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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1883
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment outlines sections on finance markets, marriages and deaths, real estate, courts, railroads, meteorology, ship news, hotel arrivals, obituaries and local notices. It references both foreign and domestic markets and a pact local summary.
A noisy assemblage of 1884 politics and commentary spans from John A. Sullivan's Boston bid for president to Maine's death penalty debate. The piece notes print house rumors in Rochester, a Bath ship launch, Bangor graft accusations, and East River bridge hopes. It also covers Rhode Island nominating action, a proposed European patent rights confederation, and Henry Watterson’s tirade against protectionism with humorous banter about Lastings Hastings in Florida.
In Washington, Judge Wylie ruled that questions about Gen. Brady receiving Price drafts are irrelevant as cross examination continues in the star route case. The hearing also discusses Walsh Brady ties, Chattanooga stock dealings, and related finance notes amid a lengthy session.
Evansville Indiana faces a municipal election next month centered on saving about 40000 dollars annually by compelling bondholders to accept reduced interest. The city, strained financially by ambitious projects, must avoid repudiation and preserve credit by prudent economy and honoring debt promises.
The last congress enacted postal legislation effective July 1 allowing postal notes up to $5 at money-order offices for a 3 cent fee. Notes are bearer payable within three months at any office, later redeemable at face value in Washington. The law also increases money order caps to $100 and redefines fees with a new postage rate of two cents per half ounce. Despite potential surge, access remains limited to money-order offices, limiting use for many current letter-money senders.
Representatives from Natick Hopkinton Ashland Westboro Southboro Wayland and Framingham met in Framingham at 2 30 p m to discuss Boston water supply legislation and the towns rights. A committee was named to fix expenses pro rata and to employ counsel if needed with Wellesley and Woburn noted as allied.
Port Jervis dispatch reports an ongoing milk war across Otisville Howells Middletown Hampton Goshen Chester Oxford Monroe Turners with shipments halted and crowds at stations. Thirty one cans spilled and more taken home as supply drops. 2000 cans short on Erie line to Jersey City. Newburgh volunteers $1500 today with $5000 promised if needed to aid farmers.
Toronto report notes Hanlan refuses to row Ross in the maritime provinces. If Ross agrees to row midway between Toronto and St John New Brunswick he will be accommodated. Hanlan objects to expenses of 8500 in 1000s as excessive and will not pay or accept. An outside backer has 500 on deposit with Turf Field and Farm and demands Ross cover it.
A testimonial benefit for Mr. Daniel G. George known as Dan the Brave drew a large audience at Tremont temple on Tuesday evening with prominent attendee Mr. Charles Francis Adams present including other local figures.
In London the House of Commons heard Sir William Harcourt report police inquiries into the assault on Lady Dixie amid suspicions of political motives. Other items note emigration limits for paupers, a dispute over funds in the Land League, arrests in St. Petersburg, expulsions of Italians, threats to leaders, and the autopsy of Prince Gortschakoff showing no poisoning.
In Thompsonville Newton a small unoccupied house owned by Mr Saurer was destroyed by fire with about SH likely loss. Several false alarms followed in Jamaica Plain and on Washington and Harrison avenues with no fires found. A major blaze on Brown street caused 75 in damages. occupants suffered light furniture losses. A Reed's block fire tied to oily rags caused stock and machinery losses across multiple floors. An engine house fire caused further damage and $100 to the building. Brief telegraph reports note a Whately dwelling fire and the destruction of Twillingate court house and jail with two prisoners escaped.
The Mexico City money market tightened after Martin & Sons suspended payments. Government clerks were unpaid on Saturday provoking unease. A run on the national bank yesterday withdrew 550,900, with London Bank of Mexico and South America and other houses offering aid, which was declined. Clerks were paid today and confidence returned.
A Tuesday act by the Tennessee legislature abolishes public executions. Other items note bank suspensions in Newark and Denver, a Cincinnati mayoral nomination, and federal and local steps affecting insurance, finance, and trade.
Suspicion centers on Carlton as Watertown murder case unfolds with rumors of a man seen near Cambridge station. Reports detail a reward offer, police watch, witness statements, and Carlton's denials while funeral plans for Mrs. Etta G. Carlton proceed in Cambridge.
Providence March 20 The Democratic state convention met at 11 am electing Charles H. Page temporary president and naming H B Wood Ambrose E West temporary secretaries. After an informal ballot Sprague led and was nominated for governor by rising vote. Committees were appointed to confer with independent Sprague supporters and to invite Sprague to accept. Later sessions announced nominees for lieutenant governor Charles H George secretary of state Warren R Perce attorney general Willard Sayles general treasurer James B Cottrell.
A Lingan Nova Scotia telegram reports seventy to eighty union miners surrounded the village and attacked non union workers returning from shift. The riot damaged property and injured several including the engineer and manager. Fears for life prompted a request for constables as the strike continued.
Mary Sudsbury of Bath attempted suicide by eating soaked matches but survived. Julia McCarty, 65, found dead in her son’s Saco home. cause undetermined. Auburn and Biddeford discuss youth groups. Bangor plans a special mayoral election. Woodbury temperance talks stall. Machias stabbing leads to fugitive James Trim as Ramsdell, a York resident, awaits surgical care at Marine Hospital.
Hancock Opogona reports ending the last fiscal year without debt after a 13 year stretch of being debt free, with a current balance of 3600 reported previously.
An afternoon rail accident on the Southeastern line involved a snow plow striking an engine, leaving several passengers and crew badly hurt. In Montpelier, Simeon F. Gibbs and wife sued Rev H. W. Worthen in county court over alleged attempts to alienate Gibbs’s wife. an ecclesiastical council has cleared Worthen. Nearby, Mrs. David Coburn was badly burned when her clothes ignited, her husband saving her and the house from fire. doctors say her condition is serious.
Two smallpox cases are reported in Holyoke with precautions to prevent spread. A Milbury mill dies in boiler house of Freeman P. Worcester on Tuesday morning from a fractured skull and ruptured kidney with injuries deemed unexplained. In Plymouth, county commissioners hear water suits for Brockton. Sumner represents five of seven, Hosea Kingman for the city. seven damages seek 175000, continued to May 1 at Brockton. Prentiss Webster of Lowell sues Judge Crosby and Hadley with others for 20000 over liquor seizure on June 5, 1881. sheriff Bancroft served papers Tuesday. case to be filed at June term.
The Newport aldermen authorize a $500 reward to arrest Katie Judd and Rounds, paid to Mayor Franklin. Rhode Island Tool Co buys Providence Tool plant for $150,000 and seeks a charter. Chief Justice Durfee orders a strict ten day inquiry into Juddland Roads to find harborers and feeders. A Newport feud ends with Walter Sherman and George Hazard arrest for assault. Hazard fined $10 and costs. In Newport Supreme Court, grand jury indicts Judd for arson and grand larceny, Rounds for grand larceny and burglary. investigates their 10 days on the run from jail.
Correspondence from Boston Post reports Catholics in Keene have bought Reuben Stewart's Main street residence and about one acre for a new church at 7,590 dollars. An Atwood estate administrator sues the city for 15,000 dollars claiming death on Concord road was caused by a runaway team hitting a near highway telephone pole. Cheshire railroad bought about 5,000 cords of four foot wood since last Getovper, with an estimated 10,000 cords sold in Keene this winter.
Navy Yard workers were paid for the first half of March on Tuesday. The yard, dock, and watchmen under the general maintenance appropriation will work 7 AM to 6 PM from today, instead of eight hours. Privates J E Dunn and T J Sweeney of U S M C were sentenced to 30 days solitary confinement for drunkenness on guard duty at the marine barracks. Wages for many workers reinstated to the former levels after prior reductions.
Gov Butler vetoes a Somerville two year extension bill for the Somerville Wharf and Improvement company amid claims the veto misreads facts. Senators Bruce and a joint committee supported the measure to unite and improve about 200 acres along the Mystic river for manufacturing and business use two miles from Boston. Citizens and supporters call the veto hasty, arguing the landowners seek only to develop their property and not seize others’ land.
The Boston theatre presented Harris and Pettitt melodrama 50,000 A Story of Pluck concluding at 12 20 this morning. The piece blends sensational scenic effects with a plot of a villain who robs a banker and deceives his heiress wife, with thrilling trains, bank robbery, and a burning tenement. Strong scenery and a capable cast drew applause though some performances, notably Miss Mather as Rosalind, showed flaws. The show is praised for clever stagecraft and dramatic pacing, with the cast featuring Jack Springfield, Stephen Clinton, Coulter, Levis Marks, and Miss Kingdon making a notable debut on the Boston stage.
In the senate on Tuesday committees reported on railroad bills, taxation powers, and public land funds. The naturalization bill failed a third reading by a 16 to 16 tie, with names listed for yeas and nays.
City social notes include Francis Skinner renting Livingston cottage for the season, Gov. Hamilton declining renomination, Thomas M. Plaisted visiting, and Senator Rellins briefly at Rolinsford before returning to Concord. Headlines reference Grant on a new stamp, Father Walsh introducing Patrick Egan, Carl Schurz’s fowls stolen and his “goose cooked” in court, a Malden marriage, and Vanderbilt ball fashion with Worth dresses.
Despatches report heavy snow in North East including seven inches in St. Albans and ten inches in Rouse's Point with 14 inches along the Canada line since Sunday. Plattsburg and Whitehall report 10 and five inches respectively, Vermont and Quebec rail lines blocked with trains delayed or snowbound. Mail from Montreal missing. widespread winter storm disrupts travel from Maine to Massachusetts and Florida reports show rain and thunder elsewhere.
The annual meeting of the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis railroad stockholders elected five directors: George William Ballon of New York, John Mc Nab of Gloversville, Theodore Adams of Philadelphia, G C Moses of Bath Maine, and John Felt Osgoed of Boston. About 125000 of 250000 shares were voted. The board will meet in Boston on April 3 to elect officers.
New York March 20 George W Conkling who shot Wilbur Haverstick last night in the Paris flats was arraigned today in the coroner s office The coroner decided to begin the investigation of the case this afternoon Conklings counsel claims that the shooting was not intentional.
The Lowell Times notes a shift from water to steam power in Lowell mills, with steam power now exceeding water power. Merrimac and Concord rivers supply 10,560 horsepower, while mills use 20,780 horsepower in steam, totaling 23,00 horsepower across manufactories. Mills plan to upgrade engines to boost output, with steam kept as emergency reserve to ensure full operation during low water.
A Brooklyn common council selection names a former heavy-weight fighter as keeper of City Hall. He will reside in furnished apartments at public expense, drawing 35 dollars weekly, with a prerogative to provide tarts and Hayes oranges to city rulers. His qualifications center on knockout power and past laurels.
The notice directs the removal of Mr. J C Gerlach sole agent for Bartholomay Brewing in Rochester lager beer. He operates a first class line and dining business at No 89 Water Street alongside his wholesale and retail beer trade, as noted in the column.
In the house the elevated railways bill, with local consent, was ordered to a third reading. A motion to reconsider passed after Kingsley of Cambridge defended the plan. He argued it would protect property owners and limit damages, urging a five mile first-operations payment. The speaker and others debated the measure briefly before adjournment.
Tuesday the police commissioners heard the petition to raise liquor license fees. Evidence cited from states with $1,000 prices showing fewer open saloons. Water board awarded cast iron pipe contracts to R D Wood Co Philadelphia and A N McNeil Burlington for 48 inch main extensions and related sizes with specific bid amounts. The Warren bridge remodeling committee expects proposals in about a month under the Barr plan, modified and improved.
An adjourned meeting of eastern members of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit association was held at the United States hotel Monday to complete arrangements for entertaining members when the association meets in this city May 5. The committee reported that the entertainment would include a trip down the river.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts its annual rose and azalea show on Thursday the 22d at the Tremont Street hall from noon to 9 PM. Expect azaleas roses cyclamen hyacinths tulips and more with ample color from recent warm spring days. The event aims to surpass prior exhibitions with strong attendance and vibrant offerings for amateurs and florists alike.
Albert Eberie a Sertan, 35, unmarried, boarded at Boylston and Lemartine streets, Jamaica Plain, shot himself Tuesday forenoon in a despondent fit. The wound was probed but the bullet not found and he was taken to City hospital unconscious. Abigail Hf Williams, 73, found dead in bed at No 157 Salem Street Tuesday morning from natural causes. Jewelry stolen from No 8 Seaver Place. Mary Harvey arrested for pickpocketing, alias Molly Hoy, previously jailed for picking. Martin Roderick of New York arrested at Roxbury station charged with refusing to pay fare on the Boston and Providence railroad.
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