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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1896
Page
3
The Massachusetts Amateur League updates standings for its bowling division and highlights top individuals. Team results, recent match outcomes, and leading players across divisions are reported with current points totals and rankings.
Jack Doyle, famed ball player, refuses to sign with Baltimore after a prior NL trade. He cites location,, insists he would rather play for Boston or Washington and prefers New York above all others, stating his heart is with New York.
Seventeen Brooklyn men sign contracts for 1896. Gleason may reach Giants as third baseman and Joyce to captain Warrington. Connaughton debuts at short in New York watched by Boston friends. Mullane winters in Chicago as skater. Moran and Tebeau winter in Joliet. Weyhing proclaims next year his banner with the North Pacific League. Pittsburg lists only Stenzel Donovan Beckley Hawley Foreman. Clingman may join Milwaukee. New York lineups for Jacksonville show two teams with many names and positions.
Terms indicate a weak East and West field for the St Paul championship skating meet with Johnson out and few or no East entrants likely. Worcester indoor games entries close tonight, and various sports items note boxing, billiards, and track preparations nationwide.
The column reflects on aging fighters like Australian Billy Murphy amid financial strain and changing fortunes. It notes Murphy’s past bouts, his intent to quit, and contrasts with other Boston boxers who remain financially stable under prudent management. It also mentions amateur trials for Suffolk Athletic Club, signed confirmations, and a canceled Lynn Rowing Association match.
Sterling Elliott returns tomorrow as Eclipse Cycle Company displays new bicycles at Stands 215 and 216 in Chicago. The Pope Manufacturing pamphlet cites Canada’s tariff puzzle and claims all winners chose Columbias. The Cyclist Federation of New York led by Bridgman Bowman and Johnson is praised locally yet criticized for excess flattery toward the L A W. Seventy five dealers contract with Boston Woven Hose for Vim tires.
The trial of Robert T Kneebs over the trotting mare Nellie Kneebs opened in Berlin on January 2. He is charged with using Nellie Kneebs as Bethel in races on German tracks. Three American witnesses from Wakefield testified that Nellie Kneebs was not Bethel, each claiming to have seen Bethel at Wakefield weeks ago.
Harvard faces uncertainty for the rowing season as plans for a possible quadrangular race on the Hudson with Yale, Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania unfold. Coach Watson has yet to report, while the athletic committee remains wary of new ties with Yale and favors maintaining existing affiliations.
In the international chess tournament Lasker (White) beat Tschigorin in thirty moves. The result completes the fourth round. Standings show Lasker 7 1 2, Pillsbury 6 1 2, Steinitz 6 1 2, Tschigorin 8 1 2.
Pawtucket holds first in the National Polo League ahead of New Bedford by three games after a Saturday victory in Pawtucket witnessed by over 2090 fans. Fall River Providence and Salem stay in a tight chase, while Clinton and Woburn vie in the New England contest as Stoneham lags.
Arcedalia the fast mare completed the season with a 2 14 fraction and is raced daily on the boulevard as Saugus may host a running meeting this year. Mystic hosts wintering trainers James Golden Cal Galvin and John Riley while John Nay keeps a large string at Readville. David Gideon turfman won a libel suit against Jockey Club chairman Philip Dwyer for 50 000, with Dwyer found liable for repeating derogatory statements about Gideon.
Boston investors faced in New York swindle linked to Brigham of 642 Washington St. as Deputy Dempsey attaches $500 against Brigham property. Victims include White & Spate carpet firm and jeweller William Barthman. Brigham proposed fake checks and jewelry scams and claimed yacht deal with a $1440 commission.
The body of Terence F. McHugh of 98 Huntington avenue was identified at City Hospital as the deceased found in a doorway at 135 Northampton street. Death due to heart failure was not autopsied per family physician. He was 65, a Boston native, long prominent in livery stables, survived by a widow two daughters a son and a sister. Funeral set for Huntington avenue tomorrow at 2 PM.
In Suffolk County Massachusetts the Municipal Court orders publication and notice for Ernisl Pearson versus George H. K. Preble. The case seeks sale of listed personal property to recover sixty dollars ninety cents for fare and board. respondent unserved, publication required in Boston Post for three weeks.
Suffolk Court orders pendency notice in case of Gill Engraving Co against Penfield Brothers and associates. Defendants reside out of state, no service. publication required in Boston Post for three weeks before February first Monday. Case to continue to next sitting with annual sitting sequence until served.
Auction of a brick house with six rooms at Adams place near Cambridge street in Boston Suffolk County on Wednesday January 22 1896 at 3 pm. The parcel measures about 66 feet 3 and 3 4 inches east of North Anderson Street and 144 feet 2 inches north of Cambridge Street with a passageway right of way. A cash payment of 800 is due at sale with further details from Commissioner Francis Br Patten 23 Milk Street Boston.
Municipal Advertisements urge citizens to learn the location and operation of the fire alarm box nearest their property to improve dispatch speed. Henry S. Russell, Commissioner.
Sealed proposals for furnishing Brighton High School furniture must be received by January 20, 1806 at 4 p m in the Boston School Committee office Mason Street. Plans may be viewed at the Superintendent of Public Buildings Old Court House Court Street. Proposals should be addressed to the undersigned and labeled Proposals for the School Furniture Brighton High School. The committee may reject any or all.
The copartnership between William B. Handy and Charles L. Razoux is dissolved by mutual consent. Razoux assumes all obligations and receives all bills payable. Signed W. B. Handy and Charles L. Razoux dated January 3, 1896.
Fitchburg Railroad Company announces a dividend of two percent on preferred stock to be paid January 15, 1846 to stockholders of record December 31, 1845. Transfer books close from January 1 to January 15, inclusive. Daniel A. Gleason, Treasurer.
Annual meeting of the Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company will be held at No 31 Milk St Boston on Wednesday January 22 at 11 o clock in the morning to elect directors for the ensuing year and transact other legal business. Benjamin Taft Secretary Boston January 11 1896.
Henry R. Stievens of Dover petitions the Supreme Judicial Court to correct a failed deed recording for a Boston South End parcel, claim freehold title, remove cloud caused by the Titcomb heirs and administratrix, and issue notices and decrees under Chapter 340 of the Acts of 15898 to quiet possession. Fales & Mellen represent the petitioner.
The Supreme Judicial Court orders notice to all interested persons to appear in Boston Suffolk County on the first Monday of February next. Publication in the Boston Post weekly for three weeks and service on Phebe J Titcomb and heirs at fourteen days before February. They may show cause why the petition should not be granted or why they should not bring an action to claim. Clerk John Noble. December 27, 1895.
Annie Stevens Wilson of Everett sues Charles L. Wilson of Everett for divorce on grounds of adultery in Lynnfield Essex around July 4 1898 and other occasions. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Annie Stanswood Stevens alimony and attachment of the defendant’s estate to provide support. The suit names Coleman Cook as administrator and Bertha M. Wilson as alleged trustees with claims against both real and personal property.
Libellant must notify the libellee to appear before the court at Cambridge on the first Monday of February next. An attested copy of the libel and order will be published in the Boston Test three times weekly, last publication at least fourteen days before the appearance. A copy of the libel and order will be mailed to the libellee's residence.
Helen Otis Dorr of Boston petitions the Boston court for a divorce from William Otis Dorr of parts unknown who deserted her on or about April 1, 1892 after five years and nine months of marriage in Maine and Massachusetts. The libel seeks decree of dissolution of the bonds of matrimony.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court orders libellant to publish the libel and order in the Boston Post weekly for three weeks and mail a registered copy to libellee William Otis Dorr. Libelant must appear on the first Monday of February to show cause why the prayer should not be granted.
In Suffolk County Frances Elisa Webber petitions Hon Frances E Webler for a divorce from Wesley Webber alleging desertion at Somerville Middlesex County since September 1890. TheLibellant states lifelong fidelity and files this petition dated November 6 1895 seeking decree of divorce and separation from the bonds of matrimony.
On the libel on file at the Suffolk Superior Court Boston a notice is ordered to be published weekly for three weeks. The libellee Wesley Vow must appear in Boston by the first Monday of February to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. A copy of the libel and order must reach the libellee by registered mail or be served.
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