Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-27
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

Boston, which closed on Friday, were $4,000.
Joseph r. Sala has been held in $1,000 bail, at
Boston, FOR an attempt to rape his illesitimate
daughter.
In the largest dry goods store in Boston, Sat
urday fifteen detectives were employed to look
out for thieves, added to the army of clerks,
who received So for every such detection.
A few days ago number of residents of
French origin living in Boston, together with
several lately from Paris, held Il meeting and
organized a workiagmen'S international. asso-
citation.
R,V. Mr.. Alger remains at Somervile, and
tie igh he is somewhat improved, his condition
is such as to preclude the hope that he will soon,
il ever, be enabled TO conduct the services of
the society over which he has ministered with
such success.
Application was made in the supreme court
at Boston, Saturday, for an injunction to re-
strain the Boston and Maine railroad from issu-
ing the 81 900 900 additional stock recently voted
A temporary injunction was granted for one
week, when the question of making it perpetual
viii be decided.
The exact location of the structure has not
yet been determined upon. AT each end will
rise splendid tower PIG feet high, while the
central tower will reach the enormous height OF
240 feet, from the summit OF which will foatthe
banner of universal peace above the standards
of all the nations of the earth, which will be
displayed upon different points OF the superb
structure. The four principal entrances, in the
centres of the sides and ends, will be inscribed
with the names of the four great continents, and
be appropriately decorated with flags, national
emhlems etc Above each will rise an elegant
pavilion 100 feet high. Besides the four main,
or principal entrances named, there will be on
each side four, and on each end two minor en-
frances, all appropriately decorated.
For the new coliseum the ground plan will be
parallelogram 1928 feet in length by 422l feet
in width, measuring 347 500 square feet in area,
or trif1e less than eight acres, being 1922 feet
longer and 122 feet wider than the coliseum of
1869, and containing more than double the area
of that immense structure. Throughout this
space not a single post, pillar or support OF any
kind will obstruct the view from end to end.
The roof will spring in a gentle curve directly
from the foundations constructed on piles driven
thirty-fve feet into the ground, the two seq
ments meeting at the ridge and forming a grace
full arch at an elevation above the floor of 172
feet. The seating capacity of the building will
be about as follows, the figures given being
rather below the numbers that could actually be
accommodated: Audience, $4,000; chorus, 20,-
900; orchestra, 1000; giving total of over 1O0-
900 persons gathered under enc roof.
Christmas day, as usual, was observed at the
state prison by a suspension of business.
Warden Chamberlin then addressed the con-
victs He stated that although he com
mauded large bodies OF men during the war he
doubted if lie ever felt as much responsibility as
in his present position, for besides the duty he
owed the state he bad still higher obligations,
that of endeavoring TO reform them. He re-
ferred to his late order, allowing the friends of
convicts the privilege of sending cooked food,
but ii seemed he had not made his order explicit
enough, as he had noticed that the stuffing Of
some of the poultry was OF an indigestible
character. None of the Convicts could digest
hardware, such as knives and files, and if any of
the convicts missed turkey dinner they had
their inconsiderate friends TO thank forit War
he tT4
nouncing that he had Two pardOns from Gov.
Claffiin, one for man who performed some
valuable service for bis country during the re-
bellion, who was now sick with consumption,
and the other prisoner whose record previous
to the act for which he was now in prison was
good, and who had learned by sad experience
that II was better to be a law-abiding citizen.
He then called for Robert Ewing and Charles
Fisher to step forward, andannounced that they
were the fortunate recipients of executive
clemency. Ewing was sentenced to this insttu
ton 10 1859, for term of FIVE years, for break
ing and entering, and Charles Fisher in 1866 for
a term of fifteen years Tor robbery from the per-
son.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Rev. J. j. Twlss, for many years pastor Of the
First Universalist church in Lowell, has ac-
cepted call to Auburn, n. Y, with $500 in
crease in his salary, and will soon leave for his
new field of labor.
ESSEX COUNTY.
AT late hour Friday night the jury Of in
quest on the death of VIM. Vanner, alias VIM.
Brown, closed their investigation and returned
the following verdict: "That VIM. Vanner came
to his death on Saturday, the 10th day of De-
cember, 1871, between the hours of 10 A. NJ. and
II NJ, in consequence OF a shot fired from pis-
to in the hands OF Daniel N. Barrett of Lynn;
and the jury further find that said Barrett was
in the discharge of his duty as city marshal in
his endeayor to arrest said Vanner, who had
committed the crime of murder; and in the opin-
OF The jury ploper means having been used to
secure sad Vanner alive, and the desperate re-
sistance made by said Yanner imperilling the
lives of the officers said Barrett was fully jusi
fed in his aclion."
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The will of the late DIR. Oliver Dean, the
founder of the Dean academy in Franklin, has
been admitted to probate in Norfolk county.
Beside the 5000 900 which DR.. Dean during his
life bestowed upon the academy which bears
his name, he left fortune estimated at 500 900.
The will was executed on the 9th of September
last, and in it he bequoaths $4,000 to Tufts
college to be called the Ocean fund.-" TO the city
library of Manchester, n. H., $4,000; to his
nephew ana children Of Sylvester Dean, viz:
Oliver of San Francisco, Cal; Wm. B. of st.
Louis, Mo-, and Albert of Milford, Mass, 500
900 each; and to his four nieces, $4,000 each
10 The first Universalist church in Franklin he
bequeathes the "Emmons farm with all the
stock, and also his residence, which is to be
used as parsonage by the society.
The Dean library association in Med
way village is remembered with a Gift
of twenty-five shares in the Boston and Al
bany railroad. To the Dean academy he gives
forty shares of the Amoskeag manufacturing
company, forty shares in the Manchester print
works, ten shares in the Stark mills, and 200
shares in the Vermont and Canada railroad
the Income of which is TO be appropriated
for the payment OF the salaries of the teachers
of that academy. All the residue and remainder
of his real, personal or mixed property is left to
the same institution, to be used by the trustees
as they may deem most eXpedient for its benefit
as long as ii shall remain an academy
MAINE.
VIM. Penley Of Auburn, who was stricken
with paralysis last week Wednesday afternoon,
died Thursday evening.
A number OF Eastport citizens give notice tn at
a petition will be presented to the next legisla-
ture for charter for 4 railroad from Bangor TO
tide waters at Calais, with a branch to Passport
Two men have been yictimizing some of the
jewelers. IN Bangor, by visiting the stores under
pretense of purchasing. While one of them
would attract the attention Of the shopman, the
other would contrive to steal valuable gold
chain.
Miss A. s. Wright of Naples recently COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself with "A rope
in her fathers corn barn. She was twenty-six
years Vi III utdlll ana temporary lnSan-
ity.
Rev. George Harris of Auburn has received
call TO become the pastor Of the Central Congrc-
gational church, in Providence, r. l., with a
salary of $4,000. Mr.. Harris is only twenty.six
years OF age, and has been settled in Auburn
two years
The kennebec Journal says the village of New
Vineyard, which is notorious on account OF hay
Ing petitioned for the pardon of the Grim nal
Hoswell, has again distinguished itself as hay-
Ing high order OF civilization, by eXpeling
from their district school a girl, because.she did
not live in the district when the scholars were
counted last spring.
George Chapman, one Of the men engaged in
the fight in Bangor, was brought before the no.
lice court and placed under $500 bonds for his
appearance at the next term OF the supreme
Judicial court. John Mcleod, his antagonist on
that occasion, was still suffering from the
wounds he received in the head so much that
he was not able to appear.
While Mr.. Bean OF Hallowcll was crossing the
railway track, on Thursday, his sleigh was
struck by train and owe into kindliag wood
The horse leaped, but Bean kept fast hold Of
the reins, and was pulled out into a snow bank,
and his life saved.
The schooner Spartel Smith, from Dennys-
vile for New York, arrived at Portland on Sun
day night, bringing the crew of the schooner
Nancy X Heagan Of Boston, who were taken off
twenty-five miles northeast OF Cape Cod on the
morning of the 22d, their vessel having filed
with water the prev ious day The mate and
cook were badly frozen