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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1885
Page
1
The Boston Post summarises financial and commercial market reports with domestic and foreign trade updates, along with imports and exports. It lists marriage and death notices, court records, railroad matters, business troubles, and meteorological reports. Obituary coverage includes Nehemiah's Work: Local and Joan Pace hotel arrivals, ship news.
In Scranton Pa on February 1 Miss Lizzie Bogart aged 48 daughter of Assistant Superintendent Bogart of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad eloped with brakeman Joseph Fowler from Binghamton. They wed at Alderman Fuller’s office a friend of the Bogart family and left on the night train to Binghamton as her parents learned of the disappearance.
W A Stoddard of New Port New Jersey sues Andrew Spring of Washington Market New York for libel seeking $10,000 damages. Stoddard bought goods in January, later had property attached for $271, paid $226, and says he was not informed of the writ. He alleges injury to credit and good name as the sheriff refused customary fees.
DesniseporT Massachusetts February 1. District Latter Day Saints convene at their chapel and will continue through Tuesday with delegates from Iowa Ohio and Rhode Island. Elders W H Kelley John Smith preside. Thomas Whiting and F A Kelley are clerks. Meetings at Ocean Hall West Harwich filled despite rain and ice with sermons on Christian consistency end of Christian faith and a stance against polygamy. The group asserts adherence to both God’s law and civil law.
In OmMama Nebraska on January 31 a Juniata man Arvyin Farabee escorting a girl named Young was attacked by her brother and cousin. Farabee claimed unarmed and fought one foe, striking him to the ground. He later died and surrendered to authorities after the corpse was found.
The Rev. R Heber New tomu of the Anthon Memorial church said he would be tried for heresy addressing his pulpit today. He argued that some writings of the Great Teacher contain imperfect thoughts and that some men are elected to heaven while others are damned, a theory he denounced as revolting to human nature.
The referee filed a report in New York Supreme Court in the divorce suit of Andrew Jackson Davis against Mary K. Love. Davis, a noted Spiritualist lecturer, learned Love’s prior marriage to Samuel G. Love barred her from remarrying, and legal advice confirmed she was not his wife. The referee recommended annulment of the marriage.
SANTIAGO Feb 1 El Estandarte notes two deaf and dumb women regaining bearing and speech after a local physician's operation. VALPARAISO Feb 1 intelligence says Angamos transport saved. a steamer is requested to tow it here. Lima Feb 1 Spanish residents of Trujillo raise subscriptions for Andalusia earthquake victims.
The funeral services for the late Gustavus Pike D D of New Haven were conducted at Pilgrim church where he formerly served as pastor Rev Dr Stridly of the American Missionary Association of New York officiated with Rev B M Fullerton of Waltham and Rev Cyrus Richardson of the First Congregational Church assisting Pallbearers included Deacons Mark Merrill A H Dunlap Gilman Shattuck and F Kimball. Interment followed at Hicks Street cemetery.
New Bedford Mass February 1 Last evening F Davis entered the Fairhaven Star office carrying the paper and asked editor Charles D Waldron if an article referred to his father William Davis A confrontation followed culminating in Davis beating Waldron at the office It was unclear if the dispute was resolved thereafter
Philadelphia dispatch reports final arrangements for a soft coal pool based on 55 percent for Pennsylvania and 45 percent for the Baltimore and Ohio. Prices will be $250 at Baltimore $280 at Philadelphia $325 at New York and $350 at New England points starting March 18.
Springfield news reports that W. G. Mellicott company, knit underwear makers, purchased the Excelsior mill machinery at Lake Village New Hampshire from Brown Wood and Kingman of Boston and moved it to Springfield. They plan a hosiery department, a new mill, and 100 additional workers, some brought from Lake Village.
Worcester Mass Feb 1 Friends of apt Harris of company C second regiment protest Gen Wales order issued Saturday. They say it breaches the previous arrangement by which the matter was closed and refuse to allow the case to remain in its present form.
New Brunswick New Jersey February 1 Christian workers under Dwight L. Moody continue efforts in Newark's Zer's College. Moody led today’s session and Sankey was to join the revival, with churches urged to resume labor and faith.
The body of an unknown man, thought to be a peddler, was found last night on Cove Mountain with a bullet wound to the forehead. The victim was stripped and stripped of clothing, and authorities suspect an organized band has committed recent crimes in the area.
Washington reports on the Spanish treaty effects, possible extra session to pass the bankruptcy bill, and diplomacy over reciprocity. Names and places include Mr Morse, Mr Carlisle, Mr Blackburn, and various commerce groups in Boston New York and Oregon. Debts, patents, and pensions noted with Treasury figures.
Washington dispatch reports Republicans accused of stalling debate on the river and harbor bill to force extra sessions. Democrats sought earlier general debate limits but faced opposition from Republicans on the river and harbor panel. The piece notes customs ruling on bichromate of potash duties and House plans for the coming week including bankruptcy and veterans’ pension bills.
London reports from Gen Lord Wolseley describe Gen Earle advancing within seven miles of Birti but needing Feb 3 to concentrate due to river navigation. Deserter says Metemneh captured and steamers sent to Khartoum with troops and stores, while Birti's commander warned by the Emir of Berber not to oppose Earle. Plans hinge on Khartoum relief by Nile steamers versus Gordon's potential refusal to evacuate.
In New York on February 1 three months after Garry Bros dry goods fired a floor walker, a dynamite blast shattered their Grand Street store and damaged Ridley’s next door. Police detained four men found nearby and a boy tied to a separate dynamite incident. The case ties to the Dry Goods Clerks Union and threats against nonunion workers amid ongoing strikes.
Rev. James Kay Applebee lectured on the history and usefulness of the English House of Lords. He traced its feudal origins, critiqued primogeniture and entail, and contrasted Lords with the US Senate, arguing the Lords lack reform and real leadership while listing notable English and American figures as exemplars of democracy. He denounced hereditary privilege and praised democratic origins of England’s great men.
Three natural gas blasts shattered a block near Thirty fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue in Pittsburg on Saturday morning. A Citizens line car was derailed by the blast, injuring several. 21 victims reported with Mary Smolder in serious condition. Police cordons and crowds surrounded the wrecked district as officials assessed injuries and dangers.
Henry Cole 17 near White Store plans to marry Lucy Spies 14. With two confederates he raids John Massengill's smokehouse at night, borrows bacon proceeds to raise the $1 marriage license fee, then is arrested with Bill Trexwell and Charley Warren two hours later.
John Palmer aged 43, after a night visiting South End saloons, forced entry at No 32 Harrison Ave then burst into Charlie May's laundry. Palmer fled but a window shot by May hit his right thigh and he was taken to the city hospital. May was arrested at the fourth station.
Ezra Boswick of Union City donates a 640 acre farm valued at 50000 to Albion College Michigan for an astronomy chair. In Portland in the senatorial ballot the democrats backed B F Barbour. Hirsch tallies twenty votes, up three. Washington, Pennsylvania, records a dynamite blast with 60 pounds ignited, destroying a small building. Desonia levee in East Carroll parish Louisiana widens to 1200 feet and three feet deep. Co C Hanson and wife found dead in Racine Wisconsin from coal gas suffocation. Two iceboat crew members reported missing at Halifax will likely perish from frostbite. two passengers Glidden and Morrison may lose hands and feet. Two boys fall from a Pittsburgh cliff. Sproull suffers a fractured skull, McGuigan badly cut. Grand Forks dispatch reports Rev C B R Snell’s wife and 11-year-old son murdered near Inkster. George Miller, a hired man, implicated.
In Albany on February 1, Hendricks and Carlisle conferred with President-elect Cleveland after midnight to discuss party policy and a pre New York conference. Both praised Cleveland’s frankness and common sense, noting strong convictions and a powerful leadership style. Senator Gorman also briefed Cleveland on inauguration arrangements for March 4 and related ceremonies.
Brief reports note a stove pipe caused a small blaze at Asa L Andrews produce store 94 Clinton street Boston alarm 1240 AM no damage. Other fire notices include Cherryfield Me state loss 6000 with multiple buildings destroyed and uninsured papers, New York Houston Street theater blaze 61 Crosby Street 25 000 loss, Stapleton SI Shaver Clove Road home wedding gift loss 50000, Waterbury Union Knife factory 40000 loss with 20000 insured, Whitehall SR Oswald and Hutchinson goods stores burn 33660, Cleveland Beardsly zine can works 25000 insured 16000, Buffalo oil still explosion 3000.
Rev T B Munger of North Adams spoke Sunday at King's Chapel on Immortality and Moral Power using Genesis 1 27 as text. He traced belief in immortality from Christianity and science, noting science questions origins while theology accepts scientific conclusions, and argued immortality rests on moral achievement and broader science.
Thatcher Primrose & West retain top acts at the Boston theatre with new first part and La Moscotte travesty. Margaret Mather debuts next Monday in Macbeth and The Honeymoon. Robson and Crane begin two weeks at Park theatre tonight. Opera company from New York to tour Boston in April. Frank Damrosch secures stage rights. Judicious arts updates include Gilbert and Sullivan at Boston Museum and cyclorama Gettysburg scene drawing crowds.
Cotemats O Feb 1 The state miners union issues an address calling for a 10 percent reduction in coal wages across Ohio. The move ends the Hocking Valley strike by lowering rates to 60 cents in that district and to 30 cents in most other districts statewide.
Over 40,000 barrels of Maine apples have been shipped to England this year. A German emigrant started cigar manufacture in Webster, Massachusetts, thirty years ago, now producing products valued at 116000 dollars annually. The Standard Bearer, Concord New Hampshire, suspension due to lack of funds. Several legal items include arrests for bastardy in Fall River and a shooting trial in Lewiston. A G A R members face lottery charges in Dedham. Posts and protests mark political tensions in Pittsfield and a Salvation Army flotilla-wide rescue at sea.
Bangor dispatch analyzes Maine political nerves as Cleveland era shifts loom. It highlights postmaster Farnham and collector Davis facing civil service pressure, factional splits among old and new Democrats, and calls for a broad, united ticket to oust Republicans and advance a Democratic victory in two years.
Manager Morrill of the Bostons has arranged April baseball games with a Fast day season opener around April 9. No reserve team means games in other cities, then Brooklyn, New York, Newark, and Baltimore, followed by Washington, Trentons, Princeton, Bridgeport, Hartford, and Yale in late April. Massachusetts Bicycle club moves to a new quarters with officer elections and 20 new members. South Yeoston Athletic club gym under Arthur Irwin as players prep for the season. Second cushion-carrom championship match set for next Wednesday in Revere ball with Shean and Guillet vs Yatter and Campbell for $200 a side. Pinean C. Ross issues a challenge in mixed wrestling and mounted sword. Somerville polo club benefits at Union Square rink tonight.
A Danish authority in Copenhagen states the Boston ship bell likely came from a Swedish vessel about 200 years old, not Norse. The Bostonian Society had sought clues from the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, but the letter suggests no Norse connection. The committee will focus inquiries on Stockholm to pursue further facts.
The item notes George Hearst, owner of the San Francisco Examiner, holding 48 000 acres in California. It also mentions a London Ontario lodging illness of Florence Marryat and policies around Prince Edward becoming a knighted figure, with Lord Mayor Nottage rumored for a baronetcy. It records Leopold Morse planning a Florida trip with family after the inaugural event and political scrambles.
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