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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1885

Page

4

Woman Triumphs Over the American Association. CHIC.GO Dec 25

In a balk line billiards match Vignaux defeats Slosson before a small crowd. The game featured long runs, rough play, and frequent lead changes, with Vignaux finally closing out at 777 to 634 after a slow, error prone session and numerous innings.

CHIC Vignaux Slosson Tee Slesson Balk Luns Vigeaux Sb. Slosson

Massachusetts Rifle Association Christmas shoot at Walnut Hill

The Massachusetts Rifle Association held its Christmas shoot at Walnut Hill yesterday with large attendance but poor conditions. A 12 o'clock fishtail wind and extreme cold reduced sharp competition, many scores withdrawn, and a team match between Company A of the First Regiment occurred. Sergeant F. C. Sheppard, First Corps Cadets, won the bronze badge in the State militia match. After January 1 Thursday match days will be discontinued until further notice. Next Wednesday the Gray pigeon shoot will occur. Other scores from the Military and Rest matches are listed, with standout performances by J. A. Emerson and E. A. Emerson among others.

Massachusetts Rifle Association Walnut Hill Company A Flest F. C. Sheppard First Corps

National League action as Wiman case looms

Philadelphia dispatch reports the American Association yielding after Wiman threatens a new group. A special meeting at Girard House will readmit Wiman’s Metropolitan case. National League insiders name a Washington club bid, while Spalding opposes enlarging the league beyond six teams. Indianapolis and Rochester discussed to complete the Western circuit.

Philadelphia American Association McKnight Girard House Wiman Cincinnati Club Garrett Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Club National League Messrs Soden Boston Day New York Reach Spalding Chicago Mesers Beacon National Club of Washington Nationals Indianapolis Rochester

Polo clash at Columbia rink ends in slugging match

Yesterday afternoon at the Columbia rink the Clubs met Wright & Ditson in a hard slugging polo game. The first match ended with four goals apiece after three fifteen minute innings and a tense second game saw continued rough play. Referee John Irwin called tight, but fouls remained high throughout.

Columbia Wright & Diteon Wright & Ditson Sseceseesesees Walton Muidey Sonevece Eshaffe Ian Eereeeceees Morrill Aszseces Eau Romin Bas Grardner RayMond Eee Hodinsod Scugee Coves Epee Goel Cove Peceses Ccccuerces O Wil John Kwin Turner Walton Young Tame Tafferty Ratlerty Eigth Rusn Rafferty Welcome Rush Mae Hubs Lim Morris Hubs Waiton Lim D. Turner Morris Firth Hubs Rafferty D.turner Pease Powell Manning Wright & Neilson Neilson Wright & Ditsons

South End Ath Club hosts open house and whist tourney

The South End Athletic Club ran an all day and evening open house with a whist tournament for 20 dollars to the winning team. Anderson and Pennelsson led, with many pairings and final results listed. At Olympian Club events, Brighton High beat English High four to one, Boston and Maine beat Beck & Harris’s three to one, and a series of races followed including a mile schoolboys win by R Gould and two mile trade win by J Leban. Evening play saw Boston and Maine beat Jordan & Marsh three goals to none in 20 minutes, plus costume-pedestrian and professional races. A bou-bou party is planned. O Leary in walking match news.

South End Athletic Club Anderson Donnlion Olympian Club Brighton High School Boston Maine Beck & Harris's R. Gould J. Leban A. Beechman Jordan & Marsh James Turner Afvica George Beechman Georg Price Josiah P. Mendum Cambridge Middissex Goardian Boston Post Grannce M. Brooks Esquire

The Tigers Tigers at Globe Theatre and More Venues

Afternoon and evening showings listed for Kelly and Mason in The Tigers at Globe Theatre along with Robson and Crane in Comedy of Errors at Bootitus Theatre. Museum Company presents Little Em'ly at Suston Museum in aid of Charles Barron with afternoon performance. plus Nordeck and U and I at Park Theatre and Bijou Theatre. Hollis Street Theatre hosts The Sikado. Gus Williams stars in Oh What a Night at Arven Athenium. Museum, Menagerie and Aqua Rim open 10 AM to 10 PM. Battle of Gettysburg runs daily 531 to 541 Tremont Street, open day and evening.

GLOBE Kelly and Mason the Tigers Bootitus Robson and Crane Suston Museum—Museum Company Sikado ARV Athenium Gus Williams Tremont Street

Poker Plot Ends in Labyrinth of Cards at Den

In a festive room the Sandusky, Calumet, Atchison and Richison played a high stakes poker game. Bets surged from a modest $25 to around $200 as each claimed a near perfect hand. A messenger boy had secretly doctored the cards triggering the crash of the syndicate’s Christmas poker party.

Sandusky Calumet Atchison Richison Telephone

A Blue Christmas Day for City Sluggers

The piece recalls a somber Christmas among local pugilists led by Jake Kilrain, Johnny Murphy and others. The West End group faced weight tricks for a bantam champ and rough training, while barroom revels yielded free lunches and grim talk of glove fights and dwindling earnings.

Jake Kilrain North Somerville Johnny Murphy Jack Burgess T. P. Evans Patsy Sheppard Henry Sigourney P. Coakley Tim McCarthy Denny Kelleher Bridgeport John Connolly South End M. McKeighney West End

The Actor's Christmas Dims the Season for Theatre

A long note on actors facing Christmas toil and sorrow, where a Boston comedian endures a grim holiday, finds a spark of joy through generosity. A private dinner ends with a telegram about a friend’s death, prompting a heartfelt Christmas wish and a charity gesture for his widow.

Christmas Dinner of the Bachelors Club Tallies Generosity

In a city, the Bachelors Club hosts their annual Christmas dinner at the opposite Public Gardens apartments. A wealthy, hardworking lawyer president gives gifts to all staff and aids the poor, while another silent member contributes privately, and a younger bachelor with wealth and charm arouses gossip among marriageable daughters. The feast reveals hidden kindness among the fortunes.

Bachelors’ Club Helf

The Ghost in Hardstubble and a Boy's Christmas Fear

A narrator from Hardstubble recalls his first ghost tale during Christmas. Emigrant families tell Irish lore of Finn Mac Cool and banshees, fueling village belief in spirits. A snowball aimed at a white figure near a new house accidentally strikes a woman, ending the town’s ghost sightings for good.

Dicken Jacob Merley Hallowe’en Hardstubble Old Colony Christ Jeremiah Smithreid Torquemada Sach Ireland Finn Macool Scotland Ulster Eris Harastubble

Reform as Bangs' Shield in Campaign History

The text describes Bangs as repeatedly contributing to his party's campaign capital and aligning with reform on public questions. In discussions on weighty topics he hides behind reform, hoping to build a reputation as a reformer.

Bangs

Reform Talk and Postmaster Rivalry in Town

A resident boasts of reform aims and criticizes local officeholders, naming Smith the long serving postmaster and vowing to seek a post. He recalls failing to vote after a contract with poll tax payer Jones collapsed and notes a Christmas reply offering cautious politeness.

Old Smith Pho Jones

Christmas Night Tramp Reflections End In Custody

A Boston article depicts a professional tramp wandering Hanover Street and the docks on Christmas night seeking food and shelter. Police intervene, detaining him as a vagrant, while he reflects on lost family, poverty, and the choice that led him to the streets.

Hanover Street Boston Homs

A Sailor's Christmas Ideal and Harsh Realities

Afloat and ashore, a sailor’s Christmas blends longing and reality. While at sea the holiday means a noon meal and a few diversions, ashore he envisions feast and theater, dancing and drink, only to face poverty, precarious lodging, and longing for a ship. The piece contrasts joyful, moneyed Christmases with the lonely, destitute experience of sailors without work or funds.

Jack Daughters of India Opa Jeck Tropics

The Good Genius of the Weather Brought the Conductor's Wife

A horse car conductor's wife laments earning limits while hoping for a gift filled Christmas. They pray for cold weather to aid wages, and a surprise stocking stuffer arrives as passengers drop coins in straw for the conductor to buy presents for their child.

Genevieve Honora Sam Renora Santa Claus

A Reporter’s Christmas Odysseys Through Church Theater and Bull Pup

A writer recounts a Christmas day in Boston visiting a church, a theater, and a dining hall. He recalls a quirky box present, shared meals at a boardinghouse, music and sermons, and a final walk with a bull pup before reflecting on missing home and childhood friends.

Boston

Gibson's whiskeys praised for uniform quality and age

Gibson's whiskeys are described as first class in every particular with great unity and age. They sustain an excellent commercial reputation as the finest and unrivalled. Bottled at the Moore and Sinnott distillery and available at druggists grocers and reliable dealers.

Gibson’s Moore & Sinnott

Movements of the Fishing Fleets at Cape Ann

The Cape Ann Advertiser reports weekly fishing arrivals totaling 552 009 pounds. Codfish led with 447 000 pounds, halibut 84 100, pollock 12 000, haddock 29 000 pounds. Last year’s week had 245 000 codfish, 84 100 halibut, 4500 pollock, 140 600 haddock. This past week’s 618 200 codfish, 176 400 halibut, 5000 pollock, 29 000 haddock.

BN Anocg Acasacaseke la Have Bank Cout Cape Ann Advertiser

Ship Uranus and Benona Hit by Weather and Collision

Reports from the era note strong westerly gales during the Hamburg to Philadelphia passage aboard the Uranus, with split sails and loss of sail area. The steamer Benona, from Demerara and anchored at quarantine in New York, was rammed by a harbor mud scow, flooding fore compartments and prompting vessel attention.

Uranus Ger Hamburg Philadelphia New York Benona Demerara Isristo Fort Constitution Portsmouth Gallatin Norfolk Fairwind Richmond White Shoal James River

Foreign Steamers and Vessels Sailing Schedules Listed

A compiled list of December sailing movements and arrivals for numerous ships and steamers. Entries include names such as Aisa, Belize, Kingston, Oaxaca, and others with ports like Port Simon, Vera Cruz, Liverpool, New York, and Pensacola. The notice records departures, sail dates, and destinations in a dense ledger style.

Aspinwall Aisa Sanson Carthafens Port Simon Belize Gamecon Kingston Liverpool Pauillac Kendle Vera Cruz Adelaide Mary Roberts Jana Sailea Beraldsen Royal Roads J P Sreith. Jones Cardenas Rocky Glen Bray New York Jasper Philadelphia Havema White Ames Daaware Payson Tucker Tucker Delaware Bifasigax Alunda Hill Baltimore Mary B Lavash Dermuda Isabella Fraser York Arthur Goodwin Bess & Stella Haux Newark Wanaimo America Herriman San Francisco Panarma aAr Spear Farr Philapping Yarmouth Tyrone Hickman

Foreign and coastal vessel movements logged around late December

Maritime notices record December sailing and passage events. Vessels including steamer Belgen, bark Minden, steamer Wells City, bark Ocean Prince, schooner Francis L Cooper, bark Richard, steamer Lancaster, steamer Madrid, bark Bertha Anderson, ship Equator, steamer Dominion, bark Wolravens Molchers, steamer North Durham, steamer Queen, and others passed or sailed between ports such as New York, Charleston, Philadelphia, Hull, Pensacola, Bristol, Galveston, and Bonn.

Belgen Beynon New York Minden Smith Bristol Wells City Weiss Reelona Ocean Prince Milburn Charleston U Gombey Francis L Cooper Cooper Auruius Richard McLaughlin Ei Fast Cuianta Lancaster Steives Philadelphia Cadiz Madrid Gantes Newark Carthagena Bertha Anderson Morse Edeai Equator Steinbeck Hull Pensacola Feather Dominion Wall Portland Fiwme Wolravens Molchers Wachter Gibraltar North Durham Wildlauis Bonn Queen Lavender Galveston Reersey E Eliza Jeune la Poille Hinerle Baltimore Trewery Liverpool St Mungo Nesbit Crete James James Kenway McDonald Relini Gibson Venezuelan Coward New Orleans Saiea Carthagenian McNichol Boston Oxenholme Williams Batimore Benmore Jenkins Wumington Saturi Picqua Prowse Rettien Haliet Neustria Vernew York Azelea Petrie Stomas Pauillac Chateau Lafite Journeill Borseaux Pemang Groen van Prinateren Ueenstown Augustinia Flagstad Darien Brake Minnia Olsen Malpeque Swansa Bachetert Emil Pascagoula Rotterdam Harold Burris Antwerp Reed Rio Janeiro Lykus Phillikirk Sebeastopol Steamer Sportsman Russell Valpersiso Barks Webster Kenney Bath Oliver S Barrett Roberta Seb Satila Skolfein Kai’ Mmore Johns Hopkins Foster Providence Charlies F Mayer Anthoby Sarah KB Dongless Ceruti Nassau Elia M Hawea Fcoum Brunswick Beil Higgins Cushing Key Greenwich War Steed Brookluffs Nightingale Uilyard Maggie P Smith Douglass Phindelpha Somerset Jenee Colorado Daniels San Marcos Burrows T J Cochran Havana Mobile Leary James Young Linekin Famigna Irigo Palermo New London William H Kenzel Pad York Allyn’s Point JJ Moore Arnold Huboxen Helena Griffin Norfolk Norwich Little Gun Cann Hanan Blanchard Atikins Kotter Stevens West Point Sation Kanawha Greenwood Peter H Athlon J Weissenborn Bremen Fred E Scammel Sligosch H Harriman Jacksonville Franconia City of New Bedford Fall River Louia Walsh London KE T Campbell St Marties J Westerway Charlottetown Sachs New Bedford Emma Endicott Hell R Hull Ney LL Hamlin FC Switch Cobasset Isabelle Jewett Celeste Bureas Abby Thaxtar Lamoine Jennie Rogers Olive Elliot L MC Moseley James M_ Kaylis Wickford Charlies S Davis Ada Herbert Arzo Wareham J Terry Albion Joan Warren Daniel G Floyd Newport J 3 Terry Nantucket Maud B —Etheryn Provincetown Betha Tages Sallie Chantre Hattie Goufrey Aunton Woorfolk Joho R Salladay Canmer Arren Richard Peterson Kendall Aladdin Pedersen Buenos Aires AnAr Achilles Hand Newburyport Commonwealth van Kork Uranus Niemand Hamburg Adelia Curzon Careen MV & Chase Pinkham Charis & White Weed Vinalhaver Ida U Senonleen Grace Webster Bridgham Emne Bec Clearea Norman Crowell Portaville Bacondo Harrisburg Alvertsep Portsmouth Aquator Nelson Surrey Murrel City of Nasan Pew Payne Schs Fred Jackson Snow Cardenas Herali Gray Nettie Champion Somers Savannah Horace O Bricht Seaver Race Webster Brigham David Lee Lee Arnie J Pardee Crosby Poton Delaware Pareed Barts Jonann Kep Aspatogan Eugene Borda van Nort Ingraham Mu'len Keckland Richmond Annie KE Rudelth Levins Damaris

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