia Sherry Dover County N. H Dover Benjamin F. Emerson New Hampshire Nashua Hollis Union College James A. Lee South Boston Fifth Street Common Council Henry Hill Lowell Street M. E M. B New Hampshire Volunteers

Twenty-Second Century Railroad Report Details Gains and Losses

The thirty ninth report of the Connecticut and Passumpsic River railroad for the year ending June 30 1884 shows gross income 837940 35 dollars expenditures 538789 36 and net earnings 304767 97 including last year surplus. Interest and dividends aggregate 299744 52 leaving a present surplus 5023 45. There were declines in passenger and freight receipts but increases in express and rentals. Equipment additions and repairs were made including a brick passenger station at St Johnsbury and an engine house at Newport 1000 tons of steel rails and 81641 new ties laid. No serious accidents occurred. The report discusses relations with the South Eastern and bondholders and notes decreased interest due to nonpayment since Oct 1. The annual meeting will be held in Newport Vermont next week. The Ohio and Mississippi notes call for proxies to secure fair director representation amid ongoing battles between London security holders and Baltimore and Ohio interests. Listing applications and miscellaneous notes cover bond issues and track improvements including a double track from Boston to the Connecticut river and a partial bridge project.

Inc Railway Clearing House New England Ameust Jess Seyime Ee Ee At Union Pacific New York Mexican Central Pullman Palace Summit Branch Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Atlantic and Pacific Flint Pere Marquette Old Colony Boston Maine Eastern New Hampshire Sonora Js Erie Telephone American Bell Erie Lowell Calumet Hecla Franklin Penabies Quincy Lake Superior Ab Oak Eees Connecticut and Passumpsic River Railroad St. Johnsbury Newport South Eastern South Eastern Railway Montreal South Eastern Road Wason Manufacturing Company Canada Ely Massawippi

Monument design debates at Bennington Vermont paper

Vermont papers debate two monument concepts for the Bennington battle site a simple lofty stone structure versus a classical pedestal with bronze figures arguing true art reaches the heart of all audiences. The author compares oratory poetry and eloquence to monument types and claims both can achieve lasting impact when they move both educated and general readers.

Bennington St. Vermont Edward Everett Daniel Webster Bunker Hill Senate Hayne Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg

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