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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1880

Page

3

Competition Renewed in Walnut Hill Long Range Handicap

Competition resumed Wednesday in the Walnut Hill long range handicap match. Wind was controlled at 800 and 900 yards with strong effect at the longest distance, lowering totals. Mr. Charles led with a handsome 214.

Walnut Hill Charles W. Charles Lewis J. F. Rabbeth J. S. Simmer S. Wider Medford Amateur Rifle Association Bellevue Range Medford Bunker Hill Kimball Russell Gould Greene Shebee J. Eastmat Fee Teele Creedmoor Eileen A. R. Clark C.H. Russell Pohoets

Lynn Accident and Crime Notes Patchwork City Briefs

A 14 year old boy was injured riding a bicycle on Washington street and taken in an insensible state. John Moore faced arraignment for a residence break in Cambridge, held in 800 dollars. Various local items include school plans, resignations, fines, a Marlboro girl’s death from lockjaw, an Empire State Band concert, a City Court decision on liquor and cruelty, and notes on taxes and a Grand Army Camp gathering.

John Shaw Henry Avenue Washington Street John Moore George W. Keene Superior Court Nootes Lowell Long Beach Edwin Earp, Jr

Seaman Shipment Charge Leads to Court Hearing

Richard Larsen held on $500 bond by U S Commissioner Hallett for the October term on a charge of demanding and receiving an illegal fee to procure shipment of a seaman.

Hallett Richard Larsen Circuit Court

Not Guilty Rulings Highlight Criminal Session

In the criminal session before Judge Colburn, Henry B. Coleman was found not guilty of assault and battery while Timothy Hurley was acquitted of embezzlement. John Casey and Edward Burns, named as young offenders, were placed on probation as the term adjourned.

Henry B. Coleman Timothy Hurley John Casey Edward Burns

Boston Municipal Court Docket Summary

Under Judge Churchill James Finnegan received six months at the House of Correction for assault and battery. Peter J. Melley faced $1,200 bail for breakin and entering and larceny. Several others were fined for larceny and related offenses, and multiple defendants were held for trial in the Superior Court. Ellen Rooney was sent to the House of Industry for six months as a vagrant.

Churchill James Finnegan House of Correction Peter J. Melley Starceny Frank Williams Charles Swift Ellen Turner Michael Murphy William O’connor Harry Gibbs John Collins John Murphy Roxbury Court Ellen Rooney House of Industry Boston Edwin W. Crowell Henry B. Phillips Mary Bernard John Colter

ProArts Scene Highlights in Forest Garden and Park Theatre

In Forest Garden Mr Golden's benefit features The Evangeline Big Four and a Scotch ballad program with Dora Wiley. Next Sunday Swedish Ladies Quartet in a sacred concert. Miss Sadie Martinet debuts as Gabriel in Evangeline. Park Theatre presents Dreams by Willie Edouin Sparks Company August 23 with Morse and Rice songs. Halleck's Alhambra draws crowds as Annie Ward Tiffany leads The Child Stealer.

Forest Garden Mr. Golden Dora Wiley Sexton Mr. Dixey Park Theatre Boston Wolson Morse E. F. Rice Oakland Garden Halleck Annie Ward Tiffany

Democratic Rally Denies Garfield Club in South Boston

The Democratic Committee of Ward Twelve denounces a Boston Journal and Advertiser report that Democrats formed a Garfield and Arthur Club in South Boston. They deny authorizing any such club and defend Hancock. Other notes report Hancock and English club planning, Greenbackers ready to discuss, and Attleboro Democrats ratifying Hancock and English. A Garfield and Arthur club forms in Ward Seventeen with officers named.

Boston Post Boston Journal Garfield and Arthur Boston Aboive Hancock Garfield Brand Journal Press of Ola Beelzebub Democratic Committee Ward Twelve Capt P. H. Cronin Hancock and English Club South Boston Attleboro Old Masonic Hall George F. Bickwell Eugene T. Pearce William O’connor E. T. Pearce Charles Harwood J. W. Cady Reuben Dean Ward Seventeen Bradford Street Arthur Cciub William D. Johnson David Beasley Gilbert C. Harris A. P. Jones Hood Messrs. Hood & Co Lowell Mass Lowell Weekly Journal

Noted Oxford County Figure Seth Sampson Dies at 85

The article recalls Seth Sampson a tall, witty country justice and stalwart Prohibitionist of Oxford County Maine. Known as Squire Sampson he died in Turner Missouri on August 4 at age 85, leaving a legacy as a humorous jurist and strong personality among lawyers and judges. Also noted are deaths of Almon H. Hemmenway of Waltham, John H.P. G. Yelverton of Poughkeepsie, Mrs. Nathaniel J. Bradlee of Highland Street, and M. C. Baldwin of Chicago in Kennebunkport.

Oxford County Seth Sampson Squire Sampson Seward Turner Almon H. Hemmenway Waltham Bright Cross Street John H.P. G. Yelverton Poughkeepsie Nathaniel J. Bradlee Highland Street M. C. Baldwin Chicago Kennebunkport

Excursion to Hog Island on Gazelle steamer in Maine

The Catholic Orphan Asylum annual outing sailed from Portland at 8 A M aboard the Gazelle with hourly departures. An industrial accident on the Somerset Railroad at Norridgwock crushed Abel Wood’s left leg and right heel. A Toronto man’s room in Old Orchard bathing house was entered and valuables stolen. Temperance camp begin August 14 at Richmond campground with notable speakers. E. P Doyen suffered injuries from a burst emery wheel at Kelley’s foundry, miraculously escaping death given the circumstances.

Catholic Orphan Asylum Hog Island Portland Pier Abel Wood Somerset Norridgwock B. Hughes Hughes Bros Toronto Canada Nelson Dingley, Jr E. P Doyen C. M H. T. Plummer Portland Kelley’ Foundry

Kearsarge Fair Dates Oct six and seven set

The Kearsarge Agricultural Association schedules a fair for October six and seven with an expanded list of cash premiums. Local events include weather damage and several transport and accident items reported nearby.

Grange Mass Meeting and Picnic at Toweshend

A grange mass meeting and basket picnic is planned at Toweshend on Saturday August 14 with Hon J J Woodman of Michigan master of the national grange to address the gathering alongside other distinguished speakers from abroad. At the St Albans butter market Tuesday attendance was good receipts fair and market dull with prices holding last week range good to choice eighteen to twenty two cents per pound selections twenty three to twenty four cents and a few fancy lots higher with general fee twenty two cents per pound Shipments 200 packages.

Toweshend J.J. Woodman Michigan National Grange St. Albans

Local notices and fatalities in a period listing

Mary Broderick of Ames bury dies in Lowell under suspicion of criminal malpractice. Nellie Holbrook of Marlboro dies from lockjaw after an iron rake tooth pierced her toe. A Charlton man killed by the Modoc train is George Hodgkiss of Worcester. West-bound mishap claims Herman M. Haskell of Adams. Postal agency at Holyoke reports 7,000,000 ecards in three days. Plymouth assessors show gains in real estate and personal property, with rising polls and taxation figures.

P. W. Kinney Woburn Board of Selectmen H. C. Ladd Congregational Church of Hopkinton Cambridge Patrick Lowrey House of Correction Nellie F. Holbrook Marlboro Brockton Empire State Band H. Thompson Green Street J. O’brien John James Mason Boston Advertiser Conco Avenue Somerville Hampton N. J Newton Albert Henricus Benjamin F. Hobart Stephen McUart Hobart Malden Charles Maxwell Frank Stoneham Cummings Town of Sharon Joseph Catherine McDonald Cambridge Municipal Court No. 98 Fifth Street Mary Broderick Lowell Amesbury Nellie IF. Holbrook Modoc Charlton George Hodgkiss Worcester East Brookfield Postal Board Holyoke Herman M. Haskell Adams Waterford N. Y Rockport Pigeon Cove Shane Plymouth

Edward Gray poised to win prize at Newport tennis tourney

Indications point to Ed ward Gray of Boston securing the gentleman's prize cap worth 200 dollars at the Casino lawn tennis tournament in Newport. Eugene Sullivan of Newport eloped with a factory girl, leaving his wife and seven children destitute after squandering his wages. The Burnside Expedition and Ninth Army Corps held their annual meeting at Narragansett Hotel Providence, re electing Gen. Burnside president. Committee appointments and officers were named, with plans to meet next year in Hartford. The group dined at Silver Spring and visited Burnside's Mount Hope Bay farm.

Newport Edward Gray Boston Eugene Sullivan Society of the Burnside Expedition Ninth Army Corps Narragansett Hotel Providence Burnside E. Jardine A. B. R. Sprague BE. Harland McKibben Wm. W. Hutchings J. Pickett E. Harland Norwich Conn C. Henry Barney Col D. R. Larned United States Army Society of the Army of the Potomac Hartford Silver Spring

Fire destroys shingle shed and adjoining buildings in Albany Street area

A Wednesday fire at Furber & Bailey lumber yards on Albany Street started in a shingle shed and spread to a stable and an adjoining corrugated iron building. Total loss around 2000 with insured firms facing substantial damage. suspected incendiary origin. A second incident at Roxbury and a third in Dorchester were reported with varying damage and insured losses.

Messrs Furber Furber & Baileys Sarah Shumway H. Crafts’ Sons Letherbee’s Wharf Commercial Union, Security Meriden Fire Springfield & Providence Washington John Cannary Mindora Street Roxbury Dorchester Avenue Commercials Street Dorchester Warren Butler Ezra Eliwell Spear Station Eleven John Adams

Anniversary of Bishop McMahon Celebrated at Hartford Cathedral

Right Rev. Bishop McMahon marked the first anniversary of his consecration with a cathedral ceremony in Hartford. A purse of 6715 dollars and a horse and carriage valued at 1600 were presented. In a separate incident, Mr. Kendrick of Norwalk survived a stabbing when the knife struck a memorandum book he kept, and the assailant remains at large.

Bishop McMahon Hartford Kendrick Norwalk Ely Neck Road

Insurgent Leaders Arrive in Havana Aboard Francisco de Borja

Calixto Garcia Modesto Fonseca and four others reached Havana aboard the Spanish war steamer Francisco de Borja. They await transfer to the mail steamer sailing for Spain on the 15th. Capt. Gen. Blanco granted Garcia a family interview and visitors were admitted. Earlier reports of shipment to Spain were premature.

Havana Calixto Garcia Modesto Fonseca Francisco de Borja Spain Gen. Blanco Garcia Bas

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