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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1879

Page

3

Sale of Music Hall Shares Fails to Alter Ownership

The article notes minimal danger of Music Hall removal as shares changing hands to unlikely sellers collapsed. The Boston Board of Trade plans action on Hamilton place extension appears unlikely. Gen Cornelius G Attwood, retiring secretary, received a silver tea service inscribed by current and former officers dated November 24, 1879.

Music Hall Common Council Hamilton Place Cornelius G. Attwood Boston Board of Trade Gmin Goddard Box Whitechapel Phaeton Baker Concord

Public Library Appointments and City Notices

The mayor confirmed Henry W. Haynes to the Public Library board replacing Rich ard Frothingham who resigned. City appointments include constables Marcus Kallman and Arthur L. Bartlett and coal weighers Phillip J. Kelly Michael Barry Henry Mooring Michael Wade John McGahey. Petitions urged street lighting elevators court house telegraph poles street name changes and improved street maintenance. A request sought more space for the Marcella street home and city land south and east of it for expansion.

Marcus Kallman Arthur L. Bartlett Phillip J. Kelly Michael Barry Henry Mooring Michael Wade John McGahey Charles E. Wiggin Charles Robinson Willam Gaston Court House Telephone Despatch Company Saratoga Street Boston Edward J. Browne Hamilton Place John P. Squire North Street Dock North Square G. L. Converse Jeremiah Sullivan Dedham Street Harrison Avenue Alby Street Samuel Little, Esq The Directors of Public Institutions Marcella Street Committee On Public Lands

Salem Fraternity Annual Meeting Highlights

The Salem Fraternity met at First Baptist Church with addresses by W. H. Baldwin Rev. George Batchel Rev. George E. Merrill and Prof. Isaac Osborn. Attendance across rooms totaled 63 817, with 23 400 books issued from the library and 66 pupils in the school. A tramp received four months at the House of Correction. A political meeting at Lyceum Hall urged the renomination of Mayor J. K. Oliver.

Salem Fraternity First Baptist Church W. H. Baldwin Boston George Batchelor George E. Merrill Isaac Osborn Salem Fraternity House of Correction J. K. Oliver Lyceum Hall

Lynn Crime and Political Notes Sparsely Reported

In Police Court Han nal FE. Dow jailed for three months. Geo. A. Dupar pleads guilty to larceny with $500 bond for Superior Court. Voter registration totals 155 with closing Tuesday December 2. Alderman Breed declines mayoral run. Col. Gardner fafts named principal of State Primary School at Monson. Eleven Lynn deaths last week. Newton Democrats hold municipal caucuses. robber warns of highwaymen near Slollistop Sherborn. Cambridge caucuses nominate Common Council and mayoral delegates. Claflin Guard Newton to hold Thanksgiving shoot. medals contested. St Charles Total Abstinence Society Cambridge appoints officers. Local businessmen urge caucus attendance for municipal convention delegates.

Howard Athen Howard Atheneum John Leach Robert Houghton Sherit Harry Minnie Woods Barney School Yard Kate Castleton Mr. Karaby Ordv Charles A. Gardner Messrs. Kelley and Collyer Tremont Street William Harris Jennie Christie Liliputian Opera Company Jack Horticultural Hall Jennie Quigley Admiral Dot Paris Opera House Daly Brothers Winnie Efe Shannon Blanche Sherwood Alice Beattie Stuart Dog Perry Magrew Curdy Hughes Annie Tommy Dayton Redpath Lyceum Messrs. Hathaway & Pond M. Victor Capoul Mre. Angelo Mile. Raphael M. Vilano M. Poyard Alfred H. Pease Music Hall Auber Halevy Offenbach Lecocq Llerve Hannal FE. Dow House of Correction Geo. A. Dupar Superior Court N. D.C. Breed Col Gardner Fafts Monson Lynn Newton William Swallow Natick Pierce Gilson Slollistop Sherborn Common Council Hall Cambridge Nathan Mossman William ©. Strong Co. R. M. Pulsifer Claflin Guard Newtonville St. Charles

Death of Officer Kennard Darkens City Rites Held Today

Friends dispute reports of the officer Kennard’s death by his own hand on Saturday. Warden and precinct colleagues deny intoxication and negligence on election day. Funeral services are planned today at Sixth Street residence and Broadway Universalist Church with cremation in Portland, Maine, per Odd Fellows rites. Station Twelve officers attend.

Oficer Kennard Fathaway Kennard Sixth Street Broadway Universalist Church J. J. Lewis Portland Independent Order of Odd Fellows Station Twelve

Democratic State Central Committee applauds Massachusetts voters

The But ler State Central Committee thanks Massachusetts Democrats for a vigorous campaign and 110000 voters who backed Democratic principles. It credits unity and leadership, notes a reduced Republican majority, and urges continued energy to expand the party's reach across the state.

Butter State Central Committee Democrats of Massachusetts Butler State Central Committee Democratic Voters of Democratic State Central Committee Washington Street Boston Mass Republican Party Democratic Party Jonas H. French Harles M. Strauss Michael Rinn

Public meeting for Ponca Indians at Merchants' Exchange

A 1 PM gathering in the Merchants' Exchange will present the Ponca Indians' plight. Speakers include Mr. Tibbles Standing Bear and Bright Eyes. Hon. John P. D. Long will preside as protesters urge liberty and humane treatment for the tribe.

Merchants’ Exchange Tibbles Standing Bear Bright Eyes United States John PD. Long

Dorchester Man Killed Crossing Rail at Crescent Avenue

At about 5 PM Monday Patrick Flannagan of Locust street Dorchester attempted to cross the Old Colony Railroad at Crescent avenue was struck by a passing train. He sustained a pelvis fracture a fractured left thigh and left arm and head injuries. He died at 6 40 PM the same day in City Hospital.

Cephas B. Crane Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church J.J. Mills Pryor Solomon Wesleyan Hall Bromfield Street Steele Gershom F. Cox Salem O. A. Brown Common Church Lynn Paine Sawyer Tufts College A. G. Jewell Emerson Flanders, Miner Chapman Street L. K. Mather Old Colony Mattapan Knox Mary Lynch Norfolk Avenue City Hospital Arry Higgins Decatur Street Boston Commonwealth Avenue Beacon Street Public Park Board of Railroad Commissioners D Street Old Colony Railroad Lons Zirngiebel Weston Street Cabot Warwick Street Board of Street Commissioners Hamilton Place Washington Street Joint Committee On Patrick Flannagan Locust Street Dorchester Cresent Avenue

The Strange Story Of Mr McCarthy And His Last Elusive Act

A Washington despatch recounts Gen Sickles's daughter's alleged elopement with McCarthy. The piece traces his two decade long string of dubious schemes, grand titles, lavish travels, forged letters, and fast marriages across Chicago, New York, and Europe, ending with social rumor of a Paris liaison.

Washington New York Sickles McCarthy Mexico Maximilia Carlotta Salm-Salm Texas Texas Land and Copper Company St. Louis Southern Hotel Grand Duke Alexis Sherman Navy Chicago Canada Europe England Col William Fitz-Charles Mason McCarthy Miss Sickles Paris

Lorimer critiques travel and tastes in Americans Abroad

Reverend George C. Lorimer delivered a Europe themed lecture in Music Hall describing travelers as inquisitive and gregarious tourists. He warned against overreliance on guides while praising English shilling fees and noting European civility equals American manners. He contrasted monarchy with republican ideals and observed a growing interest in American institutions abroad.

George C. Lorimer Music Hall Old Bay State Lorimer Liverpool London Holland Germany Switzerland Italy France Ireland Europe America England Louis XIV

Notable Deaths: Hoyt in Natick and Lifelong Figures

Died suddenly November 23 at his Natick residence, Dr. Hoyt age 51, native of Framingham, Civil War surgeon, Natick physician for 12 years, Mason, survived by widow and four children. Also notes the death of John Thaddeus Delane, former London Times editor aged 62, and other deaths including Joel Noel, Martin W. Brett, and Countess de Montijo with brief biographical details.

St. Maur John Carroll England T. B. Peterson & Bros Philadelphia Nellie Edward A. Rand American Tract Society of New York Dick & Fitzgerald New York West Central Street Natick Hoyt Framingham Enos Hoyt Twenty-fifth Regiment Meridian Lodge of Masons The London Times Oxford T. Barnes United States Joel Noel Martin W. Brett J. Harman Brown Baltimore John Edwin Coe Clinton Street Cambridge Durham N. H Coe, Wetherell & Co Madrid Countess de Montijo Eugenie Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick Closeburn Scotland Spain Count de Montijo

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