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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1887

Page

2

Stock Jobbing Scheme Exposed in New Hampshire

A Worcester Nashua and Rochester stock deal yielded a $926,060 gain for partners after a 1885 seven teen per hundred stock dividend. They claim legality, but critics urge state action to block further enrichment at public expense, with a negative public verdict expected.

Soe Sinclair Railroad Committee Worcester, Nashua & Rochester New Hampshire Concorp N. H

McGarrigle's Escape Sparks $2500 Reward Circular

Sheriff Matson posts a $2500 reward for the capture of McGarrigle in Caricaco Alabama. Detectives expect developments within two days as circulars go to major cities. Milwaukee dispatch notes US cutter Johnston captain declined to seize steam yacht or tug alleged to be refuge.

Caricaco Matson McGarrigle Daily News

Crop Prospects in Western New England Show Mixed Results

A July survey reports a 15 percent larger hay crop but quality below average. Oats and rye suffered from floods while corn, boosted by hot weather, looks well and acreage climbs, overtaking tobacco in the Connecticut valley. Potatoes face rot risk from wet weather though late crops may rebound. apples show poor year with fewer off year effects. grapes and pears look good, quinces blighted. berries prosper. drought in May and July floods hurt rye and overall crop prospects.

Springfield Republican New England Connecticut Drouth

No Decision Reached in Joint Board Conference

Brverly July 26 There was another meeting of the joint board of conference of the lasters and manufacturers this morning. No agreement was reached and the conference adjourned sine die. The manufacturers will likely submit the dispute to the State board of arbitration while the lasters oppose this route.

Brverly Sprcrav Joint Board of Conference State Board of Arbitration

President names Van Buren Chase Barnstable district collector

The President appointed Van Buren Chase as collector of customs for the district of Barnstable Massachusetts in a July 26 act.

Barnstable Washington van Buren Chase Mass

Promenade Dance Program At Music Hall Tonight

The historical dance music programme directed by Neuendorff opens with Van Weber’s Invitation to Dance, then presents movements by Louis XIII through Liszt and others. A wide variety of Spanish, Hungarian, Slavonic, and Russian dances will follow for an extended, engaging program.

Music Hall Neuendorff van Weber Louis XIII Bach Gluck Mozart Bocsherini Lanner Gungl Strauss Offenbach Faust Sullivan Liszt

Multiple Birth in Memphis and Other Regional Incidents

Mrs Richard Greenlaw of Memphis recently gave birth to four children and the mother and babies are doing well. A 7 year old Granville South Carolina girl was arrested for murder claiming to have killed a child and dumped the body in a well. At Barre Vermont a monument dedication honors Dr J B Spaulding a former school principal. John Hazleroot a 50 year old Swedish worker in Middlefield Connecticut died by his own hand after heavy drinking. Caroline L Cheesky a 53 year old widow was killed by a train in Waterbury Connecticut. The preliminary murder malpractice case against Dr E G Stevens of Biddeford Maine is set for Thursday in Municipal Court. A new 100 by 40 foot four story shoe factory is under construction in Mansfield Massachusetts for Rumsey Brothers of Lynn. Manville Rhode Island mill workers damaged 3 00 yards of fabric by knife work overnight, a weavers strike area.

Richard Greenlaw Memphis Tenn Virginia Madson Granville S. C Barre J. 8. Spaulding Barre Academy Bakersfield Academy John Hazleroot Wringer Middlefield Conn Caroline L. Cheesky Waterbury E. G. Stevens Biddeford Mary Hall Mansfield Mass Rumsey Bros Lynn Manville Company Manville R. I

Bostons Lose to New York in Polo Grounds Tilt

New York defeats Boston 6 to 0 at Polo Grounds as Welch gives a strong pitching performance. Boston collects only two safe hits and Ward receives a floral tribute after the game. Attendance 5192. Boston on trip west dangers losing third to New York.

Bostons New York Mickey Chicagos Detroits New Yorks Polo Grounds Welch Ward Madden R. BA A. F. Rk A. Ewing Sutton Merritt Gore O' Johnston Rich’ds Tate Brown Burdock Keily Ewing O'Rourke Tiernan Richardson Wise Connor Sullivan Chicago Conway Twitchell Williamson

Burial of Alexander McKinnon in Lowell Cemetery

The body of Alexander McKinnon arrived in Lower Massachusetts at 11 this morning. Relatives and friends received the casket at the depot. Funeral rites were at Lowell Cemetery with Rev. R. A. Green officiating. Floral offerings filled the grave.

Alex. McKinnon Lower Mass Alexander McKinnon Charles L. Knapp Frank Going Lowell Ball Club Walter E. West E. E. Long Lowell Press Club Lowell Cemetery R. A. Green

Manchester Defeats Lowell as Kennedy Makes Long Running Fly Catch

Bishop dominated the Manchester bats allowing only two hits in a single inning while Ferson faltered though effective at times. Manchester fielders committed a schoolboyish eighth inning misplay, and Kennedy made the standout play with a long running fly catch. Toffling and Higgins excelled in the field as Lowell wore crepe badges for Alexander McKinnon.

Alexander McKinnon

Haverhill Defeats Portlands Owing to First Inning Errors

Haverhill beat Portlands 9 to 5 amid first inning errors by Schoenick. Sally wild on the mound and attendance was small. Notable plays include Sheehan Clare and Sally with two base hits, and Schoenick and Lufberry turning double plays.

Philadelphia Washingtons B. Wood Carroll de Farrell Farrar Dealey Bastian Donnelly Sha Gunning Gilman Philadelphias Clements Ufilinton Andrews Mack Fogarty Hines Shock Ferguson Bufinton Farrell Valentine Sullivan Dunn Bisho Ferson Shinnick Hartnett Toffling Sheffier Ferson Barrett Lowells Higgins Troy Doyle Phinney Havernitt Haverhill Portlands Sheehan Andrus Joe Bega Ts Gardner Hatford Bradley Giuavere Yin Buray Schoenick Clare OjJordan Lally Lufberry Mahoney Small Haverhills Sally ball—Mahoney Balla Manning Flanagan Hatfield Jordan Davin Pees Dickerson

New England League Holds Meeting at American House

The New England League met in Salem July 26 with reps from Lowell Haverhill Portland Manchester Lawrence and Lynn. W W Burnham elected secretary. Lawrence okayed to finish schedule at Salem. Umpire Phinney discharged. Thomas Rafferty of Lynn made regular umpire.

NEW England League Lower Frank Howe Edward Cheney Lowell Walter W. Burnham A. B. Priest Haverhill H. L. Spence Portland F. J. Leonard F. W. Garland Manchester W. S. Knox Lawrence Henry Murphy G. W. Brackett Lynn Stevens W. W. _Burnham Jordan Spence Knox Salem Phinney Thomas Rafferty

Post Herald Game Ends Prematurely After Delay

The leaders of the Newspaper League planned a 3 pm game at Boston grounds on July 26 1887 but darkness and a disputed 5 80 end time caused the tail enders to walk off. The Herald led 11 to 9 when the game stopped, and the unplayed innings cannot be counted.

Post-Herald Boston Boston Grounds Moorsrf Herald Office of the Post South End

Baseball scores from three city matchups

In Philadelphia Athle tics beat the Reds 3 to 2. Brooklyn lost to St. Louis 1 to 0. Baltimore split with Cleveland, 0–0 in the first game and 9 to 1 in the second.

Philadelphia—Athletics Cincinnatis Brooklyn St. Louis Brooklyns Baltimore Baltimores Clevelands

Historic Harriet Beecher Stowe House Burns in Andover Fire

The Harriet Beecher Stowe house in Andover, a stone dwelling on Chapel Avenue near Phillips Academy, burned tonight. The structure, tied to Stowe’s writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was gutted with an estimated loss of 10,000 dollars and was partially insured. Burglary theory follows the landlady’s summer absence and silver plate left in upper rooms.

Stowe Andover

Fire breaks out at Albany street mattress blaze

Box 69 rung at 12 45 yesterday afternoon for a mattress fire at 322 Albany street. The dwelling at 14 Wall street suffered 50 damage and clothing valued at 50 was burned.

Albany Street Wall Street

Fire damages several buildings in multiple towns

Reports from Pratopy Kaukauna Mixweapons and Gloucester describe fires at the Thurston House Mt Vernon street Commercial Hotel and other premises. Losses range from modest insured amounts to extensive sums with most properties underinsured or uninsured.

Pratopy Thurston Mt. Vernon Street Kaukauna Wis Mixweapons Boston Gloucester Main Street B. Haskell & Sons John J. Bigwood Union of Philadelphia

Fur Hat Makers Gardner & Dudley Assign Stock to Bank

New York on July 26 Gardner and Dudley fur hat manufacturers assigned assets to the National Bank for 10000. The move follows the withdrawal of C H Gardner a special partner with a 100000 stake.

New York Gardner & Dudley Danbury Conn National Bank C. H. Gardner

New Supervising Architect Frerrett Chosen Over Bell

Colonel William R. Frerrett, a New Orleans architect with long experience, becomes supervising architect replacing M. B. Bell. Frerrett built major Louisiana institutions, the Alabama and Louisiana universities, Baton Rouge state capitol, British consulate in Honduras, and numerous New Orleans schools. He served in the Confederacy, studied in Paris, and has spent 31 years in architecture. He is decisive, frank, and ready to lead the office.

Washington M. B. Bell William R. Frerrett New Orleans Alabama Louisiana Baton Rouge Honduras Mississippi Europe Rerrett Commany Ecole Polytechnique of Paris Frerrett Confederacy

Very Young Burglars Escape State School and Plunder Nearby

In New Haven two youths aged 15 and 13, escaped Palmer Massachusetts State primary school a week ago and began a spree across Connecticut. They robbed Eaton's grocery, Buck's hardware, and multiple depots, stealing small sums, knives, revolvers, and clothing before being captured by Officer Grant. They face city court this week.

New Haven Conn Grant Jesse Jameses Long Wharf George Stacey Predore Stacey Main Street Cambridge Mass John Brogan Catherine Brogan Billerica Street Boston Bolmann Inspector Byrnes Palmer Stacey Palmer School New York Stafford Guilford New London Leets Island East Haven Consolidated Road James Clark Meadow Street Nathan Kohn Congress Avenue Kohn’s Bollmann

New York Lodging Houses From The World

The article describes New York lodging houses from the World, detailing conditions in the cheapest 5 to 15 cent rooms, crowded floors with 20 to 50 men, poor ventilation, filth, vermin, and mixed health risks. It notes 10 cent cot-beds, 15 cent private rooms, and 25 to 50 cent options with varying cleanliness, baths, reading rooms, and crowded but improving facilities for poor workers.

N. Y

Young Boucicault Recites At Steinway Hall Debut

Aubrey Boucicault son of Dion Boucicault performed a first appearance as a reciter at Steinway Hall last week. He read with speed and charm, selecting short pieces. Florence Wood daughter of Mrs John Wood also debuted that evening in a pink dress and shoes, delivering Oh Monsieur with archness and vivacity to receive flowers.

London Aubrey Boucicault Dion Steinway Hall Florence Wood John Wood Monsieur

Ice Cream Sparks Courage in Candid Conversation

A brief exchange features a speaker praising ice cream as delicious while noting its danger. George questions the risk, and the speaker asserts bravery despite fear. The dialogue hints at playful tension between appetite and caution.

Delightful Round Trip on Boston Halifax & Prince Edward Island Line

The advertisement promotes a round trip aboard a first class ocean steamship leaving Lewis Wharf Boston each Saturday at noon for Halifax Port Hawkesbury Pictou and Charlottetown. The voyage lasts less than nine days allowing visits to places along the route.

Boston Halifax Prince Edward Island Lewis Wharf Port Hawkesbury Pictou Charlottetown

Financial distress hits several firms as creditors reveal losses

Attachments against Curtis & Atkinson and BE F and W L Ikard total 115603 with liabilities 550000 and assets 1115000. Henrietta National Bank closes amid cattle market slump. Saranac Iron assigns liabilities 250000 to 300000 with assets 75000. Goldstine Rosenwater failure in Cairo with liabilities 38000. Pratt Boston insolvency. Stoddard Gardner suspends mortgage foreclosed. Buckingham assigns. Wiseman Blatner attached. Ducharme signed. Sheriff seizes M B Ryan knitting mill Cohoes. Hurlbut Paper liabilities 596458 assets around 300000. Creditors list includes Hastings Todd, Jessup estate, S D Warren, Pearsal Card, Lee National Bank, Agricultural National Bank, Webster Savings Bank, Elizabethport Glue Works, Gowan, Clark Ives, Tibman, Richmond Paper. Creditors meeting in South Lee Thursday morning.

Curtis & Atkinson BE. F. & W. L. Ikard Henrietta Tex Henrietta National Bank Saranac Iron Company Saranac N. Y Goldstine & Rosenwater Droods Cairo Richard W. Pratt Portland Street Boston Charles A. Stoddard Gardner Mass W. Buckingham Washington, D. C Wiseman & Blatner Wilkesbarre Penn Ducharme & Bro Woonsocket R. 1 M. B. Ryan Cohoes Hurlbut Paper Company South Lee Pittsfield Hastings & Todd New York A. D. Jessup Philadelphia S. D. Warren & Co Pearsal Card Company Lee National Bank Agricultural National Bank Webster Savings Bank of Webster Elizabethport Glue Works P. Gowan Hartford Clark & Ives New Haven Or Tibman & Co Richmond Paper Company Providence E. D. G. Jones

Probate notices summarize adoption and estate actions in Middlesex and Suffolk

Notices from the Middlesex Probate Court seek leave to adopt James Smith of Boston by William Frederick Jagerstam and Honor a Jagerstam with residence details and publication deadlines. Suffolk Probate Court cites Edward Tuckerman estate matters and James Flynn will probate with notices to heirs and required weekly publications.

Middlesex William Frederick Jagerstam Cambridge Jagerstam James Smith Boston Maggie McCloud Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Willian Frederick Jagerstam Honora G. Jagerstam Commonwealth OF Massachussetts James Flynn Said Charles Freeman James W. Poor

Financial list of bank and manufacturing shares in Massachusetts

A dated financial notice lists numerous banks and mills with various share counts and annotations. Institutions include Shawmut National Bank, Natl. City Bank, Suffolk Natl. Bank, Freeman's Natl. Bank, Natl. Eagle Bank, Revere Bank, Mass Natl Bank, Boylston Wilackstone, Merrimack Mf. Co., Jackson Mfg. Co., Laconia Mfg. Co., Franklin Co., Langdon Mfg. Co., Lyman Mills, Atlantic Cotton Mills, Lowell Machine Shop, and many others. The document cites executor and administrator orders, collateral liens, and trustee actions with share transfers and endorsements.

Nat’s Bank of Republic First Nat'l Bank West Newton Lowell Mfg. Co Continental Mills State Nat'l Bank Manchester Mills Lowell Machine Shop Boston Gas Light Co War Bonnet Cattle Co Boston Cyclorama Co Hawkes Listing Machine Co International Button Hole Machine Co Fir Pan Ilobe Do Tate Howard Bank of Commerce Atlas Freeman’s Natl Eagle Bank Bank of No. Amer Revere Bank Mass Natl Boylston de Wilackstone Douglas Axe Mfg. Co Lowell Mt. Vernon N. Bk First N. Bk Portland Atlantic Cotton Mills Natl, Tube Works Co Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR Cambridge RR. Co Freeman’s N. Bk New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Fitchburg RR Hares First N. Bank Scott Cotton Mills Amoskeag Mfg Quincy RR. Bridge Lancaster Mills Bk. of Republic Appleton Co Chicago & West Michigan RR Lowell Mfg Nashua Mfg Boston Con. St. Ry. Co Hares Minnewawa Mining Co Hamilton Mfg Co Omaha & Southwestern RR Bik Sy Og &, Missouri River RR Merrimack Mig Co Nashua & Lowell RR Nov. & Worcester RR

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