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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1878

Page

3

American Woollen and Wool Association Executive Meeting

Executive Committee met at the Secretary's office 266 Washington street to review progress and encouragement. Over 300 sets have signed the memorial, with signers including H. N. Slater Rowland Hazard Jesse Metcalf and others from Slater Manufacturing Peacedale Wanskuk Lisbon Oxford Auburn Webster Dexter Providence and Killingly. Copies of the memorial available by request to the Secretary. officers listed H N Slater president George Hodges treasurer Herbert Radclyffe secretary.

American Woollen and Wool Association Washington Street H. N. Slater Slater Manufacturing Company Rowland Hazard Peacedale Manufacturing Company Jesse Metcalf Wanskuk Manufacturing Company George Moses Woremba Manufacturing Company Lisbon George Hodges Oxford Mass William G. Wise Auburn John Chase & Sons Webster, Mass Josiah Perry R. W. Robinson Dexter C. D. Owen Providence O. F. Chase Wilsonville Conn T. D. Saylese Killingly Charles H. Merriman Lippitt Woollen Company Association Herbert Radclyffe

Fitchburg Rail Road Aims Direct West to Foreign Ports

Arrangements are under way to load the new steamer Hooper at Constitution wharf owned by the Fitchburg Railroad. The plan seeks a direct West to Atlantic seaboard connection via the Turveil with West and foreign ports. Mr Stearns and Mr Washburn are coordinating to place the Tunnel line on par with other trunk lines. Stearns departs for New York to advance talks.

Fitchburg Railroad Company Hooper Liverpool Boston Constitution Wharf Fitchburg Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Management Turveel President Stearns Washburn Atlantic Seaboard Stearns New York Channel

Embezzlement case of Bigelow with Buffinton estate continued

The Municipal Court heard the embezzlement case of George B. Bigelow charged with misappropriating trust property from the J. H. Buffinton estate. Key testimony covered receipts, notes, and estate accounts with witnesses including J. Harris Reed and M Mietugene Buffinton, detailing loans, endorsements, and estate values. The examination closed with Bigelow and Buffinton's ongoing accounting disputes, proceedings adjourned to today.

George B. Bigelow J. H. Buffinton Churchill J. Harris Reed Bigelow Ezra Goodwin United States Metalline Company Goodwin Eugene L. Buffinton Buffinton Henry B. Richmond Edward Crane Richmond Lester Ezra Crane John Bigelow May Geidowsky Somerby Nape Harvard College Zigelow E. L. Buffinton Mary B. Richmond Serene Buffinton Clarence W. Buffinton George F. Blaney Samuel Bigelow Buflinton Vermont Newton Flint

Boston hearings on street fruit stands permits petition

The House Judiciary held a hearing on Boston's petition for authorizing permits for worthy poor to occupy street stands with abutter consent for fruit sales. City official E P Nettleton argued the measure fits common practice, while opponents cited nuisances and street obstruction. Other committees reported on militia expansion, elections, street railways, water supply, and remonetization of silver as well as pardons by the Executive Council.

Public Library Guild Shepard Coe City Hospital Perkins Spenceley Roberts Publi Wiles Counelmen Sampson Edwin Sibley East Boston Ferries McLean Hibbard and Pearl Mt. Hope Cemetery Hayden Perkam Benjamin Brintnall Sibley Sibley of Ward Five Crocker Ward Nine Prescott Light Guards Executive Council House Judiciary Boston E P. Nettleton Augustus Russ E. O. Bicknell Nettleton United States Europe J. P. Palmer William Reed Lowell Express George Springhall Malden Merrimac Street Eugene A. Stowell Winter Street City Hall Withiam Parkman Dock Square House Committee On Elections Lennis O’connor James L. Locke Senate Fourth Middlesex Luther H. Sherman F. W. Clapp Committee On Agriculture Lynde Webster Committee On Federal Relations L. Foster Morse Committee On Committee On Water Supply and Inage New State Prison Concord River

Sale of Sewing Machines in Bankruptcy Auction

A large lot of Wheeler and Wilson Wilcox and Gibbs and Remington sewing machines and related equipment are offered for sale by bankruptcy assignees. They may be sold as a single lot or in multiple lots to suit buyers. Inquiries at No 32 Hawley Street Room L.

Commonwealth of Massachuse Suffolk SS. Superior Court A. D Gorham Collamore Boston Said County Pitt John B. Page Rutland Vermont George B. Chase Peter Butler David N. Skillings Edwin R. Birchard Iiondon Lawrence Barnes Burlington James H. Williams Sellows Falls Page Birchard, Barnes and Williams Commonwealth Birchara Barnes and Williams Birchard Barnes Wiliams Boston Post Deef Birchard A. D. Ca Samuel P. Allen Massachusetts Lato Exchange Street W. Palfrey Esa Weeister G. Usher U. S. Marshal, Mass R. W. Hall Washington Street Oliver Street West Castle Street Middlesex Street Bristol Albany Last Fourth Street M Street East Third M Streets The Treasury Department Walter Farnsworth Andrew W. Newman J. H. and S. W. Hurneman Mary E. Welsh James E. Root James B. Hildreth A. G. Bartlett Water Board Fellows Street Wheeler & Wilson Wilcox & Gibbs Remington Hawley Street Messrs Bartlett & Doak Crispins Board of Arbitration Crispin United States Canadas Estabrook & Eaton Commercial Street Albert Howe Brighton A. Howe Market Street Warren Avenue Cornelius M. Vinson Norfolk West Roxbury J. C. Sharp Seaver Street Thayer C. M T. M. Vinson John D. W Williams J. D. W. Williams Willias Henry A. Rice Banruptcoy Mart Lot

Boston Items From a Patchwork of Local News

A Boston patchwork reports weather easing by degrees and a slate of local happenings. Mentions include W W Jackson lecturing in Lowell, sheriffs’ reunion at Young’s Hotel, J W Phelps resigning Athol Railroad post, Addie Walsh found safe, Capt McKenzie visiting the Boston Chess Club, Donnelly planning a health trip south, Mrs Louise Foss canceling appearances, street widening plans at Pleasant and Eliot, Rev Bashford taking a health vacation, the Massachusetts section meeting at 1034 Washington, concerns about Dorchester Free Evening School, Myron Remick’s death after an accident, Hammatt Lodge officers installation and jewel gift to Henry Pigeon Jr, Hooper steamship’s size, American Molded Collar Company earnings, Longfellow autograph quip, Dorchester Odd Fellows fund for yacht disaster widow, Miss Baker speaking at Neponset Unitarian Church, George Westcott cleared by commissioner, Roxbury Athenæum officers, American Tack Company elections and bylaw dispute.

Jennie Collins Col. Beals John H. Pillsbury Emily Keating Pillsbury Prang Collins Abbie Ripley John J. Stevens Gregg George B. Green Boston Art Gallery M. W. Lincoln Lincoln Smart Perkins Crosby Brothers & Co R. Schwarz Coe Brothers N. G. Wood & Son Blish Wall Bower Washington Street Mercury W. W. Jackson Lowell Young’s Hotel John W. Phelps Athol Europe Addie Walsh Westminster Street McKenzie New York Pleasant Street Eliot Street Charles Pfaff J. W. Bashford Methodist Harrison Square Massachusetts United States Medical Society Dorchester Myron E. Remick South Eliot Hammatt Lodge Henry Pigeon, Jr Hooper Hoover Telegraph Company Liverpool American Molded Longfellow Norfolk Lodge of Odd Fellows of John P. Hunt Miss Baker Manchester Unitarian Church Neponset Women’s Christian ‘Temperance Union George Westcott Maine Old Colony Hallet Roxbury Athenauum Charles K. Dillaway John S. Steeper Edward B. Reynolds Robert G. Molineaux John O. Means John S. Flint Charles Stanwood Daniel W. Jones Pickering Attwell John Rogers William Blanchard Samuel Little Joseph W. Tucker American Tack Company L. L. Tower Charles E. Brigham George F. Tripp Fairhaven O. P. Brigham New Bedford C. D. Hunt Joseph A. Beauvais

Babes in the Wood at Globe Theatre and other Boston notes

A compact roundup lists current Boston theatre offerings and events including Globe Theatre Babes in the Wood, Boston Theatre Exiles, Boston Museum Angel of Midnight, and reviews of Mol Pitcher at Howard Athenum. Also noted are Framingham Normal School exercises, police changes, local notices, and a suburban notes tally of variety items.

Globe Theatre Boston Theatre Louis James The Exiles Boston Museum Howard Atitenzeum Moll Pitcher Boston Music Hall OLD South Church Boston Paris Howard Athenum Mol! Pitcher the Howard

School Committee Adjourns with Budget and Appointments

A School Committee adjourned meeting chaired by Mayor Montague accepted a report opposing monthly teacher pay, adopted rules for primary school principals, and outlined annual appropriations totaling 177 475 dollars. John H. Collier was elected Truant Officer. several other candidates stood for the role. The session adjourned for one week. Distempered brothers in law faced a police court arraignment over a street brawl. Hogan was discharged in self defense, McQuilkin fined and appealing. A pastoral reception for Rev Alexander McKenzie drew large parish attendance. Fire alarm reported a small East Cambridge barn fire causing 75 dollars damage. Lynn-

Montague Committee On Rules and Regulations John H. Collier Third Ward Mark J. Folsom D.O. Snow James L. Buffum Frederic Hogan James McQuilkin Columbia Street Hogan McQuilkin Alexander McKenzie Shepard Congregational Church Ward One Garden Street Cambridge Eighth Street

Prominent Brookline Lawyer Dies at 49

A well known Brookline lawyer and citizen died Wednesday evening aged 49. Harvard graduate of 1839 and early Abolitionist, he served as Free Soil Congressional candidate and was counsel for the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. Once Register in Bankruptcy, he retired due to ill health, and leaves a widow and four children after two marriages.

Brookline Harvard Suffolk Congress Anthony Burns

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