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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1887
Page
8
New Yorks defeated Pittsburg while the Phillies were beaten by the Hoosiers. No game at Detroit as New Yorks and Chicagos press Boston Blues in the standings. Kel ly honored with floral pieces for the Chicago matchup. daily injuries noted.
The Herald and Post met at South End grounds in a morning championship with eight Post players. Rain delay and missing Bean and Adams weakened the Post. Score stood 7 9 in favor of the Post when called after three innings. game to be replayed later. Umpire Mir tall Beacons. Other games noted: Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Staten Island results.
St Johns bury Vermont June 24 today the academy conferred diplomas on sixty three graduates. Officers elected at the alumni meeting included President A. E. Rankin and Vice President E. Hovey Abbie Brown secretary. Class day exercises followed in the yard with oration by Daniel Richardson Waterbury poem by William Hincks Bridgeport and prophecy by Lena Carlton Haverhill. Ex Governor Fairbanks hosted a reception in the evening. Brunswick Bowdoin College sees fifty freshmen expected. Goodwin prize awarded to Charles Voegell. A new Greek letter society Kappa Beta Phi formed. Dartmouth Jessup prizes in botany awarded H A Francisco Rutland second C A Leavens Arlington NH. NH College prizes go to Fred Washburn West Springfield NH and D E Stone Hartford VT and J L Morris Lyme NH. Yale De Forest prize awarded to John Bennetto. Track races at Tiron draw about 1400 spectators with Factory Boy and Paradox winning in their classes. Best time 2 30.
President Coit announced a 10 percent wage cut led to the suspension of all furnaces tube works rolling and sheet mills at Reading Iron Works in Reapine Penn The shutdown on July 2 will leave about 2000 workers unemployed in the region the largest closure in years.
President Cleveland will attend the constitutional convention in Philadelphia next September as the guest of George Washington Childs.
The Steamer Salerno arrived at Swinemamile today from New York. The Steamer Aller arrived at Bremen on New Years day, June 24.
Germantown club of Philadelphia faced Longwood at Longwood with a dead morning pitch that warmed later. Wright top scored for Germantown with 87, while H I Brown took six wickets for 17 as Longwood were bowled out in the first innings. the visitors then led by a margin and finished the match decided by the first innings.
A series of fires reported on June 24 in several towns caused varying damage. In Montgomery Alabama a restaurant fire on Summer Street caused slight damage from an electric wire. Auburn Agricultural and Mechanical College suffered a blaze destroying a laboratory and cabinets with substantial losses. Other fires hit Warrtown rolling mills and L H Goward smoke house with notable financial losses.
Mrs. Sarah H. Cowen of Hartford dies at 67 in Fort Edward NY. connected with Soldiers Aid Society and Centennial committees. Manheim Berwin, boot and shoe wholesaler, dies in New Orleans at 71 leaving six children. Elizabeth Field of Quincy dies at 92. leaves sons John Q A Field and George I Field. Freeman Clark, former congressman and Lincoln appointee, dies in Brooklyn at 78. St Joseph's Cathedral in Burlington dedicates with archbishop and bishop presiding. Refinery workers strike 625 at Atlantic Oil Refinery Point Breeze over Hungarian labor.
Richard M. Pickett of Lynn was seized for larceny at his employer Dane shoe maker on Lafayette street for stealing a coat vest and four pairs of shoes. John Conners of Varney's tannery died at home on Broad street from blood poisoning aged about fifty leaving a family.
Superior Court second session June 24 hears Bradley Eaton vs Nathaniel Littlefield over a 10 percent guarantee on claims against Rice Jones Hammond estate. Estate paid 4 percent. suit seeks 6 percent about 40.90. Defense argues the 10 percent was conditional on assignee vote, alleged illegal. Jury out. Attorneys S H Tyng for plaintiff S K Hamilton for defendant. Last case to be tried.
Walls of the old Boylston Market building began being torn down yesterday afternoon with completion anticipated for July 20 to clear the site for the new structure. Ferries will drop box guards as tolls are cut by nearly half starting July 1, shifting toll transactions to tollmen and saving about 5760 yearly.
A city of Boston sponsored concert features a 31 member band directed by Mr. J J Claus. The program includes Don Carson Overture Le Domine Noir Tannhauser Wagner selections Jaunting Eyes The Pilgrims Song of Hope Mirella Elirir d Amore Bird of the Forest Ilde Foscari Fackeltanz No 1 and pieces by Gounod Donizetti Verdi Meyerbeer. The event begins Sunday at 4 PM on June 26.
Leslie Dow and Arthur J. Reid both about 16 drowned while bathing off Whittemore's Point Cambridgeport in the Charles River yesterday afternoon. Bodies recovered near the place they went down, about 6 pm, within 100 feet of the accident site. Dow’s father is Marcelus I. Dow, a druggist on Pearl Street. Reid, son of J. A. Reid of Pleasant Street, had just graduated from the English High School.
A GLEANER column observes thrift in New England stores with baking powder promotions and a hat search. a Parisian milliner in New York earns fortune while living in a shed. Puritan Sabbath rigidity clashes with modern leisure. class day at the university and wedding finery spark local nostalgia and humor.
A man known as the Champion Aerial Jumper of the World testified about jumping from bridges in London and America to honor the Queen’s Jubilee. He admitted to slipping from London Bridge and Niagara Falls’ Suspension Bridge, claimed no danger, and promised not to repeat the act. The magistrate cautioned on crowding and allowed him to go free after promising not to cause a disturbance.
Thomas Bartley a Cambridgeport blacksmith machinist was found bleeding from a neck wound by his niece Edith at No 6 Sidney Street. He had taken laudanum and rat poison and cut his throat, died at City Hospital at 1 pm. He had earlier been injured on the job and became mentally and physically incapacitated, leaving his wife to receive a probable $2000 life insurance payout from Knights of Honor. He was 56 and a member of the First Baptist Church and Cambridge Lodge No 191 Knights of Honor.
In a letter Governor Ames denies fear in skipping the Tuesday Faneuil Hall gathering. He states he did not receive the invitation until the 16th and had prior plans to attend the Massachusetts Agricultural College commencement on the 22nd. He adds his role as president of the college board of trustees requires his presence to fulfill a longstanding duty.
Edward Sneed hanged in Independence Missouri jail yard for the July 1884 murder of O. H. Loomis. In Merrimack River a Nashua boy, eight year old John Spence, drowned while bathing with friends. body remains unrecovered.
A Brooklyn woman visiting Chicago collapses on State Street due to heat and vertigo blamed on summer conditions. The piece urges pure spirits to fight summer sickness and extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe, effective remedy, citing endorsements from Professor Henry A. Mott and F. E. Spinner.
Lawrence M. Donovan, the New York news reader who jumped from Brooklyn Bridge into the East River in August, was brought before Mr. Vaughan charged with disorderly conduct. A constable said he saw the prisoner at Westminster Bridge step to the parapet and attempt to leap, a crowd present, a young man restraining him. He denied intoxication and called himself the champion jumper.
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