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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1879
Page
6
The third in the James Redpath interview series profiles John B. Gough. It covers his temperance oath, family, early life as a bookbinder, and singing days, plus his sobriety, religious faith, and enduring power as a lecturer. Chandler’s views on Washington and Lincoln close the reminiscence.
A historical oration celebrating Saxon grit across ages from Alfred to Washington and Lincoln. The speaker links bravery, faith, and civic duty to English and American heritage, tracing the rise of liberty from Norman conquest resistance to Pilgrim ideals and modern enterprise.
Mrs Eng, widow of Martin Eng of New Albany, claims her husband’s coffin held a different man’s head. The body showed hair and features of Boroff, a Jeffersonville drifter, sparking calls for legal inquiry. Prosecutors and witnesses remain divided over hallucination versus crime.
London dispatch reports Nihilists mining a Moscow railway site with an eighteen foot shaft and a fifty yard tunnel to a chamber under the line. The plotters used a suspected hundred pounds of blasting power, plus nitro glycerine, to derail imperial trains as high officials rode into Moscow. The czar and ministers escaped, and the conspirators remain at large as bold speculation circulates about their wealth and secrecy.
An elderly Newark woman, living alone in a dilapidated Belville Avenue house, told a Times reporter she once served as a nurse and spy in the Crimean War and the Civil War. She described daring escape plans, Confederate service, and a desire for solitude, refusing to reveal her name or details of her postwar life.
A piece recounts Anthony Comstock's testimony in a New York general sessions trial over indecent microscopic pictures. It notes the defense summation and Judge Dittenhoefer's remarks, criticizing Comstock's methods and the lack of corroborating witnesses for Bass, while praising some of Comstock’s actions yet denouncing others as outrageous.
In a trial where the defendant pleaded not guilty, a juror verdict left the panel deadlocked after seven hours of deliberation. The dispute centers on Anthony Comstock, with the defendant contending Comstock’s testimony is false and unworthy of belief under oath.
A satirical diary from London recounts strict war office rules forcing correspondents to file at headquarters. Entries describe arrests, confinement, and censorship for writing slips, misquotations, and missed passwords amid a wartime press regime.
A Royal West India mail steamer Para arrived at Plymouth and revealed a mistaken identity case. Mr Ford, linked to the London Bank of Mexico and South America, was arrested on a fraudulent bankrupt warrant in Barbados, imprisoned for a month, while his wife endured lack of comforts. A London detective later confirmed the error.
Correspondence says France’s current upheaval is driven by salon influence. Mme Leon Say, wife of finance minister, and rivals like Mme Edmond Adam and Mme Richtemberger wield social sway in Paris drawing rooms. Presidents and ministers attend, while rumors of Gambetta marriages fuel tensions in elite circles.
A Paris correspondent describes the life of Le Lion, the last great mistress of Louis Philippe era. The piece details vast wealth, vast coaches and stables, scant art or books, black satin bedchamber, and a drawing room crowded with prominent figures from politics and literature. It notes the sale of her property and erasure of her name except on a grave marker.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts on a Grand River car a woman losing her purse and a man quipping about eight dollars and relics while prompting a playful collection gesture. A Passaic City debate between Ingersoll and Moses over religion ends with a rooster contest to settle belief. Grant boasts eighteen dry goods boxes of gifts, yet caution remains about offering more.
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