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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
8
A catalog of dining room pieces features sideboards in over 100 styles mainly in antique oak with some walnut and mahogany, prices from 16.00 to 125.03. Oak tables from 6.00 to 75.00, including an 8 foot heavy oak table for 15.60. Solid oak chairs over 50 designs priced 1.00 to 10.00. Parlor and chamber sets offered, with a request to send 10 cents for illustrated catalog and price list. Cash terms or liberal credit available.
Goods delivered at all depots free, signaling a promotional shipping offer. The notice outlines distribution points and applicable terms. No dates or organizations are specified in the readable text.
Dr Timothy C Barden of South Boston elected to fill the vacancy created by Choate Burnham resignation after a multi ballot convention. Packard and Timmins are close contemporaries with Wardens and Aldermen backing varied candidates. The Stoughton Dorchester School house sanitary report finds ventilation generally fair and repairs advised. The Charlestown primary school named B F Tweed and plans approved for an eight room replacement on Moulton street with accounts of civic comments and sidewalk joke.
The Association of the Bar of New York City on March 22 found Isaac Maynard, judge of the Court of Appeals, guilty of reprehensible conduct in the Dutchess county election case by a likely five to one vote. Maynard’s supporters sought acquittal while Albany lawmakers faced possible removal action in the coming days.
Mrs Nowlan of 128 Eliot street found her husband Oscar Nowlan hanging from a door by a rope at 7 30 last night. He was 33, a Swede, and had been married before. His first wife died by suicide from a fourth story window in the same house.
Fire swept through the stable of Albert W. Nickerson on Riverdale avenue in Dedham this afternoon. Patrick Ryan resided in the upper tenement of the same building. The blaze, attributed to a defective chimney, damaged the structure by fire and water, estimated at about $2000. Fully insured.
At No 3 Old State House L H Palmer offers passage and drawing room car tickets for all trains of the Shore Line and for the Colonial express as well as the pew through day train between Boston and Washington.
Henderson Bros the chief losers in yesterday morning's North Cambridge blaze will rebuild at once. The new manufactory will be 100 by 175 feet and superior to the destroyed plant. Loss is estimated at least 150000 with about half covered by insurance. The stock of carriages for spring trade was the largest loss, though the main shop and outbuildings were valued at 50000. No clue to the fire’s origin.
William F. Jones of Winter Bill Some rville was hit by an electric car while crossing Columbus avenue at 6 20 last night near 125 Columbus avenue. He suffered a scalp wound and probable nasal fracture and was taken to City Hospital in an emergency ambulance.
A box drifting near the West Boston Bridge contained the body of a baby, seemingly in the water for some time. John Devine of Cambridge retrieved it and the infant was taken to Litchfield's in Cambridge. Dr. Swan, medical examiner, said the child was not alive when consigned to the river and suspected the birth mother resided in Cambridge.
Eight year old John McLaren of Jamaica Plain was playing with a 22 calibre revolver near his residence on Washington and Morton streets yesterday when it discharged. The ball hit his left instep causing a severe though not dangerous wound. He was taken home. Season the coming summer promises unusual brilliancy. Several prominent New Yorkers and Boston and Chicago families have secured rooms for the season at the resort hotel famed for its ocean front and picturesque setting.
Firemen toiled through the ruins until near noon as losses mounted. George H. Fowst, famed for Siberian voyage sketches with George Kennan, among the many uninsured losses. Inspiring a broad tally, including Henderson Bros and Daniel Fobes, with Hadley Street damage and a two-and-a-half story building at 13 Hadley Street. Several insured losses noted, others uninsured. The blaze displaced nearly one hundred workers across the area.
The New York Chamber of Commerce sent Congress a memorial on the silver issue, urging repeal of Treasury silver bullion purchases, warning free coinage would ruin values and cause widespread distress, and proposing an international conference to restore silver to a fair base of value with gold.
Captain Irving of the Teutonic reports the loss overboard of F. L. Flagg of New York while the ship was near Queenstown. He fell from the starboard rail Friday night as friends watched. No body recovered. W. G. Field died of cerebral effusion. his body to be landed at Liverpool.
San Francisco stock prices list official closing figures for March 22. Entries include many mines with prices such as 2.85 for Belcher, 1.20 for Chollar, 2.90 for Ophir, 2.0 for Eureka, 0.20 for Mexican, and 1.10 for Yellow Jacket, among others like Mt. Diablo, Potosi, Sierra Nevada, Hale & Norcross, Gould & Curry, Union, and more.
The Rev W H Childs pastor of North Tiverton and Globe Village Primitive Methodist Churches leaves his wife and two children and his congregation. He has gone to England never to return and the church fair proceeds are unaccounted for. His wife and two children are left with $20 for future expenses.
Faut River March 22 reports the disappearance of 44 year old Mr Childs, English native, recent Eastern conference member, previously in New York unsectarian work. A wife dated Boston March 20 says he will not return, leaving debts of about 320 from a fair profits to unresolved bills.
James H. Langley known as the King of the Peter Funks was arrested in the city for failing to file a certificate of incorporation for Columbia Land & Lumber Company. Accusers allege Langley swindled Brown and Henderson out of $1000 and $3000 respectively, with a history of similar schemes dating back to 1871.
An embassy report says David B. Hill was urged by a Michigan contact to receive instructions. The message allegedly urged sending an uninstructed delegation that would align with New York's vote, contradicting claims of a presidential candidacy.
March 22 report from Demarr Michigan notes David Bennett Hill secretly informs Michigan friends he will not run for president. Democratic State convention at Muskegon May 4 will send an uninstructed Chicago delegation to follow New York, ensuring Hill’s defeat not by choice, but by fate. Michigan Democrats earlier sent envoys east to assess the field and pressed Hill for a clear position. He says he is ambitious but aware he would likely lose if nominated. Ambassadors react in disbelief as he urges alignment with New York’s anticipated choice.
Identification of a drowned Passaic River body as Mrs Libbie M Stickle of Rockaway Morris county New Jersey creates a sensational case. Authorities suspect murder and point to a lover as the possible killer while friends had searched for her since she left home.
The Grange, a property once owned by General Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary era, sold today to Orlando B. Potter for 140500. Thirteen elm trees planted by Hamilton mark the original states and may be transplanted by the new owner before the ground is subdivided into city lots.
Ausris Texas March 22 The ballot for United States Senator today shows R Q Mills winning the Senate race with 31 votes and Wash Jones 1. In the House Mills leads with 93 votes, Horace Chilton 3, R B Culberson 1, Barnett Gibbs 2, J H Bailey 4. There was much speaking in support of Mills nomination.
Washington reports the Cabinet debated the Behring Sea question after Lord Salisbury's reply to Mr Wharton's note demanding a renewal of the modus vivendi. The discussion noted the reply's indecision and a possible US obligation to indemnify Canadian vessel owners if arbitrators rule US rights are limited. A firm stand by the US on its prior position is expected.
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