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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1879
Page
2
The speaker contrasts a Bohemian ideal with practical living, noting that those who ignore debts fail to support their households. He argues a balance of freedom and domestic refinement yields better family life, praising artists who pay bills promptly and present themselves as gentlemen rather than pursuing effortless luxury.
A London Daily News writer surveys U S farm labor wages, noting from 35 to 636 dollars per month with board. Western states show the highest averages, Great Plains about 14 to 15, New England 11 to 12, New York 13 to 19, Pacific coast higher, Canada 10 to 13. Overall U S wages compare favorably globally and conditions remain strong.
A Maine Democrat prompts Ban gor Commercial to explain Butler’s stance while noting the journal denies special focus yet urges Massachusetts Democrats to oppose him. It brands Butler a Republican of odious rank, allied with Grantism, and argues his aims serve consolidation and self aggrandizement under State issue rhetoric.
Justin McCarthy asserts one nation cannot govern another, applied to England and Ireland. He argues no peace in Ireland without radical change in relations with England. He notes the United States Republican policy contrasts with Democratic theory of a single national government allowing states to manage own affairs unless others’ rights are infringed.
Contradictory reports from Ute agents say war dances follow Major Thornburgh defeat while Adams predicts peace soon. Mexican frontier violence grows, while other local trials and crimes unfold. Sabbaths, politics, and commerce fill brief city notes.
Rawlins dispatches describe Gen Merritt’s march halted by rains and reinforced at White River with 400 troops. Reports from New Mexico mention Gen Morrow pursuing Victoria and hostile bands, with Hillsboro’ defenders and Arizona’s Navajo scouts in flux. A massacre near a Santa Barbara ranche leaves sixteen bodies, while Mesilla and Las Cruces forces suffer losses. Secretive talks and peace negotiations unfold as Utes show signs of restraint with Ouray asserting control. Special Agent Adams pushes for immediate captive women and children release and surrender of attackers.
A fragmented catalog shows multiple items and firms such as stocks, horses and colts, grape and lemons, furniture and paintings, carriages and harness, boots and shoes, and a collateral loan sale. Names include Horatio Harris & Co, Rhodes & Co, Hatch & Co, A. M. Bates, Moses Colman & Co, H. C. Bird & Co, and others with times like 10 A M and 11 A M.
In San Francisco on October 21 the market closed with a listing of mining stock prices. The report enumerates numerous tickers and their final values, reflecting the day’s trading activity among major mining firms.
The Tennessee vs James M. Davis case was argued at the U S Supreme Court questioning whether the U S Constitution is a people created government or a mere compact of states. Also notes post office car service expansion, money order exchange with France, Turkish mission status, and September exports valued at 6 542569.
Flora A. Shepard, twenty, of Shepard's Settlement near Marcellus, took cobalt poison after learning of a will leaving her property to a friend. She had offered to release her fiancé Henry A. Fulmer of Elbridge from the engagement. Fulmer joined her at church as planned, found her in her room, and read a will she had hidden. She died about midnight despite medical aid.
At Narra gansett Park F. W. Reynolds' Stewart Emma E. won the 2.28 class three straight heats with times of 2.33 2.35 1 4 and Tramp placed third. Ellen M. won two heats and Tommy Lee one in the three minute class unfinished. In Baltimore Troublesome won the steeplechase and Irish King the two mile heat race with times around 3.37 3 4.
Bishop Williams of Connecticut preached at St Peter's Church and communion. Congress members moved to Tevedale Hall where Bishop Doane of Albany presided and gave his inaugural address. The secretary read a report noting members who died this year, and the session closed with a hymn.
Chicago reports that papers tied to a missing balloon Pathfinder were found on a Lake Michigan beach. Circulars bearing land advertisements dropped from Prof Wise's transcontinental airship were discovered, signaling likely loss of the Pathfinder. Sightings near Miller's Station and torn prints describe investigators and northern winds.
The article presents Stanton letters and editor notes from 1861 detailing tensions before the Civil War. It covers Seward, Lincoln, Fort Sumter rumors, and cabinet frictions, with vivid appraisals of military moves and political intrigue. Stanton voices concerns over leadership, strategy, and the looming conflict, while the North American Review introduces the material as a window into a twilight period.
Reports detail severe harvest distress in Temes and Saros counties with famine threats in Abanj Heves and Zemplin. Vienna notes Osman Pasha allied with Philo Russian ministers amid Turkish governance changes. Germany contemplates reissuing thalers and two mark coins while officials discuss Afghanistan and Cuba reforms.
The New Orleans convention declares it would be erroneous to deprive Louisiana of its senator William P Kellogg and protests the action as harmful to the state. It praises Republican gains in Maine California Colorado Ohio and Iowa and thanks Sherman and Hayes. Grant is named their unalterable choice for president in 1880.
New York on October 12 reports a Republican rally at the Cooper Institute ratifying A. B. Cornell. Speakers included Senators Fenton and Blaine and Thurlow Weed. Gen. Arthur nominated Levi Morton for chairman, who introduced William M. Evarts. Evarts urged Republicans not to waste votes and hinted at Grant's 1880 nomination. Other items note a revived Emma Silver Mining suit, Mary Sheridan's death after domestic violence, Bishop Whittingham's funeral, mayoral nominations tabled, Spanish flood relief subscriptions, wage moves by tailors and tinsmiths, and the Scythia's 308000 in specie.
The Unitarian Ministers' Institute met in Providence with Rev Dr Bellows noting the aim to advance theological study. Dr Edward Smith Hale was chosen president and welcome was given by Rev Mr Woodbury. Essays by Rev C C Everett and Francis E Abbott addressed philosophy's influence on liberalism and Christianity. In secret session the essays were debated and Rev Charles F Dale preached the evening sermon.
Special Despatch from Bancomr Missouri informs John Kelly about a message read at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New York praising efforts to elect Cornell in New York and defeat the Democratic party. The Bangor Commercial editor Gro B Goodwin signs the dispatch.
William Blaikie mails a letter from Buffalo advising Hanlan he cannot obtain the $6,000 stakes for the Mayville race and suggests challenging Mr Court ney to row at the same place on similar terms in about two weeks. He will also forward Courtney a letter and expects Courtney will welcome the chance to help settle the matter.
The Delia Maria, Captain Charles Jackman, struck a ledge coming out of Portsmouth harbor and lost part of her keel. H. A. Duncan, Captain Morris, reported at Port Hawkesbury with a broken mainmast twenty-one feet below the crosstrees after a heavy wind near Arichat. Octavia A. Dow, Monhegan, lost her foremast in a recent blow and sought shelter in Gloucester.
The general freight agents of the Chicago and Alton Illinois Central Wabash Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago and Eastern Illinois Vanderbil ia and Indianapolis and St Louis Railroads today set new rates between St Louis and Chicago. First class forty cents, flour thirty cents, lumber and pig iron eleven cents, cattle hogs and sheep thirty dollars per single deck car.
Lawyers for both sides say the Hayden murder trial of Mary Stannard will run five or six weeks in New Haven. Key issues include the form of poison used and arsenic lot identity bought in Middletown, with hints of new evidence. State detectives pursue facts. defense investigators face hostility in Rockland and vicinity as they pursue leads linking the case to Mary Stannard’s father and Benjamin Stevens and possibly Susan Tinwley.
Worcester reports a pedestrian contest with tight finishes and scattered scores. Competitors listed include Durgin, O Connor, and Anson among others, with high marks near 150 and 128 in the final tally.
Taunton Massachusetts October 21 fire at B H Bakers sail loft on Water street destroyed building and stock likely over 1000 with 800 insured. Fire considered incendiary. Non Conway New dwelling of Theodore L Webster burned this afternoon most furniture saved loss about 2000 insured. Fire started on roof from chimney sparks. Sykkolm Hotel DeVille and several adjacent houses burned October 21.
A news in brief roundup reports the Chicago club defeated the Athletics on Monday, plus quick items on a Blair case jury delay, Cambridgeshire stakes winner Limonveille, Pequot winning at Baltimore in 1.44, and various other notes including steamer arrivals, a murder trial, storms, and civic concerns from New York to San Francisco.
Rev Lord of Kittery Point plans to resign due to ill health. A stolen black sloop with new mainsail and old jib is linked to escaped prisoners near Wiscasset. A partridge shattered a Memorial Hall pane at Colby University and died. Bar Harbor growth continues with 50 buildings and 300 to 400 workers, plus a Bangor rail link. An 84 year old Cape Neddick resident donated a patchwork quilt to Faith Home in Portsmouth. St Albans approved funding for dredging and fire department but kept taxes off, trustees to raise funds. Two Frenchmen, Joseph Lucas and Alfred Menard, were killed crossing a Connecticut River Railroad track at Smiths Ferry. their horse died. Knox and Lincoln Musics Association meets with 125 members. Chandler's Portland orchestra to perform. Grand Lake steamer boiler burst. eight aboard, two die or injured. rescue notes describe floor torn under a lady, who escapes unharmed.
F L Brantly, marshal of Whitesburg Georgia, shot and killed two black girls last Saturday night in what authorities call a wanton unprovoked murder. Brantly fled and his current whereabouts are unknown.
The fall term of the Supreme Court opened at Keene with Judge Lewis W. Clark presiding and about 235 cases on the docket. The Supreme Judicial Court met in Portsmouth for the October term under Judge Bingham with many liquor indictments expected and the grand jury departing for Friday. An equity land case Moses Wicher v Atwood began in Haverhill. Waumbeck Lumber suit judges discharged. Laird v Pagsumpsie Railroad continued. Barron white river junction bridge cases denied transfer to U S Court.
Across the United States both old and new Equitable Life Insurance policies become contestable after three years. Ordinary policies promise a definite surrender value as paid-up insurance if forfeited after three years. The new policy form emphasizes clear provisions to protect policy-holders and ensure payment certainty.
S. L. Coolidge of Bellows Falls broke his leg while cutting stone. Patrick Brennan of Brattleboro severely injured and leg broken during work on a new engine house. Hon. Walter C. Demton, ex Supreme Court judge, resigns effective October 28. A West Corinth farmer’s ox drowned after being restrained by a yoke. At Erin Tree House in Bennington, Linch was struck from behind, a skull fractured, left in precarious condition. three men arrested, one confesses.
Massachusetts reports Jus. Hall aged 22 a Milford boot maker eloped with his employer's daughter Auuie Curran aged 13 on Monday night. Also noted are church calls and resignations, city hall additions in Fitchburg, a drowning death in Palmer Mills, a missing boy in Sandwich, a Plymouth County farmers institute, a hen thief incident, embezzlement plea and sentences, manslaughter pleas, labor offenses, Pilgrim Society plans, historic donations, and votes on meeting improvements.
Thomas H. Rhodes of East Greenwich dies aged 80 from heart disease. A Newport businessman Avallone faces a complicated plural marriage case involving a wife from Italy and two wives, with seven and five children respectively. A Fisheries Commission head from the Smithsonian is named E. F. Baird, overseeing a Newport bureau, and the first cashier of the State Bank of Providence is noted. Authorities have not announced next steps.
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