Judge Bingham Defends Concord Railroad Case in New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire Judge Bingham argued the Hazen bill faces certain defeat with many supporters deserting it He compares the Concord railroad to disciplined finance while contrasting Boston and Maine tactics The piece notes fare cuts under Atherton Bill and predicts broader regional impact on travel and local economies.
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Post
Concord Road
Boston & Lowell
Hazen
Boston, Concord
Montreal
Atherton
Consolidated Road
Boston
Concord
New Hampshire
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Concord Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Mr. Furber
Chamberlain
Boston &Owell
Northern Road
Supreme Court
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad
Richard Olney
Boston Line
Boston and Maine faces domestic status ruling
The speaker notes the Boston and Maine claims to be a foreign corporation while now asserting domestic status. The Concord railroad is attacked from multiple directions and the State must choose to protect or abandon it. The issue is before the committee for decisive action with a hopeful blessing.
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Concord Railroad
Scientists Converge at 36th AAAS Session
The second day of the 36th annual AAAS convention opens at Columbia College New York with large attendance. Papers read include telephonic ship communication by L. E. Blake and fog signal sound source issues by A. B. Johnson.
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New York
New Yor
Association For the Advancement of Science
Columbia College
Association
L. E. Blake
A. B. Johnson
William Thompson
Bar Harbor Society Scene Floats Through Peak Season
Brimming with visitors and parties in Bar Harbor on August 11 as society enjoys sunset teas on Green Mountain Summit House. The Yantic and North Atlantic squadron stir receptions while German dances unfold at the Marlboro and St Sauveur. Notables include Mrs. Gordon Prince, Mr. Theodore King, Mr. Basil L. Dewey, Mrs. Whitney, and Count de Forresta as guests arrive, with a charity ball, tea at Sea Urchins, and the opening of Hotel Brewer on the horizon.
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Green Mountain
Gordon Prince
Boston
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Hammond
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T. E. Chickering
Warren
Theodore King
Washington
Augusta Hunter
Newport
R. Phifer
North Carolina
James L. Harriman
New York
William A. Dunn
H. Whitwell
Helen Gordon
Thorndike
Marlboro
Allen
Commodore W. 5. Dana
St. Sauveur
Alfred Conkling
Julia Casey
Hunter
Fannie Jones
J. W. Hadden
Rodick
Grand Central
Malvern
Bar Harbor
A. J. Stacy
Cooper
T. de Witt Talmage
Bartlett
Count de Forresta
Cecil C. Higgins
Philadelphia
Whitney
Francis H. Dewey
Superior Bench
Massachusetts
Crosby Noyes
Washington Star
W. F Matchett
Sebastian B. Schlesinger
Beverly
Delancey Nicoll
van Rensselaer
Baltimore
H. R. Baker
Providence
Robert Franklin
London
G. L. Briggs
Portland
F. C. Wellington
Jamaica Plain
Leslia Currier
Haverhill
Sorrento
Hewitt
U.S.N
Samuel D. Babcock
Stonington
Stemmers
Episcopal Church
Lynams
Rescued From Niagara Rapids After Narrow Leap From Logs
J F Neville of Montreal walked onto three logs near the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara. He slipped, fell into the rapids, slammed head first into the third log, clung on, and was pulled to safety by a nearby teamster using a rope lasso. He spent nearly an hour in the rapids before rescue.
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J. F. Neville
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Rice disaster hits South Carolina rice belt after freshets
Reports from Columpt show 15 000 acres of Carolina rice destroyed on the Savannah side. Augusta and nearby areas remain flooded for a third time this season. Half of the state's rice output, about 500 000 barrels, is believed lost with 15 000 acres on the Ogeeche and 5 000 on the Altamaha endangered.
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Harvard Bridge Foundations Bids Attract Major Contractors
A large number of bids have been received for the Harvard bridge foundations with bids submitted by major U S contractors. General William S. Smith, a former U S army engineer, is among those proposing, noting his recent completion of the Baltimore and Ohio line bridge over the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace.
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William S. Smith
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Reunion of 84 Senate at Swanzey Clambake for Barrus
Governor Ames and ex Senators gathered for a clambake hosted by Frank S. Stevens of Swanzey. The 1884 Senate attended including A. J. Jennings, Andrew Stone, Charles Randall, and H. Gilmore. Talks touched on Barrus for secretary of the board of agriculture and future political maneuvering.
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Swanzey
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Cummings
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Andrew Stone
Lawrence
Robert Howard
Senate
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Fitchburg
George A. Brace
Somerville
F. L. Burden
North Attleboro
Republican State Committee
Howes Norris
Cottage City
Alvan Barrus
Goshen
H. H Gilmore
Cambridge
Owen A. Galvin
Boston
Onslow Gilmore
Stoneham
Charles S. Randall
New Bedford
David Randall
Waltham
Isaac A. S. Steele
Gloucester
James O
Frank
Bruce
Henry H. Gilmore
Mr. Stevens
Messrs. McFarlin
Loring
Stone
Albert FE. Pillsbury
Europe
Jr. Bruce
Gside
Pillsbury
Board of Agriculture
Tea at Marion Pairs The Cleveland Guests
At Marion today Mrs. Cleveland Mrs. Folsom Mrs. Welsh and General and Mrs. Greely with R. H. Gilder and wife joined Mrs. Pegrim of Providence for tea at her summer residence. Also present were William Bradford and his daughter of Fair Haven. The gathering was very agreeable and all who attended enjoyed themselves.
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New Reprorp
Marion
Drought Ends as Wisconsin Storm Haunts State
General rain broke drought across Wisconsin with strong winds causing widespread damage. In Richland Centre Krouskopf’s saw mill and hotel addition were unroofed, a wall collapsed, and glass shattered. Muscoda barns and hay were ruined. Mazomanie’s dynamo likely ruined. two drownings near Kegousa. Lancaster barn fire left Botham and a daughter insensible. cows killed.
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Wis
Richland Centre
Krouskopf
St. Paul
Merchants’ Hotel
Muscoda
Mazomanie
Jenson Miller
Fulton
Lancaster
Grant County
Thomas Botham
Botham
Attempted train wrecking on Providence and Worcester line near Millville
In Worcester two train wrecking attempts were made within a week on the Providence and Worcester railroad near Daniel Holbrook's farm between Uxbridge and Millville. James White, 16, employed on the Holbrook farm, confessed to the acts after arrest. He said there was no clear motive beyond causing danger to passengers. Bath city council votes to light ten streets with electricity.
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Worcester
Providence & Worcester
Daniel Holbrook
Uxbridge
Millville
Bacon
James White
Holbrook
New Brunswick
Old Barracks in Rutland Destroyed Amid Historic Site Loss
Aug 11 Worcester county report notes demolition of the 1778 Rutland stockade barracks used for Hessian prisoners after Saratoga. Remaining structures included a guard house and jail with a well and scattered timbers, cedar stakes, and a buried British field piece said to lie at the stockade bottom.
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Worcester County
John Burgoyne
Saratoga
Cambridge
Washington
Massachusetts
Rutland
Thomas Reed
Royalston
Peter Woodbury
Charlton
William Tucker
William Owen Smith
Barre Road
Rutland Centre
Miles Holden
New England
Wotteroro Votes to Rebuild Burned Shoe Factory
Citizens meet to rebuild the shoe factory destroyed yesterday morning. The fire consumed twelve buildings with no stock or machinery saved. Cropley and Munroe of Marblehead Mass pledge $100000 to continue the business if rebuilt. plant hoped ready by January first.
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N. H
Messrs. Cropley & Munroe
Marblehead
Mass
Amusements listings for Boston venues
The Boston Museum presents Aphrodite at 8. Musick Hall offers a promenade concert from 8 to 11. Horticultural Hall showcases Munkacsy's painting Christ Before Pilate.
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Boston Museum
Aphrodite
Muskc Hall
Horticultural Hall
Munkacsy
Christ Before Pilate
Marriage Sales by Auction Record Briefs
Multiple marriage announcements and auctions listed with dates in Aug and Aug 9. Notices include Dolley Boole in Malden, Hayes Leonard in Boston, Higgins McLellan in Cambridge, Spotswood Henderson in Cambridge, Stewart Orr in Aug, Waterman Fuller in Cambridge. participants named.
Deaths and notices in the Boston area August entries
Obituaries and death notices list Caroline S. Bacon Sarah Bevans Margaret E Brennan Francis L Burrows Thomas Connolly Mary E Enwright Richard Goggin Henry Hastings Flora M Kelso G TH Kervin Thomas F Kiley Frederick W Kimball Elizabeth Merry Abraham Morrison Hannah Norwell Thomas L O'Brien Dudley R Palmer John A Peach Elizabeth S Silsbee Johanna Sullivan Patrick Toumy with funeral details and family mentions across multiple local communities in August.
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Caroline S. Bacon
Bevans
Sarah
William F. Bevans
Brennan
Margaret E
Daniel H. Brennan
John and Catharine Fitzgerald
Burrows
Somerville
Francis L. Burrows
Connolly
Thomas Connolly
Enwyright
Mary. E
William Boyle
Michael H. Enwright
Goggin
Richard Goggin
Hastings
West Medford
Henry Hastings
Boston & Lowell
Kelso
Cambridgeport
Flora M. Kelso
Kervin
Charlestown
G. TH. Kervin
Kiley
South Boston
Thomas F. Kiley
Kimball
Frederick W. Kimball
Merry
Lighth Street
Elizabeth Merry
Christopher Merry
Gate of Heaven
Morrison
West Campton
N. H
Abraham &. Morrison
Norwell
South Scituate
Hannah
Henry Norwell
O'Brien
Thomas L. O’brien
Palmer
Swampscott
Dudley RK. Palmer
Peach
John A. Peach
Silsbee
Beverly
Elizabeth S
George L. Silsbee
Warren Street
Salem
Sullivan
Johanna Sullivan
Toumy
Patrick Toumy
Proposals for Steel-cast Guns for the Navy
The Navy Department in Washington announces sealed proposals from domestic manufacturers to furnish steel-cast six-inch high-power rifle cannon or unfinished castings. Bids must specify material (Bessemer open-hearth or crucible steel), with strict tests and contract bonds, due by September 20, 1887.
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Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Congress
Bessemer
Liessemer
Naval Service
Levant
Bureau of Ordnance
Secretary of the Navy
Washington, D.C
Washigton
D. C
William C. Whitney
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