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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1880

Page

3

Rain postpones Boston Chicago game. lacrosse and lectures noted

Wednesday storms caused a further postponement of the Boston Chicago baseball game. a new game will be played today. The Mackey fund rose by $8 from two Oak Hill hotels. Montreal Independents versus Unions lacrosse, delayed from Wednesday, set for 4 pm on the Common. Dr H K Jones spoke at Concord School of Philosophy on the Psychic and Material Body. Fifth Regiment officers visited Rockaway Beach encampment of the Thirteenth New York. Brentano's Sporting Monthly for July features yachting time allowance and Loewenthal chess sketches along with game laws. A $100 reward is offered by Hop Bitters Manufacturing for Horace B Phillips, missing since Saturday. The Bowditch School House on South Street to house the Shoe and Leather Exchange with upper floors as hall and sample rooms.

Concord School of Philosophy H. K. Jones Jacksonville Fifth Regiment M. Vv. M Col Trall Lowe Mass. Richardson Frost Thompson Fairbanks Quartermaster Williams Thirteenth New York Rockaway Beach Brentano Sporting Monthly Loewenthal Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company Horace B. Phillips Hop Bitters Rochester N. Y Bowditch School House South Street Shoe and Leather Exchange Exchange Frankfort Cimt Montazue Theo. Davis William Hall Goldsmith Maid H. N. Smith Trenton N. J Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of the United States Pittsburg Havana Garcia Inhues Calixto Garcia Fonesca Cuba Garcia Niagara Falls Canada Southern Canada Hackmen Clifton Oxi Baptiste Ferechneider United States Saratoga Christy, Cobb & Co Plum Street Indian Territory Gibson Station Cobb Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Clark Station Moberly William Talman Frank Benvill Quebec John Nowlan John Powers Gloucester Samuel Wheeler Eastern Railroad Pittsfeld S.N. & C. Russell William Pollock George Pollock M. van Sickier L. Pomeroy G. Y. Learned Truster E. H. Kellogg A. Burbank Jason Clapp Edwin George W. Campbell Wilsow Street Rockport Fernwood Lake Ice Company Rufus L. Bingham Manchester-by-the-Sea Samuel Wright Northampton Pelham Prescott Goshen Westhampton Chesterfield Sbhutesbury C. T. Sampson North Adams New York City Sampson Edward Worden New Bedford Ife Opon Holyoke R. P. Crafts D. H. and J.C. Newton William Skinner James H. Newton J. F. Allyn Thomas Dillon Lyman Mills Whiting Paper Co Parsons Paper Co Albion Paper Co Crocker Man. Co Hampden Mills Tarr Alpaca Co Germania Mills Beebe, Webber & Co Beebe, Holbrook & Co Holyoke Machine Co Holyoke Paper Co Dr. Drake Athol Lake Pleasant J. E. Powers Edward Powers Newburyport New York Walker Dauntless New York Yacht Club Lowell Claflin Hopkinton Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad Supreme Court Barque Valkyrien Alice William Mass George D. Cox Henry A. Barling Arthur H. Davis Edward D. Mandell Edward Mott Robinson Suffolk Boston West Grove Hell Samuel G. Reed W. A. Mason Warren Street Elm Avenue Williams New Abner H. Davis Edward K. Mandell Atrrep D. Fostex Att Milk St

Lynn Democrats hold adjourned meeting in Pleasant Hall

An adjourned Lynn Democratic meeting chaired by Mr. A Ward reported a list of officers for a central Democratic club. Nathan Clark was elected president on the first ballot after a committee was sent to locate him.

Lynn Democrats Butler Democratic Committee Pleasant Hal A. Ward Central Democratic Club Nathan Clark Waldo Dyer Bran Harding P. C. Hanley Col. J. Y. Peach, Jr Benj. A. Ward C. D. Hollis L. D. Usher Willis Snow George Lindsley John A. Williard Alfred A. Mower N. di. Greed John Dougherty Dennis Horgan Alexander Gilmore James Riley John McMilleon J. F. Caswell John C. Vennard Mr. Clark Clark

Burglary Arrest After Brockton House Invasion

A man calling himself John Taylor of Boston entered Henry Cross's Brockton home around 10:30 pm Tuesday and stole a valuable clothing package. Cross and a boarder confronted him. Officers Jenney and Crobhan captured the burglar, who was held for trial in the Superior Court on $2,000 bond. Salem funeral and local notes follow.

Cunningham Reagan Station Three Jeremiah Galliagher Holden Place Gallagher John Taylor Boston Hiewry Cross Brockton Jenney Crobhan

City assesses 1880 valuation totals and tax rates

Board of Assessors reports city valuation at 639,089,200 for 1880, up 25,766,500 from 1879. Real estate leads with eight and a half million of the gain, personal property adds about seventeen million. Tax rates set at 15.20 per thousand, state 0.80, city 14.07, with ward valuations and poll gains shown in official tables.

Board of Assessors Ward Mann Aldhatisn Anand Cave Uea Joammo Soniliehceinatcien Estaba Secon Seuss Acpas Sabine Abayaansaeseseie CROCE Aiscctacexc Susie Botanstones Botan Debek

Dentists Propose Restrictions on Amalgam Ads in ADA Meet

At the American Dental Association session in Boston, resolutions condemned professors endorsing tooth filling materials by advertising their names. A report on credentials was adopted and a pleasure excursion to Deer Island followed a stormy discussion on therapeutics and filling methods.

American Dental Association Institute of Tech*nology Stockton United States McKellop Brunswick Cleock Deer Island George W. Kelly RE. T. Darby Philadelphia Joshua Tucker Boston John J. R. Patrick Belleville Atkinson New York Buckmazham

Obituaries and Death Notices From Early August

James Graves of Lynn dies at 72 on Franklin Street August 4 after a period of illness leaving a widow and seven adult children. Dowager Duchess of Somerset dies at Somerset House Park Lane. Hon. P M Garcelon of Farmington Maine dies August 4 of heart neuralgia. Dr Thomas H Brown of Oxford County Maine dies August 3 at Paris Hill aged about 60. Actor John Weaver dies in New York August 3 aged 60.

James Graves Lynn Franklin Street Washington Street Duchess of Somerset Somerset House Park Lane Michael Shaw Stewart Renfrew Katherine W. Maxwell Houston Stewart Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset K. G P.M. Garcelon Farmington Sandy River National Bank

Insanity and injuries reported in local notices

William Johnson of North Berwick hanged himself behind the Eastern Railroad sheds. Burt Knight of Raymond fractured jaw and lost teeth after a horse wreck. Portland considers a 200th anniversary celebration for Falmouth s founding in 1680. Tremont Gun Club held a pigeon shoot near Eliot depot drawing controversy over bird killing. Maine lawmakers may act to curb such “sport” after a Boston event noted by the Dover Democrat.

William Johnson North Berwick Eastern Railroad Burt W. 5S Raymond Alderman Little Portland Falmouth Tremont Gun Club Boston Eliot Depot Dover Democrat Maine

Gilmanton firm starts Belmont factory foundation project

The Gilmanton company at Belmont begins laying a 130 by 52 foot foundation for a new factory. William Caswell of Wentworth, 29, died by his own hand amid ill health. Maj. W. H. Berry resigns Pittsfield saving bank post to become state bank commissioner. Supreme court rules against W. H. Shurtleff in land and timber dispute in Coos County. Masonic Commanderies plan a Chicago pilgrimage for the Grand Encampment conclave. Weather notes brief on crops and port mackerel abundance. Sheriff Kent conducts liquor raid in Hampton with twelve arrests.

Gilmanton Company Belmont William Caswell Wentworth Maj W. H. Berry Pittsfield Knights Templar United States Carroll County Gov. Goodwin Helen F. Tredick Anna M. Nash Portsmouth Portsmouth Harbor Kent Smart Brown Shepard Woodman Hampton Lamprey Ammer

Cornawall Builds New Town Hall Amid Local Developments

Cornawall proceeds with a new town hall project as Addison county faces oat threats from grasshoppers. A 225 pound bear was killed near Boston recently. Two more loads of Spanish merino sheep, 275 bead, shipped from Middlebury to Corpus Christi Texas. Waterbury mill and chair factory, 100 by 40 feet, is being dismantled and moved to Burlington. Butter prices in St Albans on Tuesday ranged from 18 to 23 cents per pound for good to choice, 24 cents for selections, and a general price of 25 cents per pound.

Cornawall Addison County Boston Middlebury Corpus Christi Texas Waterbury Burlington St. Albans

Arrival of Worcester Continentals and visiting groups at Newport

The Worcester Continentals reached Newport on Wednesday, greeted by a Newport Artillery Veteran Association delegation at Commercial wharf and escorted to Ocean House headquarters. Also, Odd Fellows from Montreal and Burlington, Vermont, arrived Tuesday night and toured the bay Wednesday as guests of the Mosbussuck Encampment of Newport.

Worcester Continentals Newport Commercial Wharf Newport Artillery Veteran Association Ocean House Montreal Burlington Vit Bay Mosbussuck

Tramps multiply. miscues and drownings mark grim news

The issue lists rising tramp numbers on the state ends, robberies on the Steaming Stonington, drownings of Colin Thatimier off Kelsey’s wharf and Carl Dahlmeyer off Savin Rock, a child burned by hot beans, a gun discharge injuring a man near Cos Cob, and a census critique of Connecticut’s rotten boroughs amid a state population of 623,166.

Geo. Montegriffo Stonington Colin Thatimier New Haven Kelsey’s Wharf West Haven Carl Dahlmeyer M. Kahn Savin Rock Edward Nugent Wallingford Burns Cos Cob Conn Connecticut State House of Representatives Wartford Bridgeport Waterbury

Obituary notices and deaths from Massachusetts lists

A Massachusetts death and obituary section lists multiple individuals with ages and birthplaces in towns such as Milwaukee Prescott Peirce East Boston and Roxbury. Included are funeral details for Abby M. Peirce Henry T. Graham Lettie Shannon and John Lyons with ages ranging from infancy to 76 years and a note on cholera infantum in Robert Snow. The report also provides a mortality summary for 35 cities and towns for the week ending July 31, 1880.

Prescott Milwaukee Harry A. Cushing Charlestown Joan S. Cook Phillips Saugus George William Philips Partridge South Hingham John A. Oreway Mary D George S. Partridge Slade Wilmington Mass Robert Snow Wilbur L Annie B. Slade Chelsea Heywood Fitchburg Walter Heywood Hiaskins Gratton N H Nancy E William Haskins Savage Greenwood Plains Alvin Savage Engles Provincetown M. Esteile James Engles Hibbard West Concord Asa Hibbard Massachusetts State Board of Health Lunacy and Charity

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