Supreme Judicial Court arguments listed for March session
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth convened March 11 with Justices Morrion Devens Allen and Hoynes. Cases argued include Parker Kenison v inhabitants of Arlington, Mahoney v county commissioners, McCann v Randall, and Shepard v Richardson. Unfinished business and equity list noted for Monday.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Morrion
C. J
Devens
W. Allen
Hoymes
Parker Kenison
Arlington
J. O. Teele
G. A. Blassey
J. HW. Hardy
J. Elder
William H. Mahoney
Middlesex County
F. Donnelly
C. Darling
William McCann
Simon F. Randall
P. Payson
C. Cowley
John Shepard
George F. Richardson
Sidney Bartlett
R. D. Smith
N. Matthews, Jr
John Lowell
H. D. Hyde
Water Power Company
H. G. Nichols
G. D. Bramen
Fragments of Lent Season News in Boston Gleaner
A reflective Boston column reviews street cleanliness and stranger criticism, rail disruptions from strikes, and a philanthropic course for workingwomen. It notes an amateur wind orchestra on Beacon Hill, Lowell lecture tickets, and quirky urban ideas for comfort during freezeups, ending with a parable of an organ grinders fortune.
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London
Bay State Club Guests Arrive for Boston Dinner Tour
The Bay State Club of Boston hosts a distinguished party aboard a special Washington to Boston train. Speakers Carlisle and Jeff Chandler will address the gathering at the Revere House with additional events including luncheons, theatre boxes, and a bay cruise.
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Washington
Speciat
Bay State Club of
Boston
Carlisle
McAdoo
Springer
Illinois
Matson and Wilson
West Virginia
Rosecrans
Stevenson
Youmans
Lovering
Curran
Viele
Maybury
Jeff Chandler
Bay State Club
Revere House
Central
St. Botolph
Ayday
Harvard College
Saltonstall
General Corse
Jonas H. French
New York City
Postmaster Harritty Probe Moves Back to Philadelphia
Civil Service Commissioners Lyman and Oberly returned from Philadelphia where they continued investigating charges against Postmaster Harritty over office appointments. Harritty will prepare a statement with appointment and removal records. Testimony was taken by stenographer and will be published with conclusions.
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Harritty
Washington
Specran
Civil Service
Lyman and
Oberly
Philadelphia
Lyman
National drill to end with Washington Mardi Gras carnival
The national drill in Washington during the last week in May will conclude with a Mardi Gras style carnival. Arrangements secure costumes and floats used by Knights of Momus and Knights of Proteus from New Orleans. Southern Railway sets passenger fares at three quarters of a cent per mile for groups of twenty five. Strong indications point to a very successful week.
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Washinoton
Sprcau
New Orleans
Knights of Momus
Knights of Proteus
Crescent City
Washington
Southern Railway
New England Pensioners Granted Increases and Restorations
Washington March 11 Pensions have been granted to numerous New England residents across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and names include Nathaniel Wiggin Levi Goodwin Atwood Crosby Charlotte Emerson Cyrus T Becker Silas Waite Enoch Piper George W Jones Ruben Quimby Helen Kemp James Maxwell Spencer Vandercar Charles Owen George Cox Ruth Bailey Gorham Vardy Solomon Emery Henry Reed Lyman Gilmore Bert Phinney William Taylor Franklin Clarke and others in towns such as Wilton Saco Rockport Augusta Boston Chelsea Weymouth Rutland Taunton Westerly and more.
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New England
Washineton
New
Methuen
Henry E. Reed
Taunton
Lyman W. Gilmore
West Medway
Bert F. Phinney
Plympton
Rhode Island
William M. Taylor
Lonsdale
Franklin Clarke
Westerly
No clandestine methods in Navy plans says Whitney
Secretary Whitney denies any secret or clandestine method used by the Navy to obtain naval vessel plans. He notes governments seek war implements and their characteristics and that information can be obtained openly. He also mentions the discharge of draughtsman Terry at Chatham and states White was not chief instructor when certain designs were made.
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Wshington
Whitney
Navy Department
Terry
Chatham Dockyard
England
Ogether
Department
White
Admiralty
Consul-General Transfer and Cholera Reported
D Lynch Pringle of South Carolina moves from Guatemala to Constantinople as consul-general. Cholera spreads in Chile's Aconcagua and Valparaiso provinces with about 600 cases and 250 deaths. Treasury silver and gold holdings detailed. Osage Agency suspended: James I. David replaced by Special Agent White amid questions of qualification.
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Wasatxaron
D. Lynch Pringle
South Carolina
Legation
Guatemala
Constantinople
Aconcagua
Valparaiso
Santiago
James I. David
Indian Territory
Bannister
White
Indian Office
Davis
Boston executives mull through line to the West at City Hotel
At Young s Hotel a Boston business group discussed reviving the Williamsburg and North Adams Railroad to create a through line to the West. Support came from ex governor Claflin while Fitchburg railroad opposition raised concerns about state and tunnel values. A committee was urged to press the railroad committee next Tuesday.
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Boston Executive Business Association
Young’s Hotel
B. F. Smith
Boston
Williamsburg & North Adams Railroad Company
New York
Smith
Fitchburg Railroad
Albert E. Pillsbury
W. H. Lincoln
Claflin
Commonwealth
McClellan Memorial Fund Inquiry to Subscribers
Letter to the editor asks what happened to the McClellan memorial fund raised about a year and a half ago totaling over 40 dollars. The writer proposes a meeting of subscribers to decide its disposition, possibly transferring to the Philadelphia fund.
Fire Insurance At Cost By Commonwealth Fire Insurance Co
The Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company of New York introduces cost based methods for economy mutual participation and careful inspection. It is a joint stock firm with 500000 dollars paid-up capital. Participating policies earn 80 percent of net profits without extra charge. The Boston advisory board includes Cotting Atkins Bradiee Proctor and Lowbard. Agent George N. Binney at 118 Devonshire Street.
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Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company of
New York
Boston
Charles A. Cotting
Elisha Atkins
Nathaniel J. Bradiee
Thomas E. Proctor
George B. Lowbard
George N. Binney
Devonshire Street
Dinner notices highlight college and fraternal groups
The Franklin Fraternity of Melrose marked its twenty fourth anniversary at the Quincy with John K Robson presiding and John Morris as orator. MIT society dined at Parker's without president, MIT freshmen sat to meals at Tremont House with W H Jonson in charge. Columbian Associates held a Young’s gathering for their twenty sixth anniversary. The Friday Evening Club and Castillians reunite, chaired by John D Billings.
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Franklin Fraternity
Melrose
Quincy
John K. Robson
John QO. Morris
Charlestown High School
George E. Munroe
W. 2. Lavender
Society of
Parker's
George C. Dempsey
G. N. G. Holman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tremont House
W.H. Jonson
W. F. Finch
Young’s
Columbian Associates
Castillians
California
John D. Billings
Hudson river navigation restored between Newburg and New York
The Hudson River lanes between Newburg and New York were reopened yesterday. William C. Hickman, accused of swelling Boston capitalists out of 40000, is stopping at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal.
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Hudson
Newburg
New York
William C. Hickman
Boston
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
Pennsylvania House
Patrick Money
Waterbury
Special Commission
Asylum Street
Hartford
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New England
Woburn Republicans
Marlowe as Lowell Sees Him in the Early English Drama
James Russell Lowell delivers a Lowell Institute lecture on Marlowe as an influential but flawed dramatist. He credits translation and Italian influence for linguistic progress, notes Marlowe's bold yet unsustained unity in plays, and compares him to Spenser and Shakespeare while highlighting his musical phrasing and genius without full artist depth.
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James Russell Lowell
Huntington Hall
Lowell Institute
Marlowe
Shakspere
Elizabeth
Spenser
Mr. Lowell
Italy
Sir Philip Sidney
Charles the Second
Sidney
Dryden
Jacob Grimm
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Milton
Christopher Marlowe
Unity College
London
Archer
Atheian
Faust
Mephistopheles
Hell
Jupiter
Semele
Hamlet
Postmaster Pickett to be reassigned in Worcester
General Pickett is slated for a new post in Worcester as Colonel James E. Estabrook moves in. The Republican caucus named two assessor vacancies from Houghton resignation and Tolman term expiry, with Pickett and ex-Alderman C F Rugg as leading candidates and a large caucus vote.
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Worcester
Spellcran
Pickett
James E. Estabrook
Houghton
Tolman
C. F. Rugg
Lowell Institute Tickets The Other Side
Ex teacher from Boston praises fair ticket distribution for Lowell lectures. He recalls attending since Silliman era and credits curator Dr Cotting for efficient access. He notes crowding limits and differences between adults residents and nonresidents. March 11, 1887.
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Lowell
Silliman
Federal Street Theatre
Isabella Street
Boston
Cotting
Lowell Bequest
Memorial to the faithful at Cambridge Horse Railroad
Cambridge Horse Railroad Company honors thirty nine faithful employees with memorials and autographs from the directors and gifts. Colonel Bancroft receives a $100 yearly salary increase. Operations report smooth, barges stopped, strikers unable to obtain work.
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Cambridge Horse Railroad Company
Bancroft
Knights Templars Ball Marks 85th Boston Commandery Anniversary
The Boston Commandery Knights Templars celebrated its eighty fifth anniversary with a grand ball and banquet at Odd Fellows Hall last night. Over 400 sir knights and ladies attended as vocal and instrumental entertainment featured the Mendelssohn Quartet, Mrs. T M Carter, Miss Olive Mead, and Mr Edward B Marble. Carter's orchestra provided the dancing music.
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Boston
Knights Templars
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Order
Mendelssohn
T. M. Carter
Olive Mead
Edward
Carter
Digestylin Trial Report Promotes Patent Medicine
Dr H T Goofrey states he gave Digestylin to a stubborn dyspeptic patient who used it with good effect. Sold by all druggists at $1 per bottle or by W F Kidder Co manufacturing chemists 82 Join street New York.
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H. T. Goofrey
W. F. Kidder & Co
New Yorks
New England Mutual Reports 1886 Results in Boston
The Boston public is urged to study the annual statement of the New England Mutual, the largest Massachusetts life insurer. Assets at Dec 31 1886 stood at 18 627 081 25 with a surplus of 2 675 205 88 and 449 751 to be distributed among policy holders. The year 1886 was prosperous for the company.
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New England Mutual
Massachusetts
Boston
Sunday Notices from Union and Temperance Meeting
The Sunday notices list a young people's sermon at Union Hall 18 Boylston St by Rev. Robert Collyer of New York on Obligation with Congregational singing. Doors open 7 and services begin 7 30. A men only meeting at 3 p m led by Rev O P Gifford is also announced with good singing. At Harricott Turrell Harn a temperance evangelistic service is conducted by Mr C W Sawyer of New York at 7 30 p m inviting those seeking uplift.
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Milk Street
Francis JT. Appleton
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
Kane
Boston V Postoffice
Harris
Adams Express Company
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Fred H. Newell
Robert Collyer
New York
William McAteer
Frederick B. Abbott
Commonwealth Avenue
Heartshorn
Box
Cox
Richelieu
Cor
Perkeley
O. P. Gifford
C.W. Sawyer
Superior Court First Session March 11
Reports from the first three sessions show Charles Digney suing George G Hall for damages over injuries from a coal hole collapse near Youngs Hotel with a defense of contributory negligence. Elizabeth Gwillim sues Edwin J Gwillim alleging alienation of her husband’s affections and property misconduct, with a jury out. William J Griffith sues George W Emery for 743 dollars over a roof job claimed faulty workmanship and inferior materials. Fourth Session covers Maguire v Clay, and John J Doyle v Fred I Dinsmore with trial as damages for an assault by a police officer on Oct 24, 1885.
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Charles Digney
George G. Hall
Cornhill Court
Young
Barney
E. J. Hadley
A. E. Avery
Mason
Elizabeth Gwillim
Edwin J. Gwillim
George Gwillim
D. F. Crane
FE. O. Howard
F. F. Fay
William J. Griffith
George W. Emery
Sea View
Marshfield
Hi. E. Fales
L. W. Howes
Pitman
Maguire
Kett vs Pacific Mills Case Sparks Court Contempt Adjournment
A negligence suit alleging a factory injury to a minor employee who lost a hand was continued after the plaintiff revealed he had been in a drunken stupor. Judge Hammond condemned the act as an improper court burden, while the defense urged the case proceed. Other docket items and upcoming bids for a new iron caisson at the navy yard dry dock are noted.
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Kett
Pacific Mills
Defendant Corporation
Sherman
Hammond
John C. Sanborn
Sherman Bell
Martin
Ingham
O’ Leary
City of
City of Lawrence. 3482—Cota Vs. City of Lawrence
Eastman
Sheedy
Brown
Kelleher
Cantillon
Foster
City of Haverhill
Kennedy
Hoburn
Claflin
Scott
Joyce
Halihan
Steiner
Browder
Pierce
Sellers
Edson Et al
Navy Yard Dry Dock
Mare Island Dry Dock
New England Mutual 1886 Statement of Business Summary
New England Mutual in Boston reports 1886 assets of 817,966,845.66 and premiums of 2,211,776 for premiums. Interest, rents, and profit total 902,579,893,114,356.36 with disbursements including death claims matured endowments cancelled and surrendered policies and distribution of surplus. Liabilities show a Massachusetts standard reserve of 15,679,995.48 with unpaid distributions and approved death and endowment claims.
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Massachusetts
Alarming Statistics Highlight Lung Disease in City
The city’s official figures show nearly three quarters of annual deaths stem from consumption or lung troubles. Advertisers tout Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a cure, citing patient testimonials from Brooklyn residents and urging timely use to prevent illness and death.
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City of
New York
Duffy
M. O. Connor
Sackett Street
Brooklyn
C. B. Kelly
Livingston Street
Saas
Insolvency Court Sees Major Boston Bankruptcies Amid National Failures
The Suffolk County Insolvency Court held eighteen third meetings of creditors before Judge McKim. Bankruptcy cases include Edgar W. Jones of Boston and Henry Taylor & Co. Boston with mortgages foreclosed. National Color Printing Co. Boston shows liabilities of 33 285 with 26 590 secured. Many other assignments span across states with liquor, boots, clothes, and machinery firms in focus. nationwide failures total 282 for the week with Canada and Pacific/South regions rising.
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Edgar W. Jones
Standard Silverware Company
Boston
Henry Taylor & Co
National Color Printing Company
Henry G. Balkam
Hyde Park
Frank C. Eddy
Taunton
Teas
Charles F. Green
Deland
Ill
John W. Brandon
Pinkneyville
Miss
Lizzie Sternberger
Darlington
D. C
Swygert, Jr
Dawkings and Peake
W. W. Wortley
Ethel
Joseph Goodran & Sons
Donaldsonville
North Street
Nathan F. Blake
Mariner
John Sparrow
Hudson Street
Samuel W. Sargent
Charles W. Rand
Howard Snelling & Co
Kilby Street
Daniel A. Johnson
Blue Hill Avenue
Michael and
Timothy Murphy
David W. Cobb
Jacob Jacobs
Arch Street
Joseph A. Hart
Tremont Street
Jane Chesneau
Beacon Street
George W. Hill
Frank W. Eliott
Banker Hill Street
Charles W. Curry
India Street
Middlesex Street
Chelsea
Reynolds T. White
Oliver Street
J. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
British Provinces
Pacific States
South
New York City
Labor Notes Gather at Tremont Street Meet
Boston and Albany railroad men met at 176 Tremont street to discuss weekly pay but took no decisive action. Secret watch-case makers and jewellers meeting in the same building aims at price references. Brushmakers and upholsters also met, and painters and decorators planned a ball at Turn Hall on March 16 in Caledonia Hall.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Tremont Street
Caledonia Hall
Eliot Street
Turn Hall
Electrical Wonders Lecture at Christian Union
William J. Hanmer of the Edison Electric Duminating Company of Boston gave an illustrated talk on Electrical Wonders at the Christian Union last evening. The lecture repeated the Union Hall Feb 19 show with wave experiments and dynamo demonstrations for lighting and power transmission. Featured items included the Edison loud Speaking telephone phonograph electric piano and other novelties as Hanmer held the audience's interest to the end.
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William J. Hanmer
Edison Electric Duminating Company
Boston
Christian Union
Union Hall
Edison
Hammer
Militia Rosters Updated For Week Ending March 12
The adjutant-general records changes including commissions and resignations in the First Cavalry and Sixth Infantry. David F. Henderson is named captain of Company D, with transfers and resignations affecting George F. Henderson and G. I. Henderson. Captain Charles Connors and George A. Lawrence are discharged or rejected after medical review.
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Millstia
Adjutant-General
David F. Henderson
First Cavalry
Burnham
George F. Henderson
G. I. Henderson
Charles Connors
George A. Lawrence
Sixth Infantry
Board of Examiners
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