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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1881

Page

2

Vessel to study deep sea matters proposed by Prof. Baird

Prof Baird urges a new $100000 vessel for long offshore voyages to enable deep sea soundings and related research beyond near shore work. The Fish Hawk now used by the U S fish commission is deemed limited to close in shore duty.

Baird United States Fish Commission Fib Committee On Appropriations Jewell Republican Natonal Committee House Select Committee Republican National Committee New York City

Second Day at Claremont Educational Institute Opens

The second day session in Claremont New Hampshire featured music by the Glee club and addresses on professional training teaching methods and school government. Speakers included H P Warren G E Perley Hon ITin Conant S H Barlow J W Patterson and others with essays on things teachers should know and do. The afternoon featured lectures on English literature supervision and the high school system. The institute closes with Edgar C Silver and a planned Italy trip by J W Patterson.

Claremont N. H Educational Institute Glee Club H.P. Warren G. E. Perley Itin Conant Kate A. Brooks 8S. H. Barlow Lebanon J. W. Patterson Sesson E. E. Silver H. D. Ryder, Esq Springfield Jennie Miller R.S. Bingham Stevens High School

Tragedy in Whitevale as mother kills two sons then wounds self

In Whitevale Ontario today, Mrs Shep ard killed her two sons aged three and seven months during her husband's absence. The elder was shot with a revolver and the infant died from stab wounds. She then attempted suicide by cutting her throat with a butcher knife. she survived but is not expected to recover.

Whitevale Ont

Maine Senate lists state committee and corporate acts

In Augusta on January 28 the senate announced the joint select committee on the state of the commonwealth: Mort gage of Knox Emery of Hancock and Tower of Waldo. Passed to be engrossed acts authorize Little Androscoggin Water Power Co to raise capital and incorporate Pejepscot Manufacturing Co, plus consolidations of Maine Turning and International Turning. In the house petitions for liquor law amendment cider sale and a Bridgton to Portland and Ogdensburg railroad charter. A bill to amend insolvency law allows insolvency proceedings by creditors with one quarter of total unsettled liabilities.

Augusta Senate Commonwealth Messrs. Mortgage of Knox Emery of Hanecock Tower of Waldo Little Androscoggin Water Power Company Pejepscot Manufacturing Company Maine Turning Company International Turning Company Bridgton Portland and Ogdensburg

Massachusetts Financial Exhibit From Tenth Census Findings

A preliminary exhibit by census special agent Robert P. Porter outlines Massachusetts wealth, debt, and taxation. It lists total assessed real and personal property, state and local taxes, bonded and net debts, and per capita figures, plus debt purposes and interest breakdowns.

Washington Massachusetts Robert P. Porter Chicago Union

Western Union to acquire two telegraph firms in stock exchange

An abstract shows Western Union will absorb American Union and Atlantic and Pacific by stock for stock and bonds for stock while assuming all contracts and transferring assets through Union Trust. The deal includes capital increases and special distributions to shareholders. Included are terms on liens, debts, and future exchanges with detailed asset transfers and ratifications.

New York American Union Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies Western Union Telegraph Company Western Union Union Trust Company Atlantic and Pacific Atlantic and Vaerie Atlantic & Pacific Atlantic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Trust Company Central Construction Company Central Construction Committee

Alarm over Fenian uprising spurs new government safeguards

London reports warnings of a large Fenian insurrection across Ireland and major English towns. In Parliament, debate on the coercion bill resumed as authorities prepare for potential agrarian violence and issues in Waltham Abbey and Enfield mills. A Wigan proclamation bars unlawful meetings.

London Roscommon Ireland England House of Commons Forster William M. Johnson Gladstone Land League Administration of Justice Waltham Abbey Enfield Wigan

Severe winter weather disrupts trains across New England

Intense cold and gale force winds sweep New Hampshire Maine New Brunswick and Massachusetts on January 28 delaying trains and blocking lines. Sucook Valley Sucoek Valley and Intercolonial routes face drifts while fishermen and open boats risk loss amid the blizzard.

Concorp N.H Suco@ek Valley Soston New Brunswick Str. Joan N. B Upper River District Woodstock Maine Portland Bangor Augusta Ogdensburg Bartlett Newburyport Graims Portsmouth Portrsmouth N. H Manchester Northern Mass Boston and Maine and Eastern

Southern Pacific progress and Denning junction project

New York reporters note 340 miles of Southern Pacific track laid in California and 35 miles east of Denning New Mexico by Jan 25. The Denning Atchison junction expected about March 1 as Dominion Parliament debates Pacific railway resolutions with nineteen amendments defeated. A $50,000,000 mortgage is recorded in DeWitt county, Illinois, backing by eastern parties for the Wabash railroad.

New Yor UK Southern Pacific Railroad California Cara Grande Denning Station N.M Atchison Road Denning Ottawa Dominion Pacific Railway Clinton DeWitt County Wabash Railroad Central Ilinois New York Anti-Monopoly League Jas Chittenden Cooper Institute Frank B. Thurber

City cuts salaries in Public Works staff to save $92 000

New York reports a 10 percent pay reduction for city workers earning over two dollars a day in the Public Works department, yielding about $92 000 in salary savings. The Mutual Life Insurance annual statement shows policy payouts of $13 160 194 to holders in 1889 with $91 735 786 in assets. About 10 000 policies, totaling near $34 million, were issued last year. James D. Thompson of New Bedford died after being run over by an Eighth avenue car last week.

New York Department of Public Works Mutual Life Insurance Company James D. Thompson New Bedford Eighth Avenue

Saline County Leader Buried Alive in Well Collapse

Little Rock Arkansas January 28 Dr W H Bond a prominent Saline county resident was buried alive when a well caved in during his descent. The accident occurred yesterday and rescue efforts followed but he did not survive.

Little Rock, Ark W.H. Bond Saline County

Garfield's Church and the Bible Alone

Rev G W Vanesy argues Garfield’s church should be judged by its words and deeds not its size. He compares church meaning to body and building, urges plain simple worship, defends baptism, creeds, and Christian unity, and condemns costly, showy edifices as fleshly wisdom.

Louisville Courier-Journal G. W. Vanesy Garfield Menu Christ St. Agustine Kentucky Chillngworth Church of Christ God Father Christams Paul Apollos Antioch Talmage Calvin Sen. Murray Utah Cannon Jesus Christ Christian Church Washington Christ Jesus Hitory Tabernacles Washington City Peter Cartwright Gen. Jackson Lord Jesus Christ Gen. Garfield

Seven Shakespeare Card Collections Offered Free

Promoters claim seven artful cards in six colors illustrate the Seven Ages of Man. Applicants must buy seven bars of Dobbins’s Electric Soap the same day to receive the full seven cards gratis by mail. Cragin & Co., 136 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, urges customers to spread the offer to friends and states the soap is a weekly necessity.

Edison Dobbins I. L. Cragin & Co South Fourth Street Philadelonia

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