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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1887

Page

8

League Standings and a Rainy Washington Game

Washington and several clubs feature in the pennant table with Detroites, New Yorks, Philadelphias, Chicagos pitters, and Pittsburgs listed by wins and losses. A rainout in Washington delayed the latest action while Daily and George dazzled or flopped in a Philadelphia New York contest, and Detroit handled Pittsburgh in a tense day of baseball across several cities.

Detroite Esseveeee Sion New Yorks Philadelphias Whiongos Pitteburge Oneness Washingtons Indianapolis

One sided game at South End grounds Lawrences vs Blues

Blues pounded Fish for sixteen hits in six innings before Donovan finished. Be support of the outfield kept Butler from a worse line, while Oley and Sheehan starred for the Blues. Attendance 400 as Boston Blues beat Lawrences 4 to 7.

South End Lawrences Blues Fish Donovan Butler Oley Sheehan Boston Blues K. BH Te Sheehan Aia Man Ray Burns Hamilton Campanayri Clare Burke Murphy Pettee Jordan Earle Enutler Donald Sith Fishy Manning Bradley Smith Firat Empire

Other Games Report From Early Baseball Showdowns

In Brooklyn at Brooklyn-Clevelands the Brooklyns won 8 to 2. Staten Island Metropolitans defeated St Louis 6 to 3. Philadelphia Athletics beat Cineinnatis 10 to 0. Baltimore Baltimores defeated Louisvilles 16 to unknown.

Brooklyn Clevelands Brooklyns Staten Island

Surplus Revenue Discussed by Secretary Fairchild

Washington notes detail a Treasury plan to relieve surplus funds by anticipated interest on government securities and open market purchases. Secretary Fairchild cites risks of bond premiums, possible extra sessions, and gradual tariff revisions while stressing need for collective action and careful legislative work.

Fairchild Congress Secretary of the Treasury Pennsylvania Connecticut Virginia

Harmony of Action Between Government and House Majority

A political statement calls for harmony of action between the government and the House majority on originating questions. It says the subject will be carefully canvassed when time comes, and stresses that harmony of action is essential regardless of the plan.

Opposition to the West End Street Railway Meeting

A large gathering of Boston business leaders met at State Street to oppose the West End Street Railway bill. They debated Whitney’s letter and appointed a seven member committee to confer with Henry M. Whitney and report back at the next session.

West End Henry M. Whitney State Street Senate West End Street Railway Company House of Representatives Commonwealth of Massachusetts Causten Browne Dd. Warren George Thacher J. ©. Chappelle Solomon Lincoln Buckminster Brown Elias Merriam Hamilton A. Hill Auustus Flagz W. B. Sewall D. Webster King Lexander Young Augustus Parker Edward Bangs Lawrence Curtis R. C. Winthrop, Jr John I. Coolidge Stephen G._Deblois Alexander Moseley Henry Lee W. L. Parker William H. Kennard F. M. Ames Thomas Wigglesworth Augustus Lowell Charles Torrey J. D. W. French Charles B. Stewart W. G. Saltonstall James M. Bugbee Otis Norcross Ezra Farnsworth Joel Goldthwait Edward Brooks G. E. Brown DA Nt. McLean Sle Abbott Lawrence William Perkins George Higginson West End Street Equitable A. M. Howe Mr. Whitney Ile Whitney W. W. Vaughan Brimmer Beacon Street Vaughan Genmine Tee Messrs. Abbott Lawrence Moorfield Storey W. C. Loring H. W. Chaplin

Punch enters market with Victorian Era book plans

Punch publishes Mr. Punch's Victorian Era detailing the Queen's reign drawn from ninety two half yearly volumes. Mr York Powell writes a brief history of Scandinavian Britain. The late Earl of Iddesleigh's literary remains to be published separately beyond his memoirs.

Punch

City finances under tax exemption wink at City Hall

A letter to the editor questions the mayoral office finance meeting and says the treasurer and corporation counsel allowed bonds to escape taxation. It argues the law forbids such exemptions and claims the city effectively pays a higher rate than private firms when taxes are absorbed by lenders. Boston, June 6, 188?

Corporation Boston

The Pauper Case Before Collector Saltonstall

An 19th century hearing opens over the landing of an alleged insane pauper aboard the Cunard steamer Cephalonia from Liverpool to Boston. State officials accuse the ship of bringing a distressed old woman. relatives in Jamaica Plain deny knowledge of her fate as officials seek to halt clearance papers.

Saltonstall Cunard Cephalonia Boston Liverpool Jamaica Plain Ireland Boston Harbor Oleard Wrightington State House Cephalomia Flatley

Perkins Institution Commencement at Tremont Temple

The Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind held commencement exercises at Tremont Temple at 3 o clock yesterday. Diploma recipients included Caroline Hastman Adams Clarence Wilbur Basford Asa Everett Benson George William Brown and others. Dr Samuel Eliot delivered the valedictory.

Perkins Institution Massachusetts School For the Blind Tremont Temple Charles H. Prescott Institution C. A. W. Howland Clarence W. Basford Samuel Eliot M. J. Savage Harvey N. Shepard Anagnos Dr. Eliot Caroline Hastman Adams Clarence Wilbur Basford Asa Everett Benson George William Brown Frederick Bates Gould

Prize speaking and reading at Tufts College prizes awarded

Yesterday afternoon in College Hall Tufts held the Goddard prizes for speaking and reading. A large audience saw sophomores and upperclassmen perform classics and original pieces with the judges naming first and second prize winners for sophomores juniors and seniors. First prizes went to George Hoyt Hero Juli enne Campbell Edgerly and David Lee Maulsby with several second prizes shared among others.

Tufts College College Hall Burdett Henry Loomis Old South Church William Best Lady Virginius Kellogg Charles Christen Nelson Taylor Julienne Campbell Edgerly O. W. Jolmes Sumner Robinson Kansas Sumner Readings Leo Rich Lewis Waller David Lee Maulsby Robert Browning Dickens Charles Henry Patterson Fra Giacomo Robert Buchanan Rip van Winkle Boucicault George Hoyt Hero William Best Eddy George L. Perin Boston W. FP. Bradbury Cambridge J. Blonfield Hanover W. Ht. Ryder Gloucester

Builders Vote to Sustain Granite Makers in Strike Dispute

The master builders voted yesterday to sustain the granite manufacturers against their strikers and to appeal to the Building Trades Council to act on strikes in several trades. The action concerns violations of the prior spring agreement forbidding strikes from April 1, 1887, to April 1, 1885.

Building Trades’ Council

Cambridge Master Carpenters Decide Ten Hour Day

At a regular meeting the master carpenters received a journeymen petition asking for a joint committee to approach the State board of arbitration for a hearing on the length of a day’s work. The master carpenters declare ten hours constitute a day while the journeymen seek nine hours. The petition was tabled.

Master Carpenters of Cambridge State Board of Arbitration

Stanton Attacks Wife in Public Street Stabbing

George S Stanton a colored man of 62 Joy Street followed his wife Lucy to the Common where enraged he drew a sheath knife and stabbed her three times She was removed to Massachusetts General Hospital Stanton fled the scene and remains at large

George Stanton Joy Street Lucy Massachusetts General Hospital

Essex County plans courthouse addition in Salem bid scene

Essex County commissioners met the bar to discuss expanding the Salem courthouse. The vote was 26 to 7 to endorse current plans with savings. The lowest bid runs about 180000, with bidders asked to quote cuts for removing ornamental work. Parsons & Peterson of Salem are the lowest bidders.

Essex County Commissioners Court House Salem Messrs

Lawsuits in relax prose from tense 19th century courts

The record lists cases before Superior Court sessions with multiple dockets. It names plaintiffs and defendants, claims for personal injuries from railroad ejections and assaults, damages sought up to 20 000 dollars, and various recognizance and arrest disputes. It also notes juries selected in Essex and Middlesex counties, with trial schedules and attorneys indicated for several actions.

Roxbury Irish League objects to Faneuil Hall use

The Roxbury branch of the Irish National League held a meeting at 1180 Tremont street to denounce granting Faneuil Hall to the English jubilee celebration. A five member committee was chosen to draft resolutions condemning aldermen for permitting the hall’s use. The newspaper spoke with members about Editor O Briens stance on a New York demonstration and many praised his position as advancing Ireland. A nine year old, Daniel Sullivan, died after contact with an electric wire while retrieving a ball on Lehigh street, his clothes catching fire en route to City Hospital.

Roxbury Irish National League Tremont Street Faneuil Hall Post O’brien New York O'Brien League Ireland Daniel Sullivan Lehigh Street Frederick Jones West Newton Street Athol Lewis Jones Boston Shawmut New England Historic Genealogical Society Supreme Court William Murray Dell N. Y Elmira E. B. Hammond Nashua N. H Harvard Medics College New Hampshire State Board of Education York Beach & Harbor Railroad Rufus Case East St. Johnsbury West Lebanon Greenfield Jaffrey Hubbardston

Glove and Handkerchief sale on Lisle and Linen goods

R and J Gilchrist advertise ladies gloves in Lisle and silk, spun silk gloves, silk mitts, and unlaundered and Valenciennes handkerchiefs with lace. Gents linen handkerchiefs, colored borders, and various hose priced at deep discounts. Trimmings include bead, diamond drop, Milan drop, jet gimps with clear auction-style closing prices.

Jersey Valenciennes Milan

Springfield Safe-robbers Blinkey Lane and English Bill NABBED

John Lane known as Blinkey and William Bennett alias English Bill were arrested in this city Monday night while wanted in Springfield for blowing open the Kimberly Lombard safe last March and stealing 253 dollars. Bennett has served time in Boston New York and Philadelphia and police expect more safe jobs may be tied to them. The force also reports doubtless reports about William ONeill murder are groundless. ONeill drank and was seen on the track before a train struck him in Charlestown last night.

John Lane Blinkey William Bennett English Bill Springfield Kimberly & Lombard Bennett Boston New York Philadelphia William O'Neil Charlestown O'Neil Daly Nantucket Rowe's Moulton Street Old Colony Steamboat Company Charles F. Choate Southboro Frederick L. Ames Cornelius N. Elias Thomas J. Borden Fall River John 8. Brayton Leander N. Lovell Silas Pierce William J. Rotch New Bedford Nathaniel Thayer Lancaster Perkins Street Main Columbia Street Caldwell Street Standish Street Harvard Street Dorchester Suffolk County Woman's Christian Temperance Union Immanuel Congregational Church Moreland Street Roxbury Chelsea Samuel Hatch & Co Fairchild Lermont J. P. Dennett Commodore Whitten Hull Yacht Club Benjamin L. M. Tower Tower Carmen

Dr J C Cutter Returns From Japan Visit to Warren

Dr J C Cutter formerly house surgeon at Boston City Hospital and for nine years professor of physiology and comparative anatomy at the College of Agriculture in Sapporo Yozo Japan has returned home arriving in New York on Wednesday last.

J. C. Cutter Warren, Mazs Boston City Hospital College of Agriculture Sapporo Yozo Japan New York

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