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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1881

Page

5

Mining World: New York sees rising interest in mining stocks

An inspection of New York stock lists shows growing interest in mining securities as operators and capitalists seek developed properties. Arizona, Mexico, Colorado and Dakota vie for assets with reports from San Francisco and New York brokers. several mines like Fryer Hill, Stonewall Jackson, Contention and Silver King are cited amid a broad market for reconstructeds and new mills.

New York American Mining Boards Arizona Montana Nevada Mexico Idaho Utah California Fryer Hill Colorado Pacific Slope San Francisco Comstock Lode Comstock Virginia City Comstok Great Nevada Zone Great Southern Pacific Aston Philadelphia Contention Toughnut Harahaw Head Centre Alta bSastern Capital United States Dakota Black Hills Leadville Morning Star Hibernia Great Iron Robert B. Lee Robinson Ten-Mile Rioche Raymond & Ely Meadow Valley Piocte Columbus Esmeralda Gold Mountain Montezumar Little Pittsburg Barcelona Little Pitts Little P Boston L. Y. Leiter Chicago House of Field & Leiter Iron Boston Consolidated Vandewater Colonel McMurdy Robinson Consolidated Prince State Line Isaac M. Taylor San Franciscan

Strange Presentiment In Boston Servant Hears Of Carpenter Death

A Boston suburb family employs a Nova Scotia servant girl of steady disposition. She becomes convinced a carpenter lover has died after hearing her name called, predicting the death. A newspaper report confirms the man died from a scaffold fall while being sent to the city hospital, affirming the servant’s premonition.

Nova Scotia Boston Courier Boston New York Miss A

Miss Leib Plans Lecture Tour From Cleveland to Fight Vice

Miss Hettie Leib of Cleveland travels to Pittsburgh with a reporter to study vice in public venues. She visits a free and easy garden, pool halls, and saloon waitress activity to inform her future social reform platform. She vows relentless action against venues employing women servers and aims to visit more infamous sites before departing.

Hettie Leib Cleveland Pittsburg Sherst Miss Leib Leib

Only Two Houses Left in a Carolina Town

NORFOLK February 6 The town of Plymouth North Carolina has been nearly destroyed by fire. A kerosene explosion in the Roanoke Transportation Company office started the blaze. The post office and custom house burned, along with the courthouse Grace Episcopal Church and twenty three stores. Losses reach about 127500 dollars. Three hundred fifty bales of cotton and quantities of shingles lumber were destroyed. Only two of the burned out parties held insurance.

Carolina Norfolk Plymouth Roanoke Transportation Company Court House Grace Episcopal Church

Meadvilln Bachelor Shoemaker Dies Poor Man With Rich Hoard

Addison Rowland a Meadville shoemaker died in a shanty amid poverty refusing medical help. Police found a hidden cache totaling 456 gold 1052 silver 2648 in greenbacks plus coins, county orders, six gold and twenty five silver watches and extensive jewelry.

Meadville Penn Addison Rowland

Surprise Party for the Indians at Fort Davis

A report from Fort Davis Texas states Colonel Bayles and Lieutenant Willis joined forces last week and attacked a Native group by surprise, killing six and capturing three squaws. The Indians are suspected to be the same as those who attacked the Graham party in Bass Campbell last May. Use Redding's Russia Salve for Erysipolasy.

Fort Davis Tex Bayles Willis Graham Bass Capyon

A Platon ic Marriage and the Death Mystery in Providence

A Providence death case centers on Elsie Ann Chace, who died after a disputed marriage to Nelson, a Swedish caretaker. Doctors report no abortion link, noting virgin status and postmortem heart and lung findings. The tale details a coerced marriage, legal wrangles, and ambiguous motives while awaiting chemical analysis results.

Elsie Ann Chace Providence W. O. Brown Providence Journal Pawtucket Niles Nelson Mra Chace Elsie Nelson

Big Chicago Summer Meeting Trotting Purse Details

The Chicago Driving Park summer trotting meeting opens July 19 with $44,000 in purses. Entries close May 2, with 10 percent entrance and staged instalments. Several classes lead to large add-ons including $5,000, $10,000 and a possible $50,000-plus total, plus a proposed Sorrel Dan challenge against Maud S. and St. Julien.

Chicago Chicago Driving Park Simuggiler Sleepy Tom Maud St. Julien H. V. Bemis Sorrel Dan New York H. O. Kemis Chicago Driving Park Association William H. Vanderbilt Maude Vanderbilt

New Hampshire Strives to Restock Streams with Salmon and Trout

The state has enacted strict spawning season laws and allocated funds for artificial propagation. Fish commissioners report 80 percent success and plan greater efforts next year. About 700,000 eggs are at Livermore Falls, 60,000 salmon eggs from Pemigewasset fish are en route, and 419,500 Maine river salmon were obtained with Professor Spencer F. Baird aiding the effort.

Nonal Fish Commission Bucksport Germany Lake Winnepesaukee California Mount Cloud River Michigan New Hampshire Livermore Falls Pemigewasset River Spencer F. Baird

French Tramp Baumann Rescued From Harlem Bank Shelter

Conrad Baumann an elderly French tramp once a cabinet maker was found Thursday afternoon in a sand bank dwelling near Harlem river near death from cold. His earth and wood hut packed with snow housed him for a year and he said he had eaten only four loaves since Christmas and drank only snow for forty days before rescue. He was taken to Blackwell's Island charity hospital for care.

Elsie Ann Nelson East Providence Elsie John Meader Huldah Beede Dr. Brown Morton Pawtucket Notwee Conrad Baumann New York Harlem New York Sun Baumann Charity Hospital Blackwell's Island

Fly-Wheel Disaster Kills Two at Niles Mills

In Youngstown Ohio yesterday two men were killed and several injured when a fly-wheel in the Russian Iron Mills at Niles broke apart. A governor belt slip caused the wheel to spin too fast, with the wheel measuring eighteen feet in diameter and the collision causing substantial mill damage.

Youngs Youngstown, O Niles

Three Men Lynched in Arkansas

Three men accused of attacking Miss Georgiana Hamblet in Augusta were captured and jailed. A mob of twenty broke into the jail, lynched the prisoners, and threw their bodies into the river in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Arkansas Little Rock Ark Brean Georgiana Hamblet Augusta

Boston Capital buys Rhea Springs for hotel project

CHATTANOOGA Tenn February 4 Rhea Springs a valuable summer resort near here on the Chattanooga Southern railway has been sold for $20000 to a company of Boston capitalists They will erect a fine hotel.

Boston Capital Chattanooga Tenn Rhea Springs Chattanooga Southern

Honey Bees advertisement and medical testimonial notice

Mrs. Cotton promotes a new system of beekeeping in a column advertisement described as a great success. The notice includes a health testimonial from D. Candee, Alderman of the 6th Ward in Syracuse, N Y, claiming relief from long standing stomach and bowel flatus after using a remedy recommended by D R V G and guaranteed by all druggists.

D. Candee Syracuse N. Y

Finance and commodity notes from February 5 1881 markets

The 1881 report details a steady money market with ample liquidity and private lending below public quotations. It covers discounts, New York funds, exchanges, and a predicted funding bond issue, plus stock, bond, and commodity moves across grains, fibers, meats, and oils with cautious, mixed tone and no dramatic shifts expected.

Bate Street Sai Nay New York

Watertown Live Stock Markets Report

Live stock market data from Watertown for Tuesday February 1 covers sheep and cattle, lambs, swine, poultry and horses. Prices rise for prime cattle and lambs, with western beef and northern sheep showing varied demand, while working oxen and stoker cattle sales reflect slower trade and steady to lower values.

California Watertown Union Boston Daily Globe Watertown Massachusetts Mit Hecht Aldrich & Johnson Frei W. Scollans Part Jersey J. Carroll Sae Dow «& Moulton Charles Fisher North Haverhill N. H Weston HK. S. Hastings Dresa Taylor & Harpin Dow & Moulton H.s. Britton Visher N. K.campbell J. A. Hathaway Averace Sears

Commercial Matters in Boston Markets on a Cold Day

The Boston Daily Globe notes slow trade due to extreme cold, with ice and snow delaying freights and reducing buyer activity. Wool, leather, hides, butter, cheese, coffee, copper, and corn show varied movements, prices steady or easing, and overall market tone cautious yet steady for certain goods.

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Flour and meal prices and shipper notes reported

Saturday February 5 price list shows flour and meal rates with numerous figures and notes on shipper extras. Contains various flour grades and related commodities with regional references and prices.

Livestock Market Report from Boston Morning, Feb 2

Reported cattle, sheep, swine and veal calf prices with state origins. Western and Eastern buyers traded actively for choice cows, calves, and working oxen while store cattle eased, and imports included 61 carloads from the West with fair butcher demand and lighter export pace.

Boston Daily Grope Connecticut Eldrid Brothers Racklife & Wabster Cirth Rackline & Howe G. W. Hollis John P. Squire Charles H. North Nilea Brothers Beevea A. ©. Libby Simpson & Toothaker

Gloucester Fish Returns Highlight Week’s Arrivals and Prices

Special correspondence notes 49 arrivals in the week at Gloucester, including 30 from Georges Bank with heavy cod and halibut cargoes, 6 from the Banks with halibut, and 4 from Grand Menan with frozen herring. It lists prices for cod, haddock, pollock, hake, cusk, tongues, and salted herring, with steady demand for mackerel and other fresh shore fish and various barrel and box rates.

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