The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence of the journal.


after repeated appeals to ''Old Prob" he
has kindly vouchsafed us a most refresh
ing rain, for ii seldom happens that Bos-
ton has four days easterly storm with
out Belfast having at least heard of it.
That it was needed every one comedies,
but no one so clearly AID openly expresses
satisfaction as nature herself
Business is almost at a stand-stilI with
us, more especially on State street, where
literally nothing is doing. Propretors
leave their establishments to the care of
clerks and HE themselves to the islands
or mountains, to gather fresh yigor, the
better to withstand the great onslaught of
the expected fall trade. Occasionally
one returns for a day to see that all is
well, and Judging from appearances and
the deep coating of the new Modoc shade
80 fashionable at seaside resorts, they
must be gaining lots of health and fun
There is great dearlh of news with us
and doubt If an editor without a pair of
shears could earn an honest living
The order in the city council for put
ting one or two stories upon the top OF
Quincy Market has fallen short, to the
great grief of several members Of the
grand army of plunderers who were fig
uring fora job, but doubtless this scheme
is merely postponed for the time being,
in order to give greater one a better
chance. | refer to the enlargement of
City Hall, extending it in one direction
through Court square to Court street, and
in another to fremont street, covering
the ground on which the Court House
cupled by Kings chapel and the old bury
ing ground at the corner OF fremont an 4
School streets
The carrying out OF the above plan in
wolves an immense outlay OF money and
increase of taxation the arguments in ia
vor OF which are, to say the least, very
lame. Yet professional politicians must
live, and when their funds run low lob
must be put up for their relief
The fight which has been going on for
years between the cities OF Cambridge,
Somerville and Charlestown on one side,
and the pork packing sand rendering es-
Establishments, the refuse filth OF which
has emptied into Miler's river, until sores
Of flats are covered several feet deep
with a mongrel mixture of entrails, blood
tat and almost everything else, the stencil
from which, together with the slaughter
houses and pig pens is simply unbeara-
BILE, has been somewhat intensified of late
by the more earnest efforts of parties to
abate the nuisance, in consequence OF the
reported approach of the cholera. The
effort however, will, as heretofore, prob
ably prove abortive, the owners Of these
establishments being too rich to Be
reached by the arm of the law A bill
was recently laid before The grand Jury,
but when they came to view the premises
and give hearing, things had been so
nicely cleaned up and scented, and what
little bad odor had gathered IN their
Threats during their investigation, wa so
easily washed down with a bottle OF wine
that they couldn't have the heart Ia inter
tere with Il mans business tor II, 5i Int
cause, you know " At thr regular
meeting last week 81 the Cambridge
arI. ~ A 1 a
occupied i'll an animated discussion of the
subject, brought about b., the offering of
Al order calling upon the "Stat, Board
OF Health" to apply Il remedy Friends
and toes OF right ami .AAen..u hal d. ,l,u7y
their hands and men We're mot wanting
who could stand mp and defend the great
people, and who with thumb and finger
upon their nostrils could swear they
smelt no stink. But it is hardly surpriS-
ing, when we remember that each OF these
establishments employ from five hundred
to one thousand loyal voters, that a few
members of the Bread and Butter BRIG
ade," in looking to the main chances,
should forget the rights of the people
Two men indicted for murder were an
raigned before the Supreme Court At
Cambridge, on Friday last The brutal
murder of his wife by Mari, Boothby, OF
Maiden, in April last, will be remembered
by most newspaper readers. While halt
crazed with rum he attempted to shoot
his little daughters pet kitten, and be
cause OF the chld's interference he turned
the gun upon her, whereupon the mother
5prang to protect the child, when the
brute brought the gun to bear upon the
mother, shooting her dead.
The other man, d. S. Marsh is charged
with, and If | remember Alright, confessed
to the murder OF his infant son by drown
ing him. Ii tried at this time, before Il
Cambridge jury, fear ii will - hard
with him, not 50 much that he drowned