Divorces and meetings mark Boston scene this week
John W. Candler remains in Brookline with a slight hemorrhage but no serious illness. Nantucket Railroad Company votes to issue mortgage bonds. Miss Alice Fletcher lectures for the NE Woman's Club scholarship on the Ancient Towns of the Ohio Valley at the Women's Club. A divorce decree in Supreme Court frees Mrs. John Wilson from John Wilson after years apart. Episcopal Church convention gathers at the Church of the Good Shepherd with a 10 A.M. sermon by Rev. Alexander McKay Smith. The Boston School Regiment forms on Tre yoont street and marches to the Common for review with the Cadet Band.
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John W. Candler
Brookline
The
Nantucket Railroad Company
No. 7
Exchange Place
Alice Fletcher
Women’s Club
Park Street
Ohio Valley
New England
Woman's Club
Supreme Court
John Wilson
Boston Museum
J. R. Vincent
Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd
Cortes Street
Alexander McKay Smith
South Boston
Mesars
West
Washington
Franklin
Broad
State
School
Beacon Streets
Adjt
Barry
School of Oratory
Boston University
University
R. R. Raymond
Pilgrim Hall
Congregational Building
Friends of the
Prof. Raymond
Malvina Maria Bennett
Georgiana Leah Currier
Kate Lawson Colby
Adelaide Elizabeth Dearborn
Mary Euza Holder
Millie E. Logan
Rosa Chandler Lane
Jennie Florence
Roberta Lee Weston Morzan
Ella A. Skinmer
Miss Meins
Toussant Lovervre
Phillins
Ne the
Soaneen
Venice
Miss Bennett
Cely and the Bears
Liliput Leyec
Miss Colby
City Hall
Boston School Regiment
School Street
Park Square
Chelsea Bridge
Boston and Lynn Horse Railroad Company
Matthew R. Walsh
Parker Barnes
Patrick Tighe
Warren Avenue
Moses Kimball
Cambridge
Boston Water Board
Charletown
Fifth Regiment
Jackson Guards
City Guards
Charlestown Artillery
Charlestown
Alderman Woolley
Rainsford Island
N. Hi. Bird
Engine Company No. 17
Board of Health
Board of Aldermen
Court House
Pemberton Square
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
Sears
Boston
Charles Merkriam. Myll
Gas cut off halts Post Office mail handling in basement
May 15 1889 Loston D M Key Postmaster General reports gas supply for the Post Office is cut off. Basment mail handling halted due to lack of gaslight delaying second and third class sorting and dispatch. Night work impossible risking mail loss and building fire exposure.
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Congress
Department of Public Buildings
Boston
M. P. Kennard
Oulding
Tirht
Tobey
Washington
Loston
D. M. Key
Treasury Department
E. S. Tobey
Boston Gashizht Company
Kennard
Secretary of the Treasury
Key
Custom House
Court House
Post Office
Beard
Police Commissioners Organized Amid Fiscal Reports
The notice records the formation of the Police Commissioners with Henry Walker as chair and J F Goldhwait as clerk, noting debates over petitions for compensation for injuries and property losses, park land actions, and orders to improve public grounds and park sites in Boston. It also covers tax evasion reports, a Treasurer balance sheet for 1880, and a new East Boston ferries directorship, finishing with a brief on playgrounds.
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Henry Walker
J. F. Goldhwait
Paul H. Kendricken
Orchard Park
Thomas Lally
Samuel Pillsbury
John Egan
John P. Barnard
Wintbrew Square
Charlestown
Madison Square
Maverick Square
D. Jr. Bixey
Prescott Square
Cousen
West Roxbury
South Boston
Police Department
Treasury
East Boston Ferries
Anthony
Ward Nineteen
Henry Parkman
Ward Nine
Benjamin Brintnall
Ware
Parkman
Investigation into alleged prison cruelty at State Prison
The Governor and Council opened hearings at the State Prison into alleged mismanagement and cruel punishment by Warden Chamberlain and aides. Testimony described solitary confinement, long trampling up, and various officers’ actions against prisoners including Dolan, Kirk, and Martin, prompting further proceedings tomorrow.
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Chamberlain
Brayton
Senator Taylor
RB. J. McKelleger
Thomas Parsons
Warren F. Spaulding
Long
Taylor
John Kirk
Kirk
Worcester
James Dolan
Providence
Cambridge
Hale
Dow
Mr. Wood
Dolan
Alexander Frazer
Michuel Kelly
Kelly
Sam
Fullivan
Pcnent
Woods
Randall
Wao. Patterson
John Parry
Ayiet
Barry
Patterson
Daniel Whelton
Owens
William Martin
Martin
Charlestown
Hold White
Olficer Shaw
Wareden Chamberlain
Prest
Michael Cosg
Jone Kirk
Presterdea
Ryder
William Smith
Concord
Alan
No.c
Warden
Smith
Property transfers and notices in Boston area records
A list of quitclaims and transfers across Boston neighborhoods including Grove Hall and East Boston, detailing buildings and land parcels with prices from 1 to 4 thousand dollars. Also mentions a series of real estate actions in Charlestown Dorchester and affordable titles under receivership. Separately, a book list reviews constitutional law, novels on Washington society, and instructional art and contract law texts.
Mortgage and land transfers listed in West Roxbury and nearby
Property deeds record transfers on Leonard Street Maverick Street Hawthorne Street Locust Street and nearby areas with sums ranging from 900 to 4150 dollars, plus mortgage assignments from South Boston Savings Bank and Dorchester Savings Bank. Auctions note two story brick estate on Sawyer Street sold for 2700 dollars. Yale Club held its third annual dinner at Youngs Hotel with 39 attendees chaired by Asa French. Some local notices include a sick Gloucester resident and a Cambridge doctor launching a semi weekly Bar Harbor style paper.
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Boston
Seventh Street
Mercantile Savings Institution
Alyah A. Burrage
Joseph Pee
Hilclains
Baxter
E Street
Emigrant Savings Bank
Philip J. Jager
Paris Street
John H. Stark
Catherine Noppan
Charlestown
Tremont Street
George B. Neal
Bill Avenue
Patrick J. Richards
Alfred A. Nickerson
Brook Avenue
Alvab A. Burrage Et al
Sarah Ward
West Roxbury
Leonard Street
Patrick Hart
Thomas
Paterson
Chelsea
Maverick Street
William H. Savory
Union Institution For Savings
Winthrop
Hawthorne Street
Winthrop Magee
David Floyd
Beach Land
Same
Jai P. Smail
Mortwa Locust Street
Atlantic
Eben Rose
Edward Floyd
Myrtle Street
Robert N. Roaf
Beach
Theodore Codamor
Joseph Dorr
Charles W. Wilder
South Boston Savings Bank
Thomas B. Hosmer
Hannah M. Fairbanks
Dorchester Savings Bank
Richard ©. Humphreys Et al
Charles Spear
Emma A. Carr
Jerome &. Macdonald
Sawyer Street
Edward B. Burrell
Yale
Young's Hotel
Yale Club
Asa French
Samuel J. Elder
G. L. Huntress
Morton Deater
Charles P. Thompson
Gloucester
Gilman Colby
Cambridge
Saratoga
Bar Harbor
Mt. Desert
Morteagee
Roger Drury
Sufolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Peter Craeden
Lowell
Middlesex
Suffolk
Morteare
Roxbury
Terrace Street
James Parker
Botonang Providence Railroad Corporation
George P. Parker
Drury
Tremont Improvement Company
Charles M. Parker
Norfolk
City of
Mortage
Roger Ae
Boston Leather Merchant Daniel Johnson Dies at 75
Daniel Johnson a veteran Boston leather merchant died at his Charlestown residence on May 12 aged 75 born in Berwick Maine May 22 1805. He built a large business after starting in Dover New Hampshire and retired in 1878 passing it to sons Charles F. and George H. Johnson. He served on Charlestown boards and was respected by family and friends. Funeral set for Friday at 2 PM from 25 Adams Street. Other deaths listed include Samuel R. Glen Dr John P Duffin Rev Zetus Searle and Thomas Sullivan.
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Gilbert Stuart
Allston
Museum of Fine Arts
Ouest Portras
Copley
Boston Atheneum
Stuart
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Otis
Shew
Parkman
Quincy
Freeman
Amo
Etralia
Atheneum
Martha Washington
Boston Attieceum
Dorchester Heights
Faneuil Hall
Lansdowne Fcture
London
Washingtin
Chumber
Paul Revere
Nathaniel Bowditch
8. K. Williame
Thomas Cofin Armory
Washington Allston
Kev. Joe
Buckminster
Gov
John Brooks
Eleanor Davis
Nagle
Eveat
Thomas G. Appleton
Wiliam Rimmer
Smalilas
Rimmer
St. Stephen
Centarrc
Dr. Rimmer
Rommer
Globe Theatre
Maurice Grau
Madame Angot
Mile
Paola-Marie
Clariette
Angele
Lange
Juteau
Pomponnet
Jouard
Larivaudiere
Duplan
Leuchard
Dupoul
Ange Pitou
Paola-Mare
Mlle
Capoul
Leveca
Miles
Paola Marie
Angelo
Harold
Barnum
Joe
United States
Madame Dockrill
Zazel
Batchelder
Thomas
Boston
Daniel Emmons
Everett
George E. Allen
Taunton
North Reading Congregational Church
Ontog
Old South Church
Houstis
Benjamin Cottrell
Auburndale
Bridgewater
Mary Conant
Dodge's Row
Beverly
Haddock
Aured
R. W. Wright
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
Sophocles
Lewis Campbell
John Richard Green
D. Appleton & Co
Charles Dickens
Appleton
Charles H. Jones
Dickens
Henry 8. Drayton
A. M
James McNeil
R. Wells & Co
Broadway
Daniel Johnson
Charlestown
Berwick
Dover
N. H
Charles F
George H. Johnson
Samuel R. Glen
New York City
East Sixty-first Street
Glen
John P. Duffin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zetus Searle
Thomas Sullivan
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Depository
HORSE
Victoria and Harness
Prince
Victoria
Kimball Gros
Barneas
Lexington
Europe
Lambert Bay
Daniel Lambert
Matron
Balrewnie
Joyce Heth
Abdsilah
Bilar Farm
West Roxbury
Frsday
Brownell
Sargent
Fearnaught
Slade
Depooltory
Esenger
Houston
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Boston Post
Irish Relief Fund
Evangelical Sunday Schools of
Somerset Street
Y. M. C. Association Hall
Asociation Orchestra
Society of Arts
Institute of Technology
Charles R. Cross
Department of Physics
Samuel Kneeland
Lanza
Appalachian Mountain Club
J. Huntington
A.E. Scott
W. H. Niles
W. H. Pickering
the Museum of Fine Arts
Dr. Kimmer
Massachusetts
Messrs
B. B. Russell & Co
Lorvhill
Reater
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Richmand Street
Marine Hospital
Mary Funy
Dedham Street
City Hospital
James Wilson
James Yous
Eee
Joseffy
Herr Rafael Joseffy
Music Hall
Herr Joseffy
M. Adamowski
Schubert
Beethoven
Kreutzer
Rubinstein
Bayon
Schumann
Mozart
Saint Saens
Mr. B. J. Lang
Hummel
Josefy
Adamowski
M’glenen
H. A. M’glenen
Mary Anderson
Thos W. Keene
Boston Theatre Company
Sheridan Knowles
Lothian
Eveniong Star
Jannhanser
Mr. T. Leverett
Miss Anderson
Clarence Sternberger
Lecocq
Duke
Palermo
Kieal Opera Company
Union Square Theatre Company
Union Square Company
Piquet
Fanny Davenport
Miss Davenport
Norah Bartlett
Hooley's Theatre
Zoe Tutule
Eva
Coes
Daniel Fisher
Mount God
Oregon
W. Keith
Scott Leighton
D. Fisher
T. Clark Oliver
H. BR. Burdick
Clark Oliver
Matterhorn
Shanleigh
Sullivan Brothers & Libbie
Rescou Street
D'Huysvetter
William F. Clerx
Leovara & Co
Bromfield Direct
Lower Horticultural Hall
Charles F. Haseltine
Philadelphia
Thoreday
Haseltine
Desert
Goupul
Delobbe
Wm. Hart
Common Council
Gavin
Shepard
Bailey
Ward Four
Paramyen
Whitmore
Ward Twelve
Wheeler
Ward Ten
Buller
David A. Wells
Wells
Foston
Withaws
Coe
Ward Twenty
Committee On Assessors’ Department
Pratt
Ward Twenty-one
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Williams
Stony Brook
Back Bay Park
Charles River
Committee On Parks
Sawyer
Ward Twenty-four
South End
Mercantile Library Association
Public Library
Perkins
Committee On Public Library
Israel Cohen
M. F. Gavin
Hhe
Cowen
Dr. Gavin
Lwelve
Devlin
Sibley
Ward Five
Whimore
Pray
Blakemore
Ward Twenty-three
Prince School House
J. P. Putnam
Lyman Mason
Elmo Street
Blue Hill Avenue
State Prison Investigation
Suffolk County
Montgomery Street
George A. Thayer
Elizabeth M. Rand
Garden Court Street
Clinton Wiles
William
Riordan
Xbury
Howland Street
Grove Hall
Edward A. Mosely
William H. Adams
Parker Street
Westland Avenue
Theodore Lyman Et al
Carne E. Healy
Carrie FE. Healys
William H. Warner
Teonerd Street
Emily E. Shepard
Washington and Atherton Streets
Margaret E. Moree
Charles
Wiggin
Elliott Russell
Shawmut
Maverick
William H. Lavery
Raymond P. Valiquet
Almena Mine
Bigelow F. Nay
William 8
Roxhury
Thornton
Ellis
Hawthorne
Highland
Elizabeth M. Copeland
William J. Bowditch
Joseph P. Bullard
Annette, Gilman
Peter Hartman
Main Street
Charles C. Raymond
Willard Dal
NEW Publications
United States OF America
Thomas M. Cooter
Little, Brown & Co
Cooley
Department of Constitutional Law
and Holt & Co
Lockwood, Brooks
Grant
Capitol
William Walker
Owens College
Charles Scribner's Lone
Lockwood, Brooks & Co
Price
Sir William R. Anson
Bart
Inner Temple
O. W. Aldrigh
Illinois Wesleyan University
Chicago
Callaghan & Co
Montora Street
Peris Street
Catherine Noonand
Dorchester
Dailey Street
Sarah
Ann Haren
Essex Savings Bank
America
Prescont
Cleveland
H. H. Warner & Co
Rochest
James Prescott
Warner
Kimball Bros
Sudbury ST
mysfuFim Fim
White Mountain Echo and Tourists’ Register
White Mountain Echo
Bethlehem
Cartwright & Warner
John C. Chaffin & CO
Washington Street
Temple Place
Little Boston Mining Company
Breece Hall
Leadville
Colorado
Leadville Chronicle
Breece Hill
C. E. Fuller & CO
Bankers, No
State Street
Maine Mining Exchange
Congress Street
Oolock
Bostor Acton
Corryeield
Morandy
DE Nsle
Douglass
Eldorado Forest City
Fort Knox
Favorite
Gouldsboro
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Hampden
Harrington
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Milton
Mineral Hill
Mill Brook
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Petit Nan
Port Acton
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Young Hecla
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Blue Mountain Silver Mining Co
Lake County
Capital Stock
Bird’s Eye Chulch
Col
Chrysolite
Little Chief
Robert E. Lee
Amie
N.Y
C. F. Tracy
Eastern Financial Agent
Devonshire St
Mass
Casco Silver Mining Company
Acton, ME
Capital
Samuel Hanson
Hiram Knowlton
James Sampson
W.G
Carney
C. H. Parsons
Middle Street
Portland
Young Hecla Copper Mining CO
Blue Hill
Mercantile Bank
Bangor
Treasury Fund
John S.,jenness
Charles Hanlin
John R. Mason
W. F. Seavey
Johns
Jenness
Charles Hamlin
Samuel R. Prentiss
Wmena Wim
B. Darling
James W. Davis
LUE Hill Bay Mining CO
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J. S. Winslow
Lorenzo_ Taylor
George F. Gould
J. 8
Winslow
James Bailey
George Burnham, Jr
John W. Deering
William H. Sanborn
Congress St
State St
Tae Eldorado Silver Mining Company
Acton
Montgomery S. Gibson
Charles D. B. Fisk
Nathaniel 8.Gardiner
Exchange St
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Tremont St
Seth K. Harwood
Myls
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Pemigewasset Valley
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C. M. Morse
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Moses Pearson & CO
Pears & Roberts
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Brown, Shipley & CO
Liverpool
Geo. E. Bullard
Louis Curtis
Indianapolis
Brown, Riley & CO
Bankernas
Congress Sa
W . Riley
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San Francisco
Nase & Caseing
Summer ST
Shoe and Leather Exchange
Avian Stoker
Iepee
Frank
Ingalls
Milk Street
Wilson
Kilby Street
Southern Pine Lumber
Ewis & Hall
Forne Tima
Mente Street
Eod
J. B. Huckins
Central Square
C. T. Walker
Mammoth Horse and Carriage Bazaar
Lancaster
Bosto
Billy
Loud Bros
Azaar
Kentucky
Hetfield & Jackson
E. Baker
Exchange Street
Lynn
Washington and Franklin Streets
Beacon Hill
High Rock
Baffam Avenues
Sullivan Bos
Libbie
Peter Crudden
Mortgagse of
Saia
Henry & Hatch
Boots & Shoes
Devonshire
Cerloago
Heston
Waid
Rhodes & CO
Summer Street
A. S. Richards & CO
Reade &J
A. P. Taber
Fall River Line
John C. Wilmerding
Bi Wilmerving
Hoguet & CO
G&g
Wolbert
Townsend & Fargis
SI Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting
Market Street
Acoction
N.K
Lippinogott, Son & C
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Corner of State
Royes
Blakeslee
W. Mark Fisher
Don
Pan
Fisher
Lex A. Delobbe
Parti
C. Lassable
L. Karella
S. H. Heinisch
G. Schwab
Marie Weber
H.R. Burdick
P. Clark Oliver
J.u. Brown
N. York
J. C. Wiggins
A.F. Bellows
J.o0gden Wood
M.J. Heade
J. HR. Hey
Bridge
Haseltine & Co
Horticultural Hall
Iseurch&co
East Street
Beacon Street
HK. Bk. Day & CO
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Merchants’ Exchange
Exchange Pan
Atilsae A.M
Boston Stock and Exchange Hoard
Atlas National Bank
National Bank of the Commonwealth
Maverick National Bank
First Ward National Bank
Suffolk National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Cambridgeport National Bank
Everett Mills
Boston Belting Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Connotton Valley Railroad Co
Pinnace, el Dorado and
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Connecticut River Railroad Co
Portamouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad Co
Boston Pier
Long Wharf Co
Lil
Ill
Uincy
Isl
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Connotton Valley Railroad
San Pedro
Ganon del Agua
Alen
National Exchange Bank
Old Boston National Bank
Pacific National Bank
Bingham National Bank
Continental Mills
Fitchbure Railroad Co
Granite Railway Co
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
North Chicago Steel Co
Mercantile Marine Insurance Ve
Stanstead
Sheffora
Chambly
Vermont Central and
Vermont Canada
Boston Water Power Co
Sycamore Spring Water Co
Pllymouth Rock Mining Co
Y Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Beaton Stock and Exchange Board
Moses P. Grant
Henriette Townsend
Nnd
Allston Street
Aliston Street
Solomon D. Townsend
Stillman
Lees
Kent
Turner
Alexander Wadsworth
I. B. Torrey
National Hide and Leather Bank
Abington National Bank
Bates Manufacturing Co
Pacific Guano Co
Ola Colony Railroad Co
Boston and Maine Railroad Co
Eliot Nations Bank
Washington Mill
Third National Bank
Middlesex Horse Railroad Co
Grant Savings Bank Book
W York and New England Railroad
Lst Mort
Connorton Valley Railroad
Mercantile Savings Bank Book
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Patenee Eet and
Bay City
Lst
de Boston Wharf Co
de Andover Lion Co
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Province of Quebec
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Mpecticut and Passumpsic Rivers
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Pearl Street
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Mylé
Moses Colmar & Son National Borse and Carriage Mart
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Elge
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Penderton Square
Thorugh
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Leonard A
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John R. Key
Williams & Everett's
Washington Stheert
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Sea Sullivan Bhkos
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