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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1883
Page
1
Fourth page lists meteorological reports hotel arrivals ship news local news and obituary while first page covers financial and commercial market updates imports exports marriages deaths railroad matters court record mining details remain sparse in OCR.
William Sargert of Temple, aged 81, committed death by own action Saturday at Phillips Cunuse. The Penobscotany bar voted Saturday to tender Hon. John Appleton, chief justice of the supreme judicial court, a banquet on the occasion of his retirement from the bench.
A 21 mile telephone wire project was announced linking Plymouth to Woodstock. An 18 year old, Charles J. Hammond, of Columbia, was killed by an accidental revolver discharge at Colebrook. Thomas Logan, held in Manchester, attempted suicide in his cell but was cut down in time. The state supreme court imposed prison terms in Dover: Samuel Brown one year for larceny, J W Gibbs two years for robbery from the person, John Goddard three years for breaking and entering, Charles Catlet two years for highway robbery. Sheriff Kent of Portsmouth and Deputy Woodman of Kingston arrested Henry F Beckman of Seabrook, David F Collins and Albert L Ford as accessories after the fact to a noted horse thief. They waived examination and were ordered to recognize $500 each to appear at the October term of the supreme court.
Otis Wilton of Rutland, a brakeman on the Bennington and Rutland railroad, was seriously injured while switching at North Bennington. He was taken to his Rutland home with three broken ribs one piercing a lung. The Burlington fair ran Saturday as its fourth day with large attendance and strong proceeds. Goldfinder won the free for all race at 409 dollars for four starters. Five trotting heats occurred with best time 2 31. The 2 45 race of 200 dollars was won by Harry owned by Thomas Utton of Morrisville, time 2 35.
James Cane, a Westboro barber, died after a ruptured blood vessel. Burglars burglarized Ashael Morton’s Plain Street Teunton home, stealing 267 dollars. Ten year old Timothy Gennie died from a tree fall in Worcester. The Franklin get celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their society. Georgie McLaney, 18 months, drowned in a Sandwich tub. Rev. E J Sheridan of Taunton suspended for disobedience. Lynnfield church interior repainted during pastor’s vacation. Wim Childs, Fall River, drowned in Mt Hope Bay when adory capsized. Thomas Hynes, Worcester, lost a leg in rail accident and died. Frank Murray Jr. of Lawrence saved six from drowning at Lowell Island. earlier saves noted. Mary E Tinkham, widow of J O Tinkham of Middleboro, hanged herself. Mr. Samuel Marsh of Barre sold his stage line to local buyers. Merrimac water shortage harms Lowell area manufacturers. Julia O’Brien of Taunton missing. foul play suspected. Durfee, Russell & Johnston’s Fall River Opera House firm disappeared during performance, funds stolen. Dr. Taylor, Middlesex jail sturgeon, examined Joseph Burnett of South Boston after a burglary attempt. Burnett in no rush to jail due to bail. Jacob Gengenbach of Springfield, German hawker, stabbed his son and tried suicide, later lodged in lock-up. He shows no insanity but is a heavy drinker.
Members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oda Fellows of the United States with lades numbering about 300 travel from Providence to Newport by special boat. After a Rocky Point shore dinner they voyage down the river to Brenton's reef light ship and back to Newport landing about 3 30 o'clock where they are entertained.
State Attorney Fessenden met Gov. Waller on Saturday seeking a $5,000 reward for the Roseambler murder suspect. Detectives have few clues left and are narrowing focus to William Lewis as the possible culprit.
About 100 delegates from across the state and the dominion attend the national convention in Toronto starting Monday. Also reported are a fatal fall near Willimantic, an Exchange bank balance amid Canadian bank suspensions, a court martial at Annapolis, a Hudson River yacht race, a jailbreak near Hagerstown, and a $200 reward for capture of the felon.
A Massachusetts party document urges the state central committee to invite prominent national Democratic leaders to campaign for Gov. Butler. The list includes Hendricks, McDonald, Holman, Morrison, Palmer, Trumbull, Springer, Cleveland, Hewitt, Kernan, Slocum, McClellan, Pendleton, and many others. The author suggests both national figures and eminent regional Democrats to balance Republican appeal and strengthen Butler’s re election bid.
A August 17 call led to a Monday meeting at 12 Bulfinch Street to form a Massachusetts organization for civil rights and full citizenship. Officers were elected including J H Wolff as president and B R Wilson as secretary, with a nine member resolutions committee chaired by A H Grimke. The group urged colored voters to stay with the Republican Party while planning a broader movement to enfranchise and mobilize the race. Speeches by Col George W Williams and others followed, and a 21 member permanent executive was chosen.
A lengthy excerpt from the Newark Journal extols Leon Abbett as a lifelong Democrat and capable governor candidate, praising his experience and fidelity to majority will. The piece also lists Democratic delegates and notes allied and opposing commentary from various papers, with a broader thread of party maneuvering and potential nominees across New Jersey and New York.
Delegates from Holliston, Douglas, East Douglas, Needham and other towns were elected for state and county roles, with lists naming senatorial and local positions. The Springfield Republican notes Ames's past $10,000 republican campaign donation and urges western Massachusetts delegates to unite for a clean lieutenant governor candidate to prevent a repeat of past sales.
The Irish murderer O Donnell arrives aboard the steamer Athenian at Plymouth en route to Southampton. He maintains self defense as his motive and faces possible acquittal. Irish National League meetings at Carrick on Shannon and Mallow urge home rule and independence by peaceful means if possible. French orders for Tonquin river gunboats are withdrawn due to contract terms. Laycock unable to row Hanian after leg fracture. Two men hanged for Alexandria massacres. English rural districts report rising foot and mouth disease in cattle.
Albert Fink, head of a 40-strong railroad bureau, testifies before the Senate committee on labor and education about maintaining uniform rates, the limits of railroad power to raise prices, the role of competition and pooling, and the advisability of government action to support public interest while allowing railroads to self manage.
The London Telegraph reports alarming spread of foot and mouth disease in Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire. In Peterborough liberty, 80 farms are infected. many animals have fallen and the outlook for stock breeders is grave.
Lewiston Maine September 17 with the state fair set to show Maine's largest exhibition yet. About 150 carloads of stock and goods arrived and nearly 2000 visitors are in town, with a noon eastbound train bringing 1000. The three floor exhibition hall is full, four tents host exhibitors, and electric lighting enables day and night viewing. Aroostook’s splendid exhibit and a city hall filled with manufactured goods are noted, with a horse race under electric lights Wednesday evening drawing keen interest.
Gen Miles rests in Boston while business leaders and politicians travel. George Crashaw and Col Knapings appear in town with health notes, Morse resigns treasurer post, Hill writes reminiscences, Hayden becomes Whitney Bank president, and Butler heads to fairs for speeches. Passenger list to Queenstown and Liverpool. Rex bestows Cincinnati nobility titles before Baltimore journey.
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes Aug. 25 1280 documents showing Sharon and Miss Sarah Althea Hill agreeing to become husband and wife and keep the fact secret for two years unless he discloses it. It also prints letters from Sharon to Hill dated June 24 1881 in which he sends $500 and urges thrift due to his financial strain.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge began its fifty ninth annual meeting in Spinks Hall Providence with about 150 delegates. Reports praise growth and finances with detailed 1883 figures and notes on charters, uniformed patriarchs, and Ridgeley fund.
A serious stabbing incident at saloon No 37 Sudbury Street left Houston gravely wounded after John Barry alias Liverpool Jack attacked him with a knife. Barry, an Englishman about 26, fled with a woman named Black French and was later sought by police. Houston was hospitalized and may not recover. A separate, later assault on William Mehegan by John Mark on North Street worsened Mehegan’s injuries. Mark remained at large as of Monday night.
Incendiary blaze destroyed the Field and Wild polishing shed and blacksmith shop on Prickard's lane West Quincy with stock and machinery. A nitric acid burst at C H Coldman's 34 Bromfield street caused no fire damage but $250 damage from acid corrosion. A third fire at 256 Tremont street owned by Mr McLear and occupied by Edward Delaney caused about $75 damage. Brief telegraph reports from Gardiner Damariscotta and Portland describe additional fires with losses ranging from $750 to $2,500 and varying insured amounts.
Judge Donahue in supreme court chambers annuls the marriage citing coercion threats from Miss Salmon or her relatives. Twenty female telegraphers in the recent strike remain unemployed but receive back wages from the brotherhood at Clarendon hall. A sheriff's jury awards Emanuel Haber 2500 for hog injuries. Arrangements for a six round soft glove match on October 2 between Charles Mitchell and Wo. Sheriff, the Prussian, for 1000 a side.
A Longview despatch reports widespread terror in the county as white farmers guard families in gin houses. Vigilant whites collect arms including Winchesters after news that blacks received an express at Gladwater with 50 more rifles. Tense crowds fear deadly retaliation if a white person is harmed.
Mary Sweeny of Boston, a delicate young woman, aged TY years, was found in a furmished condition at Doven on Sept 17. She says her father lives in Lowell and her dead mother, with a married sister on Washington street, Boston. She drifted from Great Falls four weeks ago seeking mill work, had never worked before, fell into poverty, slept outdoors, and had little to eat. Police sent her back to Boston tonight.
In Danville on September 17 three men forced entry to Washington Odell’s home near Ridgeway Henry county. Odell was wounded in the arm and left for dead while his wife was beaten and threatened with death if she did not reveal the location of her husband’s money. The intruders ransacked the house and stole about $2000.
The eighteenth annual reunion of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers was held Monday at Roxbury with Company K invited. Officers elected include President Benj. M. Marchant and secretary Thomas E. Cutter. A Canton gathering of Company A, Fourth Regiment also elected officers and planned the next reunion for Stoughton.
Reports from Guaymas Mexico on September 17 describe yellow fever ravages with rising deaths and mass exodus. San Francisco crews recount bodies buried hastily by hired Indians amid city panic. Hermosillo and Mazatlan echo fears as residents flee to the mountains.
Washington dispatch surveys the Hill inquiry as flabby with a hurried whitewash. It notes Secretary Hill may resign amid criticisms and outlines Massachusetts immigration data, the Boston rum trade, and patent appeals. It also covers Portland immigration duties, a Greenland expedition blunder, bankruptcy movement, and navy postings.
A 68 year old man, Antoine Zeran of 2 Jasper Place, died after being run over on Kneeland Street by a wagon. Injuries included a broken right wrist. D Holmes of Taunton died after being thrown from a load of furniture on River Street Dorchester. George McPherson died from injuries from a hoisting accident at 204 State Street. A fever case was left on a doorstep at a Massachusetts General hospital dispute and later moved to City hospital. Catherine Cummings of 3201 Federal Street was charged with felonious assault with an axe on Mary Splane. Morris O Donnell died from a bull goring at Wellesley. Thomas Lannon arrested for breaking and entering a Boston wharf storehouse and stealing sugar. John L Seymore, about 20, arrested for forgery. Micherel Crowley of 652 Harrison Avenue fractured a leg in a wrestling accident. He was taken to City hospital.
Brig Gen Wales offers four cash prizes to nonwinners of state prizes, to be awarded per official scores at the annual state competition. Also notes a Phillips church chapel dedication at 587 Seventh street South Boston with ministers listed. Two programs mark tenth anniversary of the diocese bishop Pad dock with services, breakfast, and reception at Vendome. A Young's hotel meeting to form a practical philanthropist association is planned for September 26, with a women's group observance of abolitionist cause.
A 10 car first through freight from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon began at 5 30 PM over the Northern Pacific via the Eastern Albany and Southwestern railroads. The shipment of canned corn is consigned to Oliphant Co and rushed through by John and Henry Dennis.
A Honolulu report states the Hawaiian foreign affairs minister sent a formal protest to London Paris and Washington against Pacific annexation without notifying foreign representatives. The action has no known authority and is widely disapproved.
SouSouth Framingham says the youngest Buckley son of Thomas Buckley of Parks Corner has been employed at a local yard or shop. The notice notes a family connection and indicates early steps in the youth's work.
A Maiden Lane jewelry house reports the import of the largest diamond to reach the country, weighing 125 carats, and the stone has been sent to Boston for cutting.
The Cambridgeport firm Alvan Clark & Sons completed a vast refractor for Russia’s Pulkova Observatory after a four year contract. Weighing 418 pounds with a 6 inch clear aperture and 45 foot focus, the $23,000 instrument arrived in Russia June 20 and was test examined by M. Struve.
Providence September 17 reports the Narragansett Driving association held its first meeting with fifteen hundred attendees. Weather was muddy and cold. A stallion named Phallus was out of condition, making it prudent not to attempt a fast time. Races included purses of 1800 and 2000 dollars with multiple horses listed and times recorded. Also noted are Dorchester Yacht Club sail races, Mystic Park fast trotting meets, and Hampden Park bicycle events underway in nearby cities.
Bunker Hill encampment No. 5 Odd Fellows hosts the Baltimore and Washington battalion of Patriarchs for a three day program September 19 to 21. Visitors arrive via Providence railroad and stay at Quincy house. Events include Institute fair, Monument hall ball, Bunker Hill monument and navy yard tours, a harbor excursion aboard the J Putnam Bradlee, illuminated parade, a Salem brass band, banquet and entertainment, and a Friday visit to Lawrence Pacific mills before departure back to Providence.
Mrs Abby W May treasurer asks for donations to cover expenses of the institute fair exhibition of women's work. Subscriptions listed include Miss Josephine May twenty five dollars and many others from Massachusetts towns and Boston area. Donations may be sent to No 5 Park Street.
Portland Maine September 17 The Press reports that rumors of a $1.6 million deficit in the books of Storer Brothers dry goods dealers are unfounded. Counsel says the books are well balanced and a clerical error caused the rumor, to be explained at tomorrow's creditor meeting.
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