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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1879

Page

3

Clapp Ballou Case Advances as Arbitration Looms

The Clapp and Ballou case against the Commonwealth is in type, with arguments underway. It is anticipated the matter will be referred to arbitrators on Monday.

Reunion of US Veteran Signal Association Holds Fourth Year

The fourth annual reunion of the United States Veteran Signal Association met at Ocean House Revere Beach with about thirty five members. Officers were elected for the coming year and plans made to hold future gatherings at a more central location with ladies invited to attend. Messages toasted the dead and honored General Myer and the Potomac quiet.

United States Veteran Signal Association United States Ocean House Revere Beach Equitable Powder Horn Hill Chelsea Capt F. R. Shattuck R. W. Burpee Lieut J. W. Brown H. E. Warren Irving Jones M. McCarthy Myer Potomac

City Hall Notes On Streets Tax and Court House

City notes a plan to extend Hamilton Place to Washington Street if benefited property owners sign an agreement limiting city expenditure to 150000 dollars. It reports 131 women registered to vote for School Committee in December, many as teachers, and mentions Mystic water filtering studies led by Assistant Engineer Flattery. Sherman House in Court Square eyed as court house site with owner Thomas L. Smith offering 175000 dollars, Public Buildings committee favorable. City Collector to mail about eighty thousand poll tax notices to both genders with payment details and 1879 act excerpt on tax division.

Hamilton Place Washington Street Mystic Flattery Sherman Court Square Court House Thomas L. Smith

Insane woman found alive after eleven days missing

A woman missing eleven days near Millbridge was found Monday at noon in the woods, alive and in good condition. Other news includes a Presque Isle District class convention nomination, a drowning accident at Biddeford Pool, a man lost in fog near Millbridge and later found, serious injuries to Sheriff H. H. Smith and Caleb Warren after carriage accidents, an impostor swindling in Pittsfield, Odd Fellows festivities in Lewiston, a desertion case in Lee, a Plymouth railroad station break-in with ticket identifiers, and the River Queen and Island Home steamers delivering passengers to Nantucket.

Millbridge Presque Isle Fred Barker Mr. Howard Westeld Miss Johnson Wisconsin Biddeford Henry Foster H. H. Smith Denmark Caleb Warren Pittsfield Pleasant Street Auburn Odd Fellows Lewiston Massachusetts Regiment of Patriarchs Salem Portland Boston

New Hampshire Briefs from Chesterfield to Epping

A Windsor era list of New Hampshire items notes the Universalist grove meeting at Spofford Lake in Chesterfield and a meadow crane six feet four inches long recently shot by J L Stevens of East Haverhill. The West Rockingham Bible Society plans its eighteenth annual meeting in Windham on September 3 at the Presbyterian Church. The heaviest loaded White Mountain express train passed the Boston Concord and Central line southward. Mountain hotels and boarding houses are reported as never so full. Will Moore and Donna Hadlock, who helped arrest Monroe rioters, were attacked on a covered bridge by five men. two suspects will be arraigned Saturday. No. 8 mill work expands at Manchester Mills Corp with a 400 foot long addition four stories high and extensive remodeling. A baseball game at Epping between the Eppings and Granite States of Portsmouth ended in a free fight as Granite State players used bats. several Epping players were injured and no arrests made. The last Hedding camp session held at 6 pm Friday with preaching by G W Ruland, Howard, and B W Case. about 2,000 attended and the weather cooperated though turnout was below peak.

Universalist Grove Spofford Lake Chesterfield J. L. Stevens East Haverhill West Rockingham Bible Society Presbyterian Church Windham Boston, Concord and Central Railroad Will Moore Donna Hadlock Monroe Manchester Mills Corporation Epping Eppings Granite States Portsmouth Hedding Camp Ground G. W.ruland Greenland Howard Exeter B. W. Case Sunapee William Howe Burlington Boston Chaplain Valley Poultry Association Winooski Vermont Methodist Church Church Tabor Montpelier United States Henry Lewis Ladd Post Mills Ladd Sally Horton Newport Lake Memphremagog William Switser Sutton D. B. H. Allen Chelsea Carns’ Mills Fred L. Burt East Burke Burt Lancaster N. H

Providence Roof Tragedy Claims Carpenter Wm Ellis

In Providence on Thursday evening, a carpenter named Wm. Ellis fell from a 25 foot roof staging at the Providence Gas Company yard. He struck the concrete walk head first, crushing his skull and suffering fatal internal injuries with no hope of recovery.

Providence Wm. Ellis Providence Gas Company

Sunday law violation cites for Ella steamer managers

Manager Walker and Pilot Comstock of steamer Ella were cited before the Police Court at New London to answer for violating the Sunday law and will appear tomorrow morning. It is not expected that the excursion passengers from last Sunday will be prosecuted.

Walker Comstock Ella New London

Chinese Language in Harvard University and Local News

An 1879 Cambridge report notes Prof Ko Kum-Huo from China will teach Chinese at Harvard for three years at $200 monthly, with class planned for fall term. Also covered are a case of insanity in William R. Barker, Lynn police picnic results, a runaway horse for Geo F Harwood Co, a missing boy, a Dedham cave-in accident killing an 11-year-old, and other suburban notes.

Harvard University Ko Kum-Huo China Cambridge Francis P. Knight Eliot Harvard Berviggens Knight Shanghai Harvard College Ko Kum-Huuo William R. Barker New England Houghton Street Cambridgeport Lynn Nahant Green Sanderson Newhall Stove Alderman Mullen Warren Capt Alexander Herlihy Curran Noyes Watt Cryan Welch Heald Smith Gavneyv Murphy Hines Seavey

Burlington shoe store closed on attachment by Boston creditor

A Burlington shoe shop owned by William Howe was closed on Wednesday following an attachment by a Boston creditor. The report notes ongoing business activity in the region, including a December poultry show and a Winooski woolen mill operation.

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