Grain Markets and Prices Across Commodities and Provisions
Sour steady and fairly active grain markets with oats quiet and unchanged. Wheat, cornmeal, spring wheat, and winter wheat show mixed demand and prices across No 1 hard Duluth, No 1 white, and No 2 red. Oats lower on track. pork unsettled. whisky steady. Hogs weak with mixed buy points. Various cash and futures quotes for wheat and corn listed with prices for July August September and beyond. Also detailed markets for breadstuffs, provisions, dairy, poultry, meats, hay, and miscellaneous building materials and commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Brace of Accident A Troy and Boston Railway Smash-up
A fierce wreck near Pownal Vermont after Troy and Boston freight trains collided. Six men killed including engineers Mark Sutherland and Charles Marden, conductor John Barrett, and operator W H Bruce. Fire and rescue efforts hampered by flames. bodies burned beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trox
Troy
Boston
Pownai
Mark Sutherland
Charles Marden
John Barrett
W. H. Bruce
Troy & Greenfield
State Line
Johngoon
Petersburgh
Hoosie River
Opening at Loguville Exposition Opens Amid Holiday Crowds
Aug 1 Lorisvaze crowds flood Loguville as the Presidential party travels from the hotel to the Exposition building. Police and military escorts guide the route to a perfect ovation. President Dupont presides as President Arthur opens the Exposition amid a full 20,000 capacity crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorisvaze
Dupont
Arthur
Train Derailment near North Troy Wrecks Express Train
An express train on the Southeastern Railroad from New York to Montreal derailed near North Troy, wrecking two parlor cars, baggage car, passenger car, and a new engine. A Derby woman died, fourteen others were seriously hurt, including Fred Pierce of Stanstead. Injured were taken to Newport Centre and North Troy. It was the worst such accident in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newrork
Southeastern
Montreal
North Troy
Derby
Fred Pierce
Stanstead
Newport Centre
Railroad triporses rescue as 50 aboard escape tragedy
In Euiz Pa on August 1 a rail incident left fifty passengers aboard, with the rail line company aiding victims. The transfer of customs posts occurred today with Jacob F Walther named to deputy collectors and multiple appointments confirmed in Erie, McKean, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euiz
Customs and
Internal Revenue
Jacob F. Walther
Charles M. Lynch
Stafford
Matthew IR. Barr
Walther
B. F. Butterfield
Erie
John L. Gibson
Erie County
J. J. Beecher
Bradford
McKean County
Col. Culbernton
Meadville
Crawford County
W. H. Alexander
Mercer County
Dr. R. Colbert
Venango County
B. Cowan
Warren Mail
Warren
Telegraphic Topics Summary of Regional Labor and Crime News
In Shamokin heavy surface squeeze leads to Star colliery abandonment with all workers dismissed. St Louis journeymen coopers strike for higher wages. A man in St Louis attempts to kill his wife then commit suicide, jealousy cited. Pittsburgh railroad workers strike against wage cuts, potential wider walkout. Clarion burglar steals 700 plus, safe broken into Sterner Bartlett store Scotch Hill. horse and buggy stolen. Trumbault mine workers strike for 12.5 cents raise amid excitement. Brockton woman Mary Baker found murdered. husband arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Sterner & Bartlett
Scotch Hill
A Chapter of Horrors and Scranton Domestic Tragedy
A Baltimore domestic tragedy unfolds as Archie Stettler, husband of a wealthy coal operator’s daughter, is arrested for deserting a young woman he married in a New York hotel. Separate dispatches report George Perry, newly married in New York, with warrants issued for polygamous relationships and past marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Archie Stettleragon
New York
Washington Waifs and Civil Service Posts
A collage of 1870s notes includes Civil Service regulation prep, a suspension of import prohibitions on neat cattle and hides with quarantine on non American cattle, a July 4th barn fire confessed by Henry Waggoner seeking penitentiary asylum, bond market chatter on Confederate bonds and July coupons, Hill investigation remarks on Treasury elevators and architects, and updates on debt reduction, July revenues, and Calais Me tannery shutdowns amid wage disputes.
Financial Sketch of Western Union Telegraph Company
A critical look at Western Union Telegraph Company shows a century of stock watering and consolidations. From an 1858 38 percent dividend to a 780 million capital after recent exchanges, watered stock fueled growth while actual investments and plant value hovered far below. Court disputes linger over the last scrip dividend and the true value of absorbed properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph
Western Union
Pacific Telegraph Company
San Francisco
United States Telegraph Co
American Telegraph
American Union Telegraph Company
Atlantic and Pacific
Domestic Tragedy Rocks Baltimong Family
Special Dispatch reports in Baltimong on August 2 that William Smith, a grocery keeper, quarreled with his wife in the morning, shot her dead, and then killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Observer
Baltimong
Wm. Smith
Terrible Death in Pool Rescue at Passaie N J
Special dispatch reports Geo Krytor and Geo Conkling laborers rescued a suffocated companion in a cesa pool at Passaie New Jersey. They worked to revive the man but the effort ended fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passiae N. J
Geo, Krytor
Geo. Conkling
Weather bulletin from signal station forecast
Probabilities indicate a fair outlook at the Lower Lakes with partly cloudy skies and light local rains. Cooler winds are expected as the day progresses after a period of unsettled conditions.
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Wasvinetor
Lower Lakes
Rather Fishy. Invincible claim looms in Titernian plot
Rochester Aug 1 Felix Lynch of this city says O'Donnell who killed Carey is a leader in the New York branch of the Ancient Order of Titernians and acted under the Invincibles order. Lynch adds Tad Carey reached Montreal and that the Marquis of Lansdowne has not long to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Felix Lynch
O'Donnell
Carey
New York
Order of Titernians
Order of the Invincibles
Tad Carey
Montreal
Lynch
Marquis of Lansdowne
Electric Spares Concord Reported Political Deal
A coalition forming to back Col. A F F Howard for Senate is noted in Concord with Chandler likely dropping out. There is no expected election this week. In Poplar Grove Ky Fred Weisser, aged sixty, is found beaten near death after drawing a pension check of 700 dollars goes missing. injuries include a broken arm and a head wound. In Essex Centre Ontario Simon Cunningham and family are struck by a train. Cunningham dies, wife fatally injured, child leg broken. Burglars raid Dr G C Clark in Niagara Falls stealing valuables. dog enters through a broken window screen. In Brooklyn, Dr Marshal Green is killed and Jones fatally wounded after gunfire following a quarrel with Jones. In Albany, several individuals arrest for incendiary stables fires. George Jones turns State's evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Grove
Fred Weisser
Mearly
Burlington, VI
Essex Centre
Simon ‘Cunningham
Cunningham
Ras selas disaster claims settled and curious find reported
Settlements reached for all casualties in the Ras selas accident on the Rochester and Pittsburg line, four weeks after disaster. In Mill Village Pa, Martin McKay unearthed a near perfect petrified child’s head. scientists deem it a fine specimen and the tinder offered $100 for the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester & Pittsburg
Mill Village
Martin McKay
Spares From the Wire and Industry Strikes Reported
In Macon two Jones County farmers died of gas while digging a well. The GU City Derrick notes fatigue from vacation and school hooks. Workers in South Chicago mills face an indefinite shutdown affecting 1,900. In New Haven cigar unions discuss contracts between International and Progressive factions. Lancaster Watch Company suspends. 250 workers idle due to principal stockholder’s failure.
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Macon
Jones County
GU City
Chicago
New Haven
Lancaster
Lancaster Watch Company
A Fish That Resembles a Man Displays in Broadway Store
A four foot long specimen called the man fish is shown in a Broadway store near Fourth Street. A card notes it was caught at longitude 139 and latitude 30 on the east coast of Japan by Captain E S Buckus of the brig Blackbird on October 5, 1882. The only other specimen is in the Imperial Museum at St Petersburg.
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Broadway
Fourth Street
Japan
E. 8. Buckus
Imperial Museum
St. Petersburg
Brooklyn
Eagie
Equine Race and Local News From Erie Detours and Thefts
Miss Myrtie Peek and Madam Marantette, famed equestriennes, planned a ten mile race at Erie Driving Park with Kentucky thoroughbreds and seven horse changes each. H Harris manages a dozen horses at the park, training daily for today’s event. Monday night burglars robbed Benj Garfield’s Salamance home, stealing three watches and money. family awakened only by morning. Two miles from Kane, Pa, a facility produces alcohol and acid from beech and maple wood, yielding a coke byproduct in demand for industry. News rates likely."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Peek
Madam Marantette
Erie
H. Harris
Jthe
Mr. Benj. Garfield
Salamance
Mr. Garfield
Kane
McKean County
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M East Second-sr
Trade and Commerce
Telegraph
Grain Markets
Muthelland Co
Y Ors
Iuery & Amhettlewy
Miers
Courtry
Bours Bayt
Droce
C. Sones
Mutton Inc
Bulva Cement
Ibseo Civiga Soif
Phiater
Lake
Snd
Buick
Sip
Nerchive
Oil City
Williams
THE
Associated Press
Troy and
Boston Railway
Louisville
TRE City
Haigh Carnival
Troy & Boston Road
George Warner
Frank Barnes
Hoosac Falls
Martin
Loguville
Shamokin
Star
St. Louis
Peter Merenzebla
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Trumboldt, Mich
Republic
Brockton
Mass
Mary Baker
Baltimore
Arty
Aktad
Utah
New Yonk
George Perry
Washington
Civil Service Commissioners
Fresbury Department
North
South America
Henry Waggoner
Confederacy
Hill
Mulford Helmer
Treasury Department
Hale & Co
M.N. Malone
Gen. Steinmetz
Thompson
Charles P. Newton
New
Calais
Shaw
Grand Lake
Princeton
Financial Sketch of Western Union
Concord
Col. A. FF. Howard
Chandler
Niagara Falls
G. C. Clark
Albany
William A. Houghkirk
Peter Nugent
Henry 8. Clark
J. Wesley Brien
George 8. Jones
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