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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1893
Page
7
United States Circuit Court of Appeals First Circuit heard March 7 a dispute over alleged infringement of a letters patent for an improvement on hot air regulators in furnaces. The appeal by Paine against Trask was under review as the court reserved its decision.
March 7 case in equity seeking an injunction to restrain patent infringement on Edison’s incandescent lamp. Judge denied the application. Complainants’ lawyers were Fish and Seward of New York. respondents’ lawyers Brandeis and Witter of New York.
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth opens a March session with the law list of cases. Notable entries include Finnegan administrator versus Fall River Gas Works, Garragan versus Fall River Iron Works, Padelford versus Padelford, Durkee versus India Mutual Insurance, and several other numbered civil actions and felonies.
Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court heard two equity matters on March 7. A receiver seeks instructions on certificate holders’ share in a 45 000 dollar estate, while J C Ivy represents the administrator in a dispute over David Loveland’s will clauses creating trusts for Chatham town funds and numerous legatees. Decisions reserved.
Suffolk county court resumes with two tort actions against Boston & Albany Railroad Company. Annie C Quilty and T F Quilty sue for personal injuries. jury out. Second session features contract action H C Pickering v Michael Sullivan for $125, verdicts pending.
A dense docket of cases lists numerous plaintiff defendant pairings across tort, equity and related matters. Highlights include Howland vs West End Railroad for $80,000 damages, and various v. names such as Smith v Burt Leach v Concord & Mont R R, plus numerous other suits and judgments pending or decided.
The notice covers the funeral of Mrs Ellen Lynch at St Rose Church and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. It records a marriage between William H Butler and Miss Aliis Shephard at F M Field’s Crescent Avenue residence, listing numerous wedding gifts. It also notes services for Frank D L Myers at 772 Broadway, and Mrs V L Bailey traveling to California.
Residents urge enlarging the Western avenue branch library to avoid city express fees and improve access. Washington Street is seen as outdated, with calls to widen it before new buildings. Maggie Byrne earns praise for Allston bakery welfare efforts. Conductor Kearns was overcharged by misreading coins. Brighton Commandery 188 holds a lively Odd Fellows Hall party with prizes by G C F L Beal and auctioneer Scates. Mrs A M Pierce noted in attendance. BEACON PARK
The Paine’s warerooms clearance sale at 48 Canal Street ends Wednesday. Prices are the lowest ever seen in the city, with a limit restricting purchases over 500 per buyer. Many top bargains remain unpurchased and await Wednesday shoppers who have not reached their limit.
A clipped quotation depicts Bond praising a major as industrious though coy in Wall Street, while Banks counters that the man’s industrial bent has harmed him. A Chicago friend’s heavy loss led to ruin via crime and self harm, leaving him paralyzed by whiskey.
Dr Greene a Boston specialist spoke at Tremont Temple on women health, detailing nervous fatigue and female disorders. He urged use of mild vegetable remedies, promised cures through precise treatment, and offered free consultations and a mailed copy of his book Facts Worth Knowing.
The Rev Frank Haven Hinman praised South Boston's seaside amenities including Independence and Parks, Marine Park, Fort Independence, baths and yachting. South Boston bowling team entry for nationals was rejected due to late submission, with plans for a possible match against a top team. Cambridge Father Scully series likely to be decided on neutral turf. Memorial Hall hosts John Boyle O'Reilly memorial meeting next Sunday at 3. Ned Barry to run a semi weekly from South Boston with own printing plant. Clinker Athletic Club fits new quarters and eyes NEAAAU admission and New England title bid. Wendell Phillips council marks eighth anniversary at Bethesda Hall on April 6. Grace Church ladies present entertaining program at South Boston Coffee rooms. A O H Division 13 to hold first annual ball at Bethesda Hall April 14. Notre Dame alumni hear Katherine Conway on moral literature. City Point.
A notice promotes a ladies only session this afternoon at 3 PM urging attendance for those with sex specific affections. An ensuing free private lecture for men at 8 PM features stereopticon illustrations. Admission to all parts of the house is free.
East Boston notices report a Mrs Hills recovery and a charity gathering at 7 Wesley Street on April 8 led by J J Jayes and others. Local events include the Jeffries Winter Club chowder supper, a factory injury at 153 Congress Street, and a lecture by Rev. Lewis B Bates on Eight sevenths of Man at Meridian Street Bethel Church. The Masonic dance at Music Hall drew about 100 couples, with Willem Parkman Commandery inspection planned next Thursday, and music by Carter's Brass Band. An Old Folks concert is being rehearsed for April, and a poverty party occurred at Maverick Hall led by Carl Cubberly. The FerryMan.
The funeral for Mrs M Jennie Merrill Prescott wife of Colonel Edward Prescott was held from 56 Harvard Street Charlestown yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev Philo W Sprague of St Johns Episcopal Church. A quartet directed by William H Fessenden sang and there were abundant floral tributes. Burial was at Woodlawn.
Sour Hamerton March 7 reported Senator John T. Morgan's condition improved since yesterday. It is now said his trouble is erysipelas and he expects to travel to London in two or three days, then proceed to Paris for duties as a United States representative at the Behring Sea arbitration court session.
In Gounashitza Servia a clash between troops and peasants left ten dead and seven wounded after the peasants seized the municipal building amid political agitation. Soldiers later drove the crowd from the scene in a desperate struggle.
The Post announces a contest offering two round trip tickets per winner. Five Boston area sections compete for local prizes with the final coupon appearing March 25 and votes counted by March 27. Additional large offers go to non section residents with top vote totals.
Voters for the World’s Fair election are named with addresses and wards. The list includes residents from Melrose Cambridge Lynn Everett Andover and others, showing numbers next to each name likely indicating registration or ticket allotment.
A fragment shows numerous personal names and street addresses including J J Murray 40 Pleasant, John Meaney 802a Bunker Hill, Miss M A Kerns 12 Walker, George H Melick 91 Prospect, Alfred F Ruby 474 Main, Eddie D Hughes 881 Medford, William P Barnes 2 Map'cave, Frank Leavy Jr 24 Auburn, Joseph J Dutra 31 Cherry, George W Wilson 92 Austin, J W Corbett 8 Lexington, J Finch 17 Summer, J M Fitzgerald 8 Grants Court, E Chambers 39 Linden, CG H Cochrane 29 Belmont, Charles F Maxwell 2 lint, plus numbers 7,522 7 440 8,064.
Delft Haven Colony hosts a mock trial at Pythian Hall on Wednesday. Rev Mary T Whitney lectures on What Women Are Doing at Second Unitarian Church next Friday. A junior department forms at Y M C A Gilman square. Over thirty boys seek membership. Third Universalist Society West Somerville plans a phonograph party on March 9. Harmony Council marks tenth anniversary at Odd Fellows Hall tonight. Missing man David Bremner's case update worries his family. A large G A R building may rise near Winter Hill. Somerville Cycle Club to present a minstrel show at Odd Fellows Hall April 5. Union Square Baptist Church hosts an orange supper and entertainment tonight. J W Allison and W S Harrington announce a concert at Eberle Hall tonight. Otp PowpvEr Hovusr.
Mrs. John Conroy aged sixty living with her husband on a Hope area farm during a brief period of temporary insanity seized a razor and cut her throat and multiple arteries in her left wrist. Doctors report she cannot live tonight.
London report says on March 7 that the Jersey legislative assembly voted that quarantine is not preventive of cholera and declined to set up a quarantine against ships from ports alleged to be cholera infected.
A judge asks an applicant about ambulance driving experience. The man explains he once was a Barnum four horse chariot racer in the old hippodrome. The judge approves, deeming him suitable for ambulance work.
A compilation of residents and their addresses appears, including Geo E Bradley 30 Warwick Street, Lucy Drennan 15 Rosseter Street, Mrs Dr Bishop 26 Worcester Square, Michael J Cadigan 14 Norwich Street, Jack Jacobs 66 Kendall Street, James Huson 4 Nawn Court, J A Downey Penryth Street, W Fleming 62 Field Street, G H McKenzie 691 Shawmut Avenue, J Kingston 40 Edgewood Street, 66 Pod Porta Steeling Street, Robert Lockhart 79 Camden Street, Walter L Cox 375 Columbus Avenue, H Strecker 118 Green Street, Peds McNeil 30 Beluen Street, TB Cunniff Renant Street 5, A S Nolen 16 Harvest Street, M Houghton 8 Westford Street, Daniel Falconer 61 Hammond Street, Carl Jaeger 16 Pynehon Street.
In Cambridge Julius E. Ward hosts an 8 o'clock tomor row soirée musicale with editor C. B. Seagrave and wife on a rest visit from Norfolk. Plans hint at two Shakspearean recitals by Fannibal A. Williams in private Cambridge venues. Also noted are engagements, rehearsals, term dates, and a public hall opening slated for April with Mayor Bancroft presenting. HARVARD BRIDGE.
Miss Annie C. Pinkham hosted the final subscription party at Armory Hall with about seventy five couples in fancy dress dancing late. Memorial Day preparations continue under committee chairs S C Hadley and others. Roxbury Bicycle Club to host a bar masque in April, Five Roxbury Grays plan a grand April 5 ball with Buffam’s orchestra. Lawrence R Small buys Chamberlain’s hardware on Warren street to start his business. Melwoods set a sunlight dance on Fast Day in Orienta Hall with Stone’s orchestra. Park Social Club to occupy rooms at 124 Dudley street next Monday. Roxbury Crossing.
Morning tallies reveal modest changes among candidates with Hickey of Melrose maintaining first in the at large list and Welton leaping from 1700 to 2485 votes. In Charlestown and Somerville Murray tops, Finch appears, while in Cambridge list only minor shifts occur. Bradley strengthens the lead with 9335 votes and Mrs Bishop presses for second. other gains noted include Jacobs Hudson and W Fleming. L M sends a note praising Samuel W Joel and urging support for him in the World’s Fair context.
A Dorchester notice describes forming an organization of married Catholic women to fundraise for St Marys Infant Asylum. It notes the asylum led by Sister Mary Joseph and four aides, housing seventy infants aged two to three. It lists local jurors, Dorchester Young Men's Association officers, parish sermons, St Vincent de Paul aid, and a Winthrop Hall concert. The North Dorchester Improvement Association celebrated its first anniversary with a banquet at the United States Hotel.
A judge records a terse exchange between Standoff and Bunting about Skidmore as a rival. Standoff claims rivalry stems from both seeking the same woman, who he eventually married years earlier, giving a sharp edge to their feud.
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