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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1879

Page

3

Fire department passageway proposal blocked near King's Chapel burial ground

City committee reports against laying out a north side passage from Tremont Street to Court Square. Next meeting to consider. Marking of vehicles ordered for easier identification in accidents. adopted. Burrille claim of 49,000 to H W Paine assigned to first October meeting. Orders passed.

Sawyer Ward Twenty-five Committee On Streets King’s Chapel Tremont Street Court Square Christal Ward Committee On Ordinances H. W. Paine Charles Burrill Colby Ward Eighteen

Fire at Rialto building causes heavy losses on Devonshire street

An early Wednesday fire at the Rialto building on Devonshire street caused $6000 to $7000 in damage, starting in a second floor camel coal bin and spreading via the ceiling. The Central National Bank and Winkley Dresser & Co. were lightly damaged by smoke and water, and the building insured for $25,000. A separate blaze on Union wharf destroyed a 300 foot hog shed, with losses around $3300, while Woodford Farlow suffered about $1000 damage to hides. An onlooker was injured helping remove a bark from the danger.

Rialto Devonshire Street Simmons Estate Central National Bank and Winkley, Dresser & Co Protective Department Union Wharf Kennebec Steamboat Company Union Wharf Company A. S. & E. Spring of Portland Formosa Edwards Butts Clark Street

Purses Rise as Mystic Park July Meeting Attracts Entries

Mystic Park opens a July meeting on the 15th with strong purses and a full list of entrants across multiple days. Entries include Boston, Providence, Medford and New York riders in 2.25 and 2.38 classes, with purses ranging from 300 to 400 dollars.

Mystic Park John Riley Boston G.m. Clair Clark Spaulding Lawrence B. G. Ben F Hayes B. G. Bess Fearnaught J. A. Littlefield Meaford R. G. Despatch Barry Conklin J. Keenan G. m. Emma B H. G. Smith Medford M. Noontide C. E. Mosher Joe Ripley W. KE. Weeks New York B. m. Rose Medwin W. E. Weeks B. G. Star Thomas Waddington Philadelphia B. m. Lady Blessington John Ryan Bks S. Hayes G. G Gray Friar Purse Grant Providence Tom Pink Midlieses G. A N. J. Howe Robert B. Thomas B. G Wild Dandy da Piter Billy D Witham Waterville Br. S. Knox B. G. Rufus W. E. Werks B. G. Clifton Z. Vooxhies Williamsburg R. G. Dispatch Ben F H.G. Smith B. S. Prince Lambert Charles Seth B. G. Gloster Charles D. Exnna Queen Bess William Clege Attleboro B. m Lady Wilmorth Re. G Iron Age G. H. Gardner Br. G Ed Getcheil J. A. Byrne Col. Moulton R. Eling Eltenville N. Y B. m. Lottie K John Farrell C. S John Virgin HW. G. Smith Dan Plifer Provincence Ne'l T. D. Marsh Great Falls Careless Boy Thmas Waddington Lady Blessington Z. Viveiyer Nellie J. Howe J. A. Byron M. Giblega Belle A. H. Stunner Topsfield Alice G. Wilda Dandy

Accidents Reported Across City Streets

Lattie Brown aged 24 fell from a second story window at No 20 Lyman Street striking her head and was severely injured. Herman Wantney was thrown from a broken axle wagon on Columbus Avenue and suffered a brain concussion and scalp wound. Frances Barry age 7 was run over by a beer wagon at Way Street and Harrison Avenue with severe internal injuries. Thomas Ryan of St Marys Home on Bowdoin Street Dorchester fractured his right leg after a horse he was leading frightened and reared. He was taken to City Hospital.

Lattie Brown Lyman Street Herman Wantney Wenthworth Wollaston Express Columbus Avenue Whitney City Hospital Frances Barry W. Brown Way Street Harrison Avenue Oneida Street Thomas Ryan St. Mary’s Bowdoin Street Dorchester Ryen

Judge Russell chairs Railroad Commission amid land harbor split

The Railroad Commission chairman has taken the chair while the new Land and Harbor Commission has yet to organize due to illness of member Willard P. Phillins. The law requires lands papers to be sent to the State House though Harbor Office sits at Pemberton square. The Secretary of the Commonwealth reports 1952404 in fees last quarter, including 418 for peddlers licenses and 190750 from corporations and commissions. Chief Clerk Mrs J Coolidge and Samuel R Slack are away on vacation. trustees of state institutions may meet soon to discuss salaries, with Wrightington asking a State House gathering on the 10th.

American Library Association Boston Medical Library Boylston Place Winsor Champney Webago Public Library Iowa State Library J. T. Clank, Esq Advocates’ Library Edinburgh James Gates Leeds Public Library England Charles Warren Washington Antonio Panizzi Custom House John Edmands Mercantile Library Philadelphia Committee On Publishers R. P Bowker The Library Journal Pitman Mann Horace Mann W. B. Clarke Boston Clarke H. A. Hagen Harvard College Pastor Frinsch Berlin Europe Gentleman’s Magazine Meinike France Naval Archives Marine Department America United States Hagen Alexander von Humbolst Mexico J. A. Lintner Albany State Cabinet Antonio de Lareid Blatta Orientalis American Naturalist Lem David F. Lincoln Lincoln William F. Poole Chicago Public Library Poole Board of Trustees Commissioner of Health Bunker Hill Theological Library Messrs Guild Brown University Ewler Peabody Institute Baltimore Crandon St. Louis Public Russell Railroad Commission New Land and Harbor Commission Willard P. Phillins New Commission Commonwealth State House Harbor Commission Pemberton Square Secretary of the Commonwealth J. Coolidge Samuel R. Slack Wrightington

Embezzlement Charge Brought Against Kelly at Hicks & Son

Frederick A. Kelly of Station Three was arrested on Hancock street on a charge of embezzling 89 from Hicks & Son copper smiths at Bowker street Nos. 9 and 11. Kelly, recently hired as book keeper, allegedly collected sums from several customers before his arrest. He claimed to have spent all money in dissipation.

Orienteal Lodge Everett Lodge Ackerman Boston and Albany Boston Springfield Cols. Fiske Parker Kingsbury New Haven Garraughty and Burke Arthur S. Leiss New York Charles A. Bonnelli Leiss Bonnelli John Kellee Underwood Station Ten Catherine Baker James Wood Susan Shepard Rathertine Julius A. Palmer Lynch Station Four Mary Williams Hannah Sliney Jordan, Marsh & Co Hancock Street Frederick A. Kelly D. Hicks & Son Nos. 9 Il Bowker Street Kelly Kennedy O. Callaghan William A. Thompson Suffolk Udi South Henry W. Wilson Eighth Street F Street Jane Rvzie M Blodgett Mortcagee

Bostonians Stay at Round Hill House Northampton

During the last fortnight Gov. Talbot Mrs J A Veazie and W Veazie E Waldo Cutler and Charles A West were registered at Round Hill House Northampton. A large party of Bostonians in carriages visited in the last week including Henry Parkman Mrs B Vaughan Miss Annie Longfellow Miss Fannie Stone J J Myers J W Brooks and others from Cambridge.

Association Sanders Memorial Hall Cambridge Charles W. Eliot Harvard University Eliot Winsor Boston Institution of Learning John Langdon Sibley As the University Library Sanders Theatre Museum of Comparative Zoology Alexander Agassiz H. A. Hagen Peabody Museum of Archeology F. W. Putnam Gore Hall Round Hill House Northampton Gov. Talbot J. A. Veazie

Cambridge Probate Court Wills and Administrators Listed

Wills presented for probate in Cambridge include Sarah C. O Connor Gustaf Frederick Von Wachenfeldt John N White Susan H Arnold Patrick McQuade Administrators appointed for Samuel Parker Dana Manson Simeon D Taylor Catherine Woods John Mahoney Thomas McQuillan Benjamin Phipps. Also notes on Boston and Maine Railroad case and Suburban Short Notes.

Cambridge Sarah C. O’connor Gustaf Frederick von Wachenfeldt Manchester N. H John N. White Somerville Susan H. Arnold Marlborough Patrick McQuade Frank H. Mareh Moses P. Parker Wakefield Samuel Parker Watson Stearns Waltham Dana Manson Moses Taylor Superior Criminal Court Boston and Maine Railroad Company

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