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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1888
Page
5
Thousands attend the Cambridge funeral of Col. Austin C. Wellington with First Regiment in body. Interment at Mt. Auburn follows a service at Unitarian Church Cambridgeport. A long procession, civic and military delegations, and honors mark the ceremony amid floral tributes and tributes from related units.
Adjutant Applin, twenty five line officers, Major Woodward, Pay master Holt, Adjutant Burford and eleven line officers led a large funeral cortege. G A R members from Post 113 and 38th Massachusetts Regiment survivors joined a carriage pageant with clubs and societies. Route passed through Austin to Mt. Auburn cemetery where a simple service ended with rifle volleys and tattoo. The crowd heard prayers by Rev E A Horton as the body was interred beside J A Wellington.
Secretary Bayard closed a large Democratic gathering in Wilmington on September 23, speaking about twenty minutes. He followed Senator Vance of North Carolina and focused on tariff fairness. He called the tariff impersonal, selfish, and a danger to equality under the law and the Constitution.
Markets yesterday shown feverish and strong in Vanderbilts and New England bets with Louisville & Nashville weak from yellow fever chatter. The Boston Stock Exchange election pits Higginson against Spencer amid Porter syndicate scrutiny. the West End streetcar move to electricity looms. Money markets ease with 5 to 6 and a half percent bids. Quicksilver firms thrive as California Virginia mine yields rise. Quicksilver stock underperforms despite high dividends though. Mulhall notes rail and wealth growth. Southern rail buildout sparse for locomotives. Consolidated California & Virginia mine August output totals 352,555 with large prior gains. ore discovery has produced over 7.3 million since two years ago. dividends since 1887 total 2,160,000.
Survivors of the Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers and Bath friends have raised about 500 dollars to purchase a statue for General John Bedell. Dedication ceremonies are planned for October 10 with a veterans delegation from Concord and a special Bath-bound train. A procession under Captain Parker will march to the burial site.
Visitors during Merchants Weeks should visit the Paine Furniture Company's manufactory and warerooms at 48 Canal Street to view a full exhibition of artistic furniture and the styles planned for 1890. The company's advertisement provides further details for visitors and general buyers.
Washington readers learn that the Treasury paid premiums totaling millions to purchase uncalled U S bonds to drain the surplus. Critics accuse Harrison and tariff policy of enriching investors while delaying a broader tariff reform. Senate activity focuses on the Mills and Aldrich plans, with defense and naval funding debates edging forward.
Today Fruit Snow and Co 12 m real estate Brice 8 Evans and Son 4 p m. Tuesday Samuel Hatch and Co 12 m real estate Building lots Brice 8 Evans and Son 3 p m House lots Sullivan Bros 4 p m.
Wedding notices dated Sept. 18 to 21 report ceremonies in the city at St Patrick's Church and other venues. Couples include Edwards Blie Gillis MeIver Mortenson Wyke Swift Griffin Wells Reynolds Whitley Sharpe Willard Macdonald with various clergy officiants.
Death notices from Boston Highlands East Cambridge Somerville Arlington Arlington Lexington Chelsea Chelsea and other areas list Charley Orrington Barton aged 22 Alice Brown to Wiliam J. Brown and Alonzo F. Johnson family members John Cullen 39 Michael Doherty 25 Robert Drummond 71 Margaret Farren John Flanagan Hagerty Frances Holbrook Clara L Kirk Edward J. McMahon Irene C Merriam Eliza beth A Morrissey Mary Howard Oakes Margaret M Parshley many ages listed with residences in Somerville Arlington East Cambridge Chelsea and Revere Street facilities.
The ad promotes autumn clothing including thin woollen overcoats dress and business suits made from imported and American fabrics ready for retail. It notes a well stocked Furnishings Department and highlights English Mackintoshes dressing gowns bath wraps and breakfast jackets as direct imports for the season.
Colonel N. V. Whitman of Brooklyn died after a cold turned pneumonia following a vacation. The piece warns cold dangers, urges early treatment and endorses Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a health remedy, citing Rev. B Mills of Meade Centre Kansas. It cautions against inferior imitators.
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