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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1885

Page

3

Messiah at Music Hall Delights an Overflow Crowd

Handel and Haydn Society presented the seventy eighth Messiah with a new Kanz edition. Soloists included Mrs E Humphrey Allen Miss Sarah C Fiber Miss Hattie J Clapper Mr Whitney Macxeridge and Mr Myron W Whitney. The performance featured strong choral work though some singers were weakened by fewer numbers. The society announced Gounod’s Moretto Vila for January 24 in two sections.

Robert Kanz Handel E. Humphrey Allen Sarah C. Fiber Hattie J. Clapper Whitney Macxeridge Myron W. Whitney Zercahan Lissemann T B. J Redeemer Misa Clapper Mr. Mockridge Miss Fisher Gounod

Edwin Booth to Open Week at Reston Museum in Brutus

The noted tragedian Edwin Booth appears at Reston Museum tonight opening a week long engagement. He will perform Brutas in the Fall of the Tarquinos with the Museum company, followed by Little Em'ly on the Wednesday matinee. Next week Booth presents Humiet with Ingo in O heljo on Saturday night.

Mapleson Opera John L. Sullivan William Muldoon Dion Boucicault San Francisco Australia Jill Boston Museum Madame Janich Park Theatre Sardou Boston Museum Company Adam Forepaugh New England States Boston Theatre Tralian Hollis Street Edwin Booth Reston Museum Ivo John Howard Payne Brutas Em’ly Museum Company Booth Humiet Ingo Behkimore Brooklyn Bleak House Globe Theatre Kate Castleton A. C. Gunter Miss Castleton Sybilla Tubbs Mickey Doo the Howard Gilman’s

Goff Replies to Canada Insurance Charges as Falsehoods

Edward H. Goff issues a public letter denying forgery, misappropriation, and indebtedness claims related to the Canada Agricultural Insurance Company. He asserts financial disputes stem from contested stock cuts, calls for expert accounting, and accuses political enemies of fabricating charges to punish him. He emphasizes twenty years in business and defends American integrity.

Edward H. Goff United States Canada Associated Press Canada Agricultural Insurance Company of Lid Canada Agricultural Insurance Company Boston New York Quebec Montreal BowWare H. Gurr

Foreclosure suit drift and rail talks amid Christmas pages

The article surveys lingering 1960 foreclosure appeals in a Boston case, debates over new stock assessments, and stockholder factions. It also reports on Northern Pacific denials of consolidation, Canadian Pacific expansion rumors, and a near open land grant decision. Christmas church services and sermons across Boston’s congregations conclude the pieces.

Wall Sweet News Mail End Express Boston Hartford Eriestock United States Supreme Court Shere Pew Music and Express St. Paul Oskes Northern Pacific Wells & Firgo Express Company Green California Wisconsin Central Canadian Pacific Oregon Ead Canada In Pacific Port Moody San Diego San Francisco Portland Victoria Land Office Northern Pacific Land Grant Nothern Pacific Home Watertown Ogdensburg Rome, Watertown

Syndicate backing may delay Downs-Taker trial to Supreme Court

The Superior Court case against Downs-Taker may be delayed as the syndicate behind the parson pursues every legal avenue to secure an acquittal. Points of law and potential new testimony could push the matter to the Supreme Court, with secret witnesses and a masked legal mastermind reportedly joining the defense, signaling further surprises to the public.

Supreme Court

Copper Trade Review 1885 Supply and Demand Trends

Analysis from Engineering and Mining Journal notes 1885 U S copper production at about 146 million pounds, with home consumption rising sharply and exports around 73 million tons. Stockpiles fell, while imports remained steady. market remains depressed though revival chance seen in 1886 if export restraint and new supplies emerge.

United States Engineering and Mining Journal Raunheim New York London Ee “He Seys the Calaumet & Hecla Montena Acizona Liverpool Swansea Havre Europe Calumet Hecla Lanarack Montana Arizona Texas

Post 5 Grand Army to Own Thirty Two Rifles for Memorial Day

Post 5 Grand Army plans to acquire thirty two rifles for Memorial Day use and target practice. A drill club may form as active members propose organization. A delegate list for the department convention is set, Commander George E. Neal named delegate and three alternates elected. O Keefe named to join Knights of Labor and shoe manufacturers mediation. A building for the order is discussed by Knights of Labor committees. Shoes shipped totals show 285,084 cases in 1885 versus 296,953 in 1884. Miss Lindau Johnson joins Lilie Corione company after acting for Atkinson’s J auities. The article ends noting a Tren Top, New Jersey engagement schedule and South travel after Jan 1.

Post 5 Grand Army Department George E. Neal Charles H. Baker George D. Siles James W. Lyon William B. O'Keefe Salem Knights of Labor and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association Assemblies of The Knights of Labor T Nn Lindau Johnson Atkinson Ltile Corione Trentop XN. J South

Christmas services and concert at two Unitarian chapels

Special Christmas services were held at the first Unitarian Church on Meeting Houses Hill with choir and Sunday school children and a sermon by Pastor Christopher R. Ejliot. A Christmas concert followed in Mather Hall at Fiela's Corner under Rev. RE. N. Packard. Also notes await news on Dr. W. H. Westtcott of Dorchester after a health trip to St Michael Azores and Madeira aboard the Veronica sunk on Dec 15. St Peter's Lyceum plans a third levee at Lyceum hall on Jan 14.

Boylston Street Jennie Patrick Walker Hale Jacobs L. H. Chubbuck A. F. Harlow J. W. Crawford Edward A. Horton Luke Christ Christ Alo Wateon Gloria Patri Farmer Gregory Immanuel Jesus Inmanuel God Norman McLeod E. E. Fulier F. P. Whitney Roundy Emory J. Haynes Bethlehem Road Harvard Eleven Thomas Boston Highlands New Jerusalem Society Julian K. Smyth Immanuel Congregational Church M. Burnham Charles F. Lee First Universalist Religious Society of Roxbury James DeNormandie Dorchester Uc.br Eliot A. K. Potter Dudley Street Francis Bellamy Dearborn Street Baptist Church Toe Carpenter William Burnet Wright Berkeley Street Pabylon New South Church Tremont Camden Streets George H. Young Miss Russell Brooke Herford Union Church Albany Newton Streets R. BR. Meredith Meredith D. Meredith Union Hall W. H. Baldwin George Galvin Etta Parker The Ideal Quartet B. A. Robinson J. l. Robinson Danbridge Orchestral Association Ww. E. Thomas First Unitarian Church Meeting Houses Hill Christopher R. Ejliot Mather Hall Fiela’s Corner Second Unitarian Church RE. N. Packard W. H. Westtcott St. Michael Azores Fronterese Madeira Veronica Azevedo Dr. Westcott St. Peter’s Lyceum

Creditors face 70 cent dollar for Gates Engle sale

The second hand goods dealers Gates & Engle of Greeley Colorado are listed with creditors receiving 70 cents on the dollar. Sharp & Eichenberger of Napoleon Ohio fail. Several firms in New York New Haven Providence and New Orleans report assignments or financial embarrassment and seek extensions or relief. Suffolk County real estate attachments are noted in several civil cases including Commonwealth versus Cannon Powell Crocker versus Cutter Tower Co. and others with sums ranging from 1000 to 35000.

Gates & Engle Greeley Col Sharp & Eichenberger Napoleon Ezra D. Fogg M. P. Dunbar New York City New Haven Ezra D. Fogg & Co Charles MacVeagh New York J. M. Stewart Monroe N.C E. & P. Moses New Orleans Blair Dunlap & Hopkins Stone Fitters Eizeard Labois Woonsocket Alphonse Gaulin Suffolk County Heal Estate Commonwealth Austin Cannon Charles T. Powell Eugene B. Crocker Cutter Tower & Co

Money, gold, and Irish politics dominate London week

The Economist expects cheaper money after year’s start as gold shipments from America slow until the silver issue settles. Demand from Germany tightens supplies while discount rates stand at 3.4 and 2.4 percent. The paper notes Tory Liberal rapprochement against independent Irish Parliament and a firm stock market stance despite a hopeful year ahead.

London Economist America Crade Parnell Stock Exchange

Havana Sugar Market Shows Weak Week With Low Activity

The Havana market stayed firm yet limited by stock shortages and high planters' asks. Weekly arrivals rise. stock in Havana and Matanzas totals 6380 boxes 32000 bags 580 bhds. Receipts 500 bags 83 birds. exports 902 boxes 27500 bags 184 bhds to the United States. Prices for centrifugal sugar around 3 percent 35 reals per quintal. Freight rates and exchange rates listed. modern remedies touted include Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 20 cents.

Havana Matanzas United States United

Financial marketsMixed Boston and New York indepth report

The Boston market reports dull money rates with banks offering 4 to 5 percent and call loans at 3 to 4 percent. New York funds sell at a 20 to 25 cent premium on 1000, with bank clearings showing strong weekly gains and a favorable year over year comparison. The New York bank statement shows a reserve fall, loans and circulation down, while several equities and rail stocks move, with notable rises in New England and Wisconsin Central.

Boston New York Amoskeag Continental Franklin Hill Atlantic Chicopee Jackson Laconia Lyman Naumkeag Merrimac Pepperell Everett Merchants New England Globeaavanesd Massachhusetts Webster Hamilton Market Old Boston State Naumkeag of Salem Citizens Worcester Warren Peabody

New York Financial Markets Endorse Broad Rally on Earnings

Wall Street closed strong after a day of mixed early gains led by Northwestern and Oregon Navigation. Earnings for the third week of December showed increases across several lines, boosting railroad shares and lifting prices near the day’s highs.

Oregon R. G. Murphy New York Murphy New York Stock Exchange Clark, Ward California Southern Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Pullman Company Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington Del Barney & Smith Manufacturing Company Dayton, C

Grain Market Report with Prices for Flour Corn Rye and More

Market notes show flour prices across varieties with extras and patents, corn and oats values by grade, rye and meals and rye flour quiet with fair trade, malt demand light, millfeed steady, barley prices steady, butter and cheese firm, eggs quoted across regions. Local chamber of commerce session noted as canceled with little business.

Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Aroostook County N. H Chenangoes BE. I. Rose Early Rose Nova Scott Kentucky St. Andrews Cape Cod Red Top Jersey Millett Pra York State Centennial Beacon Light Head Light Michigan New York Wisconsin Minnesota Chamber of Commerce C & Bush Canada Islands New Brunswick Boston and Albany Dee Boston Providence Rairoad Bates T O Bols & Bb Boston and Mate Kaload Ksetern Division Boston and Maine Railroad Western Division Express Sea

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