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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1879

Page

3

Boston notes on military officers and arts events

Samuel Field is elected captain of Company C First Regiment with G Hovey as first lieutenant and F M Hodges as second lieutenant. Clarence Sternberger composes Eleanor Waltzes to be premiered by Lothian's orchestra at the Boston Theatre next Monday. A Bostonian donor gives $100 to two Scituate old ladies famed for war of 1812 drum and fife bravery. The seventeen annual dinner of Company F, Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, at Young's Hotel. Parker named traffic manager of Fitchburg Railroad. Massachusetts Sabbath Essays published with papers by Woolsey and E K Allen. Commemorative meeting on the killing of Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien in Manchester. Thanksgiving dinner for Liliputian Opera Company at Quincey House entailing a tiny menu and a reception afterward.

Samuel R. Field G. Hovey F. M. Hodges Clarence Sternberger Lothian Boston Theatre England Scituate Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers Young’s Hotel Hall & Whipple F. L. Parker Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Millis National Despatch Line Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Topeka Kansas Women’s Educational and Industral Union No. 4 Park Street Indica Haynes Union Mary A. Livermore A. M. Diaz Kate Gannett Wells Ames Massachusetts Allen Larkin O'Brien Manchester Fenton Brotherhood of Boston Kneeland Street McNulty South Boston Shawmut Fenian Brotherhood Geo. Cab Admiral Dot

Public School Rules Debate Teaches One-Year Teacher Tenure

The School Committee debate centers on electing teachers to hold office during good behavior. A minority report favors serving at the committee’s pleasure, while a City Solicitor's view questions term specification and continuity after election. Other orders address school closings, new principals, and funding for reports and infrastructure. The annual abstracts show tax and population shifts across the Commonwealth. The State Lunatic Hospital reports strong management and rising patient totals. Lunatic Hospital extensions are planned with funding needs noted. The State Board of Agriculture outlines a December Greenfield meeting with lectures on dairy and farm topics, with free rail travel for attendees.

Finney City Solicitors Feboo Fultoni Secretary of the Commonwealth Commonwealth Ely Monroe Franklin Carlisle Middlesex State Lunatic Hospital Danvers Taunton Lunatic Hospital Board of State State Board of Agriculture Greenfield Town Hall James S. Grinnell John M. Smith Sunderland Richard Webster Haverhill E. 8. Morse Salem E. H. Hyde Strafford West Chester Arthur Smith Golersin C. H. Goessmann Massachusetts Agricultural College Fitchburg NEW York, Providence and Boston Railhroad Co Stonington Railroad Providence Rhode Island

East Boston ferry Kelly praised after harbor trial trip

The new East Boston ferryboat named for Alderman D D Kelly ran a successful trial on Tuesday. Mayor Prince and many council members toured the vessel from the North ferry slip to Rainsford Island and back to the city after a dinner on Deer Island. Builders Smith Townsend East Boston and the Atlantic works delivered a reliable craft viewed as a credit and a model engine.

East Boston D. D. Kelly Board of Directors Prince Slade Kelly Breck and Tucker P. H. Collins Michael Doherty Andrew M. Morton Talbot Dennie Albert C. Pond Maj. Babsom Deer Island Woolley and Jenks Mesers

Lectures on Literature and Society At Hawthorn Hall

Mr Alexander Young delivered the third lecture in Hawthorn Hall on Literature and Society before a large audience. He argued literary value rises with social conditions, discussed publishers and writers' finances, and noted the shadows and lights in literary life from Byron to Heine and Coleridge. The final lecture on Social Satirists is set for next Tuesday.

Alexander Young Hawthorn Hall Young Milton Murray Longman Moxon Willis Hawthorne Byron Coleridge Burns Heine Alfred de Muosset Ennyson Taine Socrates Xantippe Dr. Johnson

Public meeting supports Ponca Indians aid in Boston

A large Merchants Exchange gathering heard Wm H Lincoln describe Ponca injustices over three years and raise 10000 to fund court actions. Gov elect John D Long and Miss Bright Eyes spoke as advocates, with Edward Atkinson introducing resolutions urging restoration of lands and legal rights. A committee was formed to examine Indian wrongs.

Merchants’ Exchange Wm. H. Lincoln Boston Lincoln John D. Long Long State Street Tibbles Miss Bright Eyes Mr. Tibbles Edward Atkinson United States W. H. Lincoln

Old Colony Railroad Holds Annual Meeting in Middleboro

The Old Colony Railroad Company convened its annual meeting on Tuesday in Middleboro with President Choate presiding. A large stockholders’ gathering saw the directors’ report accepted, new directors elected, and motions on liquor sales at stations and bond issuance debated, with final approval for bonds up to 500000 at six percent and a two mile Nantasket Beach line proposal approved after discussion. The Auditing Committee reported and the session adjourned.

Old Colony Railroad Company Middleboro Choate Charles F. Choate Cambridge Frederick L. Ames Baston Thomas J. Borden Fall River John Ss. Brayton Uriel Crocker Boston Samuel L. Crocker Taunton F. B. Hayes Jacob Old Colony Road Marston Faxon Old Colony Railroad J. H. Benton Iiingham Cohasset Nantasket Beach Hwil Quincy

Nonpartisan Boston convention urges honest city government

A citizen assembly in Horticultural Hall urged a nonpartisan municipal government for Boston. Richard Olney presided, stressing government by business principles, free of Republican or Democratic control. Delegates nominated Lon F. C. Prince for Mayor and Newton Talbot for Street Commissioner, with committees formed for Aldermen and School Committee.

F. C. Prince Citizens’ Convention Lynn Salem Horticultural Hall A. P. Martin George H. Monroe Richard Olney Boston Businss Corporation Citiens TON. F. C. Prince John T. Clark Democratic Republican Party Citizens Beine Boston Daily Advertiser Lon F. O. Prince Josish S. Robinson Prince Brooks Adams Newton Talbot L. Foster Morse

Redpath Lyceum: Grau French Opera Company Concert

The Redpath Lyceum audience enjoyed Grau's French Opera Company with pianist Alfred H. Pease despite harsh Boston weather. Capoul Poyard Vilano Mile Angele Raphael performed in operatic and light numbers, with applauded duets and solos, first Boston performance of a cavatina, plus Liszt Chopin and new songs. The Globe Theatre’s Troubadours revived The Brook with a large crowd and matinees scheduled for Thanksgiving day.

Redpath Lyceum Grau Alfred H. Pease Capoul Poyard Vilano Mile Angele Raphael Boston Angelo Opera Bouffe Les Bayards M. Poyard Faust Gounod Plunkett M. Vilano Marquis d’Ivory M. Victor Capoul M’ Chatouule Herve Liszt Ch. Almeras Ch. Villa Mes Godillots Globe Theatre

Cambridge Municipal Caucuses Report City Policy Support

Cambridge residents gathered in all wards Tuesday to nominate candidates and officers in favor of continuing the current city financial policy. Ward by ward lists show multiple choices for councilmen ward officers and inspectors, with two sets in Ward Three and varied names across wards One to Five. Suburban notes mention strikes at Morgan & Dore, Lynn police and alderman actions, diphtheria deaths at Framingham Normal School, and a Charlestown fire with uninsured losses.

George O. Carpenter A. P. Martin John T. Clark Abby W. May J. Talbot William P. Stunt John B. Martin Kunt Thomas F. Fitzgerald Prince Club Third Street Ward South Boston William Driffy Mr. Sullivan J. Abbott Thomas Harmon Laurence Brouwer Edward Murphy Messrs. Wiles Slade Lucker Breck Hayden Whidden Edmands Charlestown Thorndyke East Boston Herseyard Whitten South Boston Asa Caton Workingmen’s City Committee Greenback Central Club of Peeeeee Board of Aldermen Independent-Republican-Democratic-Greenback- Labor Party Cambridge William A. Hayes, Jr David F. Hill J. F. Walkinson Warden Edmund Miles Jno. Gorman Geo. A. Allen J. A. Martin Geo. Barrington Geo. A. Davis Luther D. Parker Silas E. Buck Clark Charles Ff. Dudley Fred C. Jaegar John Conlan Gamill Henry Welch Shaughnessy W. E. Casey W. A. Stevens James E. Doyle W.d. Breen Normal School Framingham Frederick W. Clapp Daniel J. Crowley Everett

Weather and incidents across North America and Europe

The report covers mild weather in Montreal while ice blocks navigation on the Whitehall Canal. Various legal, criminal, and labor events appear: bribery indictments in Harrisburg, a fatal stabbing in Edinburg, Ohio, and a clerk appointment in Cincinnati courts. Maritime news notes Bellona leaving Montreal with sailors deserting, while Toronto workers strike over wage cuts. Ice forms on the St. Lawrence. two Kamouraski schooners frozen with rescued crews. A lynching occurs in Perry Georgia, and a Delaware County tramp suspect is sought after fatal stabbings. Passengers from City of Richmond travel to New York, with Circassia ship sailings. Deputy sheriffs pursue suspects in Colfax County. a shootout kills Bassett and injures Curtis. Judge Nixon dismisses Goelet v Elizabeth for lack of exhausted remedies. Coal miners in Columbus region prepare for a potential general strike over reduced rates. Julia Huber’s arrest linked to arsenic poisoning and a related inquest. The A M E Zion Church annual conference adjourns to November 1880 in Hartford/North Carolina forums and names delegates, including A Cartwright to Liberia.

Montreal Whitehall Canal Lachine Beauharnois Warrisburg Edinburg Ind Henderson Dunn Cincinnati W. C. Jtoward United States Ambrose Bellona Mayland Telfer Toronto Lower St. Lawrence Kamouraski Perry Delaware County Ohio van Sickles City of Richmond New York Halifax Thomas C. Parda John E. Kerr Charles P. Busch Goelet City of Elizabeth Columbus Straitsville Hocking Shawnee Julia Huber Myer Huber Ephrata Ormer A. M. E. Zion Church America Petersburg Hartford N. C Philadelphia Baltimore New England Allegheny South Carolina Tennessee A. Cartwright Liberia Africa

Close Contest In City Council In Lowell Mass

In Lowell Mass City Council a key vote to fund buying a 63 900 square foot site near Monument square for a new city hall passed 16 to 8 despite a disputed membership and a mayoral doubt. A council election December 9 replaces Chase, amid talk of veto and court challenge. Aldermen approve two omnibus lines despite protests from the horse railroad company.

Lowell Mass W. K. Chase Woodies Pierce Chase Monument Square Merrimac Company Board of Aldermen Pollard H. E. Richardson Horse Railroad Company

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