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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1883
Page
1
J J Mills and Frank Fuller, both from Boston, fought in a Chicago pool hall and were separated by ten officers after a melee. Mills was knocked down, Fuller suffered a broken nose and thumb as the fight ended with both men hauled to the station and hospital.
Gov Robinson of North Carolina is in town. Rev Brother Anthony of Manhattan College New York lies dangerously ill with kidney inflammation. Ex Gov Stewart of Vermont may be a leading Republican in the next Congress with Garfield like traits. Frank Jones ill with bilious fever shows improvement after a week. Tilden’s $40000 dining room completed featuring Calvert Vaux chandelier and carved satin wood. Rev James De Normandie formerly of Portsmouth now Boston Highlands preached in Portsmouth crowd gathers despite bad weather. Flowers adorn his altar and he greets old parishioners after service.
The Malden school board selected Mr. Gay, current principal of Newburyport high school, to succeed as principal of Malden High School. Other local notices include fines in Cambridge and Malden courts, a student arrest in New Haven, a tragic death by suicide in West Newton, and school board actions in Somerville and Cambridgeport. The Cambridge railroad issue was postponed, and the Central Square Baptist church marked its sixty fourth anniversary with remarks by local pastors.
The estate of the late John E. Colony of Keane is estimated at $360,000 and largely bequeathed to his daughter Julia H. Coulony. Boston parties have thought of Daniel Green as a water privilege at Berlin Falls, where a pulp mill with the grinding process will be erected soon. William Bruce, famed fox hunter of Mount Vernon, died aged 64 after being shot in the arm when removing a gun from a wagon. A new White Mountain highway is planned, leaving Pinkham road at Glen Millis and joining Mount Washington carriage road near the Half-way House, two miles long, to be built next spring. Chief Justice Doe and county commissioners refused to approve the Miss Sarah Low Lot for a new county courthouse, intending a more central site for railroad depots. The city council may postpone the courthouse building at $75,000, amid local opposition. A stringent injunction case in Concord aimed at Lisbon cemetery was continued to December, with notice issues highlighted. This marks the first such question in New Hampshire.
The police force announces Lieutenants and stations: Daniel E. Carran to division 3 Louis W. Swan to division 8 and Henry Dawson to division 10. New sergeants and their assignments include James M. Coulter to division 6 and James C. Sargent to division 5. Sergeant Charles W. Boyer of division 5 remains on street duty with the street railway. Lieutenant Wilbur Laskey Jr. has transfers and changes noted.
Long denunciation of Republican tactics and pro Butler push, with details on Democratic convention in Suffolk County. Nomination battles for sheriff and other offices, including John B. O'Brien and John B. Martin, plus endorsements for district attorney Elijah George and insolvency commissioners. Campaign notes from Democratic and Republican rallies across the state.
Gov Butler’s Marblehead stop draws 1,000 spectators at the depot and 1,500 at Abbott hall. He rebukes Mr Herr of Michigan over free trade, defends Ireland against repressive policy, and recalls Marblehead’s historic export trades and the era of sailors’ rights amid a crowd led by Richard Ramsdell.
Gov Butler attracted large crowds in Lynn with two rallies at Music Hall and the Coliseum despite heavy rain. At Music Hall, about 2,000 listened as Col. Charles Wilder praised him and Butler urged voters to value commonwealth progress, education, and practical governance. Afterward, he addressed roughly 4,000 at the Coliseum, stressing labor, taxation, and public school funding while mocking opponents and urging support.
John B. O Brien was nominated for sheriff with Oliver Stevens for district attorney and Lijah George for register of probate. Delegates from Chelsea Revere and Winthrop joined with the Suffolk county Democratic convention at John A. Andrew hall to select candidates for three insolvency commissioners and other posts. M M Cunniff presided and urged full committee turnout on election day to back the ticket.
The Prohibitionists charge Mr. K Robinson with endorsing the license system and urge him to deny the claim. C B Travis and W H Colcord publish an open letter accusing him of seeking prohibitionist votes while not intending to promote their cause. They demand a public discussion of prohibition principles from any platform Robinson selects.
Boston accounted for a smaller share of Gov Butler’s statewide plurality than initially claimed. Updated tallies show Butler’s Boston lead over Bishop at 18,270, and state lead 12,949, with Boston 321 votes ahead of the state outside Boston. An error in the executive council canvass reduced Bishop’s Boston tally by 1,000.
A Texas unrest report from Austin describes 500 armed negroes in Gause Milam County and a feared outbreak after civil rights court rulings. Gov Ireland calls militia, 1000 volunteers mobilize across Austin Houston and Galveston while later reports say troops were dismissed. Pareon Grant, a colored preacher, visited the scene.
Brief telegraph reports detail fires in Stoughton Massachusetts where a Maine Central box car burned near Pani’s lumber yard, likely a $2,000 loss. Brattleboro Vermont where Thurber dwelling and barn burned. Pekin Illinois where five Canal Street buildings burned for a $16,000 loss. Charleston South Carolina where 1500 bales of cotton burned at the railroad yard. Union Springs New York where a block of stores including the post office burned for $20,000. Springfield Missouri wagon factory burned with $50,000 loss.
A cyclone swept Catapaula and Tensas parishes damaging plantations along the Tensas river. James J. Bowman’s plantation lost three houses and four people were wounded. D D Miller’s high land plantation saw a house carried into the woods. A negro church was twisted, five hurt, and Bowman's wife’s house fell in with his three children found.
Two powerful cyclones struck Paris Kentucky within 18 hours, demolishing a residence and killing four Black inmates. A second cyclone moved west to east at 2 AM causing property damage with no fatalities. Many buildings across Paris and surrounding areas suffered damage as pests fled the chaos.
In Washington on October 29 George Q. Cannon, a Mormon elder and ex-delegate, argued that the Edmunds law failed, uniting polygamous and monogamous Mormons and boosting their political influence. He denied sensational marriage-endowment claims and insisted polygamy endures as a divine institution, despite potential suffrage changes.
Miral will promote Commodore Thomas Patterson to rear admiral effective November 1. A. B. Webb of this city has been suspended from practice as a pension attorney for making false representations regarding claimants rights under pension laws.
Terrifying blast near Brooks tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad wrecked a dynamite magazine holding 1,200 pounds. Five men died, bodies burned or torn beyond recognition. The shock toppled trees, split rock, and shattered windows up to seven miles away as investigators declared accidental death.
In Plymouth Superior Court Judge Gardiner presided as several defendants faced verdicts or pleas. Albert R. Chummux was found guilty of breaking and entering a stable and jailed ten months. W M Long received nine months for forgery. Herbert R. Reynolds was discharged on recognizance. Michael MacNabee was found guilty of assault. Herbert A. Gloyd faced larceny charges with a not guilty due to variance instruction. Franklin D. Pratt pled nolo contendere to horse theft after a prior not guilty plea. Sentences for Pratt and Samuel C. Vinal reflected insanity considerations, with Pratt getting one year and Vinal fourteen months. John A. Smith defaulted on bail for an assault case at Nauntasket beach. Thomas F. Brannagan went on trial for assault with intent to kill Officer Packard amid threats and shooting claims. trial continued at adjournment.
Nellie Woods four and Willie Woods six were reported missing from 13 Fellows Street Roxbury around 11 AM Monday. Patrolman Sheehan found them at 10 PM asleep in a flooded old stable area under a barn where water rose. sister retrieved them safely, a near fatal outcome avoided as rain flooded the space.
Mary Churchill, who vanished from Col. James C. Churchill’s home in July, writes from Indianapolis dated October 25 1883 stating she is alive and well. She asks her father not to publicize the letter and adds she has not joined any stage life, urging care for her younger siblings. Authorities have no clue to her location but trust the letter’s authenticity.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania on October 29 a clash erupted as 40 workers under Cornwall and Lebanon railroad manager Robert H. Coleman laid track from Cornwall to Ore Hills on Freeman’s old Cornwall railroad property. Freeman with 25 men tore up 400 yards of track and laid a new line, later running coal cars over it. Rain halted further fighting that morning. legal action anticipated.
An afternoon blast at shaft No 7 of the Pennsylvania Coal Co near Pittston killed Thomas Gallagher and left four others badly burned while six more suffered injuries. Brothers Thomas and James Gallagher were reported dead in a later account. Twenty five men escaped through the mule-way as blast collapsed timbers and gates, lifting and hurling some workers.
The Ancient Order of Foresters opened its New England district annual session in Meriden Connecticut with delegates from most New England courts and some New York groups attending. Chief Ranger McNamara of Walden New York and District Secretary Cullington of Lawrence Massachusetts lead the meetings.
Sam Pine, sought in North Salem New York for assault on Miss Stocuim, and held for burglary and horse theft, appeared before the superior court in Brip Gerorr Connecticut on October 29. He pleaded guilty and received a total 14 year sentence in state prison, 10 years for burglary and four years for horse stealing.
A Bourbon county storm wrecked Bedford tobacco barn and warehouse and James E. Clay’s farmhouse, killing a family of four negroes. The tragedy occurred yesterday as severe weather swept the region.
If your complaint is want of appetite, try half a wineglass of Angostura Bitters half an hour before dinner. Beware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer or druggist for the genuine article manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. slegert & sons.
New York October 29 A C Wheeler of the New York World notes Henry Irving’s first appearance in America at the Star theatre. The performance drew a crowded house and high praise for the actor’s dramatic skill but criticism for his delivery and manner. The Florences opened at Park in Facts with Florence humor but a thin plot. Wyndham’s Bijou program featured The Great Divorce Case with a strong company led by Charles Wyndham.
In two weeks the daily attendance at the Horticultural Hall cat show averaged over 3000 with the third week opening well despite rain. More valuable cats appear this week as owners entrust care to exhibitors. Highlights include Arabi Pasha the French kangaroo cat shown by Mrs. Oo Fenderson and Maine cocoons with lionlike manes. A cage holding a monkey and three cats entertains spectators.
Paris reports the Gaulois stating French ironclads may be ordered to reinforce the squadron in Chinese waters amid growing tensions. Canton defences are strengthened as arms and ammunition move by Chinese gunboats. Foreseen fighting centers on Tonquin with potential spillover to China and increased anti-foreign sentiment.
Francis A H Hammond of 8 State Street, an employee of the Boston and Maine railroad, died from injuries after being crushed while coupling cars on October 22. Several other incidents included a mugging on Washington Street and Indiana Place, a man breaking his hip on Salem Street, a bartender severely cut at Lagrange Street, a fall injuring a Jamaica Plain resident, and multiple arrests for larceny and drunkenness with a pistol incident at Knealands Street.
Capt J H Washburne and Boatswain Peter Johnson return from leave. Tallapoosa discharges cargo and will take coal and provisions. Seventy five tradesmen discharged from navy yard. Lt Henry McCrea ordered to Yantic. Powhatan to receive 450 tons coal and provisions. repairs underway and third annual ball planned. Farenholt returns to Wabash. Spicer detached to station. Ohio towed to New York after auction. Sergt Melville transferred from Portsmouth yard. Corpols Conlan and Coffey discharged as enlistments end.
Mr Harry W French concluded his Music hall course before a large audience last evening. His talk traced a vivid journey from Niagara suspension bridge to Niagara Falls and the great lakes, through Chicago and Kentucky, to Mammoth Cave St Louis Denver Salt Lake City and the Pacific coast famed spectacles Yosemite Mariposa forests and Mirror Lake at sunset and moonlight.
Dr Sargent delivers first talk in a series on physical training at Union hall on Monday night He outlines a central normal type for height weight strength and proportion and explains how deviations arise from life conditions He emphasizes harmony between muscular system and vital organs and avoiding overtaxing the latter He details examination methods used at Union and Harvard gymnasiums.
The advertisement promotes durable suits for active boys and men from G W Simmons & Co at 32 to 44 North Street. It notes the firm’s reputation for best garments at low prices, covering boys and men’s clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes. It also mentions Globe Tea Co premium orders to A Hetherson & Co. at 4 and 46 Broad Street Boston and a Bourbon brand from local grocers and druggists.
A lengthy verse extols Hetherston’s at 44 and 46 Broad Street Boston for tea and a free tea set, praising Globe Tea Co. promotions. It invites readers to send for a revised circular, promising “great souls” know the glory of doing good and urging purchase for happiness.
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