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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1882

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Butler Seen as Likely Next Massachusetts Governor

Growing belief places Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler as the likely Massachusetts governor with both parties showing support. Mrs. Bristol of New Jersey campaigns for her husband for Congress, praising him as a patriotic citizen who would oppose river and harbor bills.

Benjamin Franklin Butler Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol New Jersey

Registration closes as voters rush to join lists before election

On Tuesday the registration deadline at 10 PM, many hundreds of residents crowded registrar offices to add names for the November 7 vote. Democrats led the additions, with Republicans showing apathy. The Democratic city committee processed tax bills for awaiting voters, and outside ward registrations surged into the thousands amid a rush to register before the deadline.

Democratic City Committee Sherman House Pemberton Square Ahneswens Acs Ccs Meionaon Collins Marston Cliffords W. W. Crapp Randall Crapo Berkshire Pittsfield John B. Hall Stockbridge George H. Tucker Register of Deeds E. E. Merchant Adams H. M. Pitt Isaac Neeley Great Barrington Essex Lawrence J. O. Parker Methuen Bristol Charles S. Randall New Bedford Charles A. Sayward Ipswich Lynn Old Province House Washington Street State Senate Boston School Committee George A. Thayer Liberty D. Packard Fred E. Goodrich Julia M. Baxter Democratic State Committee Butler Dedham Robert Kehoe J.N. McKerry E. Elliston Wallace White Smith

Morrison Leads Democratic Fight in Illinois District

Washington reports encouraging signs from Morri son’s district in Illinois as he campaigns on tariff reform and customs changes. His Republican rival Gen Keiffner anchors extreme protectionism while a prohibition candidate draws votes. Morrison, popular locally, argues protection harms workers amid a manufacturing base near East St Louis. Withdrawals and Brooklyn registration totals noted.

Washington Mr. Morrison Ilinois Hurd Morrison Gen. Keiffner St. Louis East St. Louis Augusta H. D. D.twiggs Congress Brooklyn New York

Greenfield Burglary Fails at Conway Bank Vault Heist

In Greenfield Massachusetts burglars tried to rob the Conway bank vault last night. They pried a window using tools stolen from a blacksmith shop and bored five holes in the vault door, one reaching the steel lining. Only 250 dollars was taken from the cashier’s drawer, while the vault held about 2,000 dollars in cash and securities. A two seated carriage and a horse stolen from Tucker and Cook was found at the Union House. The thieves fled likely on the morning express east or south. the bank lacked a watchman.

Greenfield Mass Conway Bank Greenhorns Tucker & Cook Conway Town Union House

Army surgeon general reports 1882 medical expenditures and records

The annual report to the secretary of war shows 1882 medical and hospital disbursements of 182 409 dollars with various year end balances. It notes 34 880 sickness cases among white troops and 4 099 among colored troops, 216 white deaths, 25 colored deaths, nine Indian deaths, and a vast but incomplete record of veterans treatment needing indexing. An extra 50 000 dollars is requested for 1884 supplies, with an overall estimate of 250 000 dollars.

Washington Surgeon General of the Army Secretary of War

Landing Day Scenes Stir Philadelphia Penn Landing

The Oct 24 landing day in Philadelphia drew 10 000 to 15 000 spectators as 150 vessels led by the Welcome docked near Dock Street. William Penn stepped ashore at 10 30 amid bells, cheers and salutes. A grand parade followed from Broad Street to the Blue Anchor inn with US troops, officials, numerous societies and fire brigades. A bomb explosion at Fairmount Park killed Mrs Davis Coakley and injured several, with multiple other severe injuries and deaths reported among attendees.

Philadelphia Delaware League Island Penna Frank M. van Iorn Daniel E. Reilly Tennessee Dock Street Penn Anding Wharf William Penn Edward GC. Knight Thomas M.thompson Colesberry Mr. Knight Blue Anchor Inn Penn and Company Second Dock Streets Grand Landing Broad Street Chestnut United States Admiral Cooper Mint Pennsylvania Order of Red Men Rhode Island Virginia New Jersey Caledonia Clubs St. George’s Societies Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias Order United American Mechanics Cadets of Eva McCarrie Henry Borden Will Kate Albert Sellers W. Love Dorothy L. Miller Poplar Street Joseph Sohan North Sixth Street Thomas Harrison

Deaths rise in Massachusetts rail crash probe and Wattson arraigned

Patrick Murray dies as sixth victim of Saturday’s accident in Norh Adams. Engineer Wattson is arraigned for homicide in the Boseley death and jailed without bail. Authorities question yard rules and duties as investigators parse who led the doomed engine onto the eastbound track.

Engineer Wattson Norh Adams Mass Patrick Murray Montreal William McDonald James Kiley John Maloy Kiley Maloy Bose Troy Boston Emerson G. Wattson Joseph Boseley A. M. Locke Troy and Greenfield State Deerfield Wattson Marston Denis Donovan Niles Toto Pittsfield

Fire Ravages Farm Home and Mill in Three States

In Hyde Park Vermont on October 24 a fire destroyed the farm dwelling house horse barn sheds furniture clothing and dairy equipment of Alexander Slicer and left J A Little’s home with total losses for furniture and clothing. The cause is unknown and insurance stood at 350 of 700. In Great Barrington Massachusetts Gilbert L Smiths barn hay and grain burned in Sheffield with 2000 loss insured for 900. In Detroit Michigan October 24 a lumber and planing mill owned by A Backus Jr and Son burned with 1 000 000 feet of lumber and losses estimated at 150 000.

Hyde Park Alexander Slicer Slicer Vermont Mutual J. A. Little Great Barrington Mass Gilbert L. Smith Sheffield Hartford Detroit Mich A. Backus, Jr

Missing Man Found Safe and Strike End in Maine

G M Elwell missing from Portland was found to have gone to Boston and returned safely. Shoemakers at L H Dawn's Biddeford factory resumed work at 13 dollars weekly after a strike. Gardiner hardware thefts totaled about 400 dollars. Jeweler J F Brown escaped custody amid adultery charges. Maine Sunday school convention opened in Hallowell with 1 200 schools reporting 80 000 to 90 000 scholars and teachers. Writings by Rev E Martin and Rev R L Howard marked the event.

G. M. Elwell Portland Boston L. H. Davn Biddeford Mr. Day John C. Lander Gardiner J.F. Brown Calais Brown Hallowell E. Martin R. L. Howard B. T. Snow Aroostook County James G. Lane New Hampshire W. H. Clark

Springfield man killed by fall in new Broad Brook building

Edward J. Lamere of Springfield died after a fall while at work in a new Broad Brook structure. The incident occurred Monday in Connecticut as Lamere was employed inside the building.

Edward J. Lamere Springfield Broad Brook Conn Westfield Cushing Guard Newburyport George W. Smith Mayor Hale Congressman Stone Col. Ayers Eighth Regiment Charles Pratt Taunton Pratt

Providence Elevator Tragedy Leaves Boy Amputated

John Downey, fourteen, crushed in a Boston dry goods store elevator in Providence, suffered two broken legs and an amputation. The Supreme Court, after a hearing on the Georgianville dam, ordered dam owners to withdraw water to expose a dry base along the dam for its full length.

John Downey Boston Dry Goods Providence Supreme Court Georgianville Georgiaville

Indictment of Ex-Pacific Bank President Abner Benyon Reported

The United States grand jury last week indicted Abner T. Benyon former president of the defunct Pacific National Bank suspended in November 1881. The charges involve an alleged illegal issue of 30000 in time drafts and related risky banking practices including large on demand certs and unbacked checks. Benyon has largely remained at his Auburndale home but is believed to have left for a country without U S extradition, with Mexico or South America among possibilities.

Morse Democratic Congressional Committee Leopold Morse J. R. Reed Reuben Noble Congress Chester 12Th Congressional District Westfield David Power Springfield T. K. DeWolf George T. Plunkett Hinsdale H. L. Hallett New Bedford George H. Freeman John E. Murphy Robert S. Lawton Henry Smith Edwin A. Douglass John A. Gormley Thomas W. Cook Thomas A. Codd Edward R. Gardner John T. Richardson Wendell P. Salisbury Timothy J. Murphy Cambridge William A. Hayes, Jr John DP. L. Barron Horace K. Osborn Francis J. Mahatty Hugh J. Whorisker Gilbert C. Harris Albert H. Bouve Suffolk Charles T. Gallagher Maika Horace W. Stickney State Central Committee Senate Middlesex Democratic Democrats of Middlesex William E. Russell Joseph Newman Howard E. Nash George A. Perkins Mason Davis E. E. Spencer Charles E. Pierce Edward T. Nichols H. Sanborn W. E. Doyle Joseph J. Kelley W. J. Coveney South Framingham Walter N. Mason Natick Washington Newton O. M. C. Curtis United States Supreme Court M&x Smith Gen. Curtis Field Harlan and Gray Phillips United States Justice Field Secretary of the Treasury Court of Claims Cconeres Treasury Solicitor General United States Grand Jury Abner T. Benyon Pacific Bank Benyon New York Boston Theodore C. Weeks National Exchange Bank RE. D. Winslow Auburndale Mexico South America Ezra D. Winslowbeg D. Warren Lowe Buenos Ayres A. B. Ingalls T. Warren Lowe Toronto Wheeler & Wilson Torreau Montreal Stevens St. John N. B Concord Mass A. Bronson Alcott Frank P. Murray Law Library Buffalo N. Y Curtin Watts Charles Ferry Dorchester Rogers Poughkeepsie F. W. George William V. Brown Poughkeepsie Railroad Bank Jarrett Amalgamated Association Pittsburg Trenton N. J First National Bank of Newark

Harvard astronomers credit Gould for great comet discovery

Late advices from Cordoba show Dr B A Gould first observed the great comet more than a day before Finlay at the Cape of Good Hope and five days before Dr Cruss at Rio. New orbital computations by Mr Chandler confirm periodicity and show near perfect agreement with the observed position, despite a very close solar approach.

Harvard College Observatory B. A. Gould Cordoba South America Finlay Cape of Good Hope Cruss Rio Cape Chandler Harvard Observatory

Assignments and attachments among New York and Fort Worth merchants

A Shapiro, wholesale dealer in tailor trimmings of New York City, assigns to Felix Jilink, J B Dobbin Co., also of New York, who assign to Bernard Hetzer. Thomas F Hudson Jr, dry goods dealer of Fort Worth Texas, has been attached.

A. Shapiro New York City Felix Jillink J.B. Dobbin & Co Bernard Hetzer Thomas F. Hudson, Jr Dry Goods Fort Worth Tex

Independent Butler flag raised at Province House event

An independent Republican Butler flag will be raised at 8 this evening in front of the old Province house on Washington Street opposite Milk. Music and speeches will accompany the ceremony. The Province house, historic HQ of Gov. Bradstreet in 1683, stands as one of the city’s storied old buildings.

Marblehead Abbot Hall Salem Livermore Lowell Ivanhoe Hall Charlestown J. T. Pettingill Malden George D. Robinson Chicopee Henry Cabot Lodge Lynn Cambridge Union Hall Edwin B. Hale Noha William P. Frye Maine Waltham Dedham Franklin Smith Messrs. Elson Norwood Wallace White Robert Kehoe Natick Middlesex Jackson Hall George F. Lawton William D. Brown Chas. H. Alien Artemas S. Tyler Eli W. Hoyt State Central Committee T.l.livermore Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Unitarian Church Butler Province House Washington Street Milk Gov Bradstreet City Council Public Water Board Brookline Livingston Minot Neptune Street Light Street George E. Curtis Common Council Edwin Walden West Neptune Minot Tirrell E. W. Osborne Western Avenue Market Square Birch Pond John P. Butler Lowell Street Howe Haverhill Daniel J. Caldwell Spinng & Caldwell Oxford Street Pierce Charles A. Whittemore Glenwood Street

Roberts Lyceum Course Fourth Entertainment at Music Hall

Last evening the Roberts Lyceum featured Nella F Brown reader W J D Leavitt organist and the Juggles Street Church quartet Herbert O Johnson William T Meek George H Rimere and George R Clark. Miss Brown displayed her talents with Selections including a Merchant of Venice scene. The quartet drew frequent encores and Leavitt earned praise for Torch light March. Next on Tuesday Oct 31 the Thursby Concert Company will perform.

Roberts Lyceum Music Hall Nella F. Brown Leavitt Thursby Concert Company Mr. Murdoch Boston Byron Daniel Webster John Adams Longfellow Paul Revere Oliver Wendell Holmes T. Buchanan Mme Minnie Hauk Europe Old Bay State Alta Pease W. Hi. Fessenden C. E. Hay Constantine Sternberg Howard M. Dow Boston Museum Warren Wooo

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