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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1878

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Chiefs of Bureaus in Navy Department and Post Office Divisions

The article lists the chiefs of bureaus within the Navy Department and the Post Office divisions. It details names, positions, and organizational structure relevant to federal administration during the period.

Navy Department Post Office

Fashionable St Mark's Bowery Wedding Unites Sedgwick and Renwick

New York November 14 report on the wedding of Boston businessman Robert Sedgwick to Meta Renwick of New York at St Mark's Bowery. The ceremony officiated by Rev J H Rylance drew a crowded church, with four ushers led by James Renwick Jr and Arthur Sedgwick. The bride wore a long white silk gown with square train and bridesmaids in matching silk brocade. guests included prominent families and officials. After the service the couple exchanged a kiss per custom, followed by a reception at the bride's father’s home. The article traces the Sedgwick family lineage to Theodore Sedgwick and notes the Renwick family’s New Amsterdam prominence. Described also is Prof. Thomas A. Edison’s abortive effort to quiet elevated railroad noise, now ended as he focuses on a new workshop and lighting experiments.

New York ST. Mark’s Church The Bowery Robert Sedgwick Boston Meta Henry B. Renwick Massachusetts J. H. Rylance James Renwick, Jr Arthur Sedgwick Douglas Robinson William P. Douglass Mary Alice Townsend Miss Swan Long Island Episcopal Church Mendelssohn James Renwick New England Theodore Sedgwick National House United States Supreme Court of Stockbridge Mass Williams College Ellery Sedgwick Brevoort New Amsterdam Canal Street Columbia College United States Army Patent Office Fifth Avenue Aspinwall Edward Renwick Edison Thomas A. Edison Metropolitan Elevated

Insane asylum question and Vermont salary bills in gravelin era

Vermont reports detail a session with the Joint Standing Committee on the Insane Asylum in Concord and later Montpelier with Gov Prescott and Superintendent Danforth, noting praise for the asylum. Hearings cover the Gravelin case, salary bills, and state officer elections, with extended debates and adjournments.

Martin Wins Wilmington Race Despite Ineligibility Claims

E L Martin, Democrat, wins Congress seat by about seven thousand over Greenbacker J G Jackson in the November state election. Debate centers on Martin's alleged rebellion conviction and possible pardon. Johnson pardon papers claimed but not found on file. Col Martin says the record exists in Washington at the Secretary of State.

Wilmington Del E. L. Martin Congress J. G. Jackson Greenbacker Martin Jackson Johnson C. P. Johnson United States Delaware Col. Martin Secretary of State Washington

Four Arkansas Democrats Elected to Congress

From official returns there is no longer any doubt of the election of four Democratic Congressmen from Arkansas. They are P. Dunn in the First District, W. F. Slemons in the Second, Gordon E. Cravens in the Third, and Thomas M. Gunter in the Fourth.

Little Rock P. Dunn W. F. Slemons Gordon E. Cravens Thomas M. Gunter

Kingstree election managers arrested for interference

Three managers of the recent election at Kingstree in Williamsburg County were arrested today for interfering with the United States Supervisor. Other arrests are expected.

Charleston D. C Kingstree Williamsburg County United States

Webber defends reputation amid town talk in Saco

In Biddeford reports of alleged impropriety surround C H Webber, a former Free Will Baptist minister. He arrives at the Argus rooms to deny fleeing with a young woman and states he left Saco with his wife and family knowledge, heading to Farmington to settle business. A Lewiston despatch follows last evening.

Portland Argus The Argus Biddeford C. H. Webber Saco Farmington Lewiston de Witt House C.H. Webber Dearing Webber

New York Board of Trade adopts measures for national finance

The United States Board of Trade debated resolutions on resuming specie payments and supporting Treasury and New York bankers. It elected officers, urged liberal postal legislation, and formed committees to draft a commerce bill, study canal federal control, and promote cheaper transport and expanded overseas trade with Pacific routes and lines to India, China, Japan, and the Americas.

New York United States Board of Trade E. Judson Syracuse Secretary of the Treasury New York Clearing House Price Congress Chauncy J. Filley St. Louis Elwood E. Thorne S. B. Covington Cincinnati Erastus Gilbert Spanish America Charles Uhlman David Dudley Field Congress of the United States Erastus Wilson James Filley Mr Price Pacific Coast India China Japan Mexico Central South America

Insecurity in Hong Kong as Japanese mutiny punished

San Francisco reports Hong Kong residents meeting on October 7 to discuss insecurity of life and property in the colony. Resolutions favor harsher punishment for criminals, with flogging supported. Also notes mass sentences for a recent mutiny among Japanese troops, executions by shooting, and shipping disasters tied to a coast gale.

San Francisco Tokio Hong Kong Yokohama Japan Infantry and Artillery Battalion Nagasaki J. Biegham United States Stevens Legation Ketsusina Spex Straits

Beaconsfield exit prompts Salisbury critique in world letter

Louis J. Jennings in the New York World derides Lord Salisbury as vain and ignorant on Newfoundland and fisheries. He claims Salisbury imagines power but acts foolishly and overbearing, noting secret agreements and poor government while predicting political downfall.

Conservative Senators Draft Excluded From Address

Paris dispatch reports the Conservative Senators draft addressed to municipal electors has been officially omitted after multiple revisions. It claims Republican influence for a small party faction, avoids stating Conservative aims, and argues preserving safe institutions without naming the Constitution. The negative tone is unlikely to influence outcomes.

London Paris

Central Italy Hit by Violent Storms Delaying Rail Travel

Violent storms sweep Central Italy causing widespread damage. Rail traffic between Rome and the north is interrupted as the rai halts and the wind shifts. The Tiber river is rising rapidly, endangering riverside areas.

Rome Italy Rai Tiber

Sailor journalist Sleeper dies at 1794 born Boston veteran

Captain John S. Sleeper of Boston Highlands died at his home 305 Dudley Street at 10 pm Thursday at age 84. Born Tyngsboro Sept 25 1794, he sailed 22 years to master mariner, edited Exeter News Letter, then Lowell Journal, Sleeper & Rogers, and served as Roxbury mayor and state legislator. He left a widow and three children and held roles in the State Fencibles and Boston Marine Society.

John S. Sleeper Boston Highlands Dudley Street Sleeper Capt. Sleeper Tyngsboro Mass Exeter N. H News Letter Lowell Journal Charles O. Rogers Boston Journal Sleeper & Rogers Whig Times Roxbury Ordor Congress Alexander H. Rice Rice Capt House of Representatives State Senate State Fencibles Boston Marine Society

Relic Lover Loaded and the Ex Explosion Follows

A local relic enthusiast was loaded into a vehicle as an explosion occurred adjacent to a historic site. Authorities investigated the blast scene, secured witnesses, and began a full search for suspects. No injuries reported initially.

Free Will Baptists dedicate Brownfield church on Tuesday

The Free Will Baptists of Brownfield dedicated their church on Tuesday. Other notes tell of local accidents, maritime business, and a historic discharge of a Revolutionary soldier found among Mars Hill deeds. The Bangor Tribune runs a half sheet due to production cuts and several minor injuries are reported in Cumberland.

Free Will Baptists Brownfield Portland Packing Company Denmark Almon Shorey China Weld Bangor Tribune George P. Jordan Rufus Deering & Co Portland Olive Merrill Cumberland Jeriah Harris Bangor New York Arthur West Farmingdale Hallowell Augusta Supreme Judicial Court Boston and Maine and Eastern Maine Central Knox and Lincoln Machias Rockland Mount Desert E. C. Burleigh George Washington Job Lunt Massachusetts Mars Hill Lunt Georgetown

Stolen Goods, Fatalities, and College Hazing Reported

A series of incidents from New England area towns includes a $125 burglary at M. B. Wheelock’s store in Lyman and several deaths from natural causes or accidents in Nashua, Bethlehem, Gilford, and Berlin. A farm hand was gravely injured after a runaway near Portsmouth, and court records show theft and breaking entering cases in Berlin and Gorham. Dartmouth College hazing rumors spread with several freshmen shaved by sophomores, drawing condemnation from students and townspeople.

M. B. Wheelock Lyman Dennis Coleman Nashua Daniel Abbott Bethlehem Portsmouth John W. F. Hobbs North Hampton Peter Deverre Hobbs Benjamin G. Folsom Gilford Navy Ano Iplane Stephen Lephiel, Jr Berlin Supreme Court Lancaster George G. Plummer George Morse Gorham Manchester Tate Dartmouth College

Final adjournment resolution in Legislature and crime report

A resolution for final adjournment on the 21st has been introduced in the Legislature. Chester K. Albee, who stabbed Leach at Troy, Wednesday, was Thursday arrested. Waving ex amination respondent gave bonds for his appearance at the County Court. The receipts of butter at St. Albans, Wednesday, were light, market quiet and prices unchanged. Common to good sold at 12 to 17 cents, choice, 18 to 20 cents, selections, 22 to 23 cents, with some extra choice lots at a higher price. The Fish and Game Protective Association have elected Col. M.S. Colburn of Factory Point, President, Dr George F. Gale of Brattleboro, one of the Vice Presidents, S. B Pettengill of Rutland and Henry A. Harmon of Bennington, Secretaries, Col. N.T. Sprague of Brandon, Treasurer. In the face of the recent report of Drs Middleton Goldsmith of Rutland and O. F. Fassett of St. Albans, physicians of acknowledged ability and more than State reputation, that the Brattleboro Insane Asylum is over-crowded, ill ventilated and otherwise deficient for its purposes. State Commissioner Calderwood trots out his little statement, containing the rather idiotic assertion that the institution is periodically arraigned for no other reason than that it is indicted by the newspapers.

Chester K. Albee Leach Troy St. Albans Fish and Game Protective Association M.S. Colburn Factory Point George F. Gale Brattleboro S. B Pettengill Rutland Henry A. Harmon Bennington N.T. Sprague Brandon

Atlanta Grows as Manufacturing Center Despite Water Power Shortage

Baltimore Sun notes Atlanta Georgia advances rapidly as a manufacturing hub with spindles able to process ten thousand bales of cotton annually within twenty miles, a six hundred worker cotton factory, rolling mill of three hundred, multiple railroad shops, a large brewery, and several iron foundries and mills. For the year ending August manufacturing industries expanded by about thirty percent.

Baltimore Sun Atlanta Cincnnati

Republican correspondent favors Democratic rule for negro safety

A Cincinnati Commercial Republican letter asserts Democratic supremacy best for the Negro, aiding prosperity and personal safety. It suggests Mr Boutwell seek statistics from Mr Redfield before promoting a crusade for southern Black voters.

Cincinnati South Georgia South Carolina Boutwell Massachusetts Redfield

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