Boston Aldermen Confirm Mayor's Nominations At Meeting
The Boston Board of Aldermen confirmed several mayoral nominees including Frederic W. Lincoln for West Boston and Joseph G. Fields for Roxbury Canal. A series of votes and reconsiderations followed on nominations for water registrar tax assessor and other posts as the board tackled committees, orders, and municipal projects.
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Board of Aldermen
Frederic W. Lincoln
West Boston
Craigie’s
Prison Point Bridges
George F. Goold
Louis W. Swan
Ithamer KE. Mereen
Edward A. Pease
John W. Jackson
Nicholas C. Tallon
James Russell
Erdie S. Dearing
John
Mr. Davis
Alderman Short
Alderman Wilson
Alderman Murphy
Davis
Allen
Doherty
Eddey
Gove
Kelly
Rogers
C. W. Smith
Wilson
McLaughlin
Short
Murphy
Charles B. Hunting
Benjamin Cushing
Yeas—Murphy
Eddy
Kelley
Rovers
Yea
N. G. Smith
Common Council
Park Commissioners
Public Library
Committee On Public Library
Alderman Eddy
Congress
Tower
Board of Street Commissioners
Talbot Avenue
Norfolk Street
Bine Ili Avenue
Dorchester
Said Avenue
City of
Boston
Saidity
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Alderman McLaughlin
Board of
Derine
Committee On Cities
Board of Public Works
Board of Directors
Pond
Cottage Streets
John Richardson
Richardson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stanton Avenue
National Meter Company
Committee On Public Institutions
Marcela Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Petition for street railway tracks hearings set
A petition from the Norfolix Street Railway Company requests track locations on certain city streets and a hearing was ordered for April 9. The matter was referred to the committee on electric wires to maintain underground conduits through the streets.
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Committee On
Norfolix Street Railway Company
Supreme Court rules tax on Western Union valid in Massachusetts
The court holds the telegraph company must pay Massachusetts taxes on its property and business despite its use of post roads. It reverses the injunction to halt operations, affirming the tax but allowing continued use of post roads. A second decision rewards the National Bank of Redemption of Boston in a tax dispute against the city.
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Washineton
United States Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Massachusetts
Telegraph Company
United States
Congress
Circuit Court
Justice Miller
National Bank of Redemption of Boston
Boston
Mercantile Bank
New York
Matthews
Gray
Blatchford
Temperance Meeting in Cambridge Highlights Coffee House Progress
A large crowd at St. James Episcopal Church parish house North Cambridge heard a report on the society’s coffee house in Dublin district. Rev. Lyman Abbott of Plymouth Church Brooklyn outlined temperance evils and remedies, with free coffee served at the end.
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Temperance Society
St. James Episcopal Church
Pariah House
North Avenue
Beach Street
North
Cambridge
Dublin
Lyman Abbott
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
No decision on $18 000 salary cut at custom house
Collector Saltonstall and department heads conferred but failed to agree on where to cut the last month salary reductions. Officials fear any cut shifts burdens elsewhere and may force a Washington visit to seek a workaround. Error Is Worse than Ignorance. No one can plead ignorance about Pyle's Pearline.
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Custom House
Saltonstall
Washington
I’yle
West End Street Railway Employees Seek Ten Hour Day Plan
A visiting committee of West End Street Railway Company employees releases a statement detailing decades-old labor disputes over hours and wages. They recount letters to Henry M. Whitney and responses from General Manager Longstreet, outlining proposed agreements, rejections, and stalled negotiations through March 1888.
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West End Street Railway
West End Street Railway Company
Longstreet
Metropolitan Road
West Hrd
Whitney
Henry M. Whitney
William J. Connelly
Mr. Whitney
Boston
Metropolitan Railroad
Richards
Knights of Labor
Providence
Ife
Denver
Buffalo
Mt. Pleasant
Meeting House Hill
Mr. Longstreet
Mr. Cummings
Mtg
Bostoon
W. J. Connelly
Haye
D. F. Longstreet
Multiple Local Notices and Auctions Reported
A pre mature blast injured Patrick Welsh on Harvard avenue Brighton and he was taken to City Hospital. In Charlestown, W Sawyer sold No. 1 Walker street for $4325 to R G Fessenden. two South Eden street stables brought $2000 and $2400 to Cushing Otis and Hosmer Bros. A collision occurred as a Boston and Lowell train car struck a timber on a side track. one window shattered. Young Men's Christian Union hosts an evening lecture by Rev J S Dalton on Goethe. Suffrage delegates heading to Washington can get certificates at 8 Park street for reduced rail rates. An advertisement offers Easter huts and advice from G W Simmons & Co at 81 to 83.
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Harvard Avenue
Brighton
Patrick Welsh
City Hospital
W. Sawyer
Charlestown
Walker Street
R.G. Fessenden
Mr. Sawyer
South Eden Street
Cushing Otis
Hosmer Bros
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Young Men's Christian Union
J. S. Dalton
Goethe
International Council of Women
Washington, D. C
Park Street
Home Market Tariff Debate Reflections by Garrison at Mercantile
William Lloyd Garrison speaks at the Mercantile Library Association on the home market and protective tariffs. He argues storms and blizzards resemble tariffs, raising prices and benefiting some, while harming others, and calls for free exchange and universal economic laws. London aids Boston and New York during a brief communications disruption, showing interstate and international kinship.
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the Mercantile Library Association
Tremont Street
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
Alanson W. Beard
Beard
Mr. Garrison
Jamaica Club
Jamaica Plain
Speng
Horse Railroad Company
New York
Sydney Smith
Fifth Avenue
Hac
England
Boston
London
East Boston tunnel debate at Citizens' Trade Association meeting
East Boston residents press for a free transportation avenue to the city. Speakers urge a tunnel or bridge linking East Boston with Boston proper to ease isolation, noting bridges and tolls favor South Boston and citing potential uses for water, gas, and sewer lines.
Cambridge Democrats Choose April 3 Caucus Date
The Cambridge Democratic ward and city committee met in Central square city building and set Wednesday April 3 as caucus day to elect delegates to the congressional convention. Stephen Anderson of Ward 3 was chosen as delegate at large.
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Democratic Ward
Cambridge
Central Square
Stephen Anderson
Ward 3
Spring overcoats offered by Mesars Almy & Co
Mesars, R T Almy & Co at 622 Washington street announce over 100 styles of spring overcoats priced from 10 to 25 dollars. The goods are described as well made and bargains at the listed figures.
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Mesars, R.T. Almy & Co
Washington Street
Paris
Baker’s
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Supreme Judicial Court session notes March 19
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth met March 19 with justices Morrow Devens Allen and Houmas presiding. Cases argued included Nantasket Beach Railroad Company actions against Ransom and Mason, Cutter v Hamlin, and Pratt v Weymouth. Several dockets remain unfinished with cases listed for Tuesday.
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Supreme Judicial Court For
the Commonwealth
Morrow
C. J
Devens
C. Allen
Houmas
Nantasket Beach Railroad Company
Rev
Sarah E. Ransom
Same
Charles A. Ransom
Lyman Mason
K. M. Morse, Jr
R. M. Morse, Jr
H. E. Swasey
Legal convictions and fines from Middlesex County court
Mortimer Downey of Somerville fined 75 and costs for liquor keeping. Davis Locke of Cambridge fined porter's hotel proprietor for liquor nuisance with costs. Sarah Rooney of Cambridge fined for liquor nuisance with costs. Victor Grover of Lowell fined for cheating at the Massachusetts reformatory. Patrick F. Davider of Pepperell fined for liquor nuisance with costs. Arthur H. Parker of Waltham found not guilty of liquor selling. John McCauley of Somerville sentenced to four months for assault and battery at the house of correction.
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Mortimer Downey
Somerville
Davis Locke
Cambridge
Sarah Rooney
Victor Grover
Lowell
Massachusetts Reformatory
Patrick F. Davider
Pepperell
Arthur H. Parker
Waltham
John McCauley
House of Correction
Amateur billiardists start annual US championship in New York
The second annual amateur billiard championship opens May 14 at the Racquet Court Club in New York. Players must be absolute amateurs. the winner holds a cup until next year and may gain it permanently after three wins. The game used is three-ball French carroms on a 5 by 10 table to 800 points.
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United States
New York
Racquet Court Club
New York Ledger Promotes Kir Carson Indian Tale
Robert Bonner's Sons advertises sample issues of Red Knife or Kir Carson's Last Trail, featuring Kir Carson and Rep Kyrie. The letter claims one and a half million samples and offers free copies to readers in New York, with mail requests to 182 William Street.
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New York K Ledger
New York
Post
Kir Carson
Rep Kyrie
Rep Kyrex
New York Ledger
Rep Kylie
Robert Bonner
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East Boston Bridge
Western Union Company
The
Bank of Redemption
Temperance
West End
J. F. Reeve
George H. Simmons
John EB
I. W. Sweeney
N. Muron
G. McManus
G. W. Simmons O
Home Market
Mercantile Library Association
Citizens’ Trade Association
Grand Army Hall
A. C. Whitney
F. W. Day
K. A. Wellington
Orient Heights
East Boston
South Boston
Federal Street
Congress Street
Dover Street
Mt. Washington Avenue
Broadway
Goo
Swett Street
M. McPherson
Chelsea
Thomas F. Doherty
Superior Court
Mason, J
Ann Balaam
James W. Kenney
Robert Balaarm
Roxbury
J. L. Eldredge
William Gaston
C. L. B. Whitney
John L. Hawley
John L. Hildredth
Bridget L
Bridget
Ain
A. A. Strout
H. G. Parker
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Amer. Rubber Co
Boston Disinfec. Co. Webster
Lasigi
Hotel Addison
J. Elder
C. C. Mayberry
Cairns
J. A. McGeough
B. Hopkins
Staples
Weeks
Campbell
Bird
Driggs
Lmery
Seavey
Downey
Mass. Merritt. Cath. Ord
Bayley
Domestic
Dulvy
Horton
EL Lt. & P. Co
Appleton
Hammond
George Miller
George W. Decker
Cambridgeport
J. F. Kilton
Edgar R. Chamlin
Benjamin D. Washburn
Patrick J. Doherty
W.N. Butfum
Herbert L. Baker
Agnes L. Chase
Martin Manning
C. F. Page
H. N. Allen
W. Howland
Superior Civil Court
Essex County
Jenkins
Deardon
Gage
Real Estatesurance Co
Imp. Co
Lawrence
City of Haverhill
Larson
Berg
Kimball
McCarthy
Black
Wing
Place
Cambridge Democrats
Marth MiSs
Gover Cork
Tresh. Graves & Sons, Y Grocers
Carson
Kynire
Kit Carson
Norman McDonald & CO
Juss
Vane Russell Lowell
Newton
Watertown
Allston ST
Ecket
Waliet
Aaron R. Gay & CO
State Street
J. H. Grant
Rothchild & Co
Manistee
Mich
Manistee Salt and Lumber Company
William Mitchell
No. 24
Fort Hamilton
David J. Tingley
Robert Parkinson
Patterson Bros
Nashua Furniture Company
Nashua
N. H
Fr. X. LePage
Quebec
W. S. Porteous
Montreal
Emil, Poluka
Tur Knabe Prannorortes
E. W. Tyler
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