Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-13
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Since April ID, ten thousand people have
assembled to the cupola of the State House
The work of demolishing the cupola will
shortly commence, after which, until the new
one is completed the public will be shut OIL
from witnessing the grand panorama OF Bos-
ton and its surroundings.
AT the close of the week ending June TO-
there were 400 inmates of the House OF Cor
rection; in the House of Industry, 5O4; Lu-
matte Hospital, $780, House of Reformation,
2OS. American BIRTH 557 foreign do, $780,
Total, 1871.
Col. James Sever, of Boston, has presented
a copy of Eliot's Indian Bible to the American
Antiquarian Society. The last copy of this
rare and curious work sold by auction in this
country, brought two hundred dollars. 1t is a
sealed book to every person now living, as
there Is not human being who can read one
of its unique chapters
James Mcdonnell, who was arrested in
Webster last week by Sheriff Shumway, had
his trial before the Roxbury Police Court, on
Friday last He was convicted on several
charges of burglary at the house of VIM. A.
Crafts, and the store of John ID. Kelly in
| Brookline, and Of rObbing bank book and
obtaining $40 in money belonging to a fellow
workman. He had been a soldier in the Brit
ish army, and is credited with a part in three
engagements in the Crimean war.
The crew of the Frigate Minnesota were
paid off, Friday, with the Navy Yard gates
closed and gang of land sharks waiting out
side. After one of them had been paid, and
while he was counting his money outside, a
fellow named William Spencer hailing from
New York. made sudden grab at the sailor
money and got hold of a $40 gold piece and a
piece of silver, with which he started to run.
III.
arresting the fellow and recovering the money.
A man incarcerated in the lock upat Bright
on, on Thursday, on suspicion of having been
concerned in a burglary in Abingdon, attempt
ed to escape through the ventilator over the
cell door. He got his head through, but
could go no further and the officer who carried
him his dinner found him hanging there, near
ly exhausted
Ecclesiastical.- DIR. Nicholson, of Gin
cinatti, has accepted the call to the Rector
ship of ST. Paul's Church in Boston, as the
successor of Rev. Dr. Vinton.
The quantity of salmon received at the Bos-
ton market, is reported by the Bulletin to be
from 100000, to 100000 pounds annually.
The price varies from $3.50 for the earliest ia
ken to 20 cents a pound. Very few are caught
west of the Kennebec. They have almost en-
tirely disappeared from the Connecticut and
Merrimac, and are chiefly drawn from the
eastern rivers of Maine and the waters of the
Provinces.
Capt. Thomas Toomey, of Boston, has been
removed by Gov. Banks from his command of
company Z, I'd regiment, upon the petition of
the superior officers of the militia He had
been in commission less than fortnight, and
why he was removed is not stated.
The semi-annual dividends of the leading
Massachusetts railroads, payable in July, will
| nkoI,l ,y h, Col
and Maine 4 per cent, Old Colony, Boston and
Lowell, and Boston and Providence 81, Bos-
ton and Worcester and Providence and Wor-
cester 3.
The Boston Theater was a profitable temple
on Saturday last UlI'nan's farewell matinee
receiving 1920 in the afternoon, and 'Honest
Tom Conner" $775 at his benefit in the even
ing.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Cape Ann Advertiser says :-'Large
schools Of fresh mackerel have been reported
in Boston Bay the past week. Several of our
mackerel catchers have returned from the
South with good fares. The fleet at the South
has been very small, but those who have been
there do better than the average of seasons.
| The largest catch yet landed, has been one
hundred and forty barrels of small mackerel.
1t will be seen by our market quotations that
they bring good price"
AT Fall River, last Friday, VIM B. Hamb-
lin was thrown from his wagon, dislocating his
shoulder. His horse had taken fright and ran
away for the second time within few days.
MAINE.
The Kennebec journal says that on Friday
last fine colt, four years old, owned by Mr.
William Merrill of Vassalboro', was killed in
his pasture By lightning. The lightning
struck the colt back of the shoulders, and made
passage through the animals body, lungs,
and MlS heart large enough to admit mans fist
about nfTeen feet, and fell dead and rigid.
A Portland paper estimates the population
of that city at 5000. In 1880 it was 1850;
in 1910 it had increased to 15,21S; in 1850 to
Zo,ol9; and at the same rate of increase as
since 1850, it will number 1000 at the next
census The valuation of property in 1910
was S4,O55,005; in 1858 it was So, 340. 800;
and in 1860 it will reach S25,000000. Portland
has advanced by its railroads. and there is no
reason why its growth should not be more
rapid In the future than in the past.
Inc Lewiston paper says the farmers in
that region are ten days in advance of their
usual time, and the prospect for good crops
never was better. Ripe strawberries were
found in the fields at Augusta on Monday
CONNECTICUT.
The Wooster Place Baptist Church in New
Haven was struck by lightning during the
thunder shower Friday afternoon, and set on
fire. 1t was extinguished with but slight dam
age The fluid it seems, descended the stee-
! pie and entered the attic, which was on fire
in several places.
The Connecticut State Teachers Associa.
ton will hold its annual session at Danielson-
| vile, on Thursday and Friday of this week
10th and 18th inst. Prof. Camp, Rev. Mer
Illl Richardson, and other distinguished men
IN educational matters, will be present and de-
! liver lectures
The Hartford Universalist Society are about
to build new church, on the site of the old
Chenevard property, opposite Centre Church.
| The property was purchased some months
since, by Messrs. Hiram Bissell and James
Is. Crosby, with the expectation that it would
be required by the Society.
Rev. DR.. Bushnell's Society in Hartford
having failed to settle Rev Charles Helmer
as their pastor, the South Church and Society
in that city gave him call last Friday eve
ming. Mr. Helmer will doubtless accent We
understand that the salary offered is $1,000.
Florence Sullivan, brakeman on the Nor
wlch and New London special train, was
caught between two freight cars, Thursday
morning and so badly injured just above the
hlps that his recovery is doubtful.
Friday morning, the dwelling house of Mrs.
T. Hoadley, in North Bradford was struck by
lightning, and Mrs. IL. and her daughter a
young lady twenty years of age, who were eat
ing breakfast, were thrown senseless to the
floor. The daughter was seriously injured
but the mother was standing up pouring cof
fee, and was not so severely shocked. The