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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1881

Page

3

Nominations and Fire Report Highlight City Affairs

City board nominations confirmed including Leonard Cutter Michael Gavin and William Gray Jr Fire Commissioners report for March shows 49 alarms with losses of 7711 on buildings and 9304 on contents Mount Hope Cemetery trustees elected unanimously Robert Vose Jr and Joseph Paine City Council debates over fire alarm poles and park safety plus notable Italian Opera at Boston Theatre and park theatre reviews

William C. Poland Betsey J. Pope Boston Uriah Cutting Suffolk Water Board Leonard R. Cutter City Hospital Michael F. Gavin William Gray, Jr E. J. Duclos Maren Paul H. Kendricken Mount Pleasant Tremont Street Shawmut Avenue A. B. Weld Hathaway Street Frank H.skinner Marlborough Street Hereford Street West Chester Park William E. Abbott Abbott Street Ward Twenty-Four Geo. R.minot Hyde Park Avenue Walkhill Mount Hope Metropolitan Railroad Walnut Avenue School Street Moses Kimball Park Square Peter Stevenson A. P. Clifford Hartford Street Ward Twenty C.Y. Munroe Highland Street Ward David W. Williams Munroe Street Highlands Union Freight Railroad Company Commercial Street Charter Street Prince Street Causeway Street Prince and Haverhill Streets A. P. Morse Pearl Place Joseph Bennett Union Street Ward Twenty Five Harrison Loring L Street First Street E. P. Morse Maywood Street Charles B. Fox Fareall Hil George L. Thorndike Central Square Mount Hope Cemetery Robert Vose, Jr Joseph P. Paine O’brien Committee On Common Fire Commissioners Commonwealth Avenue Public Garden

Governor Nominates Devens for Supreme Court Seat

At a State House meeting on Monday Governor Long nominated ex attorney general Devens to succeed Judge Soule on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Soule resigned April 11 1851 to return to private law practice and correspondence shows his withdrawal.

Govenor Devens Soule Supreme Court Court House Boston Mass John D. Long Supreme Judicial Court A. L. Soule Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Commonwealth Augustus L. Soule Committee On Probate and Chancery George W. Slocum Suffolk County Massachusetts Edward F. Cushman

Mrs Lydia Parker dies widow of Theodore Parker

Mrs Lydia D Parker widow of eminent divine Theodore Parker died at No 142 Chandler Street on Saturday evening April She was born in Newton in 1814 daughter of John Cabot and married April 20 1837 in Watertown She aided her husband with his biography and served on the Twenty eighth Congregational Society committees Also noted are the deaths of Polly Sanderson of Waltham nearly 101 and Capt Thomas H Marks of Salem who died at Elmira on February 2 He left a widow and three daughters.

Boston Her Majesty's Opera Company Marta Evereses Signor Raveili Plumbetto Ravell Lionello Ravelli Sig. del Puente Mme. Gerster Miss Cary Arditti Fior de Margherita Sig. Corsini Tristano Sig. Arditi London Ballet School Sig. Lazzarini Sig. de Puente Sig. Novara Sig. Monti Mlle Belocca Valerga Mme. Swift Mme Marie Roze Park Theatre Camille Fanny Davenport Miss Davenport Henry Lee Armana Duval Armand Mr. Lee R. G. Wilson Mons. Duval Novelty Theatre Olivette Alfred Wilkie Valentine Ezra E. Stevens Dora Wiley Anna Guenther Richard Golden Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead Neck Joan H. Keating C. O. Foster Keating Foster John B. Meer Robert C. Bridge Cyda Silence J. RB. Meer Lurline B. F. Russell Greyhound Eli V. Bartett Severly Anita R. A. Bancroft Jennie J. R. Schoft Phillip Tucker Samuel K. Glass Neck Swampscott Fr. A. Williams Edward Collins Lucy E Shaw Oceana George Knight Grand Banks Moses Larken Marblehead Lincoln George Allen Paris George Bancroft Benjamin Phelps New York Framingam N. A. Hersom E. E. Holt Portland Acccompany Mass Knights of Honor United States Rollins New Hampshire Parker House Rollinsford Neal Dow Maine Lion Joseph P. Bass Bangor Commercial George C. Yeaton Boston and Maine Railroad Young’s Edward Gray Rear Admiral Case Catherine Street Newport Mary Dow Tilton Mount Vernon Court Whitelaw Reid Miss Mills D. O. Mills Lydia D. Parker Theodore Parker Chandler Street Parker John Cabot Newton Watertown Twenty-eighth Congregational Society Florence Italy Polly Sanderson Waltham Thomas H. Marks Salem Elmira Africa Horace Scudder A.B. Gove Robert Brookhouse William W. Jackson Newton Lower Falls Boston Custom House William Jackson Charles F. Gerry Saidbury Olive Branch Charlies Baltou Saranac Detroit John 8. Dye Dye Philadelphia Washington County Henry Robertson William H. Robertson Port of Bedford Westchester County Robertson William Hodgkins Gloucester Ward Six John Allan Rhinwidda Brooklyn N. Y Bay of Biscay Nancy Hinman Cuatet Justice Hinman Southbury Conn Congregational Church Henry M. Hacker Lynn Joseph Hawkes Goshen Highland House Hampshire County A. B. Daniels Colorado National Bank Denver Col W.W. King New Orleans

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