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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1886
Page
2
New York arrival of Justin McCarthy the Irish writer and MP sparks talk on Parnell Gladstone and home rule. He predicts a federation of England Ireland Scotland Wales and sees gradual government shift toward home rule, with Irish and British parties realigning and peaceful tenant action rather than broad riots.
Australian author M’Carthy arrives and is escorted to Hoffman House while preparing to lecture at Chickering Hall in a week. He will stay through February before returning to England for Parliament opening. Campbell Praed joins M’Carthy on a joint work, and Harpers has recently published several of her titles including The Australian Heroine and Nadie.
In a finely played game at the South End grounds the Bostons beat the Detroits in the ninth inning on Buffs base on balls Nashs out and two baggers by Sutton and Morrill. Key plays included Ganzels catch Morrills second base work and Hornungs running catch of Whites long fly to left. Final score Bostons with Detroits earned runs 1 for Boston 1 for Detroit.
In games across multiple cities New York had 3 and 3, Philadelphia 14 and 5, Chicago 4, Washington 8 and St Louis 1, Cincinnati 8 and 5, Pittsburgh 5 and Athletics 1, Louisville 7 and Metropolitans 1, Brockton 8 and 5, Haverhill 7 and 5, Marlboro 9 and Holy Cross. The Boston Blues forfeited the game to the Portlands Saturday.
The week shows three serious setbacks for Chicago while Detroit fails to seize its chances. Philadelphia fights for fourth place and may yet reach it. Boston shows marked improvement in its play. The summary outlines the current standings and progress across teams.
League games feature Detroit at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Washington Kansas City at New York New England Boston at Portland Hav er hills at Lawrence Newburyport s at Brockton
In Somerville on Saturday the South Boston Lacrosse Club defeated the Independents by 3 goals to 0, tying for the lead in the championship series. Referee G. G. Boardman announces the result as decisive for the standings.
At Saugus on Saturday several tight races were halted by dusk with results from postponed events. Lady Brooks won the local horses ahead of Black Dan, while Lady Prescott led the three mile race across three heats before postponement. Kitty Y won the 2:55 class with John A second, and Sweet Ness led the two heats in the 2:29 class as the 2:29 race remained unfinished.
New York reports say Bayard has seen newspaper accounts of a proposed U S Britain fisheries treaty with Canada. He notes the State Department knows nothing of details, and a commission or high level talks could only make recommendations. England may draft a preliminary paper viewed as a basis for future negotiation.
The New England Club at Parker House entertained guests Mr. George L. Abbott of Minneapolis and Mr. C S Gosse of Boston with about twenty members present and Vice-President Henry N Sawyer in Folsom’s chair. Governor Claflin and Massachusetts Club members attended but no guests. The Boston Club dined at Parker's while illness forced Edward A White to chair the meeting. Captain Sloane of the Old Guard New York attended as guest and about twenty-five members were present. The Agricultural Bird and Saturday clubs also dined at Parker's. The Dorchester Quiz Club met at Young's Hotel Saturday evening.
An adjourned hearing at West Newton City Hall tonight will review a proposed electric street railway extending from Newton Centre to Newton Corner. The line would run via Beacon Street by the reservoir to Chestnut Hill and connect with Watertown and Cambridge cars, with branch lines to Jamaica Plain and other corridors. Newton Centre residents oppose routing amid large Bath Mass crowds to Chestnut Hill Catholic cemetery. supporters cite benefits of extending Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue from Back Bay.
Dr. T. C. Smith of Charlotte asserts the drink is both agreeable and highly valuable as a therapeutic agent with well defined use.
Ottawa dispatch reports a widely circulated bogus draft of a government treaty, said to have been in reporters’ hands. Journalists face cutoffs from official news as ministers review the matter and consider punishment for those responsible.
The Parisian critics retaliate against a national insult by attending the Augustin Daly company’s first Paris performance in undress while English and American patrons wear evening dress in their stalls. The piece notes that French theatres do not require dress in the stalls, unlike English venues, and that the observed custom reflects cross national tensions.
A fragment notes that English and American theatergoers avoid dressing for French theaters to avoid discourtesy by not conforming to French customs. Parisian critics may also refrain from evening dress at English plays, not solely due to patriotism.
A London Times letter describes a severe Naples earthquake on the night of the 28th with two shocks, panic, and widespread fleeing into streets and open spaces. Citizens invoked saints while families sought safety, some fleeing to the seashore as shops and homes opened under shock and confusion.
Friends of Medical Examiner Frank Harris mourn the death of his wife Mrs Alice Harris who passed away Saturday evening at her Arlington home. The Harris family had been staying in Revere where she fell ill days earlier. Initially thought a cold she worsened and was found to suffer peritonitis leading to her death.
The First Parish Newton Centre members surprised their pastor Rev. Theodore J. Holmes with 375 in silver certificates, an elegant French clock and many silver gifts on the cleric’s silver wedding celebration.
At a Middlesex Probate Court session in Cambridge on September 7, 1886 Manoel Odrigues Serpa Sfaria Gloria Serpa and Manoel Rodrigues Serpa petitioned to change their minor children Alfred Serpa and Maria Serpa to Manoel Rodgers Maria Gloria Rodgers Alfred Oscar Rodgers and Maria Eugenia Rodgers. The court granted the changes and ordered public notice in the Boston Post for three weeks. Judge George M. Brooks presiding. Attorney John H. Tarr.
Cited heirs and creditors alerted to probate actions in Suffolk MA. Notices announce wills, administrations, and executors for John M Woods Harriet Paine Bridget Cunningham with dates, judges, and publication requirements in the Boston Post.
Mary Fr. Ecker and Ariadne L. Mason of Boston petition probate court for letters testamentary without bonds. Citation orders appearance September 27, 1356, at Boston Probate Court to show cause. Public notice to be printed weekly in Boston Post, final two days before court. Judge Joan W. Mekr signs. Asst. Register Joan H. Paine.
Sale of a vacant lot on West Eighth between V and E Streets in South Foston will be sold by public auction Monday September 27 at 10 o clock A M Emilio. The lot measures about 50 feet by 73 feet with liberal terms. Cash payment of 100 dollars at time and place of sale. Telephone 791.
A dense, imperfect OCR shows numerous bank names such as Atlas National Bank Blackstone National Bank Columbia National Bank Continental National Bank Globe National Bank and others. It also lists various bonds, railroad stocks and corporate entities dated 1886 to 1897 including Boston & Maine RR and Consolidated RR of Vermont with small annotations and quantities.
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