Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-16
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Boston ice company will reduce its rates
the present season.
Owing to the reduction in the price of gas in
Boston the estimates for lighting the public
streets have been reduced $4,000.
Ex-Mayor Shurtleff and Joseph F. Paul, in be-
halt of several gentlemen of Boston AID the i'm
mediate vicinity, have presented to the city OF
Boston a portrait of the late Hon. Arson Bur
lingame, painted by Bicknen.
The steamer Erie of Boston, reached New
York Tuesday, in forty-six DAYS from London
having broken her shaft. The freight consisted
OF cargo of wild animals for Barnum, includ
ing birds, reptiles, etc. To keep the animals
from starving on the protracted voyage, the
agent killed and fed out camel pair of llimas
and a valuable pony.
meeting of the creditors of the Boston, Hart
ford and Erie road is called TO be held before
Mr.. Thorndike, United States register in bank
ruptcy, at the United States court house in Bos-
ton Saturday next. 1t will be remembered that
a similar meeting has been called to be held IN
New York city on the 9th. There are two ad.
Indications in bankruptcy, one in New ork and
another in Boston,
The Boston Sunday school union held pub
lie meeting in Park street church, on the 14th,
which was largely attended. franklin W.
Smith, president OF the union, occupied the
chair and explained the objects Of the associa-
ton, after which there was a discussion on ''the
week day work OF the Sunday school teacher"
liams, Charles q. Nazro and Others took part.
Rev. w. H. H. Murray was expected TO make an
address, but was prevented by the sickness oil
his wife.
The st. Louis correspondent of a New York
paper saws that Missouri is overrun with drum
mers" from the east, and descants as follows on
the Boston Representatives: ono room in any
hotel is large enough for the Boston shoe ped
der, who tells the landlord he has over four
hundred different kinds of boots and shoes to
nd fb, Of tha
house is surrendered as a kind of exhibition hall
for the cobbler's wares"
At a meeting of prominent Catholics in Bos-
ton recently, a call sanctioned by the bishop of
the state, was issued to the various Catholic
temperance societies in the state of Massachu-
sets TO send delegates to a convention 10 be held
in the Cathedral chapel Of the Holy Cross, cor
ner of Washington and Castle streets, Boston, on
the SOth day of May next, at 10! O'Clock A. M.
each society to send five delegates. The call is
signed by L. D. Welby, Timothy Ahern, Philip
Maher, Michael Glass, Joseph Foy, ID. f. Cole
man, John A. Duggan, James Bonner, VIM. L.
Flaherty, John Slater, John Anglin, J. Melon
aid.
The following account is furnished of an af-
fair mentioned few days ago: Among the
Storage passengers by the Batavia, on the 14th,
was one Thomas McCammon. When the Gus
tom house officers searched his luggage, they
found in his trunk two dress patterns, and in a
shawl which he had strapped up, another of the
patterns. They were appraised at S104, and the
duties would have been about half as much
In his defence Mr. McCammon said he brought the
goods for friend of his in Ireland, TO be deliv-
cred to Mrs. Alexander, in Brooklyn, N. Y,
merely as q matter of accommodation, and that
he had not farthing's interest in them HIM
self, and that he was ignorant that in doing the
favor he was violating any law. He remarked
that while on board ship he had been told that
the baggage would be searched, and, desiring to
save the goods, had done one of the patterns up
in the shawl. The customs officials testified
that he had a letter addressed TO Mrs. Alexan-
der, containing a bill of the goods seized, at
home prices. McCammon was held in 5000 for
trial, but it is possible the charges may be with
drawn.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
George Cleary, nineteen years of age, and ont
of the gang who committed the rape upon Har
riet L. Whitehead, at Lowell, on Sunday last
was arrested at the residence of his brother, il
Peabody, on the 14th. He says that, in compa
ny with Thomas Brady, another of the gang
he walked to Peabody, and would be hundred
of miles away if he had not missed a train
Brady and Francis Slattery are now the onl
members Of the gang at large.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The body of an unknown man was foun,
floating near one of the wharves at Fall River
Monday morning. 1t had apparently been il
the water for some weeks, and is supposed to b
the body of Prussian sailor who was misSe'
some time since.
New Bedford has offered a reward of a leg o
mutton TO the best comic singer in that city
The competition is quite lively and it is expect
that Barnabee will be forever outdone.
MAINE.
The bridge across the Androscoggin, at Liver
more Falls, was carried away by the ice Mon
day.
Upwards Of two thousand pairs of shoes pc
week are now manufactured at the nationa
military asylum, at Augusta.
The lecture season of Belfast seems to hav
been more or less of failure because the mar
ayers charged too high figure for admissio
tickets.
The lumbermen in the vicinity of Norther
Penobseott are sadly afraid that the rapidit
with which the present thaw is progressing vii
prevent them from getting of good deal OF tn
timber cut during the winter.
There is only about one foot of snow in tn
woods in the MoOsehead lake region, and The
numbering crews are all leaving, having finished
their winters work. The cut of logs is largely
in excess of that of last winter.
The bridge across the Androscoggin river at
Livermore Falls was carried away by the ice
Monday forenoon.
A bridge between Wilton and East Wilton on
The Androscoggin railroad has been carried
away, and the railroad bridge at Pennington
was somewhat damaged by ice in the Andres
coggin river
AT Portland, the mayor has reappointed and
the aldermen confirmed Charles Clark, city mar
shall, and Joseph G Sterling and Joseph d.
Dralle, assistant marshalS, for the ensuing
municipal wear. They have been efficient Off
GERS and their reappointment gives general salts
faction.
Friday evening, March 10TH quite an extern
sive fire took place at Edes Falls, Naples, in
Richard Green's mills. The fire was first dis.
covered in the staye mill, and it proceeded very
rapidly to the saw mill and grist mill, so that
they were all consumed. Mr.. Green's loss will
be upwards of $4,000.
There were two railroad disasters in Augusta
on Saturday. One car OF the noon freight
heavily loaded with potatoes, ran off the track
opposite the machine shop. Cause a loose
wheel Repairs were made in about an hour
just after the afternoon passenger train had
crossed the street span and was advancing on
the railroad bridge leading across the river, the
engine, from some unknown cause, ran off the
track, and went for some distance on the sleep
ers. Fortunately no lives were lost, and every
thing was in good shape again in the course Of
an hour.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Neither party has held a public meeting at
Portsmouth during the campaign.
The New Hampshire farmers are busy at ma
pie sugar making Just now. The season is the
earliest for many years.
The Dover packet, under command of Capt
George Duran, began her daily trips between
Portsmouth and Dover on the 18th.
On the 18th, in Dover, James S. Kicker, a well
AhoMn Cltllen ana DuslDess man. was lOund
dead in his bed.
An old peddler, who has Travelled over New
Hampshire for thirty years past, has this win
ter, for the first time, kept his cart upon wheels,
never putting it on runners for single day.
Mary Frances Blunt "a daughter of Gen. A. P.
Blunt Of the United States army, died suddenly
OF heart disease, at Manchester, Sunday night.
She was seventeen years of age, and was a
young lady of rare accomplishments
On Sunday the 9Th inst, as little daughter
OF Mr.. John Alexander Of Peterborough, was
running down descending place in the pas
ture, she fell and broke her thigh bone.
few days since, at East Jaffray, a sow be-
coming fierce toward her young, at the sugges-
ton of one who is supposed TO know its power,
quart OF rum was administered TO quiet her
In ten minutes she was quiet, very quiet-stone
dead.
The Peterborough Transcript says that at re-
cent birth in that town the great-grandmother
OF the child acted as head nurse. The grand.
mOfhpr was also rrasput