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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1886
Page
2
New York falls to Detroit as the Guakers wield the Ash efficiently in the New England League. Other games on the schedule feature tense finishes and notable pitching duels across the circuit.
At the South End grounds yesterday the Bostons beat the Kansas Citys in a dull contest. Radbourn pitched well and received strong support as King struggled with control. Nash made a running fly catch and a double play to highlight the day, while Morrill and Rowe contributed with key defensive plays.
In Lynn, the Lynns defeated the Brocktons 9 to 8 in the first game after a 12 to 2 loss for Brockton in the second. Key performances came from Murphy and Shannon for the Lynns and Gruber for Brockton, with Tabor and Mulligan among others on the mound. Portlands beat Lawrences 12 to 2 in Portland, as Galligan Burns and Kearns starred offensively while Gorman and Conway split pitching duties.
League games feature Detroit at New York, Chicago at Washington, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Kansas City at Boston. New England teams Brocktons at Haverhill and Newburyport, Lawrences at Portland.
Longwood Cricket Club hosts an open lawn tennis tournament starting Tuesday October 5 with the revised Bagnall Wild drawing system. Entry fees are two dollars per singles and two hundred fifty dollars per pair, with first and second prizes in each event. Entries due by October 4 to Lott Mansfield Boston. Richard D Sears of Boston serves as referee and handicapper. The Wedgemere Tennis Club fall tournament occurs today and next Saturday at Winchester.
Savage visited city prison each morning for eighty five days and Municipal Court seventy days while in other courts forty nine days. He also visited county jail eleven days and made 406 home and office visits. About 200 persons were taken in charge and 280 remain under care. He disposed of 216 cases and saved prison expenses of 5762 dollars. Dr Meredith’s Bible class opens this season at Tremont Temple today at 3 pm.
Burtanp Vermont October 1 John Harty narrowly escaped death at the hands of his brother in law James G Hannan in West Rutland. Old feud culminating in a hammer blow to the head and a separate strike to the back. Hannan fled after a knife threat as an officer pursued.
The report outlines Republican and Democratic convention plans across Massachusetts. It notes rivalries for councilor nominations in the third district with Fuller from Cambridge facing McPherson of East Boston, and Byron Truell seeking executive councilor support in the sixth district. Lowell, Essex, and Beverly delegations are mentioned, along with upcoming senatorial and lieutenant governor candidate details and a Knights of Labor gathering in Richmond. Ex Senator Bennett declines another Republican nomination.
The second match between Philadelphia picked men and English visitors began at Necetown. Philadelphia scored 128 with Morgan unbeaten on 45. England, left seven wickets down, trailed by 31 runs. play resumes tomorrow morning.
Provincetown officials say Senators Saulsbury and Frye of the Senate fishery committee arrived aboard the revenue cutter Gallatin to hear testimony on reciprocity in fish and its effects on Cape Cod interests. Captain Kemp of the schooner Pearl Nelson testified. Frye and Saulsbury then returned to Boston on the Gallatin this evening.
Bernard Doherty a 14 year old student from Boston left the city with companions on the 4 30 p m train. On the rear platform near a drawbridge at East Somerville he and friends tried to strike the bridge with their feet. Doherty was knocked off fell onto his head and died after being brought to Massachusetts General Hospital.
In Curiaco on October 1 Judge Gary presided over the new trial motion for the condemned Haymarket defendants. Captain Black charged Special Bailiff Rice with misconduct as affidavits questioned sworn statements against Gilmer. A request for a continuance was denied and the hearing paused for Monday.
A posting in the company's shops states that any man with ten continuous years of service will receive ten extra days pay. Currently F W Derbyshire with eleven years is eligible. four more will qualify next year and five in 1888. The carpenters formed a union. Shields of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners spoke. Knights of Labor Local Assembly 56178 held a coffee party at the skating rink raising 150. Waltham’s Charleston fund contribution stands at 500.
As the Bay State Agricultural Society readies its cattle show and fair, Mechanics' Hall promises a premier exhibition for Boston in years. Reeves's American band of Providence Baldwin's Cadet band of Boston and the Salem Cadet band will perform day and night, marking Boston's first cattle fair in thirty years.
P F Stevens D D of South Carolina a former Confederate general leads a weeklong gospel campaign on Dartmeth Street with daily meetings starting Sunday. The aim is to reach unchurched and unsaved individuals and to secure broad cooperation among Christians.
Notes on art and artists describe notable memorials in Pere la Chaise cemetery in Paris. The Rothschild tomb and a striking Robbes death mask titled Eternal Silence attract attention. The article praises Antonin Mercié’s fountain memorial for Michelet and contrasts French public spirit with American cemetery monuments. It profiles Henry Bacon, May, Couture pupils, and artist Newman, recounting fortunes and misfortunes in Paris art circles.
A watering trough carved from a marble block sits beside a rough post and a bronze faun mask. The face, meant to convey fierce water flow, appears to drip as if ashamed. The inscription reads Utility is better than grandeur, signaling a moral about modern missionary aims.
In Stockbridge the town fountain shows a cat and dog in natural poses. The terrier nears the cat suggesting mischief while the cat hisses water, a scene once seen as local gossip. Historians say the motif remains meaningful, reflecting past and present civic 이야기.
The writer notes D. French will sculpt the Gallaudet statue and praises his John Harvard piece as unpretentious and agreeable. He laments modern American sculptors for careless composition and execution, mocking ill chosen illustrative details such as an ink stand under a chair and urging stricter standards for serious artistic study.
The piece criticizes neglect of artistic standards among sculptors and contrasts it with advancing American architecture. It cites Yale College's bronze statue of Benjamin Silliman as a flawed example and notes its poor conception and craft, reflecting on the art scene and the role of criticism in national artistic growth.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Tremont National Bank Continental Mills Nanmkeag Steam Cotton Co Pacific Mills Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Co Boston and Albany Railroad Boston Con Street Ry Co Connecticut River Co Third National Bank Dudkins Railway Train Signal Co and another National Bank.
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