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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1884
Page
5
In New York January 5 the piece laments railroad debts and Boston New York delays. It recalls Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, hints at Shaker ideas, and glosses a tale of a viscount and a clerk with a career moral about naming daughters Career.
In Cos Cob a prominent local woman, idol to William M. Tweed, stands as the sister to another infamous official’s confidante. Both daughters of an old-time New York gambler, they drew attention on Broadway as they walked the avenue toward Broome and surrounding streets, with foreign nobles reportedly astonished by their presence. Tweed supported them before they retreated to the countryside, where neighbors recall their comfortable country box.
The article profiles General James H. Wilson and Horace Porter as rising railroad magnates in Boston era history. It recounts Wilson’s West Point background, the Fort Pulaski raid, and his later elevated railroad project, alongside Porter’s West Shore line and Buffalo connection. It notes ambitious mileage built, financial strain, and shared vision with Gilmore, with figures claiming roughly 2100 miles laid in two years at an estimated 140 million dollars, though Porter’s stock declined.
The passage defends public figures against harsh criticism by noting their demanding duties and long-term burdens. It contrasts equality with tyranny and questions the judgment of public opinion, suggesting that true leadership endures beyond momentary critique. The tone honors perseverance and accountability in office.
A narrator recalls three beautiful women in a great political capital, each shaped by beauty and social pressure. The first faces a forbidden proposal from a foreign minister and later converts to Catholicism. The second, gentle and devoted, ends with a crestfallen match to a creole politician, then exile and remarriage. The third, a blonde girl with modest roots, encounters further misfortune as her career and love collide.
A Boston society sketch recounts Mrs. Paran Stevens leading a New York foreign circle, with her son-in-law Melcher and partner Risley linked to the Paget marriage saga. The piece notes hotel politics, old Burke peerage echoes, and a costly Reed of the Hoffman House suit testing firm goodwill amid changing partnerships.
The piece blends fiscal complaint with gossip and opinion. It notes annual city expenses of 34 million dollars, roughly 25 dollars per resident, and jests about taxes and mortality. It recounts Sherwin from Northampton jailed for two years over an advertising feud with A. T. Stewart. It mentions Ned Stedman returning to a board, his wife's house rented to Senator McPherson, and Duff's legal actions against Hutchinson. It muses on sewerage fixed by Boston and plans to replace Brooklyn Bridge with a steam transit bridge on Blackwell's Island, ending with George Alfred Townsend's signature.
A St Louis syndicate backs a plan to seize rich Mexican gold mines between latitudes 27 and 29 in the Baja California peninsula. In 1883 a Blanca expedition found gold ore and ledges with values from $60,000 to $200,000 a ton, amid desert ruins and drought. Pipelines and wells would supply water as workers cache food, though many lives would be sacrificed before habitable.
In Lehigh county Pennsylvania a 16-year-old boy C J Smith and 13-year-old Amanda Klase secretly married after eloping to Stinesville. They had avoided alone visits, returned with a marriage certificate, and now reside with the bride's father, with parental consent noted.
A dramatic meteor event in Marion on January 2 between 9 and 10 pm described as a ball of fire appearing in a clouded sky. It moved southeast then east, flashed upward, circled for about five minutes, and finally exploded with a loud report and vivid multi colored fires.
In Fulton county, New York, during a violent wind storm yesterday, Mrs. Reuben Walrath of Oppenheim was blown from the yard into a pine tree while reaching for clothes on a line. Found by groans, she had a broken leg, fractured shoulder, and severe bruises but is expected to recover. The 40-year-old woman is described as small in stature.
Miss Nellie Burton of Louisville elopes with Wing Lee a Chinese laundryman. They wed in Jeffersonville Indiana this afternoon and headed toward Chicago pursued by the girl's parents. A cheering crowd saw them off at the depot with ample fuss and funds spent.
Montreal reports record high water as Wednesday night floods drive three to five foot cellar depths along St James street west from Victoria square to Bonaventure depot. Explosions, gas leaks, and hotel evacuations accompany the deluge with many shops and furnaces shut.
A Roebling wire mill reports wage reductions driven by wire prices down about 10 percent from prior highs. While some mills doubled output since barbed wire’s rise, current orders from the West are sparse as European steel markets falter. workers say the cut averages six percent, not ten, and accept it with little complaint.
PirTseu RG January 4 reports a large idle workforce due to glass strikes and weak iron and coal trades. Yet mills are restarting with growing demand and brighter prospects for the month, including Republic Iron Works resuming next Monday and Black Diamond Steel Works preparing a record roll.
Robert Barrett Browning, son of the poet, is noted as a painter turned sculptor. His new statue features a python figure, described by Theodore Tilton as a symbolic, provocative courtship with intricate, ambiguous imagery.
Master Clement Thomas Maddux, a nine year old from Tensas parish now in New Orleans, displays rare arithmetic prowess and rapid mental calculation. He explains methods clearly, estimates crop values and room areas with ease, and excels in geography. His father aims for broad knowledge rather than a pure math prodigy.
A Bavarian soldier Alexander Pulsk deserts and courts Johanne Rummell's daughter Margaret in Ar muckle. Margaret agrees to marry, flees with Pulsk to America after stealing 1500. Father follows to Cleveland and Haus, discovers plans for elopement. Margaret leaves again for Cleveland after a supposed fruit trip, leaving her father distraught.
In Philadelphia on January 4 fourteen Pullman palace car conductors were arrested at Broad Street Station for embezzlement tied to a scheme with regular conductors. Detectives traced ticket numbers to show how tickets were stolen and resold at reduced rates, with one man allegedly stealing $455 on one trip and company losses running well over $300 daily. Six posted bail. the others remained jailed awaiting examination.
In Rockland a young couple prepared to wed at the groom’s parents’ home yesterday evening. A telegram from the bride announced illness and postponed the ceremony, prompting a hurried Boston trip. A second telegram arrived saying she would arrive on time, but a mistaken schedule led to the bride boarding the 6 p.m. train, returning the groom home to claim his bride hours later.
Frank Staehle a Kohinoor colliery miner vanished from sight while descending a shaft at Shenandoah Penn after stepping onto an uncovered hole in the cage floor. He landed in the sump 176 feet below but survived the initial fall and regained consciousness before aid arrived.
An elderly sailor, long in the service, was released from the United States steamer Powhatan at his own request. He expressed disdain for foreign recruits and said he might consider re-enlisting if he changes his mind, after questions about quitting the navy.
An eye witness account from Morrowville Penn reads of nine coasters from Stokes Mills on a steep Long Hill run. A cutter crash over the bank left Jennie Mitchell dead and others injured. survivors describe a frantic, lifesaving scramble in eight feet of water along Trout Run.
Six men aboard a freight elevator at Donald & McPherson Smith brewery, 245 West Eighteenth Street, plunged thirty five feet when the car failed on descent. Wiliam Donald Smith, 65, fractured leg. his brother sprained ankle. J Otis Cole of Rochester and George Werdmeir of Newark broken leg and bruises. Foremen Sauer and Camier injured. Camier uninjured. Cole, Sauer taken to New York Hospital.
Hazel Street resident Fred Joyce, famed as a dreamer, recounts winning a gun through a dream about ticket numbers and predicting a murder case in Ashland Kentucky. He links a past dream to a police capture, lynching, and subsequent arrests, noting further prophetic dreams in Bradford and suggesting Joyce join the detective force.
A snow slide at Turkey hill near the Susquehanna river forced Nathan Taylor to move his family and valuables to safety after a tramp warned of a rising ice field. The avalanche of snow ice and rocks then engulfed the house and outbuildings, and work continues to clear the debris.
An eastbound Missouri Pacific freight train delivered eleven mule car loads from San Antonio to Kansas City. Between eighty and one hundred mules perished from cold and starvation after three days without unloading or feeding. Remaining animals starved, some gnawed the dead, shocking local residents who appealed to police to arrest those responsible.
Finance and Commerce column reports no major shifts in the money market during the week ending January 5, 1884. Mercantile paper mostly 6 to 6½ percent discount. prime notes 6½ to 6⅔. collateral loans 3 to 4¾. Brokers push paper outside banks, savings and trust loans 4 to 5 percent, country banks supplying local needs at 4¾ to 6 percent, large funds available yet conservative banking. Bank clearings reach $10.8 million today and $65.0 million for the week. New York funds at 12.17 percent premium. Exchange rates mixed. general price levels for bonds and commodities show modest declines with broad liquidity.
New York stocks opened firm January 7 11 a m with fractional gains from Saturday. Michigan Central dipped 2 percent while Lackawanna surged 4 percent. Chicago and North Western and other issues posted modest advances as bonds and currency bids appeared mixed.
The Boston market notes coal, copper, corn, wood, flour, and freight prices. Coal lines show dull activity for cannel and Cumberland. anthracite quiet. Copper and ingot prices steady. corn firmer with various grades quoted. Wood, fustic, lime, and wax trends mixed. Flour dull with mixed price ranges. Ocean freight rates easing to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and New Zealand. Boston to Philadelphia and New York freight cited. Readiness for bulk shipments noted alongside fresh meat prices in Seeland district.
New York markets note weak flour but stronger sales volume at 19,000 bushels. Wheat futures show a small rise while corn futures rise 14c. Spot and future activity span grains, provisions, lard, pork, bacon, and petroleum with mixed price shifts and steady to firm closes. Strong entities include New York markets and various commodity contracts.
Special correspondence notes a dull fish market with small sales and weak weekly quotations. Wholesale prices for halibut cod and other species are listed, reflecting low activity and limited demand across multiple grades and containers.
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