Money Market Shows Easing in Boston Finance
Boston money market holds steady with a slight ease at clearinghouse rates. Banks quote 4 1/2 to 6 percent on discounts, outside paper 5 to 7 percent, calls 5 1/2 to 6 1/2. New York funds, exchange totals, and government and foreign rates noted. stock market opened steady, with modest gains and bullish sentiment on Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon and New York & New England amid overall gains and dividend expectations.
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Boston
New York
England
India
London
Daily Advertiser
Europe
United States
New England
Atchison
Chicago
Burlington & Co
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Atlantic & Pacific
Wisconsin Central
Pullman Palace Car Company
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon
New York & New England Common
Eastern
Union Pacific
New York & New England
State Street
Boston Bulls
Massachusetts
Cook
Northampton
Central
YOO
Mexican Central
Sonora
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith
California Southern
Denver
Oregon Short Line
Louisville & New Albany Gs
Ogdensburg Consolidated Gs
Boston Land
Dividends Declared by Two New England Electric Lines
Acushnet Street Railway of New Bedford declares a dividend of 2 dollars per share. Citizens Electric Light of East Boston approves a quarterly dividend of 2 dollars per share payable October 1 to stockholders of record October 15.
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Acushnet Street Railway Company
New Bedford
Citizens’ Electric Light Company
East Boston
Brewer and Wilkins Commission Merchants Ad
Grains and provisions supplied by Brewer and Wilkins at 35 Congress Street Boston with margin trading. Private wires connect to Chicago and New York for order execution and delivery.
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Congress St
Boston
Chicago
New York
Boston Stock Exchange First Board Sales Sept 10 Morning
Sales from 10 to 10 30 a m show increased Cisco Road value and a growing fund to cover second preferred stock's dividend. Pennsylvania Railroad reports high transport demand with orders for rapid car manufacture, sixty cars daily, likely ongoing for months, possibly delaying Schuylkill Valley line equipment.
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Cisco Road
Pennsylvania Railroad Company For Transportation
Schuylkill Valley
New York Financial Market Report Sees Mixed Gains
Money on call tightens to 6 7. Prime mercantile paper at 4 5. Bar silver steady at 5 0 5. Sterling steady. Government and railroad bonds dull to firm. Stocks close strong near day’s best with further fractional advances. Lackawanna Lake Shore prominent as Canada Southern leads gains. Total trades 134,925 shares.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Lackawanna
Lake Shore
Canada Southern
St. Paul
Metropolitan
Harlem
Scioto Valley
Wabash
Kansas City & Northern Clarinda
Lake Erie & Western
St. Paul Consols
New York Central
New Orleans Pacific
Norfolk & Western General
New River 6S
Ohio & Mississippi Consols
Shenandoah Valley Firsts
Market closes with mixed railway stock quotes
London reports mixed shares with Atlantic and Great Western leading firsts at 517s and Canadian Pacific at 68½, Erie 337½, Reading 13¼, New York Central 113½, St Pauli 97 3/4, Mexican ordinary 44 5/8, and others.
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London
Atlantic
Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Erie
St. Pauli
New York Central
Railroad matters pool tensions spark coast rail delays
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes delays in pacific mail and transcontinental talks, plus Canadian Pacific demonstrations. East bound freights fell but not below 50 cents per 100. Arkansas sues to restrain pools, while Commissioner Blanchard's lines realize much grain is ready for shipment by barge to New Orleans and onward by steamship.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Pacific Mail
Canadian Pacific
Arkansas
Blanchard
New Orleans
Hammond and Calumet River Railroad Incorporation OK'd
The Hammond and Calumet River Railway Company plans a Chicago based line from Lake Michigan north of Hyde Park through Hyde Park and Thornton to the Illinois Indiana state line with arcs along the Calumet and Little Calumet rivers. It will connect with warehouses and elevators and include branches and spurs. Principal office is in Chicago. Capital stock $32,000,000. Incorporators include John W. Uim J TH Avery Charles Jouvenat George H U Mason and Alonzo Stephens.
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Hammond & Calumet River Railway Company
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Hyde Park
Illinois
Indiana
Thornton
Hiyde Park
Little Calumet River
Oear
Airudale
Blue Island
Chicago
John W. Uim
J. TH. Avery
Charles Jouvenat
George HU. Mason
Alonzo Stephens
Corbin party gains sole independent line on Long Island
At a meeting on Long Island the Corbin group filled the board seats of the New York Woodhaven and Rockaway by replacing A. S. Hatch D D Conover and T W Orcutt with Austin Corbin J R Maxwell and H W Graves. The road suffered a deficit of 17097 last year. The Long Island plan includes completing a large hotel and lowering operating costs by linking with its own facilities.
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Corbin
Long Island
A. 5
A. W. Hatch
D. D. Conover
T. W. Orcutt
New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway
Austin Corbin
J. R
H. W. Maxwell
Horace W. Graves
J. R. Maxwell
Mr. Corbin
Mr. Graves
Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad Incorporation
The Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad is incorporated with a capital of 1 500 000 dollars. It will start near Fayetteville in Washington county Arkansas and run via St Paul to Lewisburg in Conway county along the Arkansas river through Washington Madison Newton Johnson Pope and Conway counties about 150 miles long. incorporators include Hul McDaniel J H Fairbanks J S McDaniel J F Mayer D B Elliott J H Van Hoose J N Brown J L Pickens and B F McDaniel.
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Fayetteville & Little Rock
Fayetteville
Washington County
Ark
St. Paul
Lewisburg
Conway County
Arkansas River
Washington
Madison
Newton
Johnson, Pope and
Conway
Hul McDaniel
J. H. Fairbanks
J. 5
McDaniel
J. F. Mayer
D. B. Elliott
J. H. van Hoose
J. N. Brown
J. L. Pickens
B. F. McDaniel
Burlington & Missouri River opens line northwest Nebraska
The Burlington and Missouri River extends and completes a seventy-nine mile line from Grand Island to Broken Bow, Nebraska, opening for passenger service Lincoln to Broken Bow. Total Nebraska mileage reaches 414 miles, with 80 miles north from Grand Island completed and 200 miles more graded before winter. St. Paul weekly earnings rise by 63,961 dollars. various railroad pools and earnings figures are listed for multiple lines, showing years of gains and totals through August.
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Burlington & Missouri River Road
Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Broken Bow
Lincoln
Burlington & Missouri
St. Paul
Reading Railroad
Glentworth and Hartman and Meyer
St. John
Rock Island
Midgley
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad
Memphis & Charleston Road
Chicago & Atlantic Company
Ilinois Central Road
St. Louis & San
Boston hardware dealer Allen and Noble’s liabilities rise
Liabilities of Allen and Noble hardware dealers of 127 Washington Street Boston total 13314684, mostly endorsements on others’ notes. Assets include forty two notes due last month with some collected, thirty nine notes due this month, October, November and December notes, mortgage on Malden real estate, Lewiston Steam Mill shares, and cash. Private debts of Mr. Allen about 700 and personal assets around 35000. Several neighboring businesses and individuals in distress.
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Allen & Noble
Washington Street
Boston
Holt & Bugbee
Malden
Lewiston Steam Mill Company
Allen
R.A. Atwood & Co
East Eighth
Troy
N. J
Charles Q. Eldredge
James J. Sullivan
West Warren
William E. Litchfield
Canal Street
Marvin Fernald
Wiggin & Fernald
State Street
Litchfield
Real Estate Transfers Across Suffolk County Listings
Suffolk County real estate transfers detail numerous deeds and mortgages across Boston and surrounding towns. Transactions include Ellen Healey executrix to Katie A. Meins on Yeomans street, Henry P. McManus to the city of Boston, and Provident Institution for Savings dealings on Albany and Commonwealth avenues, with values ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars and dates in August and July.
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Yeomans Street
Ellen Healey
Katie A. Meins
South Margin Street
John P. Brown
Guardian
Rollin H. Allen
South Mead Street
Henry P. McManus
City of
Boston
Mortgage transfers and dates among various parties
Union Institution for Savings to Bridget Mc Camley The mortgage given by Mc Camley dated March 7 1877 marks Berwin to Charles P Grimmer The mortgage given by William Bradley dated Oct 6 1885 worth 400 Luther P Whipple to Helen Gorman The mortgage given by John T Pope dated Aug 21 400 Susan W Simonds to Lucy E Lincoln The Hip given by Andrew Rogers dated May 6 18756 SLSOVS
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Commonwealth Avenue
Samuel G. Snelling
William S. Dexter
Provident Institution For Savings
Charles G. Weid
Albany Street
Robert Codman
West Chester Park
William H. Smith
George S. Daniels
Roxbury
Elizabeth W. Sargent
William Donaldson
Copeland Street
Thomas M. Bassett
Alfred G. Gray
Evangeline E. T. Simpson
Cliff Street
Patrick J. Curley
Horace K. Batchelder
Conant Street
William Geraty
Joseph Dorr
Tremont Street
West Roxpery
Alpheus P. Blake
August Scholz
Huntington Avenue
Andrew J. Peters
Georgiaana C. Metcalf
Symmes
Susan BF. Samuels
Brook Avenue
John &. Ingalls
Joseph W. Robertson
Silas W. Putnam, Jr
Neponset Avenue
Bruicatton
Isaac Pratt Et
Silas W. Merrill
Massachusetts and
Harvard Avenues
Union Institution For Savings
Bridget McCamley
Said McCamley
Marks Berwin
Charles P. Grimmer
William Bradley
Luther P. Whipple
Helen Gorman
John T. Pope
Susan W. Simonds
Lucy E. Lincoln
Andrew Rogers
Slsovs
Progress of the Times at Paxton Charity Exam
A local Hartford Courant report describes a charity examination near Paxton to select three young colored men for fully funded college study, except clothing, under a funds left by a former slave. Seventy-nine entered, highlighting a significant race-elevation effort.
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Hartford Courant
Paxton
Stable Market Tones in Commodities Report
The report notes no changes in the flour corn rye and millfeeds markets. Butter cheese eggs and tallow hold firm while oats beans and poultry show modest activity and potatoes apples and hay remain quiet or dull. Truck demand remains fair with no notable shifts in prices or availability.
Market Reports September 10 1886 Grain Prices and Stocks
The flour market shows little change with cautious buyers and steady prices for oats and corn. Trading notes 2700 bushels October No 2 white oats at 37.5 cents and 2700 bushels at 37 1/2. settling price 37 cents. Government data estimate spring wheat up 4 points and corn down 4, with yields around 446 million and 1.6 billion bushels respectively. Reports include extensive grain, flour, cornmeal, rye, oatmeal and malt prices and carlot receivers’ quotations.
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Minnesota
New York Roller
Michigan
Wisconsin
Canada Superior
Canada
New Now
New York
Butter and produce market tones from a wholesale report
The report shows firm butter and cheese markets with strong demand for Western creamery products and Northern factories. Eggs are steady with good sales for fresh stock. Prices in New York and Liverpool edge or hold, while a broad range of produce including beans, fruits, seeds, and potatoes appear with mixed but steady activity.
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Island
Nova Scotia
Chicago
Liverpool
New York
Vermont Creamery
East
New Hampshire
Vermont
Michigan
Northern
Williams
Timothy
Red Top
Jersey
Maine
New Brunswick
Houlton Rose
Houlton Hebrons
Vermont Do
New Yorko
Burbanks
Agricultural Produce and Poultry Prices Listing
A historical price list shows produce such as cabbage cucumbers and beans with varied prices per bush or box, onions carrots and tomatoes by bush or dozen, and a poultry section with turkeys fowls and chickens priced by grade and kill method. Also includes tallow market rates for city and country rendering and rough prices.
Market Report on Fruit and Produce Prices and Arrivals
Apples in small lots of choice fruit with demand for hard varieties around 4 to 5 dollars per barrel. inferior lots at 50 cents per bushel. Peaches slow with Crawfords at 7 pence or 150 dollars per basket. common lots 60 to 70 cents. Watermelon out of market. muskmelons moderate at 1.50 per barrel. grapes heavy receipts. Delaware and Concords varied by price. plums plentiful with steady demand. Eating plums 40 to 65 cents per basket. cooking plums 5 to 6 dollars per crate. damsons 70 cents per crate. Ten cars expected Saturday.
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Crawfords
Delaware
GaGe and Concords
Pork and beef prices drift in mixed demand markets
Demand remains strong for pork lard and hams while fresh beef stays dull. Lambs and veals arrive in poor condition and sell slowly. choice stock remains firm but fats move at lower quotes. Prices cover pork cuts, lard grades, hams, smoked shoulders, and various beef and veal ranges with regional and size variations.
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Brighton
Chicago
Worcester County
Cotton and sugar markets show mixed movement on futures
The market remains quiet with higher quotes for mid uplands and Orleans. Liverpool and New York futures show scattered gains and steady closes while spot sales firm up, with 10,000 bales traded and 8,000 to 9,000 bales receipts reported. raw sugar stays near steady with refined prices unchanged and molasses and oils following steady trends.
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Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
New York
Wea
SR Ines
Sahmaly
Manila
Lloilos
Ouse
Bige
Belmont A
Porto Rico
Cuba
Markets by Telegraph. September price reports across major grains
New York market notes show flour dull as receipts rise. Wheat down amid large stock, No 2 spring around 64c, No 2 red near 86c, and white grades around 8c. Corn lower, oats and rye mixed, soy and sugar steady. Petroleum and torches steady. pork and beef varied. lard down. butter mixed. Milwaukee and Chicago follow with similar trends, wheat easing and pork firm at a higher level.
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New York
Ohio
City
Minnesota
Rio
United
P. T
Liverpool
Orleans
Savannah
Charleston
Memphis
Mobile
Milwaukee
Chicago
Imports And Exports In Liverpool Steamer Cephalonia Trade
Long list of goods exported and imported via the steamer Cephalonia at Liverpool in 1886. Items include woollens leather linen gloves toys machinery books wines and oils, with numerous firms such as Threlfall Baring Brothers & Co Horace Partridge & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Jordan Marsh & Co and many others handling varied consignments and consignee cases totaling extensive cargo descriptions.
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Liverpool
Baring Bros & Co
Walburn & Co
Arnold & Co
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Cumner, Jones & Co
AS & J Brown & Co
Jones
Collins & Fairbanks
Holder
Lierrick
Fuller
Dana & Fitz
Cushing & Bliss
Horace — Partridge & Co
R H White & Co
John D & M Williams
Shomayer, Moses & Co
Farley & Sons
Little, Brown & Co
Dupples, Upham & Co
John M O’rourke
Sterdman & Fuller Mig Co
China
Matlet & Co
Groat
Hollander & Co
Jackson, Mandell & Daniell
White & Co
Callender
McAustin & Troup
Bradford
Thomas & Oe
Thomas
Beal
Higgins & Henderson
Jordan
Marsh & Co
Coleman, Mead & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Marsh
S Clarke
Williame
Lyons Forbes Lithe Mig Co
Ribbons ii
M Burr & Co
Chas E Haley & Co
Shepard Norwell & Co
Mercury Murphy & Coolidge
Grain and meat markets report across major cities
Rye and barley stocks listed. flour and grain shipments tallied. Detroit wheat prices ease at 80 cents, receipts 4530 bushels. St Louis markets show flour steady, wheat lower, rye around 49 to 50 cents, barley dull, whiskey firm. Toledo wheat 80 cents, Cincinnati pork strong at 10.75, lard and bacon mixed. receipts and shipments detailed for each city.
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Detroit
Michigan
ST. Louis
Toledo
Cincinnati
Cotton markets overview September tenth report
Weekly cotton market bulletin shows net receipts across ports totaling forty two thousand five hundred seventy seven, exports to Great Britain and France listed, stocks nationwide at one hundred eighty three thousand four hundred nineteen, and comparative figures from prior year for all ports interior towns and Liverpool.
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Augusta
Rosc
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Great Britain
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
France
Continent
United States
Liverpool
Chicago Cattle and Hog Market Report Sept 10
Cattle receipts 4000 shipments 200 higher with steers at 5 40 to 6 35, stockers and feeders 2 43 to 2 50, cows and bulls 1 50 to 2 25. Hogs receipts 14 000 shipments 6000 higher with packing and shipping 4 85 to 5 15, light hogs 3 90, skips 2 60 to 3 75. Sheep receipts 2000 shipments 1000 steady natives 2 35 to 2 80, Western 8 80 to 3 35, Texans 2 50 to 2 60, lambs 8 87 to 5 00.
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Chicago
Foreign Markets Report From Tyndon and Liverpool
Tyndon markets note firmer wheat and corn on shipment prospects and steady English prices. Liverpool quotes winter wheat 6s 8d, spring wheat 6s 9d, corn 48 6d with firm wheat demand and solid receipts. pork, bacon, lard and cheese prices listed amid mixed commodity activity.
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Tyndon
Beerbohm
Chamber of Commerce
Mark Lane
Paris
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
New
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Dener
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Suffolk County
Pleasant Street
Lewis Coleman
Herbert L. Perry
Shawmut Avenue
John H. Lee
George A. Wilson
Parsons Street
Boosstton
James Lyons
Maria W. Miller
Cedar Street
James V. Devine
Joshua Henderson
Sixth Street
Joseph B. Crosby
William&. Crosby
Second Street
William R. Pearman
Mary Sullivan
Bennington Street
William H. Watts
Katie A. Watts
London Street
Charlestown
Thomas Fee, Jr
Benjamin F. Wild
North Mead Street
Chelsea
Lucy H. Boies
John Riordan
Cottage Street
Winthrop
William B. Rice
E. F. Cutter
Shirley Street
Progress OF the Times
Deerees
Ste Patins
Eriude
Ernie Bowy
Telegraph
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