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POTOMSKA MILLS.
Opposite 850 So. Water street. Office at Mill. INCORPORATED 1871. Capital, $1,200,000.
Andrew G. Pierce, Pres .; M. U. Adams, Treas. and Agent ; Samuel E. Bentley, Supt. ; William J. Rotch, Horatio Hathaway, William W. Crapo, Andrew G. Pierce. William Watkins, Francis Hathaway, Charles W. Clifford, Directors; William O. Devoll, Paymaster; Henry Phillips, Clerk; William B. Fittz, Master Mechanic ; Frank M. Pease, Overseer of Carding; George A. Col- lins, Overseer of Frame Spinning; John Hall, George A. Collins, Overseers of Mule Spinning; John H. Roberts, Overseer of Weaving. No. 1; Joseph Caldwell, Overseer of Weaving, No. 2; William O. Devoll, Bookkeeper.
ROTCH WHARF COMPANY. Office Rotch square.
William J. Rotch, Pres. ; Isaac W. Benjamin, Treas .; Elisha Gibbs, Wharfinger.
SAENGER BUND.
INCORPORATED SEPT., 1883.
John Spachman, 1st Pres .; John Goeke, 2d Pres .; Rudolph Zankl, Sec .; Fridrik L. Schaefer, Treas .; Frank Lonhart, Albin Buckman, Trustees; George Hill, Chorister.
Meets last Sunday of each month in Saenger Hall, Acushnet avenue.
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SEA VIEW HOTEL & WHARF COMPANY.
Charles H. Pierce, New Bedford, Pres. and Treas .; Edward T. Pierce, New Bedford, Clerk; George H. Taber, Fairhaven, Joel H. Hills and James R. Kendrick, Boston, Andrew G. Pierce, New Bedford, Directors.
SOULE PIANO AND ORGAN INVESTMENT CO. 73 William Street. Dealers in musical instruments.
Z. C. Keith, Brockton, Treas. ; L. Soule, Genera Manager ; C. H. D. Sisson, Local Manager.
STAR MILLS OF MIDDLEBOROUGH.
Office 29 North Front.
George Brayton, Clerk and Treas .; Loum Snow, Fred- erick S. Allen, Edward D. Mandell. William R. Peirce. George S. Homer, Edward T. Pierce, Thomas H. Knowles.
THE SOUTHERN MASS. TELEPHONE CO.
31 North Water street. ORGANIZED FEB., 1880.
C. W. Clifford, Pres .; Samuel Ivers, Treas .; M. E. Hatch, Manager.
THE TRIUMPH HEAT AND LIGHT CO.
Office 44 No. Water street.
INCORPORATED APRIL 11, 1888. Capital stock, $500,000.
Edmund Rodman, Pres; J. L. Gillingham, Treas and Sec. ; Edmund Rodman, Joshna B. Winslow, James H. Murkland, Pardon Cornell, S. T. Viall, Francis C. Smith Robert B. Carsley, Directors.
UNION BOOT & SHOE COMPANY. 67 Purchase street.
George R. Stetson, Pres. ; Savory Hathaway, Sec. and Treas. ; Bowen S. Bartlett, Benjamin S. Brownell, Chas. W. Brownell, Alexander H. Case, Directors.
UNION STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
Office, 55 Weld street.
INCORPORATED 1887. Capital $260,000. 16 miles of track.
Samuel C. Hart, Pres .; William H. Allen, Treas .; Franklin Woodman, Supt. ; Mortimer McCarthy, Asst.
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Supt. ; George R. Phillips, Auditor ; Andrew G. Pierce, . Samuel C. Hart, Charles E. Cook, Abbott P. Smith. J. A. Beauvais, William W. Crapo, Charles H. Gifford, Weston Howland Fairhaven, James E. Dwight, Direct- ors ; Wm. H. Allen, Clerk of Corp.
Annual meeting first Wednesday in November.
WAMSUTTA MILLS. INCORPORATED 1847.
Capital, 3,000,000.
William W. Crapo, Pres .; Andrew G. Pierce, Treas; W. J. Kent, Agent; Nathaniel B. Kerr, Sup. 1, 2, 3; Andrew G. Pierce, Jr., Supt. 4, 5, 6; W. J. Rotch, Ed- ward D. Mandell, W. W. Crapo, Horatio Hathaway, Francis Hathaway, Francis B. Green, Andrew G. Pierce Directors; Edward T. Pierce, Paymaster ; William A. Congdon. F. B. Macy, J. B. Whitehead, Miss Anna E. Jenison, Miss Myra Jenison, Miss Clara F. Smith, Clerks.
John J. Connell, Alex Jenings, Benjamin C. L. Jenney Fred M. Jones, Overseer Carding; Bernard McCarty, John Ramsden, Hiram H. Goff, Horace P. Chase, John Neal, Overseers Spinning; Arthur N. Hersom, Joseph Lewin, Robert Burgess, Hiram Higham, Jr., Overseers Weaving ; William W. Arnold, Overseer Dressing; Jo- seph B. Smith, Overseer Cloth Room; W. C. Rhodes, Chief Engineer; John F. Powers, Overseer Machine Shop; S. T. Eidridge. Boss Carpenter; G. M. Haskell, T. R. Rodman, Bookkeepers; E. T. Pierce, W. P. Covell, Clerks.
Pay day each Saturday.
WEEDEN MANUFACTURING CO.
Office and Factory, 148 No. Water street.
ESTABLISHED 1882. INCORPORATED JULY 1, 1887. Capital $50,000. J. A. Beauvais, Pres. ; Charles E. Barney, Treas. ; W. N. Weeden, Supt.
WHITE OAK RIVER CORPORATION.
INCORPORATED 1886. Office 29 No. Front street.
Lumber mnfrs., North Carolina.
Loum Snow, Pres .; Robert Snow, Treas .; Charles W. Plummer, Loum Snow, Killey E. Terry, Directors.
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INSURANCE COMPANY.
BRISTOL COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
48 No. Water street.
INCORPORATED A. D. 1829.
James Taylor, Pres .; George N. Alden, Sec. and Treas. ; James Taylor, Oliver P. Brightman, George F. Kingman, Isaac H. Coe, William R. Wing, Samuel C. Hart, Thomas H. Knowles. Directors.
POST OFFICE.
NEW BEDFORD.
No, Second, corner William street.
Charles H. Gifford, Postmaster; H. A. Gifford, Jr., Assistant ; C. H. Lobdell, S. S. Taber, Frank R. Kit- tredge, William G. Manchester, Edward McAvoy, Clerks ; Herbert R. Fisher, Nannie C. Foster, Mary T. Eldridge, M.O. Clerks; Frank C. Walker, Special Delivery Clerk; Miss Katie Fay, Postage Clerk; William H. Carney, Arthur D. Swift, William G. Dunham, William S. Back- us, Alexander H. Hillman, Samuel J. Russell, Stephen P. Slocum, J. A. Degasse, Ira S. Negus, William T. Corey, John W. Frasier, William J. Downey, Sylvester Paul, Wm. A. Dovle, Napoleon Millotte, Jr., Wm. D. Wilson, John H. Morrison, Jonathan H. Smead, Letter Carriers; Cranston C. Lee, Charles D. Wiggins, Sub Carriers; Horace M. Plummer, Mail Carrier; Thomas F. Deane, Special Delivery Carrier.
OFFICE HOURS-From 7 A.M. to 8 P.M., and Saturday evenings close at 8.30 P.M. Sundays, 8 to 9.30 A.M.
Lobby open to box holders from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. Sun- days from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Money Order and Registry Department open from 8 A. M. to 6 P.M.
MAILS CLOSE-For Acushnet at 10.30 A.M. and 3.30 P. M. Boston, 6.55, 10.25 A.M., 3.00, 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Bridgewater, 7.00 A.M. and 3.30 P.M. Brockton, 7.00, 10.25 A.M., 3.30 and 5.15 p.M. Towns on Cape Cod, 7.00 A.M. and 3.00 P.M. Clifford, 8.15 A.M. Cottage City, 12.15 P.M. Cuttyhunk, Saturdays, 11.00 A.M. East
Freetown, 6.55 A.M. Edgartown, 12.15 P.M. Fairhaven, 9.20 A.M. and 3.30 P.M. Fall River, 6.35 A.M., 12.00 and 5.15 P.M. Little Compton, R. I., 2.30 P.M. Long Plain, 3.30 P.M. Marion, 7.00 A.M. and 3.30 P.M. Mattapoisett, 7.00 A.M. and 3.30 P.M. Middleborough, 7.00 A.M. and 3.30 p.M. Nantucket. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7.00 A.M. Newport, R. I., 8.15
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A.M., 3.00 and 5.15 P.M. New York, 8.15, 10.25 A.M., 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Northern, 6.55, 10.25 A.M. and 3.00, 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Providence, R. I., 6.55, 10.25 A.M., 3.00, 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Rochester, 3.30 P.M. South Dartmouth, 10.30 A.M. and 4.00 P.M. Southern, 8.15, 10.25 A.M., 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Taunton, 6.55, 10.25 A. M. and 3.00 P.M. Vineyard Haven, 12.15 P.M. Western 6.55, 10.25 A.M., 3.00, 3.30 and 5.15 P.M. Westport Point, 2.30 P.M. West Wareham, 7.00 A.M. and 3.30 P. M.
MAILS OPEN-From Acushnet, 9.10 A.M and 2.00 P.M. Boston, 9.10, 10,00 A.M. and 2.15, 4.30, 7.15 and 8.55 P. M. Bridgewater, 11.45 A.M. and 6.45 P.M. Brockton, 9.10, 11.45 A.M., 4.30 and 6.45 P.M. Towns on Cape Cod, 11.00 A.M. and 6.45 P.M. Clifford, 9.10 A.M. Cot- tage City, 11.00 A.M. Cuttyhunk, Saturdays, 4.30 P.M. East Freetown, 9.10 A.M. Edgartown, 11.00 A.M. Fair- haven, 9.10 A.M. and 3.00 P.M. Fall River, 10.00 A.M., 4.30 and 7.25 P.M. Little Compton, R. I., 11.00 A.M. Long Plain, 9.10 A.M. Marion, 11.45 A.M and 6.45 P.M. Mattapoisett, 11.45 A.M. and 6.45 P.M. Middleborough, 11.45 A.M. and 6.45 P.M. Nantucket, Monday, Tuesday Thursday, and Saturday, 6.45 P.M. Newport, R. I., 9.10, 10.00 A. M. and 7.15 P.M. New York, 9.10 A.M., 4.30 and 8.55 P.M. Northern, 9.10, 11.00 A.M., 2.15, 4.30 and 7.15 P.M. Providence, R. I., 9.10, 10.00 A.M., 2.15, 4. 30 and 7.15 P.M. Rochester, 11.45 A.M. South Dart- mouth, 9.10 A.M. and 2.30 P.M. Southern, 9.10 A.M., 4.30 and 7.15 P.M. Taunton, 10.00 A.M., 2.15 and 7.15 P.M. Vineyard Haven, 12.00 M. and 5.45 P.M. Western, 9.10 A.M., 2.15 and 7.15 P.M. Westport Point, 10.30 A. M. West Wareham, 11.45 A.M. and 6.45 P.M.
SUNDAY MAILS-Letters deposited at office only. All Northern, Southern and Western mails close at 9.20 A.M. and 5.15 P.M.
POST OFFICE FREE DELIVERY.
Collections from Street Letter Boxes at 4.00 and 9.00 A.M., 12.30 and 4.00 P.M. The 4.00 P.M. from Red Boxes only.
Registered mail closes at 3.15 P.M.
Carriers' Delivery at 7.00, 9.15, 11.30 A.M. , 2.15 and 4. 30 Р.м.
Carriers will receive and mail all stamped matter.
Carriers' letters may be called for Sunday mornings from 8.30 to 9.30, and evenings (except Sundays), from 7.00 to 8.00.
Drop Letters 2 cents each.
Procure money orders for all remittances, or have let- ters registered.
Request correspondents to address to your P. O. box or street and number.
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Money Orders issued on Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, German Empire, France, Belgium, Portu- gal, Algeria, Switzerland, Jamaica, New Zealand, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, British India, etc. Also on Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Luxemberg (through the German Postal Department), Austria, Queensland, Hawaian Kingdom, Cape Colony, Windward Islands.
ACUSHNET.
Main, corner Mill Road, Head of the River. Allen Russell, Jr., Postmaster.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Leaves Acushnet for New Bedford at 8 A.M. and 1 P.M. Arrives from New Bedford at 12 M. and 5 P.M.
Leaves Acushnet for Long Plain at 5 P.M.
Arrives from Long Plain at 8 A.M.
CLIFFORD.
Acushnet avenue near Hathaway corner. Charles S. Chace, Postmaster.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Leaves Clifford for New Bedford at 7.30 A.M. Arrives from New Bedford at 9.30 A.M.
SHAWMUT.
Shawmut avenue corner Plainville road, Plainville. William H. Russell, Postmaster.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Leaves Shawmut for New Bedford at 10.00 A.M .. Arrives from New Bedford at 12.00 M.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
See that your letters are sealed and stamped.
Do not abbreviate the address. Always use street address or box number when convenient.
" Visitors " or " transients " should have mail addressed " in care of." etc.
Place your address on upper left hand corner of envelope, and it will be returned if undelivered.
Place your stamp in upper right hand corner.
Nothing can be attached or pasted on postal card, except at letter rates.
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Postmasters are permitted to read postal cards to prohibit the mailing of obscene literature.
Second, third and fourth class matter must not be sealed against inspection.
There is no limit of weight to first or second class matter or sin- gle books ; all other matter is limited to four pounds.
Liquids can be mailed only in metal or wooden boxes.
Persons sending postal cards and who write upon the address side of them "in haste," or other words unconnected with their delivery, subject them to letter postage, and they are held as unmailable.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
FIRST CLASS.
Embraces letters, postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in writing. Rates : letters two cents each ounce or fraction, postal cards one cent each, drop letters mailed at and for office where there is no carrier delivery, one cent each, at carrier offices, two cents each.
SECOND CLASS.
Applies to newspaper publishers and news agents. Rates : one cent per pound or fraction. Publications must be issued as fre- quently as once in three months, matter to be fully paid.
When mailed by other than publishers or news agents, one cent per four ounces or fraction, prepaid by stamp affixed.
THIRD CLASS.
Embraces books (transient newspapers, periodicals, 1 cent, 2 oz. ) photographs, circulars, picture cards, and other matter wholly in print, proof and corrected proof sheets, with manuscript copy acompany- ing the same. Blank checks, drafts and similar printed forms, such as deeds, insurance policies, etc. This will include check books, or books of blank drafts, but not ordinary blank books, which are fourth class matter, one cent an ounce. Checks, drafts, policies and other such papers filled up with writing will be charged letter postage. Rate one cent, each two ounces or fraction. matter to be fully paid. There is no limit to single volumes of books. Other third-class matter is limited to 4 lbs.
FOURTH CLASS.
Embraces blank and printed address cards, labels, tags, mounted maps and charts, letter paper, patterns, playing cards, visit- ing cards (if written, letter rates), paper sacks, wrapping paper, with printed advertisements thereon, bill heads, letter heads, envel- opes, printed blanks, sample cards, and other matter of the same general character, the printing upon which is not designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information, samples, merchandise, models, ores, metals and miner- als. Rates one cent, each ounce or fraction. If matter of two classes be inclosed in one package, the whole must be paid at higher rate.
Postal laws and regulations have been amended so as to permit transmission through the mails within the United States and ter- ritories, of liquids, except spiritous and malt liquors, not liable to · explosion or spontaneous combustion or ignition by shock or jar, and not inflammable, and of soft soap, pastry or confections, oint- ments, salves and articles of similar consistentey under certain conditions insuring safety to other mail matter in transmission.
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Only the following printing is now allowed on fourth-class matter merchandise : The name and address of the person to whom it is sent ; the name and address of the sender preceded by the word "from ;" the number and names of the articles inclosed, a mark, number, name or letter for purpose of identification ; a simple form of return request ; if a patented tag or wrapper is used, the word "Patented" with the date of the patent.
By order of the U. S. Congress, hereafter the postage of seeds, cuttings, scions and plants shall be charged at the rate of one cent for each two ounces, or fraction thereof, subject in all other re- spects to the existing laws.
UNMAILABLE.
The following articles are excluded from the mails : liquids, poi- sons, explosive materials ; books, pamphlets, pictures, and other publications of an obscene or indecent character; all letters on tlie envelope of which, and postal cards upon which, scurrilous epithiets are written, printed or engraved, or disloyal devices printed or engraved; and all articles which from their form and nature are liable to destroy, deface or injure the contents of the mail bags, or the person of any one engaged in the postal service.
Anything in the nature of an offensive or threatening dun, apparent upon an envelope, outside corner or postal card, or conveying the suggestion that such dun is enclosed, must be excluded as unmail- able.
FOREIGN.
On letters to all parts of Austria, Azores, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Hun- gary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Port- ugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey, five cents per half ounce or fraction thereof ; prepayment, except on registered letters, optional.
Two cent postal cards can be forwarded to any of the above foreign countries.
On newspapers and books, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction, limited to 4 lbs. 6 ounces.
Coin, jewelry, and articles subject to custom's duty, are excluded from all foreign mails.
Rates of postage to foreign countries other than as above, being subject to change each month, inquiry should be made at the foreign department for ruling rates before mail matter is deposited in the office.
All mail matter, except letters, must be so wrapped or enveloped that their contents may be readily and thoroughly examined by post- masters without destroying the wrappers.
MONEY ORDERS .- DOMESTIC.
$300 can be sent in one day.
For any amount not exceeding $100 on one order will be issued on payment of the following fees :
On orders not exceeding $5, five cents.
On orders not exceeding $10, eiglit cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $15, ten cents.
Over $15 and not exceeding $30, fifteen cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, twenty cents.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, twenty-five cents.
Over $50 and not exceeding $60, thirty cents.
Over $60 and not exceeding $70, thirty-five cents.
Over $70 and not exceeding $80, forty cents.
Over $80 and not exceeding $100, forty-five cents.
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FOREIGN.
Orders for Great Britian are issued at the following rates :
On orders not exceeding $10, ten cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $20, twenty cents.
Over $20 and not exceeding $30, thirty cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, forty cents.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, fifty cents.
Orders can also be sent to Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, India, Belgium, Tasmania, Jamaica, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand. Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Luxem- bourg, France or Algeria, Canadian Provinces, Constantinople (in Turkey ), Japan, Winward Islands, Leeward Islands.
A list of Money Order Offices may be seen at P. O., on applica- tion.
Note. The issue to a single applicant in one day, of more than three Orders, payable at the same office, and to the same payee, is positively forbidden.
POSTAL NOTES.
Postal notes may be obtained at any money order office, payable to bearer, at any money order office, for sums from 1 cent to $4.99 inclusive. The rate for each note is 3 cents.
REGISTRATION.
Fees-10 cents beside the postage.
Valuable letters should invaribly be registered, or if money is to be remitted, a money order procured. Never inclose money or valuables in an ordinary letter.
SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
The special delivery system includes all post offices in the United States and all classes of mail matter.
Accordingly every article of mailable matter, mailed at any post office in the United States, to which is affixed a 10 ct. special deliv- ery stamp in addition to regular postage, will be delivered at Letter Carrier offices within the carrier limits, immediately on arrival between the hours of 7 A. M. and 11 P. M., and at any other Post Office within one mile radius between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M.
LETTER SHEET ENVELOPES.
Issued only in the denomination of Two Cents.
PAD containing 25 sheets, 58c; 50 sheets, $1.15; 100 sheets, $2.30
SHEETS-Single sheet, 3c .; Two sheets, 5c; Three sheets, 7c; Four sheets, 10c; Five sheets, 12; Six sheets, 14; Seven sheets, 17c; Eight sheets, 19; Nine sheets, 21; Ten sheets, 23; Twenty-five sheets, 58c; Fifty sheets, $1.15; One hundred sheets, $2.30; Five hundred sheets, $11.50; One thousand sheets, $23.00.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS, ETC. CUSTOM HOUSE.
North Second Street, corner of William. District of New Bedford. Open every day (Sundays and the Fourth of July ex- cepted), from 9 A. M. to 3 P M.
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OFFICERS-Weston Howland, Collector ; James Taylor, Deputy Collector; James C. Hitch. Clerk; Thomas B. Hathaway, Inspector, Weigher and Guager; George S. Anthony, Iuspector and Bourding Officer; James Craft, Janitor.
U. S. SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS.
H. C. Hathaway, Thomas A. Codd (deputy ), 30 North Water street.
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS.
George Cowie, Palmer's Island ; Amos C. Baker, Jr., Clark's Point ; George H. Kelley, Ned's Point; Charles A. Clark, Bird Island ; Jabez D. Jenney, Assistant ; Wm. Atchison, Cuttyhunk ; Chas. H. Hinkley, Dumpling Rock ; George W. Thompson, Sow and Pigs Light Vessel ; W. H. Doane, Hens and Chickens Light Vessel.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICERS.
Albion T. Brownell, Deputy Collector; office 13 North Front.
Charles W. Clifford, U. S. Commissioner, 37 N. Water.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
INCORPORATED JUNE 2, 1865.
COUNTY TOWNS, TAUNTON, FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD.
William E. Fuller, Taunton, Judge of Probate and In- solvency.
Simeon Borden, Fall River, Clerk of Courts.
John H. Galligan, Taunton, Registrar of Probate and Insolvency.
Joseph E. Wilbar, Taunton, Registrar of Deeds, North District.
George B. Richmond, New Bedford, Registrar of Deeds,
Soit'iern District, Charles N. Richmond, Asst. Register. Mrs. Nellie M. Wade, Copyist.
George F. Pratt, Taunton, County Treasurer.
Hosea M. Knowlton, New Bedford, District Attorney.
JAIL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Ash Street, corner Court.
Joshua A. Hunt, Deputy Sheriff and Keeper.
Thomas Nickerson, Clerk; James E. Carr, Engineer.
Mary W. Sherman, Matron.
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John Cory, Seth W. Godfrey, George Holden, Ezra Holmes, Officers.
Edward C. Folger, Charles H. Peck, Charles H. Taber, Night Watchmen.
Jesse S. Allen, Charles A.and William W . Bonney, John H. Judson, W. W. Sampson, Geo. H. Wurm, Instructors.
SHERRIFFS.
Andrew R. Wright, Taunton. Franklin Gray, Special Sheriff, Fall River.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
Walter R. Spooner, Acushnet ; James W. Riley, E. Carlisle Brown, Attleborough ; John A. Lewis, Dighton ; Thomas S. Butman, Fairhaven ; Franklin Gray, Francis H. Wixon, Jerome B. Westgate, Jonathan Chaffee, Chas. L. Dean, Fall River; Alson W. Cobb, Mansfield ; Josiah A. Hunt, Charles D. Burt, John W. Nickerson, John W. Nickerson, Jr., New Bedford ; George H. Arnold, Nor- ton ; Stephen R. Lincoln, Chauncey G. Washburn. Rayn- ham ; Edmund Buffington, Somerset ; Isaac G. Carrier, Jr., Henry F. Cobb, David Dean, Thomas O. Falvey, Willis Potter, Charles Corey, Taunton ; Albert C. Kirby, Westport ; Samuel Hadfield, Fall River ; Frederick P. Russell, New Bedford ; William P. Cleaveland, Swansea.
BAIL COMMISSIONERS.
Simeon Borden, Laurens N. Francis, Arthur M. Alger, Thomas J. Cobb, Augustus B. Leonard.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Franklin Gray, Fall River; William Landers, New Bedford ; Frank S. Babbitt, Chairman, Taunton.
Special Commissioners-George N. Crandall, Attlebor- ough ; Henry A. Slocum, Dartmouth.
Times of Meeting-At Taunton, on fourth Tuesdays in March and September.
County Commissioners meet about the first of every month.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
Charles A. Reed, Henry J. Fuller, Taunton ; Erastus M. Reed, Mansfield ; Edwin L. Barney, New Bedford ; Henry K. Braley, Fall River.
COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY.
William B. Smith, New Bedford ; George A. Adams, Attleborough ; George E. Williams, Taunton.
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COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS-
Wendell H. Cobb, James L. Gillingham, Thomas M. James, William H. Taylor, John T. Tillinghast, Joseph Tillinghast.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.
Henry J. Fuller, Taunton ; Arba N. Lincoln, Andrew J. Jennings, Fall River ; A. E. Clarke, J. L. Gillingham, Jose Ignatio da Terra, New Bedford.
SESSIONS OF COURT IN BRISTOL COUNTY.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
JURY TERM-At Taunton, for the County of Bristol, third Tuesday of April. At New Bedford, for the County of Bristol, second Tuesday of November.
LAW TERM-At Taunton, in the County of Bristol, and at Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, annually ; at Taunton for the County of Bristol.
The usual terms of the Supreme Judicial Court for Nantucket and Dukes Counties are now, by law holden at the regular terms at New Bedford and Taunton.
SUPERIOR COURT.
At Taunton, for Bristol, first Mondays of March and September.
At New Bedford. for Bristol County, first Mondays of June and December.
PROBATE COURT FOR 1890.
William E. Fuller, Judge.
John H. Galligan, Taunton, Registrar.
At Fall River, on the third of January, seventh of Feb- ruary, fourth of April, sixteenth of May, fifth of July, twelfth of September, third of October, and the twenty- first of November.
At New Bedford, on the seventh of February, twenty- first of March, second of May, Twentieth of June, first of August, ninth of September, and the seventh of Nov- ember.
At Taunton, on the seventeenth of January, seventh of March, eighteenth of April, sixth of June, fifth of Sept- ember, seventeenth of October, and the fifth of December.
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INSOLVENCY COURT FOR 1890.
At Fall River, on the twenty-first of February, sixteenth of May, fifth of July, twelfth of September, and the twenty-first of November.
At New Bedford, on the twenty-first of March, twentieth of June, and the first of August.
At Taunton, on the tenth of January, fourteenth of February, fourteenth of March, eleventh of April, ninth of May, thirteenth of June, tenth of October, fourteenth of November, and the twelfth of December.
Appropriate Blanks for nearly every proceeding in Prc- bate or Insolvency Courts are kept at the office, and will be promptly forwarded the parties applying for them by mail. Applicants should enclose postage forreturn mail.
OLD COLONY RAILROAD CO.
Office, South, cor. Kneeland street, Boston.
Time of Election, fourth Tuesday in November.
Charles F. Choate, Pres .; F. L. Ames, Vice Pres .; J. R. Kendrick, Gen'l Man. ; J. M. Washburn, Treas. ; Geo. L. Connor, Gen'l Pass and Ticket Agt .; S. C. Putnam, General Freight Agt. ; S. P. Willis, Act'g. Master Mechan- ic Central and C. C. Div., Boston ; J. H. French, Supt .; Central Division J. N. Lander, Supt. Rolling Stock ; Geo. S. Morrill, Chief Engineer; J. C. Sanborn, Gen'l Train Master ; E. F. Wetherell, Gen'l Baggage Agt .; R. W. Husted, Purchasing Agt. ; George W. Wilde, Paymaster ; Gardner Adams, Gen'l Express Agt. ; F. M. Twombly, Master Mechanic ; Providence Division, Isaac N. Marshall Supt. Northern and Providence, Boston Mass., Charles H. Nye, Supt. ; Cape Cod Division, Hyannis, Mass., A. W. Twombly, Master Mechanic; Northern Division, Taunton, Mass.
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