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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1887

Page

2

Howe of Shrewsbury Hls Substitute Bill Adopted

The Legislature saw little real progress yesterday yet provided amusement in the House with a Friday mock session led by Howe of Shrewsbury who substituted his bill for the adverse report on guide posts. The meal hours bill in factories was revised, and the employers liability bill reached engrossment in the Senate before a reconsideration move. Debates on the Commonwealth’s judicial system revision will start Tuesday.

Howe Shrewsbury Senate Jeffs Commonwealth

Butler Urges Thorough Bridge Testing Over Inspections

General Butler writes to Senator Phillips after the Providence rail accident urging a bridge safety regime. He argues inspections miss deterioration from time or accident and touts rigorous tests. He proposes girders bear far heavier and lateral loads, with tests every six months to ensure public safety.

Butler Phillips Providence Sutler

Committee Hearings on Street Railways and Tax Exemptions

The committee heard Colonel E O Shepard urging regulation of intercompany track use and a move to have the railroad commissioners set damages for infringements. Moody Merrill argued no extra legislation needed. Labor committee heard Deputies Haskell and Waters favoring tax exemptions for small towns. Other sessions covered State collections, Krino Development Company incorporation, health association funding, and opposition to snaring under the game law with warnings of wildlife decline from winter and wholesale snaring on the south shore.

E. O. Shepard Metropolitan Road Committee On Board of Aldermen Board of Railroad Commissioners New York Colonel Shepard Moody Merrill Consolidated Road Committee On Labor Haskell Deerfield Waters Montague Theodore E. Davis Committee On Claims Washington John D. Long Ladd Davis Baker Krine Development Company Mr. Baker Rufus 8. Frost J. F.C. Hyde Edward Everett Hale Nathan Hale B. Schlesinger R. M. Pulsifer The Health Association Fish and Game Committee Brackett B. H. Manborn Wellfleet George Monk Quincy Boston

Senate Concurrence and Several Bills in General Court

The Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Clark University incorporation in Worcester. Committees reported bills to form the Knights of Labor Cooperative Building Association of Cambridge with 25000 capital, to authorize Oakland Garden Corp to buy land and raise capital to 200000, and to refer ballot box use and voting list protection to the next General Court. Amendments to charter for Boylston Market Association were admitted, and leave was granted to withdraw Bridgeman’s petition for fines remission. Some senators opposed natualization timing changes and urged repeal of the thirty day clause. Hampden Paint and Chemical Co sought capital reduction to at least 75000. the employers liability bill advanced to engrossment.

Senate House Clark University At Worcester Committee On Mercantile Affairs Knights of Labor Cooperative Building Association of Cambridge Oakland Garden Corporation Committee On Election Laws General Court Committee On Banks and Banking Groveland Savings Ank Boylston Market Association of Boston Committee On the Judiciary A. M. Bridgeman Forbes Shea McDonough Clark, Lang Nies Hampden Paint and Chemical Company

Senate action on constitutional and legal bills in a busy session

The proceedings show Senator Jeffs moving reconsideration to place a constitutional amendment on tenure of certain judicial officers for Tuesday. Reed was absent. Forbes expands a bill to ban illegal peddling and begging to include minors, now engrossed. A bill on the Barnstable Probate Court salary is engrossed, and a railroad bill granting discretionary stop powers moves to third reading. Other items included water, savings bonds, Melrose water loan, Clapp Memorial Library, probate court attendance officer, and consolidations among several railroads. various charters and authorizations advance or engross.

Jeffs Reed Forbes Aceauli Barnstable County Committee On Street Railways Onset Street Railway Company New Bedford Fitchburg Railroad Company Melrose Clapp Memorial Library

House Proceedings Highlight Bills On Capital, Labor, And Charities

The mercantile affairs committee reports a bill to raise Boston Towboat Company capital to 2 million dollars. Other measures include equalizing rights of spouses over minor children, a proposed annuity for Sarah Maria Cisco, and incorporation acts for several firms including Commonwealth Safe Deposit and Trust Company. A factory meal hour act sets rules for groups of five or more workers, with exemptions for certain industries. Debate covers railroad petitions, labor protections, and public notices, with several items moved to engrossment or left for withdrawal.

Committee On Mercantile Affairs Boston Towboat Company Committee On the Judiciary Graves Groton Committee On Public Charitable Institutions Sarah Maria Cisco Committee On Banks and Banking Thomas N. Hart Nathaniel J. Rust Spencer W. Richardson Leopold Morse Ebenezer M. McPherson Albert E. Pillsbury George L. Damon John Goldthwait Charles H. Dill John Shepard John W. Leighton Charles UH. Allen William T. Parker Joseph H. Gray Alfred 3. Woodworth Charles A. Morss Commonwealth Safe Deposit and Trust Company Committee On Water Supply Orson G. Stanley Vineyard Haven Water Company Vineyard Haven Committee On Manufactures Clinton Gas Light Company Lancaster Quincy of Quincey Committee On Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Commonwealth Wadlin Reading Senate Stoneham Railroad Company Parkman Boston House Howe Shrewsbury Judiciary Committee On Education New England Conservatory of Music Committee On Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Committee On Fisheries and Game Warren F. Ramsdell Bristol County Fall River Thomas Sulivan

Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Endorsed by Experts

A lengthy endorsement from William J Cutter state chemist of Connecticut explains the value of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for pulmonic troubles. He cites doctors from New York and Kentucky praising its purity and absence of fusel oil while noting its age and fermentation yield a mellow bouquet. The article asserts its use can prevent pneumonia and consumption when used with reasonable care.

William ‘J T. Cutter Connecticut Kentucky New York James Eh. Wood Alfred T. Post van Buren Macready Duffy Para Lama

Divorce Libel for Mary Carcamo vs John Carcamo

Mary S. Carcamo of Boston asks the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk to grant a divorce a vinculo from John B. Carcamo who is believed to be living away in parts unknown. She states they married in Boston on November 2 1843 and lived there until December 14 1863 when he deserted her. She asserts continued desertion up to the filing date February 21 1887.

Boston John B. Carcamo Mary 8 Carcamo

Notice to appear for libel case in Boston court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court orders the appellant to notify John B. Carcamo to appear before the justices in Boston on the first Monday of August. Attested libel and order must be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with the final issue at least ninety days before the August date.

Divorce Petition for Desertion in Boston 1887

Ella F Chandler of Boston files suit for divorce from Frederick E Chandler after three years of desertion starting April 22 1881. She requests alimony and custody of minor child Frank D Chandler, with further orders as deemed proper by the court. Dated March 2 1887.

Notice to appear in libel case in Suffolk County

Supreme Judicial County orders libellant to publish the libel and order in the Boston Post once weekly for three weeks to summon Frederick FE Chandler to appear before the court in Boston Suffolk County on the first Monday of May next. The last publication must occur at least thirty days before that date.

Liberty to attach assets in libel case issued by Middlesex court

The Supreme Judicial Court at Cambridge orders libellant to notify libellee to appear on the first Monday of June, by publishing the libel in the Boston Post for three weeks, last publication at least thirty days before the date. An officer is directed to attach the libellee’s goods to five thousand dollars. The trustee Moody Merrill is summoned to show cause why execution should not issue against goods, effects, or credits in his hands or lands.

Supreme Judicial Court County OF Middlesex Lillie Atwood George Brunswick Presque Isle Newtonville Charles M George H Frederick H Harold Percival S Felix B. Atwood Percival S. Atwood Moody Merrill Boston Libellee A. D Cambridge Boston Post Suffolk

Boston Police Licenses Listed for 1887 at 57 Keyes Street

Public notices from the Boston Board of Police dated March 18 1887 announce applications under Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes for liquor licenses. FERDINAND KELLY THOS JOYCE WILLARD RICE JOHN A PARKER EDWARD M SWEENEY MICH A L F CARNEY MAURICE SHEEHAN EDWARD J ROGERS JAMES SWEENEY JAMES FARREN PATRICK TIVNAN JAMES LYONS JAMES LYONS JOHN W DALEY RICHARD WALLACE SAM L CHITTENDEN TRUMAN T REID DENNIS O SULLIVAN RICHARD WALLACE PHILIPpINA VOGEL CHAS B ROGERS ROBERT SEAVER & SONS and others are listed with addresses across Boston for grocer and liquor dealer licenses in various classes and locations including Dorchester avenue, Main street, Commercial street, and Chelsea street.

Board OF Pextca Boston Ferdinand Kelly Keyes Street F. C. Irving Main Street Board of Police John A. Parker Bunker Hill Street Fr. C. (Rving Edward M. Sweeney Medford Tunker Ff. C. Irving Board OF Poticre Willard Rice I. C. Irving Board OF Poolice Mich’l, H. Crotty Chelsea Street C. D Board OF Potter Maurice Sheehan Commercial Street D. D Board OF Poore Edward J. Rogers Dorchester Avenue GC. Irving Board OF Porter D. C Board OF Po1icky John Sweeney Board OF Polick Michall F. Carney River Street PD. D Richard T. Walters Chelsea Wapping Streets C. Irving Booard BoAxp Boson WM. A. Frederick First Street John J. Leay Austin Lynde F.C. Irving Josn Warren Neponset Avenue James Farren Commercial Greenwich Street FE. C. Irving Boatup Patrick Tivnan Board OF PoLicy Sk. C. Irving Boano Por Ick James I. Crowley James P. Kelly Polick John Jennings Water Street K. C. Irving Board OF Pource Anton Schwab Kaiser & Nagle Brookside Avenue Thomas Brady Boand Potter Thos. McElligott Bow Street BoCard Poitier Sam’s Durocher WM. McDermott Chapman Street Sarah Rowlands Chamber Street F.C. ©. Irving Ernest C. Marshall Board OF Porc E Peter J. Kolb Green Street J. P Board of Pollice S. Worcester John McCarty Shamrock Street Boaripd Dechester Avenue Board OF PaxLice James Lyons Jamies Lyons John W. Daley Board OF of Ponce E Richard Wallace BD. D Sam’l N. Chittenden Harvard Street Truman T. Reid Washington Street F. ©. Irving Bo Ard Norcross & Myrick Centre Street Dennis O'Sullivan Rockland Germantown WM. Saunders Rockland Street W. R Dan’l A. Brown Humphrey Sullivan Posto Philippina Vogel Corner Grove Street Board Or Pollice Chas. B. Rogers Ellen J. Bennett Henley Street WM. McCarthy IF. C. Irving Mich’s Magurn John W. Henry Lynde Street Geo. F. Willard Board OF Poure E Ree Irving Board of Porick Lawrence Gilligan Boanupor Polce Patrick Crosby Robert Seaver & Sons Bost ON Clay Brothers Jas. Dolan Williams Street

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