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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1884
Page
5
Vermont delegates endorse Tilden at Montpelier convention as Hiram Atkins chairs the meeting. The platform denounces tariffs, favors revenue limits, temperance and license laws, and pledges to overthrow the Republican party. Maryland and Connecticut back the old ticket if Tilden declines.
The Democratic State Convention at Grand Opera House in New Haven on June 5 elected temporary chairman Colonel Charles M. Joslyn. Delegates at large were chosen amid contests in districts two three and four with William H. Barnum nominated by acclamation in fourth. The platform urged merit honesty and unity and pledged support to the Chicago Democratic nominee.
The Baltimore Democratic State Convention met in the Grand Opera House and displayed rare harmony while favoring Tilden for president. Senator Gorman chaired the session with remarks on the Republicans, and officers were chosen as Philip D. Laird president with secretaries Thomas H. Moore and Robert G. Benny.
The Alabama Democratic Convention reassembled and nominated T. N. McClellan for attorney general and S. Palmer for superintendent of education. Delegates to the national convention named L. P. Walker E. W. Pettus J. F. Johnston H. C. Tompkins J. M. White and J. A. Kirkpatrick. Electors at large were W. H. Barnes and F. W. Bowden. Delegates favored Tilden and Hendricks. resolutions urged reform and tax relief with return of democracy to power.
The Truth edited by Thomas B. Connery will publish tomorrow an editorial urging General Benjamin Butler as Democratic National Convention nominee. The piece lists broad popularity among Democrats Republicans labor reform Irish Germans Catholics Puritans and Union soldiers as evidence that Butler’s nomination could win. It asserts Butler’s appeal to newly enfranchised Southern citizens would secure a Democratic victory.
Editorials from the Metropolitan press praise ex governor Benjamin F. Butler as a strong, popular candidate amid a Greenback and Anti Monopolist surge. Butler’s Decoration Day reception drew vast cheers while his confrontation with Tildenism sparks debate among New York papers and Democratic factions.
East Boston ferry riders glimpse Captain F. H. Leonard, ex commodore of Hayti s navy in 1869, recounting the Salnave revolt, the provisional government under M. Missage Saget, and the fleet including the Mont Organise. He details battles, pay, and the enduring instability of Hayti, ending with his departure from command.
An erect 93 year old South Carolina native, Captain Robert W Andrews, arrived in New York on foot after a journey from Sumter. He claims to have walked about twenty two miles daily, sleeping in farm houses, visiting Maine Massachusetts Washington and New York, and not eating vegetables along the way. The notice is signed by Sumter county officials and local citizens confirming his good name.
Special despatch from San Francisco reports heavy rain across California from Santa Barbara to the northern limit. Farmers, in the midst of haying, face damage as thousands of tons of hay and crops are affected. The weather disrupted field work and delayed harvests.
Reports from several prices indicate considerable damage to wheat and barley with much lodged. Fears arise that rust may worsen the loss. Kato fell in places nearly one inch, unprecedented for this season in the state history.
New Orleans prepares for the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition opening December 5. Six months of displays will feature main buildings, an American government exhibit, and exhibits from Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Brazil, and more. The grounds will boast a grand horticultural hall, a stone art building, and extensive park-like improvements transforming marshy land into a lasting public space.
General H B Bearce a former Boston resident and Hussey placer claim owner was shot Friday near Twin Lakes by Samuel H Derry after a dispute over perjury in a court contest with the Derry family. Bearce died today after sustaining a bullet wound. Derry surrendered, claiming provocation. Bearce had been Colorado political figure and Democratic leader.
Washington June 3 General O E Babcock Grant era military secretary dies by drowning at Mosquito Inlet Florida while overseeing lighthouse construction He was born in Vermont graduated West Point 1861 rose to brigadier general and served under Grant He leaves a wife and three sons in Washington awaiting Senate action on his lieutenant colonel engineers nomination
The family of Mr. Joel L. Phillips of our county shows a extraordinary line of descent. He has twelve children from his first wife and nine from his second, totaling eighteen living. The eighty five lineal descendants all reside within Linisty miles of the parental home, with ages from 3 months to 48 years, and the head is 67 years old.
Washington June 3 The Senate today sees Mr Brown introduce a bill offering a reward of 100000 dollars to any person discovering the true cause or germ of yellow fever and a practical means of its prevention and destruction or to someone who finds a certain practical mode of preventing and destroying the disease or modifying its impact.
Belle Norton, 80, of Alton Illinois, leapt from the rear car of a Boston and Albany train two miles east of Westfield this morning. She died this evening from a broken shoulder and skull. She was en route to Boston for medical treatment under her brother, a newspaper man, who did not miss her until Springfield. She had spinal troubles and fits of insanity.
Mary Ward a fifteen year old girl on North Main street in Woonsocket during a crazed episode this morning seized a razor and tried to cut her knee with it her mother found her before injury occurred the blade cut her clothing and she was restrained careful medical attention planned
Special despatch reports the death of Henry G. Vennor a noted weather prophet in Montreal on June 9. He earned renown forecasting storms and seasons and influenced public understanding of meteorology.
Newry crowds gather for a nationalist rally led by William O'Brien and Timothy Sullivan. Rioting erupts between Protestant and nationalist factions with multiple injuries. Authorities arrest sixty rioters as police and lancers quell the disturbance. General Gordon’s health reported safe in Carro.
Ralph Beaumont a labor advocate and Knights of Labor officer starts a cross country walk from BaNGor to San Francisco to stump for General Benjamin F. Butler for president. He plans speeches sold as pamphlets along the route to cover expenses and support his family, aiming to reach the Pacific coast before the election while denying crank accusations. Beaumont cites labor mass support for Butler and the Greenback party as insufficient to lift industrial workers. He travels about twenty miles daily and weighs about 135 pounds with determined bearing.
In Hammonton New Jersey on June 4 authorities uncovered twenty one child corpses buried in a small plot tied to Miss S. A. Nevison who ran a Mission Home to raise children on charity. Investigators cite improper food and care and missing ceremonies.
Batu Me June 7 Mercy Helen Reed a 14 year old girl living in this city weighs 195 pounds and has grown remarkably fleshy after salt water bathing. Her father notes poor health at age six with consumption fears but visits to the seashore and daily sea water baths led to quick improvement. By age 12 she was nearly as fleshy as at present.
A vignette from Texas Siftings depicts UT students balancing study and leisure. One diligent student claims to study seventeen hours daily, rising at 5 and attending lectures before long evening sessions, prompting the incredulous billiards companion to worry about his overwork even as the student’s health and rosy complexion are noted.
Finance report from State Street on a firmer money market with easier rates. Banks show willingness to consider external paper, long to some extent, and offer accommodation to depositors around 5 1/2 percent. Call loans on collateral top 4 1/2 to 5 percent. local discounts 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 percent. Bond and stock prices mixed. bank statement reveals deposits down and reserves up. New York money firmer with bills and exchange prices noted.
The Boston Daily Globe reports June 8 1884 market quotes for apples leans butter and cheese with steady demand for quality lots. It lists prices for Baldwins russets and various pea responses plus Creamery and Dairy grade cheeses, corn meat and flour, with freight and shipping rates to Liverpool London Glasgow Melbourne Sydney and California and notes varied demand for hops indigo India rubber iron lead leather lime and other commodities.
Late day prices show advances across wheat, corn, rye, oats, and coffee futures as large export sales drive activity. Wheat led gains with various delivery months firm, corn barely higher then mixed, rye and oats weaker, while cotton futures closed buoyant with steady spreads and notable spot demand.
Livestock on the Watertown market June 3 includes cattle 1043 sheep and lambs 1769 swine 10710 veal 1642 horses and poultry 3000 lbs. Prices show Northern beef cattle dressed weight 19.50, various grades and hides values, milch cows and beef stock demand steady, sheep and veal active with firm quotations, swine supply mixed with higher dressed weights.
Wednesday market data lists Uve stock totals by category and state origin. Cattle 1013, sheep 8167, ewes 14682, veal calves 187, horses 268. Western cattle 853, Massachusetts 60, Eastern 100. Western sheep SOUL, Massachusetts lambs 106. New York none. Western swine 14445, Massachusetts store pigs 237. Prices show Western beef cattle live weight around 50 to 26 per hundred. rough gradings and hides prices noted. oxen and cow figures vary with quality. quoters indicate per pair values for oxen and calf items. extensive detail on fresh arrivals and direct-from-cars dispatch to slaughterhouses.
Special correspondence notes weekly ashings arrivals at Gloucester with totals of codfish and halibut from Georges, Cape North, Western Banks, Shore grounds and Banks. Records prices for salt mackerel and fresh halibut, various cod sizes, haddock, hake, pollock, and other products, plus ships and bycatch details.
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