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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1894

Page

5

Market rundown notes rumors and stock shifts Wednesday

The text reports a volatile market with widespread gossip and cautious official denials. Bay State Gas movements, coalers speculation, copper stocks movements, and dividend plans at St Paul and Boston Tow Boat are highlighted. Gold production and sterling rates are noted as context.

Delaware & Hudson Lackawanna Reading Montana Tamarack Osceola Butte General Electric Company Boston Tow Boat Company New York Mint Sterling Exchange Boston Sterling Queenstown Liverpool Maury’s Lane BE. A. Adams State St Cor Broad St

Boston Board orders public hearing on Wrentham Street highway

In Boston on September 7 1894 the Board of Street Commissioners orders that due notice be given for a public hearing about laying out Wrentham street at Dorchester from Dorchester avenue to Shelton street as a highway. The hearing is set for 11 o’clock a.m. September 21 1804 at the board office. Attest secretary Morrison.

Board of Street Commissioners City of Boston Wrentham Street Dorchester Dorchester Avenue Shelton Street D. Ww. Orrison J. A. Gov & CO J. A. Gove & Co New Court House Geo. R. Fowler Devonshire Street Suffolk Frank J. Pilling Everett M. Marshall Totron Manufacturers Third District Tompkinsville N. Y Bridgeport Breakwater Connecticut D. P. Heap

North Shore Voter Registration At Winthrop Town Hall

Registrars and assessors held registration sessions at Winthrop Town Hall last evening with a steady turnout that could enlarge the voting list on future nights. A lighthearted tale about Winthrop police chief selection circulated after a coin flip determined the choice between Lightbody and Lamb. A burglary incident at Mr Howes's house led to a delay as youths intercepted the thief, while Mrs Miller hosted a rich whist party at Crest, Winthrop with many guests and music.

Winthrop William A. McNeill Jeremiah C. Blake Charles E. Lightbody Lightbody Lamb Mr. Howes McNeitll James Devlin Dedham Elizabeth Hickey William Bowes Robert D. Ireland M. A. Gallagher Wesley Tyler Michael Barrett James P. Keenan Mark Dowling Mary Nellie Galvin O. S. Mitchell P. C. Healy Chicago J. Miller Jennie Ireland M. L. Miller Alice T. Miller Joseph J. Miller M. J. Gillispie

Water front items and ship news from The Landsman

A Galveston despatch reports the schooner Mary J Peters suffered a minor fire but remained largely undamaged. A gas lighted buoy marks the wreck of the Mary J Cashier off Pollock Rip and Chatham Mass. Be Game Outing Club plans a bay excursion aboard the Putnam, leaving Congress street bridge at 8. Pilot Edward McField has been reinstated by the pilot commissioners after earlier suspension over the Lancastrian grounding. A new fast steamship for the International line will be built in Maine, tentatively ready next season. Archie Pottinger, famed Tremont row grocer, shot a 30-foot whale near his home, becoming a local hero. Boston merchants express satisfaction over McField’s reinstatement.

Galveston Mary JL. Peters Brougham Mary J. Cashier Pollock Rip Chatham Mass Atlantic Avenue Commercial Street Be Game Outing Club Putnam Congress Street Bridge Edward McField George's Island Fort Warren McField Parry British Board of Trade England International Line Maine Maritime Provinces Archie Pottinger Tremont Row Scotland Archie Boston Ned’’ McField

Kate Toy v United States Cartridge Company tort action

In Middlesex Superior Court sessions Kate Toy sues United States Cartridge Company for $50 damages over injuries from a defective punch. Jury out. Plaintiff counsel P J Hoar. defendant counsel Marshall Burke and Marshall. Other cases listed include Geeee v Lowell Co op Milk, Ready v Groton, Donoghue v Doherty, Dickinson v Billerica, Turner v Streeter, Goodrow v Pilling, Worden v Chelmsford, Gilman v Chelmsford, Walker v Chelmsford, Cheney v Chelmsford, McKenzie v Bennett, Haley compt v O'Brien.

Middlesex Ss Lowell Blodgett Kate Toy United States Cartridge Company P. J. Hoar Marshall, Burke & Marshall Geeee Lowell Co-op Ready Town of Groton Donoghue Doherty Dickson Billerica Same Turner Streeter Goodrow Pilling Worden Inht Chelmsford Gilman Walker Cheney McKenzie Bennett Haley Compt O’brien

Witness Up ton testifies on Deer Island inquiry

The hearing on public institutions continued with Howard W. Upton the former Deer Island deputy describing discipline changes after an August Boston article. He accused favoritism by superintendent Gerrish, cited cases of indecency, prisoner fights, and a chaplain's anti Catholic remarks. The session ended with a menace of executive session and adjournment to Friday.

Public Institutions Howard W. Upton Deer Island Gerrish Boston Jenks Evans Upton Alderman Lomasney Riley Toulmin Reed

Tracks and Rail News Brings Changes at Boston and Maine

Mr George S Hobbs resigns as superintendent car service of the Boston and Maine and becomes auditor of the Southern Railway Company. H E Howard named to fill vacancy. Fitchburg No 19 nearly misses Hoosac tunnel wreck after passing minutes earlier. Local shifts include F E Dewey renamed general superintendent NY and New England. Portland Lewiston line starts under Portland Express Co managed by J J Kennedy and J H Stickney. Fall River line double service ends Sept 15. Steam shovel at Peabody shut down. more to follow. Arlington Lexington branch sleepy passenger misrouted to East Lexington eight miles beyond Winter Hill. Mt Popocatepetl sulfur inexhaustible. gravitation tramway planned to reach 18,000 feet, potentially the world’s highest railroad.

George S. Hobbs Boston & Maine Southern Railway Company H. E. Howard Fitchburg National Express Company Chicago Union Station Hoosac Tunnel Boston Portland Lewiston Portland Express Company J. J. Kennedy Cambridgeport J. H. Stickney Fall River Peabody Mass Tuck Old Colony J. M. Woodworth Arlington and Lexington Boston & Lowell Winter Hill Land of Nod East Lexington Mt. Popocatapetl Mexico

Harvard's Property Cannot Be Divided Says Eliot

President Eliot opposes a proposed split of Harvard into multiple colleges. He calls it a friendly speculation with no present basis in reality. He notes the college is firmly established and a division of property held by a single corporation is extremely unlikely.

Eliot Harvard Bolles

Earner arraigned in Roxbury murder case. held without bail

Lawrence H Earner was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court for the death of Michael Stroe bel at Roxbury on August 27. He was held without bail and the case will resume on September 21.

Lawrence H. Earner Michael Stroebel Roxbury

Steamship Kansas Discharging at Charlestown Wharf

The steamship Kansas from Liverpool is discharging at Pier 6 Hoosac Tunnel Docks Charlestown. Under current rules all cargo may remain on the wharf 48 hours from steamer entry at the Custom House unless consignees request earlier storage by notifying the collector. Warren & Co., Agents, 125 Milist.

Kansas Liverpool Hoosac Tunnel Charlestown Custom House Warren & CO Milist

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