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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1882

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Tariff quarrel and Michigan senate race headlining mix

Washington notes condemn the wool tariff report as favoring woollen interests and raising costs for dress goods. It also surveys Michigan’s Senate contest, praising Burrows over Ferry and Hubbell while labeling Cooley as best if virtuous timing allowed.

Berdell as Star Route Suspect May Turn State’s Evidence

Rumors in Washington claim Berdell, a star route defendant, has turned state's evidence and written a confession about business relations with Brady, Dorsey, and others. The Star notes that testimony could shift the trial, with defense and prosecution cautious and wary of his potential plea for immunity. The piece also mentions a lack of courtroom harmony and a likely Senate vote on Pendleton civil service reform amid holiday dullness in the capital.

Washington Berdell Star Route Brady Dorsey The Star Ingersoll Merrick Ker Rerdell Wylie Rardell Bardell Ierdell

Boiler Explosion Kills Two at Vermont Saw Mill

A boiler blast at Silas Mason & Son in Hartwellville Vt kills Engineer Fred Williams 30 and Marshall Mason 24 instantly. Their deaths occur as the chair factory, part of a profitable lumber business, suffers severe damage, with the boiler house scattered and debris alarming nearby residents. A nearby boy is injured, the cause of the explosion remains unclear after the boiler had been repaired recently.

North Adams Mass Silas Mason Hartwellville Fred Williams Marshall Mason Marshall Mason Silas Mason & Son Williams

Pelham Father Shoots Children Then Wounds Wife

Meriam Montgomery, 28, shot his two children in Packardville Pelham eight miles from Amherst this morning, killing 6 year old George and likely fatally wounding 4 year old Eva. He then shot at his wife and her father but was overpowered and jailed.

Springfield Mass Meriam Montgomery Packardville Pelham Amherst George Eva Montgomery Horatio Marsh Sheriff Wells Enfield Northampton Agnan

Mandamus bid by Gen Chalmers in Jackson dismissed

In Jackson Mississippi on December 26 a mandamus suit by Gen Chalmers to force counting the county vote for Chambless was heard. The secretary of state faced a plea in abatement, Chalmers’ counsel demurred, Judge Wharton overruled, and the case was dismissed.

Jackson, Miss Gen Chalmers Secretary of State J. 2 Chambless Wharton

New England Tobacco Growers Form Mutual Benefit Group

Hartford meeting of about 400 growers from Connecticut and Massachusetts seeks a New England association to protect the industry. Resolutions urge tax removal on tobacco with higher duties on Sumatra and all imported tobacco, sparking debate on abolishing internal revenue taxes. Col. E N Phelps presided. officers elected. congressmen Buck and Robinson cited concerns.

Hartford Conn Connecticut Massachusetts New England Sumatra Hamerstein United States Tobacco Journal Charirman Col E.N. Phelps Phelps Congress Cuba New England Tobacco Growers Association E. N. Phelps Windsor C. Harden Glastonbury Jabez

Big Fire on West Camden Street Destroys Property

A major blaze on West Camden Street caused about 60,000 dollars in losses. No injuries were reported as firefighters battled the flames through the night and secured the scene. The origins of the fire remain under investigation.

Camden Street

Christmas Violence and Chaos Report in New Orleans

A New Orleans despatch reports disorder, shootings, stabbings, and several small fires turning Christmas into pandemonium. An Atlanta despatch notes fair weather and crowds. Casualties include a murder, a white man fatally struck by another, family violence incidents, a police shooting, and numerous injuries totaling 125 cases at station houses across ten wards.

New York New Orleans Atlanta

Arraignment in Skowhegan Court for Murder Case

In Skowhegan the supreme judicial court arraigned Joseph Henderson on murder charges for a Septembers past killing. He pleaded not guilty as Attorney General Cleaves prepares the prosecution. Two Russians named Y erkowitz and Watchmaker report thefts of packs valued at $200 from a Lewiston boarding house. A Bristol woman keeps a five foot alligator as a pet, warming it by the stove and receiving its nightly affection. A Maine Central train collision near Carmel kills Dr. A J Pickard, about 40, leaving a widow and five children. Several Portland-area houses report burglaries as a young man named Winthrop Morrell disappears from Sanger's livery with an overcoat and other items later identified as stolen. Morrell, of Brighton, Muss, is in custody.

Supreme Judicial Court Skowhegan Joseph Henderson Wellington McDaniel Cleaves J. Yerkerovitz Isexe Pepees Oth Street Lewiston Bristol Maine Central Portland Bangor Carmel Station A. J. Pickard Carmel Sanger O. M. Shaw Boston W. N. Clifford Winthrop Morrell Brighton Muss

Grain merchant assigns assets and a jail term in Dover

Josiah James a grain merchant of Ports mouth made an assignment to Thomas Neil on Tuesday. James McNealy a 30-year-old wood chopper from Barrington was committed to the county jail at Dover on Tuesday in default of 560 bonds for discharging a loaded revolver at Everett W. Foss a 10 year old boy of Strafford. McNealy was drunk when the shot was fired. Warren Burrows of Northwood died on Monday from lockjaw after having his foot cut with an axe a few days earlier while chopping.

Josiah James Portsmouth Thomas Neil Warren Burrows Northwood James McNealy Barrington Dover Everett W. Foss Strafford McNeally

Vermont forest commissioners named by governor

Gov Barstow appoints Edwards and Phelps of Burlington Redfield Proctor of Rutland and Frederick Billings of Woodstock as forestry commissioners under the last legislature. They will inquire into Vermont forests extent and condition and report to the next legislature with protection measures.

Multiple tragedies and notices sweep Massachusetts headlines

A 12 year old son of a Winchester harness maker drowns skating. Annie Sullivan is fatally run over by cars in Winchester. Julia Bolan is cut to pieces by a train at Chicopee. Reform Club Worcester to host Red Ribbon reunion January 16. Thomas Eaton, 60, dragged by a train and severely injured. Lancaster mills cut pay 3 percent across departments starting January 1. Newburyport Victoria mills import Swedish workers. A Fail River house fire leaves a girl badly burned. Margaret Buckley shows insanity and is sent to Worcester asylum. Dover marshal Libbey acquitted on charges after adjourned inquiry. Charles H. Simpson dies from a horse accident in Northboro. Otis Farrer living with presumed wife in Marlboro. wife No 1 appears, warrant issued for Farrer. arrest follows.

Daniel Looney Winchester Annie Sullivan Julia Bolan Chicopee Red Ribbon Reform Clubs of Massachusetts Reform Club Hall Worcester Thomas Eaton Adams Hie Lancaster Mills Victoria Mills Newburyport McNamara Fail River Margaret Buckley Marlboro Cotting & Dacy William H. Dodge Reuben A. Libbey Dover Board of Aldermen Charles H. Simpson Northboro State Farm Farrer New York Robinson

Free Chapel Dedication in Newport and Local Tragedy

The Free Chapel of St. John in Newport is being dedicated today with Bishop Clark delivering the sermon. Greenwich Academy student Joseph S. Strichell drowned after skating through the tea on Monday. A new drinking fountain funded by the Newport Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with Nathan Appleton as press agent, is placed in Market Square. A woman in Shannock attempted suicide last Wednesday night by halting her life with a rope but was rescued. prior family threats are said to have occurred, though details remain quiet.

Charles Gray Fred Reichert Newark G. Heidel Loudon Philadelphia Col John Rice Little Rock Ark McAlmont Frank Shaver Troy Ala George Fallman G. F. Holloway Navy Department United States Hartford Valparaiso New York Judge Landon Schenectady N. Y Hobart F. Atkinson Commercial Bank of Rochester City Bank of Rochester Wm. M. Evarts Congressional Committee Newburgh Charles May Canton Mary Wise Merritton Ont Bessie Bye Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Millboro Cincinnati Jarvis Rusk Newport Bishop Clark Joseph S. Strichell Greenwich Academy East Greenwich Newport Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals Nathan Appleton Boston Market Square Shannock

Desperado Kerr Hanged After Informal Globe Trial

At Globe last night Thomas Kerr shot William Hardy dead without provocation. Kerr was disarmed, a 12 man jury convened, an informal trial held, and he was hanged from a nearby sycamore tree. His body was cut down this morning.

Treson A. T Globe Thomas Kerr William Hardy Kerr

Sugar crop outlook in Demerara forecasts 140000 hogsheads

Advices from Demerara report favorable weather for the sugar crop and a large yield expected at about 140000 hogsheads. Large shipments of dark crystal sugars have been made, but the high polarization standard prevents many planters from achieving the desired quality.

Sr. Thomas Demerara

Aldermen Act on Petitions and Ordinances at Tuesday Meeting

The board chaired by Alderman Stebbins handles petitions from Bell Telephone for a pole on Leverett street, Union Freight for a curved track on Federal street, and others. It reports on wages, bond cancellations, land conveyance, street widenings, and requests to take land for public institutions, with several ordinances postponed or referred to next government.

Stebbins Bell Telephone Company Leverett Street Charles Street Cragie’s Bridge Union Freight Railroad Company Federal Street New York and New England Railroad FE. Paige Columbus Avenue Appleton Canton Streets John F. Dwight Sixth Street Alfred N. Proctor Webster Street Toston Mary Tracy Police Department Wm. E. Undera Wood Harrison Avenue Stillman Street General Court Mary Linneben Dorothy Ann Craig Board of Health Committee On Common Hart Anthony Boylston Street Tremont Street Park Square Board of Aldermen Pratt Committee On Streets Chauncey and Essex Streets Phillips Square

Confirmations and Hesignations of School Teachers

The committee confirmed nominations for Evening high school assistants Henry C. Kendall and Robert P. Clapp. Quincy school Earth K Hodson as assistant. Special assistant Marietta L Valent ine Gibson school. Temporary Mary J Buckley third assistant Lawrence school. Instructors probation Edith M Bradford fourth assistant Bigelow school Margaret H H Price fourth assistant Bigelow school Helen M Stevens fourth assistant Dillaway school Susie C Wormer fourth assistant Dorchester Everett school ds Langdon Curtis sub-master Dwight school Amartila E Esilman third assistant George Putnam school James P White fourth ant Lewis school Local Howard sub master Mather school E Isabelle Lease fourth assistant Mather school.

Henry C. Kendall Robert P. Clapp Quincy Earth K. Hodson Marietta L. Valentine Gibson School Mary J. Buckley Lawrence School Grece M. Remick Adams School Mary E. Symonds Dora M. Leonard Ann E. Newell Norcross School Alice G. Stockman Sherwin Scheol Ea K. Johnson Shortleay School Edith M. Bradford Bigelow School Margaret HH. Price Helen M. Stevens Dillaway School Susie C. Wormer Dorchester Everett ds.Langdon Curtis Dwight School Amaritla E. Esilman George Putnam James P. White Lewis Howard Mather E. Isabelle Lease Elizabeth G. Bailey Bigelow Mary J. Backup Dillaway Fannie H.C. Bradley

Dedicatory Opening of New Huntington Avenue Children’s Hospital

The new Children’s hospital building on Huntington avenue near Chester park was formally dedicated Tuesday morning and opened to patients. Officers, staff, and Ladies' Aid attended. Robert C. Winthrop presided in President Nathaniel Thayer’s absence. Henry Browning, 5, was the first name entered in the new books as about 20 patients were moved from the Washington and Rutland site.

Huntington Avenue Children’s Hospital Chester Park Ladies’ Aid Association Robert C. Winthrop Nathaniel Thayer Winthrop Chandler Robbins George H. Ruth Nathaniel H. Emmons Justice Bigelow Albert Fearing E. R. Mudge Manning Brown Messrs Charles Faulkner Jane Thacher John C. Phillipps Wetherell George W. Blagden D.D Ss. K. Lothrop D. D Blagden Washington and Rutland Streets Theresa Sisters of St. Margaret Henry Browning

Latencon's Boston theatre revival draws strong praise at Athenaeum

Latencon's great success at the Boston theatre The World has been revived briefly at Howard Athenaeum. The cast earns high praise with Redraund as Sir Clement Barry as Mabel and Maguinnix as the wicked Hebrew delivering strong performances. Crossley Elder Caledonian games and Olympia quartette entertain as notable acts headline a varied bill.

Harris Mark Price Bashford Miss Thorne Ned Miss Muldener Mary Blythe Howard Athenaeum Howard Crossley Elder Olympia Allie Drayton Donnelly Drew Pickett Vincent Harry Bloodgood John FE. Henshaw Ao Ten Broeck Lorellas Majiltons

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