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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1883
Page
4
Short notices and local items from The Wilmington Post dated Friday December 7 1883 summarize community happenings. The page preserves terse records of residents events and town news with no sensational detail.
Seven interments this week across city cemeteries, four white and three colored. The A P Hurt steamer overhauled and ready to resume service. November port totals show 23 American vessels (10,788 tons) and 35 foreign vessels (13,262 tons) totaling 24,050 tons.
The Nov 30 market notes show varied prices: Turpentine trades from 34 to 38 cents per gallon and 100 to 200 casks sold, with firm or steady tones on Good Strained. Cotton offerings quote Middling to Good Middling up to 11.6 cents per pound, while Oils list Hard and Yellow Dip sales and firm closes amid scattered declines.
December 5 market notes show Sure Textrerona at 32 to 43 cents, 50 casks sold at 32. Rosta firm at 215 for Strained and 120 for Good Strained with offerings sold. Turpentine steady with Hard at 125 and Yellow Dip and Virgin at 215. Cotton dull with 400 bales sold at 10 cents Middling. official quotas listed for Ordinary Good Ordinacy Low Middling and Middling.
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