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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1880
Page
6
Morning Call reports General Hancock’s foresight and leadership through the Wilderness and Spottsylvania campaigns. Capt C C Cole recalls Hancock’s strategic moves, bold river crossings, and the 1864 leftward maneuver toward Petersburg. The piece includes Gettysburg anecdotes and Hancock’s strict discipline shaping soldiers’ conduct.
Washington Post recounts Charles Walker’s 25 years as a city magistrate appointed by President Pierce on June 25, 1856. He recalls cases from President Pierce to General Grant, noting fast driving incidents, docket choices, and efforts to avoid scandal. Grant’s 1866 speeding arrest led to a dramatic court scene before Walker, ending with a $5 fine.
The New York Sun reports Colossus the largest horse in the world, a 22 hand 1300 pound colt from Erie county Ohio. Now in a Buffalo shipment he stands about ten feet from ear tips to ground when harnessed and checked. A former owner’s hired man tours Ohio with the beast, while Colossus rests in a Houston Street stable eating three pecks daily.
A New York Herald visitor describes Joseph K Emmett at the Inebriates Home near Fort Hamilton Bay Ridge. Emmett disputes reports of physical decline, recalls Belfast and Dublin stages, singes The Shamrock, and recalls theatrical mishaps and world tours amid a small room audience plus doctors, lawyers, and society figures during a brief stay.
A London Standard despatch from St. Petersburg on June 11 describes nine days after death rites for the empress, the ongoing prayers on ninth twentieth and fortieth days, and Orthodox views on the soul’s state. It notes New York Catholic and Russian chapel practices, martyrdom imagery, last rites, and the deep respect accorded to the dead with continuous vigil and tsarins read aloud for six weeks.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a middle aged man arriving at a Congress Street boarding house with an old grip sack and pretended connections to senators generals and governors to secure a room and a future $50,000 business stake. The hostess demands references, he retorts with flattery and misdirection, and departs to seek a first class hotel, while neighboring notes report a new temperance fountain at the post office donated by the Business Men's Society for Moderation and dedicated with speeches.
A humorous moral tale follows Augustus Ballantine and his wife Clorinda as he cheats with Miss Flora Matsys. A day at Coney Island spirals from a light flirtation to a Camera Obscura reveal, ending with dawned guilt and a wife’s stern confrontation.
A New York Sun writer recalls a Monkton Vermont Republican convention where General Atwood praised Edward S. Dana for state senator nomination. The rural orator extolled Dana’s fame, linking Vermont to distant places from Mount Marcy to San Francisco, and urged unanimous support for Dana.
Pall Mall Gazette notes a court clash where Maitre Allou likens Bernhardt’s supposed punishment to a snub by the Comedie Francaise and its stars. The piece traces her salary history from 4000 francs to 60,000 francs with leaves and perks, while criticizing the theatre’s tradition of disparaging unconventional talent.
The piece featured Mr Emmet presenting a comic ditty called The Thomas Cat and, by special request, repeating the Lullaby. The narrative notes the waiters’ English difficulties and the audience’s reaction, ending with the institution’s lights-out at 10 o’clock.
The Chicago man D. P. Newell vanished after claiming a novel life preserver using lead could float longer than cork. A letter to his wife describes plans to test the device on a Goodrich steamer, promising big profits and urging a trial before boating misadventure. The note ends with garbled text.
A man aboard a steamer planned a bold escape by making a lead jacket or life preserver and leaping into the lake with intentions to sail back home by the next day if winds permit. He hoped to clear debts and provide for his family, leaving personal items aboard and signaling he might cross up to forty miles.
A Cincinnati report describes a single English pointer named Rose at 62 George Street producing twenty puppies in one litter. The mother remained gentle and attentive as bystanders inspected the brood which included black, white tipped, spotted, and mixed pups. The event, dating in the morning, drew a sizable crowd and was reported with local color and detail.
A long fragment from a Sunday Globe piece narrates political intrigue in Mentor Ohio with references to Garfiel, De Golyer, and the Rota lady. It blends satirical verse, reports of trust, and a tale of multi-female courtship woven with Civil War era names and media quips. The piece also relays social notes from San Francisco society columns and anecdotes about public behavior, courtship, and deception.
London Telegraph reports the arrest and conviction of Edward Wise for reviving a lottery under the Bentinck Racing Association and East End Investigator fronts. Wise offered shares of £160 to £1,000, promised prize-analyzes, and claimed the draws were held in his office with two police officers winning. Wise faces £26 fines on three summonses and potential nine months jail. he has disappeared.
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