Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-12
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The reporters of the Boston press celebrated
their annual festival at Young's new hotel, ON
Saturday evening. Thirty.six members o.
the profession were present, and the evening
| passed in most agreeable manner. The OF
| iicerS for the ensuing year are A. ii. Bailey OF
the Transcript, president, and James NJ. Bug
bee of the Courier, POSTMASTER.
In the police court in Boston, Friday, c. l..
| Blood, with several aliases, was aTraigned for
| forging passes on the Boston and Worcester
and other roads. He has also passed himself
a reporter for some OF the Boston press,
and obtained various ciyilites under f.se pre-
| lenses.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Don Carlos Hoyt, brakeman on the Boston
| and Lowell road, was looking out near tine
! Merrmack street depot, Thursday evening,
| for some cars which had been unshackled,
when the car upon a side track struck Inn
| upon the head, knocking him senseless to the
| ground One OF the passengers in the cars a
| boy named Frank Gordon, had stepped upon
the platform, just as the unshacklcd cars struck
them, and had both legs badly crushed. While
the physicians were resettng his limbs, he
was offered glass OF brandy, which he re-
fused to drink. On being told that he might
die il he refused, he bravcly replied that he
would die first, as he had taken pledge never
| to taste intoxicating drinks.
Rev. Thomas Whittemore, whose health has
| been declining for several months past, was
on Saturday very low, but he was at the time
very cheerful, and prepared for any event
| which might tranSpire.
ESSEN COUNTY
| Newburyport must be accounted the ban
ner town OF the BlecSinridge democracy. In
a total vote of 17l0 in this town, MIR. Breckin-
ridge gets l42. In Lowell, with all Mr.. But
ler's influence, the administration vote was
| but 1879, in total Of 1872.
Vim. Potter one OF the crew of the schooner
John 2. ODER, laying at Gloucester, tell into
the dock on Monday last, and was so badly in,
| jured that he died on the following Wednes-
day
Wild strawberries were picked on Stage Foot,
| Gloucester on Sunday, 4th inst.
On Sabbath morning, 4th inst, a son Of
Capt James Grecnleaf OF Gloucester was pre-
cipilated into a well by the breaking OF a board.
Fortunately there was a pipe-boX in the WELL
| which the little fellow grasped and chung to
until help was obtained.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The large stone building in New Bedford
occupied b. d. A. Smell as steam bakery,
and by Jos. Tiihnshast, insurance agent
caught fire in the basement Thursday even
ing, and as damaged to The amount OF S5000
stock for $4,000 in the Peoples Mutual
| Worcester.
The house of Mr. Austin H. Simmons, in
Fall River was struck by lightning on Tues
day afternoon, and shattered in every part.
None OF the family were injured.
The New Bedford Standard says they are
having lively times at fox hunting in Roches.
ter, and the chase is pursued with more than
common energy. There is scarcely day
tnat reynald is not pursued by pack OF
| hounds. Mr.. Charles Cuwen shot one last
| Tuesday. One has been started there every
day since.
NANTUCKET.
In Nantuc6et, OH Wednesday, 18th inst, Il
boat in which were Jesse Eldridge and his
son, was capsized in the upper harbor, and the
father was drowned The son succeeded in
swimming to the shore. Mr. Elbridge was
about 81 years OF age.
Several carpenters in Nantucket have gen.
erously agreed 10 put up a Larn, without
charge, for Mr.. Charles G. Eolger, whose barn
was burnt last week by an incend.ry fire.
The republicans of Nantucket fired $50 guns
and had a torch light procession on Wednesday
night, in honor Of the election.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The republicans of Ware and vicinity had q
wide awake display ON the night of the elec-
ton, in which they were joined by their wide
awake brothers from HardwicE. The Hard.
wick boys were overturned, and three of them
were considerably hurt.
&. Hayward OF ladey, merchant and
prominent business man OF that place, and
manufacturer of Hayward's court plaster and
Moore's essence OF life, has gone into inso.
vency.
Tho literary societies of Amherst college
have elected Daniel S. Dickinson of New York
crater for the next commencement with Geo
Sumner Of Boston, substitute
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
John Dusher the fireman who was injured
by the boiler explosion at Platner & Smiths
paper mill, in Lee, died OF his injuries on
Wednesday, after suffering agonizing pain for
over two weeks. lie was attacked with the
lock jaw few days before his death.
The artesian well at South Lee has not ex-
ploded yet. Two attempts have been made TO
load it, and in the first case the pressure of
water crushed the tin can and wet the powder,
and during the second attempt it found hole
into the cylinder and the powder was again
dampened.
Mrs. VIM C. Plunkett of South Adams,
was badly injured last week, by falling through
a railroad cattle guard, while walking home
from the depot
Henry Wright OF Wiamstown, caught his
sixth and largest bear OF the season last Fri
day 1t weighed over five hundred pounds
HAMPDES COUNTY.
On the afternoon Of Monday, 9th inst, the
house, barn, and outbuidngs of Harrison
Root were 5urned 10 the ground. His saw
mill, near by, was saved through the most
strenuous exertions. The property was par
tally insured
MAINE.
Adoniram j. Shorey OF West Waterville, a
young married man, stole his fathers horse
and buggy, and forged his name to a note for
$50, Which he obtained the money for, and
then decamped with a young woman named
Baisdell, leaving behinu him wife and two
small children, in destitute circumstances.
The same evening on which he dccamped the
house in which his family lived took fire and
was destroyed, with nearly all its contents
The Rockland Gazette says that subterra.
mean retreat, consisting of Il succession of
chambers, has been discovered in Meguntcook
Mountain, Camden. The discovery was made
by dog cart ing an animal. The reverbem-
ton OF the dogs bark convincing the owner
That there was quite vacuum in the interior
OF the mountain, he removed the eaI tn sui.
icently TO admit of his introducing himself
by entering on all tours, when he sOon found
himself H. high yaulted chamber with ayen.
ues leading into the mountain below and
around.
A lady who left Aroostook county for Viz.
GINA, some time since, writes to her old hama
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