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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1885

Page

3

Taber Divorce Case Hearings in Watertown Court

Boston listeners crowded the Watertown courtroom as the Taber divorce case resumed. Mrs Taber appeared calm in gray with a palm fern while Mr Downs and Mr Taber watched closely. Deacon Davis testified on church matters and the study, with witnesses detailing visits to Mrs Lincoln and the Townsend household. The cross examination continued, revealing personal ties and suspicions surrounding the alleged affair.

Court House Taber Mr. Downs Mr. Taber Deacon Davis Bowdoin Square Townsend Boston University H. C. Scripture Bowdeinquare Church Moses Smith Verne Street Annie McKennan Prof. Townsend Tremont Street Downs Mrs. Lincoln Watertown Edgartown

Court proceedings adjourn after contested witness testimony

From a church window a person is seen on study steps as Elmer E. Gilman testifies about experimenting with a cane and mirror at the study transom though he cannot view the interior. Dickinson and Taber examine the mirror, then a lengthy whispered conference with the judge precedes adjournment until 9.15 this morning.

Elmer E. Gilman Dickinson Taber Downs

Bribery case for Patrolmen Harvey and Davis at police board hearing

A stalled hearing before the city police board reviews charges that Patrolmen Harvey and Davis took bribes from Lamont and a house keeper on Lyman Street. The old board dismissed them, and the new board weighs powers post metropolitan police bill. Testimony from Lyman Street witnesses grows sharper as politics surface and a rural district sergeant factors in.

Board of Police Harvey Davis Old Board of Commissioners Mme. Lamont Lyman Street Joseph Bennett Board of Commissioners Robingen Metropolitan Police Supreme Court Beause Corporation Nettleton Bennett Sherman Whiting West End

Nephew of Edward Everett Turns Tramp at Newberry Hotel

A Williamsport despatch tells of a whitened aged man, nephew and former secretary to Edward Everett, now a hotel hostler in Newberry. Once Harvard and Yale educated, he toured courts and cities, then fell to drink and gambling, ending as a marginal figure in Washington, with letters from Everett kept in a worn purse. The piece notes his refinement, decline, and a claim that his life has become a wagon of memory fading under whiskey’s wreckage.

Baltimore American Williamsport Newberry Edward Everett Harvard College Yale St. James Victoria Cairo Egypt Holy Land London Lynn Mass Arcles Washington New York Tramps Reemory Statesman Everett

Public Health Alarm Over Smallpox Spread

Boston reports fear of smallpox from Canadian paupers linked to Montreal districts. New Hampshire officials, led by Mr Conn and Dr Watson, warn of costly winter measures and possible immigration impact. The Dove Street boarding house, No 125, vacated after successful fumigation and vaccination with no new symptoms after 12 days.

Conn Dr. Watson New Hampshire State Board of Health New Hampshire Montreal New Hampshire Board United States Atlantic Health Department Board of Health Dove Street

Free Hospital for Women Holds Tenth Annual Meeting

The Free Hospital for Women ten year meeting was held at 10 Beacon Street. Alfred Rodman presided Rev. Phillips Brooks attended. Secretary Joseph W. Woods reported 110 admissions with 85 discharged, 10 unrelieved, 5 for diagnosis, 7 left against advice, 3 died. Average stay 15 days. Woods resigns. Nathaniel A. Walker named secretary. Treasurer Alfred Rodman reported $979.55 receipts and $153086 balance, up from last year. Doctor Baker urged adding a small building for more space at the Nog 58 and 60 East Springfield street hospital.

Corporation of the Free Hospital For Women Woods Nathaniel A. Walker F. L. Ames William H. Baker Nog Springfield Street Alfred Rodman

Suffolk insolvency court lists debtors and assignees

First creditors meetings held before Judge Mc Kim in Suffolk court of insolvency. Debtors include George Heyerich and Carl F. Putsch with James F. Mullen and James D. Thomson as assignees. Voluntary petitions filed by John C. Miller and James B. Wildes. assets and debts noted. Also listed are Suffolk County real estate attachments Frank O. Dame & Co. v Gibson and Commonwealth v Gongon et al.

Suffolk Court McKim George Heyerich Tailor’s Cutter Washington Street James F. Mullen Carl F. Putsch James D. Thomson John C. Miller Court Street Oak Island Revere James B. Wildes Suffolk County Heal Estate Franvk O. Dame & Co Charles E. Gibson

Massachusetts official leaves Boston for New Orleans flight

Prof. J. A. Nichols, assistant commissioner for Massachusetts, departed Boston for New Orleans last evening aboard Piedmont Airline. The state exhibit is being shipped and the New England headquarters closes Saturday. A large amount of machinery has been sent. A Brockton Metropolitan Hotel meeting discussed organizing a city collective exhibit.

J. A. Nichols Massachusetts Boston New Orleans Piedmont New England Metropolitan Hotel Brockton

New York Financial Market Report October 29 1900s

Money remains easy at 2 3 percent with closing near 2. Prime mercantile paper at 4 5. Bar silver 102 1 2. Government bonds dull and strong. state bonds quiet. Railroad bonds active with irregular prices. overall stock market dull feverish and weak. New York Central and Lake Shore modest gains while Norfolk and Western and Canadian Pacific dip. Closing quotes show numerous rail and utility issues, mixed but largely outperforming in specific names. daily turnover around 207 252 shares with varied intraday moves.

Corporation Prime Mercantile New York New York Central Lake Shore Norfolk and Western Canadian Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western Oregon Transcontinental Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Wansactions

Wheat market turns cautious after late day slide

Chicago grain column notes a cautious, down trend in wheat with shorts covering then bears regaining control. Corn declines with wheat, provisions inactive. Wheat prospects brighten on small supply growth and strong demand hints from the northwest and Minneapolis millers. Chamber of Commerce on call shows firm activity with December No2 whites at 36 to 39 cents and February at 37 4 cents. settling price up 4 cents.

Chicago Stronz Messrs George C. Bidrudys & Co Emery & Hodges No. 25 State Street Mineapolis Chamber of Commerce

Digest of Flour and Grain Markets and Wheat Prices

A market digest shows flour and grain activity across Chicago Milwaukee St Louis New York and Toledo with steady to dull tone. Prices range Chicago winter patents 5 50 to 5 60 and low grade flours quiet. wheat in Toledo Chicago Detroit Milwaukee St Louis and New York weaker to easier with Nos 2 spring about 93 1 4 c and No 1 hard around 105 dollars per bushel in New York.

Car Trust American Loan and Trust Company United States Circuit Court of Connecticut Sonora Eastern Rutland New York New England Oregon Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Worcester Nashua Rochester Old Colony Boston Albany Fitchburg Providence Maine Minneapolis St Louis Michigan Chicago Milwaukee Minnesota Toledo Detroit Hull Ilwaukee Milwauke Canada

Market report covers oats, grains, butter and produce

The page details price quotes and shipments for oats, rye flour, cornmeal, barley and malt across New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Boston markets. It notes receipts and shipments, steady to firmer butter and cheese markets, variable egg prices, hogs cattle and sheep movements, and general farm produce trends including hay, fruit, vegetables, sugar, coffee and oils.

St Andrews York State Cape Cod Virginia Jersey Cienfuegos Cienfuegos Muscovado Porto Rico New Orleans New York Saies Rio Java Maracaibo Laguarra Jamaica Rio Tig Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Country Beacon Light Uplands Orleans Liverpool

London market notes drift with steady wheat import demand

Atlantic and Great Western firsts and 3614 do seconds lead a mixed early session as wheat and corn inquiries remain light. Liverpool spot wheat holds firm while corn demand remains tepid. whole cargoes and prices for wheat, flour, corn moving to the UK and on the continent. Winter wheat steady at 7s 2d to 7s 4d, corn prices quoted. provisions largely steady with pork, bacon, lard, cheese, tallow listed for London markets.

Commercial London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Liverpool United Kingdom England California St London P. Y. C

Cape Ann Advertiser Fish Prices and Wastes Listing

A column lists varied fish prices and related goods including codfish six dollars haddock five halibut eight fifty tongues six sounds thirteen and nine for tongues and sounds alewives three salmon thirteen fins eight fins and napes six No 1 shad twelve swordfish ten. Also listed are puré medicines and oils with rates for Sic gal crude at fifty five cents blackfish fifty cents cod thirty five ten cents and other fish byproducts such as fish scrap nine dollars per ton liver six resh livers fifty cents bucket fish waste two dollars per ton.

Cape Ann

Emport at Boston, HAYTI Steamer Haytian Republic records cargo

In Boston a steamer named Haytian Republic lists a large cargo including 1 133 000 hs log weed Theo Phi 15 000 ths de Phipps and Russell 89 000 tbs do Dupuy Riboul co. The itemization reflects trade data with firm names and quantities.

Boston Hayti de Phipps & Russell Do Dupuy, Riboul & Co

Foreign Exports Reported From Sydney and Demerara Shipping

A list of cargoes from multiple vessels includes the schooner Louise off Sydney with 1155 barrels of flour 250 barrels of oatmeal 4 barrels of machinery oil 2 bases of clothing. the schooner R Leach at Weymouth with 125 barrels flour 875 barrels meal. the brig Vauban at Demerara with 200 carboys acid 243 half barrels beef 2898 tbs cheese 400 bushels corn 100 cases canned galmon 9 barrels laid oil 1000 cases kerosene oil 125 barrels meal 125 barrels peas 100 sacks oats 9220 feet lumber 3 birds tobacco 3000 shooks 559 barrels 24 half barrels pork 172 bales hay. and the schooner Windsor Packet at Parsboro and Canning with 250 barrels cornmeal 260 barrels flour.

Sydney Louise Weymouth R Leach Demerara Vauban Parsboro

Receipts of Staple Goods by Railroads and Expresses Oct 29

Comprehensive list of receipts across multiple railroads Providence Grand Junction New York and New England Fitchburg Maine Eastern Western Lowell and Peabody Salem lines. Items include bales wool cotton hogs woolc, lumber, flour corn meal oats and various beans and butter delivered to depots and stations with quantities in bales bus boxes and cases.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Id Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Maine Railroad Maine Lowell Railroad Peabody Salem

Receipts of Staple Products Oct 2 Summary

Table shows total receipts of principal staples at New York port from all shipment points, including commodities in transit. Compares current totals with same date last year, noting changes in spending and distribution across categories.

Nia Yo Sai

Watertown Live Stock Market Report October 28

Boston Post dispatch by Geo J Fox records arrivals and pricing at Watertown yards. It lists cattle, sheep and lambs, swine totals for the week and prior week, state origins, car counts, and prices for beef, store cattle, hides and tallow. Notes buyers’ demand, prices, and notes on poultry, horses, and export shipments with vessels and destinations.

Maine Hampshire Vermont New York Watertown Steeveness Brighton

Livestock Auction Notes From East Watertown and Brighton Markets

Prices hold steady for veal calves and pigs with limited demand. Cattle trade shows mixed activity at Watertown and Brighton yards, with some steers and oxen selling around 4 6 cents live weight and dairy cows and springers trading up to $65, while buyers eye cooler weather to revive demand. Prices and quantities reflect multiple drovers and outfits including Libby Son, Dwyer, Wilcox, and Hastings with regional other sellers listed.

Ten Bros H V Whipple Libby Mn Veal Calvee Hall & Seaver Boston Watertown W P Dwyer H A Wilcox G W M Ears J Shirley L Morse Atic L W Tinker Flint & Blanchard RE French Libby & Son Maine J H Fogg F H Coolidge & Son New Hampshire J Y Keazer Dow & Maniton T J Courier J B Sargent Aldrich & Johnson K F Adden Breck & Wood G Harris Vermont W Ricker Kimball GH Sprigg J B Remick W G Townsend Sargent & Turner R E French MC Roundy H Ingerson Fagt B S Hastings Piper & Pond A Williamson N K Campbell Massachusetts J S Henry East Watertown Adderson County John Quinlan M Dyer E D Wilcox BS Hastings I B Sargent J M Dyer G H Springer Brighton Yards Brighton Farrell McFlynn E H Eames Monroe AN Monroe Durham Ayrshire F S Kimball H M Taft J D Hosmer

Annual Report of the Boston and Albany Railroad 1885

The Boston and Albany directors approved the annual report for the year ended Sept 30 1885 noting general income expenses and net income compared with 1884. Details cover passenger and freight earnings assets liabilities traffic figures stockholders and misc items with observations on a through car proposal and a drop in gross income despite lower expenditures.

Boston and Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Company Marlboro Totel Transportation LIOH Bal- Anes Ccceiercess Sossanne Sone Senet Mass Massachusetts Buwnec

Flock care tips for autumn and March lambing

The article advises timely autumn feeding and shelter for sheep, shift to better pastures, and salt licks to improve spring fattening prospects. Emphasizes protecting flocks from wet weather, guarding against dogs with bells, and planning March lambing by pairing ewes with a ram in October with careful ram selection.

A Warning to Drinkers From East Weymouth Incident

Special Despatch reports John Fraher and Michael Daley accused of assaulting Thereon Hawes in Randall's woods East Weymouth Oct 20. Hawes robbed of clothing hats shoes and money. Fraher arrested as a common drunkard, discharged, then rearrested for highway robbery and jailed. Next arraignment before Judge Humphrey in Quincy district court tomorrow.

Boston Post East Weymouth Mass Hawes South Weymouth Fraher Quincy Humphrey

Easton Returns to Law School After Tug of War Break

J H Easton, former tug of war anchor, rejoins the law school for his second and third years. A reading room sign‑up book is in co operative society rooms with few signatures. Listeman quartet to perform chamber concerts on Nov 12 Dec 17 and Jan 11. tickets $2. MacVane elected president of historical society. Wheeler’s new Syllabus in History course 3, 170 pages, $17.50. Included are Gladstone’s Kin Beyond Sea and other English constitutional topics. A geological excursion with Prof Shaler left Boston at 9:55 AM for Atlantic Squantum Moon Island. Boston Symphony Orchestra plans six Sanders Theatre concerts starting Nov 6. seats $3.

J. H MacVane The Historical Society Wheeler Gladstone North American Review Shaler Boston Old Colony Atlantic Squantum Moon Island Boston Symphony Orchestra Sanders’ Theatre

Beverly labor troubles settled and work to resume

The Beverly labor troubles have been settled and work will resume in the shops this morning. A conference between manufacturers and edge makers was opened on Wednesday evening and a meeting yesterday produced an agreement. Price matters will be settled by arbitration. In Salem court the Phillips Abbott dispute over a Water street house was reopened with Join Walcott as lessee suing Captain Phillips for possession. Enoch C Adams, Beverly High principal, has an offer at Newburyport for 2000 salary. Wenham and Hamilton selectmen grant Naumkeag street railway extension, work to start early spring and possibly reach North Beverly before winter.

Beverly Edge Makers J. W. Allen Edge Makers’ Union Manufacturers’ Committee Phillips- Abbott Water Street Phillips First Salem Walcott W. A. Nites Lynn Charles Sewall Gerault Enoch C. Adams Beverly High School Newburyport Wenham and Hamilton Naumkenng Street Railway North

Beem Gi State Street Auctioneers Sales Notice

Bierchante' Exchange Building Beem Gi State street and 14 Exchange place. Use telephone No. 88. Auction Sales Wednesday and Saturday at 11% A. me.

BB. le Daw & CO Bierchante’ Exchange Building Beem Gi State Street 14 Exchange Place

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