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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1881

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Annual Meeting of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad Company

The thirty third annual meeting in Manchester reports no major property changes and notes earnings of 18564189 for year to March 31 with expenses 85201 53 and net 100440 36. Dividends totaled 100000. state tax abatement 80203. tonnage and passenger counts rise. directors elected. New Hampshire Railroad project and Manhattan Railway suit updates follow.

Manchester and Lawrence Railroad Company Manchester N. H Smyth’s Opera House Concord Railroad Benjamin F. Martin Edward A. Abbott Concord Joseph W. Smith Andover Nathan Parker Wm. A. Tower Boston Asa Fowler John A. White B. F. Martin N. Bell George B. Chandler New Hampshire Portsmouth Lake Shore Railway Dover Eastern Boston and Maine Alton Bay Laconia Boston, Concord and Montreal Manhattan Railway New York Manhattan Railway Company Supreme Court Roscoe Conkling Boston, Hoosac Tunnel Western Continental Construction and Improvemement Company

Blaine linked, Star route frauds storm Washington

Special Despatch reports widespread talk over New York Sun claims that James G Blaine is entangled in Star route frauds. Blaine denies the charges while Postmaster General James and cabinet associates face questions and possible pressure toward Blaine’s retirement amid grand jury rumors and foreclosure threats.

Washington New York Sun James G James Blaine Dorsey Salisbury Giddings McKibbon Adams Chichester Waist Frenco MacVeagh New York Mr. Blaine Brady Dorsey

Virginia Democrats Triumph In State Elections

May 27 report from Washington says Virginia Democrats and Republicans alike cheer yesterday's results. The Democratic ticket is seen as a coalition move to bury Mahoneism, signaling likely gains in November. Rockingham County elected Democratic clerks to County and Circuit Courts over the Mahone Republican nominees. Windom pledges strict enforcement of steamboat laws following a Canadian disaster, targeting inspectors who failed to apply department regulations.

Washington Virginia Rockingham County Windom Department

Various Maine notices and local developments in 1900s

Belfast gains a Grand Arty post and Judge Enoch to preside. Knight of Portland to give an oration at Rockland. Maine Homœopathic Society meets June 7 in Augusta. Eastern Dredging Co. forms in Portland with 15000 capital. Methodist debt paid at Vassalboro. Boston Globe to run Sunday Portland Bangor train mid June. Bates College suit postponed to October. John C Holmes of Oxford drowns. survivor says shooter unknown though Miles suspected. Coveny shot in Portland. wound not fatal. Purington of Jay loses 26 of 41 sheep due to cold shear. McLean & Abrams sardine factory at Eastport 100 by 80 feet, two stories, 100 workers when full. Coveny linked to wife’s affair. news shocks Miss Tuttle. Capt. Holt brings 17 boa constrictors from Para, 35 each. Librarian Hobbs buys 45 legal volumes for State library. Gov. right to remove state officers questioned. Barker to argue, Hadcock to respond.

Belfast Enoch. Knight of Portland Rockland Monrday Maine Homœopathic Society Augusta Eastern Dredging Company Methodist Church Vassalboro Boston Globe Bangor Bates College Bates John C. Holmes John S. Holmes Oxford Coveny Edward A. Miles Humphrey Purington Jay McLean & Abrams Eastport Eas W. Rarick Augusta Tuttle Skowhegan New Jersey Miss Tuttle A. C. Holt Ellsworth Para J. S. Hobbs Lide Editions Maine Lewis Barker H. D. Hadcock

Memorial Day address in Hanover by Gen Grout

The event features Gen W W Grout of Barton Vermont delivering the Memorial Day address in Hanover. Remains of Commodore Nutt reached Manchester for burial, funeral set for tomorrow, and a drowning incident near Amoskeay Falls. Court case Manchester and Keene Railroad versus city of Keene on gratuity funds valued around 260000 inches toward trial closure. Garrison Club of Exeter held annual meeting electing officers including Marston, Getchell, Weston, Wetherell. notable guests present. Banquet served to about forty members and honored by Governor Head and staff among others.

W. W. Grout Barton Hanover Commodore Nutt Manchester George Wilkins Merrimack River Amoskeay Falls Manchester and Keene City of George Gilman Marston Joan W. Getchell George W. Weston A. 5. Wetherell John KE. Gardner John S. Rewell Eben Folsom Mvited Gov. Head Cols. Jowell Balch Don Gavy Charles H. Bell Col. Pecker The Boston Journal Albert L. Eastman Frank P. Cram W. W. Stickney John M. F. Hobbs Club

Local notes on discoveries and events in Vermont towns

Gold found on James Bradford’s Holland farm and John W. Hayes of Burlington suffers a concussion after being thrown from a carriage. St Albans rolling mill runs at full capacity with 170 workers. Isaac Farwell, Dorset resident, dies at 102. A clergyman in Island Pond ties two couples after a long walk, then they embark on a thirty five mile wedding tour. Harrison C. Thayer receives a $15,000 dowry from a Portland, Missouri friend. Montpelier 1880 list shows personal property 321,567 L1 and real estate 715,114 07. 1881 list tallies personal property 1,707,164 and real estate 1,836,206, with substantial increases.

James Bradford Holland John W. Hayes Burlington St. Albans Isaac Farwell Dorset Farwell Garfield Arthur Island Pond Harrison C. Thayer H.H .Walfe Bellows Falls Portland Thayer Montpelier

Signal station planned on the Vineyard

A list of local misfortunes and incidents from New England towns includes the death of Frank Merritt 22 of Lowell found dead in bed, a 21 year old son of John Shinnick of Lawrence fatally injured after being run over by a horse, and Patrick Flynn 45 at East Taunton killed after a fall from an elevator. Other items note a missing Worcester butcher Walter S Howe, a drowning of a four year old in Worcester, a suicide attempt by Mrs. Wattles of Canton, thefts thwarted near North Angover, a severe injury to Abel Derby of Fitchburg, a Revenue Marine academy graduation at New Bedford, and East Bridgewater shooting of Warren Wentworth by Henry Byram with no fatal result.

Frank Merritt Lowell John Shinnick Lawrence Walter Howe Worcester Dr. Howe Princeton Patrick Flynn Old Colony Iron Company East Taunton Haverhill David Granger Union Avenue John Wattles Canton Foster Avial Wilson North Angover Abel Derby Fitchburg Revenue Marine School Salmon P. Chase New Bedford D. P. Foley Pp. W. Thompson J. E. Lutz H. M. Broadbent Washington Warren Wentworth Henry Byram East Bridgewater Byram Wentworth Oakland Garden City Vic City Brown’s Brigade Haverly Colored Oakland Garden Theatre Garden Maffitt Pat Rooney Miner Daisey Ramsden Forest Garden Jewells Gardens London Theatre Steele Mackaye America New York Union Savate Felicia McVicker Chicago Gilbert Signor Rossi Signora Piamonti Salvini Comepany New Lawrence Opera House Edith Stanmore J. W. Lauerzan Rachel Noah Mark M. Price W. Norman W. H. Southard J. M. Hill Laura E. Dainty All the Rage Irving Edwin Booth Bothnia Liverpool Tuunels Frederick Paulding Effie Ellsler Frank Weston Henry Lee Madison Square Theatre London Punch John McCullough Carl Schurz United States

Land League calls for English support as Irish evictions loom

London dispatch reports Mr Forster’s plan to curb land meetings in Ireland amid rising violence. Evictions feared at New Pallas and Kilmallock. Cork arson targets map houses. A Land League英国 meeting urges demonstrations in Hyde Park and other cities to sway English opinion. Parliamentary division backs government on a land bill amendment. Police clashed with rioters during Mitchellstown evictions. arrests made in Tullamore. In Scotland, disputes over Prof Smith’s status strain the Scotch Free Church. Hamburg Zollverein treaty details emerge, with secretive handling and potential English trade benefits.

London Dublin Forster Ireland Glangoslin Leitrim Allis County Limerick New Pallas Kilmallock Carrick-on-Shannon Geevagh County Cork Land League Great Britain Justin McCarthy Longford England Scotland Hyde Park Oldham Slevin Kings County Dublin Gazette Donegal General Assembly The Scotch Free Church Adam Glasgow Smith Bruce Adams Robertson Smith Hamburg Zollverein Berlin Times Reichstag

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