Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-24
aalurtester 4aiIg SPY.
New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

Conductor Wheeler, of the Boston and Provi- |
dence railroad, succeeds Mr.. Tucker as station |
agent in Boston.
Miss Kate Field has consented to deliver her
lecture on Charles Dickens in aid of the North
End mission, Boston. Gov. Clafiin will preside.
The following note was received by Need
ham lady, at present teacher in Pennsylvania:
"You WILL oblige me not to youse that wall Bone
on the Lipes of my EitteI dautor. Give your
Hart to god and Perhaps you will have more Pa
cence."
ture has sent TO the legislature his eleventh
nual report, bound volume of about eight
hundred pages, containing a half dozen cuts,
and as usual very handsomely prepared.
The whole number of deaths in Boston for
the week ending Saturday noon, April
22d, was 81. OF these 90 died of consumption;
diarrhea, A; unknown diseases, 6; scarlet fever,
2; heart disease, 8; lung Inflammation, s; con-
geston Of lungs s; under years of age, 81;
American parentage, 80; foreign parentage, o.
The executors of the will of Miss Naoby JOY
who have discretionary powers in regard to the
=. disposal Of portion of the estate OF the de-
ceased, propose TO give 10 the Boston Franklin
Typographical society the sum of $1,000.
The Boston Traveller says: 1.-The common
council has appointed a select committee TO
make inquiries relative to the sale OF bad meat
in this city. We suspect that their laDors VIII
not be in vain, if they begin in the nght quar-
tiers. At any rate, we trust that they VIII not
follow some bad precedents, and make other
and distant cities the scene of their iuvestiga-
ton. Travelling committees will not be popular
this year"
A MANNED soldier employed in a public
building in Boston is the possessor, or was, of
very nice wooden leg. He has friend, or had,
who is similarly MANNED, but had no wooden
leg to wear. The former, on account OF the ILL
ness Of his wife, got leave to remain at home
day or two His friend asked the loan of his
leg short time, and feeling that while his wife
was sick he would not need it, he let his leg go
His wife has recovered. He now wants to go
out, but finds that his friend has left for New
York, borrowing leg and all, and he does not
know when he will return. What can he do?
The following is a correct list of the games to
be played by the Boston club in their first tour:
April 81, Athletic, amateurs, Brooklyn; April
%, Eckford, professional, Brooklyn; April 30,
Expert, amateur, Philadelphia; May 1, Pastime
amateur, Baltimore; May 2, National, anna
tour, Washington; May 4, Olympic, profession
al, Washington; May 6, Athletic, professional,
Philadelphia; May s, Mutual, professional,
New York city; May 9, Haymakers, profession
al, Troy, N. Y.
The annual meeting of the New England cot
ton manufacturers association was held IN bos-
ton, last week. About eighty members were
present. The following board of officers were re-
elected for the ensuing year: President, Hon. E.
A. Straw, Manchester, N. H. Vice Presidents,
Hon. A. D. Lockwood, Lewiston, Me-; VIM. A.
Burke, Lowell, Mass. Directors, John Kilburn,
Salem, Mass; Phineas Adams, Manchester, N,
H.. Charles Nourse, Woonsocket, r. l.; A. G.
Cumnock, Lowell, Mass; Col Thomas J. Bor
den, Fall River, Mass; F. E. Clarke, Lawrence
Mass.
The Boston Traveller says: can old Harvard
graduate recalls some incidents of the great
snow storm which visited this vicinity on the
nth of April, 1921. The evening of the nth
was the benefit night of the elder Kean, at the
old Federal street theatre, in this city; and
though contrary TO college rule, a great ma.
jority of the students took the liberty to CONT
into Boston to hear the great tragedian. But
while they were revealing in the enioyments o
NAV. the
ing; and when the play was done, all Harvar
in Boston found themselves snow-bound-ut
terly shut up in the city for the night. Tn
next morning, when the bell rang for earl,
prayers, just three adventurous students mad
their appearance in the chapel"
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Abner II. Wenze of Marlborough, who sho
himself ten times some two weeks since, in con
sequence of q scandal thar was circulated abou
him in that town, died from the effects of thu
wounds last week.
The name of the Hollis Evangelical society in
birmingham has recently been changed by the
legislature 10 the Plymouth society. The
church and society have extended unanimous
call to Rev. L. R. Eastman, Jr., of Somerville.
ESSEX COUNTY.
AT Lynn, on Saturday, great excitement was
produced in certain streets by the terrible rumOr
that mad dog, frothing at the mouth, was
cavorting up and down, seeking whom he might
deyour. The animal was first seen in Monroe
street, and thence he passed through State and
Market streets, and disappeared under a barn in
that vicinity. In the meantime the police had
been notified, and half dozen or so persons
had appeared with loaded guns or pistols to
destroy the enemy. An officer found the dog
under the barn, and after much patience and
persuasion got the animal once more into the
light of day. He appeared to have no ailment
except that he was thoroughly frightened, but
followed the officers, who had made friends with
him, to the station house. AT later hour the
owner claimed him, and the dog is now among
friends, and nobody hurt.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Mercury inquiries: "Do
children in schools actually study more now
than they were required TO a quarter of a cen
tury ago2 What say the old teachersP'
A pension with back pay amounting TO nearly
$1,000 has been granted to Mrs Elizabeth Nc
Neil, of Taunton, her husband having died in
the service eight years ago.
Mrs. Hannah French, who died on the 14th
inst. in North Easton, was the oldest person in
the place, having arrived at the ripe old age of
- nearly ninety-three years. AT the time of Mrs.
fTench's death four generations were living with
her under the same roof.
Mrs. Elizabeth Taber, of New Bedford, has
purchased valuable lot of land in Marion,
upon which she proposes to erect handsome
building for the use of a library and natural
history society. The expenditure will be in the
neighborhood Of $4,000. Mrs. T. is native of
Marion, and in this act of munifcence gives
evidence of her considerate regard for her birth
place.
The amount found to be due from the ship
owners of New Bedford to the government as
wages of deserving seamen is So, 25, but in
most cases the owners have claims in set-off
consisting of the expense of shipping men to
take deserters places, and charges for difference
of lay paid for such new men, sufficient to cancel
the wages due.
DUKES COUNTY.
The Sth of July next will be the 2OOth ami
versary of the incorporation of the towns of
Edgarfown and Tisbury and the Gazette suq-
gests union celebration of the day on the
camp ground.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Elder Knapp who is preaching in Springfield,
at present, stated in a recent sermon that he had
no doubt his first wife had gone to hell with
other UniVersalists, and continuing in that
strain, he waxed so 'fhot' that one man started
TO leave. Thereupon the elder exclaimed
There goes another man to help when he was
met with the response: eyes; have you any
message TO send TO your wife?"
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Six hundred and ninety-nine men are now
employed underground at the Hoosac tunnel,
and llb above. The pay roll of last year
amounted TO nearly half million dollars
Richard Moore, of Great Darlington. attempt
cd TO commit suicide, last week. by cutting bis
throat, but was stopped after having given
himself several severe, though it is thought not
dangerous, gasnes. He has lost heavily in re-
GENT gold speculations, and it is supposed that
thls caused temporary insanity He is to be re-
moved to an asylum
one Of the original proprietors of the Cardiff
giant Is making some interesting revelations
concerning it. He says that while the man who
conceived the fraud was looking for a njace to
plant his giant, he visited sites in ZEE Stooi,'
bridge and Great Darlington and decided 10
sink the "petrifaction" near the latter place NJ
the soda springs known as the ''pool" But on
going out TO the place of birth, he considered
the expense of transportation too great and Sc
Berkshire lost what Onondaga gained
MAINE.
Lewiston and Auburn claim to be growing
more rapidly in population than they have fol
many years.
The rats of Bddeford must be of a very pug
naclous species, for they attack the inhabitant.
sayagely, on the slightest provocation.
Inc Metbodists, Baptists and Free viii Bap
tlsts, OF Parkman, have each minister by the