Nawn vs City of Boston Civil Suit Over Talbot Avenue Sewer
The heirs of Hugh Nawn sue the City of Boston for about 40000 dollars claiming overpayment for Talbot avenue Dorchester sewer built 1885 86. The city paid 33000 plus and argues no further sum is due. Seven hearings have occurred with testimony focusing on ledge removal and pumping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nawn
City of
Boston
Frank D. Allen
Lynn
Hugh Nawn
William
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Washington Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Thomas J. Young
Costello
Michael Meehan
Sewer Department
Mr. Nawn
Vettom
GI Counts
Young
Centre Street
Nawnn
Norfolk Street
Centre
Nawan
Harry Nawn
John
Corey
Solomon Sanborn
John Gill
Mr. Dorey
Post
Brigham
Roxbury
Sanborn
East Boston
Somerville Aldermen Close 1889 Session With Petitions Pending
The last regular meeting of the Somerville Board of Aldermen for 1889, Mayor Pope presiding, included public hearings on sewer assessments. Orders were made to lay out Hove and Virginia streets. The fire department committee recommended denying a permit for F W Babcock and Co to run a fifteen horsepower engine and boiler at Prospect street works. A petition from Post 139 G A R for a memorial hall was referred to the next City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Pope
Hove
Virginia Streets
Committee On Fire Department
F. W. Babcock & Co
Prospect Street
G.A.K
Common Council
Frazer
Ward
E. P. Barry
Ward 16
Barry
General Court
City of
Boston
Cushing
Ward 23
Sullivan
Ward 22
Hart
Bedford Street
Chauncy
Kingston Streets
Kingston Street
Thomas N. Hart
Keenan
Ward 8
Venute Park
City of Boston
Charlestown
Board of Aldermen
Board of Fire Commissioners
Fire Department
Congress Street
Mason Street
Fanning
Ward 2
Committee On Parks
Franklin Park
Sarah J. Knight
Carroll
Organ Donated to Second Church in Memory of Florence Sawyer
A large audience attended the dedicatory services for a new organ donated by Mr. and Mrs. 8 A Denio in memory of their daughter Florence A Sawyer. The program included an opening organ solo, an anthem, and a soprano solo by Mrs. Minnie Stevens Coffin, with Rev. Horton and General Blackmar speaking on the gift and church history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Horton
Denio
W. W. Blackmar
F. W. Lincoln
Blackmar
Lincoln
New England
Boston
Wilson
Horton
Christendon
George $8. Hutchings
A. Denio
Chaurel
Florence A. Sawyer
I. M. Carter
H. L. Whitney
Marie. Marchington
Lilian Carllsmith
Jacob Benzing
A. G. Spring
H. H. Sawyer
Helen M. Randall
J. R. Paige
Fannie W. Preston
F. W. Knowles
J. W
Morse Faces Post Office Fight Over Quincy Appointment
Congressman Elijah A. Morse returns to a hornet’s nest over the Quincy post office appointment. Adams supporters threaten cutting Morse from Congress if Speare is reappointed, while Morse supporters urge retention amid party rivals in the tenth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah A. Morse
Canton
Washington
Quincy
Morse
Speare
Warren W. Adams
Mr. Morse
Mr. Adams
Adams
Congress
Joseph H. Walker
Ates
Electric Cars At Lowell Approved For East Merimac High Street
The Lowell Board of Aldermen settled electric motor power petitions by withdrawing prior resolutions and passing an electric railway resolution for East Merimac and High street routes through Belvidere Ward 6 with guard wires and construction supervision. The vote was 5 to 3 with Aldermen Putnam switching to support the experimental form amid ward opposition expected from Ward 6 citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller, Holden
Boutwell
Putnam
Ward 6
Educated Horses Visit by Inmates at Grand Opera House
Managers Proctor Mansfield and Professor Bartholomew invite inmates from Marcella Street Home Children's Mission Female Orphan Asylum Father Ford's Working Boys' Home Home of the Angel Guardian St Vincent Orphan Asylum Home for Destitute Children New England Home for Little Wanderers Home for Aged Men Home for Aged Poor Home for Aged Women Gwynne Temporary Home for Children Children's Friend Society to see educated horses Friday at 2 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor & Mansfield
George Bartholomew
Grand Opera House
Marcella Street
Children’s Mission
Father Ford
Working Boys
The
Angel Guardian
St. Vincent
New England
Little Wanderers
Gwynne
Children’s Friend Society
Samuel E. Sawyer
Gloucester
Salem
Sawyer Library of
Charitable Society of
Ravenwood Park
Sawyer
Fresh Water Cove
Rockport
American Humane Educational Society
Band of Mercy of America
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Boston
Baldwin Place Home
Boston Provident Association
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
North Bennet Street Industrial School
Bostonian Society
New England Historic Genealogical
Horace Mann School
Calendars for the New Year
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance of Springfield offers a bright calendar set with twelve cards tied by a golden cord. The Musicians calendar from Silver Burdett & Co of Chicago features pale yellow and gold tones and a portrait of John Knowles Paine. Pope Manufacturing again issues the Columbia calendar with each day on a separate leaflet, each bearing a verse fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Springfield
Messrs. Silver, Burdett & Co
Chicago
John Knowles Paine
Pope Manufacturing Company
Columbia
Quack Remedies Offer Cough Syrup and Pain Cure
An old newspaper ad touts Salvation Oil for headaches backaches toothaches and all aches at 25 cents and Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup at 26 cents claiming universal relief in a single remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Oil
Boston Common Council Adopts Wide City Salary Increases
The Boston Common Council passed multiple ordinance amendments boosting city official salaries. Debates covered sewer borrowing beyond debt limits, Bedford Street widening veto, and plans for fire department headquarters with new engine houses.
Kearsarge Naval Veterans Elect Officers and Hear Speeches
The Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association met last evening and elected Commodore Paul H Kendricken captain Martin L White commander W H Wleaves lieutenant commander Robert P Ross lieutenant W A Abbott engineer Daniel Shea surgeon H B Everett assistant surgeon Joseph H Baldwin paymaster Stephen B Clapp assistant paymaster Thomas B Gammon engineer Thomason Lavery assistant engineer Richard F Tobin secretary M H Enright chaplain George W Harris boatswain William Jones gunner John G Meisner carpenter Charles F Simpson sailmaker George W Dove Presentations followed with Kendricken receiving a gold mounted service sword and belt and White a gold mounted album of member photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association
Paul H. Kendricken
Martin L. White
W. H. Wleaves
Robert P. Ross
W. A. Abbott
Daniel Shea
H. B. Everett
Joseph H. Baldwin
Stephen B. Clapp
Thomas B. Gammon
Thomason Lavery
Richard F. Tobin
M. H. Enright
George W. Harris
William Jones
John G. Meisner
Charles F Simpson
George W. Dove
Kendricken
Association
Captain White
Cambridge Sneak Thief Steals 24 Watches
A thief entered James Huntington's jewelry shop at No 9 Harvard Row Cambridge around 7 PM yesterday and stole twenty four gold and silver watches. Huntington was in the rear and glimpsed the thief as he fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Huntington
Harvard Row
Cambridge
Revere House Praised for Cuisine and Daily Concert
Guests commend the Revere House for superior cuisine and attentive service. A new daily feature offers a delightful concert from 5 to 7 PM, earning high appreciation from visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere House
Electric street cars lecture by G W Mansfield at Wells Memorial Hall
Professor Mansfield of Thomson Houston explained the electric car system with chalk diagrams. He described the trolley spark overhead wire fuse box rheostat field magnet and arma ture and noted sparking is inevitable but safe in electric cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Memorial Hall
G. W. Mansfield
Mansfield
Thomson-Houston Company
West End
Wardwell Republicans Press Caucus Call for Dec 31 Meeting
The Wardwell faction reports a Republican majority in the House ready to sign a call for an evening caucus at the Green Room State House on December 31 1889 at 7 30 PM to decide the organization and officers. A list of signers is included and support for the evening time is debated. The will of Samuel E Sawyer of Gloucester details charitable bequests to libraries parks schools and many Boston and Gloucester institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardwell
House
House of Representatives
Green Room
State House
George P. Sanger, Jr
J. Otis Wardwell
Robert H. Bowman
Elihu B. Hayes
Thomas W. Bicknell
Andrew B. Lattimore
Alpheus Sanford
J. Henry Norcross
William G. Baker
Charles E. Carter
Herbert O. Delano
Henry H. Johnson
Martin L. Stover
Augustus G. Perki Pelatiah R. Tripp
James W. Harvey
B. P. Pickering
Ira A. Worth
Joseph A. Cushing Everett A. Davis
John MacFarlane
William B. Sprou
Frederick B. Day
Epes Davis
John J. Salter
John Albree
George N. Carpen
Benjamin Davy
Henry C. Wheaton
J. W. Fairbanks
Nahum
Cutter
Alonzo Penney
Horatio Carpenter
Alonzo Coburn
Sidney H. Cheesem
C. Waldo Bates
James B. Hayes
Walter A. Wheeler
Anthony Smalley
Edward Mott
Arthur G. Hill
Burns festival plans and notable hotel arrivals in Boston
Twenty five Boston Caledonian Club members meet at Quincy House to organize February Burns festival under club auspices. New England Association of California Pioneers dinner set for Jan 18 1890 at Revere House with ladies as guests. A Charles Willis dinner honors Buffalo resident at Parker House. List of prominent hotel arrivals includes Tremont Boston and Revere House guests from various states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Caledonian Club
Quincy House
New England Association of California Pioneers
Revere House
Boston Friends
Charles Willis
Buffalo
N. Y
Parker House
Fred K. M. Jones
Tremont
Henry B. Cleaves
Fred E. Richards
Portland
G. D. Robinson
Chicopee
C. L. Lamb
Minneapolis
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Trade-Mark Wrapper
The Deerfoot Farm Sausages are sold in two pound packages with a deer's foot trade mark on the wrapper. Beware of imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfoot Farm
Firemen Training Critique to the Editor of the Post
An observer from Boston disputes a Post firemen training article claiming New York incidents and drills cited are inaccurate. He details Boston’s six month drill, daily practice, and wall-climb training under Captain Grady, plus proposed box systems and rapid hitching claims, urging publication of corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Boston
New York
Broadway
Fifty-ninth Street
Ninth Avenue
New York Department
Grady
Ladder 6
Fire Department
Bristol Street
Sieg Lake
Engine 7
Farley, Harvey & Co
Washington Street
Observer
Talks at the Mt Bowdoin Reading Room
General Hazard Stevens spoke on Wild Game and Sport in Washington Territory during the second free course talk at Mt Bowdoin Reading Room. He described a vast region from the Pacific to the Rockies and from the British possessions to the Columbia River as a single wild life sanctuary with abundant hunting and peltry opportunities across mountain goats elk deer sea otter cougar wolves beaver otter raccoon rabbit and many birds and ducks. He shared hunting life incidents illustrating game habits and methods of take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Bowdoin
General Hazard Stevens
Washington Territory
General Stevens
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Columbia River
Oregon
North America
Tacoma
Baker
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Gray’s Harbor
Stevens
Hiller Caskets Exhibit Will Stay Open Sunday
Special permit granted by the Board of Aldermen allows the Hiller caskets exhibition at Horticultural Hall to remain open on Sunday. Mrs. Hiller, recently recovering from influenza, plans to attend all day next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiller
Board of Aldermen
Horticultural Hall
Courts Hear Bill Over Martin and Hill Cash System
Supreme Judicial Court hears a bill in equity from Hotmzons James Martin & Hill Cash Carrier Co alleging Martin and Arthur Hill formed a Maine corporation to control cash and parcel carrying patents. Plaintiffs claim Martin misrepresented ownership to Ames & Lamson who paid 190000. seek injunction and patent transfer. Defendant says prior sales are in books and no obligation to transfer future inventions. law provides adequate remedy. Judge expected to rule Monday. counsel listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Hotmzns
Martin & Hill Cash Carrier Co
Joseph C. Martin
Martin
Arthur C. Hill
Copartners
Hill
Martin & Hill
Maine
Frank M. Ames
Illiam
Lamson
United States
Martin & Hill, Company
Ames & Lamson
George O. Shattuck
C. M. Barnes
Chauncy Smith
F. P. Fish
Insolvency Court Calendar Listing Numerous First Hearings
Insolvency court adjourned third meetings schedule with first meetings listed for cases 1710 Abraham 5 Dan 16 and 1725 George A Preacott 1734 Jonathan J Cald well. Other entries include 1806 Fred A Locke 1821 Benjamin Barnes Jr 1822 Warren Emerson and 1622 Simon Himelhoch with further cases 498 Bibver v Nutward and 508 Woods v Kenny. Proceedings set for Suffolk County in successive sessions with several firms named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Dan
George A. Preacott
Jonathan J. Caldwell
Fred A. Locke
Benjamin Barnes, Jr
Warren Emerson
George F. Cochnower
Simon Himelhoch
Bibver
Nutward
Woods
Kenny
W. F. Brooks & Co. S
Local Court Fines and Sentences across Multiple Offenses
E. M. Hatch faces assault and battery with a $10 fine plus costs. John O'Brien receives probation for larceny. Philip O'Donnell is ordered for idle and dis orderly conduct. Henry W. Fisher is sentenced for cheating to six months in the House of Correction. Mary Burke and Michael Shine are fined $100 each and sent to the House of Correction for three months. Henry McLaughlin and Thomas Daly are fined and imprisoned or jailed for short terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Hatch
John O’brien
Philip O’donnell
Henry
W. Fisher
House of Correction
Mary Burke
Michael Shine
Same
Henry McLaughlin
Thomas Daly
Thompson v Gallagher verdict for the defendant in Middlesex court
In Middlesex superior court Judge Thompson presided. Verdict returned for the defendant in the case of Kittie Hern against William F Gallagher. Attorneys Wakefield Sleeper for plaintiff S A Phillips and T J Gargan for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Compt
Moynahan
Line
Lincoln
Han
Same
Murray
Coeb
Grenier
Lyman
Jane, Jr
Cullin
Cox
Court adjourns for jury trials to Dec. 30 in Essex County
Superior Court in Salem adjourned on December 26 with Judge Sherman announcing trials will resume Monday morning December 30. The order directs jurors to return for continued docketing and trial proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Salem
Sherman
Boston Water Power plans bond exchange and shop bids
Stockholders adjourned meeting to finalize the exchange of old bonds for a new issue. The Water Board received bids for a Albany street machine shop from multiple firms, but no contract was awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Water Power Company
Water Board
Albany Street
Fessenden & Libby
R. R. Mayer & Co
Gifford & Lawrence
W. H. Keyes & Co
L. C
Brennan & Co
Bertha C. Nelson
Mason
Supreme Court
Nelson
W.H. Powers
Etd
Kneisel Quartet
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Chickering Hall
Music Hall
Miss Aus der Ohe
Patrolman Patterson
Station 5
Adele Aus der Ohe
East Boston Ferries
C Lamps
Faneuil Hall Market
Probate Court Grants Multiple Wills and Administrations
In Norfolk Massachusetts on December 26, probate entries list wills for Julia Gertrude MacGregor and Catherine McKenna with executors and bonds. Administrations granted include D C Holmes, D G Hill, Calvin Hartzhorn, Story Burnham, John McInnes, A L Howard, each with bonds. Guardians appointed include J H McKenna for H McKenna and F E McKenna, P J McKenna minors, plus G L Holmes’s children and M E MacGregor’s minors. Appraisers named for Hodges and Noyes estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
White
Julia Gertrude MacGregor
Hyde Park
Catherine McKenna
Hyde Eye
Edward McKenna
Bond
D.C. Holmes
Dedam
D. G. Hill
Calvin Hartzhorn
Walpole
C. S. Hartzhorn
Story Burnham
Stoughton
Robert Burnham
John McInnes
William McInnes
Howard
Randolph
H. A. Howard
Howard Colburn
Dedham
G. L. Holmes
Mary Elizabeth Holmes
Sarah Louise Holmes
J.H. McKenna
H. McKenna
F. E. McKenna
P. J. McKenna
Edmund Davis
G. M. MacGregor
M. E. MacGregor
Helen Gertrude MacGregor
Carrie Richmond
C. Hodges
Wilber
P. Hodges
Foxboro
Tyler ‘Thayer
Harwood
Colburn
J. B. Baker
Nathaniel Noyes
Municipal Court CrimR session verdicts and fines
December 26 criminal session issues fines and terms. Vinegar dealer Curtis Parrnen Ter Jr. paid 50 plus costs for substandard vinegar. Bren nan convicted of coat larceny from Peter N Smith. appeal noted. Thirty Chinamen pleaded guilty to fan tan on Harrison Ave. fined 35 each. Metcalf held for January 3 after embezzling 1000 from Miss Saran F Nichols. Richardson larceny of 1250. four months in House of Industry. Reynolds three months for gold watch larceny. Marguskie waived exam on theft from his mother. 400 bond for January term. Mulvey and McKenna charged with breaking into 39 Utica St. held 1000 bond. Talbot guilty of gold watch and chain larceny. three months House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CurtIs, Parmenter, Ey, Jr
William Rutledge
Federal Street
Peter Brennan
Peter N. Smith
Harrison Avenue
Charles F. Metcalf
Saran F. Nichols
Lynn
Edward R. Richardson
Anna F. Oliver
House of Industry
Eugene Reynolds
Abraham Marguskie
Frank Mulvey
John McKenna
James ‘Twohig
Utica Street
James Talbot
House of Correction
Maritime Exhibition Draws Large Crowd at Fair
A large attendance marked yesterday's Maritime Exhibition with a popular Christmas tree for children and ongoing musical attractions. Preparations for a testimonial to press agent Hugh Coyle on Monday are under way with extra attractions secured, signaling a highly successful event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Coyle
New Corporations Form Charters for Eight District Firms
Charters issued to the 8. C. Dev lin Company with capital of 6000 dollars for brokerage and commission business in Boston and to the Charlestown Home for Aged Men and Couples with John Turner as president and Nelson Bartlett as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. C. Devlin Company
Boston
Charlestown
John Turner
Nelson Bartlett
Unclean Boston Streets Prompt Reader Letter
A reader praises a Taverner remark on School street cleanliness and condemns Tremont street unsightly filth. He notes hotels and horse cars as a Sunday exposure, suggests using convict labor for dawn street cleaning, and cites Granary Burying Ground as a disgraceful sight. Dec 26, 1889 Atheneum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taverner
School Street
Europe
America
Boston
Tremont
Beacon
Park Streets
Tremont Street
Atheneum
A Word for The Cynic in Boston Letter
A reader named X writes Boston on December 26 criticizing the Cynic’s philosophy. He argues the democratic system carries an undeserved burden and notes a sample illustrating the reversible collars misrepresented by the Cynic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taverner
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Somerville Aldermen
8. A. Denio
Quincy Post Office
Elijah Morse
Lowell
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
William R. Rowell
Frederick M. Kilmer
William B. Durant
Milton
Francis W. Kittredge
Frederick J. Ranlett
Greenough
Louis A. Cook
Henry E. Turner, Jr
Frank W. Dallinger
William D. Sohier
True
William H. Rice
M. ©. Goodnow
Charles Moore
Alfred W. Paul
George M. Hooper
John H. Halford
Franklin B. White
A. F. Field
S. B. Hildreth
R. B. Crane
James M. Swallow
Jared F. Alden
Lyman Morse
Edwin T. Clark
Jesse Allen
Kk. A. Goddard
Frank E. Winslow
Francis ©. Curtis
Lewis P. Loring
Charles W. Henderson
H. Baker
Charles Greene
George W. Miller
Er, Wuewld
Langdon H. Holder
Otis 8. Brown
George E. Bemis
Chester Kellogg
Hayes
A. B. Darling
G. Wetherbee
W. A. Allen
Eaton
R. C. Jones
Cumberland, Tenn
Payson Tucker
Vendome
R. D. Sawyer
E. D. Reed
Whitman
Uincy
Charles W. Thurston
Dover
N. H
J. L. Mitchell
Montreal
D. W. Mann
Butte City
Mont
William A. Vent
Brooklyn
A. Fehmer
Hartford
Daniel Kilham Dodge
Charles W. Kent
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Crawford House
Edgar F. Davis
State College
Penn
John C. Murray
C. A. Pratt
Clinton
G. W. Andrews
Biddeford
Harrison
Franklin
Reading Room
Suffolk County
Benjamin C. de Rochemont
J. W. Low & Son
Arthur M. Clement
Superior Criminal Court
Thompson
Washington ST
Old South Church
Maritime Fair Notes
Korab Dasing Powder Co
Wall Street, N. E
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