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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1880
Page
3
On April 6 the weekly Globe resumes a 1 dollar price for 12 months while agent discounts persist. Paper costs have doubled, making 14 month offers unlikely. New and renewing subscribers should act before April 6 to gain two extra months, and any arrears names will be removed from the mailing list.
A dated subscription renewal offer states that if the 1880 subscription expires during the year, readers should renew before April 1st to receive fourteen months of THE WEEKLY GLOBr. The ad emphasizes a longer term for renewing subscribers and uses period-appropriate phrasing.
A letter suggests using puzzles as prison punishment and recreation a 34 sum in cubes and a 13 15 14 mystery for convicts a reform that would fade with time. London Truth mocks Eugenie while New York and California discuss Chinese migration to Gotham and sympathy.
The United States holds about ten million dollars from Britain tied to the Alabama claims. Congress faces a decision to distribute to actual sufferers or to insurance firms. Senator Hoar argues the fund belongs to the nation, not to insurers or private claimants, based on international law and Geneva records.
A fragment from a wartime reflection discusses government vulnerability and the asymmetric gains it secured through loss, noting the vast, incalculable advantages acquired during the darkest war years and potentially into a distant peaceful future.
Editorial argues for equal tenant protections and equitable taxation between Ireland and Great Britain. It cites landholder power as a curse, praises Gladstone’s approach over Peel, and notes Ireland’s taxes: £8,000,000 yearly on £48,000,000 income versus Britain’s £67,000,000 on £800,000,000 income, with Ireland paying about one fourth of its income in taxes.
The Boston Journal and the Bureau of Statistics dispute the value of strikes. The Journal omits pro strike arguments and favors Bevan’s view, yet readers report strikes often yield benefits. Fall River example shows dialogue replaces conflict and peacemaking follows pressure. The piece warns that entrenched cant harms future settlements.
The senate chamber and Congress echo with denunciations as Logan and Garfield leaders trumpet a court martial mood to back partisan rhetoric ahead of the presidential canvass. General Fitz John Porter is defended against Stanton and Holt forged history, with Hayes approving a later court inquiry that vindicated Porter and condemned the earlier manipulation.
The piece notes General Porter was cleared by a Republican tribunal over Pope, but the president and Congress dispute the decision. It decries Hayes for inaction, urging Congress to restore Porter to his rightful position amid partisan wrangling.
The piece argues the Grant movement dominates Republican delegations nationwide. It asserts the old machine’s vigor, notes anti Grant exposure, discusses strong man rhetoric, and warns perpetual revolution if Grant seeks a third term. It condemns the party elevating a “strong man” and predicts decisive defeat to halt the machine.
A collage of humorous jabs and political tidbits from across the nation. Items reference Conkling, Grant-Cameron, De Lesseps, Sherman biographies, Ohio politics, and local color about Chicago banks and Philadelphia baseball players.
A collage of curiosities and vignettes includes theater welfare, census pay, a preacher abroad, humorous quips about weather, a Toledo church death, a Leadville funeral dance, political jabs, a Mormon school doubt, a Brooklyn classroom joke, and a violent family incident. Names and places range from Rev Joe Cook to Bernard Piglin, with assorted observations on society and manners.
In Detroit a crowd at a riverfront business debated public rascality until a test of honesty was proposed. A man gave a counterfeit five dollar note to a stranger who returned it with ten cents, exposing the ruse as the crowd learned the bill was fake and cider was paid for with bad money.
A citizen rushes into a Griswold street office to order coal. A verbal mix up with a clerk and a joke about a faulty line leads to humorous misunderstandings about sending a ton of coal. An editor notes Vivian the Beauty by Mrs. Edwardes as a popular serial to renew if in arrears.
A rapid fire collection notes 108 year old Gardner Sloan of Richfield Springs New York still hale. Reports total property destruction in five years 353,018,255 dollars. Mentions e Wilhelmj fiddle value disputes, General Grant in Mexico, Nihilists, Cetewayo daughters in London, Lord Byron Bible sale, and varied oddities from Mississippi fines for bachelors to a Nebraska ex judge clash and a Philadelphia sub-treasury raid reveal.
The report details a shooting where a man fired at his uncle, killing a bystander. Barker is arrested for murder. It then cites French population stats from the minister of agriculture and commerce, including urban and rural distribution, professions, and trades. A Muscovite letter-carrier stole money, fled, was caught, and later acquitted by a jury after claiming poverty and a desire to enjoy life for a day.
Charles Worms, famed wartime fortune maker and master con man, is freed after serving a forty two month sentence. Born in Chicago he duped a hotel keeper with a forged million dollar contract, then fled to Montreal before capture. He ends his crime with nothing left to show.
A Detroit club meeting showcases a humorous sequence where a member begins with condolence remarks after learning an official is ill, only to have the news denied, then resumes eulogistic sentiments before another member arrives, prompting a chaotic but orderly resolution as the gathering proceeds.
Isaiah Hanscomb naval constructor and ex chief of the bureau of construction and repair died in Washington on Friday. Born June 29 1815 in Eliot Missouri he apprenticed as shipwright with his father and built dry docks in Kittery Pensacola and Mare Island. He led the bureau from 1870 and oversaw iron clad monitors including the Trenton. He leaves four sons and siblings, was a founder of All Souls church and died of black cancer after a long illness.
The Atlanta Constitution reports Jessie Raymond’s account accusing Senator Ben Hill of seduction. The exhibit portrays her in harsh terms, detailing years in Atlanta with disreputable associates, poverty, alleged blackmail, and repeated moves amid rumors of male visitors domestic life on Peachtree Street.
A Good Piano reports that the Mendelssohn Piano Co of New York provides first class pianos from 150 to 400 dollars. With over thirty eight years of production they continually adopt valuable new inventions. Pianos are warranted five years and praised by experts for tone and quality.
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