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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1880

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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