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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1878

Page

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Fires scorch towns as dozens of buildings burn across New England

Fires along the Atlantic states and inland Massachusetts towns threaten homes and forests. West Trebury crews back fires to save Vineyard Haven area woodlands while numerous incidents in South Wellfleet North Adams Lawrence and Belfast cause heavy losses. Fire origin stories include mills planing yards farms and tenements with insurances ranging from modest sums to tens of thousands.

Vineyard Haven West Trebury

Cimbria Mystery Developments In Ellsworth Maine

In Ellsworth Maine on May 13 reports detail changing orders for Cimbria officers with six hour reporting. Capt Badenhhausen and Gripenberg with others sailed to New York on the steamer Lewiston while two more officers sought Bangor terms. Several young officers, including Germans, are in Ellsworth for a night on a mostly secretive voyage. More updates are expected from New York.

Ellsworth Cimbria Badenhhausen Gripenberg New York Lewiston Bangor

Coast canal plan to move armies and fleets inland

Washington reports two propositions for a ship canal parallel to the Atlantic coast enabling rapid movement of army and navy from Boston to the Gulf. Engineers say an interior waterway could run from Cape Cod Bay to the Gulf, connecting via existing channels to the Cape Fear and Chesapeake Bay systems. Also mentioned are desertion cases of about forty Forty-Niners seeking relief from stigma after going to California for gold.

Washington Congress Atlantic Boston Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Cape Cod Bay Long Island Sound Cape Fear River Raritan and Delaware Delaware and Chesapeake Chesapeake Bay Elizabeth River North Carolina Cape Hatteras Cape Cod New Orleans Samuel Horn California

Public Buildings and Rail Highway Bills Face Committees

A May 13 report details Schleicher's proposal to issue up to forty million in bonds for public buildings in multiple cities including Albany Atlanta Boston Chicago Cincinnati Evansville Fall River Grand Rapids and more with a Washington War and Navy Department project totaling 5 009 900. It notes library expansion and a Bureau of Engraving and Printing building, plus a separate rail highway plan from San Antonio to Laredo with 12050 per mile. Also Morgen introduces cattle importation penalties and naval expenditures committee items. Commander Breeze to return home. loan subscriptions reach 266 000.

Potter New York Maryland Florida Louisiana Samuel B. McLin Board of State Hou Ldward St. Noyes France East Feliciana West Feliciana James E. Anderson D. A. Weber U B Weber Anderson Jhn Sherman the Treasury United States Issid Conger Privie Potle Michigan House of Representatives Hale Maine Jr Garfeld Ohio Garfield Congress Mulls House Forty-fifth Congress Forty Fifth Congress House of Congress Forty-fourth Congress Hayes James K. Polk George Washington Cox Electoral Commission Post Office Washington Johnston Virginia District of Columbia Morrill Vermont Boston Conover Committee On Post Offices San Francisco Hong Kong Honolulu New Orleans Brazil Sydney Australia Sandwich Islands New Zealand Senate Dorsey Postal Service Post Office Department New York City Philadelphia Poston Beck Cmd Senate Committee On M. Dorsey Gartuna Senate Committee of Appropriations Treasury Maxey Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads Post Offices Edmunds Committee On Appropriations Kemundstand Ashhmunds Schleicher Secretary of the Treasury Albany Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Evansville Ind Fall River Grand Rapids Mich Hamore Conn Harrisburg Litle Rock Ark Memphis Library of Congress Bureau of Engraving and Printing Committee On Public Buildings Sehleicher United States Army San Antonio Rio Grande Laredo Committee On Naval Bureau of Provisions and Clothing Morgen Missouri Texas Kansas Mareh Committee On Judiciary Breeze Ossipee Committee On Railways and Canals

Augusta to unveil soldiers monument on Fourth of July

Local item reports Augusta planning a Fourth of July unveiling of a soldiers monument. Individual deaths by own action include Jonathan Doten of Winterport and Mrs R A Merrill of Skowhegan. Portland collision caused $500 damage with no injuries. Sheriff notes legal and criminal matters across Maine including sentencing and jail terms.

Augusta Jonathan Doten Winterport R. A. Merrill Skowhegan Portland J. Symonds Bowdoin College Albert Chandler Unity United States District Court Thomaston New York York Webber Trinity Church Corporation of Mr Perry Ernest Scribner

Local notices and court updates from early Portsmouth era

Obituaries report Mrs Mehbitabel Smith of Plymouth aged 160 years and four months and Nichmid Burke found dead in Manchester aged 64. Population figures assign Portsmouth wards representation. Supreme Court term and Amherst adjournment noted. A burglary case in Nasiva leads to $1000 bonds. A family dandelion greens incident at Plymouth sickens several. Masonic convocation at Concord installs officers including Grand Master Henry P. Glidden and other officers from Manchester Concord and beyond.

Mehbitabel Smith Plymouth Nichmid Burke Manchester Augusta Portsmouth Junie Allen Supreme Court Manchester House Amherst Cyn Tapan Nasiva Joseph Labrie Edgar Adams Marietta Dora Whipple Preston Concord Henry P. Glidden Dover Harvey L. Currier Edward Dow Joseph W. Hildreth George P Springfield State Medical Society Amherst College The Social Union W.H. Crittenden Utica C. A. Doubleday Montclair N. J L. J. Goodrich W. Hoyt H. Wood Henry Burrows W. G. Ward Elizabeth O. Robbins Helen A. Whittier Helen M. Wright Mill River Valley Williamsburg Goshen Superior Court Newburyport Bacon Lowell Railroad Salem Reading Abbott Boston C. P. Thompson Gloucester John H. George New Hampshire Ives Lincoln H.T. Cady North Adams Famaly

First passenger car built in Montpelier for local railroad

Orleans county reports a thief gang arrested after two years of plundering with recovered property. South Troy excitement over a newly discovered gold mine prompts a large land lease and development. In Montpelier an attorney forwards nearly one hundred pension applications from Civil War survivors and widows to the Pension Office in Washington.

Montpelier Washington, D. C

Lawrence Aldermen vote to revoke unpaid licenses

The Lawrence Aldermen have voted to revoke all licenses not paid for before the 20th. Pacific mills Lawrence announce a pay reduction May 27 ranging from 6 to 15 per cent. Sumner A Colby missing since Wednesday last. Two men caught 00 herring at the head of Hummock pond Nantucket. Woolston mills Easthampton reduce pay by five per cent. Over 100000 herring caught at Taunton last week nearly 300000 at Berkeley and Dighton. Westfield whip firms Van Iauren Brothers Hampden Whip Coany consolidated.

Lawrence Pacific Mills Sumner A. Colby Sewell & Co Lowell Hummock Pond Nantucket Woolston Easthampton Taunton Berkeley Dighton Westfield van Iauren Brothers Hampden Whip Coany Henry Ward Beecher Army of the Potomac Springfield House of Prayer Tewell Mr Cooley Old Colony Sandwich Timothy Kaleher Alonzo K. Preston Esfeld Congregational Church Richmond Andover Theological Serminary Clara Childs Supreme Court Worcester Lynde Brook Robert Court City Farm

Constantinople tense as cabinet faces palace panics

London reports suggest Turkish leaders fear surrender of Datoum. Sadyk Pasha’s position shaken while Seraskierate orders clash with uncertain surrender. Vienna dispatch notes AustrianTurkish financial talks, duty hikes, and a Russian approach amid Balkan unrest. Russian troop implications and Balkan insurgents deepen regional tension.

Emperor William drives out with Grand Duchess of Baden

Berlin dispatch reports the Emperor William and the Grand Duchess of Baden rode out Sunday afternoon to wild acclamations. The Berlin Free Press condemns Hoedel for attempting the assassination and notes he acted as an anarchist. The French President MacMahon sent a congratulatory telegram, and police say Hoedel recently worked for a small social democratic paper facing prosecution.

New York Berlin William Baden Lonpdon Times Berlin Free Press Hoedel Christian Socialistic Party MacMahon Social Democratic Court of Naumburg

Cotton Strike Nears Amicable Settlement Talks

London May 13 The cotton strike persists as talks move toward compromise. Masters accept an interview proposal from the Operatives Association General Secretary to be held in Manchester tomorrow with all districts affected by the lockout to attend. A meeting with principals is planned for Tuesday, with a likely reduction settlements at Preston Burnley and other centers awaited.

London Operatives’ Association Manchester Preston Burnley

Sardinian Floated and Planned Return to Liverpool

London reports the Sardinian has been floated and will return to Liverpool. A Home Rule meeting urged Dr Isaac Butt to reconsider retirement, retaining leadership on his own terms. The Crown Princess of Germany and the Duke of Cambridge reviewed 14,000 troops at Aldershot. The betrothal of the Duke of Connaught to Princess Louise was confirmed. A coasting steamer carrying railway plant ashore in the Avon River blocks Bristol port. Advices from Cape Town note Kaffers near Dederick. Fort Russell is gravely ill. Paris denies a French treaty with Tunis for cession to Algeria.

Londox Constantinople London Todleben San Stefano Palsace Sadyk Pasha Seraskierate Datoum Vienna Times Reichsrath Austria Hungary Count Schouvalof Prince Gorischakoff Czar Rey Danube Cicer Caston Bretlin Galicia Transylvania Banat Dalmatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Adriatic Jugean Sea Albenia Macedonia Roumania Ervia Montenegro Turkey Austro Hungary Germany Bismarck Philippopolis Tartar Bozirdjik Rassim Pasha Count Zichy Porte Bosnia Berlin Russia Count Schouwaloff Liverpool Isaac Butt Duke of Cambridge Aldershot Fort Russell Paris France Tunis Algeria

Drowned woman from St. John steamer near Castleton

An unknown woman, about 35, jumped overboard from the steamer St. John near Castleton on Saturday night and drowned. Mrs Reed of New York saw the act from a window by the stern. her body was recovered three hours later near Coeyman's lighthouse. She wore a black dress, cray blanket shawl, and black straw bonnet.

New York St. John Castleton Reed Coeyman’s Douglas Jennie FE. Tweed William M. Tweed Knick Freeman The Stock Exchange Brayton Ives D. C. Hays B.os White R. B. Uarshorne Henry Meigs Brooklyn Eagle Theodore Tilton Europe George Jones New York Times Jacob Hess Stephen I. Voorhies Brooklyn Supreme Court New York Tribune Association

Closing Prices of Mining Stocks in San Francisco

May 15 report lists closing prices for numerous mines led by Grand Prize 74, Hale & Norcross 74, Best & Heleneier 86, Caledonia 7-16, Ophir .06, Chollar .23, Overman 9, Consol Virginia 13, Crown Point .3, Silver Bill 10, Eureka Consolid 3, Union Consolidated 3, Gould & Curry 4, Mexico 0.

San Francisco Seseee Aly Oly Hale & Norcross Julia Consolidated Best & Helelier Justice California Ophir Chollar Overman Tg Commonwealth Raymond & Ely Et Confidence Bly Savage Consol Virgina Sierra Nevada Crown Point Eureka Consolid Union Consolidated Exchequer Gould & Curry

Ship Spartan of Boston Ashore on Long Island

The Spartan of Boston remains ashore opposite Blue Point long island filled with water and is expected to be refloated this week. Tom Jones alias Satterwhite a colored man sentenced to be hanged at Appling Georgia on Friday for shooting a woman has been respited until closer.

Spartan Boston Long Island Blue Point Tom Jones Satterwhite Appling Columbia County

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