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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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