Electric lighting gains rapid Boston foothold and market faith
The Boston Sunday Courier notes electric lighting expands quickly in Boston with hundreds now lit, led by Merchants Electric Light and Power and American Electric and Illuminating, under S. H. Goff. Providence begins a 200 light plant with capacity for 1,000 as New England lights grow. auctions show mixed shares, print cloths firm with 199,000 deliveries this period.
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Boston Sunday Courier
Boston
American Electric and Illuminating Company
American
S. H. Goff
Thompson- Houston
American Electric and Hluminating
New England
Providence
R. I
Continental
Hill
Lowell
Manchester
Lyman
Merrimac
Union
Fall River
Eureka
Lebanon
Sagamore
Barnard
Border City
Flint
Mechanics
Narragansett
Osborn
Slade
Stafford
Union Manufacturing Co
Wetamore
Boylston
North American
Newton National
Railroad dividends and transfer book dates announced
The Boston National Bank and the Dubuque and Sioux Railroad declare 3 percent dividends. Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg bonds interest payments shift to Central Trust after Oct 1. Chicago Rock Island 13 percent dividend payable Nov 1. Transfer books closed Sept 29 reopen Oct 26. Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha declare 1.5 percent preferred dividend payable Oct 20. transfer books closed Sept 29 reopen Oct 24.
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Boston National Bank
Dubuque and Sioux Railroad Company
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company
Central Trust Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company
American Bell Telephone Co
Bean
WM. R. Driver
Treas
Market swings as Villards key day in New York stocks
The New York market shows firm to weak tendencies with rail and trunk lines leading gains and Villards sliding from intraday highs to the day’s lowest. Banks report reduced reserves and rising loans, while weekly stock turnover reaches 2,320,877 shares amid mixed commodity futures and specie movements.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Elizabeth
Lexington
Big Sandy
Milwaukee and
St.Paul
Oregon Transcontinental
Northern Pacifics
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Western Union
Bears
Northern Pacific
Michigan Central
Chicago
Burlington and Quincey
Lackawanna Kg
Denver
Jersey Central
Oregon Improvement
Richmond
Danville
New Jersey Central
New York Central
Louisville
Nashville
St. Paul
Stock Exchange
St. Lo
Canaan Southern
Pacific
A. Oo Wee. Oon ” del
L. & West
Delaware& Hud
Denver & Rio G
MIG Colenschasen
Syke
Repese Sau
Lake Shore
Louisville & Nash
Lake Erie & W
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Asly
Memphis & C
Northweste
New Jersey
BGM
Ohio & Mississpn
Ontario & West
Ohio Centra
Pacific Mail
Peoria
Dec. & K
Phila. & Reading
Milwaukee&st.p
St. P
Omaha
Texas Pacific
St.l
Union
Oregon
Multinational Cargo List From Ports Worldwide
A long compiled cargo log from Liverpool to Sydney and beyond lists steamer cargoes and shipments by firm names such as J L& DS, Hart & Young, Shreve Crump & Low, and Baring Bros & co. It notes soda ash, mixed cottons, porcelain, whiskey, oil, moise, jewelry, timber, and numerous commodities with quantities including tierces, cases, bales, casks, and tons across many ports including Buenos Ayres, Newcastle, Margaretville NS, and Ponce. Key entities include Steiners and merchants, with ships like Cephalonia 82 and York City, and many wholesale houses such as Jordan Marsh & co and Merchants’ Despatch Transportation co.
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Liverpool
Eng
L& DS Riker
Goodwin
Forbes Co
Hovey & Co
Lee, Blackburn & Co
Mason, Chapin & Co
Dupee & Co
Oxford Cotton Warp Co
Zenas Sears
Stephen G Train
Clafflin
Larrabee & Co
Messenger Bros & Jones
Jaces Gross & Strauss
Despatch Transportation Co
James Phelps, Jr
Haberdashery
Thayer & Lincoln
Wheelock & Co
Charles Pollock
H A Hartley & Co
Moise Dennison Manus Co
Stone & Downer
J B Moors & Co
Woollens Talbot, Wilmarth
Williston, Knight & Co
H.pray Sons & Co
Messenger, Jr
Brown & Griffiths
Domdse Wright Bros
Thos Leyland & Co
Lovering & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Vrandy J
D & M Williams
Tully & Co
Locke & Co
Stowell & Co
Moise Clark Sawyer & Co
Obor
A Paul & Co
Callender, McAuslan & Troup
Bradford
Thomas & Co
Rogers
Hawley, Folsom & Martin
Hovey
Tilden
Thurber & Co
Hart & Young
Hollander & Co
Houghton & Dutton
H White & Co
Shepard
Norwell & Co
Hogg
Brown & Taylor
Bradford E Jones
Howard
Forbes Lithograph Co
Bereard
Gandolph & Co
Wool and — Merchants’ Transportation Co
West Hartlepool
York City
Baring Bros & Co
Perkins & Co
James Dundas
H Ford
Patrick Oe
Buenos Ayres
Sarmiento
Pierce & Co
Brown Bros & Co
Ropes & Co
New York
Newcastle
L & DS
Do Lombard & Co
James Lee & Co
Patrick Arklay
Margaretville
N S
Elizabeth
Forrest Pubnico
Annie M Bell
Jones & Co
G Hall & Co
Arichat
Polar Star
Wakefield
Temple Ray
Havana
Niagara
Samuels
Ponce
Rachel Coney
Bates & Barnett
Barbadoes
Achsah
Cotton & Haley
Pubnico
Seven Brothers
T J Jones & Co
Port Caledonia
C B
Luis G Rabel
Port AU Prince
Carrie Purinton
John Chisholm
Sydney
Survivor
Amethyst
Cotton Markets Across Ports See Mixed Yet Firm Tone
Across Memphis to New Orleans and beyond, receipts and gross figures show steady demand with market firm at mid to high ranges. Cotton, grains, and flour trade activity are reported with varied net receipts, stock levels, and coastwise movements. prices hover around steady to slightly higher midpoints, with notable strength in some hubs and modest declines in others.
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Canada
Duill
New York
Palermo
Messina
Jamaica
Boston
Liverpool
American
All Board
Boston Commercial Exchange
Chicago
Union
Memphis
Isales
Sobistock
Augusla
ST Louis
Baltimore
Ai Ae Tock
Louisville
Cincinnati
Mobile
New Orleans
Charleston
Aeameran Ravan
Eeeresces
Philadelphia
Eesapaene
Savannah
Mid Dee
United States
Great Britain
Receipts of Staple Goods By Regional Rail Lines
A ledger style summary lists quantities of cotton wool flour oats butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes hay lumber leather and hides per Jowell Fitchburg Eastern Grand Junction Sea and regional lines including Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence for Sept 22. Highlights include thousands of bushels of corn and oats, hundreds of bales and boxes, multiple car and roll tallies, and notable leather and hides totals across carriers.
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Jowell Railroad
Maine
Fitchburg
Eastern Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Sea
Peabody and Salem
New York and New England Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Boston and Albany Railroad
Providence Railroad
Total Receipts of Staple Products Sept 22
A historical port table lists total receipts of staple goods for Sept 22, comparing 1882 and 1883 figures. Commodities include Cotton, Wool, Flour, Cornmeal, Oats, Corn, Millfeed, Tallow, Lard, Hams, Tongues, Grease, Bacon, Dry hides, Tea, Coffee, Skins, Sugar, Molasses, Pelts, and Beatings. The 1882 column notes many values, with some reductions applied to the bar relabeled flour data.
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de Siesce
Exciting War Over Rates Shakes Railroad World
A Chicago despatch on Sept 22 reports a rate battle in railroads with cuts to Louisville and Cincinnati, scalpers undercutting to Council Bluffs, and new Yorkers selling Kansas City coupons. Westbound rates from New York to Kansas City show a fall to 18 50 with margins tightening for brokers, while a New York meeting will address the issue. The Standard notes possible New England railroad upheavals tied to Boston routes, canal dreams, and a surge in miles built this year. An Astoria dispatch reveals Northern Pacific's price constraints for the Astoria Forest Grove railroad and available funds.
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Dhee
Hartford
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Lowell
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Memphis
Chicago
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Council Bluffs
Grand Trunk
Astoria
Ore
Astoria Chamber of Commerce
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Northern Pacific
Astoria Forest Grove
Regimental associations hold reunions and Gettysburg excursion plans
A Boston notice lists events across regiments. The Twenty third Regiment association meets September 28 in Beverly. the eighteenth M V unit gathers September 25 to discuss Gettysburg position. First Regiment Veteran association considers a Gettysburg visit September 29. Delegates named for the Gettysburg excursion span Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Thirty second regiments with numerous officers and sergeants listed.
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Eighteenth Regiment
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Change Avenue
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United States Army
Charlestown
A. M. Randol
First Artillery
Forts Independence
Warren
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
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Yates
First Regiment Veteran Association
Washington Street
John P. Story
Fourth United States Artillery
West
Signal Bureau
Fort Warren
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P. T. Hanley
George W. Dutton
P. EK. Murphy
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W. H. Brown
C. H. Wakefield
Daniel H. Harmon
William H. Ward
Joseph H. Brown
Henry H. Stone
Gustavus B. Hutchinson
William A. James H. Cruff
F. Cook
Jas
T. A. Lewis
George Kimball
Samuel 4. Leonard
Gustave Magnitzky
James A. Cunningham
Edward O. Shepard
Isaac F. Kingsbury
A. Bancroft
G. W. Lauriat
A. T. Reynolds
Edward McQuinn
P. B. Laskey
Multiple businesses face liabilities across several states
The report lists debts totaling about 48,000 for Rice Jones & Hammond lumber dealers in Loston with 4,000 secured. 2,225 owed by Hall of Winthrop. 25 cent or 1 dollar settlements by many creditors. Failures include H Kassens Co Cincinnati and Abram Andrews Cedar Rapids. Collins Co Columbus owes 15,000 with 6,000 assets. William Wepe St John. Macomber & Greenwood likely insolvent. R H Kelley Montreal liabilities 146,000 with 34,000 assets. Hodgson Montreal real estate sheriff sale 75,500.
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Kilby Street
Border Street
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Cincinnati
Abram Andrews
Cedar Rapids
C. F. Collins & Co
Columbus
Ind
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St. John
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Macomber & Greenwood
R. H. Kelley
Montreal
Thomas Hodgson
Que
Court sentences and bail in Central and South Boston courts
In Central court Judge Forsaith Jere Craman orders six months in the house of industry for a common drunkard. John Ryan, larceny, fined $15 and costs, appeals and is held in $200. Costello, larceny, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. Ann Dowling, common drunkard, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. Edward J. Hill and Frederick W. Patterson, embezzlement, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. James Brown, larceny, held in $200 to appear before the superior court. John Golden, drunk, case continued till next day. In South Boston court Jerome F. Condon found guilty of a third drunkenness offense and sentenced to six months in the house of industry.
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Edward J. Hill
Frederick W. Patterson
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John Golden
Boston
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