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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1879

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Postal Changes For The Last Week Rumors Of Berlin Mission

New England postal changes show establishments at Parlin Pond Somerset Me and Sprague's Mill Aroostook Me plus new postmasters Charles UC White Orgus Penobscot Me Frank P Goss Potter Place Merrimac NH Reese Owen South Seabrook Rockingham NH John Whitcomb North Williston Crittenden NY Thomas W McIlroy Leeds Island Conn A Berlin mission rumor arises Stanley Matthews eyed for Berlin but unlikely. Ramsey of Minnesota favored by the President Evarts Sherman Schurz back Henderson of Missouri supported by rivals. Speaker Randall under oath denies Williams assertions and is to be exonerated. Cox nominated to DC Supreme Court. Burnham named to supervise steam vessel inspections. rumor Evarts to resign as Minister to England, Welsh to be replaced.

Washington New England Parlin Pond Somerset County Jonathan Bean N. H John Whitcomb North Williston Crittenden County Thomas W. McIlroy Leeds Island New Haven County Conn Stanley Matthews Berlin Ramsey Minnesota Zach Chandler White House Evarts Sherman Schurz Henderson Missouri Randall Williams Senate Walter S. Cox Supreme Court of District of Columbia Andrew Burnham Massachusetts Welsh England

Istrian Collision With Spanish Steamer Sinks Guillermo

The British steamer Istrian from Liverpool to Boston collided with the Spanish steamer Guillermo four miles southeast of the Skerries. Guillermo caught fire and sank. most of her crew were saved by an Irish vessel. Captain and several crew injured and a number missing, believed aboard a Dublin-bound steamer.

Istrian Liverpool Boston London Guillermo Zuzarraga Baltimore Simpson Skerries Dublin

Bassett Found Guilty of Murder in Second Degree

In Bridgeport Connecticut on March 1 Judge Loomis charged the jury. The panel returned after about an hour and twenty minutes with a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. Sentence imposed by Judge Sanford was life imprisonment at Weathersfield. A motion for a new trial may be filed after new evidence was cited. The court gave until next Thursday to prepare the motion.

Potter Committee Hayes Congress Ayer Junction Henry B. Leland Broomfield Leland Westford Mass Bushrod Washington Sampson Whitefield N. H Broomfield Henry Sawyer Tolek Barnegat Bassett Bridgeport Alexander Jack Waa Rutland Railroad House Reno Nevada Lynn O. P. Gifford Warren Avenue Baptist Church Senate Boston Scituate Portsmouth Wood Mississippi Edmunds Conkling Arkansas Treasury Windom Hoar Jeff Davis Davis South Thurman Garland Bailey Lamar Key Mosby Longstreet Settle Blaine Andersonville Anderson Returning Board Daniel Weber Kellogg United States East Feliciana Packard Sherman Xeuse Louisiana Jenks Treasury Department Florida New Orleans State Building Conquest Clarke Electoral Commission John Smith Kellogg and Clark Noyes Tilden and Hendricks Connecticut Conn Loomis Sanford Weathersfield John Hopkins Baltimore Supreme Court St. John N. B Thomas Ellis National Park Bank New York St. Stephen College Poughkeepsie N. Y Bishop Potter Parkerson Evan Rice Wilmington and Brandywine National Bank of Wilmington Del Fort Worth Yuma Harry Jennings Tom Thornton Recorder Whitaker Hickson Grand Trunk Railway Canada

Fire devastates Reno as wind causes massive blaze

A fierce western gale engulfed western Reno in a three hour blaze, destroying most of the business district and several depots, hotels, churches, and stores. Five lives are reported lost, with about 1 million dollars in damage and only 150 thousand dollars insured. Rescue efforts continued amid widespread homelessness and fear for the town’s future.

Reno Nevada Masonic Block Masonic Hagerman & Schooling Johan Larcombe Bender’s Bank Davidson & Frederick’s Penneger & Osburn’s Shoemaker’s Pollard International Central Pacific Virginia John Beck John Riley Plaza Street Academy of Music W. H. Getchell W. H. Treadway Central Pacific Yard Truckee

Legislature adjourns with veto threat over double mileage

The Augusta Legislature planned final adjournment but the Governor withholds approval of Senate and House payroll resolves citing constitutional objections to double mileage. He may veto both resolves, prompting both houses to adjourn over with the House delaying to Monday and the Senate to Tuesday.

Augusta Democrat Senate House

Veto message on anti Chinese bill read after Yellow Fever bill

The House received the Presidents veto message on the anti Chinese bill around 8 PM but did not read it until after 11 PM as members were occupied with the Yellow Fever bill. The Clerk read the full message beginning with THE MESSAGE.

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