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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1869

Page

3

Serpent on the Hearth at Waltham Fair and Coliseum Concert

A Waltham Fair opened amid liberal donations and runs through today. A theatre review lauds Simpson's Serpent on the Hearth with Frederic Robinson and Mrs Thomas Barry leading a strong cast. A Coliseum concert Sunday funds the Home for Destitute Catholic Children with multiple rail connections and a large cast.

Simpson Barak Maule Frederic Robinson Claude Ruby C. H. Vandenhoff Dr. Mildmay G H. Griffiths Simeon Sykes H. F. Daly Mark Measley W.J. le Moyne Captain Trevors H. L. Bascom Farmer Huggins C. Stedman Herr Slobborabosky T. “Hi. Burns James F. Goldthwaite Marie Marzucrite Barak Thomas Barry Lady Sykes Virginia Buchanan Polly Huggins Mary Cary Signorina Blowsabella Athena Buchanan Griffiths le Moyne Robinson Barry Bascomb Vandenhoff Daly

Riverside Park Turf Meet Ends With Rubber Ben Victory

Despite heavy weather a large crowd watched the fall meeting second day at Riverside Park. The 2.34 race, unfinished the night before, resumed with Black Harry leading early, Rubber Ben pressing, and Knox in third. Knox broke a shoe late, allowing Rubber Ben to win the heat and the race, with Knox finishing second by a half length.

Riverside Park Gilbreth Knox India Rubber Ben Black Harry Rubber Ben Knox Ben H. A. Hall India Rubber J. Hi Harry Gradley G. Black Harry W. H. Woodruff M. Belle Morrill Dr D. Bigley B. m. Fanny J.J. Bowen G. Goodense Timuce D. M. Beckler G. Sorrel John H. Woodruff Jenny Spencer Dan Mace Gen. Sherman William H. Woodruff Lady Emma Jennie Sherman Lightfoot

Humboldt centenary collection urged by public library

The Public Library asks its agents in New York and Europe to gather all material on the Humboldt centenary including pamphlets newspapers prints and similar items. The collection will include manuscripts of Agassizs and Dr Holmess addresses and other locally significant items.

Pusiic Library Europe Humboldt Agassiz Nast Riverside Dr Hammond Chronicle Beacon Street H Street Warren Avenue Berkeley Street Lesday

Funeral of the Late Deacon Metcalf

Funeral services for Deacon Metcalf were held at School Street Church yesterday noon. Senior and junior pastors led the rites with brief tributes. Remains were escorted to Mt. Auburn for interment.

Metcalf School Street Church Mt. Auburn

Valuable Books for Sale at Temple Place Schoolroom

Dr Arnoult offers valuable books at fixed prices for teachers and scholars. Books can be replaced in Paris and are now disposed of daily at 3 o'clock in the school-room at 15 Temple Place. Private sale begins today.

Arnoult Paris Temple Place Pinckney Street Louisburg Square Hamburg

Death of a Well Known Citizen Mr John G Amory Dorchester

Dorchester mourns the death of Mr John G Amory aged about 73 after a brief dysentery illness. A well known resident with extensive acquaintanceship and high esteem in the community.

John G. Amory Dorchester

Tur Horse or Industry Care HM records shift in 1950s

A fragment notes a surge in parav erse care beds on Deer Island with about forty to fifty more cells. On Tuesday seventeen women and three men were committed, thirteen discharged that day.

Fomade Deer Island

Boston Theater and Attractions Listings

The column lists multiple venues in Boston with shows and events including The Fai Jircle Customs of the Country at Boston Theatre Evening and The Serpent on the Hearth at Selwyns Theatre Dramatic pieces such as The Post Boy and Kenilworth at Adlphi Theatre star attractions at Howard Athenaium and Cataract of the Ganges with Dick Turpin and Tom King at Olympic Theatre Riverside Trotting Park Fall Meeting third day Mechanics Exhibition at Faneuil and Quincy Halls Arts listings at Childs Gallery and Jourdain Gallery of Anatomy plus excursions in Boston Bay by steamers and a note to see advertisements elsewhere.

Coliseum Standay Boston Providence Boston and Worcester Worcester Old Colony Fall River Gloucester Salem Marblehead Barney Williams Museum East Lynne Miss Clarke Adelphi Lingard Kenilworth Boston Museum Dick Turpin Tom King Riverside Trotting Park Mechanics Faneuil and Quincy Halls A. A. Childs &Co’s Art Gallery Tremont Street Washington and Essex Streets Boston Bay

Court records from Boston Post Court indicate bankruptcy petition

U S District Court before Judge Tilton creditors petition Hubbard W Tilton for bankruptcy alleging a fraudulent conveyance to his wife to defraud creditors. Jury found for petitioners. Supreme Judicial Court cases include Levi F Stevens vs Peter C Tuite replevin bond with reserved questions, and S O Pollard vs Inhabitants of Woburn for injuries from a hole on Green Street near Lowell Railroad.

Stephen Tilton Hubbard W. Tilton Ent S. J. Thomas P. Hinds Stillman B. Allen Levi F. Stevens Peter C. Tuite T. H. Sweetser C.S. Lincoln H. W. Paine E. Avery S. O. Pollard Woburn Green Street Lowell A. A. Ranney Plis W. S. Gardner Afts

Prisons in dock as court opens with sixty two present

At the opening of the Court there were sixty two prisoners in the dock, thirty nine of whom were for drunkenness. James Sullivan was fined ten dollars and costs for assaulting John Hall. Frederick J. Danley waived examination on larceny of three diamond rings valued at three hundred dollars from Earle Express Company and held in eight hundred dollars to await Grand Jury action in October. Michael Shannahan, John Kelley and John Hooligan waived examination on assault with intent to kill Alexander W Wilson and Captain Brown of the British ship Alexandria and were held in five thousand dollars each to await Grand Jury action in October.

James Sullivan John Hall Frederick J. Danley Earle Express Company Michael Shannahan John Kelley John Hooligan Alexander W. Wilson Brown Alexandria

Probate Notices From Massachusetts Courts

Legal notices announce the administration hearing for Polly Hobbs of Waltham with George M. Hobbs named as administrator. Also the Bancroft estate in Newton is cited for the first account and requires publication in the Boston Post over three weeks. Both notices name Probate Court in Cambridge and dates in October with the registrar’s signature.

Massachusetts Middlesex Polly Hobbs Waltham George M. Hobbs Boston Suffolk Cambridge Boston Post Willliam A. Richardson J. H. Tyler Commonwealth of Massachusetts Edward P. Bancroft Newton Francis B. Peabody George C. Lord Clara E. Bancroft William A. Richardson J. J. Tyler Supreme Judicial Court Joseph J. Adams Almira A. Adams George C. Wilde

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