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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1880

Page

3

Boston Common Guards Missing and Playground Opened

Disappeared wooden grass guards on the Common leave the yard open to all but set games. Boston stock speculators Kimball & Co. fail after market losses and deal failures. Caterpillars threaten trees as Supt Doogue pursues them. Boston Tow Boat Co. contracts for a new grain elevator to meet expected season growth. Merchants’ Association refers Nar ragansett freight loss to transportation committee with authority to hire counsel. Farm School Boys to see Pirates of Penzance with a balcony concert beforehand. Masons Cooperative Union officers elected. Police hearing on enforcing the Screen Law in Pemberton Square this forenoon with witnesses from Cambridge Party.

Kimball & Co Kilby Street Boston Doogue Boston Tow-Boat Company Boston Merchants’ Association Narragansett Committee On Transportation Halleck Alhambra

Picnic Season Picnics and Races Highlight Volume of Social Events

The Relief and Benefit Society of A Shuman & Co hosted a Strawberry Hill day with foot and wheelbarrow races, sprint events, and a two mile walk, followed by a banquet at Arlington House. The Terra Novian Association held a Silver Lake Grove day with boat races and a four car friendly contest. A children's excursion from South Boston sent 1,400 to Lake Walden near Concord, with $3,400 raised to date. Macallar Williams & Parker gave workers a Downer Landing trip, rain interrupting plans.

Relief and Benefit Society A.shuman & Co Samuel Shuman Strawberry Hill Edward Fitzgerald William McKenzie George McManus John Mahoney Richar Hamilton Mary Kelliher Arlington House A. & Lemuel Shuman Ricer Cuming Ybody Terra Novian Associa Silver Lake Grove St. Mary West Ends J.J. Bagley Casey Crowley Association Kenny South Boston P. J. McCormick Cambridge Peter J. O'Brien Etween Lake Walden Concord Macallar, Williams & Parker Downer Lanning

Medfield Census and Local Industry Updates

Medfield reports 1364 residents, 275 polls, 276 dwellings, 8101 acres, and $1,064,850 valuation with $8,334 tax per thousand. Excelsior straw works to hire 300 workers this fall. season could top 690 employed. new boiler and Jarvis setting planned as felt and straw hat output nears 30,000 hats last season.

Medfield Excelsior

Real estate transfers list with multiple deeds and values

Emerson Street James T Penniman et ux to Francis James buildings and land 500 Seventh Street Hayward Livingston to Robert S Dean buildings and land 2600 WEST ROXBURY CHELSEA Arlington Street Loammi Chamberlain to Charles Lynde buildings and land 2000 REVERE

Emerson Street James T. Penniman Francis James Seventh Street Hayward Livingston Robert S. Dean Chelsea Arlington Street Loammi Chamberlain Charles Lynde Revere Henry A. Dean Robert 5. Dean Washington Street Joseph Clapp

Dorchester man falls twelve feet from barn scaffold

Forrest Hardy of Dorchester fell twelve feet from a barn scaffold. He sustained injuries but is reported in a condition that warrants medical attention and observation.

Forrest Hardy Dorchester

Population shifts and events across New Hampshire

Census figures show Carroll county population at 18 212 while 1870 was 17 291. Weirs hosts veterans reunion Aug 31. Campaign events preview with Conkling Blaine slated to speak in Concord. County notes include incidents in Rochester and Ossipee, and various regional gatherings such as Freewill Baptist centennial at Weirs and Portsmouth alumni reunion.

Coos County Carroll County Weirs Samuel Webber Manchester Charlestown Concord Conkling and Blaine

New Vermont slate quarry to open near Fair Haven

A new slate quarry said to rival Vermont sources will be opened a short distance north of Fair Haven. A Hancock and English flag was raised at the corner of Champlain and North streets in Burlington on Monday evening. Edward Short, 24, son of John M. Short of Hartland, shot himself in the head at Niagara Falls on Monday and is believed to be dying. He traveled to the Falls to die by his own hand. A Bellows Falls complaint names Robert Hill of Boston owner of a woollen mill at Cambridgeport, Vt, for an assault on worker James Leigh who was badly beaten on the face and head.

City Council Saco Penobscot River Ice Company New York Inspector of Life Practice Boston Concord Montreal Plymouth Francis Winn Wells Paris Green Hall Charles French Maine Central Railroad Skowhegan Payson Tucker Durham Benjamin Beal Bowdoin Hancock English Houston Messrs Hutchinson Strickland Depworth Aroostook John Carville Leadville Lewiston Carville B. A. McDonald White Mountain Bethlehem Great Haystack Franconia Gate River Hawthorne Mount Lafayette McDonald William McFadzen Bangor McFadzen Portland Appalachian Club Howard Col W. Higginson Mont Blanc Fay Compton Warren Mount Kenee Prof Maine Mr. Scott Pleiades Falls Moosilauk Quimby Hanover Miles W. F. Langdon A. E. Scott Lexington Passaconnay Mountains Edmunds Mary Doherty Woodland Street Ocean Millis Ball Grand Army Middlesex County Lowell J. P. Maxfield Lieut W. Thompson Tyng’s Island Thomas H. Hill Woburn John Nelson North Adams Superior Court Pittsfield Rockwell John O’ Neil Lanesboro Truman Patridge Gunn Whitford Stockbridge Eliza Crossley Curtisville Martin Daley Mary E. Myers Friends T. H. Jones Westfield Boston University Greenock Scotland A. Graham Bell Glasgow Mayor Campbell Jones George Hull Brockton Green Harbor Village Marshfield Hull Terra Firma Clark Rochester Mount Washington Harry Hunter Appalachian Mountain Club Normal T. W. Higginson Grands Mulets Wolfeborough John White Ossipee Cornelius Rooke Eastern Railroad Portsmouth Vermont Fair Haven Champlain and North Streets Burlington Edward Short John M. Short Hartland Niagara Falls Falls Bellows Falls Robert Hill Cambridgeport James Leigh Leigh

Notable Local Mishaps and Appointments Across New England

Wm. E. Healy of Rutland injured by a bull he keeps. Rev. E. S. Foster of North Adams found guilty of licentiousness and deceit by a Boston church committee. Five year old William Brown fatally scalded in a Ware wash tub of hot beer. Albert and Louis Simonds drown at Steod’s Pond Topsfield. James Illingworth named music supervisor for Springfield schools, replacing Amos Whiting. Mrs. Henry Walker injured by a hayload fall in Monroe. Acushnet and Wilbraham tax rates and valuations listed. Deerfield valuation and tax rate noted. Detective Philbrick reports James Keough’s past marriage and current bonds. Joseph G. Ball jailed at Newburyport for felonious assault with intent to rape.

Wm. E. Healy Rutland Church Committee Boston Foster North Adama Wiliam Brown Julia Brown Ware Topsfield Albert Simonds Louis Steod Simonds Springfield James A. Illingworth Rockville Amos Whiting Henry Walker Readsboro Monroe Acushnet Wilbraham Deerfield Philbrick James Keough John Partlow Lawrence Keough Rosa Partlow Cheshire England Joseph G. Ball Newburyport

Newport News Involving Ships and Society Events

The Wacienne frigate arrives at Newport from New York and salutes at Fort Adams and the torpedo station. Latchkey the steeplechaser reaches Newport with horses and staff. Democrats plan a ratification meeting on Exchange Place with Col Fellowes among speakers. An Admiral from the French frigate called at Goat Island. An unknown man was rescued after leaping from the Old Colony. Mrs J J Astor hosted a grand Newport ball with Hon William Evarts among the guests. A Newport woman lost 300 in greenbacks from a Fail River steamboat and 135 was recovered from the water.

First Baptist Church of Pawtucket Newport New York Fort Adams J. J. Bennett Latchkey France Mr. Bennett Democrats of Providence Exchange Place Soldier’s Monument Col. Fellowes Goat Island Old Colony John Jacob Astor William M. Evarts Casada

Drowning, sunstroke and grafting tales headline local notices

Reports recount Newell Olmstead drowning at Saugatuck after bathing, William Murphy found dead from sunstroke near Wolcottville, and ex-Judge Birdsall sending 20000 to bail Gen Morton in St. Louis. Lucy Osborn’s scalp grafting case in New York City hospital follows 1874 injury. A Hartford Charter Oak Park curiosity features oversized leather suspenders intended for a very strong man. The suspenders outlasted the tale.

William Murphy Wolcottville Birdsall Westport Gen. Morton National Liberal League St. Louis New Haven Lucy Osborn New Milford St. Luke’s Hospital New York Charter Oak Park Hartford

Arrival of Cleopatra's Needle in Good Condition

The Cleopatra's shaft aboard the steamer Dessauk arrived at quarantine in perfect condition despite a broken shaft during the voyage. The obelisk measures seventy feet eight inches at the base, weighs two hundred tons, and will be open to visitors off Hoboken.

Cleopatra Brooklyn New York Dessauk Hoboken Silas Boone Internal Revenue Boston Hale Boone Brooklyn Eagle John H. Knaebel New Maggie Abbott Bucksport Agquin Charles Anderson Horace Russell Superior Court Curtis

Fire tolls and losses across multiple cities on July 20

Fire reports from New York to Wisconsin detail varied damages. Wessler & Co. silk factory suffered 4 000 loss, Castle&Braid Co. 53 000, building losses up to 60 000 with potential rise to 100 000. Milton North Carolina tobacco factory loss 16 000 with 4 000 insured. James Cook Northumberland New Hampshire losses 2 500. Welch Clarkburg house fire 1 000. Fillmore Patterson Hutton storehouse 10 000. Lincoln John Lyner barn fire no insurance. Searle upholstery shop loss 1 800 insured 800. City Hotel Flint 7 000. Menosha Webster & Lawson saw mill 10 000.

New York First Avenue Wessler & Co Castle&Braid Company Danville Milton N. C George L. Smith Hatcher & Stamps Lancaster N. H James Cook Northumberland New Hampshire Springfield Noktth ApAms Matthew Welch Clarksburg Denver Col Concord John Lyner Lincoln Providence R. J James A. Searle

Contradictory Claims on Gulnare Seaworthiness

Ex engineer A L Kimpall and assistant J M Richardson arrive in New York from St Johns claiming Gulnare is utterly unseaworthy after boilers and fire boxes collapse. They urge Board of Arctic Exploration to charter Bear for the voyage or delay the expedition. captain disputes their assessment and notes repairs nearly complete.

Asistant New York Gulnare A. L. Kimpall J. M. Richardson St. Johns N. F Washington Board of Arctic Exploration Howgate Palmer Arctic Lieut. Crane

Watchman's Neglect Causes Freight Derailment in Hartford

Hartford July 20 An up freight on the Connecticut Valley Railroad derailed on the dyke near the city. Conductor Julius Bacon killed, engineer Frank Sheeman badly injured, fireman William Stanton bruised. Night watchman blamed for improper switch. In South Norwalk two workmen Warren Mead and George Hunt were struck by the 11 o'clock New York and New Haven express at Rye crossing. Mead died shortly after. Hunt died instantly.

Hartford Connecticut Valley Railroad Saybrook Julius Bacon Frank Sheeman William Stanton Bacon South Norwalk New York New Haven North Street Rye Warren Mead George Hunt

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