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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1885
Page
5
A reminiscence by Townsend on early Brooklyn and New York contrasts growth, bridges, ferries, and politics. He portrays Kingsley and Ed. Kearney in discussions of Republican strength, describes Brooklyn’s evolution, its social life, and its landmarks including Greenwood Cemetery, Fulton ferry, and the Brooklyn Bridge, with reflections on urban change and ambition.
Joachin Miller praises a New Orleans shoemaker, praising her and her father, as an example of women’s work empowering the South. He contrasts Southern enterprise with idle Northern habits, urging readers to visit the South this season and to value American locales over European tours.
In New York on January 3 Ulysses S Grant Jr testifies for hours about his links with Ferdinand Ward in the Grant & Ward failure case. He recalls securities, profits, and Ward’s deceit while detailing his investments, loans, and the firm’s capital. The cross examination covers Ward’s claimed government contracts and the couple’s finances.
Carson blacksmith Mr. Torreyson unveils a road cart that carries a horse beneath the wagon. A belly-band lifts the horse on hills, with a crank winding to rest or immobilize, while a steering and brake system controls motion. The device aims to ease long road travel for the horse.
A two year program begins at the naval observatory to measure exact latitude. A naval officer will lead the observations, with parallel efforts by Portuguese astronomers in Lisbon and future sites at national observatories. The aim is to create a standard to detect possible shifts in Earth’s centre of gravity due to interior geological changes.
Omaha dispatch reports in Arapahoe Furnas county Nebraska that John Miller a former county commissioner terrorized his wife and children driving them to flee in a snowstorm in night clothes. The children were badly frozen and one is expected to die while the other may lose two limbs.
The New York inquiry traces Ulysses S. Grant Jr. real estate from 1882 as his fortune grew through a marriage into the Chaffee family. Transfers show bulk sales to Jerome B. Chaffee and others after Grant & Ward collapsed May 6. Trustees plan to hold assets for Grant during life and for his heirs, with eventual donations to a national institution.
In Carmi Newfoundland on December 31, David Morell a young farmer, killed his mother by mistaking her for a dog while reacting to stray dogs. After a child alerted him to a dog in the yard, he fired from the doorway, striking his mother who wore a white handkerchief. The wound is described as likely fatal.
The Pennsylvan ia Railroad Company's treasurer's office displays a framed check likely the largest ever drawn in the United States and certainly in the city. The amount is 14,949,052 dollars, cashed by the institution.
A June 7, 1881 check drawn on the National Bank of Commerce New York City and paid a week early. It was made in favor of Kidner Peabody Co to settle a large block of shares that firm procured for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to obtain a controlling interest in the Philadelphia Baltimore and Baltimore Railroad Company.
A severe ice jam above Grand Haven sent a dam of ice toward Grand Rapids, flooding streets and sewers, flooding jail, blackout of power, stores evacuated, and police doubled to guard property as water rises toward historic highs. The city faces widespread darkness and danger as homes are abandoned and mills flood.
Meaford Ontario residents woke to a wall of water as a Valn’s mills embankment broke, flooding the principal street and sweeping away houses and orchards. Georgian Bay waters poured in through the damaged dam, causing extensive damage estimated as very large. frost began to check the flow, but danger remains.
Bridgeport veteran Baker claims two years at Keely Motor Co Philadelphia as a broker for a New York capitalist exposing Keely. He describes a hidden internal air compression motor while Keely brands him a liar and threats a Wall Street book. Keely denounces Baker as drunk or mad and says no such employee existed.
In Americus Georgia Miss Georgia Laramore agreed to marry Ward Holt a South western railroad conductor after a dramatic exchange at a hotel veranda. Holt produced a license and the couple wed within minutes as his train stood ready to depart. The match surprised a Macon merchant who was said to be the planned groom.
General John C. Fremont will head an exploring surveying party to Mexico to fix boundaries of roughly 18 million acres recently acquired by a capitalist syndicate. The tract spans Hidalgo Vera Cruz San Luis Potosi and nearby states and is intended for sale in small lots for profit rather than development.
A correspondent asks about the term heroic size for statues. The reply notes such statues are sized to fit the subject, giving a humorous example of a five foot ten inch figure with specific features and measurements. The piece playfully implies heroic size depends on the person depicted.
A New York Sun report recounts cowboys taking a Southern Pacific train near Ava, Texas, forcing passengers to buy pecans and whiskey, looting car compartments, and threatening violence while the crew cooperated. They dispersed near Langtry and later fired shots toward a freight train before the group fled, leaving the passengers shaken.
Pittsburg, January 6. A large number of industrial concerns resumed work after several weeks. Pud ding and finishing at Zag's unit are active. Schoenberger's puddling and horseshoe departments back online. Westinghouse Machine Works employs about 200. Pittsburg Locomotive Works active. Oliver Brothers & Phillips South Side mills at work. Ward & Co. glass factory operating. Moorhead McLean & Co. doubled output. Keystone Bridge Works back, wages cut 10 percent. Wilson Walker & Co. mill resumes tomorrow with 500 workers. Clark's Solar Iron Works also restarting. The new go to work at the reduction.
Basen Connecticut spent 900000 in 1884 while Vermont gave 8450 to Garfield monument fund. Massachusetts coal use near four million tons yearly. Thirty nine Maine bank charters expired in 1885. Maine Insane Asylum had 667 patients. Echo farm creamery in Litchfield CT cost 20000. Waldo County Maine exported about 1000000 dozen eggs. Vermont cheese factory became a skating rink. Waterbury CT seeks theatre and city hospital. Pittsfield MA resident paid 400 for African gray parrot. Rhode Island had 136 failures in 1884 versus 109 in 1883. Connecticut Grand Army posts total around 5000. Lancaster NH paid bounty on 1201 woodchucks. Portland firm shipped 3000 barrels of Canadian apples to England. Over 10000000 added to Massachusetts savings deposits in 1834. Maine sent 30000 evergreen trees to Boston and 70000 to New York for Christmas. Lynn shipped 296933 and Haverhill 194761 cases of shoes. William H Allen of Palmer MA trapped 216 fur animals this season. RovuGH on CouGns Troches 16d Nout 26c for coughs and throat.
The report notes ample money supply and low loan rates with conservative bank lending. call loans vary by security. government bonds favored. New York and local exchanges show firm rates, strong imports, and rising but cautious business activity.
Trade remains restricted with prices nominally unchanged though firmer rates loom as trade resumes. Wheat springs, beans, butter, cheese, apples, and eggs show varied movements with notable strength in four market and high interest in spring wheat patents.
Volume and prices shift across grains and meats as wheat futures rise while cotton reels from port receipts. No. 2 red winter wheat climbs in futures with spot firmness. corn, oats, and rye show steady to firm demand. Lard and pork futures rise on speculative activity, while oils, sugars, and teas exhibit subdued trading with localized firming in Brazilian coffees and refined sugars.
Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown show livestock totals for the week ending Friday January 2 1885 with Western cattle 1425 eastern cattle 184 Northern 320 and grand totals 1624. Western sheep and lambs 1060 Eastern sheep and lambs 3027 overall stock numbers include horses 188 and beer prices noted from 400 to 900 dollars per dressed weight. Hides and tallow prices listed by weight with Brighton country products and calfskins lambskins tending toward lower values.
Gloucester week report shows extremely quiet cured ash trade with few small lots to satisfy immediate needs. Prices for prime cured fish remain near last week's highs despite reports of new codfish selling at a slight premium, while fresh halibut and Georges Bank fish receipts run into tens of thousands of pounds.
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