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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1880
Page
1
Hayes argues for a thorough civil service reform with a dedicated commission and merit-based exams, seeks to curb congressional patronage, and urges protections for universal suffrage and education. He updates on foreign affairs, including treaties, Mediterranean and Pacific commerce, and calls for improved postal, military, and territorial governance.
Parnell declares no land measure this session and urges organized league branches across Ireland to push for land ownership for the people. A London note warns that Parnell could be arrested if he leaves Dublin during Land League trials. The Queen's Bench denies a delay request for the trials, with a verdict urging stability amid unrest. Separately, Keaston capital moves toward New York amid large fund inflows and bond redemptions learning toward a busy week in markets.
In Newport R I December 6 S B Nelson shot Patrick Sullivan in self defence at the gashouse at midnight Saturday night. Two bullets struck Sullivan who is not expected to live. Nelson surrendered and was released on bail later. Both men worked at the gasworks. Sullivan believed Nelson had caused his discharge last week after several quarrels. A Young Married Lady Burned to Death in Danville Virginia on December 4 Gertrude Neal wife of Lewis Neal burned to death as her clothing caught fire while kneeling beside her infant in prayer before church. She was under 20 and had been married a year.
G C Snowman, mate of the Bath owned schooner L. and D. Fisk, tells of the November voyage from New York to Royal with phosphates. after capsizing off Cape Hatteras nine miles from the cape, he and his brother survived on wreckage and a raft until washing ashore near Hat teras lighthouse. He describes drowning of the captain and a seaman, and heart breaking loss of family members.
The Bavarian of the Independent Bavarian Steamship Company on the Leyland line, 417 feet long and 2027 tons, arrived at port after a severe gale from November 12 to 26. Starboard boats and propeller blades were lost or damaged, crew lashed decks to prevent flooding, and two blades were later cast in East Boston for replacement. Captain V Lagroio, commodore of the line, has served over seventeen years.
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