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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1875

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2

Malaga tonnage tax limits port duties at Malaga Harbor

The U S Consul at Malaga sent a royal decree to the State Department detailing new tonnage import and export duties at Malaga port and special tariff charges to be collected until further notice to fund harbor improvements. Duties range from thirty five centimes to four centimes per 100 kilograms across seven groups. A separate notice warns Great Lakes customs officers of increased smuggling by fishing vessels and calls for stricter vigilance.

Malaga United States State Department Treasury Department Great Lakes

Watertown Arsenal officer reassigned to Watervliet Arsenal

Capt. B. H. Gillette ordnance storekeeper relieved from duty at the Watertown Arsenal Massachusetts and ordered to the Watervliet Arsenal New York. The Treasury robbers B. B. Halleck and Theodore W alias Peg-Leg Brown were brought before the Police Court, waived examination, and committed to jail in default of 40000 bail.

Washington B. H. Gillette Watertown Arsenal Mass Watervleit Arsenal N. Y Treasury B. B. Halleck Theodore W Peg-Leg, Brown New York M. Simpson F. N. Deland National Machaine Bank Great Barrington Des Mowmes Iowa Deland Ccashier Des Moinnes Macoupin County Illinois

Financial distress in London prompts market decline

Shaw & Thompson iron traders fail with liabilities around 500000 dollars and assets near 50000. Market falls follow rumors of further failures. Erie and Reading shares drop on coal trade worries while Consols and American governments hold. Dundee relief aids 7000 strikers. Irish Rifle Association thanks American team. parting visit to Liverpool arranged.

London Shaw & Thompson Erie Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Reading Railroad Messrs Shaw & Thompson Leadenhall Street Dundee Relief Committee Dublin Irish Rifle Association Liverpool Financial and Commercial Stock Exchange Bank of England Orleans Lara Calcutta

Crop prospects brighten in Ohio Valley after floods

A Cincinnati Gazette report notes after a week of sun and wind, crops in the Ohio Valley show damage but prospects improve. Corn and oats yield may be higher than last year with August sun, no frosts, and abundant pastures. Potatoes and flax suffer less than feared. dairy output expected to rise.

Memphis Vicksburg Cork’s Point Arkansas Jersey Point Chisona Chicot City Arkansas City Gaines’s Landing Cincinnati the Gazette Ohio Valley Wabash Valley Apna

Annual Meeting of the Portsmouth and Dover Railway

The Portsmouth and Dover Railroad annual meeting reports leasing to the Eastern road at six percent for fifty years. Dover holds 225000 dollars of stock, Portsmouth 300000, notes due 63000, floating debt 15000, stock unissued 122000, and a sale of 38 shares from the late George H. Peirce estate at 75 a share. Directors Frank Jones Daniel Marcy Moses Goodrich Albert Hatch Andrew Young Oliver Wyatt Charles Sawyer elected.

Portsmouth and Dover Vermont Central Northern Pacific Sv’. Albans Pullman Car Co Gov. Smith Eick Vermont Central Co Cheney & Co Dillingham D. L. Lindsley Swanton Branch Vermont Junction Secret Service Fund Davenport Messrs Herbert, Mullis Cheney, Drury George Gregory Smith Portsmouth Portsmouth and George L. Treadwell George H. Peirce Dover Treadwell Frank Jones Daniel Marcy Moses H. Goodrich Albert R. Hatch Andrew H. Young Oliver Wyatt Charles H. Sawyer George Lesee William H. Hackett

Samoa and its islands a view of the navigators

A detailed and opinionated survey of Samoa and its outlying islands. The piece outlines geography, volcanic origins, harbors, and settlement patterns, noting Upolu as the capital and Apia as the main center. It discusses Meade, Steimberger, and colonial dynamics, with cultural portraits of Samoan people and trade interests.

Savaii Tutuila Manono Upolu Savai Meade Federation Crete de Cog Kotzebue Sayati Austral Asso Manono Samoa Bougainville Comte de Langle M. de Laimanan la Perouse Pango-Pango Webb Richard Meade Navy Narragansett Steimberger Polynesia Savaili Tahiti Apia

Corinne Prepares for Indian Attack as Troop Reinforcements Ordered

Salt Lake Utah August 11 Nearly all women and children evacuted from Corinne in anticipation of an Indian attack. Major Bryant commandant at Camp Douglass has been at Corinne all day and deems the threat so grave that he orders two more companies of troops to the area.

Fall River Aus New England Gunton Old Orchard Beach Inskip Dr Searles New Haven John Mr Dunn Newark N.J Christ Mr Foote Syracuse Messrs Inskip and McDonald New York Herald Sankey Moody Europe United States England Kenyon House Bedford Road London Hemisphere Switzerland Berne British Isles Sunderland Newcastle Carlisle Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee Aberdeen Inverness John O’ Groat Great Exhibition Palace Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Cavan Lord Radstock America Massachusetts Pennsylvania Boston Cincinnati Chicago San Francisco Michael Nolan Godefroy Brothers Hamburz Matafela Eingedieraia Windward Leeward Sherman Georgia Kearsarge Resaca Steimberger Mulligan Colonization Company Jellybys Albert F. Heard Ipswich County of Essex Pemberton Square S. Lothrop Thorndike, Esq A. D P. Usher U.S. Vf Mass Augustine Heard Lothrop Thorndike Esa Hegister Edward P. Usher U.S. Marshall Mohis George W. Marshall Needham Middlesex United States Court House Andrew F. Jewett, Esq A. M U. 8 Maries Mass Salt Lake Utah Corinne Mjor Bryant Camp Douglass CuicaGco Tribune Waupun Wis William M Hobkirk Waupun Bank Hobkirk Hohlkirk Hobri Rk Anna Cowell McVicker’s Theatre Society of the Army of the Cumberland Opera House Utica N.Y Rudolphus K. Turner Steve Bogle Charles Fowler Sing Sing St. Louis Joyce Canada Williamson County Iil Amos D. Bond Ware Mass Julius Aishberg Athol O. B. Owen Keene N. H Northampton Bennett Amerst Bond

Avery's surety bonds rejected over whiskey ring case

The surety bonds of Avery indicted for complicity in the whiskey ring arrived from Washington yesterday but were rejected for informalities and sent back. Avery has entered personal recognizance of 1000 dollars for day to day appearance.

Avery Washington

New York AG Denies Delano Blackmail Claim

C F Davis of the Union Pacific Land Office in Omaha says a Tribune Washington report alleging that Secretary Delano and his son attempted blackmail over land deals is untrue. The statement is disputed by Davis who cites no such conduct.

Buffalo New York Tribune Board of Trade Gov. Tilden Cyrus Clarke George B. Hibbard S. 8 Guthrie Dorsheimer Yostrum New York, AG C. F. Davis Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Washington Delano

Landers Wins Sebago Lake Single Scull Race

In the Sebago lake race Landers the Massachusetts champion defeated Lynch Stewart Kennealy and O'Donnell. Landers completed the roughly three mile course in 19 minutes 18 seconds.

Portland Sebago Lake Landers Massachusetts Lynch Stewart Kennealy O'Donnell

Plaisted Nominated By Fourth District Republicans

Bangor August 11 The Fourth Congressional District Republican nominating convention met at City Hall with Gen Charles Hamlin presiding. Gen H M Plaisted won the renomination by 114 votes to 22 for Crosby and others. the choice was made unanimous after brief speeches by Plaisted and Powers amid Aroostook and Penobscot County representation.

New York San Francisco North Carolina Ohio American Association For the Advancement of Science Detroit Hong Kong Key West John G. Whittier Daniel O’connell Yarmouth Amory Grove Bangor Fourth Charles Hamlin J. W. Porter Burlington J. Chadbourne Dixmont E. A. Thompson Dover Edward Wiggin, Jr Fort Kent Aroostook Aroostook County Piscataquis County Penobscot County Llewellyn Powers Houston Raleigh N. C Samuel Brannan Congress Saratoga

Cattle train collision injures railroad officials near Kansas City

A cattle train on the St. Louis Kansas City and Northern Railway collided with a Hannibal and St. Joseph special near Kansas City. Several railroad executives were injured, including Lee, Stevens, Harris, and Perkins, while Conductor Hammond suffered facial injuries. Engineers escaped serious harm on a curve collision.

Kansas City, Mo St. Louis Kansas Chicago, Burlington and Quincy O. E. Perkins Burlington and Missouri Road Hammond Penver Denver and South Park James Smith John Knea Denver Baltimore Staunton Big Bend Chesapeake and Ohio Hinton

Tornado Ravages Philadelphia Neighborhood

A violent tornado cut a 400 foot swath through northwest Philadelphia at about 5 pm, toppling trees and fences, unroofing about a dozen houses, smashing wagons, and tearing roofs from the Green and Coates street depot. The storm lasted ten minutes with no serious injuries reported.

Philadelphia Green and Coates Streets

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