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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1881

Page

3

Various proposed bills from Massachusetts legislature on legal and municipal reforms

A long list of motions and bills to reform salaries for clerks of courts in Hampshire and Franklin, assess damages for lands taken for town ways, revoke certain governor appointments, sell state stock in railroads, file bonds administratively, redraw juror selection for Suffolk, and update election, library, and banking laws. Also reports on town treasurer eligibility and naturalization jurisdiction. Dissent noted by two senators. Measures on Boston voter registration and river navigation improvement noted.

Cook Hampshire Franklin Whiton Plymouth Fuller Suffolk Rockwell Berkshire New York and New England Railroad Commonwealth Committee On the Judiciary Bennett Knowlton Hampden Boston Crocker Judiciary Snow Cape District Committee On Banks and Banking Isc Reed Bristol Lilley Middlesex Globe Rubber Company Charles S. Bolton Connecticut River Sandford B. Cash Templeton Hayden Brown West Newbury C. L. Hartshorn Worcester College Amherst Adelia ‘I. Jones Springfield Maor Chelsea Canton Bates Braintree Cohasset Hull P. G. Bowerman Falmouth Francis Jones School Committee of Mary May Joseph Carew Connecticut East Boston Charles L. Gill Stoneham Lowell Saideity Board of Aldermen E. B. Goodsell Melrose E. C. Fitz Lodge Nahant Common Council Nathan Morse Cogswell Salem Supreme Superior Court Farrar Abington Foster Tewksbury Hill Stevens Malden Ebenezer Gay Mr. Thomas Brookline Alexander Hi. Brice Wm. W. Clapp Albert L. Coolidge Senate House of Representatives Central Wharf and Wet Dock Corporation Buill Swampscott John P. Palmer Bulin Concord Massachusetts Fish Exchange Peabody and Victora Mills Newburyport John McGrath Stextm Thomas F. Newton Elvira F. Buck Frederick Lenox Committee On Railroads Boston and Albany Railroad Corporation Sheperd Judiciary Committee Merritt

Bigamist Albert Porter sentenced in Philadelphia

A Philadelphia court jailed Albert Porter for five years on bigamy charges. Across the country, a Nevada Senate vote against Chinese treaties was tabled by Republicans. Bridgeport reports the sick elephant Hebe, mother of Young America, unlikely to recover.

Albert Porter Philadelphia Nevada Senate Hebe Bridgeport Conn Augustus R. Kenyon North Stoningto Chicago Samuel B. Lemay Cut Off Climton Edward Mulaney Frnitley Mulaney Mose Iwiggs Driscoll Waynesboro Frank Mese William ©. Haight California Haight Bodie

Bills Advance In Legislature Amid Brief Debate On Compensations

The house refused to reject a compensation bill and sent it to Monnay. Engrossed measures include a water supply for Clinton, land takings by Ola Colony railroad in Fall River, an expanded estate for Home for Aged Men, and provisions on prisoner release, tax sale redemptions, probate jurisdiction over marital rights, and minor child protection. Adjourned.

Monnay Clinton Ola Colony Railroad Company Fall River

Notable Waltham Market Death And Local Trials

Ezra Chapin of Waltham died at his fish market from heart disease on Thursday morning. In Cambridge police court on Friday William K. Gill was arraigned for concealing property and held for further exam. In Lynn district court William Welsh was held for trial for breaking and entering. Dr J O Hollis of Somerville died suddenly after chest pains at his Main street home. Rev G P Gilman lectured in Everett on Cairo and Constantinople with 65 views. Middlesex WCTU convention at Wakefield reform club hall opened with prayers and reports. Mrs McLaughlin led temperance talks and announced planned legislator action in February.

Ezra Chapin Waltham Church Street Cambridge William K. Gill Lynn District Court William Welsh Superior Court Edward McCall G. P. Gilman East Milton Europe Everett Cairo Constantinople Middlesex County Wakefield Reform Club 8. W. McLaughlin Leavitt Congregational Church R. W. McLaughlin

Oldest Randolph resident dies after long life of service

The obituary notes a Randolph Mass man born March 17 1788 who died January 26 at age 97 4 He traced descent from John Alden of Plymouth and studied at Harvard Dartmouth Penn and chaired or served on trustees at Philip Academy Andover Theological Seminary Amherst College and other groups His family included three surviving children and a widow

Randolph Mass John Alden Pilccim Harvard College Dartmouth Medical School University of Pennsylvania Philip Academy Andover Theological Seminary Amherst College American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions American Education Society Randolph National Bank Alden Daugster Edmund Kimbell Newburyport Ebenezer Alden Marshfield Edmund B. Alden Boston

Freight cars derail near Middlesex delaying mail three hours

Three freight cars left the track two miles above Middlesex delaying the mail and other trains for about three hours. The incident disrupted service early in the day as crews worked to clear the line.

Elliot Middlesex Hamlin Middlebury College New York Caroline D. Chamberlain Randolph Luddon Samuel B. Steele Loyal Jordan G. Bucklin Castleton

Oldest Mason Hurt as Horse Runs Away in New Market

Deacon Thomas J. Haines a nearly 80 year old New Market resident and oldest Mason was injured when his horse ran away Wednesday night. He suffered a broken right shoulder and other severe injuries. S JT Bickford, accused post office thief, appeared before US Commissioner Hatch in Portsmouth Thursday morning, waived examination, and was ordered held in bail of 800 payable in 19 days. Supreme Court ruled for D F E Smith of South Newmarket requiring removal of fourteen cottages at Ep ping Methodist campgrounds and the Hedding Camp Meeting owned well. One cottage belongs to Gov Head.

Committee On Railroads Thomas Russell Railroad Commissioners Boston England United States New York Massachusetts General Cour Free Railroad State House Joshua D. Ball Jasves Bal Nantaket Charles Francis Adams Jdr Willard Phillips William H. Finney Boston School Board Basid Board of Aldermen Finney J. 1. Stackpole City of Scense David B. Hagar Normal School of Salem Pedagogical Association John W. Dickinson State Board of Educcaion Thomas J. Haines New Market Haines S. JT. Bickford Hatch Portsmouth Supreme Court D. F E. Smith South Newmarket Epping Hedding

Fires Devastate Multiple Towns Across Nation

A string of January fires causes widespread damage from New Hampshire to Philadelphia. Charles Taylor and others suffer substantial losses in barns and houses, with uninsured totals reported. Additional blazes hit Calverts dentistry in South Bend, Fisherville mills, Unity Village, Oswego last night, Milwaukee Manawa mill, Jacksonville rail shops, West Point library area, Chicago factory, Prescott armory district, Wooster grocery block, and Manayunk carpet yarn mill with a worker killed.

Tiliton N. H Charles Taylor F. W. Wilkins H. P. Haynes W. Lord Taylor Haynes A. W. Lord Lord Bros R. S. Perkins South Bend Ind Calverts Worcester Mass E. Fisher & Son Fisherville Gratton Tnn Hartford Phoenix Aterville N. W. Rackliff Unity Village Oswego N. Y Dan Robert Gordon C. H. Butler Crawford Milwatkee Wis Holton Manawa Wallahasser Fla Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad West Point Association Library Joel Walker Jacob Freisleben W. C. & L. Lanier M.A. Dickson Dozier’s Confectionery Lanier’s Bright’s Mrs. Winston Wooster Ohio Power Philadelphia Richard Hay Manayunk Thomas Batehley

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