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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1878

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New York Dr Bradford sentenced after dramatic trial disclosure

In General Sessions Dr Bradford, convicted of causing Sarah Connors death by malpractice, faces a new trial appeal and introduces new evidence via Mme Cherardi. A court confession tied to the crime appears, but Judge Sutherland refuses a new trial and imposes fourteen years and six months. The accuser and the judge leave the scene as the case closes.

New York Bradford Sarah Victoria Connors Toms Vickey Connors God Jesus Christ Braiford Mme. Cherardi Pierrepoint — Street Brooklyn Sutherland Collins Mme. Cher

Senate votes on Edmunds bill to regulate electoral count

The Senate approved Edmunds bill 35 to 26 with 13 absent or not voting. Republicans uniformly supported. Democrats mostly opposed except Bayard Morgan Merriman and McPherson would have voted aye. Cockrell did not vote over technical concerns. Debate cited party lines and potential tracking for House action.

Senate Edmunds Messrs Bayard Morgan Merriman McPherson Johnston Cockrell Bayard Hill Eaton Southard House Washington Manhattan Savings Institution of New York Gordon Congress Exton Thurman Messrs Hoar Yeas Matthews Mitchell Morrill Oglesby Paddock Patterson Plumb Rollins Saunders Teller Wadleigh Wisdom Nays Armstrong Bailey Beck Butler Coke Davis West Virginia Dennis Eustis Gordeon Grover Harris Hereford Jones Florida Kernan Lamar McCreery McDonald Maxey Randolph Ransom Voorhees Wallace Withers Chaffee Conover Barnum Jahnson Garland Houses of Blaine Messrs Blaine Messrs Booth, Davis Illinois Ingalisana Wadleigh

Massachusetts election conduct to be investigated

A Boston Post despatch reports that the recent Massachusetts election will face heated scrutiny during debate on the Blaine resolution. Senators Thurman and Butler spearhead calls for inquiry, with possible visits by investigators to Massachusetts and South Carolina, and witnesses from Massachusetts expected.

Massachusetts Washington Maine Thurman Senate House Gen. Butler Butler South Carolna

Senate Debates Edmunds Bill on Presidential Vote Count

The Senate considers the Edmunds bill to regulate counting the presidential vote as Mr. Blaine faces a Southern war delay. The article notes legislative maneuvering and political factions shaping the timing and fate of the measure.

Senate Edmunds

Army Reconstruction Bill Sparks Debate on Confederate Restrictions

Washington dispatch reports Army Commission members claim repealing section 1218 will not open army ranks to Confederates beyond Second Lieutenant after academy graduation or promotion from lower ranks. Conkling shows temper on New York nominations while criticizing the President. Other items note patent suits limits, immigrant aid measures, a temporary army increase bill, and various nominations and receipts.

Washington Army Commission Military Conkling New York Arthur Cornell House Patent Committee Schleicher House House Committee On Commerce Potter and Cox Plumb Frontier Service House Committee On Public Lands McGarrahan Secretary of the Interior Idria Kelley Treasury Department Edwards Pierrepont United States Lewis Hoboken Senate Harvey L. Roberts Winsted Conn George A. Blacher National Military Home Ohio

Freshet Floods Hartford Area and Rail Lines Hit

A heavy freshet on the Connecticut River floods Hartford and nearby riverfronts, submerging wharves and delaying travel. Bridges and depots suffer, with steamboat docks unreachable and rail service cut or rerouted along rising streams. Reports from Plymouth and Bath NH describe washouts, rail repairs, and ongoing damage assessments.

Bank panics hit Saratoga as First National closes

Saratoga faces a bank run after defalcations of County Treasurer Wright spark closings of the First National and the Commercial Bank. Directors move to shield assets amid rumors. deposits owed total 145,640 at the First National and 163,505 at the Commercial. Officials blame value shrinkage since 1873 as fears grow of further failures.

Saratoga First National Bank Wright Commercial Bank First National Jacob H. Farrington John J. Leake John L. Barker Isaac H. Farrington Lucrena E. Farrington

Mining stock closing prices report from San Francisco

The San Francisco market survey lists official closing prices for mining stocks on December 13. Entries include Grand Prize Hale & Norcross Julia Consolidated Justice Mexican Ophir Overman, California, Eureka Consolidated and several others with varying price figures, reflecting a mixed session for miners across multiple firms.

San Francisco Gy Hale Washoe Consolidated Gold & Curry Cceee Bey

Milledgeville man kills brother-in-law in bar room shooting

Hamp Gibson shot and killed Styles in a Milledgeville bar room yesterday. A Columbia dispatch reports Gov Hampton resting comfortably and improved. John A Duncan arrested in Pittsburg for embezzling $10,000 from Dilworth Brothers as their book-keeper. A late storm caused damage on Prince Edward Island with wind, blown ore, and injured cattle.

Milledgeville Hamp Gibson Styles Columbia 8. C Gov Hampton John A. Duncan Pittsburg Dilworth Brothers Prince Edward Island

Obituary Fragments from Boston and National Notices

One of Boston’s oldest residents died on December 18 at No 1 Hollis Street at age 97. She was daughter of Paul Dudley Richards a descendant of Gov Thomas Dudley and left two children. Her grandson Dudley R Child and several nieces and nephews survive. A devout Hollis Street Church member she remained sharp minded and mobile by carriage all her life. The second item notes a famed English landscape engraver’s death in Brighton at 85, with references to major works and a turn of the century Royal Academy exhibit. The third item reports William J Wilson, founder of the Freedman’s Bank in Washington, dying at 59, once running a network of branches before a corruption ring collapsed the institution.

United States Senate House Blaine Senate New York City Elizabeth Child Boston Hollis Street House of Commons Costafraley Matheson Rouse’s Point New York St Jon's P.Q Congress Leroy A. Eaton Russell Mass Albany Mississippi Long Island Jamaica Hempstead Foster’s Meadow Pocomoke City Ella Hearn Lily Duer Miss Duer Miss Hearn Paul Dudley Richards Thomas Dudley Dudley R. Child Child Mr Wight Samuel West Horace Holley White Mountains Maine Brighton England Turner Wales Rogers Lake Nemi Venice Royal Academy Freedman’s Bank Washington Wilson Ohio

Bangor kleptomaniac case and regional crime roundup

A Bangor resident was detected as a kleptomaniac with about nine bushels of groceries and other items found in her room. George Dean and John Finley of Saco were arrested on suspicion as alleged firebugs operating in the area. The Lewiston water works expenditure through December 1 reached 252000 dollars. Mr Patterson's contract is estimated near 35000 dollars. Bath secured a contract for a 500 ton side wheel steamer hull and machinery to run between Rockland and Mount Desert via the Knox and Lincoln Railroad, to complete by May 20. Two boys, sons of Pierce and Flags, aged 8 and 10, drowned in Hudson. The Pierce boy's body was recovered. the other remains missing. In Rockland Supreme Judicial Court, Hannah Thorndike and William M. Miller were indicted for murder and burglary respectively. Thorndike’s murder trial for Honora Sullivan is set to begin Monday. York county lists three Executive Councillor candidates: Shaw, Cromwell, and Moody. The Rockland Opinion retracts prior personal character allegations against Gen. Davis Tillson, ending his libel suits.

Bangor George Dean John Finley Saco Biddeford Lewiston Patterson Bath Rockland Mt. Desert Knox and Lincoln P. Pierce R. V. Flags Hudson Pierce Supreme Judicial Court Hannah Thorndike William M. Miller Camden Honora Sullivan York County Timothy Shaw, Jr W. A

Manchester grocer's clerk arrested in Concord

D L Vignet, a grocer's clerk in Manchester, who collected 82 dollars belonging to his employers on Thursday, started for Canada and was arrested in Concord on Friday. The report notes other local incidents including a naval yard accident and court actions related to a bank inquiry and a murder case.

D. L. T. Vignet Manchester Canada Concord William Horn Portsmouth Navy Yard Prescott Frank Leonard Portsmouth Newburyport Supreme Court Toomy Taylor Ashland Savings Bank Foster William Murphy John Knee Knee

Addison County Scandal and Violations Trigger Prosecutions

Dan Isham of Stowe Lower Village imprisoned in Hyde Park in default bail after liquor law prosecutions. Charles Mayo of Hyde Park, driven by aeutemania, leaped into the Lamoille River to flee devils, was rescued after strong currents and ice saved him. An Addison County case involves a prominent citizen accused of seducing and winning away his nephew’s wife, leading to a secret marriage and later divorce filings as wives leave.

Dan Isham Stowe Lower Village Hyde Park Charles Mayo Lamoille Addison County

Death at lime kiln in New Marlboro kills foreman Robert Perry

A string of early Boston area news items: foreman Robert Perry dies after an em bankment cave in at the lime kiln in New Marlboro. The piece also notes jealous quarrel, a poisoning verdict in Westfield, a missing doctor, a resignation at the Boston and Maine, an ex-trainman vagrancy case, a Deputy Collector arrest in Haverhill, two murder arrests in Westford and Groton, and a rare eight-foot spineous shark sighting near Provincetown with notes on its European origins.

Robert Perry New Marlboro Amherst Blake Westfield Waterman H.W. Boynton Lowell Billerica Furber Boston and Maine Edward Caufy Lawrence Henry Stevens Boston and Maine Railroad Springfield Tewksbury

Widow Eliza Jones Found Dead in Newport

Mrs Eliza Jones widow of John W Jones was found dead in bed at Newport on Thursday morning in her S th year A fruitless investigation prompted Mayor Bediow to offer a 500 dollar reward for evidence leading to the conviction of those in recent fires In Providence Circuit Court Robert Clark Andrew J Raymond Frank Raymond and John Quinn of New York pleaded guilty to counterfeit silver dollars Clark received twenty seven months in prison the others two years each with a one thousand dollar fine

Eliza Jones John W. Jones Newport

Willington Baptist Church celebrates fiftieth anniversary

The Baptist Church in Willington will observe its fiftieth anniversary on the 18th. The Madison murder trial cost the State about 1400 dollars and the town around 500. Defence expenses will reach at least 590 dollars. An arrest at New Haven on Thursday night of James Sypher, tied to Stewart's remains theft, seems a large joke on police. Sypher plans to sue the arresting officer.

Baptist Willington Madison New Haven James Sypher Stewart Sypee

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