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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1879

Page

3

Handel and Sullivan Prodigal Son Opens Handel and Haydn Season

The Handel and Haydn Society opened its season in Music Hall with Dr Arthur Sullivan conducting The Prodigal Son. The audience filled the hall as the choir and sixty-piece orchestra performed Berlioz works and Sullivan tunes. Sullivan showed nervous but controlled leadership as the overture impressed with delicate strings and heavy brass. the oratorio displayed rich local color, with standout solos and a powerful final chorus, though some soloists were slightly overshadowed by the orchestra. The society plans Messiah on December 28 and Israel in Egypt on March 28, with tickets available for both at $2.50.

Handel and Haydn Society Music Hall Arthur Sullivan W. J. Winch Berlioz Dr. Sullivan Edith Abell Mass May Bryant W.J. Winch John F. Winch M. Victor Capoul Mile Angele Alfred H. Pease Capoul Auber Marquis d'Ivry Ch. Almeras Ch. Villa Mile Angele Madame Angot Les Bayards Herve Paris Joseph P. Keete Paris Opera House Blanche Sherwood Hfe Winnie Shaonoo Topsy Eva Liliputian Opera Company Jack Giant Killer Park Theatre Mr. Sothern Sam Slingsby Dundreary Sam Sothern Globe Theatre Salsbury Boston Glove Theatre the Brook

District Court in Quincy Awards Donovan Dee Ten for Assault

In Quincy District Court on Saturday Jerome F. Donovan and Edward F. Dee were each awarded ten dollars plus costs for mutual assault. The Lynn Workingmen's City Committee met Sunday to discuss the political situation and likely backed Mayor Sanderson in the upcoming caucuses. A Melrose Highlands chapel was entered Friday night, with tools stolen, and Morgan & Dove on Oxford Street faced a price-list dispute with workers threatening to strike. A hit on a passenger train near South Sudbury injured Mrs. G F Moore of Kennebunk, Me without serious danger. The Newton Democratic Ward and City Committee plan nominations Tuesday including Col. R. M. Pulsifer for Mayor and Henry Ross as Alderman from Ward Two. A Cambridge shed fire burned eighty feet of kiln yard near Garden Street. The Waltham Farmers Club will meet in December at Nathan Warren’s house to debate farming results and marketing with E P , E N Pierce, Elijah Brown and Charles E B iles leading.

Quincy Jerome F. Donovan Edward F. Dee Lynn Sanderson Melrose Hichlands C. G. Harris Main Street Morgan & Dove Oxford Street Old Colony South Sudbury Station G. F. Moore Kennebunk Newton Col. R. M. Pulsifer Henry Ross John L. Sands Garden Street Cambridge Waltham Farmers’ Club Nathan Warren E. W. Lane E. P E. N. Pierce Elijah Brown Charles Ebiles

Prince and Stebbins Rival for Boston Mayor Nomination

The Gazette notes Boston mayoral candidates with Prince for Democrats and Stebbins for Republicans. It endorses Prince as safe and capable, while warning against Stebbins' alleged self interest and urging GOP support for Prince and a strong aldermanic board. An October Citizens’ Convention invites cross party participation at Horticultural Hall to back a Prince endorsement.

Boston Solomon B. Stebbins Democrats Frederick O. Prince The Gazette Republican Party Prince Democratic Party Butler Shurtieff Gaston Cobb Pierce Stebbins Alderman Sobbins Citizens Citizens’ Organization Lafest

Art Needlework Society Moves Classes to New Rooms

The School of Art Needlework joins a local society and moves embroidery classes from the Museum of Fine Arts to the society rooms under Mrs. Smith a Royal School of Art Needlework graduate. The society will sell embroideries designs and fancy articles and take orders for artistic work. A committee including Mrs Francis KE Bacon Miss Mary IDodd and others handles orders and purchases materials. Fire notes report small blazes: a water pipe thawing incident at 351 East Eighth Street caused minor damage fully insured, a Cottage Place primary school fire damaged by about £00, a kerosene lamp explosion at 1023 Tremont Street caused $50 damage, and a Hotel Van Renssalaer servant room blaze injured a worker with curtain damage of $75.

No.8 Park Square School of Art Needlework Museum of Fine Arts Smith Royal School of Art Needlework Decorative Needlework Society of London Francis KE. Bacon Mary I Dodd Hollis Haavewell Arthur Little John H. Sturgs A. C. Warren Wharton William G. Weld J. W. Wheelwright John O. Day East Eighth Street Cottage Place Owen Scotland Tremont Street van Renssalaer Bridget Noonan

Multiple Tragedies and Crimes Reported Across States

Fe Hicks killed at Weldon North Carolina following a dispute over a title to Hicks’s residence. William Brown, colored, 12, convicted of manslaughter in Delawares New Castle for striking playmate Samuel Batson with a baseball bat. Bank of Pennsylvania safe blown at early Saturday morning in Pennsburg. burglars fled empty handed. M J McCann convicted of disposing Government property while Indian contractor Cheyenne. sentenced to 1.5 years, $1000 fine, costs, and to replace stolen property. Continental Telegraph Company line workers arrested New Jersey for cutting poles of American Union Company. others bailed at $1000. Estate sale near Washington features high prices for furniture and service. Congressman Loring buys cut glass and ware. Sherman Texas report denies death by own action of W P Greenlaw amid alleged wife infidelity with Rev Conrad Haney. Greenlaw had passed counterfeit $100 bills, took morphine and died. Knights Templar conducted funeral after learning the facts.

New York Broadway Nineteenth Street Hanover Square Goelet Elbridge T. Gerry Gerry United States Mr. Goelet John Goelet John Cannon Peter T. Curtenius Peter Windsor Hotel Madison Avenue Montgomerie Trinity Church FE. M. Hicks Weldon N. C J. D. Merritt Hicks Wm. Brown New Castle Del Samuel Batson National Bank of M. J. McCann Cheyenne Continental Telegraph Company New Jersey American Union Company Joseph Gates Washington Congressman Loring Sherman Texas W. P. Greenlaw Conrad Haney Greenlaw Haney Pittsfield Mass Knights Templar

Spanish military actions in Cuba report多

Government reports from Santiago de Cuba detail Ayuse brigade attacks on Guillermon’s camp on the 15th, with six insurgents killed and 400 huts burned. Lieut. Col. Teobaldo Rasello among the dead. In Las Tunas, Luis Bcbavarria and Angel Castillo surrender with seven men from Belisario Peralta’s command. In Santa Clara, Spaniards defeat forty insurgents, who abandon eight horses.

Hiavana Santiago de Cuba Ayuse Brigade Guillermon Teobaldo Rasello Las Tunas Luis Bcbavarria Angel Castillo Belisario Peralta Santa Clara

Bank Property Sold In Chicago By Receiver

The Fidelity Savings Bank property including the bank building safe depository and Hooley's Theatre was sold yesterday for 230000. The 1877 appraisal was 305000 and the property now yields 2000 in annual rent. A 26 percent dividend will be paid to depositors soon, making 30 percent total, with a further 15 percent expected later.

Chicago Fidelity Savings Bank Safe Depository Hooley’s Fidelity

Suicide and attempted deaths reported in three towns

Norman Asa Williams of Dayville hanged himself after a recent business assignment. Despondency from the misfortune led to the act. In Brooklyn two men, George L. Sherry and John S. Francis, attempted suicide. both likely to die.

Norwich Conn Asa Williams Dayville New York Brooklyn George L. Sherry Pratt John Francis

Jury convicts Henry Christian of second degree murder

In Pottsville on November 22, the jury found Henry Christian guilty of murder in the second degree for killing his wife in August amid jealousy.

Pottsville, Pa Henry Christian

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