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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1872

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Great broad easee through line from New England to West

Tickets via Erie Railway available at principal New England offices. General New England Office 124 Washington Boston handles freight contracts and tickets. Boston & Albany Railroad office 86 Washington Boston sells tickets to all points west and south with sleeping car arrangements to New York Albany Rochester and the West under through contracts.

Great Broad Easee New Eucland Erie Raiway New England General Washington Street Boston WM. R. RE New York Gamden Amboy New Jersey Phila- Wilmington and Baltimore Washelphiaington Bre Philadelphia Washington Phiadelphia Pr Aceipuis Baltimore Theoten Hoveta South Philaddielphia Imingtemm & Baltimore 2 & Co Washington Strrit State House Washingtontreet Lowton F. Kanney Wimwaton and Baltimore Boston and Maine Haymarket Square Eewent O.T WARD Bangor Augusta Porsua Portland Eastport Calais St. John Rochester Aston Bay Union Vilace Exeter Dover Greet Falls Haverhil Prithard Falls South Berwick Junction Havernil Manchester Goncord Upper Lawrence Bularevale Andover Wakefeld Upper Cepot Danvers Newburyport Siem Snd Peabody Siomesam Maiten Merose Savurdsys Por East Somerville Pricay Friay Potland Gonard Frouxeter Tavern Reading Waketied Upper Depot Boston and Albany Beach Street Ees Lin Alben Springfeld Borchester Washington St Abany Chatham Pitrsted Chester Springfeid Palwer Pitrsueia Avagneia Shrindetl Worcester Springfield Norwich Bet Millbury Grafton Westboro Bouthville MST Quordaville Ashland Bret South Pramincham BED Milora Baxonville Watick Wellesley Grantville Rubburndale Fest Newton Newtonville Brighton N. Y C. Oy D. A. Firth Boeton Boston & Albany Railroad Berihs Rochhester West James Mills Metropolitan Steamship Co Central Wharf Exmie Railway New York State Great Southern Freght CoaxlEsTex Virginia Steamship CO Bienchmanada City Total Norfolk Waitney Paennerber Providence Acta Ospray Galatera METIS Thetis Doris Witt Staunch Toms Burden Ton and Violence Railroad B. and Port Fomernton Ier North River Sun Savannah Atlant & Gulf Foreight Macon Atlanta Georgia Alabama Florida Ornich Geo. C. Morkell Pat Roman Leong Wharf Paradelphia Stamer Norman LO A. M New B. H. Adams Pearl St Bosicp Monroe Galveston W. B. Atkinson Doanestreet Faiederic Barker Broadway J.Y. Faxne Line Key West U. 8 Wilmington Holmes Mer East River Ali Meuston Incerior O. Gregg, Azert Washvnewn St Fostor Mallory & CO Maiden Lane P. Clyde & CO Wall St New Orleans Southern Line Victor Gates St. Louis Mobile and Galvester C. B. Mallory & CO N.Y Peart St Great Southern Savannah and Central Railway Stogia Colon Ana Newport Railway and Narragans Steamship Company Steamship Lines of Murrey, Ferris & Co Lee Virico South Street Livigston R. Lowden Huctsville Montgomery Satudays West Street Oro Colony Newport Neily Bil's Edward Adams Pearl Street Heat Southern Wes Cnarieston South Carolina Pail River Line MeTru_oltan Steamship Co Knoxville Nashville Selms Tennessee Mississippi Charleston France HK. BR. Axent 8. C Mark “Morgan Jas Edmund Kemelke Peak St New Port California Baggege Colony Newport Railway South and Kneeland Streets Old Colony Comany’s Azhington and State Streets Old Colony and Geo Shiverick Stvar Ngrun Wesshington Wes Larouga Cers Pleasant Street Foot of the Common Narragansett Stonington Kvijene J. W. Richardson Apent Bavannas Mirray, Ferris & CG Scteeners Broad Street C. L. Bartlett & CO City Point Richmond OLD Dominion Steamship CO N. R Jhursdy SairRpar Rilte Laéroy Apa Greenwich S Arena Freitzht W. H. Ring Twart Nickerson & CO State Street Richardson & Barnard San Francisco Sydney N.S. W Honolulu Auckland Melbourne New Zealand W. H. Webb KL. Bartlett & CO Broadstreet Pacific Mail Steamship Co Japa China Hingston Samatee Mawell Panama Coastexico Aspinwall Hon Bry Chauncey Montana Aoa Aentral Strawer Amer Japan PF. BR. Baby L. Brayey & CO

Steamship Schedules for Liverpool Routes Corrected

U S and Royal Mail steamers to Liverpool and Queenstown set sail from New York with City of Montreal on March 2, City of Brooklyn on March 7, City of Paris on March 16 and subsequent Saturdays and Thursdays as announced for the week ending February 25, corrected for publication.

Havana Proogheso Awd Vera Chaz New York Pier East River Fopatra Phillips City OF Merida Deaken Cleopatra City OF Mexico Timmerman F. Alexandre & Sons U. S Royal Mail Liverpool Queenstown City OF Montreal New Brooklyn Efthursday Paris Glasgow Boston Sewing Green Aren & Jon Alzerta China Calabria Abyssinia Nework Cunard Jersey City Derry Pasengers United States Great Britain and Ireland State Street Jor James Alexander New Zealand Australia Mail Steamship Line

Boston Hearing on Hayward Place Extension to Chauncy Street

City of Boston announces a public hearing by the Board of Street Commissioners at City Hall eleven o'clock A M on Tuesday March 5 to hear all persons interested in extending Hayward place to Chauncy Street. Joseph Smith chairman.

Boston Hayward Place Board of Street Commissioners Chauncy Street City Hall Board of Commissioners Joseph Smith Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Thomas S. English Charlestown Annabella V. English James L. English Cambridge Boston Post William A. Ricaarosoy Esquire Tyler Ann Hall Suffolk Saia J. H. Smith

Dissolution of Copartnership at 23 Union Street

Notice of dissolution of the firm SMITH GERRISH & Co at 23 Union Street. David W. Cushing to settle and continue stove business at the above location. Partners Smith Gerrish and David W. Cushing sign the notice dated February 27 1872 in Boston. New partnership entries admit D F Brown F M Briggs and George W Cummings to firms with moves to 107 State Street and ship brokerage expansion dated February 20 1872. Cutler McLean & Co.

Henry Clay Coal Company Pemberton Square Benj. A. G. Fuller Boston Ws&tb Northumberland Land Association Perorder of Trust Ttittsburgh & Boston Mining Co Kilby Street Thomas M. Howe Pittsburg Bock Stelen Sears Marcy Hemlock Pictou Acadia Sheep Shins— Co Cumberland Sumac lOhieer St. Domingo Clear Rue Cape Jopperts Shipping Boards Spence PE Okdage Ussia Muttemlock Manila Uplands Gulf Sap Drilis. Brown New Orleans Porto Rico Vassimeres Nadllo Alconus Pale Annatto Wilmington North Peru Olive Sicily Shore Senegal I Petroleum Cassia N. Y Ohbie Fair Choice Dairy Yorkhand Oz. & CO Canada Sarsap Ra Hond Senna Alex Liverpool Bengal Calcutta Guatemala Mapila Logwood St. Dong Toon Pastic Cuba Castile Maraca Gold Amugar Do. Lima Harapa Sapan Wood A Va Sia Indu Coast Portland Uassia Saimon Viarda Pupuy St. Louis Marett & Co Choice H. Petievoisin Haneek Do St. Croix Illinois India Jamaica Michigan Ohio England Bay Eclipse Malaga John Gibson Blue Mara Bond Silberts Eng Hyson Japan Wader Co Act American Poof CO Nates Ary Lalifornia Ingham, L Co. Weisalted Ayres Wet Lita Aoe Smith Norman Providence Copartnership Smith Gerrish & Co Union Street David W. Cushing Smitda Gerrish D. F. Brown D. Brown, Son & Co Fail River F. M. Briggs George W. Cummings State Street Department of Ship Brokerage Cutler, McLean & Co Alfred Caldwell Wilkinson, Wood & Co Messie W. W. & Co Salter & Twining Halifax N.S Bicknell. Young & CO Charies Street James Young & CO Bicknell& CO James Young Joseph Young

Market Notes Across Commodities and Regions

The market remains quiet with stable pricing across Ashes Candles Cotton Coffee and Wool. Prices show steady demand in coal and fuels, while flour grain and provisions list firm values. notable activity includes large Nova Scotia coal and Baltimore free on board sales, and assorted fruit shipments from Palermo blending into a cautious but active trade backdrop.

Laike Nova Scotia Oumberland Baltimore Penn and Westmoreland Philadelphia Congress Java Rio Singapore St. Doningo CUPP Bolte Ana Braziers Co Great Britain Apo Voollope St. Domingo Eustle Domingo Lima World Sapan Wood Soc Guld Hake Haddock Pollock Bond Common Labrador Malaga Lone Star Palermo Milwaukee Minnesota Ohio Indiana Michigan Lillpois St. Louis Choice Choice Family Calcutta Entre Rios Rio Grande Sic Penang North India Buenos Ayres Bengal Guatemala India Peru Central America Russia Saies Hemlock Rocsland Porto Rico Barbadoes Western Boston Extra Blaine Boston Bbss New York Vermont Carolina Rangoon Patna Turks Island ieSb Isles Idiec New England St Domingo Sac P Demerara Ilic California Canada Cape Cordova Cave Mestiza Po California Australia Melbourne Sydney New Zealand Liverpool London New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Galveston Wilmington St Marys River Platte Wilmingto Baltimore Richmond Jacksonville Sound St John

W and Norcross Horses for Sale in Boston

For first class Osupee family and gentlemen's driving horses weighing 1000 to 1280 pounds, acclimated, sound, safe for ladies, colors bay and chestnut. Also express or heavy work horses. Stallion Sir William Wallace, six years old June 1872, sired by Royal George. Seven years’ lease of stable at 63 Northampton street, Boston. A Thompson announces this sale on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Northampton Street William Wallace Royal George Mesenger Boston Mass Tu&s

New Hampshire Electioneering in Boston Post

The piece attacks Gen Wilson and Radicals, arguing Democrats and Whigs supported the Union cause. It cites Lincoln era unity, claims Radical hostility, and mocks Yale Professor Cyrus Northrop over a political appointment process, suggesting civil service favoritism and anti-Grant motives.

Wilson South Free States Butler Massachusetts Baltimore Lincoln United Wilson, Harriman & Co Cyrus Northrop Yale College New Haven Custom House Northrop Civil Service

Boutwell and Robeson plan for a national commerce board

The House Committee endorses a scheme to create a National Board of Commerce and subsidize a five year program of iron and wooden ships. Lines would run from New York to England, New Orleans to Brazil, and other routes, with Treasury subsidies of ten dollars per ton and eight dollars for wooden ships. Critics call the proposal arbitrary and quackery, urging tariff reform and currency stability first.

Boutwell and Robeson House Committee Treasury National Board of Commerce Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of War Secretary of the Interior New York England Atlantic Mexico San Francisco Australia Indian Islands New Orleans Brazil Diasii Fan DT Gulf Mississippi Ohio Great Lakes Pacific Boutwell

Metropolitan Company opposed while Middlesex road seeks access

Mr John S Dunlap testified before the Legislative Committee praising public travel needs. The Middlesex road requests access from Scollay square to the Tremont House and to run southerly, but the Metropolitan Company objects claiming exclusive outlets and urging residents to accept current limits. The company’s harsh stance risks public backlash as citizens demand better service.

John Dunlap Legislative Committee Middlesex Road Scollay Square Tremont House Highlands Metropolitan Company

Forneys Grant One Term Claim Debunked By Tribune Evidence

The piece denounces Forney's two term claim as a fabrication and cites his 1868 writings showing he supported the one term principle and Grant's own interest in limiting terms. It argues the implication tarnishes the presidency and American democracy.

Forney Grant N. Y. Tribune Poer Gen. Grant

All-Sorts News Rundown From Telegraph Despatches

A collage of brief items features Geor gia plantation work, a Jersey girl dying jump rope, Paris hashish use rising, peach trees budding in New Orleans, Evansville Chinese laundry, and Dom Pedro admiring Paris art. Other notes mention a large Walker county coal mine, wintering yachts at New London, fluctuating California mining stocks, and various social and political curiosities across the United States and abroad.

Paris New Orleans Evansville Ind Dom Pedro Paris Circle Walker County David Leipsic Pacific Metropolitan Railway Company Phantom Rambler Fleetwing Columbia Magic New London California Bard Chattanooga Tenn Lima Peru Sens Wisconsin Canada Spain Usiro Iil Girard Philadelphia Providence L’ress Morton, Conkling & Co Columbus

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