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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1889
Page
8
At a crowded meeting Republicans Brooks and Cushing were absent. Democrats used the gap to dispose of three contested elections without reference to the elections committee, including Dillon Reed Mulhall and Bagley cases. The council adopted new committee lists and debated rescinding the previous referral of petitions to the elections committee.
The council resolved that Frank E. Bagley and Francis H. Dillon are entitled to Ward 3 seats, and John P. Reed is not. John J. Mulhall is entitled to Ward 12, and James B. Hayes is not. After hearing debate on votes credited to multiple ticket spellings, the matter was sent to the committee on elections for hearing and the three admitted members were escorted in and sworn in.
About 1200 people attended last night in Odd Fellows' Hall for the four degrees of the Improved Order of Red Men under the Great Council of Massachusetts. The event featured Mishawum Mishawum Tribe Charlestown Hiawatha Medford Hodensau nee Boston Skitchman kin Dorchester and included feast of corn and venison for degree staffs. Great Sachem Yate of New Hampshire and Past Great Incohenee Litchman of Philadelphia oversaw special tests.
The Boston YMCA announces its new officers for the year led by President A. S. Woodworth and Vice-President A. L. Coolidge. E. M. McPherson is treasurer and Arthur S. Johnson is recording secretary with Walter C. Douglas as general secretary. Stowell resigns to take Fail River post. regret resolutions pass. Committee chairs named: Executive J. O. Whiting. Rooms Henry Frost. Instruction and Lecture L. Pitkin. Library W. M. Bullivant. Finance A. L. Coolidge. Appropriation J. D. W. French. Reeran Warren O. Kyle. Vacancies R. Janae.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple agents and firms including Rice & Co Augusta Ga Gouley Craw Albany NY Dohan Gossage Co Chicago Shay Greensfelder Flor sheim Co Penn Cincinnati O E Virden Mabley Carew Detroit Spear Shiilito R H byte Lexington Ky Spencer Quast Madison Ind Morse Rogers New York Fisher Naisher Phila Greacen Philadelphia G W Jerry Rowe Terry Pittsburgh Richmond J M Gusky Richmond Va Stein Bros Savannah D P Myerson Trenton Hannah Lay Mercantile Co Traverse City Michigan.
The Cambridge school board met last evening to confirm new hires and approve transfers. Annie M. Dow was confirmed as a Webster grammar school teacher, Elizabeth R. Regal resigned from Thorndike grammar, S Louise Regal moving to Thorndike effective Feb 10, Mary A. Carmichael nominated for Gore primary at 400 dollars yearly, and Sarah J. Fahy named for Putnam grammar. The kindergarten was proposed to join the regular system, tabled for next meeting. The ac counts committee presented current year estimates including salaries 182200 and new school houses 80000. Gertrude Cook and Arthur Livermore Bowker wed in North Cambridge with notable guests. A reception followed at 32 Bowdoin Street. An evening at Union Hall featured the Boston Ideal Banjo Mandolin and Guitar Club with Miss Jessie Eldridge. Frank F Henderson and a man named McLaughlin formed the Durale Shoe Company at 44 Munroe Street but the senior partner vanished, leaving employees and creditors awaiting his return.
The Brookline Town Hall hosted the first society assembly under patronage of Mrs. Walter C Cabot Mrs Arthur W Blake Mrs Henry Whitney and Mrs Moses Williams. Prominent guests from Brookline Boston Newton Jamaica Plain and Cambridge attended a 9:30 PM to 1 AM dance directed by Mr Frederick W Paine with Cheney's orchestra. The event featured elaborate costumes and a supper intermission in the lower hall.
Naval office promotions rise to $1200 and $1400 clerkships with new duties for outside steamers. Boston Stereotypers elect officers. lantern exhibit planned at New Jerusalem Church. Athletic Association admits 100 new members, total 1300. Farmers meet at 45 Milk Street to discuss market gardening. Frederick A Ober to speak on Spain at YMCSU. Patrolman Prince dismissed for conduct unbecoming. Car hand injury at Marginal Street. Larceny arrests at 81 Franklin Street and 176 177 Summer Street. Horse and Stable offers prize for yearling stakes. Daniel Russell reports aiding 435 discharged convicts in year.
In Waltham Massachusetts a stockholders meeting of the Waltham and Newton street railway was held with 25 to 30 attendees. Thomson Houston Company rep W A Boland proposed to buy the remaining stock at 20 dollars per share or have holders retain shares and assume debt. Over 200 shares, including American Watch Company, were sold or assigned. The sale aims to gain the franchise and abolish heavy track before electric motors can run on Main Street.
Dedham January 17 Mrs Sarah Smith vanished in September from her son Joliffe Smith’s home. A rumor placed her near Muddy Pond then she surfaced in England via a hospital in Boston and a consul helped her travel there. She was later confirmed safe and well.
Lynn January 17 Broadway Club members in City Hall included Mayor Newhall Alderman Goldthwaite Councilman Allen City Marshal Hill Superintendent Bates Public Library Trustee Sprague and others. Miss Lizzie West 22 reports robbery of 110 on way Worcester Boston route found sobbing at Central depot. She had 20 cents, bought a ticket to Lynn, detained at headquarters and Mr Young of Worcester notified.
James P. Neary, a 22 year old cashier for the Mutual Union Telegraph Company, faced Municipal Court charges of embezzling about $2000. He allegedly diverted funds between September and October and confessed when confronted by an expert accountant. total loss cited around $1983 with deficits at the company bank. He was held for trial in Superior Court in $5000 bond. He had aided Irish visitors by entertaining them with dinners and wine.
Harvard chess competitors Brown Sturgis and Nicolls each finished seven games with five wins, one loss, and one draw. A playoff left the same tie after results swapped between the three. Webster led others with five wins two losses, while Black, Chamberlin, Taussig and R D Brown posted uneven scores in the closing rounds.
A new downtown convenience point opens at 176 Boylston street in the YMCA building for Back Bay residents. The office serves the New York & Boston Despatch Express Company Armstrong Mansfer Company Boston Cab Company Earle & Prew Providence Express Boston Parcel Delivery and Suburban Parcel Delivery with a principal downtown location at 42 Summer street.
The seventh winter entertainment presented by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association featured the Boston Madrigal Club with harp accompaniment by Miss Florence C. Sherwood. A large audience attended Association Hall last night for the program.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its third extra matinee of the season on Wednesday afternoon January 30 at Music Hall. Conductor Gericke curates a light music program featuring solo numbers by C. M. Loeffler and Xaver Reiter. Tickets go on sale at Music Hall next Monday morning. The orchestra is occupied with concerts in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington this week and there will be no public rehearsal or concert at Music Hall.
Auction sale planned for Wednesday and Thursday afternoons next week offers a collection of fine paintings by foreign and American artists. Lewis J. Bird will serve as the auctioneer to reduce stock before removal.
First session under Justice Blodgett details rulings on manure sale with $139.88 verdict, and insurance dispute over a $2000 policy with $215.33 awarded. Multiple cases listed by number include Walsh v. Consolidated Railway Co and Adams v. Gastina with various outcomes and attorney references. Second session notes continued cases under Justice Sherman, focusing on contract and land disputes, while fourth and fifth sessions cover tort, divorce hearings, and numerous case references with judges and attorneys.
In Dunbar J Anthony Brown found not guilty on robbery charges. Robert McArthur convicted of robbery and sentenced to two months at the House of Correction. James Murphy convicted of robbery. Mary Smith convicted of larceny and sentenced to one year at the House of Correction. Simon Fox convicted of breaking and entering and sentenced to Massachusetts Reformatory.
Supreme Judicial Court session January 17 heard cases including Dennis McCarthy versus the Boston and Lowell railroad with counsel for the plaintiff and defendant and William W. Downs versus Bowdoin Square Baptist Society with assigned counsel.
The document outlines a petition to remove Elijah B. Phillips from the presidency of the Fitchburg railroad for allegedly using proxies illegally. Prescott Keyes and J. R. Smith represent petitioners, with W. G. Russel and George A. Tor listed for defendants, and a set of related orders cited. Municipal Court actions on January 17 include Neary embezzlement charges, Reynolds fraud and bad check cases, a neck-cutting incident bound over for grand jury, and Toomey breaking and entering bound over for the Superior Court.
Tort action to recover for John Whittemore death due to alleged want of due care by defendant's agent. Defense denied. Jury withdrawn. finding ordered for defendant. Attorneys named for plaintiff and defense. Additional docket items include partition action and various other cases listed with parties and brief notes.
In Norfolk County Superior Court, Chester Snow v. John B. Alley ended with a verdict for the plaintiff at 54 573 75. John Cronnell v. Edwin A. Halli et al involved contract action and a mechanic’s lien with a $375 verdict for the plaintiff. Beukart v. NY & NE RR Co had no further jury trials this term.
In Middlesex County Superior Court on January 17, the jury ruled for petitioner in the case Peterson versus the Inhabitants of Waltham with go7990 noted. Attorneys B Johnson for petitioner and H Armstrong for defendant.
A six lecture series to aid the girls high and Latin schools opened yesterday afternoon in the Newton street schoolhouse. Rev. E. E. Hale spoke on The Naval Battles of the Revolution and praised Captain John Paul Jones as America’s greatest commander. The next talk is scheduled January 24 at 3 p m with Dr. Samuel Eliot delivering a panegyric on Prescott the Historian.
In Brookline Police Court William A. Corbett, an Estabrook milkman's employee, allegedly pulled six inches from a horse's tongue last week. The animal was driven afterward and the cruelty went undiscovered for two days before the horse was killed. Corbett paid $150 plus costs.
An advertisement touts Salvation Oil as instant relief and a speedy cure for rheumatism while urging all citizens with congas or colds to use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup for relief.
Two letters discuss domestic labor rights and dog control in Boston. A reader argues maids should have similar rights to mistresses and notes legal gaps. Another writer recalls a five year hearing on dogs, urging leash laws and owner responsibility to curb attacks and nuisance. Julius A. Palmer Jr. signs.
The private ceremony took place last evening at Daniel N. Swallow’s Beach street residence Somerville. Clara L Swallow daughter of the host married William Grand Jr of St Paul Minnesota with Rev D O Mears Worcester officiating. A reception followed from 8 to 10 and the couple will reside in St Paul Minnesota.
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