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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1881

Page

3

Easter charity hall for Home for Des titute Catholic Children

Easter Monday event at Music Hall on April 18 to aid the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. Preparations aim to surpass last year’s ball, said to have been the season’s highlight. Dorchester Bay remains frozen except for a channel kept open by steam tugs for sewer work. ice near Charles Town bridges is unusually strong, hindering tug movements.

Harrison Avenue Music Hall Dorchester Bay City Point Charlestown

Orders Passed for Grand Army of the Republic Benevolence

An order directs payment of two hundred dollars to each Boston GAR post to cover Decoration Day costs or aid families of deceased or disabled soldiers. The jury lists order to publish juror names in daily papers was postponed after a motion by Mr Lauren ward 14. a motion to refer to the committee on joint rules by Mr Docherty ward 7 was lost. meeting adjourned.

Wheeler Ward 10 Whitmore Williams Ward 11 Cotton Ward 4 Rogers Ward 22 Spenceley Yeas William E. Bartlett Leander H. B. Clapp Christopher P. Conlin Joseph P. Connell Michael W. Costello Henry W. B. Cotton Patrick H. Cronin James F. Daly Thomas J Denney Thomas H. Devlin John Doherty Otis B. Dudley Thomas J. Emery John B. Fittzpatrick James G. Freeman Joseph B. Gomez Eugene K. Hagar Willem L. Harding Thomas Charles Wheeler William H. Whitmore Charles H. Williams F. Doherty Mr. Pratt Maguire Greenougle Pray Levell Brown Boston Grand Army of the Republic Board of Aldermen Lauren Ward 14 Doherty Ward 7 Morrison Ward 23 Committee On Public Buildings Derne Street Committee On Authtor of Accounts Committee of Accounts Parkman Ward 9 Continental Guards New Orleans Fanewi Hall National Lyneers Charlestown Pratt Messrs. Parkman Col Albert Proctor Cornelius F. Doherty Natick McCleary Committee On Election Laws State House Ward 18 Board of Water Commissioners Mystic Bertha Levi Betsey Levi Sufolk Raham Levi Jazrin Wena Sophia Suffolk Mary &. Baker Boston Post

Globe Theatre Review and Boston Theatre Scenes

A detailed recap of Wednesday's Globe Theatre performance led by Mrs. Scott-Siddons with her company in School for Scandal and a benefit program including Blind Iolanthe and The Honeymoon. Additional notes cover New England Conservatory alumni concerts at Tremont Temple, and various Boston venues including Denman Thompson at Boston Theatre, The Guvnor at Boston Museum, Park Theatre's Harebell and Julius Caesar, Haverly Minstrels at Howard Atheneum, and the Gaiety Theatre Olivette production.

Clobe Theatre Moses Mary Maddern Libby Stone Candour Sneerwell Scott Siddons Lablache Thorne Iolanthe King Rene Rolando Montalban Jacques Balthazer Morris Stone Velante Zamozs NEW England Conservatory Tremont Temple School of Elocution S. R. Kelly Rosa S. Allen Addie L. Nichols Belle Bacon Lulu M. Stanley Carrie S. Hinle Lucy M. Conn Julia F. May J. D. Buckingham Emma A. D. Turner Mary E Saale P.tfurner Beethoven Quartette Club Boston Theatre Denman Thompson Joshua Whitcomb New England Mary Anderson Boston Museum Lady of Lyons Athen Haverly Howard Atheneum

City Hall Notes Bridges Contract Award and Repairs Chief

The bridges committee awards John W. Letherbee a contract to furnish all sawed spruce lumber for Boston bridges at 1640 dollars per thousand feet. The committee also elects Mr. H. S. Lewis as superintendent of repairs.

John W. Letherbee Boston Lewis

STATE AID PAY CLAIMS FOR MA MASS REGIMENTS DODGED

A communication from the state aid commissioners presents majority and minority findings on compensation claims for services prior to muster in 1861 by the Eleventh and Twelfth Massachusetts Infantry. The majority says no pay is due. muster pay rules and absent muster rolls complicate computation. The minority argues soldiers at Fort Warren were in state service before US muster in and thus owed pay. Also outlines related legislative orders and adjournments, with numerous town and public notices following.

Commissioners of State Aid Infantry Massachusetts Volunteers United States Service Charles R. Ladd A. Hun Berry Commonwealth Adjutant General’s Office Adjuttant General’s Office United States Schouler Charles W. Hastings M. V.M Fort Warren Boston Harbor Jestings

Proposals Weigh In On Boston Charter Repeal And Biennial Elections

Debates on Boston city charter repeal and reform move forward as lawmakers consider reconsideration and possible recommitment. Biennial elections reform faces opposition about voter engagement and annual voting rights, with critics arguing Massachusetts has long governed well.

Fire destroys Cambridge First Baptist Church complex

The Cambridge First Baptist Church on River and Magazine streets was burned Thursday evening. Firefighters faced dense interior smoke and flames that collapsed the roof and towers within an hour, leaving only a shell. The building, built in brick Gothic style, seated about 1,000 and housed valued furnishings and a $57,060 insurance portfolio across multiple companies.

Church of the First Baptist Society of Cambridge River Magazine Streets Central Square Phonix London North American Philadelphia Boston Continental New York Manufacturer’s Fire and Marine German American North British and Mercantile Royal Liverpol Pennsylvania Alhamsburg Brooklyn N. Y City New Yok Citizens

New York Journalist and Artist Dies. Boston Origins Highlighted

Tuesday death in New York marks the passing of a notable journalist author and artist born in Boston in 1814. A nephew of Edward Everett he contributed to the New York Mirror Knickerbocker Magazine Spirit of the Times and Atlantic Monthly among others. He edited Peter Parley’s Megazine and collaborated on the Amateur with Holmes Benjamin Sargent and others. He was an amateur artist and for nine years associate editor of the first pictorial newspaper. He also held posts at Boston and New York custom houses and authored romances lyrics and essays. He leaves a married daughter in New York. JOHN STILL Dies at 552 East Broadway Wednesday February 2. Born in Newcastle Maine 1802 he founded the area’s first confectionery business and retired thirteen years ago. He leaves a widow and a daughter Mrs. J Q Bird. He worshiped at Phillips church and will be interred in Wiscasset Maine after a Friday funeral.

J.Q. A. Brackett, Esq Christian Union Boylston Street Wevening Solon Achilles Republic Ely Arthur Hobart Young Men’s Christian Association Geo. A. Milner C. M. Irwin F. von Schloembach Judiciary Committee of the House Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company Supreme Court Hoosac D. W. Gooch Joseph H. Choate New York John C. Bullitt Philadelphia Railroad George Marston Commonwealth Gooch Supreme Court of State Cep Marston Troy Greenfield Railroad Troy and Greenfield Railroad Hievsze Massachusett Greenfield Choate Bullitt State Board of Agriculture Worcester Society New England Agricultural Society New England Society New England Agricultural College Boston Edward Everett New York Mirror Knickerbocker Spirit of the Times Peter Parley Oliver Wendell Holmes Park Benjamin Epes Sargent The Amateur Atlantic Monthly Old and New Monalch Durivage Boston Custom House New York Custom House John Still East Broadway Newcastle J. Q. Bird Phillips Church Aiden Wiscasset, Me William Steel Gladstone England Ohio Portland Oregon Ohio River Henry H. Niles Post Mills Thetford France County Charlies Devlin New York City Wood William M. Tweed Henry W. Genet James Wilson Dalton Edward Barrows Merrimac Woollen Mills Lowell Mass Dedham Rachel Allen Chester Charles Amory Paris

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