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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1881

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Virginia’s Hard Fought Campaign Raises Gloomy Hopes

The piece notes Virginia enters a tight campaign between honesty and dishonesty, with nine in ten doubting the president’s recovery. Doctors’ cautious wordings are seen as little comfort, as a widespread belief grows that the president will die and a cloud hangs over the nation.

Virginia

Post Appeals for Amicable Relations with Sunday Times

Our neighbor, the Sunday Times, is mistaken if it supposes that the Post has any personal feeling against it. The editorial paragraph was written by an editor who does not know a single member of the Times staff and wishes them well. The misfortune to our contemporary was ludicrous and invites lighthearted allusion. The Post likes the Times and its family. may they live long and prosper.

Sunday Times Post The Times

President’s condition shows cautious improvement before night

Washington dispatch reports surgeons noting modest gains in the presidents stomach and parotid gland while overall progress remains slow. hope centers on preventing exhaustion as nourishment increases and doctors brace for possible suppuration within days.

Washington Boynton Bliss Dr. Bliss Blaine

White House bulletins on president recovery updates

Official bulletins from the Executive Mansion report the president maintaining nourishment with no nausea or vomiting. Vital signs show pulse around 110, temperature about 100.1, respiration near 19, while healing progresses and wound repair continues with healthy pus discharge and reduced mouth mucus accumulation.

Executive Mansion Associated Press Bliss

Pope Expresses Sympathy Cable From Rome to Blaine

The Vatican expresses sorrow over the attempted attack on the president and wishes him a speedy recovery. Secretary Blaine replies with thanks, noting the president’s condition has improved modestly since the message. The exchange highlights strong church support from Roman Catholics for the United States leader.

Rome James G. Blaine Washington Holy Father Republic United States Cardinal Jacobini Blaine L. Cardinal Jacobini Koine Pease

Malley cousins case postponed. bail denied at New Haven

In New Haven on August 22 Justice Booth postponed murder proceedings against Walter and James Malley for two weeks to allow more evidence. Bail was refused after testimony on alibis. inquest continued with witnesses placing James at home Friday night and noting telegrams and sightings near the West Haven shore.

New Haven Conn Malley Cousins Walter James West Haven C.K. Bush Justice Booth Doolittle Malleys William A. Harris Western Union John Y. Hallenbeck Ldy New York John J. Duff West Twenty Seventh Street Walter E. Malley James Malley Jennie Cramer Malley Malley Boys Louise C. Malley James Malley, Jr James Malley, Sr James, Jr Louise Malley Pennsylvania Lowell Mass Suffolk Canal Nellie Burgess Groton Stearns Kendal Abbots Tremont Suffolk Mills Sherman Carpet Corporation Boston Desbrosses Street Ferry House Hoff

Deaths and Injuries From Street and Rail Accidents In Dorchester

A horse attached to a dump cart backed into a sewer on High street Meeting House hall Dorchester fatally injuring John Kogarty age 50. In Quincy street at New York and New England crossing a four horse truck ran away killing driver John Rafferty. Felonious assault alleged against James W Merrill at Clinton street and Parmenter street. Accidents include Gisberto Lottie injured at Boston and Maine railroad. Jason Stevens fell thirty feet at the new post office. Charles Barnett injured on Warren bridge. Body of Robert McGill Stewart recovered at Winthrop Beach after drowning at Ocean Spray.

High Street Meeting House Hall Dorchester John Kogarty Draper Quincy Street New York and New England John Rafferty Columbia Street Rafferty Nawn Street South End Maguire and Gray Third Division James W. Merrill Clinton Street Parmenter Street Brunswick Merrill Nettie Whitney Leverett Street Minot Street Gisberto Lottie Boston and Maine Massachusetts General Hospital Jason Stevens Kendall Street New Post Office City Hospital Charles Barnett Middlesex Horse Railroad Warren Bridge Citizens’ Line Bartlett Broadway Place Somerville Robert McGill Stewart Winthrop A. H. Belcher J. A. Flannagan Charles Miller Meriden Conn Sleeper’s Pond Southington Father Harrison McCorry A. F. McKinney Mr. Whitney Livermore Willie Holt William Holt Gardiner Cobbessee Mahalia Connor Windsor Timothy O’brien New York and New England Railroad Blackstone Gereau East Haverfull Reading

Maine News in Brief on Bridges Railroads and Mills

Bricklayers toil on the Augusta insane hospital pavilion. Winthrop temperance camp meeting deemed highly successful. Railroad Commissioners approve location for Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works railway. Yarmouth votes to build an iron bridge and funding. Lagonia Iron mills at Portland close. creditors extend paper while seeking reorganize or sale. assets expected to cover liabilities. Four Coast Survey parties active in Maine under Boyd Dennis Longfellow Hosmer surveying Cape Split Harrington Millbridge and adjacent bays.

Augusta Winthrop Wildes, Anderson and Talbot Exchange Bangor Bangor and Katahdin Lagonia Iron Company Portland Coast Survey Cape Split Addison C. H. Boyd Harrington William H. Dennis Millbridge A. W. Longfellow Charles Hosmer

Diphtheria Epidemic Disrupts Proctor House Guests

An epidemic of diphtheria at the Proctor house in Andover forced guests to leave the hotel. About one hundred began travel home Monday morning, with several deaths and one person currently ill. The Sullivan County association opened Monday in Newport with Prof. L. D. Emerson of Boston directing. Leading soloists include Mrs. HM. M. Smith, Miss Abvie C. Clark, W. Clark, D. M. Babcock of Boston, Mrs. Martha D. Shephard of Ashland, and Miss Ella M. Chamberlain of Cambridgeport. event runs until Friday.

Proctor House Andover Sullivan County Ee Association Newport L. D. Emerson Boston HM. M. Smith Abvie C. Clark W. Clark D. M. Babcock Martha D. Shephard Ashbland, Ey Ella M. Chamberlain Cambridgeport Mass Non. A.gerard Legation Old Orchard House Mrs. Harris Rutledge Ocean Southampton S. F. Baird United States R.L C. C. Churchill Samuel Longfellow A. W. Longfellow Waukeag House West Sullivan Thomas A. Bayard Belmont Babylon L. I Paris I. T. Talbot H. Chase F. Richardson C. Spaulding Gen. Noyes France Boar’s Head Hotel Hampton Ohio May Davenport Boston Museum New York Belgium Fannie L. T. Downsend Chautauqua School of Theology Hancock Maine Eastern Railroad M. G. Farmer Torpedo Station Farmer F. A. Shaw O.S. Shaw Falmouth House Portland Tremont House Europe Edward Cushing Portland, Bangor and Machias West End Bar Harbor Judge Bingham New Hampshire Ohio Canoe Association Edwin Coombs Washington, D.C New England Treasury Department Washington American Association For the Advancement of Science Cincinnati J. W. Bookwalter Springfield W. H. Bowker Lockwood Myrick Charles R. Wanman Cambridge A. F. Crowell Wood’s Hall London Stevens George Bancroft Marquis de Potestad Fornari Count Lippe Weissenfeld Count Beust Marquis de Valette Marquis de Cambrais E. D. Morgan James Gordon Bennett W. W. Astor McLane H.G. Marquanud Fairman Rogers Abraham Hewitt Cornelius Vanderbilt Pierre Lorillard Lady Steele Miss Steele Drummond Hunt Lexington Hunt James D. Beck Phoenix Law Department Transylvania University Beck Shy Rebecca Cary College Hill Cary Hamilton County F. Cary Freeman G. Cary Stillwater Marblehead Chas. V. Wells Marblehead Neck Manataux Hall High Rock Cottage Mrs. Wells

Temperance Mass Meeting Opens in Burlington Park

Mrs Stote of Westmore sunstruck while picking raspberries. The grand temperance mass meeting at Queen City park begins today and runs four days. Rev Merritt Hubbard will give the welcoming address with speeches by temperance leaders. Notables include John B Gough Gov Farnham and other state citizens. Park preparations anticipate 10000 attendees with special trains from across the region.

Funeral of Capt. Ira Richardson Held in Mansfield

The funeral for Capt. Ira Richardson was held in Mansfield on Monday. Oak Bluffs set annual illumination for Sept 3, one week later than in prior years. Lowell Y M C A selects J D Rogers of Round Lake NY as secretary. Salsbury Beach gathering scheduled Sept 14 and 15 with a horse trot added next day. Big Sunday at the Vineyard drew large crowds for camp meeting amid first sun in days. Skating rink service drew a full audience Sunday afternoon. Martha’s Vineyard incident: F W Ely, Holyoke youth, injured after colliding with a post on Circuit avenue. recovery expected.

Ira Richardson Mansfield Oak Bluffs J. D. Rogers Round Lake N. Y Lowell Y. M. C. Association Salsbury Beach Vineyard F. W. Ely Holyoke Circuit Avenue Martha’s

Search at Cypress Hill for A. T. Stewart body

Detectives from police headquarters and Fuller’s private force continue the search for A. T. Stewart’s remains at Cypress Hill cemetery. Fuller guards the site while workmen dig and trenches three feet deep with sounding irons to verify a lead amid rival suspicions.

New York Fuller Cypress Hill Cemetery A. T. Stewart Murray Stewart San Francisco Cal Mexico

Supreme Court hearing set in Sprague injunction cases

In Providence on Monday the Sprague injunction cases were set down for hearing on September 29. It is rumored that an attachment for 1,906,000 dollars was placed upon the Sprague property at Arctic on Saturday in the interest of Mrs. Fanny Sprague.

Supreme Court Providence Sprague Arctic Fanny Sprague John Daley Manuel E. Lord Edgar C. Powers Danvers John Chambers Criminal Court Lawrence Beckford GC. A. Ropes Salem Laboratory Company Salem Fire Department A.C. Goodell Garfield

Hartford Students Sail for San Francisco under Yung Wi Sun

Forty eight Chinese students departed Hartford on Monday bound for San Francisco led by Yung Wi Sun. The German Turner societies of Connecticut hosted a turnfest at New Britain with prize contests at Trauts park ending in a dance. Mayor Morgan G Buckley provided a railroad excursion to Fenwick grove for four hundred poor women and children with dinner supplied by the mayor.

Hartford San Francisco Yung Wi Sun Turner Societies Connecticut New Britain Traut’s Park Morgan G. Buckley Hartford, Conn Fenwick Grove Sound

Races At Monmouth Park And Saratoga Aug 22

At Monmouth Park New Jersey a large crowd watched Rica win the homebred produce stakes over Julietta colt. Slydance won the mile and a quarter, with Bounce second. Other results include King Ernest colt over Eole, Sweet Home in the selling race, Aela capturing the two mile handicap, Macbeth leading 2-year-olds, and Bertha winning the steeplechase. Saratoga saw Baldwin and Drogheda win in the first two races, Getaway and Gen Munroe in the next, Rob Roy ahead of Lillie R., Bootjack over Rochester, and a 1 mile 56 yard dash won by Rob Roy. The Grand Circuit closes at Charter Oak park Hartford with Humboldt favored in 2:30 class, Stranger in 2:38, and Ed win Thorne in 2:23. Newport fox hunting featured a large field, Miss Alice Bedlow winning the brush and Stanley Mortimer the mask. Diskeens and Reeds crews raced Charles River to Wabash, Diskeens winning by ten lengths. The Boston Lacrosse Club holds the current cup and faces Newport for the championship today.

Monmouth Park N. J Rica Julietta Slydance Bounce King Ernest Eole Sweet Home Park Aela Monitor Macbeth Forester Saratoga N. Y Baldwin Drogheda Getaway Gen. Munroe Rob Roy Lillie R Rochester Hartford Charter Oak Park Humboldt Stranger Edwin Thorne Newport R. L The Glen F. M. Ware H. L. Norman Morton Prince Frank Seabury William Sanborn Frederick O. Prince, Jr Gordon Prince Boston Ogden Farm Alice Bedlow Stanley Mortimer

Fire destroys Clark's Sherborn grocery and damages nearby home

Fire at 1 a m in SouTh Framingham destroys C A Clark’s Sherborn grocery and contents. Nearby house thirty feet away suffers $500 damage. Store contents loss $6 500. Fire department absent. Natick Eagle steamer No 1 aided. Other items report minor Boston blaze and larger losses in Exeter Brentwood and Kittery with insured amounts noted.

Framingham C. A. Clark Sherborn Natick Eagle D.T. Hayes Exeter N. H Chase Goodwin Kittery Brentwood

Gloucester Hearing Debates City Hall Use for High School

The Gloucester city council held a hearing on the school committee's request to use city hall for high school purposes. Charles P. Thompson argued the city lacks right to build or use the hall for theater if needed for city use, and cited the current high school as unsuitable and unhealthy. Mayor Garland, a physician, said the current site is not proper for schooling. The council unanimously declined the school board's request.

Gloucester Mass Charlesj P. Thompson Essex County Garland

Reorganization talk stalls in Southwestern railway pool

In Chicago on August twenty second the conference committee for pool reorganization failed to reach a conclusion. The Western Trunk Line Passenger association announced it will press the 25 percent demand on eastern lines, with the circular to be sent immediately. If eastern roads do not agree by September first, they cannot sell through tickets over western lines under the current joint tariff.

Bliss Chicago, Ills Southwestern Railway Association Western Trunk Line Passenger Association Wiles O’brien Washington Tremont Streets Cornhill Boyiston Blue Line Board of alJermen South Boston Middlesex Railroad Company South Boston Railroad Company Sidermen Hersey Haldeman Metropolitan Railroad Company Whitten Committee On

French Elections Show Republicans Strengthening Paris

Paris and Berlin dispatches report a strong Republican gain in the French elections. Across 550 constituencies, Republicans lead with 279 to 39 opponents as Bonapartist forces are routed. Notable outcomes include ministers Ferry and Cochery elected, and Gambetta likely to face a second ballot.

London Paris Times Republican Union Doudogne Ferry and Cochery Mgr. Freppel M. de Choiseul M. de Marcere M. Keller Montmartre Arles Lesparre Department Gironde the Times Berlin Italy Austria Germany Gambetta Daily News M. Gambetta M.isambert Republique Francaise Chateaudun M. Constans Interior Republican Left Billeville Chamber Left Centre Madrid Sphe Senores Castillo Robredo Havana The France England M. Tirard Commerce Ecumenical Methodist Conference

Davitt Arrest Controversy Stirring Irish Debate

London dispatch reports sharp criticism of Sir William Harcourt's grounds for rearresting Michael Davitt. Fresh agitation for suspects' release, with Father Sheehy and Mr. Kettle among potential liberations. Forster to Dublin to review cases. Ganigan released for health. Land Bill gains royal assent. Par nellite abstention planned. Durham by election dynamics noted with 900 Irish electors.

London Pall Mall Gazette Michael Davitt Wm. Harcourt Davitt Dublin House of Commons Limes Ireland Father Sheehy Kettle Joseph Cowell Forster Hannigan Times Parnellilies Parnell Durham John Joicey

Movement from Cabul to Herat described in Times dispatch

A Times despatch from Calcutta says Afghan tribal chiefs are summoned to Cabul with levies to follow the ameer to Khelat-i Ghilzai. Regulars move to Cabul to reduce Ghazni garrison as preparations begin for a Turco led strike on Herat and a march from Dowlutgar against Khan holding Herat for Ayoob Khan. The Indian Government denies interference.

Cabul Herat London Times Calcutta Khelat-i Ghilzai Ghazni Ameer

Socialists threaten Swiss tribunal over Zurich congress ban

Geneva special despatches report socialists sent a threatening letter to Switzerland's federal tribunal challenging the Zurich grand council ban on a socialist congress set for September. The letter warns judges they will be blown up and claims socialists have dynamite to blow up half of Switzerland, with a conflagration that will burn the world.

London Geneva Federal Tribunal Grand Council of Zurich Switzerland

Mayor's Appointments and Public Petitions Read

These official mayoral appointments included Undertaker Nicholas M. Williams and Public Weigher Augustus W. Burrill. Measurer of wood Levi P. Dudley and Constable Henry P. Kennedy were confirmed for municipal court service in Brighton. Petitions presented cover sidewalks on Lambert avenue, Lime street extension, Columbia street closure for bridge work, damages claims, building enlargements, street macadamizing, Winthrop luna tic asylum land purchase, fire department injuries, driveways for Fitchburg, sewers in Bremen and Rosedale streets, Park Street sewer for Metropolitan Railroad, and concurrent business with fire alarms in July. The July report shows 54 alarms, 29 buildings slightly damaged, 3 considerably, 2 totally destroyed, 15 undamaged. building losses $4,562 with $162,231 insured, contents losses $8,000 with $35,311 insured. Pay of laborers and orders adopted. Inspector of Vinegar.

Nicholas M. Williams Augustus W. Burrill Levi P. Dudley Henry P. Kennedy Brighton District George H. Keith William Blanchard Lambert Avenue Dorr Street Dorr and Norfolk Streets CU. H. Hemenway Lime Street Bummer Street New York and New England Railroad Company Columbia Street Dorchester Said Street Samuel H. Brown North Avenue A. & J. McLaren Border Street Michael Kelly Monument Street Bear Bunker Hall Street Havre F. Rollins Maverick Street Havre Street Maverick Square Oscar B. Mowry Winthrop Samuel L. George Fitchburg Railroad Company Warren Avenue John B. Nickelson Bremen Street Warren S. Vinal Rosedale Street Brighton Avenue Chester Street Metropolitan Railroad Company Park Street

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