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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1879

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2

Boston Senate Faces Salary Amendment for Street Commissioners

The amendment to raise Street Commissioners salaries from 2000 to 2500 is challenged as not retrenchment. Boston City Government sought legislative power to regulate salaries, but the petition was rejected. The Senate considers the amendment today at Senator Taylor's request, aligning with Boston taxpayers opposed to increases.

Senate Boston Taylor

Marshal Usher Retires. Banks Succeeds In District

The commission of Col Roland G Usher as United States Marshal for this District terminated yesterday and he is succeeded by Gen N P Banks. He discharged duties with promptness energy intelligence and courtesy earning the cordial approval of Court and bar and the esteem of all with whom he worked as officer or citizen.

Roland G. Usher United States N. P. Banks Col. Usher

Immense crowd at New York six days walk opening

The international six days walking match by O Leary Harriman Rowell and Ennis began at 1 AM in New York drawing a mob of the worst class as a police clash marked the opening. Reports from Maine Hungary and Ohio note floods meetings and murders with varied tragic events.

O’leary Harriman Rowell Ennis New York Burmah Mechanics’ Hall North Berwick State Board of Health John Fiske Old South Church Hungary Supreme Court Fiske Waltham Middlesex County Devlin Joseph Hummel Cincinnati Boston Maine Oldham

Atlantic cable marks twenty fifth anniversary at Cyrus W Field home

The 25th anniversary celebration of the Atlantic cable convened at Cyrus W Field’s Gramercy Park residence. Originators Peter Cooper Cyrus W Field Moses Taylor and Marshall O Roberts attended, with 2000 guests including notable figures such as William Evarts Thurlow Weed Henry Ward Beecher and J. P. Morgan. A rear extension served as banquet hall as dignitaries and guests from politics business and clergy gathered to toast the achievement and exchange greetings.

New York Cyrus W. Field Gramercy Park Peter Cooper Moses Taylor Marshall O. Roberts Wilson G. Hunt Chandler White Mr Field William M. Evarts Henry Ward Beecher Noah H. Schenck Williams Cuyler Henry M. Field Bjehrling E. P. Rogers Hayes Budington Kneeland Boston Samuel Osgood Robert R. Booth Frank Pope James N. Ashley Charles T. Smith Thurlow Weed Josiah M. Fiske Rice Massachusetts R. M. Pulsifer Boston Herald Hurtranft Pennsylvania Baird Russell Sage Senor de Zamacona Edwin D. Morgan Elliot C. Cowdin Jowell Connecticut Patterson George W. Child Raffa Admiral Trenchard George G.ward William J. LeDuc William A. Hammond E. F. Davison Allen Wiliam McIntosh Martin Green Anson Stager Charles F. Wood J.C. Hinchman H. McTomaly Edward Learned Pittsfield Frederick W.guiteau Chester A. Arthur E. D. Jones F. A. P. Barnard Columbia College Elizur Smith Lee Mass Samuel J. Tilden Stewart L. Woodford Noah Davis Stephen J. Field Cox Fernando Wood Clarkson N. Potter William E. Dodge Horace Porter Fahnestock Augustus Schell Charles Lanier Jackson Schultz Merritt James J. W. Harper Alfred S. Barnes Rufus Hatch Edward Thernton Shiskin Archibald Anthony and Burnside Rhode Island Allison Iowa John W. Garrett Baltimore Babcock Hiram Sibley Rochester J. H. Wade Cleveland Sanford Church Judge Repallo H. C. Potter Stephen J. Tyng Hancock Commodore Nicholson O. H. Tiffany Algernon Sullivan Walter Watson Edwards Pierrepont John Eaton United States Education R. S. Ely J. B. Ireland Norman White J. H Charlies M. Goodsell George J. Fisher Gen. Eckert Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company Jonathan Edwards Co. C. Hall Charles E. Hooker Mississippi McCulloch James BH. Porter James Brand Cephas Brainard Simon Sterne George H. Wertrous William D. Bishop Capt Robeson Booth Stillson Hutchins Somerville Francis Wells Philadelphia Bulletin J. P. Truesdell W. M. Dunn U. 5 S. A Robert Hoe A. M. Bliss E. K. Goodnow Moses G. Farmer J. B. Colgate Daniel C. Robbins Gallaudet D. T. Appleton New England Society Fletcher Harper R. H. Rochester Western Union Telegraph Company Parker Handy Dr Keyes G. P. Lowery Jonathan Appleton Capt. McMickan Cunard Line David Jones Noble Rowan John A. Bryan Chandler Robbins E. C. Stedman Whitelaw Reid John Ward W. H. Beers William McEntee J. F. Jenkins Smith E. Lane Lloyd Aspinwall J. Harvard Wells Paris Charles Roome Rufus Bullock Joseph Seligman Jesse Seligman Dwight H. Olmsted Martin T New York, Newfoundland and Feld Atlantic Bache Maury Berryman Morse Henry Faraday Wheatstone Stephenson Brunel America Richard Cobden Valentia Ireland San Francisco Sandwich Islands Kalakua Japan Pacific Asia Globe

North Berwick Hall disaster ruins meeting floor

A floor in Mechanics Hall collapsed during a town meeting in North Berwick Maine injuring nearly fifty people. Although no one was killed many suffered serious injuries with several believed fatally harmed. the wooden three story building owned by Knight Hall and Co was described as ill built and a sham concern.

North Berwick Mechanics’ Hall John George Neal Thomas Ricker Reuben Chadbourne Henrys. Kidder Thomas E. Goodwin David Hanson George Dutch Knight, Hall & Co John Neal Henry S. Kidder Charles Ricker

Rowell wins marathon test in crowded New York

The six days walking match at Gilmore's Garden drew about eight thousand spectators as Rowell led with rapid miles and numbers at 4 PM and 9 PM. O Leary Harriman and Ennis faced exhaustion with O Leary briefly ill from sour stomach while Rowell extended his lead amid police clashed with a mob outside the venue.

New York O’leary Harriman Rowell Ennis Gilmore’s Garden Williams Powell Gilmore's Garden O’ Leary Lin Tours

Talmage Faces Presbytery Trial In Brooklyn Meeting

A crowded Brooklyn Presbytery session at Second Presbyterian Church received a report on Dr Talmage amid claims his sermons harmed reverence and displayed misstatements. The committee tabled the common fame portion while preparing for an in situ trial at the Tabernacle next Sunday morning.

New York Brooklyn Second Presbyterian Church Talmage Ludlow Arthur Crosby Tabernacle J. W. Hathaway Spear

Speakership contest faces plots as Randall gains ground

Washington reports little new in the Speakership race with Randall showing rising strength while Blackburn supporters plot possible compromises. The extra session looms large with GOP opposition and Greenback tensions, as party leaders seek a speaker versed in parliamentary law and steady leadership. Veterans notes follow, highlighting Gen Butterfield and pension act honors for Burnett.

Washington Blackburn Randall McMahon Ohio House of Representatives Darlos Butterfield United States National Hotel Buchanan Congress Senator Voorhees Ward B. Burnett New York

Postal Law Reforms Classify Mail and Introduce Double Envelopes

Congress completed a reform bill that creates four mail classes and lowers second class postage for newspapers. The act allows bundled supplements, enables double postal cards and a double-letter envelope, and introduces a letter-sheet envelope to avoid separate outer envelopes. The Postmaster General may issue these patented conveniences at his discretion.

Congress Senate Ieretofore

Murder rocks Oldtown as aged wheelwright slain in shop

Bangor Maine March 10 an elderly wheelwright Augustus Gowen about 70 was found dead in his Oldtown shop with throat cut and head injuries. An axe with blood lay nearby as coroner Lancaster empanelled a jury after Gowen was last seen Sunday night. The case remains a mystery with no clues to the assailant.

Bangor Oldtown Augustus Gowen Gowen Lancaster Western Union New York Ennis Richards Dennis Dorgan Casey Western Union Telegraph George J. Brewer Syracuse Chicago

Village of Four Hundred Houses Totally

A Szegedin dispatch reports eighty thousand people in the city including refugees as a state of siege is declared and all summonsed must work on pain of death while the wind rises and water threatens the embankment. The message notes a village of four hundred houses is completely affected.

London The Daily News Szegedin Dorezsma

Election Day in Biddeford Highlights Unity and Contention

In Biddeford Greenbackers and Democrats formed a union to win four of seven wards with James A. Strout elected mayor by a seven vote majority amid a city hall jubilee. Ward Three saw contested results with votes cast exceeding names on the list. Maine cities Bangor Hampden Belfast also reported Republican gains and coalition victories in municipal races.

Biddeford Greenbackers James A. Strout Union Moses Bangor M.E William H. Brown Joseph F. Snow Brown Hampden

Severe late snow storm disrupts Cape Breton mails

HaLifax reports a ferocious snow storm in Cape Breton from Friday morning to Saturday night. Drifts reach ten feet, delaying mails between Sydney and New Glasgow for days. Outward Inter-Colonial trains impeded. Quebec mail and passengers for England arrived Sunday morning. Steamer Sarmatian sailed to England with 600 quarters of beef.

HaLifax Cape Breton North Sidney Sydney New Glasgow England Sarmatian

Fall River Fire Department Faces Contraction Plan

The Committee on the Fire Department recommends disbanding one steam engine, trimming to three permanent engineers on remaining engines, closing one hook and ladder company, and reducing company strength from fourteen to twelve. Mayor Lindsey vetoes to keep apparatus levels within a $35,000 appropriation, sustaining the veto unanimously. This marks the city's second veto in history, after 1876.

Fall River Mass Lindsey Davenport Niagara

Mining stock quotations and broker note in San Francisco

A mining stock notice from Richardson, Hill & Co. at 40 Water Street details percentages for various companies including Alpha, Hale & Norcross, Julia Consolidated, Best & Belcher, Mexican, and Sierra Nevada. It notes commissions, percentages, and claims of consolidation with references to Union Consolidated and Crown Point. The bulletin promises daily mining intelligence from the firm.

Jcovssccucsees DE Califormigveess Csees Les Overman Chomst Wis Cescessie Sl Raymond & Ely Consolidat Virginia RVRRO Wes Uuwetcawesce Crown Point Sierra Nevada Wureka Consolidated Union Consolidated Yellow Jacket San Francisco Richardson, Hill & Co Water Street

Afghan Ambassadors Report Rebuilt Cabul and Ameer Yakoob

Official letters from Mazarishariff declare tranquility in Cabul with Yakoob Khan proclaimed Ameer. Messages from Cabul dated Feb 18 claim two English battalions, about 1100 men, were defeated by Eldji tribes in Akosta Valley. English loss includes Lagna fort capture by Eldis. British governor bound with ropes carried to Cabul. Ayoub named Governor of Mazarshariff, age 11, replacing deposed uncle for treason. Predatory lands near Candahar.

Tashkend Turkestan Mazarishariff Yakoob Khan Ameer Cabul Ameer Yakoob Khan Akosta Valley Khost Thui Khurum Valley Lagna Langar Khonak Mountains Gazui Mazarshariff Candahar

Flooding Sweeps South Buffalo Suburbs After Rains

The March thaw floods southern Buffalo suburbs near Tiffts and Lancaster as the Cazenova creek bridge and other small structures wash away. The Buffalo New York and Philadelphia Railroad crossing bridge remains supported by loaded cars while ice on the river breaks up. A family of four on the South Buffalo flats had their home washed away and sought refuge in trees until rescued by boats.

BufFfaLo N. Y Tiffts Lancaster Cazenova Creek Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Buffalo

San Francisco firm attached for fifty thousand dollars

Samuel Leszinsky & Co. of San Francisco are attached for 50,000 on acount of the suspended Godchaux & Co. A report from St Paul cites an Indian raid near Fort Keogh, with Gen Whistler sending three cavalry companies in pursuit. Westchester Pa reports George H Paxton the defaulting register of wills arrested in Baltimore and jailed. Harmony Mills Cohoes resume full time with a 10 percent wage cut. Mrs Arthur Dyson, connected to the England murder case, was arrested in Cleveland for public drunkenness.

Samuel Leszinsky & Co San Francisco Godchaux & Co Fort Keogh Montana St. Paul Gen. Whistler Westchester George H. Paxton Register of Wills Baltimore Harmony Mills Cohoes N. Y Arthur Dyson Charles Pease England Cleveland

Memphis Health Chief Denies Yellow Fever Reports

Dr Thornton, president of the Board of Health, issues a public card denying reports of yellow fever in Memphis. He states there has been no cease since December 10, and that the city’s health is good.

MeEmMphis Tenn Marnch Thornton Board of Health Memphis

Fire destroys Yanceysville storehouse. proprietor found dead

A Louisa Court House special reports a storehouse in Yanceysville Virginia burned last night and the proprietor Walton was found dead among the ruins. A Quincy Florida dispatch says a fire this morning wiped out the entire block east of Court House square including the Magnolia House in Savannah.

Richmond Charles K. Walton Yanceysville Louisa County Walton Alexandria Louisa Court House Savannah Quincy Fla Court House Square

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