Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-10-26
GENERAL NEWS SUNNI AIRY

"edllh IN Inc Back Bay took place Wednes-
day. Fifty lots were Sold the highest price
6eIng So 90 per square foot, paid by Paran
Stevens for two corner lots on Commonwealth
avenue. The prices ranged from the above to
81 373 per square foot. Messrs Abbott Law.
renee John &. Dodge, Henry Lee, Jr., and
few others were the largest purchasers The
GALES amounted to little more than quarter of
a million dollars.
Some Shrewd persons in Boston contrived a
novel and successful musical entertainment.
ednesday evening, taking place at the Bos,
ton Iheater, Music Hail. and fremont Tenn
pie The Brigade and Germania bands, Gil
more's Band, and Halls Boston Brass Band.
and several glee clubs were in attendance
lhe attendants expressed their political prefer
ences with the following result Lincoln,
1884; Bell, 1886; Douglas, 406 Breckin,
ridge, l5l. Scattering votes were given for
Sam Houston, the Prince of Wales, Ralph
Farnham, and job Sass.
The subscribers for the testimonial to the
officers and crew of the Minnie Schiller. who
rescued the passengers of the lost steamer
Connaught, have awarded $500 to the mate,
SlOO to each sailor, and the remainder, about
S35O0, to Capt Wilson. The city life insur.
ahce companies have also settled $50 per an
mum Tor lite on the captain, to be continued to
his wife if she survives him.
MDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Several well executed counterfeit bills. of the
denomination of ten dollars, upon the CITY
Bank, Manchester n. H.. were taken by sew
era OF the Lowell traders Wednesday after
noon. They were well calculated to deceive
The trial of suit brought by Rev VIM s.
Babcock of Cambridgeport, and formerly pas
tor OF the South Parish Church at Natick. to
recover from that society between $40 and
sou, alleged to be due him as the balance of his
salary 1t will be remembered that he was
dismissed from that church at the time of the
shoemakers strike. The defendants deny
that any amount is due him.
The census taker in MeIrose found man
and wife who had lived together in the same
house seventy years. The husband is "a
years OF age, and the wife SO years a daugh.
ter 90 years old lives with them, as she saws.
to take care OF them. In Maiden there is
woman 10 years old, who has been married
SIX years, and has child five years old. In
Somerville, on the Brick Bottoms" thirty
six persons live in a house of six.rooms.-
ITdUelter.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Two well known middle aged citizens of
Hayerhill had a dispute, Saturday, in relation
to the settlement OF a bill. Words came to
blows, when one Of them drew pistol and
threatened to shoot his opponent. This was
not done, but both parties grappied, and an en-
counter followed such as is not often witness.
ed, even among professional fstcufTs
The Salem Register says that VIM. Hen
nessy's liteless body was found on Tuesday
morning, in dry culvert on the Eastern rail
road, beyond Castle Hill, with a severe frac
ture OF the skull. sufficient to cause death.
lie was seen the evening before. walking on
the track, and he probably fell down the cul
vert, striking his head upon a stone.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The little son of Thomas Eccles of Fall
River, lad Of four years, died on Sunday last
from the effects of burns received by igniting
matches which he had in his pocket on tine
Wednesday previous warming to children
to let matches alone
The dead body of Edward Covel of North
Dartmouth, was found, Wednesday morning.
on the highway, near the city He i, supposed
to have been thrown from his vehicle his horse
becoming unmanageable, and then starting for
home alone.
The New Bedford Standard SAYS the Yacht
Richmond returned to port Monday evening
from cruise, with over 200 Goldfish, caught
ten miles w. S. w. of the Sow and Pigs light
boat These are the first brought to port This
season The first ones caught off Nantucket
were taken on Friday.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
pounds, was brought into Wilamstown on
Monday, and put i'll charge of a member of
the I4yceum of Natural History of the college,
by whom all its wants will be supplied. 1t
was shot within short distance OF the town.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
John Mellen of WestfeId, while walking on
the railroad track in Westfield, Wednesday
morning, was overtaken by the early train and
so teartully wounded that he died the same
day. lie was an old and respected citizen of
Westfield, and had for long time been in the
employ OF Dir. Holland
The scatfolding of one of the new churc hes
in Westfleld gave way on Wednesday, precip-
ltaung three workmen TO the floor beneath
breaking the arm of one and badly bruising
the others.
MAINE.
John Armstrong OF Ellsworth discovered in
his pea patch, few days since, vine of ex
traordlnary length, and on it 500 blossoms and
pods, and full 81 full grown pods
The wheat crop in Aroostook county is
abundant this season. One man obtained 81