Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-02
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where he was EMPLOYED as a clerk and book
keeper. 1t was the old story of speculation il
small sums and false entries
Mayor Fletcher of Chelsea, in his annual ad
dress, stated that the net debt of that thriving
municipality is three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. In 1865 an act passed the legisla
tnre reunting Chelsea to Boston, but whil'
chelsea voted in favor of annexation Boston
voted against It, Chelsea is better off today
singly than she would have been united.
Wcikmen were engaged on Monday at the
state house In making arrangements TO place the
statue Of John A. Andrew in the niche prepared
for its reception. The marble pedestal was sci
in position, aud in the evening, after the state
house was deserted by its usual occupants, the
statue was placed upon it. 1t was then draped
in an American flg, and the niche yelled, so
that it will be kept from view until the formal
presentation is made by the committee who pro
cured the statue TO those on the part of the
state who are 20 receive il.
The state prisoners are allowed TO write TO
their friends once in three months. The writing
is done on Sunday, and the man whose turn if
may be informs the officer of his division that he
wishes to write, and on Sunday morning he is
supplied with the necessary materials. AT night
these letters, generally some forty In number,
are banded TO the division officers, who pass
them to the deputy warden, who in turn hands
them TO the clerk OF the prison, VIM. Pierce,
whose duty it is to read them all, to see that
they contain nothing OF a contraband nature.
They are then recorded in book kept for the
purpose, which gives the names of the writers,
the parties TO whom the letters are sent, and the
relation the latter holds TO the writer. They
are then mailed to their destination. Between
rs and 100 letters are received at the prison
every week for the inmates, which are subjected
to the inspection Of the clerk before they are
given out The letters are delivered to prisoners
on Sundays only.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Standard says: 'The Mid
Ilahnrn and NntN Radford rail- . 10 wall
derstood will not be built. The managers of
the New Bedford and Taunton and Old Colony
and Newport roads are engaged in negotiations
for a compromise, viii b will probably result in
some of the trains leaving this city on the Taun-
ton road, being taken into Boston by the Old
Colony route from Myrick's or Weir Junction,
and returning by the same route from the Old
Colony station in Boston"
HAMPDES COUNTY.
Ten thousand Remington guns are to be made
at the Springfield armory for equipping the
navy, and the Ames company at Chicopee are
to furnish sword bayonets for them, which will
prove effective weapons IN the hands of the
Jolly tafs. A portion of the guns are to have
bronze barrels and will be distributed among
sailors who will be especially drilled for land
service.
MAINE
The Bangor Wing says there is large amount
of counterfeit money in circulation up the river.
field, convicted of being a principal in the rob-
berry OF the Lime Rock bank, aud he will pToba-
bly, be sentenced at the next term of the SUI
preme court, TO be holden in Rockland in
March.
On Wednesday night of last week the build
ing of Mr.. Downs in Porter, including house,
barn aud shed, were destroyed by fire, together
with all their contents. One hog was burned.
The family barely escaped with their lives. Even
the clothing to cover them was consumed in the
A.. A.,
Gilmanton insurance company for $500, and the
company having failed they cannot recover the
insurance
AT the annual meeting of the department of
Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, held in
Lewiston, the following officers were chosen: c.
7. Mattocks, department commander; George A,
Parker, senior vice department commander; A.
G. Pray, Junior vice department commander; R.
5. Morrison, medical director; R.v. L. NJ
HAYNES, chaplain; council of administration, g
Q Bliey, VIM. Parshley, F. c Dozen, Nelson
Howard, james a. Dole. The following APP
pointments were made by the department COM
IN lnder: Henry G. Houston of Portland, assist
ant adjutani general; John Yeaton, Jr., of Port
land, assistant quartermaster general.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
few years ago the wife of Gilman Jones of
NARROW hung herself. Mr. Jones then married
her sister, and last week she, TOO, hung herself
Over 5000 was raised in the South church,
NNHNOtA '9uhheJ lOANAOSls III luS piOpOoIO VI
phans' home.
The Sniritualists of New Hampshire are 10
hold convention in Lempster, beginning Feb
81, and lasting three days.
Rev. j. w. White, of the Advent society al
Great Falls, baptized in the river, amid heavy
snow storm, Sunday, nine persons. The ice in
the river was twenty inches thick.
dog in SNanzey was missed few DAYS
ago, and tracked on the snow to = well, where
il was found drowned, with fox that had been
hotly pursued by the determined pup.
The HillsbOrougb county milk producers are
to hold their annual convention at Whiting
hotel, East Wilton, to-day. There will probably
be large gathering.
A four years old son of ]. ". p. Carter of
Portsmouth swallowed a sharp copper tax three
1ourths of an inch long, the other day, and
seyenty-two hours afterwards the tack was on
exhibition and the child unharmed
In the town of Meredith there is said to be
living wel-to-do married couple by the name
OF Blcktord, aged about sixty years. having ten
children, who are all married, and by their re-
spective marriages have been blessed with two
children each.
The Keene Republican says :-'fWe learn that
our county Jail has been minus any regular in
mates for more than a week, couple of
Migrants only having passed the night there.
As the rogues seem to be all outside il might be
utilized as safe retreat by few honest people
of retiring disposition"
The insane patients from Rockingham county,
now at the insane asylum, Concord, are 10 be
removed to the county farm, where comfortable
quarters have been prepared for them.
"A. b. to G. D., DR.. Jan. 20, 1865 To doing
your chores; such as drawing water, chopin
WOOD, and teedin cattle the weeks while you Law
drunk, S21 The above, says the Coos Repub-
hcan, saving the parties names, is a verbatim ct
hteratlm copy of an account presented before
tne audltor Tor allowance in law suit in Mer-
rlmack county within five years.
A private theatrical entertainment was trivar
IN Concord, on Saturday, for the espe ial delec-
tation of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr who was the
guest Of Gov. Stearns. The young man subse-
quently waltzed with the Concord girls until
midnight, and attended church Sunday.
There are sixteen shoe factories in operation
IN Pennington, the first being started by Martin
L. Hayes in 1910. The whole of Stafford conn
" is included in the shoe district represented bv
Harrington. The factories prepare the stock
die out soles, cut uppers, shanking and filing
&c, close the seams on uppers with wax.thread
machines run by girls, and give the stock out TO
be made up at home by workmen
The telegraph made a serious blunder the
other morning in the Boston Journals Concord
dispatch. Il sent Messrs. Joseph B. Walker of
Concord, Hon W. H. Ii. Mason of MOultOn-
boro, President Smith of Dartmouth college,
James 0. Adams of Manchester, aud Col. D. A.
Cough of Cant rbury to Tabor reform" meet
ing to make addresses. The copy was plainly
written, Lebanon farmers meeting" These
seuteIneu nave NOT yet joined the Labor re-
formers" and there is not much prospect of
their doing so at present.
gang OF laborers, who have been employed
ior three days in digging up the gas.pipes on
Main street, Nashua, with view of ascertaiu-
lng why the south end of the city was in dark
ness, have discovered that the PenDichuck
water-pipe had burst and forced open the Joints
OF the gas-pipes, filling them with water. The
gas company have repaired their damage. and
the people OF that city are how Lay,Ier more
light. In the meantime the Pennichuek COM
pany are digging through three feet of frozen
earth 10 their endeayors TO find the break ia the
water-ppe.
Df. York, of windham, is in difficulty. He
was the executor Of the viii of deceased zen.
ieman, and there was farm, the income of
which was devised 70 the widow. The executor
iet the tarm to an Irishman aud his Kathleen,
Dnt II soon became evident that the widow Gin
colle would not be large under their manage
Lent AS the apple crop was in danger of fall
ing prey to Jack Frost, the doctor attempted
to gather it himself, bpt was soon pulled down
from the apple cart by the enraged Kathleen,
WHO assailed him. The doctor had the woman
arraigned before a justice and fined. Then she
in turn sued the doctor, alleging kicks and
bruises received from him; aud, finally she sue
eeeded in obtaining verdict of damages, by
a