Bass River canal plan outlined by engineer on Cape visit
A Cape Cod canal proposal is described during a Senate and House harbor and land committee tour. H. W. Wilson explains Bass River route advantages, costs, and construction timeline, noting it as cheaper than Buzzards Bay and capable of a 23 foot depth, with favorable tides and winter operability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint
Harbor and Land Committee
Cape
Bass River
Old Colony
E. C. Milliken
Senate
John F. Colby
House
J. H. Pousland
W. Godfrey
D. Koppman
C. H. Howland
Harbor and Land Commission
A. T. Newhall
Lynn
Isaac N. Keith
Cape District
Alpheus B. Alger
Cambridge
George F. Day
John H. Clark
Brewster
W. H. Whiting
George D. Hart
E. C. Carrigan
Sandwich
R. E. D:mmon
Howard National Bank
W. H. Cobb
Nat Gilbert
New Bedford
W. A. Nye
G. I. Briggs
Bourne
J. C. Chappelle
I. N. Jackson
Boston
KE. S. Young
E. D. Towle
Chelsea
H. N. Berry
W. A. Clark, Jr
C. M. Thompson
Cape Cod Canal Company
Thomas H. Bacon
George H. Towle
H. W. Wilson
Bass River Company
South Yarmouth
West Dennis
South Dennis
Buzzard’s Bay
Vineyard Sound
Massachusetts Bay
Cape Cod
United States
Barnstable Bay
I River
Buzzard's Bay
Obituary of Duncan Bradford and Captain William Mitchell
Duncan Bradford an elderly Charlestown resident died yesterday at his home on Harvard street after a brief pneumonia illness. He was 88, widowed thirty years, Harvard College graduate, math author, former coroner, and once master of the Harvard school. Captain William Mitchell of Machiasport Maine, a major lumber operator and large vessel owner in Maine, died Thursday night at Shulens leaving a large estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Bradford
Charlestown
Harvard Street
Harvard College
Harvard School
William Mitchell
Machiasport
Shulens
Nova Scotia
Maine
Tragic Railroad Accident Claims Peabody Driver
Specran J Henry C Kenniston was struck by a train at the South Reading crossing in South Peabody this afternoon. He died within an hour. His horse was killed and the wagon demolished. Kenniston left a widow and three children. his father died in a railroad accident at Malden years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peasopy
Henry C. Kenniston
South Reading
South Peabody
Kenniston
Malden
Lynn 1887 Ball Team Roster And Fast Day Opener
Lynn lists 1887 season players Edmond Terrien William Coughlin G A Stone Hubert Hirne Joseph Welsh Bert Lebo William Wilson William Holland Henry Wisner Thomas Corcoran H Stevens TW Cook Joseph Walsh The team opens the season on Fast Day and Lynn Cycle grounds are leased for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Srecia L
Edmond Terrien
William E. Coughlin
G. A. Stone
G. Hlirne
Joseph Welsh
Bert ‘Lebo
William Wilson
F. B
William Holland
Henry Wisner
Thomas Corcoran
Weltch Walter & Co Dissolved After Samuel Weltch Retirement
Samuel Weltch of Weltch Walter and Co retires, dissolving the shipping agents firm founded in Boston. Weltch, born 1819, began with Champney’s groceries in 1831, joined R Allen in 1834, and rose to partner before carrying on the business after Allen’s death. The old firm continues in changes at 129 State Street, with nearby John H. Prayons and Co. offering draperies and carpets at 560 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weltch, Walter
Allen
Commercial Wharf
No. 129
State, Street
Wvith Poe
John H. Prayons & Co
Washington Street
A Noble Bequest Endows Four Scottish Lectureships
The will of the late Lord Gifford of Scotland provides £80,000 to create four lectureships in natural theology across Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen and St Andrews. Trustees, enrolling patrons at each university, may appoint lecturers of any faith or none, and must run open to the public with the aim to teach inquiry into God and ethics as a natural science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Gifford
Scotland
Senatus Academicus
University of Edinburgh
Faculty of Advocates
College of Justice of Scotland
University of Glasgow
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
University of Aberdeen
Faculty of Advocates of Aberdeen
University of St. Andrews
Physicians and Surgeons of
St. Andrews
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Universites
Department OF the Interior
Officee OF Indian Ate Atrs
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Chamber of Commerce
Third and
Chestnut Streets
St. Louis
Missouri
Indian Service
Wooster Street
New York City
Kentucky
Chicago
Kansas City
Sioux City
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Indian Office
New York
James Lidgerwood
Broadway
Merchants’ Exchange
U.S. A
Cheyenne
Leavenworth
Omaha
Saint Louis
Saint Paul
Yankton
Kansas
Arkansas City
Burlington
Caldwell
Dodge City
Emporia
Eureka
Great
Bend
Howard
Hutchinson
Larned
Mctherson
Marion
Medicine Lodge
Newton
Osage City
Ae Apove
Bookish People and the Great Books Compared
The London Spectator argues that a bookish nation, notably Germany, produces vast learning and precise edited works but lacks literature that moves hearts. Homer’s living power contrasts with Euripides and Virgil, whose works feel polished yet distant from raw life, revealing how literary refinement may dull freshness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Spectator
Fakin
Luther
Euripids
Sophocles
Eschylus
Virgil
Horace
Burial of Lanahan the Dealer at Calvary in Roxbury
Funeral for Dave Lanahan the faro banker killed by Dr. Albrecht at No 10 Avery street moved to Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury yesterday forenoon. Wealthy relatives planned Pittsburgh burial but widow’s wishes kept interment local with the widow a Pittsburg brother and sister and a few old friends in attendance no minister or services were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lannahan
Dave Lanahan
Faro
Albrecht
No. 10
Avery Street
Pittsburg
Wdow
Calvary Cemetery
West Roxbury
Boston Chamber of Commerce 1886 Annual Report Highlights
The first annual report shows General fund 52219 68, gratuity 50730 48, grain inspection 4105 42, total 107054 98. One hundred eighteen new members joined, 32 certificates transferred, and 25 new members added to reach 825 total. Over 7000 was donated for Charleston relief and Hood disaster victims. Grain inspection charges were reduced from 40 to 30 cents per car to take effect Oct 1, 1886. Officers listed include President Hersey B. Goodwin, Vice President William H. Lincoln, Treasurer Fred N. Cheney, and secretary William H. Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Georgia
Emu
Hersey B. Goodwin
William H. Lincoln
Fred N. Cheney
Alfred S. Brown
Daniel W. Ranier
Elbridge G. Knight
Rufus A. White
R. H. Chamberlain
Jacob P. Bates
Edmund Reardon
John P. Hilton
Otis Hinman
Charles A. Plumer
Charles A. Rand
The Globe and Boston Theatres Lineup Features Plays and Opera
Amusements listings show Globe Theatre with Lady of Lyons at 2 and 7 45 PM, Hollis Street Theatre hosting The Gypsy Baron matinee and night, Ark Theatre presenting Prince Karl, Boston Theatre Variety program, Boston Museum offering The Magistrate and Caste and Robert Macaire, Howard Atheneum presenting Taken From Life, Bijou Theatre running Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl daily at 2 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Wilson Barrett
Lyons
Hollis Street
Conried Opera’ Company
ARK Theatre
Richard Mansfield
Prince Karl
Boston Theatre
Variety
Creat
Boston Museum
Caste
Robert Macaire
Howard Athenhum
Biljou Theatre
Bertha
Stock and Auction Listings for Monday Schedule
The notice lists sales times for today including R. L. Day & Co at 11:30 a.m. and Francis Henshaw & Co at 1:00 p.m. Also Horatio Harris handles lac dye at 11 a.m. and fruit at noon, with Leonard & Co. presenting an art collection at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Day & Co
Francis Henshaw & Co
Horatio Harris
Leonard & Co
Folsom Lander and White Osgood Marriages Reported
Notices announce marriages of Eben A. Folsom to Hattie E. Lander in Boston and Arthur White to Anna L. Osgood in Boston. Also listed are several obituaries and funeral notices with ages and service details for individuals including Edith Helena Baker, Duncan Bradford, John L Bolton, Ada Stuart Chase, John Q A Griffin, Evelina Kidder Henry, Lorenzo Marrett, Cynthia E Marsh, and Arthur Straine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom—Lander
Baker
Edith Helena
Ezra H
Mary M. Baker
Commonwealth Avenue
Bradford
Charlestown
Duncan Bradford
Harvard Church
M. Bolton
New York City
John L. Bolton
Chase
Cambridge
Ada Stuart
George
Carolyn P. Chase
Griffin
Roxbury
John Q. A
J. Q. A. Griffin
Henry
Somerville
Evelina Kidder
William W. Henry
Marrett
Lorenzo Marrett
Marsh
Colorado Springs
Cynthia E. Marsh
Belmont
Straine
Arthur
Robert Franklin
Edith Goldsburg Straine
New Dictionary of 19th Century Men and Women
A single volume leather bound biographical dictionary covering distinguished individuals from 1800 to 1887 worldwide. Edited by Lreyn C. Sanpers with American celebrity entries authored by prominent American writers. Price five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lreyn C. Sanpers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Base Ball Club
Samuel Weltch
NEW Publications
James Brown
Potter’s
Cora Urquhart Potter
America
James Brown Potter
Charles Morris
Morocco
J. B. Lippincott Company
Tfs
Market St
Philadelphia
Drummond
Henry Wood
LEE & Shepard, Soston
A. C. A. Hall
Society of St. John the Evangelist
Price
Cts
Mission House
Temple Street
Cupples & Upham
Damon Safe and Iron Works Co
Celebrities of the Century
W. £. Ayrton
F. R.S
Brinkwater
Marian Livingston Mooney
Cassell & Company, Limited
Mr. Howells
Mr. James
Providence Journal
Margaret Kent
Elizabeth Islands
Maas
New England
Robert Barker
Mass
Alex. S. Porter
State Street
Joan
Beacon Street
Charles Street
Phillips Point
Wm. RK. Lawrence
Swampscott
John Jef¢Rils & Sons
Devonshire St
Fairhaven, Mass
Anchorage
P. O
Fairhaven
Codman
J. G. Freeman
Kilby Street
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
Brookline
Park Street
Auburn
Beals
Boston Post Building
Milk Street
Abell, Lawton & Co
Ayer
Rowson
Hyde
Mink
Pemberton Square
Museum of Fine Arts
Edmund M. Wheelwright
Boston Sociaty of Architecta
Raymond
Colorado
Las Vegas Hot Springs
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
South Pasadena
Hotel del Monte
Monterey
Santa Cruz
Salt Lake City
Manitou
Denver
Sierra Nevada
Woodsatch
Rocky Mountains
Pacific North West
Northern Pacific Railroad
Tacoma
Cascade Mountains
Yellowstone National Park
Portland
Dallas City
Seattle
Victoria
British Columbia
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Yosemite Valley
Big Trees
Alaska
I. A. Whitcomb
W. Raymond
Scio Givcen
Western Security Company
Eastern Banking CO
Francis A. Osborn
Edward T. Merrihew
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Wharf and Dock
E Street
Kilby St
Salem Lead Company
F. A. Brown, Treas
Salem
P. Ss. Hickins & CO. Mill
Wharf
Onice
Border Street
State St
Wddy
Kilby
Great Britain
France
R. H. Eddy
Eddy
Chas. Mason
Patent Office
Edmund Burke
Patents
Yours Truly, George Draper
J. McC. Perkins
Court Street
United States Supreme Court
Patent
Copartnership Notices
Charles N. Carter
Frank W Shackley
Suffon
Commonwest
Massachusetts
Frank W. Shackley
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
A. D
Alove
Andreas Blume
Henry Brooks & Company
Ba Brooks, Thos. H. Ee
Henry K. Adams
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins
Henry Brooks
Thos. H. Baldwin
John IL. Robbins
Cabot Brothers
Charles D. Cabot
Geo
Cabot
State House
Committee On Public Service
Commonwealth
Chas N. Clark
Willliam F. Ray
Committee On Labor
Blue Room
J. H. Walker
Josah Quo
United States Depository
First National Bank of
U. S. Marine Corps
Quartermaster’s Office
Washington, D. C
United States Marine
Portsmouth
WN. H
Brooklyn
N. Y
League Island
Penn
Annapolis
Quartemsters
South Second Street
Sansome Street
Cal
Marine Barracks
H. L. Lowry
City OF
Park Department
Wood Island Park
East
City Hall
Park Commissioners
Wood Island Park Bridge
Benjamin Dean
Patrick M Sour
John F. Andrew
Board of Park Commissioners of the City of
Office of the Park Commissioners
War DepartMent
Wemesley
C. H. Hoy
John E. Fitzgerald
Corporation Notices
East Boston Company
East Boston
Treasury
Silas Peirce
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Neponset
Thomas F. Temple
K Street
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE FE Railroad Company
National Bank of Commerce
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company of Chicago
Geo, L. Goodwin
American Bell Telephone Company
WM. R. Driver
the National Bank OF Commerce OF Boston
Reco Mare
G. W. Harris
Prescott Insurance Company
W. C. Harris
Third National Bank Oi
F. B. Sears
Hollis ST. Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Conried’s Opera CO
Conried & Hermann
Strauss
Sarah Bernhardt
Hollis St
Messrs
Henry E. Abbey
Maurice Grauver
Unite States
South America
Moreica
Havana
Mme
Fannie Davenport
Adrienne
Freu-Freu
Thursda
Camille
Theodora
Family Circle
Sala
GLOSE
John Stetsom
Miss Eastlake
Prtcess’s Theatre Company
Bill Chatterton
Cal Erkok
coLo Sergeant
Gilbert & Sullivan
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Savoy Theatre
London
John Stetson
KR. b’Oyly Carte
Gilbert Sullivan
Ameaerey
John Braham
Save Theatre
H. L. Reed
Fine Art Gallery
Mme. Endress
Eugene Tompkins
Margaret Mather
H. A. M’glenn
H. A M’glenen
Pril
J. M. Hill
Mrs. W. J. Florence
RLM
the Magistrate
Geo. W. Wilson
Robert Macatre
Bijou Theatre
Bertea
Howard Athenaum
Colville
West End
Blossom Street
Union Hale
Doll & Richards’s