Citizens Association of Boston Formally Organized
The Citizens Association of Boston was organized to promote an honest efficient economical administration of municipal and county affairs. A 35 member executive and a 100 citizen invitation list were announced with Francis A Osborn as president. The group outlined a nonpartisan role while opposing unworthy candidates and set up a governance structure including a general committee election process and annual meetings.
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Citizens’ Association of Boston
Francis A. Osborn
State Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Boston
Association
General Committee
Politic Union Discusses Reform and Membership Drive
The association outlines its policy and proposed work as a hospital for a diseased body politic. On Hart's motion it was voted that each member present nominate as many suitable candidates for membership as possible at the next meeting.
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Hart
Daniel Manning Funeral Draws Albany’s Dignitaries
President Cleveland and Cabinet attend the Albany funeral of Daniel Manning. The service at St Pauls Church features Chopin and Gounod music, with Bishop Doane and Rev Reese leading prayers. The procession moves to Rural Cemetery for interment in spring.
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Daniel Manning
Mr. Manning
Cleveland
Lamont
Dr. Reese
Mechanical Department
Argus Establishment
Charles J. Canda
New York
Sidney Webster
United States
A. P. Gorman
Maryland
N. Jordan
Samuel J. Randall
Philadelphia
Manton Marble
Rufus W. Feckham
Court of Appeals
Simon W. Rosendale
Erastus Corning
John H. van Antwerp
Roscoe Conkling
Pascal P. Bratt
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Chopin
Kunebre
Gounod
St. Paul’s
J. Livingston Reese
Doane
Western National
Albany
Argus
Felton
Spohr
Reese
Christ
Golo
Jesus
Armories for the Militia Heard at State House Hearing
A joint special committee at the State House heard militia officials led by Adjutant General Dalton advocate centralized armories owned by the Commonwealth. They urged state ownership with cost shared by benefitting cities, noting high current expenses and substandard facilities. The day featured bids for regimental armories and commentary on districting implications.
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State House
Joint Special Committee On Armories
Commonwealth
Dalton
Edmands
First Corps
Raudi
Boston
Edmonds
Briggs
Winslow
Dallinger
Mitchell
Chelsea
Walker
Lyon
Boston burglars blamed on New York crooks by city papers
Reports from New York claim Boston is overrun by thieves. Boston officials deny outside involvement noting burglaries are normal and that police are doing their duty. A daylight garrote attempt, street robberies, and cache of other crimes are discussed with mixed official and public skepticism.
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New York
Mee
Evening World
Boston
Andy Coakley
Tom Gerraughty
Andy Houghton
Fifth Avenue
Joseph R. Burrill
O. M. Hanscom
W. M. Osborne
Small
Traverse Street
William Jones
Natick
North E
Boston & Albany
Western Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mr. Jones
Kingsbury
Hanover Street
James O’brien
Arthur Ayer
North End
Roxbury
Forest Street
C. Weinz
Frank Howland
Dawson
Mate Nickerson
Carrie K. Friend
Nickerson
Daniel McDonald
Bew J. Cotter
North
Salmon
Reservoir
Tremont
Church Streets
Jamaica Plain
William Cilley
Dunn
Washington Street
Broadway
Police Commission
Pemberton Square
Adjustable Chairs Promoted at Marks Patent
Prospective buyers are urged to view the Marks Patent adjustable chair before purchase. The chair is described as highly complete and is available for sale at Arthur Dixwell's store located at 176 Tremony Street.
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Arthur Dixwell
Tremony Street
Treasury retrenchment at Custom House triggers personnel cuts
Collector Saltonstall faces an order to reduce salaries and discharge staff as the Treasury directs a coast wide cut. Special Appraiser Stearns warns the move will cripple operations. reductions target openers, packers, examiners, samplers, and clerks, with about twenty three in Saltonstall's 1000 plus force and nine from Stearns's eighty. The treasury cites limited appropriations, denying political aims in the consolidation.
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Saltonstall
Custom House
Stearns
Treasury
Treasury Department
Department
Atlantic
Revenue Department
Customs Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Post Office Break In Trials Resume With Guilty Plea
The juries were in attendance as trials resumed. Henry Murray pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Arlington post office and stealing police stamps and other U S property. Charles Murphy was convicted of breaking and entering the Newton Lower Falls post office and larceny therein. The defendant appeared for himself and B Hail for the government.
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Henry Murray
Arlington
United States
Charles Murphy
Newton Lower Falls
B.hail
Uncontested Divorces Heard in Essex County Court
Superior Court Essex County December 27 hearings featured about sixteen uncontested divorce cases with no decisions made. Remaining divorce items are set for tomorrow followed by jury waived cases.
Court Docket List From Middlesex County Session
Superior Court entries dated December 27 record cases including Toohey v City of Newton Ingalls v Blanchard et al Ricker v Town of Medford Dame Ken v Riley White v Nonantum Worsted Co Hall v Pike Studley trustee v City of Boston Braslin v Somerville Horse RR Hayes v Bullard Bacon v City of Boston and related actions.
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Toohey
City of
Newton
Ingalls
Blanchard
Ricker
Town of
Medford
Dame, Ken
Riley
White
Nonantum Worsted Co
Hall
Pike
Studley, Tr
City of Boston
Braslin
Somerville Horse RR
Hayes
Bullard
Bacon
Same
Missing Charlestown man described in unknown sleeper case
A 42 year old man found unconscious in the Boston and Lowell freight yard at 4 am was taken to City Hospital where he remained unconscious. He wore dark clothes and a black derby. James McCue of 659 Medford Street Charlestown is reported missing and matches the description.
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Boston
History of Medicine Lecture At Lowell Institute
Dr. J B Billings of Washington lectured on the History of Medicine at the Lowell Institute. The opening talk traced primitive medical uses and Indian tribes medicine men, noting three disease causes and the blend of religious and practical practices. The eight part series continues with accessible, non technical style lectures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Lowell Institute
J. 8. Billings
Washington, D. C
U. S. Army
Dr. Billings
Almanacks Hold First Season Dance at Berkeley Hall
The Almanacks scored their first season success at Berkeley Hall with a decorated dance. The rooms were festooned with laurel and spruce, ladies wore gauzy tinted tulle gowns with broad sashes and flowers on skirts. Notables included Mr Porter, William Otis, Sigourne Otis, Miss Olga Gardner, the Gardner family, Eliza Winthrop, Frank Seabury, John Lawrence, Eugene Thayer, Lewis Stackpole, Jack Weld, and many Mrs and Miss attendees.
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Berkeley Hall
Porter
William Otis
Sigourne Otis
Olga Gardner
J. Gardner
Eliza Winthrop
Frank Seabury
John Lawrence
Eugene Thayer
Lewis Stackpole
Jack Weld
Curtis
Arthur
Dabney
C. Gray
Arthur Hunnewell
Dudley L. Pickman
Francis Peabody, Jr
Eugene V. R. Thayer
E. Rollin Morse
Haynes and Kelley Tie at Emmanuel Church
William James Haynes and Alice Grace Kelley of Cambridge were married at Emmanuel Church last evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Reuben Kidner of St. Andrew's Church. The bride wore cream sarah with lilies of the valley and was escorted by George Coles. Bridesmaids included Carrie Kelley Maggie Walker Jennie Coles and Jennie Haynes. Ushers were John C. Haynes C F Morse and G M R Morse. Reception followed in Cambridge with plans to reside after a trip to New York.
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Emmanuel Church
William James Haynes
Alice Grace Kelley
Cambridge
Reuben Kidner
St. Andrew’s Church
Chambers Street
Sarah
George Coles
Carrie Kelley
Maggie Walker
Jennie Coles
Jennie Haynes
John C. Haynes
C. F
G. M. R. Morse
New York
City Notes On Closing Wool Stores And Local Events
Wool trade stores will close tomorrow from 12 to 1 oclock in respect to Mr William Hilton. John and Stoddard will end their lecture series at Music Hall with Constantinople as topic. Recitations and tableaux at Mt Hope Home on Dec 29 at 3 pm. YMHA bazaar at Minot Hall closes with dance. expected to raise 2500. Anniversary address by Hon Frederick C Prince on Jan 4 1888. District Attorney Stevens preparing murder indictments for Adolph A Albrecht in the Avery Street gambling house case. trial likely in February.
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William Hilton
Music Hall
John
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Minot Hall
Washington
Springfield
Frederick C. Prince
Stevens
Adolph A. Albrecht
David Lannahan
Edward Flanigan
Avery Street
MIT Class Dines at Youngs and Local Clubs Host Dinners
The MIT class of 74 dined at Youngs last evening. The Boston Druggists Association held its monthly dinner at the Tremont House. The Examiner Club and the board of aldermen dined at Parker's. Eugene Carter, famed billiardist, was feted at Parker House. W D Merrill J J Murphy and P M Parks oversaw arrangements.
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Young
Sharon Groom Chooses Christmas Wedding After Disappearance
Charles A. Bradley of Sharon planned to marry Bridget Finn on July 11 but vanished until Christmas night. He returned and, after giving explanations, the delayed wedding was held.
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Charles A. Bradley
Sharon
Bridget Finn
Bridget
Panorama of Grant Life to Open at Old South Church
The specta ular diorama by Paul Philippotteaux debuts next week in Boston s Old South Church. The 30 panoramic panels chart General Grant s birth battles world tour and final years with lectures accompanying each exhibition. Nylon ex post office clerk in Bridgeport was jailed for 1700 on bribery charges.
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Old South
Boston Publica
Old South Church
Paul Philippotteaux
Gettysburg
Grant
Comany
Rous
Boston
Axel WY. Nylon
Bridgeport (Conn
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Eliot C. Clarke
Samuel C. Cobb
Alexander Cochrane
Charles R. Codman
Charles Francis Adams
Frederick L. Ames
William H. Baldwin
Joshua D. Ball
A. W. Beard
Stanton Blake
Charles P. Bowditch
N. J. Bradice
Louis D. Brandeis
Causten Browne
James M. Bugbee
Charles H. Dalton
James C. Davis
L. Edwin Dudiey
Henry H. Edes
William Endicott
Lewis J. Farmer
Ezra Farnsworth
Edward J. Forster
Alfred D. Foster
Charles B. Fox
James G. Freeman
William A. French
George S. Hale
Henry L. Higgins
Hamilton A. Hill
John P. Hilton
Arthur Hobart
Charles C. Jackson
Bernard Jenney
Samuel Johnson
David P. Kimball
D. Webster King
Henry Lee
William Caleb
O Henry Parkman
O. W. Peabody
Henry L. Pierce
Isaac Pratt
H. W. Puatnan
Alexander HE. Rice
William L. Ric
E YP Fanteel
Charles A. Cotting
George G. Crocker
A. H. Crocker
Stephen M. Crosby
William Frost
William Gaston
George A. Goddard
iJoseph H. Gray
Malcolm S. Greenough
Henry S. Grew
Ih. L. Harding
iAlpheus H. Hardy
Thomas N. Hart
Edaward J. Hathorne
Tilly Haynes
Charles H. Hersey
iFrancis C. Lowell
W. W. Vaughan
Clinton Wiles
Francis A. Walker
Darwin E. Ware
Charles A. Welch
Samuel Wells
William H. West
William F. Wharton
Alexander 8. Wheeler
Henry Whitman
If Reange Wigglesworth
Levi L. Willcutt
Moses Williams
Wilber
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Anyandidate
Wis
Assoc
Executive Committee
Mombers
W. H. West
Harding
Blake
Crocker
L. Edwin Dudley
Messrs. West and
Paine
Fox
William Endicott, Jr
Richard Olney
Henry Parkman
Charles W. Bowditch
Herman W. Chaplin
Henry F. Coe
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Edward Hathorne
John P. Tilton
Francis C. Lowell
Hawthorne
Park Street
Mr. Crocker
Herbert L. Harding
Hemnan
Apany
N. Y
West Shore
Banks
William Rice
Co. L. Judson
Lancaster Street
James Manning
Militia
United States District Court
Nelson, J
Essex County
Thompson, J
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Brigham, C. J
Asons, Bogr
Sentuc
History OF Medicine
Almanacks’ Dance
Haynes—Kelley
ROVA
Phineas Wardell
Portland Street
Paris
Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mase
H.campbell & CO
Union Street
Mass
Marks
Tremont St. Kicom
Union Electric
Restilaux
Tremont St
Bay State
Haynes Excelsior
Wm. B. Tilton
Haynes
Crosby
J.C. Haynes & Co
CouRt St
Brighton
Archdiocese of Boston
St. John’s Seminary
John Williams
Father Teeling
Newburyport
John O. Donoghue
Victor Hugo
John Hogan
Father Moran
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