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.MANCHESTER PAPER BOX CO., E. B. Cutler, proprietor No. 14 Straw's Block. Manufacturers of paper boxes of every de- scription ; 500,000 made annually ; 5 hands.
F. H. SIMPKINS, manufacturer of loom harnesses and reeds, at Forsaith's Building, corner Auburn and Franklin streets.
G. C. HOITT, Union Building, Elm street. Book-binder, and manufacturer of blank books.
J. W. SANBORN & CO., corner of Bridge and Elm streets. Manufacturers and dealers in carriages, wagons, and sleighs. Salesroom, 24 Beal street, San Francisco, Cal.
MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS, 604 Elm street, near the National Hotel. Established 1853. Palmer & Garmon, proprietors. Manufacturers of monumental work of every description. Employ 7 hands.
MARTIN FITZGERALD, corner of Central and Franklin streets. Manufacturer of Italian and American marble monuments, tablets, cemetery curbings, and building work. Employs 10 hands.
LEWIS N. WESTOVER, manufacturer of stair rails and newels, balusters and brackets, at Forsaith's Building, near the Freight Depot.
IRA CROSS, Elm street, near the Gas Works, manufacturer of sewing-machine attachments.
R. G. ANNAN, Forsaith's Building, near Depot, General Ma- chinist. Manufactures knitting machines, and the Aiken Patent Conductor's Ticket Punch. Capacity of shop 10 men.
MANCHESTER FILE WORKS, Forsaith's Building, opposite Freight Depot, George Fantom, proprietor. Manufactures all kinds of hand-cut files and rasps ; old files recut. Employs 6 hands.
PISCATAQUOG STEAM MILL, Wm. H. Martyn & Son, propri- etors. Manufacturers of and dealers in flour and all kinds of grain.
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MANCHESTER EARTHEN-WARE WORKS, corner of Park and Belmont streets, Klemke & Watjen, proprietors. Manufacturers of and dealers in earthenware, vases, plain and fancy flower-pots, urns, etc.
DENNIS KERWIN & SON, manufacturers of pure ground bone for fertilizer, bone meal for cattle, cracked bone for fowls. Sales- room, No. 3 Pleasant street. Factory, Milford street, 'Squog.
J. S. HOLT & CO., Soap Manufacturers, Amherst street. Em- ploy 5 men ; make 2,600 barrels soft soap, and 25,000 pounds hard soap per annum.
HARRIMAN'S SOAP AND BLUING WORKS, on Nutt road, near Nutt's Pond, John S. Harriman, proprietor. Manufacturer of all kinds of hard and soft soaps ; manufacture 66,560 gallons soft soap, 100,000 pounds hard soap, 1,000 gallons bluing per year. Employ 4 men.
MOSES C. EASTMAN, manufacturer of soap, Hooksett road.
ROGER G. SULLIVAN, 724 Elm street. Manufacturer of Ci- gars. Employs 10 hands.
Insurance.
NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE INSURANCE CO., of Manchester, ·was organized in 1870, by the leading business men of the State, who were desirous of building up a first class stock company. The paid up cash capital is $250,000. The annual income is about $200,000, and each successive year has proved profitable to the stockholders. The cash assets now exceed $510,000, well invested in undoubted securities, and no moneyed institution in the State has more prudent management, or more elements of permanency and fair dealing. The following officers, with an able board of directors, control the affairs: Ex-Gov. E. A. Straw, President ; Ex-Gov. J. A. Weston, Vice-President ; George B. Chandler, Treas- urer ; John C. French, Secretary ; George W. Eastman, Assistant Secretary. Office, Merchants' Exchange.
Manchester Public Library.
Incorporated Sept., 1854. Library building on Franklin street. Mrs. Mary J. Buncher, Librarian. Number of volumes in Library about 23,000 volumes, including the gift of 700 volumes by Hon. Moody Currier, consisting of Bohn's Standard Library, and Har- per's Select Library, and also 500 volumes, the gift of the late Gard- ner Brewer of Boston, and also a liberal donation of the late Oliver Dean. Number of persons taking books from rooms, 900. Rooms open every day, except Sundays and holidays, from 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M., except Wednesday evenings.
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City Government for 1879-80.
Hon. John L. Kelly, Mayor. Nathan P. Kidder, City Clerk. J. Will Whittle, President of Common Council. Sylvanus B. Put- nam, Clerk of Common Council. Henry R. Chamberlin, Treas- urer. George E. Morrill, Collector. Jolin A. Barker, Messenger.
Aldermen.
Ward 1 .- Richard A. Lawrence. Ward 5 .- John Cavanaugh.
2 .- Benj. L. Hartshorn. 66 6 .- Thomas L. Thorpe.
3 .- Joseph F. Kennard. 66 7 .- Greeley W. Hastings.
4 .- John M. Stanton. 8 .- Horatio Fradd.
Members of Common Council.
Ward 1 .- Timothy A. Pearson, Nahum B. Dickey,
Daniel G. Andrews.
Ward 2 .- Wilberforce Ireland, John F. Clough, John A. Wiley.
Ward 3 .- John F. Seaward, Arthur E. Clarke, William M. Shepard.
Ward 4 .- John W. Whittle, Carl C. Shepard, Jolın A. McCrillis.
Ward 5 .- Leonard Reynolds, Edward Mclaughlin, William Starr.
Ward 6 .- Sherburn D. Cass, Charles W. Eager, Robert Laing. Ward 7 .- Uriah A. Carswell, George B. Smith, George K. Brock.
Ward 8 .- William W. Weber, Charles H. Hodgman, John C. Littlefield.
Police Department.
Horatio W. Longa, City Marshal. Wm. B. Patten, Assistant Marshal. David Perkins, Captain of the Night Watch. Nathan P. Hunt, Police Judge. John C. Bickford, Clerk.
Overseers of the Poor.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex-officio Chairman.
Win. H. Maxfield, Daniel Sheehan,
Geo. H. Colby, Robert Hall,
C. G. B. Ryder, S. J. Young,
M. E. George, Clerk,
I. R. Dewey.
Assessors.
1. Chas. H. Brown.
2. Joseph H. Haynes.
3. D. O. Furnald.
4. H. P. Watts.
C. S. Fisher, Chairman.
5. Michael Cavanaugh.
6. J. Y. McQueston.
7. H. W. Powell. 8. C. S. Fisher.
Jos. H. Haynes, Clerk.
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Valuation, Appropriation, etc.
Appraised valuation in 1878 $15,912,234.00
Amount of appropriations .. 308,134.30
Amount raised by direct tax 256,234.30
Rate of taxation. $1.74 per 100.00 Total value of property belonging to the city 1,542,271.60 Annual appropriation for 1879, amounting to $299,801, of which some $258,065.15 is to be raised on polls and estates liable to taxa- tion. The following are some of the items : State tax, $39,724 ; county, $39,000; interest on city coupons, $27,977 ; highways, dis- trict No. 2, $10,000; watering the streets, $1,200; lighting the streets, $5,500; fire department, $8,500; hydrant service, $18,000; police department, $15,800 ; city library, $2,500; militia, $600 ; payment of city bonds, $10,000; salaries of city officers, $10,000 ; soldiers' monument, $1,000; reserved fund, $10,000; teachers' salaries, $36,000. Among the estimated receipts are $25,271 from savings banks ; $12,374 from railroads; $755 from insurance com- panies ; $1,334 from literary fund; and $2,000 from City Hall and offices.
Fire Department.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer. Assistant Engineers, A. C. Wallace, B. C. Kendall, S. C. Lowell, Orren E. Kimball. S. C. Lowell, Clerk.
Amoskeag Steamer-Foreman, George R. Simmons; Assistant, A. D. Scovell.
Fire King Steamer-Kept in reserve.
E. W. Harrington Steamer-Foreman, H. Fradd ; Assistant, Ruel Manning.
N. S. Bean Steamer-Foreman, E. S. Whitney ; Assistant, C. E. Ham.
Pennacook Hose Company-Foreman, Albert Maxfield.
Massabesic Hose Company-Foreman, Henry W. Fisher.
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company-Foreman, John N. Chase.
Total value of apparatus belonging to the Fire Departinent, in- cluding the Fire Alarm Telegraph, $58,218.25.
Manchester Water Works.
Pumping Station at Massabesic Lake ; Reservoir at Manchester Center ; holds 13,000,000 gallons. Total amount of water used per month about 39,000,000 gallons. Water-works office in Court- House Building, corner Merrimack and Franklin streets. Charles K. Walker, Superintendent. Cost of Water-works, $723,320.99.
Board of Water Commissioners.
President, Alpheus Gay. Clerk, James A. Weston. William P. Newell, J. Q. A. Sargent,
Aretas Blood,
A. C. Wallace,
John L. Kelly, ex officio.
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Public Schools.
Comntittee for 1879-80.
Ward 1 .- Henry C. Sanderson. Ward 5 .- Charles A. O'Connor.
66 2 .- James E. Dodge. 6 .- Abial C. Flanders.
3 .- William A. Webster. .6 7 .- Ezra Huntington.
66 4 .- Geo. W. Weeks. 8 .- Louis E. Phelps.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-William E. Buck. Office hours, 8 to 9 A. M. Feb. to Nov., 1 to 2 P. M. Nov. to Feb.
Clerk of School Committee-James E. Dodge.
Meetings for approval of bills, Monday evening before the 24th of each month.
Statistics.
No. of High Schools. .1 No. of Middle Schools. .11
. Grammar Schools .. .6 Primary Schools 22
66 Intermediate Schools .. 1
Suburban Schools 9 7
66 male teachers employed in day schools
66 female teachers employed in day schools.
male teachers employed in night schools
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66 female teachers employed in night schools. 5
Average No. of pupils belonging to day schools .2,571
Average daily attendance. . 2,348
Whole No. of pupils enrolled. 3,525
Cost of tuition in day schools per scholar $13.74
Incidentals. 3.66
Total value of school property $278,000
List of Teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL .- BEECH STREET.
Principal-Albert W. Bacheler.
Assistants-Emma J. Ela,
Assistants-Herbert W. Lull, Mary A. Buzzell.
Lucretia E. Manahan.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL .- LOWELL STREET.
Principal-Charles E. Cochran. .
TRAINING SCHOOL .- MERRIMACK STREET.
Higher Department. Primary Department.
Principal-Nancy S. Bunton. Principal-Martha N. Mason.
Assistant-Mintie C. Edgerly. Assistant-Elvira S. Prior.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS .- FRANKLIN STREET AND SPRING STREET.
Principal -Edward P. Sherburne. Assistants at Franklin street-Annette McDoel, Lottie R. Adams, Carrie E. Reid.
Assistants at Spring street-Mary L. Sleeper, Anna O. Heath.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- LINCOLN STREET.
Principal-Benjamin F. Dame. Assistants-Isabelle R. Daniels; Assistants-Julia A. Baker, Mary F. Barnes.
Mary J. Fife.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- ASH STREET.
Principal-Daniel A. Clifford. Assistants-Rocilla M. Tuson,
Assistant-Anstrice G. Flanders. Sarah J. Greene.
PISCATAQUOG .- NORTH MAIN STREET.
Principal-William M. Stevens. Assistant-Mary A. Lear.
AMOSKEAG.
Etta J. Carley.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
No.
No.
1. Blodget st .- N. I. Sanderson. 7. Franklin st .- H. G. Flanders.
2. Ash st .- Mary A. Smitlı.
8. Franklin st .- C. A. Abbott.
9. Spring st .- Clara G. Fogg.
10. Spring st .- Lizzie P. Gove.
11. No. Main st .- F. S. Mitchell.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
No.
No.
1. Blodget st .- E. F. Salisbury. 12. Franklin st .- M.W. Hubbard.
2. Manchester st .- C.N. Brown. 13. Spring st .- Ella F. Sanborn.
3. Ash st .- Georgianna Dow.
4. Ash st .- Helen M. Morrill. 5. Lowell st .- N. B. Putnam.
14. Spring st .- Emma L. Stokes. 15. Center st .- Jennie F. Bailey. 16. Center st .- A. S. Downs.
6. Wilson Hill-A. E. Abbott. 17. So. Main st .- Alice G. Lord. 7. Lincoln st .- Emma F. Beane. 18. Manchester st .- M. N Bower.
8. Lowell st .- F. L. Stone.
9. Manchester st .- Julia A. Dearborn.
20. So. Main st .- Sarah D. Lord. 21. Bridge st .- Clara E. Woods.
10. Manchester st .- N. Pearson. 22. Spruce st .- F. A. Nichols. 11. Franklin st .- E. J. Campbell.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
No. No.
1. Stark Dist .- H. G. Kimball. 5. Harvey Dist .- M. W. Mitchell.
3. Bakersville- 6. Webster's Mills-O. J. Randall.
Principal, Addie M. Chase. Assistant, S. Isetta Locke. 8. Youngsville-S. G. Woodman.
4. Goffe's Falls-G. A. Nute.
9. Mosquito Pond-L. S. George.
MUSIC TEACHER.
Jason J. Kimball.
Catholic Parochial Schools.
Organized February, 1859. Superintendent, Rev. Father Wil- liam McDonald.
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3. Ash st .- Hattie S. Tozer.
4. Lincoln st .- Anna J. Dana.
5. Lincoln st .- C. M. Gilmore.
6. No. Main st .- F. McEvoy.
19. Amoskeag-J. G. Stebbins.
7. Hallsville-Maria H. Hildreth.
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TEACHERS.
Park-street Grammar School-Principal, Thomas Corcoran, as- sisted by nine Sisters of Mercy.
Middle and Primary School for Boys, corner of Beech and Lowell streets-Principal, Sister Josephine, assisted by three other Sisters of Mercy.
School for Girls, near St. Joseph's Church-Principal, Sister Frances, assisted by three other Sisters of Mercy.
School for Girls, corner of Laurel and Union streets-Principal, Sister Blandina, assisted by five other Sisters of Mercy.
Primary School in basement of St. Ann's Church-Principal, Sis- ter Blandina, assisted by one other Sister of Mercy.
Total number of different pupils during the year 1878, 2,130. Average daily attendance, 1,278.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
Mother Superior, Mother Xavier Warde, assisted by eleven Sis- ters of Mercy. Average number of regular pupils, 50. Average number of day pupils, 50. Total, 100.
State Reform School.
Established in 1857. Number of pupils, 105 males, and 15 fe- males, - a larger number than ever before. John C. Ray, Superin- tendent.
Manchester Art Association.
Organized Sept., 1871. Incorporated Oct. 13, 1874. Rooms in Court-House Building, Franklin street. G. W. Stevens, President. J. B. Sawyer, Secretary and Treasurer. Rooms open for art study Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the winter, and Wednesday evenings in the summer. Number of members, 250. Library of 200 volumes for the use of members. Rogers' complete set of statuary, 50 pieces of other statuary, and a number of models used in model and free-hand drawing. Steel engravings of some of the prominent men of the city, and other pictures, adorn the walls.
Object, to promote knowledge and skill in art and technology among the members and among artists and artisans.
Newspapers.
MANCHESTER DAILY MIRROR & AMERICAN and WEEK- LY MIRROR & FARMER, Post-Office Block, Hanover street. John B. Clarke, Editor and Proprietor.
DAILY UNION and UNION DEMOCRAT (weekly), Union Office Building, Manchester street, near Elm. Campbell & Hans- com, Editors and Proprietors.
WEEKLY TIMES, 1100 Elm st., Everett Brothers, Proprietors.
WHITNEY'S JOURNAL OF MUSIC, monthly, 866 Elm street. I. S. Whitney, Publisher.
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Churches.
FIRST BAPTIST SOCIETY. House corner Concord and Union streets. Organized 1839. Pastor, Rev. W. H. Leavell.
MERRIMACK-STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. Erected 1857. Pastor, Rev. A. Sherwin.
MERRIMACK-STREET FREE BAPTIST SOCIETY, Merrimack corner of Chestnut. Organized 1839. Pastor, Rev. Geo. M. Park.
PINE-STREET FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. Organized 1859. Pastor, Rev. J. J. Hall.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. House on Hanover street. Incorporated 1839. Pastor, Rev. Edward G. Selden.
FRANKLIN-STREET SOCIETY. Organized 1844 as the Second Congregational Society. Pastor, Rev. W. V. W. Davis. Church building remodeled 1878. Chime of bells, nine in number, 7,500 pounds, the gift of ex-Gov. Smyth.
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY, Manchester Cen- ter. Organized 1829. Pastor, Rev. George C. Noyes.
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY, Elm street. Pastor, Rev. G. W. Norris. Organized 1829.
TABERNACLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Worship at Music Hall. Organized 1875. Pastor, Rev. Lyman E. Gordon.
GRACE CHURCH (Episcopal), Lowell street, corner of Pine. Organized 1841. Rector, Rev. L. Sears.
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. House on Lowell street. Organ- ized 1839. Church remodeled 1878. Pastor, Rev. L. F. Mckinney.
UNITARIAN SOCIETY. House on Beech street, corner of Con- cord. Organized 1840. Pastor, Rev. Henry Powers.
SOUTH MAIN STREET CHURCH (Piscataquog), under charge of the Young Men's Christian Association.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHI. Worship at Post-Office Block. Pastor, . Organized 1870.
SECOND ADVENT SOCIETY. Worship at Martin's Hall, 1087 Elm street. Organized 1843.
ST. ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, corner Union and Merrimack streets. Priest, Rev. Father William McDonald. Organized 1848.
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Pine street, corner of Lowell. Priest, Rev. Father Kealey. Organized 1869.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Beech street, corner of Spruce. Priest, Rev. J. A. Chevalier. Organized 1871.
CITY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Established 1850. Church, Merrimack, corner Beech. P. K. Chandler officiating as City Mis- sionary. Office, Y. M. C. A. rooms, Hanover street.
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Masonic.
HOLD MEETINGS AT MASONIC TEMPLE, HANOVER STREET.
TRINITY COMMANDRY, K. T. Meets fourth Wednesday of each month, except July and August. E. C., Andrew Bunton. Recorder, Joseph E. Bennett.
ADONIRAM COUNCIL, No. 3, R. & S. M. Meets Friday fol- lowing fourth Wednesday of each month, except June, July, and August. T. I. M., Henry Colby. Recorder, Julius E. Wilson.
MOUNT HOREB ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, No. 11. Meets second Wednesday of each month, except June, July, and August. M. E. H. P., Ezra Huntington. Secretary, Julius E. Wilson.
LAFAYETTE LODGE, No. 51, F. & A. M. Meets first Wednes- day in each month, except July and August. Henry A. Bailey, W. M. Secretary, T. W. Lane. Number of members, 290.
WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 61, F. & A. M. Meets third Wednes- day in each month, except July and August. George A. Bailey, W. M. Secretary, Edw. P. Sherburne. Number of members, 257.
MASONIC MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Number of members, 555. Officers-Joseph Kidder, President ; Julius E. Wil- son, Secretary.
I. O. of Odd Fellows.
HOLD MEETINGS IN ODD FELLOWS' BLOCK, HANOVER STREET.
· HILLSBOROUGH LODGE, No. 2. Instituted Dec. 21, 1843. Number of members, 344. Secretary, Wm. E. Marden. Meets on Monday evening of each week at 7.45.
MECHANICS LODGE, No. 13. Instituted in 1845. Secretary, Charles T. Durgin. Membership 405. Meets on Tuesday evening of each week at 7.45.
WILDEY LODGE, No. 45. Instituted Aug. 8, 1866. Secretary, Henry B. Gillette. Membership, 250. Meets every Wednesday evening at 7.45.
WONOLANSET ENCAMPMENT, No. 2. Scribe, U. A. Cars- well. Membership, 245. Meets first and third Friday of each month, at 7 45.
MT. WASHINGTON ENCAMPMENT, No. 16. Scribe, H. B. Gillette. Membership, 185. Meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7.45.
UNION DEGREE LODGE, No. 1. Secretary, John F. Frost.
SOCIAL REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No. 10. Instituted April 26, 1875. Secretary, Sarah F. Helson. Membership, 375. Meets in Odd Fellows' Hall second Friday in each month.
ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING ASSOCIATION. President, Jo- seph Kidder. Secretary, C. C. Keniston. Treasurer, N. Parker Hunt. Chartered July 7, 1871.
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ODD FELLOWS' MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Organ- ized April 6, 1870. Number of members, 805. Total number de- ceased from the time of organization, 33. Amount of assets, $1,541.91. President, U. A. Carswell. Secretary, Daniel R. Pres- cott.
ODD FELLOWS' MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Total number of members, 500. Members of all Lodges in the State, the wives of members, and the widows of deceased Odd Fellows are admitted to membership of the company. President, H. B. Moul- ton. Secretary, Charles H. Marshall.
Knights of Pythias.
GRANITE LODGE, No. 3. Meets every Monday night in Pythian Castle Hall, Globe Block, Hanover street. 126 members. K. of R. & S., F. W. Mckinley.
MERRIMACK LODGE, No. 4. Meets every Friday night in Pythian Castle Hall. 95 members. K. of R. & S., Geo. F. Crosby.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION. Meets first Tuesday in January and July, in Pythian Castle Hall. 80 members. C. E. Paige, Secretary.
ENDOWMENT RANK K. of P., Section 26. Meets third Tues- day of each month. Secretary and Treasurer, F. W. Mckinley.
Knights of Honor.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR-ALPHA LODGE, No. 245. Reporter, Alby H. Paige. Membership, 42. Amount of funds on hand, $500. The objects of the order are to unite fraternally all acceptable inen of every profession or business, to give to members moral and ma- terial aid when needed, and to establish a fund from which a sum not exceeding $2,000 shall be paid on the death of each member to his family.
Patrons of Husbandry.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, Amoskeag Grange, No. 3. Mas- ter, Adam Dickey. Secretary, John C. Prince. Rooms in the third story of Post-Office Block, Hanover street. Meet the first and third Mondays in every month.
O. U. A. M.
ORDER OF UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS, Granite Council, No. 1. Secretary, Geo. H. Dodge. Meets first Wednesday evening each month at G. A. R. Hall, 951 Elin St., Towne's Block.
Y. M. C. A.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND READING ROOM. Rooms in Masonic Temple, Hanover street. Organized 1845. Re-organized 1868. President, H. R. Pettee.
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Y. W. C. A.
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Rooms at Franklin-street Church Vestry. Object to provide an evening home for the young women of the city. Books and periodicals at the rooms free to all. Mrs. Thomas Bailey, Superintendent. Or- ganized September, 1872.
M. W. A. & R. S.
MANCHESTER WOMEN'S AID AND RELIEF SOCIETY. Or- ganized January, 1875. Object being for the relief of the poor and destitute of the city. President, Mrs. P. C. Cheney. Treasurer, Mrs. Aretas Blood. Secretary, Olive Rand. Matron at Hospital, Mrs. N. B. Abbott.
Temperance Societies.
STARK LODGE, No. 4, 211 members. Secretary, Geo. R. Jack- son. Meets every Saturday evening at Pythian Hall, Hanover st.
MERRIMACK LODGE, No. 5, 245 members. Secretary, J. N. Sanborn. Meets every Wednesday evening in Pythian Hall.
UNION DEGREE TEMPLE, No. 20. Secretary, Fred. G. How- ard. Meets in Pythian Hall.
JUVENILE TEMPLE, No. 1, 170 members. Secretary, Amos G. Straw. Meets every Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in Pythian Hall.
HARRIS LODGE, No. 45. Meet Tuesday evening, Piscataquog.
MANCHESTER REFORM CLUB, 2,200 members. Secretary, Mrs. R. A. Challis. Meets at Music Hall every Sunday and Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock.
MANCHESTER LEGAL SUASION CLUB. Secretary, C. H. Emerson.
ST. JOHN'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. James Smith, Secretary. 95 members. Meets Monday evening in Faneuil Hall.
ST. PAUL'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. J. J. Hayes Secretary. 128 members. Meets Thursday evening in Faneuil Hall.
FRANKLIN-STREET SABBATH-SCHOOL TEMPERANCE SO- CIETY. Clarence M. Edgerly, Secretary and Treasurer.
Other Societies.
ST. PATRICK'S ORPHAN ASYLUM AND HOSPITAL, 184 Hanover street. Fifty children at school. Sister Mary Ligour in charge. .
ST. PATRICK'S MUTUAL BENEFIT AND PROTECTIVE SO- CIETY. Organized in 1868. President, Daniel F. Healy. Secre- tary, Peter Milon. 125 members. Rooms in Merchants' Exchange, over the City National Bank.
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FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Organized February 14, 1873. Designed for the relief of any of its members who may be injured or disabled at a fire. President, A. H. Lowell. Secretary, Joseph E. Merrill.
CITIZENS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION. President, Joel Daniels. Secretary, F. D. Thorp.
ROYAL ARCANUM, Delta Council, No. 84. Organized May, 1878. R., Chauncey W. Clement. Secretary, J. Q. A. Eager.
LIBERAL CLUB. President, C. G. Emmons. Secretary, T. C. Livingston. Members, 150.
THE ATHENS CLUB. President, Joseph Kidder. Secretary, C. C. Shepard.
MANCHESTER CHORAL UNION. President, Daniel C. Gould. Secretary, S. B. Putnam.
MANCHESTER GYMNASIUM. Organized Aug. 14, 1874. Pres- ident, Isaac L. Heath. Secretary, George W. Eastman.
DERRYFIELD CLUB. President, Daniel A. Clifford. Secre- tary, Charles L. Harmon. Treasurer, Walter Parker.
ST. JOHN BAPTISTE SOCIETY (French). 112 members. Presi- dent, J. V. N. Goudreault. Secretary, A. G. Grenier.
MANCHESTER TURNVEREIN SOCIETY (German). 91 mem- bers. President, Adolf Rothe. Meets Wednesday evening.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. 200 members. President, James A. Hayes. Secretary, Michael Cary.
Military.
BATTALION OF AMOSKEAG VETERANS, 100 men; N. W. Cumner, Major Commanding.
WAR VETERANS, CO. D, First Regiment, 51 men ; George H. Dodge, Captain.
GOV. STRAW RIFLES, Co. E, 51 men ; Charles M. Wise, Cap- tain.
HEAD GUARDS, Co. C, 54 men ; Charles H. Reed, Captain.
SHERIDAN GUARDS, Co. G, 51 men ; Patrick A. Devine, Cap- tain.
FIRST N. H. BATTERY, Platoon A, 45 men ; Captain S. S. Pi- per, Commanding.
LOUIS BELL POST No. 3, G. A. R. Headquarters 951 Elm St., Towne's Block. Organized 1868. Meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. P. C , Levi L. Aldrich.
FIRST REGIMENT N. H. V. M. Headquarters, Merchants' Ex- change. John J. Dillon, Colonel ; Levi L Aldrich, Adjutant.
FIRST REGIMENT BAND) N. H. V. M. Headquarters, Mer- chants' Exchange. Horace D. Gordon, Band-master.
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STATISTICS.
Horse Railroad Time Table.
MANCHESTER HORSE RAILROAD. Incorporated 1876. Char- tered with a capital of $100,000. Capital paid in $25,000. Presi- dent, E. A. Straw. Treasurer, Frederick Smyth. Directors, E. A. Straw, Frederick Smyth, James A. Weston, Samuel N. Bell, Benja- min F. Martin. Clerk, Jas. A. Weston. Agent, Geo. W. Riddle.
Leave both ends of the road at 7.45 and 8.15 A. M, and every 15 minutes thereafter till 8.15 P. M After 8.15, once in 30 minutes, leaving each end of the road at 8.15, 8.30, 9, 9.30, and 10 P. M.
The 8.15 and 10 P. M. cars run only to the stable.
Sundays cars run till 9 P. M.
Down cars pass City Hall two minutes before the quarter hour.
Up cars pass City Hall two minutes past the quarter hour.
Cars pass each other at Myrtle street and at Barr & Clapp's store, 'Squog, 7} minutes past the quarter hour.
In summer cars commence earlier and run later.
Railroads. RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Trains leave Manchester as follows :-
For Nashua, Lowell, and Boston, via Lowell, at 6.15, 8.16, 10.58 A. M., 4.22 and 5.10 P. M.
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For Lawrence and Boston, via Lawrence, at 6.18, 11.00 A. M., and 4.22 P. M.
For Worcester and New York, at 6.15, 10.58 A.M., and 4.22, 5.10 P. M.
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