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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1879

Page

3

Medford rifle competition amid heat at Bellevue Range

The Medford Amateur Rifle Association held its regular Wednesday event at Bellevue Range with 68 entries at 200 yards off hand. Conditions were near perfect but heat lowered scores. top marks went to Cc. H. Russell and D. Hi Howard, while others like R. Sawyer and J. Teele posted strong scores.

Walnut Hill Range Messrs Sumner Howard Brown Wilder Lee Ward Medford Cc. H. Russell Easck C. D. Barrison R. Sawyer BO Chity Posse Cssenes D. Hi Howard Bc Pipers Cccecess J. R. Teele F. Hollis H. A. Green A. Pollard Raymond Sportsmen’s Club Bellevue Range

Burglary and theft incidents reported citywide

A series of petty crimes includes thefts from engineers on a new sewer project about $125 in clothing, an attempted entry at T Murphy’s harness shop on Neponsett avenue, and a skirmish over $340 stolen from a Mrs Curtis’s residence at Allston. Police also report assaults on ship officers, a confidence game victim in Jersey City, pickpocketing on Tremont street, and multiple arrestees including Chauncey Johnson linked to Cus tom House larceny.

Etta Farrar East Lynne Ford’s Washington Barnard House Arlington Heights Lotta Ed. Marble California Abbey & Schoeffel Fred Stinson Howard Athenreum Dudley Street New Sewer T. Murphy Neponsett Avenue Israel Richards Washington Village Boston Portland Charles Curtis Allston Jeremiah Quinn Jellison Nourse Station 1 Frederick D. Newcomb Waterstreet Newcomb Quinn New York Grant and Leroy Thomas Cox Constitution Wharf Andrew Golding Golding Lewis Wilson Roxbury John Sullivan Wilson Sullivan Pierce and Wescott J. M. Helsley Jersey City Mr. Helsley Garraughty Harding Richard Westfield Tremont Street Westfield House of Correction Dean Station 9 George F. McIntire Dartmouth John W. Palfry Ziegler Street Warren and Dudley Streets Palfry McIintire MelIntire Burke and Gallagher Exchange Street Chauncey Johnson Custom House Massachusetts State Clarendon Hotel Snow & Rollins Dilton & McFarland Albert Howe & CO Market Street Brighton Warren Avenue

Victims of the July 16 Storm Remain Identified in Boston Harbor

The body of a man, likely Samuel Farrell, was found near Spectacle Island by John Shay and A. Chase of the tug C. M. Winch crew. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, 125 pounds, in a gray shirt and dark pants. Farrell was believed to have sailed with Carl Mueller on the yacht Cape Cod on July 16 during the Boston harbor storm that drowned twenty three people, with twenty already recovered and one unidentified body buried at Point Shirley. The boy Charles Brigham of Dorchester has also been identified and buried.

John Shay A. Chase C. M. Winch Spectacle Island Samuel Farrell Farrell Carl Mueller City Point Boston Cape Cod Protector Draper Point Shirley Nix Charles Brigham Dorchester

Accidents Reported From Hathorn Stables and Pembroke

Daniel Murrey was taken to City Hospital after a horse kick caused a two inch scalp wound at Hathorn's stables on Northampton street. Charles Ryan of 72 Marginal street East Boston fell down the Pembroke steamer hatch at Grand Junction pier 6, sustaining head, leg, and side injuries not considered dangerous. he was treated at home.

Charles E. Davis George E. F. Baker Newton Watertown Adams Baker Davis West Newton Ryan Newtonville Herbert S. Davis Samuel Davis Brighton Johin Cornell Society For Propagating the Gospel Among the The Hospital Life Insurance Company No. 50 State Street S. K. Lothrop T. H. Tibbles Omaha Neb Congress Dr. Laurie Providence J. M Williams Indian Territory Tibbles Hale Mr. Tibbles Dr. Morrison Charles R. Ladd Daniel Murrey City Hospital Hathorn Northampton Street Charles Ryan Marginal Street Boston Pembroke Grand Junction

The Graff Assault Case

Catherine Lawrence arrested by Sergeant Hunt in Dorchester on Washington Street. arraigned in Dorchester Court for assault on Theobald Graff from which he died at City Hospital. She waived examination and posted $2,000 sureties for grand jury duty on the first Monday in August.

Catherine Lawrence Sergeant Hunt Division 11 Washington Street Dorchester Dorchester Court Theobauld Graff City Hospital Grand Jury

Two men die after accidents in Roxbury and Dorchester

Martin McDermott of 2 Cherry street Roxbury died at City Hospital after a sewer fall on Dorchester avenue Tuesday night. Lewis G. Bicker, hospitalized since July 23 for a head wound from an accidental pistol discharge, died at Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Martin McDermott Cherry Street Roxbury Dorchester Avenue City Hospital Lewis G. Bicker Massachusetts General Hospital

Fire in Derby's shop on Beverly Street causes slight damage

A fire in a barrel of excelsior in cabinetmaker George H. Derby's shop at No 28 Beverly Street triggered the alarm from box 19 at 8 17 o'clock Wednesday evening. The damage was slight.

George H. Derby Beverly Street

Boston Amusements Roundup: Circus Park Theatre Museum and Garden

Large crowds enjoy Forepaughs Circus with a morning parade along Huntington and Tremont streets. Park Theatre impresses with Revels burlesque and Alice Atherton performances. Boston Museum continues H M S Pinafore run with nightly shows. Oakland Garden hosts concerts fireworks hot evenings with 25 cent round trip via Highland cars.

Back Huntington Avenue Dartmouth Eliot Kneeland Albany Kingston Devonshire State Alice Atherton Boston Museum Oakland Garden

Criticism and Glory for Historic Works of Hume Motley

A summary of enduring value and harsh reception for Hume’s history of Great Britain and Motley’s History of the Netherlands. It notes the author’s stance on Charles I, the praised artistry, and Harper & Brothers’ reprint series in vellum cloth with portaits and gilded tops.

United Netherlands William the Silent John Lathrop Motley New York Harper and Brothers Macaulay The Netherlands Alexander Farnese Parma Wilcix Earl of Leicester John of Barnevald Prince Maurice of Orange-Nassau Motley Dutch Republic England Harper & Brothers John of Barnevald

August issue contents of Appleton's Journal preview

The August Appletons Journal opens with Walter Besant and James Rice's story The Seamy Side followed by A Cornish Saunter by D C Macdonald and Wandering Thoughts about Germany. It includes Out of the Depths by S G W Benjamin, Reminiscences on Branwell Bronte and Hunt, Wordsworth by Matthew Arnold, and pieces on The Comedie Francaise Mirabeaus Schopenhauer Moose Hunting in Canada. Poems by Theophile Gautier and editorials complete the lineup.

Appleton Walter Besant James Rice D. C. Macdonald Germany S.G. W. Benjamin Francis H. Grundy Patrick Branwell Bronte Leigh Hunt Matthew Arnold Wordsworth Comedie Francaise Mirabeaus James Colter Morrison Schopenhauer Canada Earl of Dunraven Theophile Gautier

Personal notices and health updates from Boston and Chicago

Hon. Zach Chandler remains at the Revere House while Capt. David Chamberlain head of Boston fire board regains health. John E. Fitzgerald is invited by Chicago Irish societies to speak on August 15. Sanford's Jamaica Ginger promoted as malarial preventative and travel remedy.

Zach Chandler Revere House David Chamberlain Board of Fire Commissioners of Boston John E. Fitzgerald Irish Societies of Chicago

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