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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1884
Page
5
Special correspondence from New York Sun reports a wild mining stampede to Eagle City Idaho. Expeditions cross a 35 mile mountain trail dragging sleds and blankets while rescuers save an injured, dying man. The camp becomes a graveyard and investors push hotels and town lots as the main profits while no mining occurs.
The Spokane Falls Chronicle reports new gold fields west of the Rockies in the Coeur d Alene range. It describes Eagle City as a growing mining camp, transport routes via Mullan road and river steamers, and plans for two steamers by April 1. Rich placer diggings and allied mineral edges draw eager adventurers and commerce toward Eagle City and Coeur d Alene City near Fort Coeur d Alene.
Up to 100000 people are anticipated to travel to the gold fields this spring and summer, with excitement running from California to Colorado and Washington to Arizona as thousands push forward despite snow and other hardships.
Bill Nye lampoons a western mining boom with a string of comic symptoms. He sketches longhaired prospectors, pan-dusting, stampedes from saloons, and inflated displays of wealth while lampooning speculative claims and quarrels over claims near Mill Creek. The piece blends humorous exaggeration with warning about boomtown exuberance and debt.
A leading fancy stationer discusses trends in writing paper, noting Forge and Alligator brands, shifting fashions, and the decline of imported patterns. He explains how domestic production and clever marketing sustain American brands, with finishes like damask and Irish linen remaining popular.
News from the lower San Juan country reports a Navajo outbreak near Fort Lewis. Thirty Indians attacked Mitchells store, engaging in a twenty five shot exchange that left one Navajo dead and whites unharmed. Cavalry and troops from Fort Wingate are en route as reports claim Utes killed all whites at Mitchells. A list of those present includes Mitchell family and several neighbors.
Lasell Seminary in Auburndale hosted F G Hawes of the Boylston market to instruct 114 students on meat buying. He demonstrated cuts and explained how butchers may game weights and charges, urging practical scrutiny of every bone and piece for economy and honesty.
A Portland street dealer explains origins of heavy draft horses mainly from Ohio and Northern states, with some from Canada. He notes Western horses now rival Eastern in quality, prices for draught horses ranging from 300 to 400 dollars, and typical car company purchases at 165 to 170 dollars with 10 to 25 dollar profits. Annually about 16,000 horses arrive, year round, with common health issues easing when worked promptly.
Lewiston and Auburn workers face 40 indictments after a 12 to 18 percent pay cut sparked widespread unrest. Strikers clashed with new hires as manufacturers rejected concessions, prompting arrests and a grand jury investigation. General Butler’s defense role drew public interest and two notable benefits surfaced despite turmoil. Indicted individuals include Benjamin Ingraham Nathaniel Field Winston G Furner Frank White Charles M Thomas Carl Snow Thomas Emerson Ames Roberts James Luce Patrick Madden Charles Davis Jacob E K Stevens Samuel Wylie.
General Butler confirms he has been retained to defend Lewiston striking lasters indicted for unlawful assembly but offers no details on the case. He says he has no information about the trial date and will not express an opinion.
A well-dressed woman on Court Street last night about 10 o'clock knocked down a man who accosted her after following her from a West End visit. The man used a familiar greeting and endearment, prompting the swift, well-aimed blow with her bundled item, sending him sprawling.
Fire at the American Oak and Leather Company building injures two thirds of the plant, causing over 200 workers to lose their jobs. The blaze, starting at 2:30 am, lights up Cincinnati as losses exceed 200000 with insured stock at 300000, building 150000, and machinery 60000 across 57 policies. The firm, largest tannery globally, had 1 million in paid capital and rebuilt after a 100000 loss two years prior.
A Boston letter in the Detroit Times reflects on famous latents and lazy habits from Concord figures to Thoreau and Alcott. It cites ex-Concordians and public men like Kent Kellogg and Ensign Kellogg, praising a laid back philosophy amid a fast modern world.
Isaac Arbuckle tells of Hector Davis the boneless man of Barbourville area in Kentucky. Davis lacks bones below the skull and can be rolled like a carpet. The report details a sensational, medical curiosity observed during a revenue raid as Arbuckle describes Davis and his family coping with the condition.
The New York money market remains steady with loan and discount rates easy. Bank collateral loans hold near 4 percent, foreign exchange firm, specie shipments reported, and government bonds firmer for 4 and 4.5 percent issues while 3 percent bonds decline. Market reports show banks in excess of legal requirements and varied commodity prices across staples including wool, hides, lime, molasses, and pork, with general quiet trading and steady to firm tones.
Raw text depicts wide array of 19th century industry news. Mentions Lewiston and Auburn cotton mills, 250 workers at Leonard Silk Co in Warehouse Point near Hartford, 30,000,000 Springfield bricks, Corls Steam Engine Co Providence employing fewer workers, Chapman Valve in Indian Orchard paid $68,000 to 156 workers, 10,000,000 matches daily at Brownville Maine, 1800 Cincinnati cigarmakers strike over $1 per day, Haydenville cotton mill move to Glasgow Conn, ambition to merge spurs, Rhode Island woollen mill fathering career, Milford Mining and Milling Co with $50,000 capital for gold mines in ME.
In New York Tribune coverage of a Bismarck visit to a Russian nobleman’s house in Bismarck’s presence, he was sharply sarcastic with guests. As he left, the host warned the dog might bite him, to which Bismarck replied that he could bite the dog, earning a smile and a compliment in his grim mood.
A 19th century market snapshot shows bean demand tight and prices for various fowl and fish largely steady. Beans, butter, corn, eggs and mackerel quotes appear with regional price ranges. hay, bagging, and flour futures also noted, reflecting a broad commodity market for Boston traders on a Saturday evening in April.
Grain and cotton notes show wheat and corn futures volatile with short-covering lifts, while cotton futures drifted lower for the next crop amid warmer weather. Lard and pork prices moved higher, with bacon firms, and refined petroleum steady as spot markets soften for eggs and butter.
Special correspondence reports Gloucester seafood totals for the week with 41 arrivals including 23 from George Banks and Western Banks. Notable volumes include codfish about 235,000 pounds and haddock around 126,000 pounds with halibut near 125,000 pounds and dogfish quanta listed. Prices show large Georges cod at 5 1 on some grades and various fish oils and herring goods quoted. total shore landing about 30,000 pounds.
Arrivals of Moe stock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending April 24 include Western cattle at 135 to 165, Northern 703, total 4001 head. Western sheep and lambs 3800, Northern sheep and lambs 2294. Swine 1518, horses 43. Beef cattle dressed weight 450 to 950 per hundred pounds. Prices of kine cattle per 100 pounds vary by quality from 675 to 750 for extra, 600 for first, 500 for second, 480 for third, 540 for fourth tier. hides and tallow listed per pound.
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