Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-29
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49, england News summary.
nosroN AND VICINITY.

Ohio Will tufnlsN taDic iOl tue WOlidU ; SUI
TRACE bazaar to be held in Boston next winter.
John A. Bates one OF the oldest paymasters
in the navy, died at Charlest0wn on Saturday,
The Eastern railroad stock sold at 115 yester-
day, depreciation of $3.50 per share since
Saturday.
the accident on Saturday last, will amount in
damage TO rolling stock to some S65OOO.
One thousand cattle have been received for
the past two weeks, from Maine, at the Bugh-
ton cattle market
On Monday of last week cargo, consisting
of 50 257 bags of sugar, from the Philippine
Islands, arrveda at Boston. Its weight was 1885,
600 pounds.
John Rogers whose satuettes have made him
so famous is a native of Massachusetts. In
early life he was dry goods clerk in Boston;
then he learned the trade of u machinist; but
seeing boy modelling figures in clay deter
mined his vocation.
Henry L. Abbott, with several aliases, is under
arrest at Boston, charged with collecting and
pocketing subscriptions for the Illustrated Chris
tian Weekly. He is said to have served on
Blackwell's island, and also in the Joliet (tl9
penitentiary.
The valuation of Cambridge this year is: Real
estate, SS3 525,s0O personal S13 1888 900; total,
SAC ,s5s 800; number OF polls, 10,S2s; rate of
taxation, $3.50 on 1000. Last years total val
uation was S4S, 097 200, and the number OF polls
94S5.
The Boston Herald, of Monday morning, says;
margaret Dnscoll, woman los years of age,
and residing with her daughter, so years of age,
at No. "a South street, was wandering around
in that street last night, having been put out Of
the house by her hard-hearted daughter. Officer
McCarty found her and took her home, where
she was most shamefully treated by her daugh-
ter"
A gentleman going to Boston from California
last week bought at Sacramento a car load of
Bartlett pears, packed in cases OF 100 each, and
for the sum of S1O75 currency brought the fruit
car through attached to a passenger train. The
experiment by means of personal supervision,
was successful, but the high rates of freight will
preclude any general shipment OF perlshable
fruits.
Henry Ward Beecher says he loves to linger
in the Parker house dining saloon, 'for right
there, in old times, we studied Latin, when
Gould and Leverett and Kendall tiourished in
the public Latin school," Only few years ago
ArtemuS Ward found fourishing branch Of
Harvard university in the bar room of the same
hotel
-Four young men of Boston amused five
young ladies at North Cohasset the other day
by contending for a prize in wash tub race
with paddles. The prize was miniature wash
board, and hanging from the bottom was quite
large silver medal, with the inscription, Pre-
scented to the champion of the tub race, Aug.
%, 1871.
The Boston Advertiser and Post retail at five
cents per copy, giving the newsboys a proit of
two cents. The Journal retails at four, with
q profit of one cent. The transcripts retail
price is the same, giving profit of one and one
fourth cents. The Herald is two cent paper,
and leaves profit of three-fourths of a cent TO
the newsboy, and the News and Times are also
two-cent papers, but are wholesaled at one.
The horse disease, which has carried off so
many animals in New York during the present
season, has made its appearance in Boston, the
first case having occurred in East Boston,
where horse belonging to Mr.. John Kennedy
was attacked, and on Saturday was killed by
order of Mr. Baker, an agent of the Massa-
chusetts society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. An examination fully proved the eX-
lstence of the disease.
Most of the large machine shops in Boston are
now busy, either on old or new work. July
and August are generally the dullest months in
the year in this branch of business; but this
year has proved an exception to the rule, and
manufacturers and agents of all kinds of wood
working machinery have done larger agore-
gate business the past two months than for
many years in the corresponding time. More
improvements have been made the past year in
this class of machinery than in any five preeed.
ing years, and at present several manufacturers
have orders ahead from all sections Of the coun
try.
The laying of the corner stone of the sol
dlers monument on Boston common, on thu
18th of September, promises to be celebrated OF
quite an extensive scale. The first brigade hat
rendered its services as escort, and the depart
ment commander of the Grand Army OF the Re
public in Massachusetts has invited the various
posts throughout the state to participate, and it
Is thought that many of them will respond The
procession will he formed at two O'Clock, and
the exercises will begin at four O'Clock. The
subcommittee on arrangements are making
preparations to form chorus of one hundred,
TO be selected from the different posts of the G..
A. X. of Boston, and placed under the direction
Of a well known musician, to sing several patri-
otto pieces during the exercises. The city au-
thorities have agreed to furnish music for the
posts of the Grand Army who desire to he
present
The Commercial Bulletin says: "Nearlv all
departments of the marble working business
are now active, and the twelve or fifteen hum
dred cutters in Boston, who prosecute this BUSH
ness, are at work. There is considerable monu-
mental and tablet work in the hands of manu-
factnrers, and some fine specimens OF workman
ship can be seen at the yards. One large monu-
ment, twenty feet high, made in Italy by BOs-
ton firm, brought here and lettered, has recently
been put up in Cambridge cemetery at a cost CT
$1,000. There are four or five cargoeS of marble
now on the way to this city from Italy, which
includes some finished work. The Scotch gran
lite is becoming very popular for monuments,
and it is claimed that they are superior both for
durability and excellence of finish. About thirty
of these have been sold in this market this sea-
son. They are made principally in Aberdeen and
Glasgow, Scotland. The extensive building opera
tons that have been going on all through the
spring and summer have made the demand for
mantels large, and dealers have had about all
they could attend to in filling orders, although
at present there is considerable of lull."
AT Boston, clothing dealers are now reaping
their harvest, and the goods they have been
making up all through the summer are moving
off briskly into the great distributing markets
of the country. There are gOodly number of
western buyers in town, who, in view of very
abundant crops of all kinds and the prospects of
plenty Of the circulating medium, are buying
a hfapT rTDrh 49, 10
market. Their purchases include general as
sortments, and, as TO style of goods, stripes
largely predominant for pantaloons. Goods Sc
lected are mostly of the medium patterns in all
colors. Formerly the western demand was
almost wholly confined 10 coarse CHEAP goods:
but it has been gradually growing into a better
class, until now, they use pretty nearly the
same class of goods MS the eastern trade with
the exception of the fancy, nobby STYLES and
patterns in the large cities. The New ENGLAND
trade has also opened auspiciously, and large
country dealers are coming in for their sup
plies.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Albert Waugh, young man committed to
jail IN Lowell, was allowed some privileges, and
taking advantage, escaped some months AGO
He was re-arrested on Sunday
At the time of stopping the mills in Lowell ON
Friday evening" the water was two feet four
inches below the crest of Pawtucket dam, which
is the lowest stage on record. During the day
gates were all open and all the water in the
river was flowing into them. The supply is now
coming wholly from the lake.
An inquest held in Natck on Saturday to in
vestigate the case of Abel Z. Smith, who died
suddenly on the 25th instant from poison, re-
suited in the following verdict: "That Abel e.
Smith came to his death on the twenty-fifth day
OF August, A. d., 1871, at Natick, from being
poisoned by laudanum administered by his own
hand"
Marblehead Neck was visited bv terrible
gale Sunday night at halEpast eleven O'Clock.
during the heavy rain. About thirty Lowell
tents were Frustrated, to the discomfort of the
sleeping occupants, number of houses were
moved some feet from their foundation. glasses
broken, and in some instances bed and beddino
household furniture, &c., were precpitated over
the steep bank on the west side No indiyid
ual injuries were sustained.
AT Lowell several places Of business were en-
tered by thieves on Sunday night From the
fancy goods store Of Mary ID. Mcmahon, 90 Merri-
mack street, S75 worth of goods were taken, and
from the saloon of Moses Harmon, Shattuck
street. SIS worth of cigars were taken. A saloon
adjoining the Wamesett bank building was also
entered, and a small amount taken, and young
man named w. +. CUrrier was arrested in DOS.
session of part of the stolen articles.
The Lowell liquo- cases were before the police