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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1882

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Mills Grind Slow Yet Fine in New York Senate Race

A Conkling newspaper notes the stalwarts work steadily and observes that even half breed mills show solid output in the York state senatorial contest. The report emphasizes careful effort and improving results in the political battleground.

Conkling York State

Howe to interior department rumor and Chandler postmaster

The item notes a potential transfer of Howe to the interior department and Bill Chandler of New Hampshire as postmaster general. It portrays these moves as favorable to the democracy and suggests the latest plan fits the pattern of advantageous changes.

Howe Interior Department Bill Chandler New Hampshire

Atlanta group to convert exposition into large cotton mill

The Atlanta business men who formed a syndicate to buy the exposition buildings have pooled 250000 dollars to purchase machinery for cotton goods. The main exposition hall will be transformed into a cotton factory and is expected to rank among the largest in the South.

Atlanta South

Confidence Returns as Cotton Prices Drop and Cash Buyers Rise

The article notes that cotton prices have fallen below real value in many cases after a bust peak in late 1880 and early 1881, drawing cash buyers and giving a healthy market tone. It argues a good crop year ahead and a sound currency bolster national business, despite Wall Street fluctuations, encouraging northern optimism as southern prospects brighten.

The Atlanta Constitution Wall Street North

Menkin Bros. Failure Highlights Southern Trade Troubles

The Memphis firm Menkin Bros. joins a string of southern bankruptcies amid a precarious trade climate. Once prompt settlers, they reportedly owed little and could discount all bills, with failure attributed to poor cotton crops hurting planters’ ability to pay for goods. More failures are expected in sixty days, potentially broader and more serious.

House of Menkin Bros Memphis South Menkin Bros

Conkling Confirmed as Justice Amid Hope of Decline

Washington reports the Senate in executive session confirmed ex Senator Conkling as associate justice of the Supreme Court and ex Senator Sargent as minister to Germany. A large portion of the vote favored keeping him from accepting the honor, with expectations he may decline. The tally was about 39 yeas to 12 nays.

Washington Senate Conkling Supreme Court Sargent Germany Mr. Conkling Messrs Bear Dawes Morrill Hawley House Naval Committee Wilmington Del Chester Philadelphia Robeson Mr. Thompson Nipsie Roach Harris House Navy Congress Farley Hoar Morton California Mr. Hoar Chipaman Yale College Cambridge Adams Mass

Lively Debate in House Over Consular and Diplomatic Bill

In Washington March 2 the House debated the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill of 1,198,630 dollars. Speakers pressed for stronger consular services, discussed canal policy, and debated the Monroe doctrine and naturalized citizen protections amid criticism of current diplomacy. The committee rose without action.

House Washington Mr. Rice Massachusetts Burrows Michigan Whitthorne Tennessee Garfield Blaine Wall Street United States Hewitt New York Orth Indiana Democratic Party William KE. Robinson Great Britain Messrs. Orth Kasson Iowa State Department McLane Maryland Europe Eads

Hazael Takes the Lead in Endurance Race Feats

New York reports intense day as Hazael leads Fitzgerald and Rowell amid shifting positions in a long distance walk race. Rowell’s troubling absence and betting interest from Sir John Astley loom, with crowds swelling to about 8000 and $10000 banked to date.

New York Rowell Razael John Astley Huznel Fitzgerald Sullivan Hart Hughes Noremac Hazel Hazeel Hazael

Gloucester Port Reports 1882 Fishing Arrivals and Totals

The Gloucester port shows 109 fishing arrivals in February 1882 with 1,177,000 pounds codfish 568,900 pounds halibut 142,000 pounds haddock and 6,704,000 pounds frozen herring. Totals for two months show increases in herring but declines in codfish and halibut versus prior years. Historical comparisons trace arrivals from banks Georges Brown's LaHaye Grand Menan and fortune bay across years.

Gloucester Banks Georges Western Bank Grand Menan Newfoundland Bank Halibuting Georges, Brown’s and LaHaye Bay of Fundy

Danbury Readies Guards as Hat Factory Lockout Tensions Rise

Danbury faces potential unrest after a hat factory lockout and striker activity. Gov. Keeow orders the first regiment of the National Guard under Vol Barbour to be ready to march at a fire alarm signal. A town election takes place tomorrow amid the tense mood.

Hartford Conp Danbury Kieelow National Guards Barbour

Power of Patronage in New York Politics and Arthur’s Harmo

Special correspondence analyzes President Arthur’s efforts to reconcile factional splits within the New York Republican party. The piece portrays patronage as a tool to win over half breeds and stalwarts, flaws of Conkling and Platt, and Blaine’s bid for influence. It notes appointments, looming clashes, and the delicate balance needed to unify power blocs while avoiding fresh quarrels.

Boston Post Washington New York Mr. Conkling Blame Arthur Blaine Miller Lapham Congress Tom” Murphy Mr. Arthur Representative Skinner Albany Mr. Skinner Skinner Conkling Platt Warner Miller Robertson Conkiling Warner Muller James Mr. Blaime Pweed Aklur Tiffany New Orleans Sargent Berlin Wharton Clint” Wheeler Republican Party Garfield Hoar United States Blaine and Mr. Arthur Himself. Mr. Blaine George F. Huar Soger Worcester Reo White House John Logan Mr. Hoar Massachusetts Logan Presiden Gray Mm O Grant Roscoe Conkling Pisbrie Beard Babson Masachusetts Gloucester Gen. Banks Gee. Bank Gen.banks Folger

Railroad committees order unified western traffic division

Committees of the Eastern and Western railroads meet to divide traffic from western principal cities. No one but general freight agents may set rates. No rebates or time contracts permitted and all existing time contracts are voided.

Mittees Eastern and Western Railroads

Old Estab lished Blue Hill Academy and Rail News

The text notes Blue Hill's long established academy with a $12 000 fund and reports on various items including an oil accident at Lewiston and Augusta telephone service. It covers the Rumford Falls and Buckfield railroad annual meeting at Canton with officers elected and business gains.

Blue Hill Lewiston Augusta Rumford Fails and Buckfield Canton Israel Washburn, Jr Sullivan ©. Andrews George D. Bisbee I. Washburn, Jr C. Andrews Olly Hayford N. L. Marshal R. C. Bradford Otis Hayford Oren Spaulding

Wentworth jury convicts in assault case at Dover

In Dover New Hampshire the state court found George L Wentworth guilty of aggravated assault after a jury verdict in the case involving an attempt to kill E M Nowell. In Kingston deputy Lanzon arrested Moses Rogers on theft suspicion linked to a horse taken near Haverhill Massachusetts.

Dover George L. Wentworth Nowell Moses Rogers Kingston Lake Village Lanz Haverhill Mass Simonds Free High School Warner John Foster Boston Monadnock Blanket Company Marlboro Henry Taylor Supreme Court West Seventh Street Heoprietta Rightenberg South Boston House of Correcion Parmenter Street Charles Norwood Mary Canty Frank Wentworth Metropolitan Steamship Company Philadelphia Steamship Company Savannah Steamship Company Robert Curran John Stopford Merrimac Place Stopford Massachusetts General Hospital Patrick McCue Snowhill Street Martin McDonough Ninth Street Eighth Streets Carl. D. Bischof No. 1 Elm Place Court Street Cilley City Hospital

Smallpox Sickness Eases as Disease Is Controlled

Holland reports declining smallpox among patients while Chester opens a new soapstone mine leased for forty years. Montpelier pauper expenses near four thousand dollars with highway costs around six thousand. The University of Vermont medical course opened with 200 students. lectures led by Prof. George H. Perkins on The Physician of the Future.

Holland Chester Wofk Montpelier University of Vermont George H. Perkins Frank Pecor Michael Kennedy John Cook Pittsfield Father A. R. Dufresne Holyoke Thomas Sampson Sampson Father Dufresne

Barre Town Finishes Debt Payoff Across Year

The town of Barre paid off seven thousand ninety three dollars of its debt totaling thirty nine thousand nine hundred fifty eight dollars. A Fall River man seeks to sell his mother in law s false teeth not buried with her remains. Daniel Morey of Fall River was found dead after attending a wake, with a head wound suspected from a fall on rocks at Iron Works wharf. Almon Ingalls and John Nichols of Fall River were rearrested on a conspiracy to defame charge after earlier discharge for indict ment informality.

Barre Ooe Fall River Daniel Morey Iron Works Almon E. Ingalls John F. Nichols Superior Court Ingalls Boston Staite Committee On P. A. Collins Board of Visitors Miner Mary E. Hildreth Briggs Mary Carter Muse Hildreth Ellen F. Pillsbury Henrietta Molineux Miss Carter J. L. Caverly William A.thompson Larkin Dunion Smith Edward Carey Cynthia BE. Hoils Henry W. Pore Meek William Briggs White Norfolk County Willam B. Shattuck Canton Mary Shattuck Gardner H. Starkey Wrentham Maria A. Starkey William M. Fisher Bond Henry Upham Brookline John A. Burnham George P. Upham Mary &. Brett Stoughton Frederick L. Brett David Dennison Stought Oi Margaret Dennison Abaz Allen Bellingham David A. Cook Elizabeth M. Phillips Medway Alonzo Alonzo #. Phillips, admiistrator, bond, $1,500; Lewis Willcutt Cohasset Sarah H. Wallcutt Maria del Rose King John H. Morgan Thomas Casey Norwood Catherine Julia Sullivan Pond George K. Chickering Dover Lizzie A. Tuck Hannah Chickering John D. Lovell Susan R. Lane Abby R. Lane Branree Bona Ananias George E. Morse Daniel Quinlan Plympton Old Colony Oficer Holbeck Howard Colburn Selectman Agat «Ord Wanderer Morse North Abington Weat Dedham Ward Brookeline

Queen Fends Off Pistol Attack at Windsor Station

London March 2 A man identified as Roderick MacLean fired at Queen Victoria as she entered a Windsor railway carriage. The assailant was seized by police and crowds. no one hurt. MacLean, 27, said to be a grocer’s assistant from Southsea, was deemed sane by doctors. The incident prompted official despatches and public condemnations, with sympathy from European rulers.

London Windsor Roderick MacLean John Brewe MacLean High Street Southsea Eton Henry F. Ponsonby Gladstone Cabinet Lonon Empress Austria William Germany

Outrage Claims Stir in Russia and Ship Disaster Near Lagos

A Russo Jewish committee reports outrages against Jews in Russia based on letters from high officials and refugees, while British consular reports are questioned. West Africa ferrryboat capsizes off Lagos with forty seven of sixty drowned. Czars distressed by Gen Skobeleffs speech. In Montevideo Dr Vidal resigns. Senator Sanchos elected president. tranquility noted.

London Russia Ao Eminent Rabbs Africa Lagos St. Petersburg Skobeleff Montevideo Vidal Republic Congress Sanchos

Fires Cause Multiple Losses Across Several Cities

Fire destroyed blocks in North Troy Vermont including Parkhurst’s buildings and G Weselver’s hardware, with insured losses totaling thousands. In Ashburnham Massachusetts Wilbur Whitney’s chair shops burned with about 30 000 dollars loss and 21 000 insured. Riverside New Jersey church and school buildings burned for about 25 000 dollars. Minor blazes in Cambridge and Stoughton caused smaller damages. a Hampden Street fire at 192 damaged a hay store. a Commercial Street fire caused by a kerosene lamp totaled 40 dollars.

North Troy Norv O.N. Elkins Kk. P. Lewis Ashburnham Fitchburg Mass Wilbur F. Whitney South Ashburnham Riverside N.J Cambridge Peter Durnan Gore Street Jonathan Drake South Stoughton Boston Pope Ninth Division Hampden Street William Stanley Sergt. Wimar Commercial Street Lewis Whert Corporation Mary Smith

Doctors Debate Guiteau Sanity at Medico Legal Meeting

New York March 2 at the Medico Legal society meeting Dr Hammond argued Guiteau suffered reasoning mania a lunatic but worthy of punishment Dr Parsons agreed with Hammond while Dr Spitzka defended original insanity and questioned whether punishment would deter copycat crimes Dr Barry Mann Gray and Henry supported Hammond's view

New York Guiteau Hammond Ohio Medico. Legal Society Parsons Spitzka Barry, Mann, Gray and Henry

Hearings on Judge Day Removal Case and Icelandic Sagas Lecture

The committee examines petitions to remove Judge Joseph M. Day of Barnstable county. witnesses include Charles H. Nye and Mrs. Clarissa Nickerson. Separately Prof. Boyesen discusses Snorre Sturlason Heimskringla and the Saga of Burnt Njal, praising its historical rigor and national impact. Also noted are a Kansas City incident and East Boston crime statistics.

Judge Day Joseph M. Day Barnstable County Charles H. Nye Old Colony Railroad Hyannis Clarissa Nickerson Committee On Street Railways Charles River Street Railway Company Robert O. Fuller Union Road West Boston Bridge Cambridge Fuller John S. Paine Samuel F. Woodbridge Charles River Company Gale National City Bark of Cambridgeport Boyesen Snorre Sturiason Heimskringia Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Lowell Institute Snorre Sturlason France Germany Sem Semund Norway Sweden Herbert Spencer Snorre Congress Oscar Kurnt Njal Lemund the Learned

Calamity from Floods Wrecks Mississippi Valley

Despatches describe massive flood devastation from the Mississippi valley with tens of thousands displaced and stock losses. Rescue efforts follow reports of levee breaks from Riverton to Vicksburg, with hundreds of lives at risk and aid needed for destitute families and laborers.

Mississippi Memphis Hopefield Arkansas Greenville Miss Riverton Landing Boyne Phalia Riverton Belen Helena Panola County Bolivar Washington Leflore Warren Issaguero Vicksburg Duncan’s Wrights Judge Miles Duncan Frank Remach Dancan Max Muller Concordia Blackburn’s Rosedale Providence Tenn Mississippi County Bolivar County New Orleans Carson’s Landing Ben Haines Cache River Little Rock

Flooding Regains New Hampshire and Mohawk Valley Rail Lines

Heavy rains raised streams across Littleton Franconia Bethlehem Junction and Albany delaying trains and washing out bridges. Mohawk River tops ten year high with rails submerged and riverfront commerce moved by boat as water floods tracks and piers.

New Hampshire Littleton N. H Franconia Bethlehem Junction Albany Mohawk Valley Mohawk River Central Railroad Canajoharie Hudson

Sacred Heart fair nets thirteen thousand dollars

Superior Court cases delayed while Dan iel Desmond and Clarence Hersome face entry charges. John Callahan fined for liquor nuisance and selling to minors. Sacred Heart church fair in East Cambridge closes during Lent, reporting net receipts of 13 000 with major prizes awarded to multiple local residents. Community notes cover St Thomas Aquinas college anniversary events and various local incidents and probate actions.

Superior Criminal Court Daniel Desmond Clarence Hersome John F. Berry John Callahan House of Correction Sacred Heart Catholic East Cambridge P. F. Eagan W. A. Kelley Arthur Timmins Catholic Foresters P. J. MacCormick BE. Chamberlain Young Ladies’ Sodality Mary A.cronin St. John’s Literary Institute Charles MecCarthy E. A. Perry Quincy Weather Bureau Washington Mamie W. Knowles Temple Hall Wyzeman Marshall Lucette Webster Edith K.lorrey Francis L. Pratt Barittone Appleton Chapel Cambridge Street Singapore China L. A. Slocomb Windsor Hampshire Streets Wheel Wright McVlennan Bridge Street

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