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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1881

Page

3

Judge Wilkinson 80 as Monday in Superior Court

Judge Wilkinson of the superior court is 80 years old on Monday. Hon. Thomas Russell will lecture on St Patrick's day evening for Carney hospital on The Wars of England for Two Centuries. Gov. Long to preside. Arlington Street Church extends Rev J F W Ware's vacation to January 1582 and Prof William Everett may fill the pulpit. H M Dunhem to resign as organist at Porter church Brockton for Ruggles Street church Boston. Edward Atkinson to give a free lecture on A few Days in the South at Rev William Bradley's Roxbury next Wednesday evening the 16th at 7 45. Boston gentlemen invite Carl Schurz to a public dinner after March 4.

Thomas Russell Carney Ruggles Street Boston Edward Atkinson William Bradley Centre Street Roxbury Carl Schurz

The Turners Fancy Dress Ball at Turn Hall

The German Turnverein held its annual fancy dress ball at Turn hall 29 Middlesex street on Monday evening. A discreet committee managed ticket sales and kept order. Guests, mostly well behaved, enjoyed a grand march, costumes from clowns to Uncle Sam, tumbling, dancing, a Highland fling, and unmasking at midnight followed by supper and continued dancing.

Turners Turnverein Turn Hall Middlesex Street Messrs Gutermuth Zimmer New Orleans West End Harvard Uncle Sam

Multiple petitions and charters heard at State House sessions

The State House committees held hearings on Maiden's petition for city incorporation with selectmen presenting a charter draft and remonstrants opposing. Public health debated Medford nuisance abatement at Mystic Lowerpond. witnesses from Wo bURN and neighboring towns spoke. Elections and railroads committees tackled Hopkinton, ward 13 Boston, and color blind eligibility for railroad jobs. A special election laws session reviewed Ward 13 testimony. The Cana dian authorities permitted Lancers and Charlestown City Guard to pass to New Orleans. Chelsea Odd Fellows Mutual Benefit association formed. Phenix Machine Co of Tewksbury granted charter with $20,000 capital.

House Judiciary Committee Maiden George W. Walker J. P. Holden Board of Selectmen J. K.C. Sleeper E. A. Stevens L. L. Fuller Committee On Public Health Medford Mystic Lowerpond Joshua D. Ball P. Waldemyer Abajona River T. H. Sweetser Woburn J.C. Coombs R. M. Morse, Jr A. B. Coffin Winchester B. F. Hayes J. L. Stackpole Boston Committee On Elections Hopkinton P. A. Collins A. E. Pulsbury B. Joy Jeffries Lancers Charlestown George W. Cobb Lemuel L. Eaton David D. Turner Odd Fellows’ Mutual Benefit Association of Chelsea Phenix Machine Company of Tewksbury

Petitions Presented and Appointments Confirmed in Boston

Petitions presented seek street works and transit permissions including Bowdoin avenue grading canal street track work and a single or double track in Canal street along with related connections and a two passenger wagons service to Rowe India and Litchfield wharves. The mayor sent appointments confirmed for lamps superintendent market keeper harbor master voters registrar milk inspector grain measurers and more. A recount request on alderman ballots is discussed with city solicitor's opinion given.

A. A. Childs Bowdoin Avenue New York and New England Railroad Company First Granite Streets Highland Street Railway Company Canal Street Haymarket Square Causeway Street Robinson & Emerton Boston and Maine Railroad Rowe's India Litchfield Cornelius Sullivan Chelsea Street Bridge New England Automatic Gas Lighting Company A. A. Ranney Chester Square Said Square Frank A. Clapp Kemp Street William Curtis Benjamin Franklin Albany Street Northampton Street Palmer Street George H. Allen Faneuil Hall George McKay Wm. F. Brooks George F. Gould Linus E. Pearson Martin Griffin William Gleason John Savage Slade Eliot A. Clark Sameera Bradley BBC Cooie

Senate Session Reports Numerous Bills and Orders

The Senate met at 2 PM with President Bishop presiding. Petitions from multiple lawmakers seek repeal of the 1880 life insurance excise tax. Committees advance bills on law libraries, police appointments, harbor board, waterworks, Fall River charter, and bonds for governor appointments. Orders include readings, engrossments, and various expedients, with adjournment after routine business.

Mr. Bennett Suffolk John C. Mason B. F. Nourse Mr. Hastings Worcester Isaac Davis Mr. Reed Bristol Reed Ant Whitton Plymouth Committee On the Treasury Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners Tirrell Middlesex Fall River Crocker Poe

Found Dead in Somerville Home at 2 Beacon Street

The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Holden 55 was found Sunday morning at her Cambridge area home. Autopsy showed death by suffocation due to brain and lung congestion. She lived alone, had property mortgaged, and had a complex marriage history with several names. An anniversary note follows with church and local society events in Somerville and surrounding towns.

Elizabeth Holden Beacon Street Somerville Line Holt Cambridge Union Street John N. Mosher O. H. Ellis South Abington Kimball Wakefield Baptist Church Waltham Taylor and Hall Streets E. Graham Charles F. Chase Charles R. Barton Warren French Minerva Boston and Maime Exeter Boston French Mahoney Edson Kolmes Catherine Grant Burke and Gallagher George Damon George 8 Blake & Co Causeway Street Damon Murdough and Copeland Station 5 Leoa Haskell Elizabeth G. Huott Washington Street Wardng Brothers Jamaica Plain Dr I Baxter Station 9

Bills on tax, holidays, suffrage and school purse debate

A summary of petitions from multiple cities calling for excise tax repeal on life insurers, a legal holiday for Memorial Day, woman suffrage, limits on school board spending, and tax exemptions for foreign trade shipping. Also notes on fisheries, pawn broker laws, and a pharmacy regulation bill, plus city charter talks and physical exercises in schools. Several obituaries follow, including Charles Edward Forbes and local hotel pioneer Taft, with brief notices of other deaths and biographical details.

Fall River Northampton Springfield Beverly Lynn Maverhill Boston Salem North Adams Newburyport New Bedford Worcester Lowell H. B. Ripley Hon. B. Blackwell John R. Lakeman G. W. Bradford C. W. Emerson S. K. Coonly

Marlboro ships large boot and shoe shipments last week

Marlboro reported shipping 3 697 cases of boots and shoes in the prior week. The town’s trade figures reflect steady activity as merchants move footwear east and abroad.

Portsmouth High School appoints principal Goodwin

E. J. Goodwin of Farmington has been appointed principal of the Portsmouth High School, vice Stephen W. Clarke, who resigned. A new hotel is planned on Long pond shore in Stoddard and a steamboat will operate there next summer for guests. Joseph Stickney, a hotel porter, was arrested in Concord on a charge of breaking and entering James Moore & Son hardware store and stealing eight revolvers. Robert Roberts of Portsmouth, a well known stable keeper, was thrown from his carriage and sustained dangerous injuries. recovery doubtful.

E. J. Goodwin Farmington Portsmouth High School Stephen W. Clarke Long Pond Stoddard Joseph Stickney Concord James Moore & Son Robert Roberts Portsmouth

Extraordinary flood swamps camps along Poplar river

Despatches from Poplar river and Buford report an extraordinary flood of water and ice. Indian camps were flooded and several hundred ponies drowned. others escaped by fleeing, losing tepees and robes. The movement of Ilges's camp from Poplar river and Buford is blocked until the flood subsides.

Sr. Paul Minn Poplar River Buford Ilges

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Bishop Senate Clarke Auburndale Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Miss Willard Chicago Woman’s National Association Association President Hayes Towner Long John Hutchinson Hutchinson America Foster Mle Phillips Brooks Revere Beach Chelsea Beach Association Ocean House Coney Island Eastern Railroad Revere Beach Road Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Company Associated Charities Charity Building T. Leonard Children’s Aid Society of Leonard James Freeman Clarke Frank Fay Otis Brothers & Brewster Kilby Street Doane Street State Street North End Ireland Lyceum Hall East Boston Chas. E. Endicott D. D. Kelly Harvey N. Shepard Wm. J. Burke Thomas F. Doherty T. C. Kennedy Ladies’ Land League Josephine R. Stone Ladies’ Central Land League Melrose Highlands Melrose Daniel D. 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Barrett Thamar Thomas Chapman Drolinski Josie Wilmore Olinska Leonora Bradley Zemila Gatety Theatre Boston Museum Guv’nor George Fawcett Rowe Rowe Paris Mr. Rowe Roland Viscount Vibert Jacques Sorel Marie Constant Count Vibert Jacques Serel Jacques Renee Dumont Renee Juliette Orlando Pontifex J. Burrows J.S. Haworth William Seymour Dumont Alfred Hudson Champoreau B. R. Graham Brioche Bavard March &Co J B. Mason J. Nolan Maurice Stafford Annie Clarke May Davenport Julie Countess Vibert Mary Shaw Sadie Martinet Suzanne Rose Temple Madame Claque Kate Ryan Marie Globe Theatre Barry Jean Renaud Jas. O'Neil Edwin Warren Count D’ambeterres O'Rourke F. F.mckay Agnes Booth Thomas Barry Adrienne D’aubeterres City Riall Notes Council Committee On Martin T. Folan Joseph B. Gomez Folan Frank A. Packard Boys’ Printing Deer Island R. J. Gilkie Joint Committee On Public Instruction Board of Health Curve Street Col. 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Wolbert A Gownsend & Reis Po Raaedantes Samhuel Bunting’s Sons & Cos W.B Lippincott, Son & CO Thelarzest Boat and Shoe Auction House Woonsocket Patriot Woonsocket Rhoda Island S. S. Foss D. D. Farnum Woonsocket, R. I HR. LL. Pay & CO Merchants’ Exchange Hoom Exchange Place A . Re Boston Stock and Exchange Boards Union Cotton Manufacturing Co ALO Suffolk National Bank Pacific National Bank Pepperell Manufacturing Co Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills Boston Belting Co Union Horse Railway Co Metropoltan Horse Railroad Co South Boston Horse Railroad Company Olede, Delvhos & Burlington Railroad Union Horse Railroad Btookline Gas Light Co National Car Co Telephonic Signal Corporation Central Electric Gas Lighting Co Rutland Railroad Bees —— Railroad Kaatet Railroad Union National Bank Eee Hia Blackstone National Bank Cambridge Horse Railroad Co Burlington Gas Light Co Burlington, Vt Union Electric Signal Ge Maine Ius R. BR. L Belfast Bangor R. 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