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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1884

Page

3

Grain and dairy price report with steady markets

Market notes show cornmeal and meals maintaining steady bids with bran and flour prices listed. Butter, cheese, and eggs display quiet but firm tones, with fine northern creameries in demand around 30 cents and Western milk products trading in the mid 20s to low 10s per pound or per pound-equivalent.

Boston Mercantile Corporation New York Minnesota City Mills Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Lsc Toledo Detroit St. Louis York T. Louis C. S Liverpool

Wheat and corn markets firm in London and Liverpool

Commercial report shows wheat firmer in Mark Lane and at Liverpool with corn steady to dearer. Red wheat 33s 6d off coast, California wheat 34s 6d to 35s, futures 328s 6d for prompt. Paris firm for wheat and flour. Weather showery. farmers delivered 75k to 80k quarters. Provisions like pork 75s, bacon 49s 6d, lard 38s 3d. breadstuffs firm with higher asks.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Duc Paris Liverpool

Maritime and Colonial Cargo Listings From Multiple Ports

A dense OCR listing from Boston Halifax Charlottetown and other ports details cargoes including eggs mackerel lobsters fish case goods and general commodities aboard steamers schooners barks and brigs with numerous firm names and consignors noted for import movements across Atlantic and coastal Canada and South America during the period. The entries enumerate quantities such as cases bbls tons hides and pails, naming firms like L Arthur & Co Bea man Bros F H Bowles Dudley & Co J Bigelow & Co E H Cutler Beaman Bros T J Jones & Co W H King and many others along with destinations including Liverpool Eng Yarmouth NS Halifax NS and Buenos Aires. Many vessels are listed with cargo types and volumes.

Boston Halifax Charlottetown Pel Sir Worcester Arthur & Co Bowles Beaman Bros Chapin George Clarke H Cutter Dudley & Co Holmes A& O W Mead Rockwell T Russell & Co Cutter Delopg & Seaman Dunley & Co L Gilmore Ogex Griffin & Co Horns Haskins & Montague Jones & Co Lorimer Junk King Gilman Russell & Co Liverpool Eng T Nichols & Co Jones Baring Bros & Co Sherburne Dame & Co J A Hayes & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co Howard, Bullcurh & Riley Leigh & Co Linder & Meyer Odel Merey & Co Schroesser & Son Leyland & Co Great Western Despatch Co Stedman & Fuller Manus Co Wellesley College Hovey & Co Forbes Yarmouth Steamer Alpha Delong & Seaman John B Drake & Co Durkee Dominion New England News Co Hall & Co Knowles Hilton Cheney & Myrick Annie G O'Leary Winsor & Son Margaretville N S Bessie Carson Buenos Ayres Henry Warner Rice & Co Elizabeth Forrest Glace Bay Morris W Child Darrow, Mann & Co Progreso Belle Higgins

Trade and shipments ledger of commodities and goods

A dense ledger of shipments and quantities across regions listing items such as lard, molasses, butter, eggs, leather, cotton, wool, flour, beans, apples, hay, and potatoes. Entries note totals by boat, railroad, and express services, with regional tallies for Maine, Lowell, and Eastern routes.

San Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Peabody, Salem Sea

Counterfeit Note Case in U.S. Commissioners Court

On September 29 James Quinlan was held in 1000 bail for further examination on attempting to pass a counterfeit ten dollar treasury note on William H. Parker a Susmann Bros clerk at 273 Washington Street. Goodale charged with conspiring to defraud the government in the Allston pension case held in 1500 bail for trial. Thomas Smith discharged.

James Quinlan Treasury Iliam H. Parker Susmann Bros Washington Street Wis Goodale Allston Thomas Smith

Supreme Judicial Court hearing resumes in Magoun suit

Sept 20 before Judge Colburn the Supreme Judicial Court resumed the hearing in the suits of Thacher Magoun and others against Margaret Magoun. The case remains unfinished as proceedings paused in the ongoing matter.

Supreme Judicial Court Colburn Thacher Magouun Oifers Margaret Magoun

Superior Court Docket Reports and Trials

In Rockwell superior court cases plaintiffs from Passumpsic Vermont sue Benjamin F. Colly for croquet set deliveries with alleged contract breach and price due. Barriet F Webster sues city of Lowell over land damages from street discontinuation affecting Tremont and Suffolk mills. Lists forthcoming trial dockets for Reed adm. v Tryde Meehan v Swift Atherton v Atkins Morrill v Lowland McIntee v McClure McDonald v Livingstone Murphy v Lyons Mason v Lawrence Diggles v Duckworth Regan v Lynch and others.

Smith Et al Benjamin F. Colly Passumpsic G. H. Stevens F. J. Greenholze Barriet F. Webster City of Lowell Hanover Street Tremont Suffolk Mills F. T. Greenhoize N. D. Pratt City of Lowell Litty Tremont and Suffolk Corporation Reed Adm Tryde Meehan Swift Ton Atkins Morrill Lowland Atal

McGuire placed on probation for embezzlement case

In Superior Criminal Court before Judge Gardner Terence McGuire, who pleaded guilty earlier to embezzlement, was placed on probation. Martha L. Smith, colored, convicted at the last term of larceny, was sentenced to four months in the common jail. Court adjourned for the term.

Terence McGuire Martha L. Smith

Multiple Larceny and Assault Charges Hearings In Central Court

In front of Judge Churchill several defendants including Frank E. Robinson alias William Robinson Aggie Brown and John Reagan faced larceny charges with bonds set at 506 300 and 1500. Others named include Elsie Levangie Nellie Bean Nellie Bean etc. Roxbury court sent Alice Canning to the women’s prison for one year and James Dolan was fined 10 plus costs for assault. Bunker Hill case Cornelius Casey’s assault on Patrolman O'Brien continued to October 1.

Central Court Churchill Frank E. Robinson William Robinson Aggie Brown Catherine Black House of Industry John Reagan Elsie Levangie Reformatory Charles Belden Nellie Bean Frank E. Robertson William Robertson William H. Baldwin Arthur Lafore Arthur Mellville Jersey City Cornelius Callahan John Conley James H. Lally Leon Morton John Lynne James Dennie James Dacey Mary Mulhern Roxbury Alice Canning Woman’s James Dolan Lizzie Norton Marcella Street Lome James Mooney Bunker Hill Cornelius Casey O’brien

Insolvency Notices and Assignments Reported Across Several States

Boston printers Atwood and Sherburne face liabilities around 2000 with 6000 in assets and plan insolvency. Wilbur F. Hatch of Charlestown named insolvent. Alfred V. Linco appointed assignee. George Woods company trustee H. C. Pearson with advisory board to manage assets for creditors. Fall River dealer F. Ponder Co paid 45 cents on the dollar as creditors anticipate full recovery, others settle in insolvency or seek extensions. Multiple detachments and assignments listed in Maine New Hampshire Illinois Ontario and beyond, with named creditors and consignees including J. Butffum N. D. Wilber George L. Soule and more. Suffolk County real estate attachments include Boylston National Bank vs Uriah Coffin and Bowker Torrey vs Coffin trustee.

Atwood & Sherburne Water Street Boston Wilbur F. Hatch Main Street Charlestown Alfred V. Linco Charles A. Smith George Woods Company Organ Manufacturers Middleboro Mass H. C. Pearson Messrs. J. Butffum N. D. Wilber George L. Soule T. Poirier Fall River Scannell & Cronin Lewiston F. D. Gage Gage Bros Nashua N. H Bannatine & Co Winnifred Man F. Ponder & Co Jewelers Louisville Irwin Setliff & Morris Sparta Tenn J. Simons & Co Dallas Leon Herschman Indianapolis Ind Charles F. Hull Forth Worth Tex Huston Post Publishing Company Longview Geo. A.poppleton Queens-Ware Tiffin R. C. Melione Ant Matthews, Barter & Co Commission Chicago Croshaw & Wilson Ogden Utah H. V. Robinson Moundville W. Va F. Sands Eau Claire Wis P. E. Kein el Paso Elias G. J. Sehnautz Boots and Shoes New York City J. K. Dunlop & Co Bridgeport

Wanted a Successor To the Faltor of the Boston Post

A Boston reader asks for living successors to Samuel A Way to aid a well established, profitable business needing temporary funds. He laments high rates from lenders, notes city bankers and merchants avoid helping him, and recalls Ways charity and leadership. He appeals to readers for guidance or contacts in Boston.

Fal Tor Boston Post Boston Samuel A. Way Kamcchatka Patagonia Juan Fernandez Jones Messrs Smyth, Browne Thomson Richardson Robinson Fiji Islands Grit

Railroad Matters Balance Wake County Rail Board Update

Rail officials report financial balance and procedural updates as Wake County considers upcoming rail projects. Board members discuss funding, maintenance, and schedule implications for regional transport, with formal notes filed for public record.

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