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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1890
Page
8
Advice on staying healthy, avoiding fatigue, and dressing for weather. Recommends woollen clothing, moderate eating, and not overworking. Suggests whiskey as a quick tonic and promotes Duffy's Pure Malt as a recommended product. Warns against overcalling doctors for minor ailments.
Multiple civic and religious gatherings are noted from Saturday and upcoming events. Unitarian and Universalist Sunday school teachers held sessions at Channing Hall and Bailey Hall with clergy leading lessons. The Roxbury Woman Suffrage League met with Mrs. Burr presiding. The Jef fries Winter Club hosts a reception and ball at Lyceum Hall East Boston. Delegates from fifty Sabbath schools, totaling 50 000 members, will attend the Boston North Baptist Sabbath School Teachers convention next Friday.
In Salem on February 16 special session the Haven tax case resumed with F L Evans arguing the 1888 tax was assessed in good faith and the assessors acted under oath. Capt. Charles H Odell testified about 1886-87 assessments and noted disputes over valuations and sales, including Beverly Farms and Haven estate prospects. The hearing adjourned for two weeks.
The Salem report notes the superintendent’s compliment to retiring staff members was stricken from the record. The body of Charles Huben did not arrive from Colorado Springs, so his funeral could not be held as planned. Mrs. Sarah Narbonne, of Essex street, celebrates her ninety fifth birthday and remains fully alert.
In Lynn February 10 memorial services were held at Proctor's Theatre by General Lander Post 5d G A R before a large audience. The ceremony featured a hollow square altar, black and white drapes, and fifteen chairs for deceased comrades. Commander Hall led the ritual with Rev. J M Pullman delivering the sermon amid officials including Mayor Newhall.
The iron gray horse owned by N. M. Quint, a familiar Essex county parade participant, died today after a nail injury in its foot led to lockjaw. The incident was reported from Proppy on February 16.
An attachment was filed at the Court House on the estate of John B. Alley of Lynn in an action for tort and contract seeking $100,000 brought by Chester Snow. The writ is returnable the first Monday in March. The old writ was marked satisfied last month.
A special YMCA service honored Abraham Lincoln and George Washington born in February. A bust of Lincoln and a painting of Washington were displayed on the platform. James J. Murdoch, elocutionist, read Washingtons farewell address and gave Lincoln recollections. Mrs. Flora E Barry sang several numbers. President Baldwin led the service.
Mr J J Hayes will read Colombe's Birth Day by Browning on Thursday evening at Chickering Hall. The event recalls Mrs Lander's earlier fine production and sparks interest for the reading. Twelfth Night appears on Thursday the 27th with a miscellaneous programme to close the course.
John Boyle O Reilly lectured in Boston last evening on Irish music and poetry. He traced the antiquity of the bards and their decline and asserted Ossian works as Irish in origin. A concert of Irish music preceded the talk with several Loston singers, and the packed theatre had standing room only.
The New England Public School Music Teachers Association held its monthly meeting at the New England Conservatory Saturday afternoon. Nathan Lincoln of Cambridge spoke on two part songs while Martha Boggs of Washington sang Jerusalem with Signor Koteli. Mr W S Tilden of Framingham opened the discussion on when to begin study of two part songs, followed by a general exchange and a chorus by the audience.
The second and third class girls of the Latin School staged The Feast of Dido in the parlors of South Congregational Church on Saturday. The arrangement from Virgil featured scenes of Dido in Carthage, guest arrival, Troy’s fall as told by Dido, and included an intensely effective slave dance, with praise for the graduates and performers.
James Dowd, eight, of Girard Street Roxbury, was stabbed in the side yesterday afternoon by Frank Cunningham. The injured boy was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
Professor L C Brastow of Yale spoke at Mt Vernon Church on Horace Bushnell, praising him as a gifted but nonconformist preacher who pierced hearts with truth. He described Bushnell as a born leader and iconoclast whose sermons urged practical religion and warned of threats like the spoils system.
Norfolk Club at Youngs hosted ex Speaker Charles J Noyes Hon Charles Coffin and W H Bigelow with about thirty present. Noyes praised Speaker Reed and reform aims while Coffin recounted Civil War experiences. Seven new members elected across clubs including the Massachusetts Club guest A W Beard.
A Rev. Meburny of Provinceton emerges as a new candidate for Congress in the first district, upsetting Randall’s grip and signaling broader anti-Randall sentiment. Ex Senator Norris backs Randall, but many believe Norris may face a rival challenge. Local figures Keith and others warn Randall’s stronghold weakens while discord grows across Fall River and nearby towns. Dr. Davis’s lab adds to the tense political atmosphere as voters watch the district.
The Rev J S Lindsay spoke at Grand Opera House on Job 21 15 asking what is God and what profit in praying. He argued prayer elevates man, expands mind and soul, and aligns life with moral duty, referencing divine goodness and God as father who sent his son. He urged duty brings happiness in an approving conscience.
Auction at C F Libbie and Co Hayward Place drew strong attendance as historic documents sold well. Notable items included an Ethan Allen letter at 45 dollars a Benedict Arnold letter to Schuyler at 3250 dollars, and a George Washington handwriting piece at 2750 dollars. Other high values featured Jefferson 15 dollars, Lafayette 25, Hancock 16, and Paine 68.50.
Delegates from steam fitters plasterers plumbers stone masons and other unions met in Pythian Hall with President Carroll chairing. Plans include an eight hour demonstration on the 22d lnst with P J McGuire and A F Jury to attend. funds raised total 150 dollars. A National Trades Council may be formed, and stock pledges discussed. Additional notices detail Carpenters District Council meetings across multiple towns through March 8.
A Wells Memorial Hall meeting organized a permanent single tax State committee with E. M. White as president Levi H Turner as secretary and Sylvester C Fay as treasurer The group adjourned to the third Sunday in March for another meeting.
Mr George E McNeill continued his afternoon lecture on Social Organization and Reform at Horticultural Hall with a talk on Socialism and the Workingman He argued the aim is health wealth and happiness and that socialism is humanity asking for more He traced labor unions and strikes as tools of workers noting cooperation between capitalists and unions as key to progress He urged distribution in production as the remedy rather than redistribution after production.
The West End Street Railway Company informs Superintendent Jones it will rebuild tracks across the city to improve electric car operation. It proposes heavy girder rail like the Shawmut avenue installation. Decision on acceptable rail height rests with Jones, with concerns that more than half an inch could endanger public travel.
The thirtieth annual statement shows assets of 107,150,309 with a surplus of 22,821,074 and income of 80,398,288. New assurance written in 1889 totals 175,264,100 while outstanding business stands at 631,016,666.
The report lists numerous arrivals and hotel stays for visitors in Boston. J B Schoeffel and Mrs Schoeffel at Adams House, Berkeley Athletic Club reps at Brunswick, Pastime Athletic Club at Crawford, and Frank Daniels with Miss Bessie Lawson at Adams House. Many other guests from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Montreal, and beyond are noted with their lodging across Adams House Clark's Park Theatre Tremont and other hotels.
The committee on new members met at its hall 23 Mt. Vernon street with Frank Goodwin presiding. Elected corporate members include the Hon. Sleeper and several gentlemen. annual corporate and annual members listed. A vote approved printing the late William Wilkins Warren’s name with corporate members in future reports. Thirty-one others were elected conditionally. An advertisement notes a $30,000 fund to be distributed to users of Dr Craig’s Original Kidney and Liver Cure.
United States Circuit Court February Lib. Standard Sugar Refinery Company sues Nicholas Castano and others for damages over a breach of contract for a cargo of sugar. Plaintiff alleges non delivery and substitution of other goods. Heard on an agreed facts with counsel R Wadleigh for plaintiff and M M Weston for defendants.
The Supreme Judicial Court docket for Tuesday February 18 includes Chase v Phillips Erland v Manning Jacobs v Flynn Camrell v Ames Hills v Putnam Same v Barnard Stone v Littlefield Middlesex county v Elliott Pennett v Walker Ola Colony RR v Pratt Hobbs v Martin Nevins v Damrell Adams v Borlin Goggsins v Boston and Albany RR Suburban L and VP Co v Board of Aldermen.
The record lists first session cases including Jarvedel v Cook, Kelly v Forbush, Curley v Daley, Connors v Grilley, Falls v Bost, Bernstein v Ne ete, Cole v Rubel, Roenwald v Alex, Burkett v Sullivan, McCormack v Kus, Saxon v Wyeth, Knott v McKay, Rich v Hastings, Williams v Favor, Haley v Wagstaff. Postponed cases for Feb 17. Second session includes Fred A Freeman v Lydia Freeman on promissory note for 1200 dated April 13 1887, with defenses of signature doubt and fraud. many other docket entries listed with various plaintiffs and defendants and cross-references to railroad and common law entries.
Feb 17 docket entries include Dewey J rulings and cases: Breed v Buffum, Mulcha y v City of Salem, Dodge v Mason, Parsons v Driver, Cross v Sargent, Leach v Marblehead Water Co, Neal v McKenney, Hathway v City of Lynn, South v Locke, Chapman v Jackson, Hall assignee v Beebe, Salem Lyceum v City of Salem, Sweeney v Lynch, Richards assignee v Wakefield Rat tan Co, Pierce et al admis v Perkins, Hall admr v Macintire et al, Robinson v Mecallist er et al, Olliver v Turner, Saine v same, Hartshorn v Buckley et al, Dolliver v Turner, June v Woodbury, Atherton v Porter admr.
Suffolk Probate Court list for Monday February 17 includes guardianships of minors and insane persons, executor and administrator accounts, and petitions for probate of wills, trusts, name changes, and partitions. Numerous named filers include Blanche Alden, Mary Kimney, Sarah Bowdoin, Henry Brawley, Gardner Brewer, Jenny Collins, Timothy Pantenes, Dennis Crowley, Timothy Vacey, Hiram Dacey, Mary Denison, Ellen Verrick, Frennelli Doherty, Ada Draper, Robert Everett, Patrick Flynn, Walter Gardner, Ellen Getchell, Mary Inman, Samuel Irwin, John Kehew, John Millan, Bichla Lackey, Mitchell Lincoln, Mary McCarthy, James Parker, Catherine Avoy, John J. Loring, Stephen Maynard, August Pouthan, Kate Robbins, Sarah Robinson, Jacob Salkeld, Esther Suizburg, Mary Sweeney, Ulena Thayer, and others. Asset values and case numbers appear.
A catalog of court case references arranged primarily by docket numbers and party surnames. Entries include Goulden v Harding Winkley v Arbecain Clark v James Brown v Tebbetts Grainger v Pierce Gray v Gray Damerell v Bergir Gerstel v Stern Huber v Hussey Stinee v Brown Hughes V v same Caddington v sam all v Curry Marston v Smith Cannon v Henry Wakefield v Clauton Leigh v Thomas Hastings v Bickford Letts v Holmes Loring v Stern Ryan v Grossman Lunney v Wertkind Street By Co Alexander v Kugel Johnston v Simpson Batchelder v Sullivan O Callaghan v Shanley Kennedy v Smith Pickens v Aldrich Henry F Miller & Sons Piano Co v Sawyer
In a Boston letter to the Post dated February 15, residents of Concord Square fund and perform cleanup to keep the area first class. They collect old papers and debris, burdened by frequent handbill distribution and litter. A local policeman has been asked to curb disorder, but volunteers persist to maintain cleanliness.
A Boston reader urges better lighting in public spaces after two cases. At Horticultural Hall a chandelier of ten gas burners over the lecturer caused heat and eye strain. At the Church of the Disciples the pulpit faced harsh lighting and glare, while other walls remained dark. The writer asks architects to position lights away from the audience. Park Street Boston Feb 12 1890.
The East Cambridge grand jury on Saturday found a bill against E Clarence Page of Medford for allegedly poisoning his wife. No bill was returned against Mrs Isabel Clark who was said to have been involved.
Another opportunity is afforded the public to secure first class and reliable footwear in the work down sale announced at the store of T. E. Moseley & Co., 469 Washington street. A lot of gentlemen's fine shoes and a large assortment of shoes for ladies, boys, misses and children are offered at surprisingly low prices.
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