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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1885
Page
5
A detailed Secretary of State report compares European wages and living costs with the United States, noting English wages in many trades far exceed American levels. It covers bread, meat, and staple prices, female labor patterns, the apprentice system, temperance influences, housing conditions, shipbuilding downturns, and emigration drivers across Britain, Ireland, and Scotland.
Tenant farmers in Ireland face major emigration despite an 80 percent rent reduction. Landlords suffer losses over five years, yet assize judges and police reports suggest improving landlord tenant relations. Small farmers, farm workers, clerks and mechanics form emigrant groups, with emigration persisting even if rents fall further.
Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell has donated 300000 toward a Roman Catholic university. Trustees consider sites in New Jersey Baltimore or elsewhere with Seton Hall suggested as a nearby option. Talks focus on locating near South Orange Cedar Cliff or other options with spring decisions pending.
News from Lake Utah February 16 reports Alta nearly wiped out by a heavy avalanche after a week of snowfall. About three quarters of the town were crushed, including Vallejo mine and Emma Fine works. Twenty eight buried, twelve dug out alive. several listed as still missing with a list of six names and others. Estimated losses total thousands across Tucker’s Hotel Vallejo mine Case House and other properties. Rescue efforts hindered by storm and cold amid ongoing digging by city works and Evergreen mine crews.
William Blakeley of Manchester N Bo, a London born Englishman running a Pleasant Street saloon, claims a complex entail may soon make him sole heir to a Regent's Park estate and Sydney sugar refinery value about £300000. He says his uncle died December 28 and his father would inherit, with Blakeley as future heir upon his father’s death.
Mrs William Smart found six large chocolate cream drops in the areaway at 306 East Third Street with bent pins embedded in each. She reported the phenomenon to a nearby officer and the Board of Health, suspecting a new kind of crank. Sanitary officers will investigate the culprit while advising children to avoid such drops.
New York World correspondent describes ex Senator Thurman at his High Street home near the State Capitol. The interview notes Thurman’s health, his refusal to discuss cabinet prospects with Cleveland, and comments on Blaine’s Twenty Years of Congress and Benton's Views.
Six Boston pioneers Joseph Barrell Samuel Brown Charles Kuifinch John Derby Joel Haten and J M Pintard aided the United States by launching the Washington and the Columbia in 1789 to trade furs with Pacific peoples. The voyage helped establish U S claims to Oregon Washington and boundaries with Great Britain, aided by Captain Grey's log confirming the Columbia River discovery.
William Ray, an escaped lunatic from Seneca Falls, was arrested in St. Louis after declaring he had been elected to remove President-elect Cleveland. He discussed asylum treatment with Dr. Dorsett then proposed shooting the president from the White House steps or from behind his seat on the steps, detailing various escapeable plans.
A near disaster on the Wittsburg and Western near Monagy was prevented when freight brakeman Joe Baden uncoupled the caboose and pursued it down a steep grade. Baden and fellow worker Lake rescued the caboose and set brakes, preventing a collision with the north bound express just ten minutes behind. A half minute’s delay would have caused a deadly wreck.
At the Quequechan Mill yearly meeting the treasurer reported a visit to Mexico and favorable view of moving the entire plant there. A stone mill building would be erected in Mexico, machinery moved, and printing works added to produce goods now imported from England at lower cost. The mill employs 175 and payrolls about 90 dollars weekly, with 16 392 spindles and 492 looms. The plan would displace local workers and marks a major step in cloth manufacture history.
General Hateh arrived from Fort Leavenworth to consult with U S Attorney Hollowell and A U S A Hatton in Topeka about charges for rearresting Couch Wilcox and other colonists freed for lack of witnesses. Hateh says he prefers not to weather a winter in the field and would defend those who acted under orders if the colonists proved land rights in Oklahoma. Hatton has not finalized new charges yet.
The Stock Exchange committee met after the New York Mining Stock and National Petroleum Exchange moved to list nearly all active securities. The Mining Exchange had previously pledged not to deal in stocks noted by the Exchange and had offered seats at $50, but amended its constitution to list all securities. The action stirred anger among members who belong to both exchanges, risking lower seat prices currently at $25,000.
Governor Hoadly of Ohio urged focus on Democratic council and governance at a Monongahela House banquet. He asserted that Cleveland's advisers and offices should be filled by Democrats and that the national administration must itself be Democratic, offering support despite personal hopes.
John Dolan an Erie railway employe died in Susquehanna after a long illness. Weighing 450 pounds, no coffin in New York City was large enough. A coffin was made to order in Binghamton, delivered through a double window, and the body lowered into the grave with a windlass operated by four men as no hearse could accommodate the size.
Sergeant Thomas Plunkett, famed for capturing the colors at Fredericksburg, eastern Massachusetts notes say his health has greatly declined at his Etna Street home in Worcester. He lost both arms in battle and now suffers chronic illness and despondency, with prior honors from Congress and a Massachusetts State House role amid public sympathy.
The week closes with unchanged money market rates and light demand for accommodation. Banks meet customer needs with rates near 6 percent, while mercantile paper sits around 6 percent and high grade notes around 4 1 2 percent. Weekly bank statements show loans up, deposits up, and reserves slightly below prior week. overall money market remains firm amid mixed domestic and foreign activity.
A kaleidoscopic roll of small-town notes: 226 dentists in Yankee Nations Connecticut. a Lewiston boy travels to school on snowshoes. Salvation Army reports 250 converts at Fall River. East Andover New Hampshire honors Mrs. William Graves in the 1000th year and Old Saybrook looks to its 250th anniversary next November. A 75-year-old parrot in Beverly keeps a long vigil of 50 years with a family. Edward Goodale shucks 500 oysters in 26 minutes at Danbury. William Palmer of Alford is said to have been offered 8000 for his Wilkes colt. A ten-year-old Chatham girl rides a family horse bareback with no bridle. Antoine Burgess of Providence opens 100 oysters in 4 minutes 25 seconds. Mary Hall of Hartford and Emma C Andrews of Meriden are the only two female notaries in Connecticut. Hyra Bates and wife of South Hanover, both over 53, share a birthday on August 5, 1796. There is an estimated 100000 dollars of gee on the river banks at Fair Ave, and the shell pile of H. C. Rowe is valued at 27000 dollars.
Boston markets report delayed spring trade due to cold weather and West blockades. Flour, butter, cheese and beans show mixed demand with prices fluctuating. apples and cranberries steady, while oats, hay and straw remain steady. Shipping and distribution hampered, with high variety in dairy and grain prices across New England markets.
Arrivals at Brighton and Watford show Western cattle 1966 head and astern cattle 123 while Northern cattle total 655, overall cattle 2043. Sheep and lambs total 10 792 with Western 6720 and Northern 4073. swine 17 618. veal 388. horses 299. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds dressed weight range 400 to 960. Live weight price tiers listed from extra to poorest quality. Hides and tallow prices per pound shown for Brighton and country hides and lambskins.
NEW YORK MARKETS reported dull flour and meal with limited support. Cotton futures rose on favorable foreign advice, with several months listed. Grain and corn futures mixed, oats steady, provisions slightly lower with steady lard and firm tallow. Brazil coffees quiet. sugar, tea, and certificates active amid price shifts.
Gloucester reports a buoyant fish market with sales and shipments outperforming the prior three weeks. Cod, halibut, haddock, and herring volumes topped, with fresh white hali at 18 cents per pound and gray at 12 cents.
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