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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1882
Page
5
A humorous survey of quirky White House correspondence from the Hayes and Garfield eras. The piece catalogs bizarre requests and letters from aimless applicants, roguish poets, a Brooklyn madman, and a Lewiston recluse, highlighting the era’s peculiar appetite for patronage. It notes frequent begging letters, political plots, and peculiar claims, with colorful examples and whimsical misfires from across the country.
Walter B Whiting and Nicholas Decker arrived from Havre on the Labrador with eighteen stored electricity boxes. The lamps remained lit throughout the voyage, including in the engine room, in presence of United States Consul Glover. Each box stands about eighteen inches by thirty six inches and powered a five candle power lamp in the state room. Passengers and officers call the experiment very satisfactory.
In Cuicano Illinois on May 12 Mrs Scoville states her husband penned menacing notes to stop her public work for her brother. She notes a threat to "make it so hot for the Guiteaus" and that she earned 200 from a New York lecture. She plans to rent a home and continue lecturing to aid her brother, warning she may expose facts to newspapers if interference continues.
A collection of quirky items from Granville to Windsor Vermont. A man swallows a snake after a dark spring drink and shows it off after ten days of treatment. Other notes include eight teeth pulled with blacksmith pliers, a cat adopting a rat, a Confederate bill in Brighton, forty Portuguese in one house, twins named Smith, a wife’s $75,000 inheritance prompting frugal husband behavior, a hen brooding newborn kittens, and a boy finding a long-forgotten case-knife on a boundary log aided by a memory of his mother’s scolding.
The item promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as an uplifting remedy for women, noting sedentary lives worsen female troubles. It asserts the drug is sold by druggists and targets women readers with health improvements.
Visiting Job Sheldon’s home, a curious contraption sits on miniature wooden legs. The walking machine, a square wicker like basket with elephantine feet and knee joints, aims to replace wheels for travel across sand. Shel Don’s wife explains lever driven motion and springs. patent plans loom, while hardware and wheels hint at future development.
May reports from the department of agriculture show winter wheat near 100 nationwide with April at 102 and a higher than usual overall condition. Cold wet weather in the eastern belt, frost in Ohio and West Virginia, and chinch bug pressures in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia affect growth. barley and cotton plantings also summarized with regional variances and planting progress.
Mrs. Alice Davenport sues for divorce from Benjamin R. Davenport of St Louis recounting cruel control after their Georgia marriage in 1878. He dictated rules for her conduct in New York including tracking every action, forbidding contact, and nightly reports, with threats of separation if breached. The husband’s status and plan to default are noted by The Globe-Democrat.
The item lists numerous events and incidents from the period: a July 3 Winnipeg contest between Hanlan and Ross. widespread flooding in Algiers Louisiana. Illinois Republicans set Springfield convention for June 28. a Victoria despatch reports the Mist schooner lost near Cape Beale. Also noted are indictments for a lynching in Minneapolis, rail washouts in Texas, a Cherokee City cyclone with fatalities, wage increases in St. Catharines Ontario, a Jacksonville Florida death, a Murray County Georgia murder, shipbuilding in Bath Maine, freight-rate talks in St. Louis, publishers released in New Orleans, a Terre Haute suicide, a New York verdict against a mining company, a Shreveport forgery arrest, a Shelbyville Indiana political nomination, a burglary in Bayard’s Wilmington residence, Ontario snow losses, late corn planting, Chalmers’ independent bid, a Flushing rope accident, Philadelphia libel case, a Penn Railroad verdict, sugar exports to Cuba, a New York will contest, Boston’s oldest builder, 1834 US wire mills, and an 1882 Worcester wire success. A promotional note for Hop Bitters closes.
A Pawtucket resident has two lively daughters. One is a school teacher known for seeing things “about right.” She notices her father’s gray hair and, as a dutiful daughter, informs him that his locks need the barber's care.
Finance and Commerce notes a smooth money market with banks well supplied and moderate demand. Rates for mercantile paper around 6% to 7 percent, government loans near 4%, and collateral-based discounts from 4% upward. Clearinghouse gross exchanges totaled 13.3 million, weekly 75.6 million. New York funds discounted at about 0.55. Stock activity peaked at week’s start and close, with Atchison rising to 88 3/4 amid a $5 million 6% loan placement. Massachusetts Central weak, Wisconsin Central soft, and overall market steady awaiting a New York rally.
Boston markets report cautious spring trade with buyers restrained in dry goods and clothing while boots and shoes and canned goods move. Cotton, leather, and hardware show strength. provisions, grain, and butter prices fluctuate, with beef and flour steady to lower and beans, potatoes, and eggs trading near steady levels amid overall cautious domestic demand.
New York markets report mixed grain and cotton activity on Saturday May 13 with wheat easing after an early rise and futures showing firming in some months. Cotton futures soften slightly, while provisions and imports show steady to unchanged levels across pork lard and cheese markets, with prices for rye, cornmeal, oats, and sugar cited alongside receipts at ports.
Special Globe report from Gloucester May 13 lists weekly seafood arrivals totaling 876,000 pounds with codfish leading at 450,800 pounds and halibut at 10,000 pounds, plus haddock and hake. It details wholesale prices for various fish types and products, plus taffs on oils, livers, and other byproducts for sale at market.
Weekly livestock arrivals at Brighton and Watertown total 2434 cattle 1504 western 11% eastern B11 northern 2434 all cattle. Sheep and lambs 8409 western 2680 northern 0.849 eastern 0 total. Swine 14447 veals 1546 horses 180. Prices by quality for cattle per 100 pounds and hides and tallow values listed with regional variations.
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