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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1881

Page

5

England Irish labor probes shed light on landlord cruelty

James Redpath reports on English miners and reform groups touring west Ireland to assess conditions. He details tenant abuses, rising rents, and poverty in Connemara villages, noting tenants' struggles, eviction threats, and the spare, crude living conditions observed by the visitors. The piece portrays a growing sympathy for Irish rights and calls the situation a hopeful sign for Ireland.

Drsuty Ireland James Anthony Froude England Northumberland and Durham Pee John Roe Northumberland Miners’ Association W. H. Patterson Democratic Federation Galway

Wennor Fixes the Weather for August

Voracious Wennor ratifies August weather notes detailing daily conditions from warm and oppressive to cool and fall like evenings. The sequence lists strings of warm, pleasant, cool, stormy, sultry, and variable days with showers and heat reoccurring across August in the United States.

Wennor United States

Weather Almanac Forecasts Vary Across Regions

The period forecast describes storms in Canada and Virginia with hail and frosts on some days. It notes heat and sultriness on others, heavy storms on the lakes and St. Lawrence, and cooler rains in northern sections before returning pleasant with cool nights and a hint of heat returning.

Canada Virginia St. Lawrence New York

Wonderful Freak-She Cuts Down Her Enemy's Corn

In Emaug Pennsylvania a woman, Mrs PrisCilla Wunder, cut down corn on land she leased to Paul Kirschman after a rent dispute. She climbed a fence and led cheering townspeople as she avowed divine guidance. Damages estimated at 200 dollars, case to be brought to court.

Wunder Emaug East Penn Allentown Priscilla Wunder Paul Kirschman Rev Reinke Gurneld

Woman-farmer Mrs Osgood proves Maine steadwork on forty acres

In Lewiston Maine a widow named Mrs Osgood of Minot Center is described as a remarkable woman farmer. She mows twelve tons of hay a day, grows onions potatoes beans and oats on about forty acres, runs a one horse mower, handles wood cutting, milking two cows making butter and bread and sewing for her large family while managing a busy day.

Ireland Galway Bay Lewiston Boston Osgood Minot Center

Blaine's Payoff Threatened by Albany Fallout

The Albany contest costs the administration dearly as Conkling gains standing while Blaine clings to power. The piece argues Blaine will pay the price to keep control, with supporters ready to acknowledge Conkling and a cadre prepared to collect the tagged “price” from those bought for favors.

New York Sun Blaine Albany Republican Party Conkline Commissariat Mr. Conkling Speaker Sharpe

Secretary Windom Pledges Reform in Treasury Appointments

Secretary Windom told THE GLOBE correspondent that he may not visit Minnesota until late fall due to the president’s assassination attempt. He plans regulatory changes to curb office seeker applications but will not publicize details until fully decided, saying reform requires legislative action but hopeful steps can be taken now.

Washington Windom GLOBE Minnesota Treasury Department

Montreal Exposition Opens with Dairy Premiums and Fireworks

Montreal's great fair opens September 14 and runs to September 23 featuring premium dairy products and appliances. A working dairy will be exhibited daily. France sends a special national exhibition. Torpedo experiments in the harbor, drills by Canadian troops, athletic and firemen's sports, illuminations and fireworks are planned.

Montreal France

Serpent Seen in Lake Champlain at Whitehall

The sea serpent finally appeared in Lake Champlain at Whitehall. The season had progressed with doubts, but the creature returned smaller yet more formidable than last year, about six feet long with a crocodile like head two and a half feet long.

Lake Champlain Whitehall

National Agricultural Commission Appointed to Study West Needs

Commissioner Loring selects Professor E W Hilard of Berkeley Hon Robert Furnas of Lincoln Neb and Hon J C Jones of Delaware Ohio to study agricultural needs west of the Rockies and arid regions and report January 1 1882 A notice also invites summer boarders to write the V E A office at 19 Winter St Boston.

National Agricultural Commission Loring Rocky Mountains E. W. Hilard Berkeley Cal Robert Furnas Incoln Neb J. C. Jones Delaware Winter ST Boston

Unbalanced Minds and a Taxing Case of Insanity

Dr. J. B. Greene surveys varied insanity cases including a Rhode Island mother who drowned her four children in a churchyard pond and a hospital nurse who fears conspiracy by husband and sons. A Western Swedish emigrant kills his family then himself, while a former Kansas congressman believes a vast political conspiracy surrounds him as he lives in a New England asylum.

J. B. Greene Tne Globe Guiteau Providence Cumberland Hill Roode Island Eyse New England Far West National Asylum Kansas Joshua R. Giddings William Lloyd Garrison Henry Wilson Grant Hayes Chicago Garfield Congress Liverpool Washington United States

Monk Impostor Fleeces Halifax Family

A smooth shaven well dressed man claiming to be a monk from Tracadie stayed at Mr M Mooney’s Upper Water Street home. He borrowed $5 and stole $300 from a room, then vanished on a train toward Truro. Police sought him as a clever sympathetic impostor who exploited Mrs Mooney and a Dutch consul contact. A St John police arrest turned out to be a false lead.

Halifax Morning Chronicle M. Mooney Upper Water Street Tracadie Halifax Father Paul Mooney St. John

Pauper Choked to Death in Wilbraham Murder Probe

Springfield dispatch July 29. Reuben Cadwell, 73, a town pauper living with Cyrus Day of Monson, was found dead near a Wilbraham pasture with a bruised face and torn windpipe. Morris Monihan, Day’s cow driver, was arrested after Cadwell’s death. Autopsy cited choking as cause, skull fracture noted. Monihan denies involvement.

Springfield Reuben Cadwell Cyrus Day Monson Morris Monihan Wilbraham Monihan Holbrook Palmer

National Greenback State Convention and Events

A sprawling notice lists the National Greenback State Convention in Elmira New York on August 23, the Albany bicycle tournament with 500 riders on August 10, and various other local and national items including court cases, fires, legal notices, and railroad interests reflecting a busy regional news day with multiple named places and persons.

Elmira N. Y Albany M. Blanc a=rietor Monaco Rapp Cincinnati J.L. Jennings Animas River Tierrdamaville N. M San Pedro River Boston Mills Brooklyn Mary Kane Little Colorado Arizona Havana Cienfuegos Ortolan Philadelphia Stillwater Minn Western Union Telegraph Company Northwestern Telegraph Company Wisconsin States and Territories Dominion of Canada Charles Parker George Bull Jake Mexico Central Railroad Paso del Norte Rio Bravo Charles Anderson North Woburn United States Allen Senviee Central Construction Company Rio Grande el Paso del Norte Fort Smith Ark Pope Shoemaker Fort Sill Tufts Hannah Davidock Hester Street San Francisco Dodge Northern Belle Anglo California Bank

Atlantic Sanitarium Opened In New York City

The Atlantic Sanitarium and Health Institute in New York is a joint stock enterprise with paid up capital of $5,000,000. Established by leading physicians for treatment of all diseases, it gains attention through Dr R C Flower resident there and slated to visit Hotel Brunswick next week to meet local patients. Mrs Lupra E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts advertises her Vegetable Compound for female diseases and offers pamphlets.

Atlantic Sanitarium and Health Institute New York City New York Hartford Evening Post R. C. Flower Brunswick Philadelphia Record Lupra E. Pinkham Western Avenue Lynn Mass

Market Pulse on New York and Boston Financials a Week

Finance and commerce notes show a smoothly functioning money market with ample loanable funds and steady discount and interest rates. New York funds carry a premium while foreign exchange weakens. stock prices fluctuate with manipulation cited as key driver, Keene a central figure in short covering and market rallies, and readings from Ballou & Co. describe the standstill in the bull run as traders await demand restoration.

State Street New York Prime Mercantile Shure New York Stock Exchange Keene Shorts Washington Western Union Missouri Pacific Pacific Mail Jersey Central Grangers Wabast Pacific Messrs George William Ballou & Co Telegraph Lackawanna Lake Shore Gould Boston

Boston Daily Globe Commercial Outlook July 30 1890s

Boston markets show signs of improvement with Western Sonntey distribution ahead and stronger dry goods and boots and shoes sales. Pork prices steady. cotton rising. dairy and butter trading slowly. flour, corn, and oats firm. vegetables and fruits abundant with new apples plentiful and beans pricier.

Boston Daily Globe Sonntey Shane New York Franklin County Vermont

New York Markets Suffer A Hue Of Floating Prices

Saturday reports show flour and meal quiet with minor shifts in prices and several commodity futures moving. Cotton futures gain and grain markets reflect firmer trend across wheat rye oats and corn with varied delivery months and notable activity in options and spot sales.

Outhern Bakers Southern Western Rime City Uscal Tafe Western Creamery Siloc New York Loloe Marwaibo Laguayra Tisxe Fir Refining Cnba Liverpool London Glasgow Avonmouth Cork Ballaye

Watertown Live Stock Prices Reported for Boston Globe

Northern beef cattle and lamb market quotations given for Watertown with prices per hundredweight live and dressed. The list covers working oxen, cows and calves, veal, sheep and lambs, hides and tallow, and western beef cattle with multiple sellers noted and varied grades. Prices reflect brisk trade in some categories and slower demand in others, with details on dress weights and per-pair ratings.

Rockland Canada West Scowne Oush Western Bush Calcutta L’etreleum Canada Boston Choice Western South Carolina Liverpool Cadiz Trapani Dopa Turks Island Watertown Boston Daily Globe Brighton Airde de Miicu Aldrich & Johnson G. Spriggs J. Carroll G. Brownell W. Scollans Seth J. W. Cooper A. W. Worthens Taylor & Harpin Hathaway & Jackson John P. Squire Charles H. North Niles Brothers Scolians Durham Aldach & W Johnson G. Weiss C.O. Howe Libby & Son W. W. Hall

Gloucester Fish Market Week Arrivals and Prices Report

Special Gloucester market correspondence details weekly arrivals totaling 1 615 000 pounds cod and 145 700 pounds halibut with 12 500 barrels mackerel. Prices quoted for cod, halibut, mackerel and other fish. market notes on offsh ore banks and fleet activity. latest sales and barrel rates.

Sunday Globe Gloucester Georges Cape Shore Western Hanks Grand Panks Cape Ees Swordiis

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