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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
8
A civic dinner features speeches by Lieutenant-Governor Brackett Major-Elect Mart the Rev M Savage W H HM Murray and other dignitaries in attendance at the event hosted by Whe Association at the Revere Mouse.
In Boston during January the New England Commercial Travellers Association dinner mirrored inauguration day events. Colonel Ephram Stearns presided with notable guests Lieutenant-Governor Brackett and Mayor-elect Hart. Speakers praised drummers for expanding trade while urging integrity and continued growth of the association.
In a Boston gathering, W H H Murray reflects on dual careers and a life of study, crediting New England commercial travelers for support after hardship. He warns that religion must translate doctrine to everyday humanity, praises perseverance, and recalls the audience with gratitude before noting society leaders and party figures in attendance. The article lists electees and honors at the close.
Goodall, File & James of Nashville assigned with liabilities around 92 000 and assets about 110 000. Bowler & Hall of Boston face about 20 000 liabilities with small assets. Bowler reported missing. Henry Werner of New York, a 25 year hides dealer, placed under receivership with 300 000 liabilities and 250 000 assets in hides, with branches in Germany and France. S J Tilden & Co of New York dispossessed for rent default. main business in New Lebanon, NY, eight-person firm tied to heirs of Samuel J. Tilden and troubled by will contest spending.
The last meeting of Somerville's old city government met last evening with many minor items sent to the next council. Mayor Burns praised the city’s first class police department, signal system, efficient fire department, good water and drainage, and well kept streets and public buildings. He noted tax rate reductions from 16 to 14.
The Boys Aid Club of Cambridge hosts an annual coffee party at Lyceum Hall Harvard Square this evening with patronesses and managers listed. The charity, founded in 1856, supports poor boys and has opened an industrial school and a free bed at Cambridge Hospital, funded by generous gifts.
Thomas Stone a Fall River teamster lies in Fall River Hospital with hydrophobia after a dog bite last spring. He is the subject of a medical case noted in local news.
Mary Anderson and Charles Joseph Anderson wed with Archbishop Williams officiating. Guests from Boston, New York, and beyond attended the ceremony amid Nor way silver decor, tropical plants, and a lengthy guest list. The reception followed at 147 Beacon Street, with lavish gifts and a planned English residence for the newlyweds.
The public is invited to this season's Saturday evening Practical Talks at the Y M C A Union, 18 Boylston street, opening this week with Clarence Pullen of Boston presenting New Mexico Historic and Picturesque illustrated by stereopticon. At the Boston Y M C A monthly meeting one hundred two new members were elected. The Rev Thomas Dixon Jr spoke on Character.
About fifty councilmen attended the 1888 annual dinner at Parker House after the final session. Toasts covered topics from the state legislature to politics, with humor about re elections. A council poem and speeches entertained, ending with Auld Lang Syne and a plan to form a permanent dinner committee.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid Association of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts elected officers for the coming year. Officers include President Mrs. Julia K. Dyer and secretary volunteers. A scroll of thanks was presented to Mrs. Ann E. Tucker for a monument in Hope Dale cemetery, Malden, with penwork by veteran A. C. Monroe who lost an arm at Gettysburg.
The travel firm plans four midwinter excursions between Jan 8 and 18. Three California trips depart from Fitchburg and Boston & Albany stations via New Orleans and Chicago routes, with a Mexico California leg on Jan 14. A Washington trip closes the list. The California group totals about 280, with two private Pullman cars Kolanthe and Haslemere. Sears family and Dudley party are noted passengers.
A letter accompanying a $3029 contribution to Boston city funds states the writer found not to return taxable personal property and asks the city to remit what law would claim as rightful assessment. The note emphasizes a law abiding citizen's stance and references notes disposed of.
Rome dispatch dated December 28 1888 says the Pope sent a loving letter to Irish bishops and included splendid cathedral gifts. It also refutes English agency claims that he refused to bless medals for Ireland noting the Irish prefer the gospel of Dillon and O'Brien to Christ.
The record lists multiple civil tort actions including Mary Chandler versus City of Boston for 4000 with a verdict for the defendant, and Timothy Coyle versus Fitchburg Railroad seeking 30000 for injuries. It covers appointments, case numbers, and judges across first to fifth sessions with several other listed dockets and orderly adjournments.
Superior Court reports John Cochrane Jr sues City of Malden for damages from a 1886 culvert reconstruction on Pleasant Street that allegedly narrowed flow causing floods harming lands mills and stock. Defense cites 1869 act and Spot Pond Brook commission. Trial held with Perry Creech for plaintiff and T Savage for defendant.
Multiple cases listed for January 3 before Judge Mason include Harrington v Mayo for personal injuries from a fall into an unprotected excavation. Coughlin v Kelleher over a fence dispute. and numerous other civil matters such as executors, railroads, and debt or property disputes. Attorneys named include Hurlburt, Keith, Sewall, and Moulton.
Rescripts reveal Felker v Standard Yarn Co overruled demurrer and tax liability as debt. City of Newburyport v Creedon discusses county pricing for Creedon's support and hospital board payments. Elijah Fox v Boston & Maine Railroad notes exceptions sustained with unspecified findings.
The court sustains exceptions in Ford versus United States Mutual Relief Company and Sheridan versus Salem, orders new trials or judgments accordingly, and clarifies that a savings bank may deduct losses among depositors. It holds a plaintiff’s right to recover depends on proof of disability or proper authorization, reverses or affirms rulings on passenger liability, and notes appeal and rebate proceedings involving Frank E Farnham and Stephen Baker.
Superior Court in Norfolk County lists cases including Mary Dwyer versus City of Boston for a fall on an icy Poplar Street sidewalk with a $500 verdict. Proceedings also note People’s Ice Company versus Charles E Davenport over ice removal at Sprague’s Pond Hyde Park and John Huckers versus Edward Malone for work and labor.
Pattee for plaintiff fendant. 43 Halloran v Plunkett 850 Forsythe v Fallon 52 Weld adms v Weld 55 Murray v County of Norfolk 64 Williams v Moseley J L Eldridge for de baonees a al v Brain erd 367 Beukart v NY & NE BR Co 389 Cronnell v Hall et al 390 Same vs same
D. W. Cobb faces a $75 false sale claim to Erastus W. Pierce over a horse. case postponed to Jan 17. John McPherson William Harris and John Holloway held on $1200 bonds each for breaking and entering John McKay’s dwelling at 17 Fleet Street, Jan 8. John O’Hare bound over $400 for embezzling $100 from Calvin W. Smith of 117 Lincoln Street. John A. Loring bound over $1000 for grand jury on breaking and entering Charles Floyd’s house behind 13 Groton Street.
Eighteen year old Minnie Pearson was arraigned for drunkenness. She threw a tin dipper at Judge Bolster and a tin pail across the court, narrowly missing staff and officers before being subdued. She is held for trial and may face assault charges.
Wednesday's Post reports a court record misstated damages in the counteraction Boston Blower Company v. John Scott. The jury awarded 62.39 dollars, not 6239 dollars as printed, prompting corrections in the Superior Court Norfolk County record.
Pocket calendars issued by Theodore Metcalf and Company feature attractive portraits and landscapes in bright colors on the outer cover. The card folds once for compact carrying by customers seeking small year planners.
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