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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1882

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Portland Man Fights Malicious Prosecution After Counterfeit Claim

A Portland man caused the arrest of Arthur C. Frost on a counterfeit trade dollar charge but the dollar proved genuine and the arrestee was discharged. The man sued for malicious prosecution and won $43.50 in the state supreme court. In Detroit, Peoples sued the Evening News for libel over a murder charge against a girl named Whitla. the defense showed the claim true, and Peoples was jailed awaiting trial while the paper faces a likely conviction.

Portland Arthur C. Frost United States District Court Supreme Court of Detroit Ugh Peoples Evening News News Peoples Whitla

Westward shift signals push for low tariff in farming states

The Iowa press shows a marked move toward low tariffs with Osceola Sentinel Keokuk Gate City Dubuque Times and Iowa Homestead all urging lower duties. They argue a high tariff protects few at the expense of many and warn the Republican party against embracing protectionist excess.

West Iowa Osceola Sentinel Keokuk Gate City Dubuque

Setback for Speaker Keffer in House Over 58 New Members

Washington reports another Keffer setback as Robeson pushes to add 58 new committee allies, a move blocked by the house stance. Keffer’s ambitions fade amid party denouncements while Boston delegation battles over nominations and Beard Worthington aims for the surveyorship amid civil service reform clashes.

Washington Keffer Robeson House Teller Keller Keifer Mr. Keller Boston Bowman Beard Mr. Worthington Gen. Banks Worthington Mr. Beard

Arrears of Pensions Bill Likely to Pass Senate

Senator Ingalls seeks to keep the arrears of pensions act intact with broad Republican support and backing from states with many soldiers. Senator Beck accuses pension claim agents of engineering the measure to benefit themselves and notes inflated public pressure from petitions fed by Washington agents.

Washington Jan Ingalls Senate Beck Congress Commissioner of Pensions House

Rising unrest alarm in Balkan region from Vienna dispatch

A Vienna despatch warns of a planned general rising in the northwest Balkans. Prince Nikita moves his family to Antivari amid fears of serious hostilities. Insurgents overpower posts near Newiscinje. Dalmatia operation funds and 23 000 troops noted.

London Vienna Balkan Peninsula Nikita Antivari Krivoscie Herzegovina Stajan Kowaczicskis Newiscinje Dalmatia Oscie

Mining Suit Decided in United States Circuit Court

In New York on January 16 Judge Blatchford denied the injunction and receiver request in the George Bell suit against Joseph A Donohue Eugene Kelley and others over a foreclosure sale by Miriposa Land and Mining Co of New York and the Mariposa Land and Mining Co of California The era of the case held that Kelley owed more than stock value and had used company funds to cover a personal debt. In a second docket Judge Benedict sentenced Jessie C Willais second mate of the ship David Crockett to two years Auburn prison for cruelty to seamen Richard Beebe and Joseph H Miles for mail robbery each eighteen months Auburn prison and Regina Jaws or Johnson for importing women to the U S for immoral purposes to two years Rochester penitentiary. Separately Inspector Byrnes recovered all trunks from A Dodd s express wagon two weeks after the theft and captured the thieves The suspects were held near the wagon site but police will not disclose names or details.

New York George Bell Joseph A. Donohue Eugene Kelley United States Circuit Court Blatchford Miriposa Land and Mining Company of Mariposa Land and Mining Company of California New York Company Judge Benedict Jessie C. Willais David Crockett Auburn Richard Beebe Joseph H. Miles Regina Jaws Reed Maine War Department Bowman Crapo James Burroughs Rice Morse New York and New England Railroad Company House Holman Indiana Public Lands Committee Northern Pacific Garfield Memorial Hospital Garrison Virginia District of Columbia Haseltine Missouri Secretary of the Treasury United States Committee On Banking and Currency Massachusetts Senate Morrill Schence Committee National Library Capitol James Lee & Co Cambria Iron Company Department Washington Scoville Judge Porter J. Scoville Porter Davidge Gray, Hamilton Kempster McDonald Wooster Davis Mr. Scoville Mr. Davidge Guiteau Judge

Logan Bill for Lincoln Widow Pension Debated in Senate

In Washington on January 16 the Logan bill seeks arrears of pension for Mrs. Lincoln from the president’s death to July 14, 1870 the date of the act granting her a pension. Dr Pancoast and three New York physicians report spinal inflammation and impending paralysis. Ingalls notes a pension committee inquiry and urges referral of the bill.

Logan Lincoln Washington Senate Senator Logan Pancoast Philadelphia New York

Coroner Probes New York Train Collision Fatalities

Frank Burr, engineer of the Tarrytown train, testified he saw no danger signal before the Spuyten Duyvil crash and could not stop the express. Brakeman Charles Melius was bailed at 5000 dollars. Funeral rites were held for Rev. Father Marechal and Mary L. Brown with burials scheduled in Virginia and New York.

New York Frank Burr Tarrytown Central Railroad Spuyten Duyvail Spuyten Duyvil Charles Melius Father Marechal St. Francois Xavier Church West Sixteenth Street Father Brady West Park Cemetery Mary L. Brown Poultney

Fire destroys Johnson iron works in Richmond area

Fire last night razed J. R. Johnson & Co. steam forge and iron works, leaving seventy workers unemployed. Loss set at 20000 dollars with 2500 insured by Washington Fire and Marine of Boston. Thieves looted Tregerar iron works safe in Boston aftermath. Another blaze damaged a South Boston home and Hyde Park barn with losses totaling 260 dollars.

Richmond J. R. Johnson & Co Washington Fire and Marine of Boston Tregerar Iron Works William Veech East Eighth Street Hyde Park Frank Mulvey Mulvey Dedham Street

War veteran jailed for tax default amid regional updates

A 60 year old Union Army veteran who lost an eye in service sits in Auburn jail for failing to pay 444 in taxes. Reports note Portland smelting and reduction works recover from a major fire and plans to expand. Maine has four trunk telephones lines with 2600 instruments and a regional consolidation push with New Hampshire Massachusetts and Connecticut. In Lewis ton a snow slide injured a young woman last winter as her father sues for 5000 damages citing blue laws restricting Sunday street appearance. A Bath altercation left a Portland fireman with severe stab wounds after a room dispute with a St John New Brunswick cook. His condition is grim.

Auburn Portland Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Lewiston Tral Bath Isaac Edwards David H.g Hayes St.John N. B City of Edwards Hayes Lowell Aarien Milot Williams College Lydia Smith Falmouth Willie Sutcliff West Mansfield Noble & Cooley Granville Dudley Page Winter Street Boston and Maine Railroad Haverhill Boston Lawrence J. A. Magetw Moses Perkins Board of Health James Robinson Rufus Reed Samuel Barlow George H. McFarlin Criminal Court Samuel Mortimer Trenton Mortimer George W. Bristol Worcester Cornell Rhkode Island Colvin Webster Mass

Oldest Hillsboro resident to celebrate lodth birthday

Mrs Elizabeth Weston of Peterboro the oldest person in Hillsboro county will celebrate her Lodth birthday on February 15. John F Cloutman of Farmington denies plans for another large shoe factory in that town.

Elizabeth Weston Peterboro Hillsboro John F. Cloutman Farmington Concord Horse Railway Company John R. Muller W. E. Davis Irving A. Watson State Board of Health New Hampshire Keene Opati Fred Larkin Whitefield Trajan Charles Waterman Waterman Concord Horse Railroad The Littleton Musical Association W. O. Perkins M. D.shepard Etta H. Knowles Ella H. Fenderson Ella H

Middlebury Merino Sheep Shipments Rise and Falls Across Years

Middlebury shipped 6777 head of registered merino sheep last year, more than 5965 in 1380 and 4000 in 1879. This year over 5000 of the total went to Ohio, Michigan and Texas. Park Valentine and wife were buried in one grave at Bennington after a combined funeral.

Middlebury Ohio Michigan Texas Park Valentine Bennington Company K National Guard of Vermont Johnny Boyle Ludlow Lynn Mass J. M. Tuttle & Co Veazey Fuller Morrissey Stamford Supreme Court Lemuel Cobb Westminster Fred Streeter Streeter Cobb B. B Page’s Cobb’s

Meager Details From Milwaukee to St Paul Collision

A railroad disaster near Lansing Iowa on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line killed one child and fatally injured two others with twenty more hurt. The smoking car wheel broke causing derailment. no blame assigned as the wheel failed in motion. Victims include J A Jenkins M A Wolcott J Healy and Mrs Cavaugh's child. The company assists wounded passengers at a Lansing hotel.

Milwaukee Wis Chicago, Milwaukee Mt. Paul New Albion Iowa Chicago St. Louis Express Dubuque Milwaukee and St. Paul St. Paul Lansing John Cavaugh Warrens Mills J. A. Jenkins J. Farrell Lacrosse M.A. Wolcott Rice Sprague’s Minstrels John Healy Wexford Mr. Richardson Buffalo

Committee Finds World's Fair Stock Plan Impracticable

A 1581 report from the Hotel Vendome outlines a committee of thirteen tasked with gauging community support for a $10 per share stock subscription to fund a guaranteed world’s fair. Despite broad canvassing and efforts by representative business groups, capitalists and large corporations offered little backing, leading to the conclusion that the 1886 fair plan is impracticable and should be postponed.

Boston Committee of Thirteen Hotel Vendome A. P. Martin Charles B. Taylor F. M. Holmes James B. Field George P. Denny C. B. Norton Eben D. Jordan John ©. Paige J.H Wison Charles W. Wilder Nathan Appleton James R. Osgood

Man Detained After Knife Threat at St James Catholic Church

In Baltimore on January 16 Father Danenhauer and Brothers Bernardine and Eberhardt stopped a young man tampering with the church’s poor box. The suspect drew a knife, threats followed, but Brother Eberhardt produced a pistol and disarmed him. The man, named John Williams, was confined after police arrived.

Baltimore Danenhauer St. James’s Catholic Church Bernardine and Eberhardt Eperharat John Williams

Petitions Presented and City Committees Named

City actions include macadamizing streets Parsons Otis Chestnut and more, lighting and street terms, widening People's Ferry avenue, and appointing supervisors for Granite Bridge. Officials listed for Overseer of Poor to City Registrar roles. joint committees on police, bridges, and municipal counting methods created. laborers’ wages discussion added. county commissioners power retained.

George A. Wilson Parsons Street Washington North Beacon John W. Hollis Otis Street Ward 25 Board of Five Commissioners Berkeley Dartmouth Fairfield Hereford Streets Q. Currier Chestnut Avenue Michael Goitbride Merrimac Street W. H. Plummer South Street Eake Foster Streets A.P. Stearns & Co Tenean Street Boylston Street Spring Park Street Charles B. Cummings Harvard Street Washington Street Harrison Avenue D. J. Cutter Commercial Street Ward 24 Borchester Avenue Old Colony Railroad A. Baw Wilton Gregson Street William &. West Dennis Murphy Granite Bridge Frederick L. Ames Cambridge Boston D. C Kenly People’s Ferry Avenue Moyor Noah Haldeman and Hersey Woolley and Hersey Pratt and Calawell Halveman and Slade White and Pratt Slade and Whitten Caldwell and Hardeman Cedar Grove Cemetery Hersey and Anthony Public Institutions Hart and East Boston Ferries Slade and Stebbins City Hospital Hall and White Caldwell Mt. Hope Cemetery Anthony and Whitten and Caldwell and Haldeman Hersey and Hart Woolley and Old South Association Police Commission Woolley and Hart Art New Bridge Charlestown Caldwell and Hersey Brook Pratt and Anthony Slade Police Alderman Hersey Hart

Utah territorial message urges church sovereignty over state

Gov. Murray's Utah legislature message emphasizes church authority in temporal affairs and urges alignment with federal law. He notes polygamy acts and supports restoring women's dower rights while granting women suffrage, arguing consistency with the constitution and U.S. laws.

Washington Utah United States Murray Congress Acre Supreme Court of the United State

Notable Modern Figures and Social Notes From the Era

A collage of notices: Edmund Burke of Newport is listed as cons alescent. Samuel Wise of Akron is hired by the Bostons as third baseman. Gen Hancock plans a California visit and writes from Los Angeles. Mrs T W Brown, daughter of Senator Wendell, dies in Spuyten Duyvil. Lt Col Donn Pratt travels to Mexico for health. Rev RE Hunt of Fall River receives a reception at Frankly Hinckley’s home in Boston. Judge Burbank is summoned to Dover for a sister-in-law’s death. Charles C Elwell secures a NY and NE RR office position. Senator Fair occupies premises in Washington and pursues finance. Several politicians and railroad officials registered at the Revere House. Edward Stanwood succeeds D A Goddard as Advertiser editor. Mayail bet about Minneapolis and St Paul population proves wrong. Prof Longfellow declines Portland reception on his 75th birthday due to health.

Edmund Burke Newport N. H Samuel Wise Akrons Bostons Hancock California Los Angeles T. W. Brown Spuyten Duyvil Senator Winendell Poultney Donn Pratt Washington Maine State College New York and New England Railroad Senator Fair Charles Sumner Congress W. C. Smith B. F. Fifield B. B. Smalley Samuel Mayail Hale St. Paul Minneapolis 8. Paul Nicollet House Longfellow Portland

Poignant mix of crimes, disasters and weather across multiple locales

Reports describe executions in Savannah and Raleigh, a balloon tragedy in Cuernavaca, a fatal shooting in California, floods and ice in Minnesota, plus shipping strawberries from Florida. The Newark auditor takes office with a $20,000 bonus as rumors swirl of upcoming sensational events.

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