Grim Maine coast storm leaves ships iced and ports frozen
A brutal blizzard strikes from Portland to Farnnington and beyond, with eight to ten foot drifts and ice filled seas. Vessels suffer, ferries tied up, and lifeboat crews patrol as Plymouth style weather cripples rail and road travel across Bancor, Lewiston, Rockland, Mechanic Falls, and Farnmincton with multiple trains canceled and towns isolated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Harbor
Gordon
Harpswell
Forest Queen
Peak’s Island
Bee
Cape Elizabeth
Tremont
Boston
Estella
Barter
Sheepscot River
Simonton’s Cove
L. A. Belknap
Dover
N.hh
Bancor
Here
St. John
Portland
Carmel
Lewiston
Grand Trunk
Bath
Waterville
Greene
Rockland
Knox & Lincoln Road
Farnmincton
Maine Central
Boston and Albany collision near Albany on January 26
Albany and Troy reports describe a two locomotive collision on the Hudson bridge when the forward engineer misread a signal. One engine and a passenger car were damaged, no injuries among passengers. Widespread blizzards hampered trains across New York, with lines from Port Jervis to Saratoga nearly blocked and freight services abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Boston
Troy
Montreal
Whitehall
Nyack
Hudson
Rockland County
Conors
Waterford
Lansingburg
Saratoga
Pennsylvania's Storm Locks Roads and Rails
A severe snow storm grips Pennsylvania on January 26, with about a foot on the level and deep drifts that block country roads. Mail stages fail, rail lines run late, and a Reading line engine sits between drifts at Marietta Junction. Coal regions halt mine output as furnaces shut for lack of fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Reading & Columbia
Marietta Junction
Bird Coleman
Cornwall
Lebanon County
Chestnut Hill
Columbia
Prohibition Debate Hinders Quincy Bill In House Session
Republican members blocked Mr. Quincy from sending his liquor law bill to committee, choosing to retain it on the table. The day also featured a report opposing two new assistant attorney generals and favorable action on a savings bank investment bill. In Senate matters, Boston aldermen sought consolidation of health and registrar offices, and the Commonwealth vs Western Union case for taxes is set for Feb 18 with over 50,000 dollars involved. Assistant AG Bliss heads to Washington to argue the case. Charles X. Ingalls, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Quincy
Boston & Lowell Rozd
Senate
Committee On Cities
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Board of Health
The
Commonwealth
Western Union Telegraph Company
Circuit Court of the United States
Bliss
Washington
Allen
Auburn
Beverly Fuel Society Bill and House Proceedings Review
The committee on mercantile affairs reported a bill to incorporate Elisha Whitney and others as the Beverly Fuel Society. The judiciary recommended against passing a bill for two assistants to the attorney general and for regulating auction sales. Banks proposed investing savings in Boston and Lowell railroad bonds. Finance urged decennial census printing, inland waters purity research, Tewksbury almshouse payroll, and current expenses. Contested liquor prohibition bill moved, tabled, then laid over for today. Petitions urged married women legal improvements, debt limits for Harvard bridge, Gloucester bonds, and Newton salary raise. Ordered printing and amendments to various treasury and liquor laws, and audits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Elisha Whitney
Beverly Fuel Society
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Banks and Banking
Boston & Lowell
Committee On Finance
Tewksbury Almshouse
Quincy
Gile
Worcester
House
Quincey
Gracey
Salem
Wardwell
Harverhill
Messrs. Symonds
Milliken
Malden
Quinez
Yresser
Medford
Newton
Lyman
Belchertown
Junor
Wiley
Hardwick
Brigham
Marlboro
Agricultural College
Ninth annual report on state lunacy and charity issued
The ninth annual report of the State board of lunacy and charity presented to the Legislature runs over 800 pages. It details general proceedings, receipts, expenditures, and immigration statistics, then covers public charities, state and municipal charities, and the charitable and reformatory establishments, followed by lunacy topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
Massachusetts
State Farm
Board of Government
Commonwealth
Massachusetts School
Tax Commissioner
Poe
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Old Colony Lease Hearing Reopened By Railroads Committee
The New England Shoe and Leather Association urged delay as hearings resumed on consolidating the Boston and Providence with the Old Colony Railway. Proponents argued public interest and potential savings. opponents warned of monopoly, high costs, and long-term taxpayer impact. A second hearing was postponed pending further consideration by business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Committee On Railroads
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Boston & Providence
Francis F. Emory
Boston
William Bb. Rice
Glines
Rice
Providence Road
Choate
New York
Braintree
Shoe and Leather Association
William G. Russell
Symonds
Edward Glines
State House
Old Colony Railway Company
Boston Executive Business Association
Boston committee hearings on city records and liquor laws
The city committee heard petitions from the Boston board of aldermen on merging the city registrar with the board of health for burial permits, while an alternate plan would have the health board perform registrar duties. Undertakers backed the change, Whitmore opposed it, and no consolidation was decided. Other sessions covered repeal of local option and prohibition measures with opponents like Elijah Morse cautioning constitutional limits, plus railroad committee talks on trespass, grade crossings, and rail heating studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Cities
Boston Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Leary
W. H. Whitmore
Durgin
Board of of Health
Apollonio
A. J. Gordon
Havens
Temple Street Methodist Church
Hugh Montgomery
Elijah A. Morse
Dorchester
Ladd
Howland
Railroad Committee
Crocker
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Commission
Railroad War Involving Burlington Lines Impending
In Cuicasco January 26 an imminent rail freight war emerges as the Chicago Burlington and Quincy declines concessions while the Burlington Northern vows to ignore any future rate schedules after February 1. The move, affecting routes shared with St Paul and Northwestern, could push a three-way price battle. Burlington Northern, aided by Wabash experience, may profit despite rivals. Early January earnings for Wabash rise $22,000 year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicasco
Sorecran
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Freight Association
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Road
Burlington Northern
St. Paul
Northwestern
New Departure in American Board Controversy Cited
The Congregationalist notes a new departure in the American Board on Miss Judson’s case, with a majority now favoring her agnostic stance on future probation for missionaries. It suggests a split among conservatives, doubts about Dr. Alden’s influence, and hints at broader shifts within the board as a young Wellesley student’s letter shapes policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Miss Judson
Dr. Storrs
Congregationalist
J. E. ‘Todd
Bertlett Hart
Noble
Boardman
Massachusetts
Andover
Bunker Hill
Alden
Wellesley College
Home Secretary
Dr. Alden
Coffee Market Falls as Brazil Crisis Undermines Demand
In New York on January 26 the coffee market showed notable weakness as several large holders signaled intent to sell. Brokers attributed the downturn to the demoralized state of affairs in Brazil, impacting demand and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brazil
Canadian Returns Favorable Trade Show in Fiscal Year
Ottawa reports Canadian customs data for the year ending last July. Exports totaled 89,515,811 dollars with fisheries, mines, forests, and agriculture each showing varied changes from the prior year. Imports rose to 112,892,236 dollars, and total foreign-merchant shipping tonnage reached 14,090,998 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Sprcr Au
Canadian Customs Department
Canada
Confederation
United States
A Boston reader defends weapons citing a late winter assault
A correspondent rebuts Taverner on carrying small weapons. He recounts a Boston suburb assault where a gentleman, walking with his wife, was struck and robbed, asking if a revolver would have changed the outcome. He contrasts snow concerns with streetcar salt and tracks, urging balance of public rights in Boston streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taverner
Boston
Dear Post
C. Sanders
Three Belgian Stowaways Hidden Aboard Milesian
Three Belgians named Joseph Du fraine Joseph Pearson and John Sullivan arrived as stowaways on the Milesian yesterday and are now detained at Station 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dufraine
Joseph Pearson
John Sullivan
Icebound Long Island Sound delays harbor bound vessels
New York reports ice packed from Throggs Neck to Sands Point delaying numerous eastbound ships. Tug and barge convoys slowed, several schooners and brigs icebound in Fall River and Vineyard Haven areas. Ice impeded harbor navigation, with multiple sailings and tows noted in Boston and Providence lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island Sound
Throgg
Taunton
Frances ‘K. Jackson
Jerrell
South Amboy
Providence
G. M. Wineh
Fernald
Boston
Daniel Webster
Nantucket
J. G. Fell
A. J. Fabens
Karry L.whitton
F. G. Dow
Annie FE
Ketcham
O. M. Marrett
Harold B. Cousins
Samos
Martinique
Fall River
Lyra
Crickett
James W. Drury
St. John
N. B
Don Juan
Nahmerds
Rouen
Nord America
Moreson
Valencia
Nora
Murchison
Georgetown
Dem
Moss Rose
Purdy
Dublin
Harvester
McLennan
Vineyard Haven
B. W. Morse
Blair
Investigator
Kodiak
Eva L. Ferris
Hoboken
Dessie M. Watt
Halifax
Gazelle
Richards
Campobello
Monomoy
Gallatin
Robert Byron
Willard
Rockland
F. Merwin
Clark
Carver's Harbor
Baltimore
Nantucket Shoals
Neilie S. Morse
George Moulton, Jr
L. ©. Ward
Hampton Roads
W. L. Roberts
SillMAN Co Reduces Gentlemen Overcoats In Stock Sale
Messrs A SillMAN & Co Washington and Summer streets announce their annual stock inventory with broken sizes of fine overcoats deeply discounted. Garments once $25, $25, $20 and $35 now $15, $20 and $25. includes Kerseys Viennas twills Shetlands and other fine materials. Some higher grade lots reduced. Overcoats finished in the renowned style of A Bhainen & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. A. Sillman & Co
Washington
Summer Streets
Messrs. A. Bhainen & Co
G W Simmons Co Store Ad Promises Bargains Today and Tomorrow
In every department of G W Simmons and Co at 32 to 44 North Street there are items priced for today and tomorrow and Saturday that any buyer would take home at the marked price. The store urges readers to note their advertisement in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Free Surgical Hospital Operation Totals Through 1887
The Free Surgical Hospital opened in September 1884 with 100 free beds. In the year ending Sept 1, 1885 there were 35 operations, in 1886 there were 205, in 1887 there were 510, and in the quarter ending Dec 1, 1887 there were 2038 operations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York State
Horace B. Stearns
District Court
Worcester and
Hampshire
Eben Hutchinson
Boston Suburban Land Company
Senator Glines
Senator Hartwell
Senator Shea
Suffolk
Committee On Public Service
A. O. Delaney
Second District
Eastern
Middlesex
Military Department
Pennsylvania
Charles Xs, Ingalls
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Europa
Newport News
Hamburg
Prawle Point
Kate Fawcett
Coosaw
Berwick
Havana
Southampton
Werra
Bremen
Queenstown
Wyoming
Liverpool
Strago
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Nassau
Adriatic
Norfolk
Italy
London
Bosphorus
Trieste
California
Leghorn
Palestine
Nova Scotian
Barcelona
Herman Cortez
New Orleans
Harburg
Hafis
Philadelphia
Bristol
New York City
Glasgow
Belfast
Bengore Head
Colorado
Emiliano
Gibraltar
Bessarabia
Palermo
Brow Head
Barrowmore
Edam
Amsterdam
Wisconsin
Atlas
Hayti
Orama
Croma
Leith
Devonia
Strathairly
Mediterranean
Bedford
Gen Whitney
da Orinoco
Hamilton
Ber
Donata
Richmond Hill
City of Washington
Celtic
Manhattan
Tampico
Genoa
Portia
St John
Roya Aking Powper Co
Wall St
N.Y
Urdock
International Medical Congress
Murdock
Causeway Street
Murdock’s Free Hospital For
Murdock’s Liquid Food CO
Benson
Lea
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Valencia Oranges
Carthagenian
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Ractions Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Adm.— Hares Old Colony Rd. de Shoe and Leather Natl. Bank
Flen
Srulgd Gvo
Ume
ILI Colwell Lead Co
Metropolitan Natl. Bank
MicKay Metallic Fastening Asso, Merchants’ Natl. Band
Tas
Nati
Wsele
Lyman Mills
West End St. Ry
Cheshire Rd
McKay & Big
Heeling Mach. Asso
Natl. Loan and Trust Co
Topeka
Kan
Busell Vrimmer Co
Manus, Fire and Marine Ins. Co
West End St. Ry. Co. Pfd
Top
St. Fe
Wisconsin Central Rd
New Eng. Mort. Sec. Co
Gino Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry. Scrip
Arlington Mills
Erie Teleg. and Tele. Co
Boston Tow Boat Co
Ypemigewasset Natl
Plymouth
N. H
Amoskeay Mig. Co
Manuf. Natl
American Insurance Co
Old Lowell Natl. Bank
Lowell
Adm
City of Cinn
Essex Rd
Easterg
Francis Henshaw & CO
Everett Mills
Doc Amoskeag Mfg. Co
of Trustees
Dwight Mfg. Co
Pacific Mills
Stark Mills
Boott Cotton Mills
Providence RR
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth
Lewis Wharf Co
United States Hotel Co
Manfrs. Ins. Co
Old Colony RR
Burton Stock Car Co
Boylston Ins
Merrimack N. Bank
Haverhill
Heston Cab Co
Metropolitan N. Bank
Exchange N. Bank
Shawmut N. Bk
Manfrs. Ins
Middlesex Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Otis Co
Cordis Mills
Dayton
Ronton RR
State N, Bk
Boylston N. Bank
Lowell Mfg. Co
Do Lyman Mills
Sin Mills
Nashua & Lowell RR
Louisville, Evans
St. Louis
Ogd
Rutland RR
Allen Gymnasium
Newburyport Gas Lt. Co
Municipal Signal Co
Criceey Boston &Liverpool
Pemigewasset N. Bk
Mt. Wollaston N. Bk
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Lake Champlain
Little Rock & Ft. Smith
New England
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
A. 5. Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leenmard Street
Harvard Med
Reotuh
MT. Vernon ST
Boston, Mass
Aaron E
GAY & CQ
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