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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
8
United States Circuit Court of Appeals session on December 16 adjourned with no cases ready for trial. Coxit Newson Carpenter JJ presiding.
United States District Court on December 16 fined J. L. M. Maxham forty dollars for illegal use of the mails. The court was hearing liquor case trials.
Houlmes J George Plaisted v Mathew Robson concerns accounting of partnership transactions with decision reserved. Frank B Fay v Eilen Kiley appeals probate decree denying guardianship of 17 year old Mary and appointing guardian from Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. decree affirmed. Attorneys listed for parties.
The document lists multiple court actions from a Suffolk Superior Court session, including guardian Mary Hillery v H H Gilmore with jury trivia and counsel, Edwin J Turner v L P Harding on a $200 contract to build a house, and numerous case entries such as Conrad Zikendrath v city of Boston for injuries from snow, with noted attorneys and outcomes. The scattered lines show proceedings, defenses, and verdicts across several dockets and sessions.
A compiled list from a Middlesex Superior Court docket shows cases resumed and unfinished in the Third and Fourth Sessions. Notable entries include Sullivan v. Clark, Fowle v. West End Railway, Maynard J. presiding, and John Cahill v. West End Street Railway Co. with damages sought. Also listed are numerous order numbers and ongoing actions in contract and equity, with motions scheduled Fridays at 2 p.m. in Cambridge.
The Street Commissioners voted to lay out Malcolm street as a public way from Mt. Vernon street to Chestnut street a distance of 250 feet. City Hall’s new elevator will be installed within 90 days and will lift a 2500 pound load at 250 feet per minute. Lids opened yesterday but will be distributed today due to Mayor Matthews’ illness. Water rates remain the same with no discount offered this year, despite earlier talk of increases. Colonel Doherty criticizes water bill discounts as a mistaken practice.
The Pope Manufacturing Company issues its annual block calendar with a new iron support replacing the wooden rest. The compact calendar helps determine the day and serves as a memoranda aid, widely welcomed by recipients this year.
Sarah Aitken and two other children, Kenneth and Mary McKenzie, were taken from the Allan Line steamship Peruvian on December 3 while all ill with scarlet fever. Sarah died yesterday at the quarantine station. her Fall River father will be notified by the Board of Health. The remaining children are reported to be improving.
The next meeting of the Boston Theosophical Society will be at No 152 Boylston street on Thursday December 17 at 8 pm Mrs E L L Moffett will deliver an address on Dreams Public invited.
A New York morning disaster reports the tug Three Brothers sinking after a heavy squall between Bedley’s Island and Robbins’ reef. Six men were aboard. the captain, cook, and a deck hand drowned. The other crew members are missing or survived.
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